Editorials

Letter to the Editor

February 23, 2018• Letters

I am writing to clarify information and correct inaccuracies in the article about Title IX in the Feb. 5 issue of The College Voice.

Conn on Fox: Is Viral News Really News?

February 10, 2018• Editorials

For a college that’s mainly on the left, but not by any means the most radical, we sure get picked up by the right wing a lot....

Weinstein-Aware, Beyond Hollywood

November 19, 2017• Editorials

In recent weeks, the name “Harvey Weinstein” has become a common epithet for sexual predators in positions of power. ...

There’s a big, ugly intrusion on the fourth page of this issue. In its full multicolored glory, its text commands: “MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR WORLD.” Because you are the educated, privileged reader of a college newspaper, the text reminds, the “world” is yours.

Letter To The Editor: “Mental Health at Conn”

October 26, 2017• Letters

In the Oct. 3 edition of The College Voice, Jillian Noyes wrote an article: “Mental Health at Conn: Are We as in Touch as we Claim?” ...

An Open Letter on the Independence of a Student Newspaper

October 13, 2017• Editorials, Letters

To the Connecticut College community: During my short time as editor in chief of The College Voice, I’ve noticed an inconvenient...

Breaking Journalistic Silences

October 3, 2017• Editorials

We like to think of journalists as neutral arbiters of pressing world issues. Exposure to a wide array of news stories—from environmental concerns to developments in fields of technology and politics—should provide readers with the context to form independent opinions on events at home and abroad. But in the age of Trump, journalistic objectivity seems more an ideal than a reality.