A Tour Guide’s Call to Arms for the Next Admitted Students Day
I blame the weather. For over a week I’ve been bothering some of my fellow tour guides about the rain-swollen clouds threatening Monday’s little blue box on Weather.com. Clinging rather stupidly to…
Confessions of a Problem Drinker
Thursday, April 7 was Think Outside the Bottle Day, presented by SGA, Student Counseling Services and the Office of Student Wellness & Alcohol/Drug Education (OSWADE). The three in conjunction offered “A campus wide…
Orgo, Metaphysics and Joyce—Oh My! Conn’s hardest courses unearthed
We’re all in college to achieve a higher education and challenge ourselves. With that comes a hard truth: sometimes we have to take difficult classes. We’ve all had those rip-our-hair-out-of-our-scalp, no-sleep-for-three-days-straight, crying-at-random-times-throughout-the-day-because-we’re-sleep-deprived-and-overwhelmed-with-life classes….
Putting a Lid on Bottled Water Sales
Clean drinking water is the foundation of any civilization. Without a reliable source of clean, healthy, drinking water, the terrain would be a desert or tundra. As we know, these are not the…
My Kingdom for a Coen: Why don’t famous people come to speak at Conn anymore?
Did you know that Joel Coen, of the Coen brothers, is giving a talk at Conn?! No, you didn’t know that, because he’s not coming. Sorry. I hope that wasn’t too painful, but…
A Message from the Senior Giving Committee
On March 28, students awoke in the morning to find campus covered with signs about “17% Day” and “Completing the Pie.” For those who had been reading their email, it was clear what…
Congressional Showdown: Federal Budget Whoas
It was a typical Friday at Conn College this last week, with teachers completing their work for the weekend and students recuperating from Thursday night shenanigans, each contributing to that calm, lackadaisical environment…
CC Dems Left Without a Right
This past Monday I sat in on a meeting of the Connecticut College Democrats, the only active political organization on campus. I had been curious about the club for a while: are the…
Tell Me What You Think!
by Candy Taylor I often find myself reflecting back on an experience I had as a prospective Conn student during an overnight visit. I remember sitting in a small Branford double with three…
A Bug’s Life (in My Digestive Tract)
A group of about twenty people gathered in the Larrabee common room on March 30 to the smell of sweet brown rice cooking in a pot. A bespectacled, pepper-haired man sporting a fungi…
Jack of All Trades, Master of, Well, Most Trades
On Tuesday, the campus hosted John Cohen, a man who has worn many creative hats. In a career spanning over a half a century, Cohen has won acclaim as a filmmaker, musician, photographer…
Former Harvard Professor Sheds Light on Genocide
On Wednesday, former Harvard University political science professor Daniel Goldhagen gave a lecture in Shain Library called “Worse Than War: Understanding Genocide and How to Stop It.” For roughly an hour and a…
Baseball: American Pastime, American Fantasy
Every spring, renewed warmth and sun are accompanied by nostalgic aromas and sights that many Americans know all too well: the scent of hotdogs, stale peanuts, overpriced beer and sunscreen reemerge for the…
Resurrecting the Coffee Date
One of my friends recently told me that it would be weird for a guy to go up to a girl in the library, introduce himself and ask if she would be interested…
From Wright House to the White House
Alumni Relations was nervous. It was 8:05, and no more than thirty people were scattered about Evans Hall, the second largest auditorium on campus, to see Jonathan McBride ’92 speak as part of…
