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Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 2007-2008 Student Newspapers 4-2-2008 College Voice Vol. 32 No. 18 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_2007_2008 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "College Voice Vol. 32 No. 18" (2008). 2007-2008. 4. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_2007_2008/4 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 2007-2008 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. PUBliSHED WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF CONNECTICUT COLLEGE At::!i FlISt Class U.5. Postage PAID / Permit 135 New London, cr NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2,2008 Annual New Haven AIDS Walk to Take Place this Month BY EMILY PERRY '11 from participating in the actual stoff writer walking aspect of the activity, there are ten major organizations that benefit from the money The AIDS Walk, held annual- raised by walkers as well. These ly in New Haven, Connecticut, associations are members of the will take place on April 20, 2008. New Haven Mayor's Task Force The walk was created in order to have participants help raise on AIDS. These include the AlDS Interfaith Network, the awareness and battle the stigmas AIDS Project in New Haven, and apathy that have developed Fairhaven Community Center, towards AIDs in Connecticut and Hispanos Unidos, Leeway, around the world. Liberty Community Services, The walk is a five-kilometer New Haven Home Recovery, path, which starts and ends on the. Hill Health Center, Planned New Haven Green, that partici- Parenthood, 'and the Visiting pants complete to raise money Nurse Association. for local AIDS organizations in In a letter addressed to those the New London area. The AIDS involved with the walk, New Walk is open to all members of Haven. Mayor John DeStefano ECLIPSE PERFOMANCE THRILLS the New Haven community, so said, "In the past year, the city long as the prospective walkers has raised an aggressive war "register and submit a registration Soturdoy, Morch 29th morked the thirty-third onnuol multiculturoltolent show sponsored fee Call of which goes to charity after the event). SEE AIDS WALK by the Eclipse Executive Boord. Though many benefit simply (Kaminslcy '09) continued on page faur Reflections on Department of Gender and Women's Studies Conference, "Security of Person: - Creating a Campus Free of Sexual Assault" BY CAI\OLlNE DENHAM '08 financial support to make this event pos- the power to stop. Thursday, Loretta the responsibilities of Connecticut Ross presented the hnrnan rights frame- College both as a private institution with contributing writer sible. From the drama students who read from Conn Coli Confessional to the cam- work that can help students to interpret quasi-state powers and as an institution pus safety officers and New London and work against sexual violence at abiding by Connecticut state and federal The department of Gender and police officer who brought their perspec- Connecticut College. Friday, Pat Rozee laws. By presenting this work, in addi- Women's studies would like to thank tives and service information to the con- and Heather Karjane brought to the con- tion to reflections on keywords, the sem- each member of the college cornrnnnity versation, the offerings of students and ference eye-opening statistics on inar students took steps toward reshaping who attended the conference, "Security staff helped to draw attention to the mul- acquaintance rape and up-to-date infor- the way our community understands sex- of Person: Creating a Campus Free of tilateral approach that is necessary to mation on what other colleges are doing ual violence in our environment. Sexual Assault," Thursday and Friday, stop sexual assault on our campus. The about it. Ed Blnnt focused on the inter- To all who attended, please keep March 27th and 28th. The event was co- Gender and Women's Studies department ests and responsibilities of men in the reflecting on the relationships between sponsored by the Office of Student Life, is thankful to the faculty and students struggle to end violence against women. consciousness, education, freedom, secu- whose staff has been engaging with who came to learn and demonstrate their Each speaker echoed ptinciples that rity, and the politicization of sex, to the GWS faculty and students throughout the solidarity. Mab Segrest's GWS seminar has been challenge of stopping sexual violence on semester and striving to improve the We hope that those who attended will focusing on throughout the semester. this campus. The success of this confer- safety of women in our community. take away the realization that sexual The seminar's collective paper, "The ence will be measured by what we do A wide array of departments, clubs, . assault is a violation of human rights, and Vulnerability of Gendered Terrain: How with the awareness it has raised and and individuals contributed their time or that it is a violation our community has Safe are Dorms for Women?" focuses on where we go from here. A&E: Best·Oressed Stars, page 6 SPORTS: Has (ann iained the Steroid Notion? page B New Weokly Feature: iPod Shuffle, page 14 Playa' af the Weok, page 8 - ...-----~---- 2 EOITORlAL -THE COLLEGE VOICE APRIL 2, 2008 Letter from the Editor The College Voice We all have our idols, and [ wanted to share my Box 4970' Office (860) 439-2813 . number one go-to person for inspiration, guidance, Email: [email protected] pep, and a shoulder to lean on with the dear readers of The Voice [drumroll please )...Hannah MontaoalMiley Editor-in-Chief Cyrus! I struggle between which is more my idol, but Areti A. Sakellaris '08 that's because I totally relate to the pop star life of Hannah and the girl-next-store life of Miley. At the end NewsEditors of the day, Hannah has better hair, and Ialways want- Chris Buonincontri '08 ed to be blonde. 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