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College Voice, Vol. 100 No. 12

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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 2016-2017 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. NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017 VOLUME XL • ISSUE 12 THE COLLEGE VOICE CONNECTICUT COLLEGE’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1977 Conn Stands “Run Toward Fear” Panel on Stolen Land Tackles Activism, Injustice

CLAIRE RAIZEN AND MAX AMAR-OLKUS MORGAN RENTKO ARTS EDITOR CONTRIBUTORS The Connecticut College Division of Institutional When we think about the land on Equity and Inclusion (DIEI) hosted a town-hall style which Connecticut College is located, a gathering called “Run Toward Fear: Millennial Activism few images may come to mind: the trees in the Trump Era” last Monday, April 24. that have just started to bloom with the ar- Despite the heavy police presence and security rival of spring, the forests and trails of the checkpoint at the entrance – likely due to a number of Arboretum, the water surrounding Mama- death threats sent via Twitter to intended panelist and coke Island and the sunsets that turn the Senior Justice Writer for the New York Daily News, Shaun whole sky orange and pink. An image that King – the room was buzzing with excitement. may not immediately arise is the land as a I got to the event fifteen minutes before the sched- home for indigenous nations. As part of uled seven pm start time and was astounded to see the our ConnCourse #BlackLivesMatter, we sprawling 1962 room already three quarters of the way have studied modern social movements filled with people, many of whom were from local com- through several critical frameworks, one of munity groups that had reserved seats in advance. At seven o’clock on the dot, Dean of Religious and

which is settler colonialism, a concept in- Photo courtesy of Olga Nikolaeva extricably linked to the experiences of in- Spiritual Life Claudia Highbaugh walked onstage to de- news.” He continued bad news firstby informing us that digenous peoples throughout U.S. history. liver some opening remarks addressing the event before Shaun King had come down with an illness last minute Settler colonialism is a specific form of introducing Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion and couldn’t attend the event. Miraculously, DIEI was imperialism, and current U.S. policies re- John McKnight. able to replace King in a pinch with Youseff Salaam, an lated to indigenous people should be un- “We are all students tonight,” McKnight said, en- activist and member of the Central Park Five. derstood in this context. The concept is couraging attendees to embrace the free exchange of In addition to Salaam, the panelists were Tamika based on Western ideals of progress and ideas and perspectives brought to the table by the pan- Mallory, co-chair of the Women’s March on Washing- its “intrinsic goodness,” which subsequent- elists. According to McKnight, this event was important ton; Greisa Martinez, Advocacy Director at the United ly justifies the destruction of cultures and because it aimed to revitalize the energy behind activism We Dream Network; and Dr. Amer Ahmed, Director of people that are viewed as backwards and and community engagement. Intercultural Teaching and Faculty Development at the uncivilized, as was the case with Native There was an audible gasp when McKnight informed CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 the crowd that he had, “some good news and some bad CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 Maurice Tiner Elected Young Examining Mental Alumni Trustee Health Services Abroad HANNAH JOHNSTON SHAWN SIMMONS certain that students abroad NEWS EDITOR CONTRIBUTOR are receiving the quality care they receive on campus from Of the ten colleges in the NESCAC, Con- For many years, the siren Student Counseling Services? necticut College is the only one with a specif- song of the College’s Study A recent uproar at Wil- ic election process for young alumni trustees. Away program has drawn in liams College regarding the Other schools have trustee positions that are students looking to expand efficiency of mental health elected by any or all alumni, but Conn is the their educational experienc- services abroad launched a only NESCAC that reserves representation on es beyond “the bubble.” It’s full-blown investigation into its board of trustees for each graduated class of not hard to see why — the the school’s policies surround- students within three years. Earlier this month, thought of earning credits ing this issue. Rachel Scharf, a Conn’s class of 2017 voted to select Maurice while immersed in a new cul- sophomore at Williams, pilot- Tiner ’17 as their Young Alumni Trustee. Nine ture, speaking a new language, ed a serial exposé looking at students ran for the position, and Tiner won in and interacting with new student experiences with study a landslide with 42.45% of the vote. Though it groups of people is hard to re- abroad programs both associ- has been in the past several years’ elections, a sist. However, there are more ated with and separate from run-off was not necessary. parts to the experience than the College. Each of the pro- “I knew fairly early on that I was going to what initially meets the eye, grams was officially approved vote for Maurice because he’s one of the people and students who seek mental by the College. Speaking with whose services to the class and to the college health services can find them- a number of students, Scharf I’m aware of… But I think it’s good that there selves left in the dark. In fact, found common shortcom- were more people running because I think it the overwhelming nature of ings in nearly every program. shows that our class is going to remain engaged Photo courtesy of Hannah Johnston studying abroad often increas- Student counseling options with the Conn community,” said senior Robert es the demand for these ser- CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 tended to have extensive wait- James Jones ‘17. vices. This is where things get complicated. How can we be CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

