Fair Blood for All?
Who would have guessed that giving blood would be a privilege? The Food and Drug Administration has very specific guidelines to insure healthy donations are collected at any blood drive in the country….
A Conversation With Conn’s Late Night Sax Man
Walking around late at night it is hard to ignore the mournful tones of a lone saxophone coming from the green. The first time I heard it I was walking back from a…
Mental Health Fair Raises Awareness
Mental illness is a tricky subject; it’s an unpleasant issue that nobody likes to talk about, and the prevalent attitude toward it seems to be one of ignorance. If we want to help…
Can You Say “Cuauhtinchan?”: David Carrasco’s Lecture on an Ancient, Mexican Map
David Carrasco is noted as one of the best scholars of religion and culture in Mesoamerica. Widely published and appointed in the Department of Anthropology and the Divinity school at Harvard, Carrasco knows…
The New New London Hall: Conn-struction on Campus
In the center of campus, a busy team of construction workers is currently implementing a $20 million expansion on New London Hall. By the fall of 2012, the project is supposed to convert…
A Very Successful Staff
To my friends in the Centennial Class and the greater Connecticut College community: For some of us, our time at Connecticut College has been reduced to twenty-six days. Over the next few weeks,…
Downshifting the Confusion of Powershift
“Tell me what democracy looks like… This is what democracy looks like!” These were the lyrics to one of the most-sounded chants proclaimed by the hundreds of young people that rallied for Climate…
Hella A Capella
Like alcohol and characters in a Hemingway novel, sometimes Connecticut College finds something so good, it wants to hold on really tight and refuse to let go until the room’s spinning and someone…
Counterpoint: Passover at Conn: How Hard is Keeping Kosher?
Day after day I enter Harris or JA with temptations of bagels, M&M blondies and egg McConns. For me, a Jew on campus, keeping kosher for Passover was out of the…
Point: Passover At Conn: How Hard is Keeping Kosher?
Ever since I was a little kid, Passover has been one of my favorite holidays. It’s a celebration that goes hand-in-hand with spring and the improving weather outside, and it encourages us to…
Putting the Honor in the Code
The Honor Code is, arguably, the most important component of the Connecticut College community. The system of shared-governance is a sign of trust, comfort and most of all a sign of maturity. All…
Rest in Peace Abbey House Shows
Last weekend, while toting their music equipment into the Abbey House common room, several students and alumni encountered Campus Safety. The subsequent misunderstanding resulted in an arbitrary change in policy that belittles the…
“Conn Is What You Make It” (But So Is Everywhere Else)
Conn was my first-choice college as a high school senior. I liked it for a few reasons: because nobody from my high school had ever come here, there are no frats or sororities…
Nineteen Years in New London, One Year at Conn
On the morning of August 31, 2010, as I filled the back of my best friend’s car with bags and belongings, I remembered my guidance counselor from high school who had, a few…
Bathroom Stall Literature Under Attack
Last month I entered the men’s bathroom on the first floor of Fanning and was greeted by the smell of new paint. I banged open the nearby stall door and found hastily-applied brown…
