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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
On Saturday, February 23 and Sunday, February 24, eighty-five women from Connecticut College took over Evans Hall to perform the eleventh annual production of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues.” “The Vagina Monologues” consists of a series of short monologues that deal with issues such as violence against women and try to promote women’s empowerment. Because [...]
Posted by Aneeka Kalia Monday, March 4, 2013 Category: ArtsI hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I guess I’ll just get it out in the open: the iron is dead. As of February 6, Hasbro Inc. decided to change one game token in the Monopoly game, replacing it with a new token. The new piece was decided by a contest via [...]
Posted by Samantha Grainger Shuba Monday, March 4, 2013 Category: OpinionsHave you ever heard of Karl Rove? If you haven’t, allow me to introduce you to him. He is a very conservative political strategist, consultant and policy advisor. Rove has been a consistently outspoken voice for conservatives, a position that has resulted in him being labeled one of the most conservative men in America. Now [...]
Posted by Corey Scarola Monday, March 4, 2013 Category: OpinionsRinging phones, punch line zingers and awkward comedy were in abundance at this weekend’s performance of Dead Man’s Cell Phone. The play, written by Sarah Ruhl, follows a bookish young woman named Jean (Julia Larsen ’14), who discovers a dead man named Gordon (Ben Ballard ’16) at an adjacent table in a lonely café. He [...]
Posted by Andrew Marco Monday, March 4, 2013 Category: Arts, ReviewsLast Sunday night, Academy Awards host Seth MacFarlane began the show, “Welcome to the Oscars. And the quest to make Tommy Lee Jones laugh begins now.” The camera panned to Tommy Lee Jones laughing, and with that, the night of hilarity began. The Oscar producers chose MacFarlane to pace the night with his caustic humor [...]
Posted by Conor McCormick-Cavanagh Monday, March 4, 2013 Category: Arts“I’m gonna pop some tags, only got twenty dollars in my pockettt I’m, I’m, I’m huntin, lookin for a come up This is fucking awesommme” If you don’t know those lyrics, go Google them and listen to the song. And watch the version with the official music video. Good? Damn right it is. Did you [...]
Posted by Andrew Steel Monday, March 4, 2013 Category: Arts