IN THIS ISSUE MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017

NEWS NEWS PERSPECTIVES ARTS

Allie Marculitis explains the Maia Hibbett unpacks efforts Price Day goes for a run with Sophia Angele-Kuehn reflects work and goals of the Freedom to make on-campus bathrooms retiring track coach Jim Butler on author and alumna Hannah of Expression Task Force on gender-inclusive on page 7. on page 11. Tinti’s visit to campus on page page 5. 16. THE COLLEGE VOICE 2 • Editor’s Desk MAY 1, 2017

THE COLLEGE VOICE Letter “The views and opinions expressed in The College Voice are strictly those of student authors, and not of Connecticut Col- lege. All content and editorial decisions remain in the hands of To The Editor, the students; neither the College’s administration nor its faculty exercise control over the content.” I am writing to clear up some confusion that has arisen as a result of inaccuracies in recent articles about the Barn. The Barn is closed this semester as a venue for host- ing events; it remains open as a rehearsal space for all the bands to use. This closure does not limit the students who love being part of a student band from practicing in the Barn and performing in other locations on campus this spring. In fact, Student Maia Hibbett ’18 Engagement has worked with MOBROC to put on performances in Coffee Grounds Editor in Chief and is assisting them in putting on an outdoor concert. I understand the Barn is a special place to many students on campus, just as it stood out to me as a special and unique part of Connecticut College from the first time I set foot on campus. However, there are expectations, policies and procedures EDITORIAL STAFF for any College-owned property that is managed by students, and the Barn was not in compliance with those expectations, policies and procedures as they relate to Hannah Johnston ’18 events. It also must be noted that the Barn was not designed or built as a concert Allie Marculitis ’17 venue – it is intended to be used as a practice space. The Fire Marshal sets a capacity number based on the size and use of a space with safety as a primary concern. The News Editors space is small, and overcapacity was the major concern that led to Barn concerts being suspended for the semester Dana Gallagher ’19 MOBROC is an important part of the campus music scene. I look forward to working with and supporting MOBROC the rest of this year and well into the future. Jennifer Skoglund ’18 Perspectives Editors Sincerely, Max Amar-Olkus ’19 Geoff Norbert Assistant Dean for Student Engagement and New Student Programs Chloe Ford ’20 Arts Editors

