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Students and faculty gather to discuss the fuss JERRELL MAYS informing me that I was kicked STAFF WRITER out of CELS. Shortly before SHANNON KEATING leaving Scotland, I pretty much proposed Islamic cultural center Lisette Roman' 12 who inspired Earlier this year, many Conn CONTRIBUTOR got the same e-mail again. So, I near Ground Zero. Sandwiched this particular educational effort. students received paid intern- was kicked out twice." When he Clustered into the Alice John- amongst their peers, students and "This summer, in my local ships over the summer. entreated them to let him make son room, approximately fifty staff quietly enjoyed cookies and newspaper, I read a reader's poll David Kelley' 11 was not one up the missed meetings, their re- members of the Connecticut Col- coffee as a distinguished panel regarding the construction of the of those students. sponse was a curt "No." Clearly, lege community discussed the of faculty members assembled community center," said Roman. "It was a job, not an intern- CELS was done with him, but he before them. Disheartened by the respo~ses ship," he remarked. Last summer, hadn't lost hope yet. The panel consisied of Profes- she saw, she felt the issue would Kelley found himself working "[Over the summer] I went to sor Eugene Gallagher, Dean be a hot topic on campus. "The as a production assistant for the New York and shared an apart- of the College Community REF program creates opportuni- popular reality show Project ment with my friend. No job, no Armando Bengochea, Dean of ties like this one for students and Runway. How did David obtain prospects for a job; I got in touch Studies Theresa Ammirati, Re- faculty to have meaningful and this position? with all three of my entertain- ligious Studies Professor Sufia intelligent discourse outside the It began with CELS. "I wanted ment contacts." This list included Uddin and Dr. Nauman Naqvi, classroom," she added. a job, but Ikept missing those his aunt, his cousin and a friend. Mellon Post-Doctoral fellow of Dialogue began with Dean mandatory workshops," Kelley "My cousin used to work for CISLA. It was a product of the Bengochea's take on the contro- explained. As any Conn student Real Housewives of New York. 1 Residential Education Fellows versy surrounding the construc- knows, the CELS workshops gave my resume to him and he program, launched in the fall of tion of an Islamic cultural center tend to sneak up on you, but are said he'd give it out. I had no 2009, which aims to enhance the to be erected blocks away from utterly necessary hoops that must idea who was going to receive connections between faculty and where the Twin Towers fell. A be jumped through in order to it, but one day while I was in students. The endeavor involves majority of polled Americans qualify for a paid internship. New York I got a call from Josh. faculty fellows and student who regard the site as sacred During his junior year, Kel- He told me that a production leaders, including floor governor ground are offended. Bengo- ley was busy with a variety of assistant job had opened, but that chea quoted televangelist Pat projects, and although CELS it had quickly been filled. He Robertson's sentiment that offers seemingly countless op- said he'd keep me informed if it "Muslim takeover of America portunities to make up for missed became open again." This was all is imminent," and proceeded to workshops, procrastination took well and good, but there was one dissect the connotation of the over until finally ... perplexing issue. term "tolerance." "I was studying abroad in "We tolerate what we dis- Scotland when I got an e-mail SEE ARTS, PAGE 9 like," said Bengochea, "and "...what we wish to regulate." He .~i:;:::;::""'-~equated tolerance with a declara- ', tion of the non-nonnative by anti-Islamic bigotry, which has alienated Muslims. They have - consequentially become "the new other." Dean Ammirati discussed what she called "the divide between what we believe we believe and what we actually believe," citing what the Statue of Liberty symbolizes and paral- leling it with our current real SEE MOSQUE, PAGE 5 A Brew of One's Own New Harkness cafe plans to caffeinate closer to home Shifting the Judicial System Alcohol and drug infractions to be separated from Honor Code violations

LILAH RAPTOPOULOS school," said Walsh in a later in- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF terview. "Are we really utilizing it in the right way? Idon't think A committee of students and we need nine students in a room deans called the Judicial Task to figure out many of these sanc- Force has been working since tions. Ithink one dean can do May to redefine our honor code the same work we do. With more policy. On Thursday, Septem- serious violations, the student ber 30, J-Board Chair Conor opinion really matters. But when Walsh '11 introduced the first of it comes to drugs and alcohol, many public conversations on there's not much leeway:' separating illicit drug and alcohol The new Task Force is made infractions from infractions the up of Walsh, SGA president Na- College considers violations of than Cornell '11, SGA Chair of the Honor Code. Residential Education and Living Currently, illicit drug and Katherine Nadelberg '11, Dean alcohol violations are under the of Student Life Jocelyn Brid- The floor plan for what will become the new Harkness Cafe (photo courtesy of college website) jurisdiction of the Judicial Board, dell, Associate Dean of Student and, according to the Student Life and f-Board advisor Sarah SARAH KOSOFSKY Harkness began in the Fall of Harris and the other dining halls Rights and Responsibilities Cardwell, Director of Campus STAFF WRITER 2007, when Leidy Valencia are closed," she said. Handbook, are Honor Code vio- Safety Stewart Smith, and Direc- '09, with the support of Senior Ulysses Hammond, Vice lations. This means that students tor of Residential Education and For a long time now, the Research Analyst John Nugent President for Administration, written up strictly for committing Living Amy Gauthier. dining area in Harkness House and the guidance of Dean of the also played a large role in the drug or alcohol infractions are Said Randy Lovelace' II, has sat unoccupied and silent, College Armando Bengochea, project by helping the committee sent through the same J-Board the WinchesterlRiver Ridge students passing by every day on worked to create a survey that to test the space for sound and process as students charged for senator, "The main problem that their way to to classes, meetings asked the student body what architectural capabilities, and violations of academic integrity we're seeing is that the Honor and sports practices. Many have kinds of social spaces they aiding in the business proposal and civil conduct, violations Code is being undermined on a wondered why the space has would like to see on campus. process. Outside vendors were that include plagiarism, vandal- daily basis. Every time you see gone unoccupied, and what the According to the survey, the encouraged to propose business ism, discrimination and sexual someone drinking underage, you college planned to do with the majority of students wanted ideas for the management of the misconduct. are making it less and less strong. empty, kitchen-equipped room. Last fall, a group of deans and a "lounge-like atmosphere" cafe. When more important issues This semester, it was an- students traveled to Haverford located somewhere in South Although Bean & Leaf, a arise, it's easy to say, I break the nounced that in Fall 20 II, a new College to meet with its dean of campus. coffee shop in Downtown New Honor Code every Thursday and cafe will be built in the empty student life, its judicial chair and In 2009, SGA created the London, was an initial possibil- Saturday night, why not break it space, thanks to a a push from Commission for Student ity, President Higdon and the its honor council to compare pro- now?" the student body and a $500,000 cedures. Another group visited Academic and Social Spaces, administration ultimately chose The policy change is still not gift from the parents of a Conn Wellesley College in September a corrunittee dedicated specifi- the corporation Sodexo as the completely solidified. alumna. The cafe will serve as for a similar meeting. and the cally to following this project most reliable partnership for the Currently, the adjudication pro- Task Force had a conference both a place to buy food and a to its completion. Valencia and project. Sodexo helps manage cess for illicit drug and alcohol place for students to gather late the committee's co-chair Lindy similar cates in other institutions. call with Davidson College last infractions runs as follows: a at night. In the email President week. "At other colleges, Judicial Nash '11, encouraged other As Vice President Hammond ex- complaint case is filed, often Leo Higdon sent 10 students, underclassmen to get involved, plained, the company will be in Boards meet between 20-30 by the Campus Safety officer times a year. We see 400 cases a he stated that the cafe "will be so there would be students still charge of managing the cafe and making the charge. Next, the managed by an outside vendor year," Walsh said in his presenta- on campus when the cafe came hiring students. Students will be J-Board chair notifies all students and will offer specialty coffees to be. responsible for the programming tion to SGA on Thursday. involved, who, if they plead "Wellesley did a review 10 and other non-alcoholic bever- Nash, though graduating soon, of the space. not responsible, are required to years ago, and they're extremely ages, light meals and freshly is excited about the solid plans Hammond says that eventu- submit a written statement to the happy," he continued. baked goods in a casual, relaxed for the cafe. ally, once the cafe has been Chair 24 hours before their hear- "The judieial board we have setting." . . "Il:definitely think South Cam- estab~hed for a while, it will ing, as well as n'tmes of any The creation of the cafe III is an amazing aspect of this pus needs a hang-out spot when SEE CAFE, PAGE 4 SEE JBOARD, PAGE 4 2 THECOLLEGEVOla

