Author: Jennifer Skoglund

Is It Your Right to Grow Your Own Food? The Criminalization of At-Home Agriculture

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Most Americans get their food from a supermarket or supercenter, like Walmart. But increasingly, people are opting to grow their own food.

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New Medicaid Work Requirements and Lockouts Threaten Lives of Thousands

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In July of 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Social Security Amendments, establishing Medicare and Medicaid, health insurance...

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College Hosts Historical Poetics Symposium

Arts

This last Friday and Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending the Historical Poetics Symposium, hosted here on campus in the Chu Room. ...

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U.N. Mishandles More Than Sex Abuse Allegations

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he UN, it reported, had “mishandled 14 abuse cases involving peacekeepers in Central African Republic…The cases cited by the Code Blue campaign, a watchdog group, were investigated last year to determine whether the allegations could be substantiated…in eight cases the alleged victims were not interviewed, and 10 cases did not appear on the U.N. website where data is supposed to be released about sexual misconduct cases.”

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A Brief Preview: Film Department’s Screening Festival

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It’s that time of year again: time for the Film Department’s Screening Festival. This spring’s exhibition features short documentary...

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A History Lesson on Jeff Sessions

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Jefferson Beauregard “Jeff” Sessions III emerged as a recent figure of public attention in Feb. 2016, when he became the first...

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Dying for Tony D’s

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A Spastic, Entertaining Cry for Freedom: SITI’s Woolf-Based “Room”

Arts, Uncategorized

A one-woman act of madness, inspiration and femininity came to Conn’s Palmer Auditorium on Feb. 3: “Room,” directed by Anne Bogart...

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Bob: A Performance to Remember

Arts

Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending a production of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's Bob, directed by Jason Karos. I was not disappointed. ...

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Something Sketchy: In Retrospect

Arts

As a lover of comedy and puns I was rather excited to see Something Sketchy, a flash comedy show organized by Aidan Gorrell and Riley Meachem. I attended both the dress rehearsal and Friday evening premier.

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The Civic Imperative of Voting

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Much has been made on our liberal arts campus of the civic duty to vote in the presidential election. Popular phrases alluding to the...

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Reflections on ‘Occupy Fanning’

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On May 12, 2016, amidst the excitement and angst of final exams, Connecticut College student protesters occupied the administrative offices...

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