George Grotheer ’19 In Crisis and Conclusion Sports Correspondent (Editorial) I had no idea how to write this last note. Maybe “no idea” is hyperbolic, but while I had compiled a couple of vague anecdotes to throw in, and I knew, generally, what CREATIVE STAFF I needed to say, I just couldn’t get the ball rolling. Then Aparna forwarded me an email. The original message came from bluehost, Sophia Angele-Kuehn ’20 the web service that runs thecollegevoice.org, and it stated that our account had been Creative Director deactivated, our website taken down. The offered explanation stated only: “(reason: site causing performance problems).” The parentheses were included, though the phrase they encased had no accompanying sentence. Naturally, I panicked. I had to finish putting the print edition of the paper to- gether, but I sat staring at its draft on my screen, unsure how to proceed knowing of this crisis. And I remembered, of all things, a fortune cookie. MANAGING STAFF I got the cookie last week, and it advised: “Cut through organizational imped- iments and get some real work done.” Bypassing my critique of this and most for- Shatrunjay Mall ’17 tune-cookie messages – that this wasn’t really a fortune, so much as a piece of gen- eralized advice – I thought the cookie had a point, and maybe even exhibited some Business Manager prescience, in this case. I focused and finished the paper, deciding to worry about the website once the Voice was printed. Guinivere Feldman ’20 This semester has been full of organizational impediments, as life always is. I kicked off my tenure as EIC with a pretty big one: I hopped off a plane from Nica- Head Copy Editor ragua and into an almost entirely new staff. They accepted a sudden shift from the dependable leadership of Aparna and Sarah Rose to me, a frazzled new face. ‘I’ve Leah Jang ’17 been around,’ I swore to those who didn’t know me. ‘I know what I’m doing, sort of.’ Social Media Coordinator I clearly don’t know what I’m doing in the technological regard – the cause for our site’s deactivation is a mystery likely to be solved only through painstaking cus- tomer service calls – but I am proud of what this paper has done over the past se- mester. We’ve had debacles from unsightly misprints to public administrative disap- proval (though come on, Dean Norbert – no one ever said the Barn was closed as a practice space), but with a dedicated, trusting and intelligent staff, we’ve persevered. Thank you for reading I’d like to thank everyone on the staff for their contributions, big and small, fluffy and in-depth, timely and otherwise. & And really, none of this is fair. Most editors-in-chief have to conclude their last Thank you for writing issue of the year with a goodbye, but since I’m a junior, this is only a ‘see you later.’ That warrants another thank you to the staff, for letting me stick around another year. So here I am, 12 articles, six editorials and one tanked website later. It’s been nuts. CONTACT US Bring on round two. [email protected] -Maia 270 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT 06320 thecollegevoice.org THE COLLEGE VOICE MAY 1, 2017 Editor’s Desk • 3 Senior Editorials I first attended a meeting of Honestly, I had never written a sin- The College Voice as a sophomore. gle article for the Voice before this year. It was a Monday evening, and I was I had barely even read five issues con- in my room, not particularly doing secutively. But, being the good Gov stu- anything. That’s when a friend texted dent that I am, I was an avid reader of me, inviting me to a meeting of the the Times. I discussed “news” in class Voice. At first I was a little lazy and not almost every day. And by “discussed,” I too keen to go. But she insisted. Five mean I mostly listened to my peers talk minutes later I arrived at a room on about their perspectives and would lat- the second floor of Cro. The meeting er write about my own. Writing was my had just started, and I was not too late medium of choice when it came to ex- to hear pitches for articles from editors pressing myself. Rather than fumbling of each section. One of the pitches through almost-coherent statements dealt with the impact of the Shain during class, I have always preferred library renovation. I was immediately writing in order to be clear and concise interested in the topic and decided with my thoughts. So, when I saw a flyer to commit to writing about it. With advertising Section Editor positions for the slogan “No Pain, No Shain,” the Voice, I pieced this together and fig- Connecticut College was attempting ured I’d go for it. It was