EDITOR ALS/LETTERS contod@thecollegevoiceorg OOOBER 4 2010 THE COLLEGE VOICE Letter from the Editor "The views and opinions expressed in The College Voice, as in all There are clubs on this campus with no more We have clear passion for our endeav?r~:Read Nora Swenson's article on the newly initiated student publications, are strictly those of the student authors, and not than ten active members. Imagine the Voice with of Connecticut College. All content and editorial decisions remain each section as a different publication. Each section French Club and see that the students in these in the hands of the students; neither the College's administration nor editor has an average of 30 students on their contact clubs have high aspirations. Perhaps a better term its faculty exercise control over the content." list, so hypothetically, if news, opinions, arts and is complacency: uncritically satisfied with our sports all had individual SGA funding, they'd all routines comfortably entrenched in our systems EDITOR· IN· CHIEF have to find individual printers, print out individual and not bothered to turn them upside down. It's left us with 60 clubs, many of which have '? more than Lilah Raptopoulos broadsheet pages and figure out individual systems for distributing those publications throughout 10 impassioned members, many of which over~ap. MANAGING EDITOR campus. They'd each need ~ treasurer, a weekly College club funding offers us the rare occasion to interact with money without putting any of It John Sherman meeting, and a set of computers, photographers and web editors, If Iwere to wake up one morning in our pockets, as we vie for funding strictly to . and suggest we put everything in one publication, create events for the "betterment of our community, EDITORIAL BOARD it would be jarring - understandably, every not the betterment of our bank accounts. Here we club leader would have trouble letting go and are allowed dispassionate interaction with large sums, because the money isn't to feed our family News Editors Sports Editors collaborating. But we know from our 35-year history, and any experience in journalism, that this or pay for our rent. So why not re-shift the focus Jazmine Hughes Nick Woolf is the way you run a newspaper. here, by holding club leaders to a higher level of Meredith Boyle Mike Flint The other day I counted the number of students power, agency and independence. Instead of the in the staff box at right for last week's issue - it Finance committee and SGA deciding that CQ' A+E Editors Opinions Editor took 51 students in total to put together one issue of (Connecticut College Queer and Questioning) isn't Racine Oxtoby John Dodig the Voice. Last year, we had over 130 total writers. allowed money because they "discriminate" against Matthew Gentile We're such an active club partially because we heterosexuals, they give the LGBTQ Partnership a Head Copy Editors were built with tiers. certain amount of money that its executive board members distribute amongst themselves (this would Anna Membrino Last week, 60 clubs received a monetary Rebecca Reel . allocation from.the Student Government include SPECTRUM, CQ', and the Coalition for Association's Finance Committee. At Thursday's Gender Identity Awareness). SGA meeting, members of the committee expressed There is one problem this creates: the constant BUSINESS DEPARTMENT concern about how to keep up with the funding battle with the Student Organizations Funding requests. In total, the clubs asked for $211 ,302.22. Office. With students paying their club expenses Advertising Manager Public Relations Director The total amount distributed was $107,871.38. and SOFO paying them back, the College has Rebecca Heupel Rachel Blitzer This club funding process is all-inclusive: the set up a system where unless you can request an Committee gives money to clubs as diverse as the advance receipt to give SOFa, wait two weeks to CC Equestrian Team and the Inter-Varsity Christian receive a check, and give it to a vendor that accepts VISUAL DEPARTMENT Fellowship. checks at all, you are forced to spend your own Said 2012 Class President D'Larys Rivera, "A lot money ordering materials, only to be paid in check Photo Editors Creative Director of clubs overlap, We don't have a lot more money by SOFO two weeks later. (Last week, Ispeot Tanaha Simon Julie McMahon to give out, but many of them can collaborate." $850 of the little money I made this summer to buy Duncan Spaulding They're currently looking to reevaluate the apparel the Voice is selling at Harvest Fest. I'm still standards for sponsoring and approving clubs. waiting for SOFO to pay me back.) It's a liability The question is, how do you draw intelligent to hand out 60 credit cards for 60 clubs. But credit WEB STAFF boundaries? Should REC have a say in what cards have been the standard method of transaction happens in Forest Justice? Probably not. But since the mid-80's. But let more groups combine Web Content Editor Webmaster should REC, Forest Justice, Oceana, Sprout! and and give us the responsibility we deserve - we'll Ellie Benner Ayano Elson Spokespeople alJ be under a Connecticut College step up. Environmentalist Association? Ian Phillips, the If you want clubs with similar interests to SGA Chair of Environmental Affairs, recently collaborate, it's important that they streamline THIS WEEK ON STAFF formed an executive board with the presidents of their operations. The more you buy, the cheaper it each club called the Environmental Leadership gets. Buy food for club meetings in bulk, buy all Writers Copy Editors Committee. Great. Now why not take it a step club sports team uniforms from the same vendor, further, where they give themselves one treasurer, Jazmin Acuna Brittany Armstrong buy hundreds of vuvuzelas and create an interclub and have that treasurer petition a large chunk: of Molly Bangs Jerell Mays league initiative to attend games. It won't happen Ellic Benner Annie Mitchell money from Finance for all environmental affairs? overnight, as growing organizations ultimately It'd give clubs more autonomy. Bailey Bennett David Shan field means relinquishing control. But imagine every There's nothing if not too much inertia at Emily Bernstein Melanle Thibeault year at funding time, instead of competing against Julia Cristofanc Conn College. Someone decided on the term each other, clubs were actually pooling together? "apathy" one day, and it stuck onto this college, Cole Delbyck Photographers Jake Landry like any good buzzword does. But the word feels -Lilah Raptopoulos Hadley Brooks soulless. We are not emotionally empty, are we? Anna Kaufman Cecelia Brown Shannon Keating Miguel Salcedo Sarah Kosofsky Kira Turnbull Jerell Mays Letters to the Editor Adam Miller Dear Editor, to reflect on the circumstances under which such Jenna O'Neil Illustrators This letter is in response to the article "What's : advice was offered. Already with an understanding Jesse Moskowitz Emily Bernstein Everybody Raving About?" from last week's issue. of how CGA cadets view Conn, Ispoke to a few Kiefer Roberts Alicia Toldi I would like to begin with the definition of "rave" as of my friends who are Conn students, both male David Shanfield found on urbandictionary.com: and female. I wanted to know where this animos- Amelia Smith Rave: n. any gathering ojpeople centered around ity came from. One friend said much of the distaste Nora Swenson' listening to and dancing to electronic music, as was handed down by older students. He added that played by a set of live djs. Originated in 1989 if! he had never had any serious interaction at all with Contact Us the UK as underground, often illegal gatherings in a cadet, aside from myself, never mind a negative abandoned warehouses, Often characterized by the one, but still felt a certain bitterness toward them. [email protected] positive, psychedelic atmosphere, influenced often When asked if there were any other reasons he (860) 439-5437 (but not always) by drugs and casual sex. didn't like cadets, he said, "Why would I like them 270 Mohegan Avenue There are only two things that come to mind if they don't like me?" New London, CT 06320 when I think about the WERA article: pretentious Statements like this only continue the cycle of and a little bit snooty. Senously what were you distaste. I asked another student why she tliought Dear Editor, expecting? A 1950's Sadie Hawkins dance where A good friend of mine recently sent me a link to the article in the there was a general distrust of cadets at Conn. She everyone is knocking back fruit punch and doing College Voice which referred to the incident with a Coast Guard cadet said flatly that the guys don't like them because they the twist-and-shout? come over and increase competition for girls, and on the night of the Connecticut College rave. As an alum who is no This is college, you and your cardigan should stop longer on campus I was shocked that members of my college com- girls don't like them because they think the cadets judging everyone for cutting loose on the weekends. munity were involved in such a disturbing confrontation. only come over looking for girls. She said she While Ipersonally am not a fan of the excessive I was a diver on the Connecticut College Swimming and Diving herself harbored no resentment toward the Coas- groping and belligerent drunks, I also do not go to team, and got to know many members of the Coast Guard because the ties, but that her friends had expressed views to this a college party expecting everyone to be acting like Coast Guard pool does not have a separate diving well. Their divers effect. This seems logical, in a twisted sort of way _ the Queen is present. practice at our pool every day for almost four months. but I know that the issues aren't so simple. I'd also like to respond to the comments about ev- Conn students unfortunately see an extreme subset of the Coast When I attended the Academy, Conn was the butt eryone looking like they were Delorianed back from Guard cadets, ones that come over with the stereotype of just wanting of many lighthearted jokes. Even teachers made the 1980's. Raves were popular, when? The 1980's. to "hook-up" with drunk Conn girls. I have seen them many times, them. "You have to take this class and get it out of That's like saying you were anooyed that everyone often travelling in numbers or at dances with their hats on the head of the way now so you can go take basket-weaving at was dressed in poodle skirts and leather jackets at a their dance partners. Out of the men and women that Ipracticed with Conn as a senior." (Basket-weaving was replaced sock hop. Although your cardigan probably would every day, none have ever come onto Conn's campus arbitrarily. The on occasion with Bob Dylan or Art). After wishing have fit in better with that crowd. Also, I'd strongly only times they did come over were when they were expressly invited that I were, In fact, taking a class as interesting as suggest you watch Dirty Dancing (1987) to get to a room of one of their Conn teammates, or to hang out on tbe green Bob Dylan mstead of the drivel that was Differ- a better idea of what dancing was like. Not that I on a sunny weekend afternoon. ential Equations, I thought ahout how deep-seated' don't love Kevin Bacon. I think it is imperative that Conn students be given the chance to this conflict had hecome. Some officers (former On a less sarcastic note, I did enjoy your article. better understand me lives of the Coast Guard cadets, and for them cadets) who were our teachers reported the same Rave on. to better understand us. The extreme stereotype that they often see is atmosphere between the two campuses from when of a bunch of snotty rich kids who throw vicious taunts and insults at they attended the Academy. The fact that fifteen or -Kelly Franklin' 13 them and undermine the work that they do. A cadet who made a bad ~wenty years before we arrived cadets were voic- decision should not be used as a representation of the entire Coast ~g the same sentiments about Conn suggests our Dear Editor, Guard student body, just as a Conn student who has made a mistake distrust stems from the distant past. After being asked to write a follow up to my com- should not he used to represent ours. We,should try to work together If you view yourself.as a mature, responsible ment on last week's article, "Trouble on the Coast," with both administrations to promote events that facilitate discussions student, you have a duty to, at the very least, respect regarding Conn/CGA relations, I was excited to that would allow us to get to know one another better, a forum to in- the other campus. Regardless of why there is this have the chance to inspire more discussion on the teract that is not at a heated hockey match or drunkenly on a sidewalk enormous divide between them I think . issues. I ask that you read this with introspection. , we Owe It to late on a Saturday evening. ourselves and future students and cadets to work to Don't go to Conn. You'll only get in trouble. It's The Coast Guard Academy houses our closest neighbors, and the foster at I~ast a cheerfujjv tolerant atmosphere. Oh- not worth it, and you aren't wanted there anyway. cadets there present an amazing opportunity to leam from a diverse viously it s easier said than done, and will be a long This is essentially what every fourth class (fresh- group of people with many different perspectives. Until we clear the process, hut I feel it to be a worthy id al M b man) cadet hears over and over again as the school oU don't th ' e . ay e air and actually have a mature dialogue, the tension between the two Y n, - at s up to you. But ask yourself wh year gets underway. We heard horror stories from Y schools will never dissipate and will most likely lead to even more shouldn t there be a positive relationship bet;een the administration of arrests and drunken fights, and _ destructive and daagerous situations. a Conn and tw Coa~t Guard Academy? for the most part, we took tli& advice. -KatherineArnao'09 r But now that I'm on the outside, I am better able • -Name Wilheld, CGA • • • w ... • e ...... ,..--....-y -0 ~...-.,.--.-...... ------r. •• ~ ;-

