Opinions

Honestly, Who Has Time for Breakfast Anymore?

March 1, 2011• Opinions • One Comment

Elementary, My Dear Watson: IBM computer program trounces human all-stars on Jeopardy!

February 21, 2011• Opinions • One Comment

“I, for one, welcome our new computer overlords.” Are you serious, Ken Jennings? Final Jeopardy is no time for Simpsons quotes. Let’s...

“Every Dollar Counts”: A Chat with Jim Berrien

February 21, 2011• Opinions • 2 Comments

Few students known Jim Berrien ’74. He’s a tall man with steely blue eyes and a head of hair that struggles between blondes and...

From Chef Boyarduh to Chef Boyardamn: Devin Cohen gives advice on taking your Harris experience to the next level

February 21, 2011• Opinions • One Comment

Listen, Do You Want To Know a Secret? — A freshman discovers the school’s seedy Internet underbelly: ConnCollConfessional.

February 21, 2011• Opinions • 2 Comments

One fateful night back in the fall, I decided to take a study break and found myself signing into Facebook to check up on the latest...

Shut the Front Door!

February 21, 2011• Opinions

I’ve got a question for anyone in Physical Plant: if you were unable to lock or even close the front door of your house, how quickly...

On the Oddly Blurred Boundaries between Facebook and Life

February 14, 2011• Opinions

Republicans’ Pledge To (Destroy) America

February 14, 2011• Blogs, Opinions • 6 Comments

Congratulations, Republicans! You’ve managed to do it again. Even in the face of adversity and what seemed two years ago to be an...

Single-Stream Sabotage: RecycleManiacs Exposed

February 14, 2011• Opinions • One Comment

Connecticut College is a small community in which secrets are scarce. Rumors spread like H1N1—our private lives are all but communal and...

Don’t Do That!: Kiefer Roberts’ open letter to the campus community

February 14, 2011• Opinions • One Comment

A Gringo’s First Impressions of Ecuador

February 7, 2011• Opinions • 2 Comments

I woke up this morning with a headache, which happens commonly in the US. Despite the fact that everyone here talks about altitude...

Aw Hail No: A Reflection on a Relentless Winter

February 7, 2011• Opinions

It’s happening again: we wake up and realize that our campus has been freshly whitewashed yet another time with a coat of snow (or in...