going to be my to convince students that the library senior year after all; what better time renovation was worth it. However, like thankful for the friendly advice and to throw yourself into an organization fortable and unfamiliar can be the most many others who had usually studied valuable suggestions that I received, you’ve had no previous affiliation with rewarding. I remember the first time I at the library, I was inconvenienced by especially as I struggled with some of whatsoever? volunteered (for one of my own pitch- the lack of study spaces that semester my writing as a sophomore. Clearly, I said something right in es.) The thrill and anxiety of publishing and unconvinced by the school’s After studying away during the my (written) application. That, or no an article that some could potentially propaganda. My article explored the spring semester of my junior year, I one else applied. Either way, I’m writ- find controversial was a sensation en- alternative study spaces that students returned to the Voice as a senior with ing this editorial and trying to reflect tirely new to me. My first big article was used. Since then, there has been no a new role: business manager. I have upon my brief experience with the on a congressional debate that Conn turning back, and I have written about to be honest: being business manager Voice. After I was accepted accepted as hosted. I basically wrote about how it an array of issues with seemingly has had its share of stresses, and I a section editor, our first meeting took was a big disappointment. I had all of little in common, on topics like snow often did not enjoy it. As an anxious place in the spring to prepare for the my friends read it to see if they would days, Fidel Castro, the difficulties of a person, I would fret over everything upcoming fall. At this point, most of us be offended by what I wrote. When comedian’s art and the Jewish heritage that I needed to do, especially since were unsure what role we would be as- they said no, I sent it in. of India, among other miscellaneous I was responsible for handling suming for the upcoming year. Aparna Not quite in the clear yet, the other topics. There is a peculiar satisfaction money and contacting advertisers. Gopalan, the incoming editor-in-chief, editors had more than a few issues with to writing about the random. As a natural procrastinator, this has had big plans for revamping the paper. it. At first, I was discouraged, and just Writing for the Voice over the been particularly hard. Despite the She began the meeting talking about wanted to wash my hands of the whole last two years has provided me with difficulties of the job, however, I have said big plan: to change copy-editing ordeal. But then, I considered their a broad range of experiences that I learned the trade jargon of advertising processes, meeting times, layout, page comments and realized that their edits may not have otherwise had. As a and business and put myself outside numbers, word counts, whole sections, would really make my article a piece journalist for the Voice, I received of my comfort zone: something that you name it. I tried to keep up, not about which I could be confident. The numerous opportunities to interview I believe all people should attempt to familiar at all with anything newspa- article ended up being published on the a wide range of faculty, students, staff do, especially when they are young. per-production related. She then told front page, and I obviously sent a copy and administration, many of whom I For always being willing and able to us what sections we would be in charge home to my parents, who were ecstat- have befriended or got to know better help me with all matters related to of. Hoping to get the Opinions section, ic to hear my efforts weren’t only being in the process. I enjoyed digging business, I would particularly like to I was designated a News editor. Figures, put toward drinking beer and flipping under the surface and learning more thank Beverly Lewis. given my background, I suppose. cups. about a wide variety of issues on I would like to end with a direct That fall, I worked with Peter Bur- Too often at Conn I have found campus and beyond. And although message to Matt Whiman, the Arts dge as my co-editor. We would ex- myself going through the motions. meeting deadlines could often be editor from my sophomore year. At change pitches every Monday before Doing what is comfortable and famil- stressful, writing articles has enabled the end of that academic year, I had the Writers’ Meetings. I remember iar. Being a good student, but never