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As the year went on, Borbone in Kobe, the sixth largest city DAVID SHANFIELD found himself less interested in Japan. Borbone was accom- CONTRIBUTOR in his biology and chemistry panied by Connecticut College Johnny Borhone arrived at classes and more fascinated by professor of computer sciences Connecticut College in Fall 2008 the study of robotics. In fact, he Gary Parker, as well as Tatsuro Revival of the former French Club intending to major in visual arts enjoyed the subject so much that Alpert '11. while also fulfilling pre-med rather than pursuing his pre-med "Presenting in Japan was requirements. He had considered requirements, Borbone decided absolutely phenomenal," said attending both art institutions as to take on Advanced Robotics the Borbone. At the WAC, there well as massive research univer- next semester. were conferences on topics from sities, but decided that a small Recently, Borbone published aviation to genetic algorithms to liberal arts college like Conn was his research on flight and wing smart homes. While not at the the best place for him "to get dynamics in regards to omithop- conference, Barbone was able med chool foundations and the ters. First proposed by Leonardo to travel to Tokyo and Kyoto to hard core art curriculum." da Vinci, an ornithopter is a go sightseeing. His travels were However. now in his junior machine that achieves flight by made significantly easier by the year, Borbone is a proudJy flapping, much like a bird. In fact that Alpert, having grown up declared computer science rnajor the past, omithopters have been in Japan, is completely fluent in and a member of the Ammerman unsuccessful in aviation. Bor- Japanese. Center for Arts and Technology bone explained the reason for Despite his interest and talent (C@T). Thi shift of interest their failure is that their wings in computer sciences, Barbone occurred the summer before his only move vertically up and assures me that he is "not one freshman year, when in a fateful down, while a bird's wings move of those computer geeks who and rebellious act, he refused in "six degrees of freedom." In wants to sit on a computer and to enroll in a freshman seminar. his research, Borbone simulated write code every day." Rather, Upon arriving at Conn, Borbone flight with an ornithopter he Borbone wants "to get out and was placed in the only semi- designed that moves its wings in work with people, maybe go into nar that had vacancies: Intro to four degrees of freedom. IT." For his internship this sum- Robotics. On Sunday, September 26, mer, Borbone plans on applying Having no background in ro- Johnny Borbone returned home to businesses such as Goldman botics or computer science, Bor- from an eight day trip to Japan, Sachs and Merrill Lynch to work bone was less than thrilled with where he presented his publica- in Information Technology or his assigned seminar. "I thought, tion to researchers, company companies like Google and IBM 'this is going to suck, I'm going representatives and students at to work in programming, to hate it/It he recalled. "but it the World Automation Congress NORA SWENSON than those weird ball games turned out to be awe orne." (WAC). The WAC took place STAFF WRITER with cups, .. singing gets you so pumped up!" Parlez-vous francais? Bullock also mentioned If that sentence got lost in possibly Skyping with a wine Harkness Cafe translation, don't fret. After a connoisseur to learn the art three year absence, Connecticut of drinking wine, as it is very CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 manager Joshua Gottesman 'II plication of efforts here," said College finally has revived a club prevalent in France, followed by and previous manager Deana Gottesman. "And this is a very dedicated to helping students French folk tale storytelling read become a viable enterprise for Herrera-Vasquez '12 are both small campus; we have a very experience French culture. by her French grandmere, which both the college and the contrac- concerned about the new cafe's small target base. It would be The club is now called Le Club students could attend in pajamas. tor. He is clear, however, that presence on campus, more understandable if this were des Franco-Fun, a play on the the cafe was brought about not Exposing the group to contem- Both worry that the corporate- a uni versity," term "francophone,' which signi- by the administration, but the porary music, movies, French managed cafe in Harkness will Alternately, Marisa Trevino fies its inclusion of all French students. "J think this is going slam poetry and French slang les- prove to be too competitive '13,an avid coffee fan and a speakers. It was created by Sybil to be a great venue for students sons is another goal - a consid- to the other cafes on campus. resident of South Campus, is Bullock '14, Stefany Buchi ' J4, looking to have a relaxed and erable help to anyone thinking Herrera- Vasquez was surprised excited for the new cafe in Hark- Norah Hannel '14, the president, fun experience," he said, and of pursuing study abroad in a that there was such a big push ness. "It will be nice to have a vice-president, and class of 2014 explained that the cafe will have Francophone country down the for the cafe in Harkness, as Cof- place closer than Coffee Grounds SAC representative, respectively. an atmosphere much like an road. fee Grounds sells much of the where I can hang out," she said, Le Club des Franco-Fun's first urban cafe, where students can Finally, the leaders expressed same goods. She worries that the Dean Bengochea doesn't meeting last Tuesday evening, not only plug in their computers a desire to revive the language new cafe will "pit different parts believe that the other cafes on yielded a fairly strong turnout and study, but also socialize with tables in Knowlton's dining of the community against each campus need to worry. "We want of over fourteen students who friends. hall, which have lost familiarity other," as some students will each space to be its own entity," hailed from all French-speaking There is concern, however, among students in recent years. flock to the new cafe and others he said. "This isn't meant to can- capabilities, grades and coun- that the new cafe will take away Their first meeting was al- will want to remain loyal to the nibalize the other cafes, we just tries. Though some were anxious some of business from the ready off to an unfortunate start, community run and centered wanted to provide students with about the initial requests for a other three cafes on campus. however, given that SGA funding Coffee Grounds. more options." simple introduction in French, In particular, Coffee Grounds' was not nearly as plentiful as "It feels like there's a du- the freshmen encouraged the leaders had hoped it to be: students just to try, given that the group requested $900 from "we're all going to be friends the Finance Committee, and Shifting the Judicial System here!" was allocated $175. Needless to If nothing else, they encour- say, the promised cheese hors aged people to pronoonce their d' oeurves advertised in Conn's option. We need to determine a after your first alcohol violation, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 first names with a French accent. Daily CONNtact newsletter were sanction. Some of these alcohol your second, etc. - then we can witnesses they want to speak As freshmen, Bullock, Buchi not served. and drug cases should really be feel more comforable handing on their behalf. At f-Board, the and Hannel all expressed their "We were really considering dealt with an administrator. A off the reins," said Walsh. accused are asked to read their own fear of leading such a club doing Harvestfest," Bullock said student is not likely to go in front The Task Force hopes to vote statements and respond to ques- with little direction. As freshmen emphatically. "But after finding of 8 other students, for example, in SGA by Thanksgiving and tions from Board members and leaders, however, they are likely out how much it cost just to get a and discuss their drinking prob- pass on their recommendations to their advisor. This hearing is to stay invested in the club for table, and then all the money we lem." the Board of Trustees by Febru- tape-recorded. The dress code is the next four years, which offers would have to invest in making The Task Force suggested that ary. Currently, they are reaching bus iness-casual. an opportunity for substantial the [popular choux puff pastries] illicit drug and alcohol infrac- out for the general student body "I think there's value in growth from these determined profiteroles to sell, Ijust don't tions would be called issues of response to this potential change. students coming to the Board," demoiselles. The three lead- know if we'll be able to." "college policy" instead of Hon- They will be having open forums said Cardwell at Thursday's SGA ers are all either ft uent French Therefore, in lieu of participat- or Code violations, and would be in different sections of campus meeting, "but I think a lot of speakers or approaching fluency, ing in Harvestfest, the group in- handled administratively instead after Fall Break. times there are critical conversa- Bullock's parents are French tends to hold a cabaret fundrais- of through the traditional J-Board "Ask your houses whether we and American, Buchi is of Swiss ing performance. After a look of tions that are absent from the process. Most likely, it will entail should distinguish between col- hearing. If drug and alcohol vio- descent and attended a French- a one-an-one meeting between lege policy [drugs and alcohol] apprehension among the students lations are dealt with separately, American high school, and Han- attending the meeting, Bullock student and dean. violations and Honor Code viola- we could create a space for those nel, though German, is equally reassured them, "I know what They also hope to put a tions," Walsh told the senators strong in the French language. conversations t happen." framework in place that dictates you're thinking, and yes that is on Thursday. "Whatever changes At the meeting, President Bull- "It's not easy to go in front of how violations are handled, even are made, Idon't want any a kind of cabaret - but what a your peers to talk about drugs ock discussed why she started within these meetings, which will backlash from the student body. cabaret really is, originally, is or alcohol," Walsh said in the Le Club des Franco-Fun's. "I'm maintain a student say in various I want them to be behind it one just a dinner with a show." The interview. "You're really reveal- hoping this will become a space issues. "If we use OUI voice to hundred percent." group plans to prepare a meal for ing a personal side of your life, for you guys to leam about the wider community and then implement some structure and French culture while improving and because we're dealing with framework - like what happens either perform a show of their your language level - some ac- policy, we're not giving you an Own with Conn's Dance Team tivities won't necessarily involve performing the can-can or secure speaking, and we'll make sure entertainment of the French those that do have subtitles, like variety outside of Connecticut French comedy acts, songs and College. movies." This fundraiser would hope- INTERESTED IN NEWS? She continued, "I'm really fully result in enabling the group' happy we have different fluency to take a trip to Montreal, Canada levels, because those of us who at the end of the year. Email us at speak more easily will be able to To close the meeting, Bullock help those who are stillleam- expressed her desire to continue ing." to increase the amount of French [email protected] Possible activities Bullock spoken throughout meetings, proposed include cooking and insisting that it truly helps to enjoying Francophile food hear the language spoken outside like Swiss fondue and French of the classroom, and would Or stop by our meeting next week: pastries, a professional French Ultimately make the French chef demonstration and learn- club experience that much more ing and singing French drinking enjoyable. Monday 10/11, 10 PM, Cro 215 songs. As Bullock commented, "Singing is so much more fun ______-NEWS· 5 TH: CDllEGE vocs . OCTOBER 4. 2010 A Mosque Near We Are What We Eat Changes in Dining Services can be costly endeavors Ground Zero? ELLIE BENNER Ryan Callahan '12, a member of the Student CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 WEB CONTENT EDITOR Government Association's Dining Services committee, acknowledges the difficult situation For better or worse, the Dining Services team ity, It is the reality of fear, both the "fear of other" and the fear of a that Dining Services is in, as they are motivated knows that they will always be on the minds world thrown out of whack. by profit. (and stomachs) of the almost two thousand Dr. Naqvi spoke passionately on that same subject. "1 am sorry for all "We may forget that it's hard to make large students that eat breakfast, lunch and dinner on of us," he said. Spirits undoubtedly sunk throughout the small conference quantities of food and keep it warm and of a campus every day. By senior year, eating in the room as he lamented the worst century in human history, out of which hu- consistent quality," he said. dining halls begins to get a little tiring. Fortu- mankind limps into the unknown of this new millennium. Citing numerous Callahan's largest achievement as a mem- nately,just in time for the 2010-2011 school natural disasters that have plagued the globe of late, as well as referencing ber of the committee has been improving the year. Dining Services changed food providers, the human tendency to use the planet's resources with careless abandon, chicken fingers. He advocated for all-white giving students some small changes to relish in he demanded to know why this issue - born out of what he calls "identity meat chicken breasts and said his key to success as they dig intoanother meal in Harris, Smith, politics" - is clamoring for center stage on the social agenda. was being persistent and bringing up the idea Jane Addams, Freeman, or Knowlton. Profes or Uddin talked about the hun she'd felt. "It's a painful experi- a number of times. His suggestion for Dining The Director of Dining Services, Ingrid ence," she said. "1 am personally pained." She spoke highly, and at times Services is to "eliminate dishes that are less Bushwack. said the decision to change food tearfully, of Parkyt , informing the audience that it will not be a mosque, popular and to improve middling dishes." vendors was based on making sure that the but a community center with a gym and a pool, as well as a place for Mus- While it would be virtually impossible to school is "getting the most variety/options, lims to pray, and where individuals of all religions can gather. satisfy every student's palate, there are some good/dependable service [and] the best pric- "Imagine you're born and raised in a culture," said Uddin. "You go to small changes that Dining Services has made ing for the volume that we buy." Many other school with the other kids. you go home and you might do a few things to improve the quality of food and the satisfac- departments at this school can make substantial- differently, but you're still an American. These protests challenge [Mus- tion students derive from it. Maisie Sargent 'II changes without any financial consequence but lim] identity." is lactose intolerant, making her limited dining Dining Services is feeding in bulk:; this gives "I hope you are seeing the passion of the faculty participating," said experience more difficult than most. She noticed every decision a very specific cost. Professor Gallagher, who further acknowledged that tensions over the con- that the wraps this year are now lactose free, This monetary concern stands in the way struction of the center are testing the strength of our pluralistic society. when there were previously only two bread op- of many suggestions students make on Nap- The discussion whipped through the political, the personal and even tions for those who can't eat dairy. kin Notes and pin to the dining walls, which touched upon the philosophical. "If we are indeed hurtling from catastro- Peter Collins 'II would like to see pesto in are carefully read and considered by Dining phe to catastrophe," asked Charles Barstow '12 in reference to one of Dr. the sandwich bar every day, instead of just once Services. "Sometimes students might see quick Naqvi' more dire revelations: "What compels us not to despair?" or twice a week. Jennifer Saner '13 wants to changes because the suggestion was a great idea "Nothing compels me," said Naqvi, "1 despair all the time." bring burrito night back, and Kate Weymouth and something that could easily be changed or Professor Fred Paxton, chair of the history department, offered a more '11 misses the honey mustard salad dressing. added," said Bushwack. "Other times, the sug- positive response. reminding the crowd that before the twentieth century, Brian Dell'Erario '12 notes that "you still have gestions are more complex. We have to always human rights virtually did not exist at all. Beyond the pity Naqvi ex- to be creative sometimes and bring out your weigh the ramifications of making a change and pressed, Professor Paxton sees compassion, "old as Buddha," He spoke inner chef," the impact it can have on the department." of American history and the number of times things have looked pretty While these changes are small, they might Dining Services sent out a survey to the calarnitou . "But in the words of the Grateful Dead," he said, "We will make a world of difference to someone who survive." school several weeks ago, asking questions con- knows that their voice was heard by Dining cerning the quality and sustainability of the food Students who altended the panel discussion felt enlightened and in- Services and their suggestion was incorporated spired. served in our dining halls. They are still waiting into the dining halls. As our school emphasizes for the results enthusiastically. "1 really enjoyed being able to listen to educators of different disciplines the imporlance of student involvement and par- offer their in igbt,' said Katie Pearson' 14. "We receive consistent feedback from a ticipation, this notion should also be extended variety of small, vocal groups that may not rep- Sophomore Leah Feutz said, "I try to stay passionate about enacting to the quality and quantity of food we eat on change when some people seem so resistant. Having discussions like this resent the majority of the students," Bushwack campus every day. really help me to stay motivated and informed." says.

