Andrew Shaw

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May 3, 2016• Editorials

Assessing Conn’s Commitment to Faculty Retention

May 3, 2016• Opinions

If there is one thing that Conn does right, it is attract excellent faculty members. The school does not, however, always manage to keep...

Audience Work

April 18, 2016• Arts

In her TEDTalk on Saturday, Leise Trueblood ’16 made a point of connecting her discussion of race in The Lion King to people who don’t...

Sometimes the World is Beautiful

April 11, 2016• Arts

Reflections on Investigative Journalism in a Time of Upheaval on College Campuses

December 21, 2015• Opinions, World News

Most of the reportage that this newspaper does is quite local. Something happens on campus, and we cover it. In the process, we may speak...

Critiquing Worldviews Through Gender

December 21, 2015• Opinions • One Comment

I decided to write this article when I noticed how many of the restrooms outside of dorms adhere to the gender binary while bathrooms...

A Look at Financial Aid After the Hale Donation

November 18, 2015• Opinions

Burning Down the House Can be a Good Thing: A Defense of Freedom of Speech

October 28, 2015• Editorials • One Comment

Wesleyan University’s current controversy over reducing the yearly budget of their newspaper, The Wesleyan Argus, from $30,000 to $13,000...

Students to Perform “Elephant’s Graveyard” on Fall Weekend

October 7, 2015• Arts

To open their season, the Connecticut College Theater Department is performing George Brant’s play Elephant’s Graveyard over Fall...

A Closer Look at Africana Studies: Important Major Receives Resurgence of Attention

October 7, 2015• News

Grappling With Survival in Cummings

September 22, 2015• Arts

A tree stump greets the visitors to Interdependence, the new exhibition in Cummings. An electric light lit by a coiled orange extension...

The Exercise of Power

May 5, 2015• News

In recent weeks, the campus community, and particularly the student community, has been invested in determining where power is located and...

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