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First Class • U.S. Postage PAID Permit #35 e o e e oice New London, CT PUBliSHED WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF CONNECTICUT COLLEGE V'OLUME XXXI • NUMBER 12 FRIDAY; FEBRUARY 2, 2007 CONNECTICUTCOLLEGE,NEW loNDON, CT Students, Faculty Attend Darfur Regional Conference At Brown • • S:V ALLISON ZELMAN ment. actions. This is unacceptable behav- Dr. Eric Reeves, an acclaimed ior for the host of an international contributing writer researcher of the Sudan conflict, event." began the weekend by emphasizing After a morning of motivation "Students Taking Action Now: the continual horror of the Darfur and networking, STAND groups Darfur" (STAND) organizations situation and the next round of tac- attended media, advocacy and across the country began 2007 by tics that young activists should take. divestment- workshops, where holding regional conferences with He also discussed the current obsta- speakers discussed helpful tools in the primary goal of informing stu- cle of Chinese involvement in fund- promoting activism and managing dents on how to become more effec- ing the Sudanese government's STAND organizations. Daniel tive organizers and advocates of armed forces and the Janjaweed. Millensen, the President and halting genocide in Darfur. The Along with profiting as a primary National Advocacy Director of the weekend of January 26th The weapons supplier, China has Sudan Divestment Task Force, Darfur Action Network at Brown abstained from UN Security explained methods of divestment University hosted the Northeast Council resolutions and continues to which do not hurt a university's eco- Regional Conference. bringing io a be uncooperative in discussion of an nomic state. Connecticut College Vv'~ variety of speakers. ranging intervention. In recognition of this was among many schools engaged froin the UNICEF Goodwill situation, Dr. Reeves introduced the in the preliminary stages of attempt- A'!'bassador Mia Farrow to former students to the new Darfur cam- ing to divest from Sudan. National Security Advisor Anthony paign. "Geoocide Olympics." As Emphasizing the importance of 1;'I'<'e. Eight students represented China will be the host of the divestment, he stated, "70-80% of Connecticut College's STAND Olympic Games in 2008, this cam- Sudan's oil revenues go to branch at the event and demonstrat- paign will strive to publicize the Khartoum's military expenditures." ed their support. In addition to country's central role in the interna- Mia Farrow and Dr. Eric Reeves members of the student body, visit- tional failure to stop the genocide. accompanied Connecticut College's ing Government professor Nikolas Dr. Reeves was careful in presenting Professor Nikolas Emmanuel in an Einmanuel represented the faculty (From left) Colleen MacPhee '10, Samantha Herndon '10, Sara Linarducci '10, Kristi Post '07, lauren Welch '01, Allison zelman that this campaign is not a boycott open panel discussion. Farrow and served as a panel speaker. '07, Miriam Wasser '09, Professor Nikolas Emmanuael, and Catharine Hawks '09 at Brown's Darfur conference. (zelman) of the Olympics, but an opportunity introduced the panel with a presen- STAND is a nationwide student- to advertise China's connection to tation, exhibiting photographs of ron anti-genocide coalition, whose nity. At least 400,000 people have than 3.5 million men, women and agreements, the Janjaweed, a the genocide. what she has witnessed on various Connecticut College chapter was been killed, more than two ntillion children currently rely on interna- Sudanese militia, are still active and Repeating the Olympic motto, founded three years ago. The ongo- civiUans have been forced to flee tional aid for survival. Despite continue to commit genocidal "One World, One Dream," he said, SEE DARFUR ing violence in Darfur continues to their homes and now live in dis- attempts to integrate a strong UN crimes against civilians in Darfur "The dream of the people of Darfur Continued 00 page stx cliallenge the international commu- placed-persons camps, and more peacekeeping force and cease-fire with the aid of the Sudanese govern- is steadfastly denied by Beijing's Campus Gears Up For RecycleMania 2007 Camels Around The Conn Prepares To Compete Against 200 u.s. Colleges and Universities World Christina Comfort '08: Biology Major BY SOPHIE MATHEWSON AND STEVE STRAUSS BVGREG SOWA news editor and editor in cbief Greyhound busses are big there, and news writer they