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6 ------_ ll-IE COLLEGE VOICE OPINONS OClOBER 4 2010 Editor: John Dodig [email protected] I Am Not an Ash-Hole Are We as Lack of ashtrays and butt cans force smokers to litter Involved as We Think We Are? This sentiment was only AMELIA SMITH intensified when I began to hear CONTRIBUTOR about the lack of participation in "Most of all, I love that Con- a campus-wide "Hope for Haiti" necticut College students waot to effort last spring. A comment on get involved with everything that a similarly themed April 2010 or- is offered to them." ticle in the College Voice blamed Sometimes I wonder if this "disorganizion, confusion about statement, the last line of my the charity, bad communication," "Why Conn Coll?" essay. is what and implored the administration really got me in here. The admis- to "let the students plan events sions office seems to pride itself next time." so much 00 students' involve- Yet here we are with a disaster, ment, especially in international as Khan describes it, "the size of affairs. As the website proclaims, Hurricane Katrina and the 2005 "Going to Connecticut College Pakistan earthquake combined," means going global," and barely fifteen students are I loved the idea of SATA, taking action to help the twenty Without proper receptacles, students' cigarette butts accumulale outside residential houses. CISLA and multiple other inter- million displaced Pakistanis. between bench slats. Voila! An pus of athletes and other lung- oationally minded opportunities I Sure, this apathy could be EMILY BERNSTEIN ashtray! Perhaps it was unsophis- conscious types, I'm a minority. read about. All year, new e-mails blamed on poor publicity. In fact, CONTRIBUTOR ticated, but it was a small step But just as my peers are provided and letters poured in about the as Peter Herron '14 points out, It's not a good time to be a toward civilization. with ample trashcans to throw huge percentage of students that "the entire situation in Paki- smoker. We've been pushed to But our feeble attempt at cam- away their Gatorade bottles, I studied abroad, joined ceoters stan right now has been grossly the outskirts of society, outdoors, pus beautification soon devolved hope one day to be provided with or created their own "global" rna- ignored by most media sources." twenty feet from dorms, hud- into a wilted mess overflowing enough ashtrays to do my part in jors. Honestly, most of the time If we're so globally minded, then dJing in the rain under awnings with engorged, rain-soaked ciga- keeping my campus tidy. Until when family aod friends asked shouldn't we be - forgive the and leafy trees. We endure the rettes. We were relieved when a new legislation pushes us out of me why Iwanted to come to narcissism - different than "most pitying glances of passing peers society completely, forcing us to Conn, Iwould cite one or more people"? in windbreakers, the occasional I've watched in dismay travel to Canada to smoke, we of these programs. Who should be taking initia- scrunched nose glare, usually must find a way to coexist, smok- Needless to say, I arrived with live for this, then? Should it be administered by the same people as butts accumulated, ers and non-smokers. high hopes of stepping into a the administration, the ones who who, under the influence of first merely sprinkled It shouldn't be hard to find world where everyone I knew advertise our "global mindset" cheap. light beer, will attempt to among the wood chips common ground - we all eat the would read the 10 anyone who bum half your pack on Thursday same dining hall "food ," breathe New York TImes will listen? night. outside my dorm and the same air (albeit some prefer and donate There is not one Should it be But We are not bad people. All now beginning to form a to breathe it through a tube of all their spare humanitarian aid group those students we want is to enjoy a pre-class thick carpet. burning tobacco) and inhabit the change to causes to befound, letting huge who chose to cigarette. a post-class cigarette, a same bubble of greenery aod fun, halfway across publicly whine mid-paper cigarette or a coffee- where the honor code tells us the globe. Imag- crises slip through the about how the and-cigarette in peace. Like high gusty storm finally blew it away. not to cheat and to respect and ine my surprise cracks. administra- school outcasts forbidden to sit Now we are left to wonder why. uphold the principals of our alma when, three days tion didn't do with the cool kids at lunch, we've Why do Blaustein and the library mater. Perhaps this mutual re- after stepping foot on campus, I a good enough job with the last come to terms with our exile. possess the only ashtrays I've spect for our campus can draw us walked up the front steps to Cro school-wide effort? Or sbould What 1 have not come to terms seen? Is it because they house together in the fight for ashtrays. and found myself staring at a it be pre-existing human rights with, after four short weeks the French department. a country So take pride in your cam- table with a sign that read "2,000 groups on campus. who appar- at Connecticut College, is the that is hard to see from space pus foliage, becoming slowly people already died. 20,000 more ently have the most passion disgusting lack of ashtrays on because it is obscured by a thick smothered beneath a layer of ash partially or completely displaced. about issues like these? campus. I've watched in dismay cloud of cigarette smoke? Why and filters. Or picture a sweet PAKlSTANIS NEED OUR Just last week, a proposal as butts accumulated, first merely am I charged nearly ten dollars to little bunny rabbit choking on a HELP." The table was complete- to fiscally connect all of the sprinkled among the wood chips buy cigarettes on campus? Surely cigarette butt. Or maybe look to Iy deserted. environmental organizations on outside my dorm and now begin- the extra dollars being squeezed your peers, haloed in cigarette The Connecticut College Stu- campus was passed by SGA. ning to form a thick carpet. from my desperately depleted smoke, guilty and ashamed of the dents for Pakistan movement is This will, in effect, make it much One day sitting on a bench, bank account can be put towards mess they've made. Do whatever the brainchild of Conn alumnus easier for the groups to Come my fellow smokers and I com- a handful of flowerpots for me it takes to inspire you to com- Nayan Bokherel (class of 2010), together and run multi-faceted miserated: We felt like animals, to ash in. Perhaps I should get plain for ashtrays. As it says in an international student from events that would unite the green wallowing in our own filth. Why in touch with someone at Camel our hallowed Honor Code: And Nepal. Over the summer, he re- movement rather than divide it were we being forced to litter Our cigarettes? I'm sure that they thus in manifold service we will cruited two other Conn students, into too many specialized seg- country club-esque surroundings would gladly supply us with pro- render our Alma Mater greater, Muoib Khan '13 and Ali Agha ments. Why couldn't all oftbe with the leftovers of our bad hab- motional ashtrays bearing their worthier, and more beautiful. '12, to sellt-shirts and solicit human rights organizations on its? I poured out the dregs of my (or perhaps oury logo. donations. campus form something similar coffee and wedged the paper cup I understand that On a cam- The Pakistan aid movement is 10 this? not affiliated with any on-campus Human Rights Now and clubs and is not registered or COAST (Coalition Against Don't Do That! recognized as an official col- Slavery and Human Trafficking) lege organization. However, the stand among others as some of "club" bas verbal approval from the campus's many human rights Kiefer Roberts' open letters to the campus community both SGA and SAC. Khan says, organizations. Their commit- "1 don't see the point of taking ment to education and awareness KIEFER ROBERTS I need is a cup of Gatorade and aside as you can-can all the way the initiative for such a limited on campus leaves little to be some ginger ale to soothe my CONTRIBUTOR to your damn table. effort." desired. Yet there is not one hu- hunger headache that began well So don't be surprised when "We only have 100 shirts left," manitarian aid group to be found, Dear Inconsiderate Groups of before I walked into Harris? other people (because, you be points out. "If we talked 10 letting huge crises like these Individuals in Harris. Please realize that anywhere know, there are other people in them now they would be gone in simply slip through the cracks. from 6 to 7 PM. Harris should Harris) bulldoze right through a day. Why bother?" I am not going to claim to Guess what's not a fantastic be a buzzing madhouse, with your red-rover chain of friends Currently. Khan and Agha esti- know everything about the inner idea: standing in the middle of everyone aggressively throwing because they're blinded by the mate that they spend about six to workings of this school yet. I Our largest and busiest dining their lDs on tables or coveted need to reach the new batch of seven hours every week manning do love it here. and every day I hall discussing the events of booths and then rushing off to french fries coming out of the the table. They have recruited look around me and see amazing your day or plans for later this Barefoot Contessa the holy hell deep fryer. around fifteen other friends as things happening. The massive evening! out of the non-hot line ingredi- Fried food does crazy things well, who cover whatever shifts efforts by the OVCS program Aren't you hungry? Isn't that ents. to people, especially at Harris, they can. They guess that they and the resulting influx of volun- why you've come here? Aren't so consider yourself lucky to can raise around $2,000 by the teers still impress me, and prove the intoxicating aromas of Taco Why in God's name only get a shoulder bump or be end of Harvestfest. that we can still comprehend a Tuesday the Sirens to your have you chosen the pushed aside. In the grand scheme of things. world outside of Harris. How- Odysseus? drink line to discuss your This is just some advice from though, is this really enough? ever, for some reason, we are still Either way, the best way to someone who has been here Does $2,000 and a few hundred a few steps behind in the global get nutrients into your egress- shameless adventures? for three years already, and of shirts really give us the right humanitarian sphere. blocking body is not through course has been (rarely, though) to claim that we are "globally True, I'm only a freshman. your decision to apathetically guilty of the same morally rep- minded"? When I first started So. as many people are prob- stand in my (and others') way, Harris is not your arena to rehensible behavior. doing research on the effort. not ably thinking: what do I know? barely moving as I dish out one languidly stand in line decid- After all, Harris is a place of one of the students I spoke with Really: I've just finished unpack- after another unnecessary and ing whether or not your bagel engagement and community- was aware that anyone at Conn mg. Still, I've lived in a bubble completely fake utterances of sandwich really needs those it's a dining hall for goodness was involved in aiding Pakistan. before, and I'm not ready to walk the phrase. "Excuse me." bean sprouts. Also. walking sake! But the main and most Where were my New York into another one. I only hope In truth. you're the one block- around Harris in a Sex and the important part of that is the din- TImes-obsessed classmates that that by the time I roll up my last ing the way to all that the salad City-e,que line with a group of ing aspect, so move your ass out only a few weeks ago 1 was dy- suitcase and hide it away under bar has to offer, which is so friends is completely fine, even of the way when someone wants ing to meet? Where was Conn my bed. Conn can prove itself to rude. I don't come to your room somewhat reminiscent of high frozen yogurt. Talk about what hiding all of the selfless intema- be JUStas aware and involved as on Friday and Sunday mornings school, when entering a place he/she/they texted you last night tional volunteers who couldn't we claim to be, if not more. and block your arm from des- with a group indicated how so- at your own table-not in my wait to graduate and join the Let's start by heading over perately reaching for your Brita cially well-adjusted you were in way and not on my time. pitcher, so why in God's name Peace Corps? Where were all of to Cro and buying one of those - the wake of that awkward phase these "globally minded" stu- t-shirts. have you decided to choose called middle school. Best, dents? the drink line to discuss your But it's neither fine nor cute Kiefer shameless adven res when all when you expect others to step THECOLLEGEVOICE· OOOBER 4, 2010 ------....;.----- OPI\IIONS, 7 Embracing Doubt in the Ground Zero Debate JAZMIN ACUNA Armando Bengochea said, the consoling to be surrounded by has bled into the mainstream. STAFF WRITER real cause behind the anti-mosque doom, OUf generation must be like-minded individuals, but it It is the mind set that keeps protests stems from outright told a different story this time, OUf college touts its "Com- was equally upsetting to become people racing against one another American-style bigotry, Be it and we might see some awaken- mitment to Diversity" in large aware that the debate was limited in fierce competition to achieve against Muslims, Latinos, com- ing. • font on a colorful comer of the to a room full of nodding heads an unsustainable lifestyle fueled munists, Native Americans or We ought to be told that we hornepage of OUrwebsite, Tan- in sound agreement. There were on carbon, It is the mindset that suck big time, fries that are openly French, this gible proof of this commitment neither radical Tea Partiers nor leads people to glorify individual kind of prejudice has become as We need to hear that as things can be found anywhere: the pres- Islamophobes in that room, This advancement even if it comes at traditional a feature of American are. We are actually a lost genera- ence of students with an interna- realization brought up a closer the cost of collective decay. society as Mcfronald's, tion of Blackberry-driven, patho- tional background to the myriad and more poignant truth: we are They point to the illusion that The lesson: even the coun- logically self-centered individuals academic and social initiatives only a few. we live in a meritocratic America try that most actively pursues with an acute deficit of empathy, that endorse integration. And yet The few of us at that panel to justify their negligent careless- the spread of liberal tolerance We ought to be confronted with while we celebrate "difference" discussion are a product of a ness. Their narrow judgments re- around the world -the most the fact that the community ser- through cultural shows or heri- flect their vision of reality, which tangible effort being felt right at vice we do every week is at best Being doubtful, only extends as far as the length tage months, we tend to leave out this moment in the geography of only contributing to our CVs and of their noses allow. a fundamental discussion on how Iraq - cannot put this principle skeptical, and curious is our self-esteem, We must be told The streets are packed with diversity is not just about joyous into practice. Tolerance has its that we are going to be no differ- exoticism. what sets the ground for people who are being bombarded own restrictions and reservations, ent from our monkey-ancestors with myths that are covered under The seemingly benign, Kum- and they fit according to what is mutual understanding - my apologies to the m nkeys- the facade of factuality, Democ- baya-style pluralism that the Col- convenient for those running the and responsibility, and that we will be the shame of lege advertises is not the whole country, The limits are handed to racy is so generous that it even the century that our grandchildren allows them to vote, And politi- picture, Last Tuesday's panel dis- people in the form of pathological will look down upon, liberal arts education that does cians know that. They press the cussion on the debate surround- depictions of the current enemy It takes courage to sit down and everything to shake up any signs fear button, and voila! A mass of ing the building of a "mosque" on television. Or, as Mellon Post- look at despair in the face, but of absolute certainty in us, thus at Ground Zero touched on the doctoral Fellow Syed Nauman conscience-stripped individuals it is what we need. A large dose knocking out any possibilities of will adhere to strategically exclu- often-unresolved issues that lurk Naqvi pointed out, in outlandish of its unpleasant company might blind fanaticism. sionary political agendas without under shallow representations of theories that forecast how the end just be our last source for change, Upholding doubt rather than a speck of remorse or doubt. diversity. of the world will come as Soon as We need to feel unsettled, hanging On to unfounded can vic- "Is there anything that we While in essence the panel Obama raises taxes on the rich. There has got to be something tions makes respectful coexis- can hold onto amidst so much discussion was a reassuring hour- "The U.S. ," says Dinesh wrong with you if you do not feel tence possible. To be doubtful despair?" asked a member of the long talk, it was also a sobering D'Souza in an article for Forbes like your head is about to explode is to be humble and open to the audience. event. It was comforting in the magazine, "is being ruled ac- when the rhetoric of hate be- possibility that the real enemy Oh, great. Here comes the way that panelists and audience cording to the dreams of a Luo comes acceptable, even normal. might well be within you rather cheesiness, I thought, expecting members talked a lot of "sense." tribesman of the 1950s," But it is easy to tune out and lose than outside of you. the typical you-are-the-bearers- Professor Sufi a Uddin of the Reli- ,This type of language reveals sight of the ugliness of the "real" It's a quality that lowers one's of-change type of answer, But the gious Studies Department made it disconcerting truths - the truth world in a place like Conn, where defenses and makes way for reflection that came from Naqvi clear that the mosque at Ground that you can be part of a so- pretty much everybody is on the bridges of constructive dialogue, struck a chord in the room. Zero will not be a "mosque at called educated elite and still be same ideological boat. But we are members of a tiny "There are definitely all the Ground Zero." In actuality, it dangerously ignorant. Or that you "It hurts," was Sufia Uddin's group at the tip of the social reasons to believe that there is would be huilt two blocks away do not need to be coherent at all last comment, and 1 wholeheart- pyramid that can afford a $54,000 nothing to be hopeful about." 1 edly agree. from the site where the World when you have economic power a year education. Trade Center used to stand, It felt an invigorating rush of fresh To be cast as different in this to back up any of your delusional The ones who took to the is also meant to be a multi -faith blood with this observation, country is still a source of indel- assertions. streets to protest the Ground Zero Finally, somebody that finds ible harm, and it is a fact that has community center that will have a But the most unsettling part building do not represent the ma- hope and happiness to be largely to be put on the table for frank gym and a pool for the recreation of the debate for me related to jority of Americans, but they are overrated and unnatural when discussion. of the members, the makeup of people in the the radical and visible elements literally all the arrows point in the Let despair take over. Clearly, as Dean of the College discussion room. Surely, it was of a type of social mindset that opposite direction - the house of In Through the Out Door A look at President Higdon's goals and objectives for the academic year ; JULIA CRISTOFANO This makes the implementation campus, which is an important unravel. Apparently, the first step tal stewardship, we're not off ro a STAFF WRITER of a "sophomore experience" issue to discuss, as the rnajor- to becoming a "greener" campus good start. program difficult; students will ity of our students are white is the "advance conservation and There is always controversy On September 9, President either want to pursue their major and affluent (with about 60% efficiency through various cam- surrounding different renovations Leo Higdon sent a message to or continue to fulfill general edu- of students paying full tuition), pus projects and renovations," on campus and how that money Conn students that outlined the cation requirements, and unless The college is making an effort which is incredibly vague, The could be better spent. Person- college's goals and objectives the "sophomore experience" will to increase diversity in the entire one example of a campus project ally, [ would love common room for the 201 0 - 20 Jl academic differ drastically from the FYS, population including students, that Higdon cites is the renova- furniture that doesn't feel like year, He wants the college to some of these courses won't even faculty and staff, Currently, tion of the Crozier-Williams it's made our of leftover shower remain "one of the pre-eminent fulfill a requirement. Needless on the college's homepage, a entryway. curtain material from a hospital, private liberal arts colleges in the to say, this would not work as a prominent link suggests our Don't even get me started, If but you can't always get what country." required course for sophomore "commitment to diversity and there is any entryway on campus you want. In the introductory paragraph and 1 have significant douhts as equity" including race, ethnicity, that is more dysfunctional then The college also plans to use of this three page game plan, the to how successful this program the one at Cro, please tell me. some of this money to build up document covers its tracks by would be, The one example of a The outer set of doors is both its reputation through "media stating, "There are a number of On a more positive note, the an exit and entrance, but with placement," which would hope- other important ongoing goals college seems already to be campus project lligdon the exception of the door on fully help to lower the number of and initiatives not on this list." meeting its goals of educating cites is the renovation the right, the entire inner set of times you have to explain, "No, I The paper is divided into six students about alcohol and gen- doors is exit only. So now you've don't go to UConn ." main sections, some of which are eral wellness. Organizations like of the Crozier- Williams found yourself into this little The year's goals and objec- more vague than others, which CC Peeps, a group of students entryway. Don't even glass cage where you can see tives were rather unremarkable include topics like "Educational who educate their peers on a get me started. the golden light of Oasis and the and straightforward. Even after various wellness related issues, Programs," "Diversity in People" post office but you have a one- reading them several times I still and '(Environmental Steward- and 1 in 4, an organization that inch plate of glass preventing could not remember anything educates men on sexual assault ship," From the headings alone, class, gender, sexual orientation you from getting there, Fight- that was proposed except for my one can gather that the document prevention, are visibly active and religion, Efforts towards this ing off claustrophobia, the only outrage at the reference to the is not the most riveting work, but on campus, even so early in the goal were also prominent during way to actually get inside Cro Cro doors, They were unspe- school year. I've condensed it into some key freshman orientation, which fea- is to navigate through a flood of cific and lacked any unique and points, The mandatory Camel 10l tured discussions about race and people exiting the huilding and creative solutions to making en- The first few goals listed are alcohol talk for freshmen had the educating people about sexual go through the two "entrance" hancements in the college's pro- on educational programs and potential to be yet another lecture orientation and LGBTQ events doors on the far right side, grams and improving the public's continuing their "refinement and that encouraged us to abstain and groups on campus. This is apparently some genius perception of Conn. We are one implementation" on campus, from drinking (or we will surely Up until this point the goals way of reducing the heating and of the most prestigious liberal One proposal is to develop a . die), but it turned out to be a and objectives are mostly on-par . cooling cost of Cro. But if that's arts colleges in the country; 1 am pilot program such as a "sopho- rather entertaining event. Instead However, when we encounter the case, then why are the doors disappointed we could not Corne more experience" that would be of staring at a PowerPoint pre- the "Environmental Steward- always propped open? If this is up with anything better, akin to the Freshman Year Semi- sentation full of statistics about ship" section, things begin to the college's idea of environ men- nar (FYS) , This may seem like a student drinking, each student good idea in theory, but I don't was given a bottle of water think it would be very successful and a Solo cup and was asked in its execution. to measure out the amount of The reason the FYS program liquid they thought was equal to works is because freshmen are one shot. Many people severely being thrown into a new envi- miscalculated, some pouring ronment. Their seminar ensures almost three times the amount of them at least one class that may an actual shot. This was quite an be more relaxed and discussion- effective eye opener. based than others, so first-year Director of Student Well- students can get to know their ness and AlcohollDrug Educa- classmates. By sophomore year, tion CC Curtiss made trips to most students have already estab- individual houses to talk about lished a group of friends, They knowing your limits, She passed don't need the kind of social out blood alcohol content cards support that freshmen seminars based on gender and weight to make people more aware of how - provide. In addition, these classes are a way for freshmen to dabble to drink safely, This friendlier in different fields, as the majority approach to alcohol education of them are generally undecided makes students more receptive to about their major. listening and learning, which will By the beginning of sopho- hopefully bring down alcohol- more year, and-certainly by the related mcidents on campus. end, students have usually found The paper also gives sub- the area they want to focus on, stantial attention to diversity on Seeing double: the remodeled entryway in the College Center at• Crozier-Williams. 8,OPNONS ------OOOBER 4, 2010 • THE CDLLEGE VOICE

