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    SGA Fishbowl Open Forum Video

      SGA Meeting on 12/6/12 at 7.15PM in Ernst Common Room. VIDEO GUIDE: Meeting Commences – 0:00 Campus Safety Director reflection on Fishbowl - 3:03 Brian Gooch announces Open Forum to Student Body - 7:19 Dean Denard Introduction on Phone Line - 8:04 Ben Schactel (Spokesperson for Seniors) - 8:28 Dean Denard responds to Schactel - 17:29 Schactel responds to [...]

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    Per-DORM-ance Art Rocks Smith (VIDEO)

    Last Thursday, a group of artists transformed the second floor of Smith into an art venue combining “visual art, postmodern dance, theatre, improvisation, oral hygiene and food processing” in a piece called perDORMance Art. The concept was formed over a year ago as a “collaborative idea and effort by the [now] senior dance majors,” said [...]

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    Howard Gordon Named 95th Commencement Speaker

    On Friday, September 21, the Office of College Relations named Howard Gordon the commencement speaker for the ninety-fifth ceremony in May 2013. Gordon, an accomplished television producer and author, is best known for his work as an executive producer on Homeland and 24. Most students have an opinion on the choice, but few understand how [...]

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    Pickles and Ice Cream

    After a summer of inspiration from the domestic goddess Hannah Hart, host of YouTube’s My Drunk Kitchen series, and the magic of Pinterest, The College Voice has decided to embark on its own culinary adventure. Each week, we will either write a column or upload a video of us attempting to make “real” food using [...]

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    Student Photography Project Uses Social Media to Bring the Campus Together

    ConnPix, a Tumblr and Facebook account of photos from around campus, has steadily gained popularity since its launch this summer by Andrew Nathanson ’13.  Nathanson has posted a picture every day since September 3 and hopes to continue this personal project.  His goal is to photograph life at Conn in a unique way and to [...]

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    Fran Shields, Athletic Director

    Ben Schachtel Perched atop a tall bookshelf in the corner, a mud-caked hat seemed out of place. The rest of the office was clean, save for a veritable mountain of paperwork on the desk. The man who had been sitting across the table from me had risen now and was walking towards the hat, which, [...]

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    Wiffle Ballers Stay Luce

    By Alex Cammarata & Marina Stuart Team Stay Luce defeated team New London Arboritos in the final round of Connecticut College’s first annual Wiffle Ball Tournament on September 23. Stay Luce came out on top 1-0 after six innings of overtime to win a $100 dollar gift card to Paul’s Pasta. Eight teams, each with [...]

The Women’s Center Addresses Global Health Concerns

Much of the on-campus conversation of late among faculty and students has been focused on a certain New York Times journalist and the lecture he gave the Wednesday before last in our very own Evans Hall. Mr. Kristof’s talk was designed to be the keynote happening in the College’s semester-long “Striving for Global Justice” thematic [...]

Posted by Monday, February 25, 2013 Category: News

International Children’s Expo Faciliates Language Learning and Cultural Awareness

Connecticut College students have become an active presence in the New London community, especially with the hundreds of school-aged children in the city. On Friday, February 22, over seventy fifth graders from the Winthrop Magnet Elementary School, along with their teachers and parent chaperones, visited Conn for the third annual International Children’s Expo. Organized by [...]

Posted by Monday, February 25, 2013 Category: News

Following Up on Jazzman’s Cafe

Coffee is delicious. Most adults probably have two or three cups a day. They say they aren’t addicted, but who knows? And as for the people who don’t like coffee, I’m sure they still love coffee shops – who wouldn’t love a Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks right by their house? This summer, when I found [...]

Posted by Monday, February 25, 2013 Category: News

On Student Publications

As an editor for The College Voice, I am often frustrated to hear students complain about not having an outlet to voice their frustrations or criticisms other than ConnCollConfessional, which we all know creates more problems than it solves. Students seem to forget (or perhaps are simply apathetic to the fact) that the student newspaper [...]

Posted by Monday, February 25, 2013 Category: Editorials

AMC’s Epic Zombie Series, The Walking Dead, Resurrects with Third Season

Imagine it’s one year into a zombie apocalypse. Your wife just died giving birth to your daughter. You weren’t there to deliver the baby so your eleven-year-old son had to shoot his mom in the head to prevent her from turning into a zombie. The safest shelter you found is a prison, and there were [...]

Posted by Monday, February 25, 2013 Category: Arts, Reviews

The New American Horror Movie and Musical Standard

In a world stricken with violence, hate, insincerity and Glee, it is refreshing to see the plagues of our time revamped and used for good. Andrew Marco ’15 has done just that in his musical reimagining of the classic horror film Friday the 13th. This satirical retelling of the murderous Jason Voorhees was first workshopped [...]

Posted by Monday, February 25, 2013 Category: Arts, Reviews