‘Opinions’ Archives
An Idealistic Process: Being judged by a jury of my peers
Part of the reason I chose to attend this school was the Honor Code. In theory, a student judicial board should advocate adherence to the Honor Code. The idea of being judged by one’s fellow [...]
The Last Laugh: Longtime columnist Donald Budge presents a meta-retrospective
Well, friends. It looks like it’s time to wrap things up. I hope you’ve enjoyed my articles. I looked over them a few times, and besides the one about the dance review, I think they’re pretty [...]
What I Wanted To Say: A senior’s would-be commencement address
Since at least sophomore year, I have wanted to try out to be the student speaker at my commencement. It is not an option this year, however, so I have written the gist of what I would have [...]
A Riposte, to Myself: A call to commit to campus activism
I voiced some very tough criticisms last week, in part my own opinions, but more generally my perceptions of the sentiments of the student body (I have gotten a lot of positive feedback about that [...]
The Sound of Settling: A Look at the Hook-Up Culture of ConnColl
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Similarly true, a single man with a 30 rack, a Camel card, and a school with a [...]
The Factorization of Connecticut College — Bros: the social parasites, and why I don’t feel like I belong here anymore
So, I’m a senior, and here’s what I see when I look behind me: The Bro. He is like a snake slithering around our arms and biting between our knuckles before we can look him in the eyes and ask [...]
The First Rule of Fishbowl: Do Not Talk about Fishbowl
Public nudity: the final frontier. After this, it’s all a breeze: forgetting to lock the bathroom stall door, dropping your towel between the shower and your dorm room, losing your bikini bottoms [...]
Sun’s Out, Guns Out!: A senior predicts spring fashion at ConnColl
As the sun turns on its axis and the season changes from winter to spring to fit our happier dispositions, we, the most prude mammals of New England, inevitably make our quarterly adjustments in body [...]
Where the College Is Going and Who It’s Leaving Behind
“We should streak in front of a tour.” “We should wrestle in front of a tour.” “At Wesleyan they actually organize groups of students to streak in front of tours,” said Matt Baum [...]
Exploited by the Bottle: Looking beyond the economics and examining the high cost of bottled water
When you pop the cap off of that bottled water in front of you, do you ever wonder where the water actually came from? How about the manufacturing processes involved in its production? Besides the [...]
Campus Trends: Bad News Beards
Have you ever seen Braveheart? I have. That’s why I know the quintessential man’s man (Han Solo notwithstanding) is a bearded man. Certain campus males discovered the simple social fact of The [...]
You Are What You Eat
At first glance, the banana appears benign: the curved, soft, cheerfully-yellow fruit is the most consumed fruit in the United States and the European Union, but a closer look into the production of [...]
Campus Politics: This Week in SGA
I’d like to begin this article with a correction. I stated in my article of March 4 that the parking proposal in front of the Student Government Association would reduce the number of parking [...]
“Hi. Can I Borrow Your Car?”: Freshman car privileges are a unique aspect of Conn life that should not be taken away
Earlier this semester, the Student Government Association voted to endorse a proposal as part of the Automobile Congestion and Pollution Reduction Task Force. Part of the proposal states that by the [...]
Professor Profile: TJ Wellman, Religious Studies
On Thursday, April 8, The College Voice’s Leland Stillman sat down with Tennyson Jacob (TJ) Wellman of the Religious Studies department for an interview without any clear, defined [...]