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On- and Off-Campus Recommendations from your Friendly Neighborhood VOice: Conn's men's water polo team "- If you're itching to get offcampus, take takes on MIT on Friday at 8 listen to philosophy profes- Meet at Synergy, the big, blue, ----7 a drive to Ocean Beach or Harkness PM. Cross Route 32 and head sor Andrew Pessindiscuss swooshy sculpture in front of State Park in Waterford, home to a to Lott Natatorium at the oth "Philosophy for All and All for Olin Science Center at 2 PM on beautiful beach along the Long Island Sound letlc center to show them some Philosphy""on Saturday after- Sunday for a tour of the Arboretum While you're there, check out Mary Harkness' love, noon from 4 15 to 5 PM in Native Plant Collection. The Arbo summer home, Eolia Mansion. She was an Ernst Common Room on the contains acres more than what important donor to the College -- two campus ground Iloor of Blaustein He'll meets buildings bear her name. The New York 7!mes be drawing from land sign- the once called her "genial and delightful," but ing) his two most recent books. eye. we know her primarily for the legend that she Find out what the faculty are The 6O-Second Philosopher 750. working on Saturday at 10 banned varsity sports that weren't allowed to and The God Question' What to be be played by women - hence, we're the only AM, report to the 1962 room famous thmkers from Plato to excct. NESCAC without a football team. ~ In Cro for "Face Time with Fac- Dawkins have said about I_ ulty" You know that cnthro- the diVIne Ask him about pology professor that your being a regular "geniUS" on After Professor In the market for media? Y kid keeps telling you looks David Letterman - he got PeSSin'stalk,pro- Check out The Telegraph, the new like Indiana Jones? Here's the gig after joining Mensa fessor of art and record store on Golden Street in your opportunity to ask him to try and meet girls His fac- resident dream- downtown New London, or the about the 14 months he ulty quote "What if the Hokey boat Greg Bailey Niantic Book Barn at 41 West spent liVing in southern Pokey IS what it's all about?" will give a 5 PM gallery talk on the Faculty Art Main Street in Niantic You'll find six Sudan with the Atuot Show on view in Cummings Art Center See a buildings filled from floor to ceiling hunter- otherers. -> photo ;>f his installation on page 3. with used books. And cats. ------ARTS, Q

OOOBER 4, 2010 ARTS Editors: Rocine Oxtob & Matthew Gentile ortsothecollegevolce.org A Larger Town Than Usual A first look at the upcoming production of Our Town BAILEY BENNETT CONTRIBUTOR Mikey Harris' II, one of In the old DNA EpiCenter the cast members of Our Town, across the street from campus, agrees, "[The show) doesn't have rehearsals are well underway a lot of bells and whistles and is for this year's first mainstage just a play where we get to see production: Thorton Wilder's the humanity of Americans. The Our Town. main point of the play is that life The nineteen-person cast, an is sacred and that you should unusually large number of actors recognize the beauty of it every for a play at Conn, rehearses single second." weeknights and Sundays in just Harris goes on to describe how one room of the bUilding; mark- the play invokes an "immense ing out their minimalist set with sense of community, something tape on the carpeted floor, The that is extremely important here classic play will be performed at Conn." The cast knows that this fall in the Tansill Theater on the issues portrayed in Our Town campus from October 21 to 24. are similar to what students here After an exciting and in- deal with everyday. tense audition process earlier "I think that Wilder uses little this month, the final cast was Gravers Corners, New Hamp- decided. The cast is both talented shire as a stand-in for any town, and diverse, spanning all grades any neighborhood, any group of and experience levels. people who are bound together Julian Gordon '14 is one of the by sharing the Same space," said Lowe, "So I hope that people few freshmen to be a part of the munity." busy! We are working quickly small town of Grovers Corners, a will recognize their situation in production, having received one Director Leah Lowe chose this and with a great deal of concen- tight-knit community of colorful the production's depiction of of the play's main roles in his show for the campus community tration. Iam fortunate to have a characters. The play exhibits the Gravers Comers." first show at Conn. Said Gordon, this year, explaining, "I've loved talented, dedicated and good- common, everyday lives of the Everyone involved in the "When the cast list went up I this play since I first encountered natured cast and crew." members of the community. production hopes that audience was actually ecstatic. Getting it and I've never directed it be- Each week, the cast is given a However, Lowe knows the members feel this sense of com- 'George' felt so good and it also fore. It's been a couple of years specific schedule and certain ac- play is much more than that. She munity. "The audience' should made me thankful that I graduat- since the theater department tors are called each day, ranging explains, HOur Town is about take away an overwhelming love ed from a high school with such directed a show with a large cast, from only a few people to the en- living in a community with many for life," said Gordon. "I know a great theater program." so we felt like it was about time tirety of the cast. In rehearsals, different moving parts. It's about that since I read the play, I've Older cast members, like Talia to do so." Lowe works one scene at a time, being a part of something that tried to appreciate the things life Curtin '13, are just as excited Auditions were held in the first making sure that the actors un- is greater than the individual." has to offer." about Our Town, saying, "I love week of classes. Students were derstand how each scene should She goes on, "The play also The cast hopes that Our Town theater and am a theater major, asked to prepare a contemporary look and progress. On Sundays, addresses the everyday routines will prove to be a moving and so Idefinitely wanted to continue realistic dramatic monologue and the entire cast assembles to piece of ordinary life and tbe way that meaningful production, and one participating in shows at Conn. later were gi ven scenes to read in the scenes together, slowly com- their predictability dulls our eyes not to be missed. Our Town is a great play, and is callbacks. Since then, rehears- pleting a complicated three-act to the extraordinary beauty and the kind of show that can really als have moved efficiently. Said production in just a few weeks. comfort these routines encom- hit home with a college com- Lowe, "The rehearsal process is The play centers around the pass." A Camel on the Runway Wig & Candle Senior David Kelley "makes it work" as PA on Project Runwqy

CONTINUED FROM PAGE J Rebooted club hopes to "Josh wa(Wjot the.name oLany~ reinvigorate student theater of the resume recipients as far as I know," Kelley said. "In other ANNA KAUFMAN is taking. :'[1) am excited for words, I have no idea how I got CONTRIBUTOR Wig and Candle to put life in the this job." theater department." He was Theater guru Bertolt Brecht Still, a phone call was a good also happy to note that the the- once said that, "From the start it sign, and rather than look the gift ater department has completely has been the theater's business horse in the mouth, David waited backed the student endeavors. to entertain people ... it needs no patiently for another call. Clifford says she was in pired otber passport than fun." This is Then, in the midst of a seem- to start the club because, "I think the goal of the theater group on ingly normal night, Kelley it is important to involve people campus, Wig and Candle: to re- awoke and quickly discovered who might be intimidated by vive the spirit of artistic expres- two things: his knee was bleed- main stage productions and want sion on the Connecticut College ing, and his phone had seem- to take a stab at any area of the- campus. ingly exploded and was lying ater." She emphasized that it will Founded by sophomores Molly in pieces on the ground. There be nice to give the opportunity in Clifford and Grant Jacoby, Wig was no time to worry about the the fall for those who cannot be and Candle is an attempt to draw knee, however. That phone was involved in the main stage pro- students - who may not have the the only line of communication ductions to have their chance. opportunity to perform in a main between Kelley and potential Jacoby is thrilled with his role stage production during their employers. in the club. four years here - into the spot- "I ran to the nearest T-Mobile "There is a lot of interest in light. Their unique name was (which wasn't particularly theater on campus. We want to found in the school's archives close-by) to try and get it fixed. build up that community." He is and was the name of the first Afterwards I saw I had two new confident from the overwhelming theater group at Conn. With the voicemails. " student interest shown so far that, centennial celebration approach- The calls were from the com- "slowly but surely this group will ing, the duo found it only appro- pany behind the hit show Project Photo provided by David Kelley. become its own entity. I am ex- priate to give some credit to the Runway. His new employer told before work, never any earlier." of the summer was found in none cited to see where the future is." founders of theatrical expression him to arrive at Parsons in Times The same went for his days off; other than Project Runway's very Clifford has similar visions for on campus. Square at 4:30 AM sharp. "There weekends were no exception. own silver fox: Tim Gunn. the club. "It is important for a Previously at Conn there have was no interview or anything," "At one point," Kelley said, "I met Tim Gunn in an eleva- club like this to develop that stu- been two other theater clubs he said. "I just had the job." "some co-workers and I were tor while holding a bag of trash. dent talent," she said. "The only that have since fizzled out; the Kelley's first day of work like, 'What are our lives?' We're The doors opened up. Then I way to have powerful produc- first being Group Art Attack, was interesting. "The crew was up from 10 AM to 10 PM and looked up. He looked up. He tions in the senior directed slot the second being last year's filming the show's contestants we don't see anyone from our said, 'Hi!' I said 'Hey!' and is if people have experience and Theater Foundations. Although walking out of the subway. They [non-work) lives. Every morning then I ran out. Minutes after this develop that skill." Clifford calls the task "a Iirtle were just walking out of the we're getting models French va- happened, I was walking up the daunting," she has been inspired subway, kind of looking around nilla creamer (they love it), a San stairwell, and there he was again. by all the interest the club has and then going back and doing it Pellegrino for Heidi Klum (who He said he was hiding. I said, 'I received. She hopes to promote again. This took hours," Kel- is very attractive, by the way; her completely understand.'" different styles of theater than ley said. "It was my job to track calves literally glow!) and deliv- This encounter would not be The Lost Five Years: are typically shown on campus. down the stray New Yorkers that ering envelopes on foot." the last. "One day a co-worker For example in the beginning of December 2, 3, 4. wandered into the shots and get Not all of the tasks were and I were walking, and then December the club will put on them to sign a release form that without reward, however. "They out through a curtain comes Tim the small two-person show The always ordered too much food Gunn! He immediately said 'Hi, was made up of four pages of Last Five Years by Jason Robert fine print. As you can imagine, at the catering tables," Kelley how are you, good!' There was Brown. The show, completely said. "So one of our jobs was to no time to answer in-between New Yorkers are not very co- student-run, will be directed by Sondheim Song eat whatever was left over, and any of this," operative at 6 AM." A dirty job, Clifford, star Jacoby and fellow throw out what was left over After a summer of performing Cycle: but someone had to do it. That sophomore Talia Curtin; musical from that. There were many countless perfunctory and offbeat someone was always a produc- direction will be done by Ben Friday, October 29 days where I did nothing but eat, tasks and sharing an elevator tion assistant: Zacharia, also a sophomore. throw out trash and repeat. My with Tim Gunn, Kelley's experi- "Production assistants are Tbis semester the club will put job was basically to do w.hatever ence working on Project Runway pretty much the bottom rung of on two one act plays directed by it was that people told me to do, is likely to stay with him for the film jobs," KeIley said. "I got seniors Kristen Kerr and Adam and if! had notbing to do, then I rest of his life, whether he likes it paid $9.50 an hour, and people Berard. Kerr will also be direct- A Night of One Acts: bad to at least look busy." or not. Luckily, be does. told me that was horrible, which ing a Stephen Sondheim Cabaret, Despite the obvious trials, Date TBD it probably was." which will be performed at the Kelley still looks fondly on tbe After a twelve and a half end of October. Berard is excited higblights. The shining moment hour shift, Kelley got to leave. about the new direction the club "They told me my hours the day ... • '" , ..