have a lot of cheap airlines and This week marked the beginning hostels. And I actually got there 2 of RecycleMania, a competition College Voice: So, how did you weeks early with my family. We aimed at bolstering student aware- decide on Australia? stayed in the rainforest area near ness of campus recycling and waste James Cook, and went scuba diving. minimization. Conn, which placed Christina Comfort: Part of it was My favorite place was Byron Bay, in f>fth in last year's event, joins 200 that I didn't want to learn another New South Wales. It's basically a other U.S. colleges and universities, language. I also knew that I wanted hippie surf town. I rented a surf- up from last year's 87 competitors. to do something with marine biolo- board for 2 days, and there was a ton The competition, which. began offi- gy, aod when I looked ooline I found of beautiful sceoery. You could see cially on January 28th and will end that James Cook University [in the rainforest going all the way on April 7th, is not the only project Northern Queensland] had one of in which the Conn community is the best marine biology programs in currently involved; other the world. It turned out that someone Environmentally friendly ventures at Conn had a connection, so I was include SAC's Concert from able to set it up that way. Oonservation and The "Iicomagination Challenge." CV: How was James Cook dif- Since its 2001 beginning, ferent from Conn? RecycleMania has grown exponen- tially and now includes schools from CC: The dorms were really dif- allover the country. ferent. One dorm was 4 buildings, -The overall competition is split and we each had a dining hall. Plus into sub-categories. In Per Capita there were competitive sports Classic, the original RecycleMania between dorms. competition, schools compete to see Christina Comfort '08 which can collect the largest amount CV: What types of classes did of! acceptable recyclables per per- you have to take? scm. In Waste Minimization, down to the shore, and a lot of big schools compete to see which pro- CC: Mostly marine biology, but I jagged rocks. duces the least amount of municipal Tbe Conn community will be looking to step up their methods of environmental protection and recycling tbis spring (Gould). also took an indigenous studies solid waste (including both recy- class, which was really interesting. I CV: What was the social life like clables and trash) per person. This the container to determine which had 2 hours of classes a day, plus there? competition is intended to reward number it is). Those with additional Upcoming Events At Conn occasional labs, which were around those schools that generate the least questions should contact their resi- 3 hours. And I found a dance studio CC: It was a lot of fun. It's real- amount of 'waste aod recyclables, dent building environmental reps in town and signed up for classes ly easy to make friends there, emphasizing reuse and source (BERs) and house environmental "3 Artists" sculptures on exhibit there. because the people are so easygoing reduction over recycling. Schools reps (HERs) if they have any ques- and the atmosphere is very relaxed. are also ranked in a variety of target- tions about the competition or about through March 2nd CV: Did you have to do any field There are a lot of pubs, and the ed:material categories. recycling. Conn data collection aod work? drinking age is 18, so everyone's After Conn's impressive finish reportiog will be performed by really easygoing about that, too. And last year, the RecycleMania website Elizabeth Parillo '07 with assistance CC: My class studied the inter- they really love their barbeques. al~\) gave congratulations to the from grounds supervisor Jim Luce. -Rie Hachiyanagi and Soo Sunny Park will tidal reef flat. We had to take sam- Camels, "who ranked high in all of "This is something that everyooe speak about their work at 4:00 p.m, on Feb. ples to study the density and distri- CV: So, is Foster's Australian for the Targeted Materials areas." Cal can participate in," said one junior. bution of invertebrates - snails, beer? Slate San Marcos claimed the title of "Little things, like being sure to 14 in Cummings Arts Center room 308. worms, that kind of thing. We had a ~and Champion. recycle, can add up to big changes." huge class, so we were able to get a CC: No, I never even saw any- For those unsure of what materi- "It's really great that there's such -Brian Burnett will give a lecture about his lot done pretty quickly. one drinking it.