me to improve my writing skills, and not yet written for the Arts section. scrambling to come up with pitches too involved. However, working on the increase my confidence as a writer. For Matt would always tease me about it that would be interesting to our writers, Voice has made me wish that I had been this, I am thankful to all the editors- with the question: “Where’s my article, asking friends whether they had heard more involved. Being involved takes in-chief and managing editors with Jay?” Well, guess what, Matt, I finally of any recent scandals on campus. I can more guts, more initiative, for sure. whom I have I have worked closely-- wrote for Arts. Not once, but thrice. still recall my anxiety writing the pitch- But it has been worth getting to know Aparna, Dakota, Ayla, Dana, Sarah- Too bad that you’d graduated by then. es on the board and even worse, actu- people I wouldn’t have otherwise and Rose, Maia and Luca. I am grateful I hope you are doing well. ally pitching them. There were never exposing myself to new perspectives. for their commitment to the paper -Shatrunjay Mall, Business many takers. I understood it; writing an Working for the Voice has been a great and their efforts to forge a sense of Manager article is a big commitment, and if you opportunity that has allowed me to im- community among the writers. I am don’t know anything about the topic, merse myself in current events relevant then it’s an even more daunting task. I to campus, the local community and probably wouldn’t have volunteered for beyond. It also hasn’t hurt my resume. my pitches either. My experience was short and sweet but However, being uninvolved and full of meaning. In conclusion, I would Staff Picks unwilling to accept new challenges is like to thank everyone I was able to not what I am trying to endorse here. work with this year and the handful of Art, literature and journalism recommendations from the staff of One of the most important things that friends (Asaf & Kelso) who never failed The College Voice. the Voice has taught me is that putting to read every issue! your efforts into something uncom- -Allie Marculitis, News Editor Journalism: “The Climate March’s Big Tent Strategy Draws a Big Crowd” by Robinson Meyer in The Atlantic – recommended by Dana Gallagher, Perspectives editor Dog Songs (book of poetry) by Mary Oliver – recommended by Chloe Ford, Arts editor “Trump’s Latin American Model” by Erik Loomis in Boston “Northeast Regional” (short story) by Emma Cline in The New Review – recommended by Maia Hibbett, editor-in-chief Yorker – recommended by Maia Hibbett, editor-in-chief “Escaping Poverty Requires almost 20 Years with Nearly Nothing Going Wrong” by Gillian B. White in The Atlantic – Entertainment: “The Handmaiden” (2016 film) dir. by Park Chan- recommended by Max Amar-Olkus, Arts editor Wook “Atlanta” (2016-present, TV series) created by Donald Glover on FX Literature: “A Litany for Survival” (poem) by Audre Lorde – – recommended by Hannah Johnston, News editor recommended by Hannah Johnston, News editor THE COLLEGE VOICE 4 • News MAY 1, 2017 Community Bulletin Sports Corner Women’s Lacrosse (3-12) Men’s Lacrosse (7-9) Queer Students Honored at Lavender Graduation @ Mount Holyoke W 19-4 Regis W 16-3 On Wednesday, April 26th, students, faculty, staff and administra- Western Conn. St. W 17-8 Bates L 14-16 tors gathered to celebrate Connecticut College’s inaugural Lavender @ Bates L 9-12 Wesleyan L 8-9 Graduation. A Lavender Graduation is a specific ceremony dedicat- @ Wesleyan L 10-18 @ Bates L 8-11 ed to graduating seniors who identify as members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and is a tradition currently executed by hundreds of Women’s Tennis (7-8) Men’s Tennis (6-9) colleges and universities across the country. 23 graduating seniors @ Wesleyan L 0-9 Bates L 0-9 walked in the ceremony on Wednesday night and, in total, 33 students Bates L 1-8 @ Coast Guard W 6-3 received cords to wear at graduation. The ceremony also included the Hamilton W 5-4 Hamilton W 6-3 bequeathing of a special cord in honor of Anique Ashraf. Women’s Track and Field Men’s Track and Field NESCAC Championship NESCAC Championship College Welcomes Eboo Patel Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith Youth Core and author of “Acts of @ Bowdoin College @ Bowdoin College Faith,” “Sacred Ground” and “Interfaith Leadership: A Primer,” visited 8th of 11, 37 points 11th of 11, 12 points Conn on Tuesday, April 25th as a part of the President’s Distinguished Sailing Lecture Series. @ Thompson Trophy Regatta (Women) 6th of 18, 329 points