10.ARTS------...;.,..------OOOBER 4, 2010 ' THECOLLEGE VOla "The Lives of Giants" Cambodian dancers hit the stage for first OnStage performance of the season

JAKE LANDRY grants the giant a powerful . STAFF WRITER magic finger. At first, he IS afraid of his new power, but soon he When watching a piece per- is bothered by the angels once formed by the Khmer Institute, co-founded by ophiline Cheam more. Unable to resist the urge to Shapiro, it's easy to become use his new power, he breaks tantalized by the graceful dance the angels up into many pieces. and melodic atmosphere that the The giant realizes his pot~n- Cambodian dance offers. Enjoy- rial and becomes drunk With ing the performance is easy, but power, taking several minutes it is difficult (0 write a review. to celebrate, and then he takes The talent and grace of the the throne in the middle of the Khmer Institute is undeniable stage representing his desire to and even Someone with an take the throne of Shiva. There untrained eye, such as myself, is great pressure from the fallen could tell that I was viewing angels for Shiva to destroy the year of practice and tradition. [ cannot critique the perfor- giant, but he fears for his ~wn power and decides to flee m the mance further than to say it was a beautiful visual and auditory opposite direction. Vma look~ to Vishnu for assistance, but his experience that left me with a only answer is to destroy the inking feeling of regret for the characters nnd a deep curiosity giant. Tension begins to build as of Cambodian culture. Uma pleads for the giant's life, What struck me about this performance were two facts that but Vishnu knows that the giant cannot be allowed to survive seemed contradictory: the first was that this was a Cambodian with such power. He allows dance ensemble, and the second V rna to attempt to change the was that they were perform- giant one last time and promises ing a Hindu story. The little that if she fails, he will destroy I remembered learning about the giant. What ensues is a final and Vietnam. The empire was occupation all dance schools room. Cambodia involved the Khmer epic scene in which Uma seems strongly influenced by Indian were closed and dancing became At the back of the stage there Rouge, a terrible era in Cam- to turn the giant back towards Hinduism. illegal. was a blue glow directly behind bodian hi tory from 1975-1979 the light of morality, but Vishnu In many of the major cities By 1979, when the first five tall lily pads. The giant in which an est.imated 1.7 to 2 is not convinced and takes the of the empire, they built great school of dance reopened in Akaeng Khameaso was laying million people were put to death giants finger and points it in- temples. Burgess describes their Cambodia, Shapiro was eager on the ground near center stage, in "killing fields." ward. During the last moments efforts as "trying to build cities to enroll. During this time in and became visible as the main The Khmer Rouge believed of the performance, the giant in stone so wonderful that the Cambodian dance there was an lights carne on. From the right that they were going back to the promises that he will return in gods would come down from underlying urgency to perform side of the stage entered Uma, glory of the Khmer empire, and the next life even more power- heaven and live in them." This internationally. It took the who slowly made her way over in many ways tainted the word ful, and as he dies, Urna laments passion in their religion carried dancers less than two years to to the giant where they greet in a "Khmer" for any that are only the dominance of violence over over to their daily lives. begin touring internationally, warm, graceful manner. familiar with modem Cambo- compassion. As described by Barbara which was a defining moment This opening scene fore- dian history. My first goal was One cannot help but consider Landry, a second-year semi- in Cambodian dance history. shadows the inevitable end of to set out and discover the con- . the proverb "Does art imitate nary student at the Tree of Life From there Shapiro has had an the giant that is to come. After nection between Hinduism and life, or does life imitate art?" Temple, "Daily life and practices extremely successful career, Uma exits, two groups of four Ancient Cambodia. when observing the expression were about communing with leading up to her most recent beautiful woman, each dressed In his recent book Stories of archetypal ideas and struggles the Divine, the Divine wasn't piece, "The Lives of Giants." in identical attire, take the stage in Stone: the Sdok Kok Thom as portrayed in this powerful something separate but instead As the main lights cued that and begin to taunt the giant. For Inscription and the Enigma of dance. The universal concepts was infused in daily life." the performance was beginning, his whole life, these women, the Khmer Empire, John Burgess of morality and power continue Traditional Khmer dance was the band took the stage. Five who represent angels, taunt the discusses his most recent find- to be acted out on the human a common way to commune men dressed in traditional Cam- giant and make his everyday ings of the Khmer Empire. He stage, and this beautiful form with the Divine. This passion bodian attire entered towards existence a challenge. The giant estimates that the empire began of expression through dance has lived on through Cambo- the back of the stage bowed must find a way to free himself around 802 AD and contin- not only serves to entertain, but dian culture even through the to the audience and sat down. ued for six centuries, ending form this torture so he calls on also to inspire us to explore the occupation of the Khmer Rouge. The lights began to dim as the around 1431 AD. The empire Preab Eyso, the form that Shiva impact of these ideas in our own The Khmer Rouge set out to beautiful melody and reverberat- was spread throughout Laos is currently taking, and pleads life and world today. erase this history. During their ing percussion lightly filled the for some type of relief. Shiva A glance at the television season ahead

COLE DELBYCK CONTRIBUTOR For most, September means the start of the school year: fall weather, new friends and distant memories of summer. For the TV obsessed (don't judge), it means the start of a new season. Old fa- vorites return and new shows try to fill the void of ones lost last year. Not only was I the presi- dent of the Lost Club at my high school, but I'm still emotionally fragile from the series finale. So, how are busy college students supposed to pick and choose which new shows to add to their TV schedule? I've made it easy. In no particular order, here are five new shows to definitely check out this semester.

Maggie Q as Nlklta In her fourth incarnation. Photo from web. THE EVENT Or the THE EVgNT, a NBC NIKITA found a unique, smart and well- THE WALKING DEAD built up enough buzz that it has wants me to spell it. I love After watching Bruce Willis written drama. Zombies? Check. Mysteri- been renewed for a second sea- high-concept mystery televi- kick Maggie Q down an elevator The show sticks pretty closely ous disease? Check. Based off son, so make sure you watch! sion shows. I was there for Lost, shaft in the incredibly enjoyable to the high school archetypes. an ongoing comic book series? Alias, and regrettably watched Live Free or Die Hard (it's on There's the "Beauty Queen," Check. Girl from Prison Break? all of ABC's Flash Forward. J RUNNING WILDE my DVD shel!),1 knew I had to "The Overachiever," "The Jock," Check. Halloween night pre- wish J could rewind and get back This one I'm not so sure about, check out her new show on the and "The Punk," but the clever miere? Check. those 22 hours of my life. Any- but the ardent Arrested Develop- CWoCW haters be warned. writing and a few surprises I've only seen the INSANE way, The Event is supposed to fill ment fan in me keeps me tuning This isn't Gossip Girl with elevate these conventions. promo for the new AMC show the Lost sized hole in your heart. in. Gob Bluth, Tobias Funke and guns. It's more like a highly The show brings in real life 00 YouTube, but I'm already There is a plane crash, island Felicity Porter on my TV again? trained and attractive assassin events like the Enron scandal, hooked. It's like Zombieland, scenery, unanswered questions Miracles do happen. The show took out a hit on the Gossip Girl 9/11 and the war in Iraq to show but instead of Woody Harrelson's and almost three WTF moments centers around an incredibly rich cast and completed the mission how life changed for this group tricked-out ride, The Walking in the first epi ode alone. and egotistical billionaire (Will in two minutes flat and without after 2000. However, My Gen- Dead's sheriff protagonist rides The show centers on an or- Arnett) who tries to win the af- breaking a sweat. Don't believe eration does ask the viewer to a horse. Could this get more awe- dinary guy named Sean Walker fections of his eco-friendly child- me? In the third episode, Nikita take some leaps of faith. Some- some? (Iosh Ritter), who is searching hood sweetheart (Keri Russell). dislocates her own arm to win a how this group is still extremely The show follows a group of for his missing fiance. Somehow The pilot was just okay, but fight. Total badass. connected and for the most part survivors trying to fiod a safe ha- this is tied to a global conspiracy, the show gets better and better. She may not be Buffy Sum- lives in the same area. ven from the zombie apocalypse. a newly elected President (Blair Anything created by Arrested mers or Sydney Bristow, but I liked high school too, but The preview had tanks, bullets, Underwood), a mysterious Alas- Development genius Mitchell Nikita can certainly hold her own that doesn't mean I'm going to dismemberment and a multi- kan prison and an EVENT. I'm Hurwitz is good in my book, and keeps me entertained. be neighbors with the weird kid tude of zombie violence in the not in love with any of the char- and I need something to tide who sat behind me in Geometry. five-minute trailer. For those not acters and some of the dialogue me over before the eventual AD' MY GENERATION Give this one a chance because zombie inclined (WHY NOT?), reminded me of a Steven Segal movie Comes out. Stick with this I thought J was going to hate it needs some love. The first epi- the main character is played by movie J watched this summer, one for a while, but if it doesn't this yuppie mockumentary show sode didn't rate too well, but I'm Andrew Lincoln, the guy who but it kept me interested. Do J get better, I won't judge you for that follows high school gradu- determined for My Generation to held up signs for Keira Knightley know what the Event is? No idea switching back to Glee ... much. ates in 2000 and revisits them ten survive. in Love Actually. The compari- whatsoever. I'm completely in years after graduation. Instead, I sons end there. the dark, but I kind of like it. The Walking Dead has already THECOLLEGEVOIQ. OOOBER4. 2010- _ SPORTS·II The Middle Ground For the Love of New York and Boston sports fans clash at Con~ Baseball MOLLY BANGS STAFF WRITER ADAM MILLER With football season under- CONTRIBUTOR way and the playoffs rapidly approaching in the world of Michael Boswell '10 sits in his office in the OVCS suite on the Major League Baseball, Conn second floor of Cro. He is one of many alumni who have decided to students are blatantly displaying join the staff at Connecticut College after graduating. After his long their sports allegiances across workday is done, four times a week, two bours at a time, Boswell gets campus. With New London to be a Conn student again. He's a member of Connecticut College's conveniently located between club baseball team. two of the Northeast's largest Club baseball is one of the lesser-known athletic organizations on . cities, these loyalties most often campus, but it is one with a deep and rich history that can be traced lie with the sports franchises of back to the school's founding. The main reason why Connecticut Col- New York City and Boston. lege does not have a varsity baseball team is because the school does So, to whom does Connecticut not allow varsity sports that traditionally exclude women. Thus, all belong? As both a member of interest for baseball on campus (aside from the Red Sox fanaticism, of course) is channeled into club baseball. the tri-state area and a segment Says senior Nate Goldman: "The guys who do play, they played of New England, it's hard to say. growing up, maybe even played in high school, and they really enjoy Patriots and Giants fans alike the sport." This has changed from years past when a lot of the players agree that it is hard to draw a were, according to Boswell, "looking to play baseball in between line. but both are staunch in stak- seasons their varsity sports." Interest in the team extends beyond ing their own territory no matter of the alumni community that lives on or relatively close to Conn's cam- the opposition. pus. Boswell says, "A lot of alumni look forward to coming back and True to a historic, deep con- seeing how we're doing." Along with games against schools such as flict and arguably the biggest Fairfield and Yale, the alumni game is an annual staple of the spring rivalry in all of sports, Red Sox lay "baseball's bitterest border." were no exact answers. Only season. and Yankee fans at Conn come Putting to test the theory of debatable ones. As it should be." While the players seem satisfied with the team, the most common head to head - a commitment to supply and demand, Branch did Although it looks as though complaint seems to be that the team is ineligible to join a league that diversity indeed! Native New a little investigating in the field the Red Sox Nation's 2010 would allow for more regular game play due to the fact that it does Yorker yet Boston resident Blair of baseball hats at Connecticut season may be coming to a not have a reliable field space. Says Alex Dorneniconi, a team captain West' 14 said that she finally felt malls. At the Connecticut Post close, their spirit will be carried this year: "It was a goal of mine to enter the club baseball team into safe enough in the Connecticut Mall in Milford, almost forty through the offseason by their a league by my senior year, and unfortunately Ihaven't been able to College environment to express different styles of Yankee caps fans, no matter their proximity to make that happen." Making matters more difficult, a high turnover her Yankee pride. However, the were displayed on a wall, while Yankee Country. And although rate has resulted in a much smaller team this year than in years past. Boston fan base is noticeably the few Red Sox hats were Yanks fans on campus are a "So many players were from the Class of 2010; it was a big loss," heavier than the pinstriped por- .nearly out of sight on the bottom definite minority, it is certain says Goldman, adding, "also, a lot of players are abroad now." Still, tion. sales racks. However, an hour that they will stand their ground Boswell, Goldman, and Domeniconi seem confident that the team will But with most of Conn's away at the Crystal Mall- just - foreign soil or not. continue to thrive and grow wben they are no longer a part of it. Bo- five minutes from Conn in Wa- students coming from Mas- For all the Mets, Jets, Celtics, swell remarks on how easy it is to join the team: "My freshman year I terford - the hat shop, Lids, sold sachusetts, Maura Hallisey' 13 Knicks, Nets, Eagles and Phillies noticed a student who lived in my hallway going off to practice with predominantly Sox hats. Various pointed out that Conn's campus fans - your allegiances certainly a glove. I went and grabbed my glove, and I have played ever since." attributes accounted for where isn't an accurate representation play their own roles within the Domeniconi has a similar story; he found club baseball while he was loyalties laid in different towns of Connecticut. "Having lived in intricate story of Northeastern walking by the chapel green one day during his freshman year. Branch visited - in Middletown, Connecticut, I can tell you it's sports rivalries; however, there Despite these present difficulties, the team seems bolstered by a it is the Italian-American genera- definitely really mixed. Where are only so many spotlights. positive attitude and good camaraderie. Domeniconi says, HI played tion that once rooted for Yogi I'm from, central Connecticut is We'll see who shines in this baseball in high school, and I'm having more fun playing now than I Berra that sways this town into definitely Yankee territory." year's upcoming championships, ever did then." It is clear that one of the greatest aspects of the club Yankee Country. In Rocky Hill, A few brave 'sports enthusiasts all the while rooting passionately baseball team is that it is made up of people who know how to have it is the number of team door have attempted to draw the bor- for the old home team. fun. "There's a lot of tomfoolery," says Boswell, conceding that play- magnets in the town's post office der of Red Sox Nation and Yan- ers feel comfortable joking around and making fun of each other. In that proved loyalty lay with the kee Country. In 2006, New York discussing team dinners, he remarks with a smile, "Somebody cut into Sox. Branch concluded after Times sportswriter John Branch their Chicken Cordon Bleu the other day, and it just exploded all over touring New England that "there traveled across Connecticut to him. It was just hysterical." Sports teams at Conn are infamous for their family atmospheres, right down to post-practice team dinners in Harris, and club baseball seems to be no exception. Ultimately, club baseball's most glaring weakness seems to also be its greatest strength. For all its informality, it is an accepting and NFL Predictions:Week 5 amicable environment for students who love to play baseball. Says Boswell, "Campus safety officers have come and hit; a professor once pitched in a game." Domeniconi offers a challenge to those who shun the club on the grounds that it is not serious enough, saying, "I'm quite proud of our club's inclusiveness and our interest in helping JESSE MOSKOWITZ Chiefs starting off. the season with three straight everyone to improve. To the baseball players out there who think our CONTRIBUTOR wins. They slipped by, defeating their first two level of play is below them, I'd encourage you to come out. We're Tennessee Titans at Dallas Cowboys - 4 PM, opponents by a total of nine points, before pound- doing things a little differently this year." In the overwhelmingly com- October 10: The Cowboys are coming off their ing the 4gers by 21. What they lack in a dominant petitive world of sports, it is refreshing to see a group of athletes take bye week and welcoming Chris Johnson and the passing attack, they make up for with an excellent tbe field, not for screaming fans or the hope of hoisting a champion- Titans into Cowboys Stadium this weekend. The running game, above average defense, and solid ship trophy, but simply for the love of the game. highlight of this matchup should be the strong Ten- special teams play. This is why Ibelieve they have nessee secondary and their reaction to the potent all the tools to play up to and beat the 'almighty' passing offense of Tony Romo and the Cowboys. Look for Titans' cornerback Cortland Finnegan to theColts. clockIexpect through them bruiser to control running Ir-~=:==::::------, contain Miles Austin and let Romo work under- back Thomas Jones and speedy, Ir,{ESCACl W R ANKINGS neath with Jason Witten and the running game of Marion Barber and Felix Jones. On defense, expect ~~:f::o~~c:e~;~k Jamaal III ~':i::\ij PO E ~mPiJed by the tufts daily the 'Boys to bring pressure and stack the box to Indy's future Hall of Fame quar- Look out NESCAC - here come the Lord Jeffs. terback Peyton Manning off the force Vince Young to make throws under pressure. Amherst traded places with Williams, leap-fragging No.2 Tufts to move into the top spotin this The Titans have shown a commitment to run- field and forces the Colts to playa week's installment of the conference power rankings. The Jeffs hold the top spot in both football ning the ball, keeping it on the ground 102 times type of defensive style of football and women's soccer, and have top-five composite rankings in the remaining three sports. The Ephs, through three games; third most in the NFL. Noth- that they don't want to be playing who were in first place since the beginning of the season, slid down into third, thanks in part to its field hockey team, which holds an average ranking of eighth. ing should change this week, as they're sure to run The Chiefs' eight sacks through The BowdoinPolarBean vaultedfromsixthto fourth, bumpingMiddlebury andTrinitydownin three games place them sixth their offense through playmaker Chris Johnson and the process. In this week's top eight, only Tufts is in the same spot it was last week. keep their defense off of the field. With both teams in the NFL in that category and well in the hunt for playoff spots, expect a dog- they've also scored twice with SGIOOL Ill] fight, with the Cowboys offense being too much defense and special teams play. I ~t I~= ='1- "",'..~ think they're able do to for the Titans to handle. Cowboys: 30 Titans: 17 1 AMHERST 1.25 4.t3 1.38 4.75 5.00 3.30 3 just enough to shock the world 1 r t again this week and grind out an- Kansas City Chiefs at Indianapolis.Colts - 1 ~ TUFr~ 7.25 4.38 3.75 1.38 t.l3 3.58 2 ..... PM, October 10: Upset Alert! One of the biggest other victory. Chiefs: 16 Colts: 14 f surprises of the 2010 NFL campaign has been the 3 WILLIAMS 1.88 1.88 3.1.5 8.00 4.75 3.95 J, -t- 4 BOWDOIN 8.50 3.25 5.00 1.63 2.63 4.20 6 t

