Halloween 2011: Creative Camel Costume Collection
Halloween is a pivotal part of the school year. It marks the beginning of fall, the end of midterms and gives girls an excuse to dress seductively…just kidding, that’s every Thursday and Saturday….
On The Honor Code and Reponsibility
At the end of Fall Weekend I received a call from Campus Safety alerting me, as the Housefellow, that two of my residents’ bikes had been found in a tree by the…
Glory Days: Professors’ Pasts and their Relevance in the Present
Even at a school like Conn that has small classes and accessible faculty, it can be easy to forget that our professors are people, too. Among their pedagogical rants of wisdom and life-altering…
There and Back Again: From the Living Room to the Dorm Room
Eons ago, when I was applying to college, I had a checklist of items that my future home had to have. These included a small student body, no fraternities or sororities and a…
Freedom of Choice? Of Promiscuity and Halloween
As one might expect, the dances at Connecticut College are events where students exude sex appeal in ways they are unable to elsewhere. The outfits at the recent Halloween dance were no exception….
Going Into the Quiet, Coming Out At Peace
Braving the wind and rain this past Wednesday, I forced myself to leave my cozy bed and trek my way over to the chapel for an evening of Buddhist mediations. I had done…
Republican Presidential Debates Are Must-See GOP TV
My new favorite television show: Republican National Debates. A few beers, a few friends and it’s a guaranteed laugh-party every single episode. October 18 was no exception. This show proved to me that…
A-Parent-ly Usual: A Different Perspective On Fall Weekend
We have yet to experience fall—the campus is colored with green leaves on the sidewalks and the sun continues to sneak in Indian summer rays spontaneously. Nonetheless, our school hosted its famous Fall…
Counterpoint: Mentally Graduated
We’re more than halfway done with fall semester, and it’s only just starting to set in that I’m a senior, and that I’m graduating and that college is over. Ew? Yet the more…
Point: Sophmore Slumping
If someone had told me last year what it would feel like to be a sophomore in college, I think I would have asked to re-enroll in the new freshman class. I think…
Defib-you-later: Number of Automated External Defibrillators Unimpressive
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are crucial to successful intervention for cardiac arrest. If you have a heart attack and no one has a defibrillator, you will most likely die. AEDs can be used…
One Hundred Years of Activism?
My roommate is far too modest as an actress. She dismissed the time she spent on the Centennial project as if it were nothing. I understand where she was coming from, their task…
Top Ten Clubs That Should Be Available To Connecticut College Students
With four writing-intensive classes, editors’ positions on the newspaper, multiple CELS workshops, pressure to investigate study abroad options and a desire to have some sort of social life while also getting a…
Not So Fast, Qwikster
As a kid, I loved nothing more than sifting through the VHS tapes at the locally-run Tommy K’s video store; I knew the store better than my own movie collection, and could pick…
iRemember: A Reflection On the Legacy of Steve Jobs
On January 24, 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh, the first personal computer to have a mouse and a graphical user interface. Almost twenty-eight years later, there is the Macbook Pro: portable and a…