Hygienic Art Gallery Displays Work by Veterans The College Crossword MADE BY ELEANOR KNAUSS; ANSWER KEY PAGE 8 In its current exhibit, “Journeys Onward,” New London’s Hygienic Art Gallery is displaying over 100 pieces of art done by veterans, active service members and their families. The exhibit will run until May 27.

Opiod Epidemic Worsens in New London County

Fire and police officials in Norwich and Groton report an increase in heroin and other opiod-related deaths in 2017, putting the region, along with other parts of Connecticut, on track to surpass its 2016 records for opiod-related deaths.

Peggy Whitson Breaks Record for Time in Space

Astronaut Peggy Whitson has spent more than 535 days off-planet, meaning that she has broken the world record for most time spent in space. As a biochemist and NASA astronaut, Whitson has served as commander of the International Space Station.

Grindr Used as Tool for Harassment

Matthew Herrick is suing Grindr after his ex-boyfriend created a se- ACROSS 1-10 15. LAX police ries of fake profiles under Herrick’s name and sent a total of over 1,000 1. Fuel 39. Born or a word before a 16. Mousse alternative men to his home and workplace for sex. The ex also told the men to 4. NBC show hosted by maiden name 18. Vaccine target ignore any resistance from Herrick. Chuck Todd, abbr. 41. Campaign to end fossil 20. Swedish furniture giant 7. Tool for piercing leather fuel usage at Connecticut 21. Wander 10. Perform on stage College 22. Debbie Downer and 11. Type of camera on 45. The sexual attraction to Gilly show, abbr. Jehovah’s Witnesses Banned in Russia Curiosity serial killers 24. Rainbow shape 13. Cease living 51. Make, as a living 26. ____seed oil, olive oil Jehovah’s Witnesses have officially been banned by the Russian su- 14. Colson ______, 2018 52. The philosophical theo- alternative Commencement Speaker ry that humans are animals 27. Elm or oak, for example preme court, which classified them as an “extremist” organization. 16. Often found in a Taran- 53. Before 28. Barely make, as a living The group was ordered to disband and forfeit all property to the state, tino film 54. (She) touches, to Maria 30. Thank you, to Jean-Luc pending an appeal. 17. One who manages the 55. Boxing great 31. “______, for the low Ops. Section (e.g. Dana or 56. Albany to Ottawa dir. price of $19.99!” Jenn) 57. Hair care brand by 33. Female chicken 19. Aerodynamic shape of Chaz Dean 36. Teen subculture in A wings (British spelling) 58. Opposite of green Clockwork Orange 20. Auditors, abbr. 40. Charlie of Two and a Story Search 23. Series ft. Aragorn DOWN Half Men 24. Artist behind “Smack 1. Ogle rudely, informally 41. Number to enter during Do your best to fill in the blanks, then look for the That” 2. Dull pain course registration, abbr. answers scattered throughout the paper! 25. Group best known for 3. Mix 42. Company that makes their milk gallon sharp- 4. Bill of Real Time car racing parts shooting challenge, abbr. 5. Newspaper wherein you 43. Ethnic group residing 1) On a Delta flight, a ______was returned to an air 26. _____ 32, st. between can read about 14-, 16-, in Myanmar marshal after being left in the bathroom. upper and lower campus 40-, and 44-Across 44. “‘_____ we meet 2) This week, President Donald Trump called North 29. Kingdom 6. Soap box again!” 31. Diamond, e.g. 7. Fusses 46. Knitting medium Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, a “______.” 32. Subject of Jaws 8. Metal thread 47. Ale 3) Facing criticism from his financial advisors, Johnny 34. Newton of the Panthers 9. Team coached by Garry 48. One who does not tell Depp defended his right to purchase 15,000 ______35. Middle child in the Monk the truth Rehcleb family? 11. Gene otherwise known 49. Land surrounded by daily. 37. Fencing tool as OF45 water 38. Grade on a scale from 12. Imbeciles 50. Surrounded by THE COLLEGE VOICE MAY 1, 2017 News • 5