5 MlDDLEBURj 5.00 1.88 6.t3 5.63 3.38 4.40 4 J, t- TRINITY 3.13 9.00 2.13 5.38 6.88 5.30 5 J, 6+ -+ t 7 WESLEYAN 5.00 8.75 7.00 3.t3 8.13 6.40 8 t + I 8 CONN. I 7.25 9.38 6.13 4.25 COLLEGE 6.75 7 J, 9 COLBY 6.00 6.38 8.75 t 9.00 10.t3 8.05 9 ..... +- to BATES 6.88 8.13 8.25 iooo 10.00 8.65 10 ..... II HAMILTON 9.38 t -- 9.75 9.56 It ..... The poll was devised as follows: Each voter ranked all NESCAC schools in each sport, and those scores were averaged to create a composite ranking for each sport. The composites were then averaged to determine each school's overall ranking. Note that Hami.lton does not compete in field hockey, men's soccer or women's soccer in the NESCAC, and Conn. College does not compete in football. This week's list was determinedby pollingAmra EI-Adle(Amherst Student),James Reedy & Seth Walder (Bowdoin Orient). Rob Yee (Colby Echo), Nick Woolf & Mike Flint (Conn. CollegeVoice),Katie Siegner(MiddleburyCampus),Ann Curtis and EmilyGittleman(Trinity d P ton Manning lead at quarterback for the Cowboys and Colts, respep- Tripod),Alex Prewin (Thfts Daily) and Whit Chiles (WesleyanArgus). • Tony Romo (left) gn ey DESIGNED BY STEVEN SMITHfI'UPl'S DAILY tively. Photos from Web. 12 - _ . , THE COLLEGE VOICE SPORTS OOOBER 4, 2010 Editors Nick Woolf & Mike Flint [email protected]

Down, But Not Out Women's soccer takes new approach this season

MIKE FLINT and her fellow seniors, Emily SPORTS EDITOR Webb and Chelsea Johnson, have Since my freshman year in tried to fix. Instead of hoping not 2007, the women's soccer team to get blown out, the Camels are has gone 2-26-3 in NESCAC. preparing for games like they Yes, that's a winning percentage should win. of .071. And, yes, both of those So far, it's kind of worked. wins came in 2007. Meaning the Emphasis on the "kind of." • ladies haven't won in confer- In 2010, the women are 0-3-1 ence in two and a half years in the NESCAC, and still look- (they were 0-8-1 in 2008,0-9-0 ing for that elusive conferene in 2009, and are currently 0-3-1 victory. On Saturday they fell to in 2010). Honestly, it's pretty Bowdoin 3-1. brutal. But the loss came just a week Men's and women's.sailing leans wit' it, rocks wit' it. But those stats don't paint the after the Camels tied league- whole picture. leading Amherst, I-I, in a game A little fun-fact for y.a:the many of the ladies thought they Rulers of The women are 13-4-0 over that same shonld have won. So we are time period out of conference. making some progress. A tie That's a .765 winning percent- against the Lord Jeffs a year ago age! That's really good' Since would have been nothing short 2oo7! That's three and a half of a miracle. This year it's a little Thatnes years! What gives? How are less surprising. they that good out of the NES- So, the new attitude, although CAC, but so atrocious within it? not solving all of the Camels' Sailing teams impressive thus far What's going on here? issues, seems at least to be help- The obvious answer, of course, ing. And with a strong freshman is that the NESCAC is the class, things should only be get- JENNA O'NEIL sailing is the drive to improve. strongest D-ill conference in the ting better. CONTRIBUTOR "The good thing about sailing is you never stop country. In other words, Williams In the words of Clark, the learning," says Brugman. "It's not a sport where and Amherst are a little better Camels "love their freshmen." Despite having lost significant upperclassman you think, 'I can't do any better.'" than Mitchell and Mt. Holyoke. All eleven of them. Kate Wegen- talent to study abroad this season, the sailing team Beverlene Elmer '14 shares Brugman's mental- But it has to be more than that. er '14 is tied for the team lead is making waves in its division. After placing first ity. Conn's not just in the wrong with two goals, and fellow new- out of nineteen teams at the Dartmouth Inter- "Getting better is definitely the most rewarding league - we compete well in bie Celia Alvarez' 14 has their sectional on September 19, the women's team is thing," Elmer says. "There's something about the every other sport, so what should only assist. The upperclassmen seeded sixth, an impressive feat for a team with a feeling of being able to work the boat and make make women's soccer any dif- made a point since the beginning lot of young talent. it the fastest boat on the water that is absolutely ferent? of the season to be welcoming "It's a younger team, and I think it shows a lot incomparable to anything else." According to senior captain and inclusive with the freshman, of promise," said Captain Maggie Shea 'II. With Fo'r Elmer and Brugman, this attitude has un- Candice Clark, it all has to do and so far the team chemistry has nine freshmen on this year's crew, Shea is "happily doubtedly paid off. At the Dartmouth Intersectional, with naindset. In years past, she benefited greatly from it. surprised" that the team is performing so well. Elmer teamed up with Shea to win the B Division says, the Camels have gone into With a new attitude and an Shea also attributes Conn's success thus far to the and gained the Camels 37 points. Brugman and games "hoping 'not to lose by influx of new faces, the Camels attitude shift she has felt within her crew. "It seems Katrina Salk '11 placed·third for the A Division, too much," instead of actually are looking and playing like a like everyone is willing to work hard and put in the contributing 47 points to the team's victory at the thinking they could win. Ap- new team, even if their record time," she says. event. proaching matches with little doesn't show it. There is a lot of This team certainly does work hard. The crew Last weekend, Conn attended the New England hope unsurprisingly turned into hope and confidence on the 2010 spends four days per week practicing on the Championship for keelboats- a bigger boat with a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you squad, and all of that should lead Thames River, where Shea and fellow captain Mike space for four crewmembers. The regatta was a don't think you can win, you to good things. In fact, I would Marshall '12 work to create as competitive an at- match-racing format in which only two teams usually don't. bet on a NESCAC win by the mosphere as possible to simulate upcoming events. compete during each race. Coming in fourth place This season, such a mind set end of the season. For Gabe Salk '14, a newcomer to the team, in the co-ed races were Shea, Marshall, Kevin Lau- has been the main issue Clark I think. the aggressive atmosphere of college sailing is his Hansen '11 and Tim Clark '13. favorite aspect of the sport. Connecticut College and Mitchell College hosted "The whole team is so competitive with each their own regatta on the Thames this past weekend. other that if you aren't on the ball that one day, In addition, the top women's sailors from a handful you'll get your ass kicked," said Salk, who, along of schools allover New England will have compet- with skipper Katie Andril '13, placed third overall ed for five spots at Nationals at the regatta taking in the B Division at the URI Salt Pond Invitational. place on the Sound. Shea narrowly missed out on For Atlantic Brugman '13, the best part about placing last season and hopes to qualify this year. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT SCORES SO YOU DON'T MISS IT GAMES

Volleyball: Field Hockey: Volleyball (9-5): Men's Water Polo (0-5): vs. WESLEYAN: Saturday, Oct. 9th @ vs. TRINITY: Saturday, Oct. 9th @ 10/2 Conn 2 - 3 Bowdoin 10/3 Conn 6 - 24 Fordham 2:00 PM in Luce Field House 12:00 PM on Silfen Field 1011Conn 0 - 3 TUfts 10/2 Conn 5 - 19 lona 9/28 Conn :\ - 0 St. Joseph's vs. TUFfS: Wednesday, Oct. 13th @ Men's Soccer: 4:00 PM on Silfen Field Rugby (2-1): vs. TRINITY: Saturday, Oct. 9th @ vs. MIDDLEBURY: Saturday, Oct. Field Hockey (5-2): 10/3 Conn 46 - 10 Wesleyan 2:00 PM on Tempel Green 10/2 Conn 0 - 3 Bowdoin 16th @ 11:00 AM on Silfen Field vs. MIDDLEBURY: Saturday, Oct. 9/29 Conn 3 - 2 Wellesley 16th @ 2:00 PM on Tempel Green Water Polo: Men's Soccer (3-3-1): vs. MIT: Friday, Oct. 15th @ 8:00 PM Women's Soccer: 10/2 Conn I - 2 Bowdoin in Lott Natatorium vs. Rhode Island College: Wednesday, 9/28 Conn 3 - 0 UMASS-Dartmouth vs. Harvard: Sunday, Oct. 17th @ Oct. 6th @ 4:30 PM on Tempel Green 12:00 PM in Lott Natatorium vs. TRINITY: Saturday, Oct. 9th @ Women's Soccer (2-3-1): 11:00 AM on Tempel Green 10/2 Conn I - 3 Bowdoin Men'slWomen's Cross Country: vs. MIDDLEBURY: Saturday, Oct. Connecticut College Invitational: '16th @ 11:00 AM on Tempel Green Saturday, Oct. 16th @ 12:00 PM at Harkness State Park FICTION SECTION Edited by Ieff Baird & Eva Iablow

Rain The Cartographer's Son by Michael Natriello by Katie McCain

What's that smell? That's where it all starts. Always. You sniff, The cartographer's son both young and bold and you need to know. Some do it better than others. Me, I do it decent. Found enchantment in his father's art I'm not like one of these guys who can identify every little particle. I So he took bee's honey, burnished and gold wish. But I get a whiff of it, and I need to know. Like now. What's that And applied it with care to an abandoned chart smell? I can smell it. Raw as fuck, it floats into my nostrils. All of it. He spread thick sweetness, end to end But I can only maybe name part of it. There's the first layer- these things Encompassing meadows and the village crops come in layers, smells do- and the first layer is the pine. That pine nut For long he labored, and when finished he penned: oil. That's the first layer, and it sort of lingers there lowest and softest. "A treat - for those tired of mere water drops." The smell drifts out from the Pine Barrens, man, and it comes up to you Later that night, as the sky grew dark salty and low hanging. It's the sweetest and it's got memories with it too. Villagers appraised the heavens with startled eyes Memories of the long bike rides to the beach, sunburn, and Grandma's For among the rain, dull, dreary and stark house. All the little five dollar bills Grandma would pull from her purse Fell drops of honey from conventional skies back in the olden days- even though I'm only twenty you're damn right I got olden days- well, all those little five dollar bills would always smell The very next day he again took a map like that pine nut oil. Finding refuge under a plentiful tree When I feel that scent kicking up, I can touch my fingertips and There he cradled ripe apples, filling his lap, they'll stick together a bit like there's actual pine oil on them. My mouth And balanced a single plump orange on his knee dries out. My shoulders tighten. Then the wind blows and you can pick Squeezing juice from the apples he soaked the orange seeds up a stronger kick of that sand scent, which is probably travelling with Until each glowed with a wine red hue that pine oil all the way up from the coast. The sand is drawn out, real He tossed them over the map where they rattled like beads thin. It might not even be there, it might be only imagined. But I can Before all found their place, planted roots, and grew still sense it, and with it a hint of cheap cigarettes and the boardwalk. When dusk was approaching and shadows were high Only the cheap cigarettes are actually right next to me because Johnny's The villagers gathered and gossiped, gay by the chapel smoking while we sit on the bench. But the boardwalk is miles away, so There they gazed on a miracle through astonished eyes that just must be an association with the cigarettes. They're real though, A tree with two fruits: both oranges and apples I know that, because I'm getting itchy not having one, and I have to pop a piece of gum in my mouth to avoid asking to bum one of Johnny's. For the third day that week the boy took a sketch That's one of the thicker layers of the smell; the cigarettes are. But it's Of mountains and rivers and deserts and seas not the thickest. See cigarettes, they ebb and flow out of the scent. But I He flattened the parchment till it smoothed and it stretched bite my teeth and I can tell that there's sand between them, even though And gathered in hand, sage, basil, and parsley there isn't any, and I remember hang-overs, and Frisbees, slices of pizza With the finest of knives he shredded the herbs the size of my chest, paddle ball, ski ball, beach volleyball, and then my Till a dust had formed and coated the paper actual balls shrivel a bit like the way they do in sticky saltwater. There he left it for hours, alone, undisturbed There's brine in the air too. It smells like-the car does post coitus, Until up rose a pungent yet quite pleasing vapor and it's warm and it's calm like the ocean at sunset, not at sunrise, and I When night again came the village pulsed with new life want to grab a bite. But then I think of the other day when I was in the Sharing hopes that again blessings might come to pass gym and was hit with another briny smell. I was crunching out my biceps No rain, no trees, yet the crowd remained blithe and this girl comes over decked out in the fitness fashion. She bends over And soon came sweet smells: hay, blossoms, and grass to stretch after the elliptical and I'm just sitting there curling and wham. It hits me. Vagina. Like, I'm talking some sharp cheddar vagina. Not that When the fourth day had come the boy finally grasped it was cheesy, just that it was some sharp cheddar vagina. My face nearly An acceptance to forge even more than he'd sown snapped off. To my own disgust I cranked out like ten more reps than I From the shed he gathered: hammer, chisel, and rasp normally do. I was horny as shit. That briny vagina smell is fucking dis- And took from the garden a large rounded stone gusting, but sometimes you have to embrace it. The boy carved his own map with its meadows and seas Ifl'm not mistaken there's a little bit of brine in the air right now. Gave it mountains, wetlands, grasslands, and dunes I get flashbacks to that day at the gym, the subsequent masturbation ses- Covering the stone, yes, that was the key sion that I rushed home to after I left, and to steamy scenes from my ex For its circular nature would be the earth's boon girlfriend's old mini van. I ask Johnny for a butt and then I have to hear That night lost sailors knew death was near about how I have weak will power. But I don't care because as soon as I To the edge of the world they each tipped their hat light up I feel the delights of empty stomachs, grain alcohol, hey misters, Yet their ship did not slip at the edge of the sphere and old parties where I always seemed to end up on the lawn. And brave men soon learned their world was not flat I would smell like grass the whole next day until I made it into a pool or a shower, or worse, a classroom. If option C happened, I would Dream end up just smelling like body odor and testicles, the reason for which is by John Kelly obvious if you've ever been to public school in the late spring or early fall. Anyone unfamiliar with the logic behind this combination in nasty The night after the race, I went to sleep with violent dreams. They smells can fuck themselves, because I feel no need to further explain or crashed against my consciousness, dark waves against a lone lighthouse justify such a stench to a bunch of ignorant assholes anyways. Excuse in the night. I held on, terrified that the light would be extinguished. me. Sorry about that. I awoke with a start. I was trembling; my covers were soaked. I But yeah that's there too- the smell of grass I mean. That's a layer looked out my window at the cold full moon, and then there were only too, that's a damn obvious part of it. And dew as well. You can sort of dark tidal waters. I was in the boat with the rest of my crew as we smell it already forming even though the sun has just set and there's not moved, our rhythm perfect against the stillness of the night. Our oars gonna be an honest dew for some time. You can still smell the dew and swept through the water, then moved back again, slow above the rapidly that's a flavor that doesn't really have a weight. It comes with more of a passing water, slow as a building spring. We swung forward in perfect tambour really. It's a lilting smell. Sort of virginal; spring-like. Reminds unison. me of concerts and being sore after a good game of something. Lights glimmered from the shore. We could see the submarine On the opposite side ofthat smell is the dust. I think of nose- base, a familiar sight, although nothing around us was familiar. Our bleeds, and good sharp punches to the face, and getting water thrown on world was only dark silhouettes and a night sky filled with low-hanging you. All ofthat is because of a fight me and Johnny had one time that I stars. But there wasn't a soul in sight as we pushed through the misty can't really talk about without grinding my teeth. Those smells are only waters, past those slumbering metal beasts that hung below the surface, the layers underneath, though. They're mostly present with the shifting of waiting. the wind. They're the rhythm guitars in this jam. The lead is the restau- "Know where we're going?" I said. rants out here on Main. "We'll know when we get there," The Cuban chorizo grilling from down the block, the melting "And when might that be?" cheese coming from just about every open storefront. The onions, and the peppers, and the hint of some fresher herbier flavors. They smell like There was no answer, except for the rhythmic rocking of the nighttime and cold beer and sandals and chlorine drenched water from oarlocks and the trickle of the dark water sliding past. The long and the fountain illuminating your pale ankles with the lights from the bottom ghostly drone of a nearing train wandered through the air. It was a of the fountain, which only further confuse your already blurry vision. familiar sound, and close, but there was no sight of land. Only water. These are the heavy smells. The ones that you don't need to guess about. Again it sounded. The rumbling began, deep and powerful. I could feel These are the ones that can be determined with one hundred percent it in my body and in my hands. The rough wood of the oar's handle proximity and certainty. These are the smells you go to bed with. felt good in my hands. The rumbling suddenly grew more audible, and a blinding light emerged from the dark waters ahead, rising steadily, But then it starts raining. Down it drips, and clips my bangs, and growing closer. The horn sounded again, nearly deafening, no longer a the top of my dome. Then it runs down sprinting, sprinting, sprinting, distant part of the night, but now right upon us. bringing spring time into real time. Then it's all ragtime baby, and people are going nuts. Some are dancing. Some are running. All are reacting. A hulking metal body emerged from the water, charging, steam- Except for me. The smells are gone. Johnny's gone. "Hurry the fuck up," ing, its blinding light glaring at us. The noise was overwhelming. There he shouts. He's running to his piece of shit. I wait there. I smell pave- was no changing course as it plowed through the water, gaining until ment, and street pebbles, and it's black and there's an obvious chemical it was right behind us. Its hom blared as it closed within a few meters aspect to all of this. No weight involved, no feeling to it, no tambour, or from our stern. It moved straight and unchanging. No sooner did we pass sound of any kind- just scampering- just giggling. Just the acid on the through the water was it pulverized with miles of tempered steel, charg- tips of these rain drops. How did I not smell this coming? How did I not ing relentlessly after us. The train was upon our fragile boat, but for all recognize this before hand? This is the smell. This is what I couldn't its power it could not destroy. identify before. Now I remember candles, and salty wet tee shirts that My heart pounded, but its beat no longer came from within --or grip my abs and chest and which ask to be chewed on. was it a mate in front or behind me whose heart I felt? Every stroke we Johnny shouts at me, "I'm leaving you dude. I'm not trying to get took so that we could but only take the next one, clinging to life beat by wet out here. Damn it Jimmy, never mind, come help me!" His windows beat. We pressed on, somehow knowing that peace would come soon. were down and they're jammed now as he tries to roll them up. I run to We passed through the arch of a wrought iron gate. Our pursuer did not help him. We get them up. We get in the car. There are food wrappers follow. One last tremendous blow of its horn and it vanished beneath the everywhere. Sand in the seats. Cassettes line the dashboard. We bottom water with remarkable grace, leaving a hissing wake as far as I could see. out over three speed humps as we pull away out oftown. I roll down It was gone but for the distant rumbling that grew weaker and weaker. .. the window. The rain has slowed to a dull pitter-patter. With the streets Relief. My blade swept through the water and cracked hard on something wet, my arm gets splashed as we roll through puddles. The streets glim- beneath. The stone head of an angel emerged above the surface, then an- mer when we pass over oil slicks, and we get onto the highway. "You other. They became higher. Their chiseled wings had grace and strength. have to be home at any time?" Johnny asks. I don't. We have nowhere to The tip of a stone marker nudged its head up from the receding grey wa- go. Nothing to do. No plans. "You mind just driving then?" I don't. We ters. There were many of them in perfect rows, growing more and more pass by oil refineries, we pass by farms, and we pass by America and all visible. The statues grew higher and higher as we descended. Then the of its great wontedness. We pass by all of New Jersey, and we roll into water was gone, the boat with it. The earth felt damp but solid beneath New York City. Johnny puts in Simon and Garfunkel. The trip in and out our feet, as if it were well trodden. Waves could be heard crashing in the of the city takes us thirty minutes. We only went ten blocks up and five distance and the smell of salt consumed us. Around us in the overgrown across in the city. Traffic. cemetery, the angels, with their stone wings, looked down upon us with We had traveled forty miles just to turn around. Johnny drops me somber gazes. off at my house. It's three o'clock in the morning. We had been crack- I awoke in the dim morning light to the sound of a coastal train. ing each other up the whole night. Singing. Ripping through butts. He My body was sore, stiff, well rested. I felt alive. cranked the crackling speakers when, "America," came on. We roared. "Counting the cars on the NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE, WE'VE ALL A Beautiful Morning GONE TO LOOK FOR AMERICA." In the driveway he grabs my arm, by Jeff Baird before I'm able to get out. "You smell that?" he asks. I don't at first. Then I hear him giggling. His face looks like it stalled out. Then it hits me. The High above fields of hay and squandered pastures, sound comes first. Then I get it- right in the face. Then the smell comes A brooding sun rises too. It's vile. Putrid. It's a fart that's got weight, it's got tambour, it's Its orange navel glows as crests oflight shine got texture. I can touch it, I can taste it. "Smells like America," he says. Off, sinking into my eyes and I laugh. But whenever I smell that fart again I know it will smell like Warming my feet, cold tonight. I close the car door behind me. I still feel Johnny's hand on my In the dew-glazed grass of morning arm even though he's pulled away. The rain has stopped. I get to the garage door. The rubber buttons on the touch pad door The sun hangs up in the sky opener feel like spider webs, and bee stings, and tears. Every time after The same one whose bright, bright stars this they'll feel and smell like far away fires, and farts, and nighttime. Handed me strength in the night They'll sound like Johnny's "Cuccaroacha" car horn, and giggling. Never Through old town streets, and the roads in between all at once, though. Never with any sense of entirety, or romance, or It follows me, past mileage countdowns and all-you-can-eat crab buffets completion, and that's what gets me. Always, across these bridges of waterless lakes and fogged distance VIews

I stare up at the sky, as the heat channels off That bright orange peel, Like what you see? Its orbs of light shine, down To where they find me, grant light to my path Let the road kill and cigarette ads glimmer in its gaze Want to contribute? Let the sun be my guiding light home We'd love to read your work.

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