Coast Guard Academy Pollutes Thames River

JOHN SARGENT immediately shut off. the 17th, when we first heard about Due to the massive flow that STAFF WRITER “Certainly you don’t ever want it from The Day. There was an al- occurs in the daily ebbing tides, the to see contaminants and raw sew- leged discharge and we coordinat- Thames has a very handy self-reg- Over the course of New Lon- age get into a river, its technically ed with the Coast Guard Academy. ulating ability that helps it clear don’s history, the Thames River has illegal to discharge that into a body By this point though, we learned itself of pollutants. To that effect, had to endure the harsh reality of of water in Connecticut” Said Den- that the issue with the leak was the sewage that was mostly be- being a major water source for a nis Shain, a spokesperson for the identified back in March, and the ing dumped to the river wasn’t as growing city. Whether it be from Connecticut Department of Ener- CGA had blocked the sewage leak harsh as we know it. Instead, it was residential homes or Electric Boat gy & Environmental Protection, or and taken measures such as shut- mostly “grey water,” which is the and Pfizer Pharmaceutical, the DEEP. “But, the Coast Guard is a ting off the water and even taking water found in shower drains and Thames has witnessed its fair share great partner in helping with waste the handles off faucets in the locker from faucets, not the more disgust- of pollution and mistreatment. De- management and always has been, rooms.” ing “black water,” which originates spite its beleaguered history, the so surely they weren’t aware of this McCammon then informed from the toilet. Thames has seen a revitalization, occurrence.” The DEEP was noti- me that this issue supposedly be- Despite the embarrassment for a rebirth that comes in the wake fied about the sewage leak immedi- gan in 1997, when the CGA was the CGA, McCammon says that of an increasingly environmen- ately after its discovery, but unfor- renovating their locker rooms. A this in fact is a good thing. “My tally conscious world. However, tunately was not able to intervene contractor who was fixing some guess is that we might find more of sometimes mistakes are made, and as the investigation fell outside utility lines accidentally hooked it as we look at more facilities that creeping reminders of the past can of the organization’s jurisdiction. up the main sewage line into the might not have been required to come back to haunt the New Lon- This instead fell into the hands of storm water drain. As a result, the assess their stormwater, and from don community. New London’s Ledge Light Health discharge has been slowly leaking this we can fix more problems,” he About two weeks ago, The Day District (LLHD). The LLHD is a unto 130 gallons a day for nearly 20 said. published an article that shocked special branch of local government years, which adds up to just under Starting in July, the DEEP is do- the community. Over the course that presides over health issues in 1 million gallons. ing a major assessment of waterside of 20 years, the Coast Guard Acad- East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, New However, despite the staggering facilities to make sure that their emy, a fervent advocate for con- London, Old Lyme and Water- effect of this number, McCammon stormwater and sewage lines are servation and green initiatives, ford. So, given their extensive local informed me that for such a large properly running. This shocking has been unknowingly dumping reach, the LLHD took this matter river, there wasn’t much to worry discovery is the first step of many sewage into the Thames at a rate quite seriously. about. “It’s a small amount of liquid toward reclaiming the Thames and of roughly 130 gallons a day. After I spoke to Ryan McCammon, effluent for the river itself, it looks maintaining that it stays clean and the discovery was made, the leak, LLHD’s supervisor of environmen- like a lot but on a daily basis it is pollutant free for the foreseeable which came from the institution’s tal health, for some more detail. fairly minimal. The flow of the river future. • athletic facility locker rooms, was “Our first notification was on will help with flushing that out.”

Story Search • Page 4 Freedom of Expression Task 1) gun (CNN) Force Presents New Policies ALLIE MARCULITIS will likely prove difficult to execute success- NEWS EDITOR fully. At the open forum, students brought The Freedom of Expression Task Force up concerns over the nature of protesting, stood before SGA on April 26th to present their specifically the unlikelihood of a student re- tentative policies and direction. The task force ferring to the handbook to guide their meth- has met throughout this academic year, initial- od of protest, and the potential difficulty of ly with the goal of establishing a philosophical working with the administration and Cam- statement about the College’s policy concern- pus Safety to facilitate protesting. As it is, Tufts Summer Session 2017 ing freedom of expression. Their work builds students expressed that correspondence with Explore. Prepare. Achieve. on a multi-year process that has involved refin- Campus Safety and other staff has not been ing current policy language and developing a efficient, so the idea of involving the admin- new framework for students, faculty and staff istration or Campus Safety in a spontaneous to adhere to. The task force is currently in phase movement seemed like a stretch. one of its mission and hopes to publish its work A change that sparked further concern in the Student Handbook for easy reference. was the addition of the occupation of private The task force is chaired by Dean of Insti- offices, work areas, to the current guideline tutional Equity and Inclusion John McKnight prohibiting certain disruptions on campus. and Senior Associate Dean of Student Life Sar- This language alarmed several students who ah Cardwell. Its members are History Professor recalled the Occupy Fanning, a movement Eileen Kane, Slavic Studies Professor Petkov that occurred last spring when students sat in Ivanov, Morgan Fowle ‘19, Mariel Ozoria ‘20 Fanning to protest the College’s approach to and Teddy Parsons ‘18. The task force present- bias incidents, multicultural academic pro- ed an update on its progress and asked for any gramming and transparency, among other feedback from SGA. Members will continue grievances. their work next year and plan to hold several In light of these concerns, McKnight and round tables to open the conversation up to the Cardwell reassured students that should they campus community. want to occupy the halls of academic build- One of the major issues with which the task ings, they would be free to do so. force dealt was the Honor Code. The Honor Another important development on Code presents a certain framework for students which the task force has been working con- cerns procedures for posting and removing Over 170 Courses Courses Offered while a separate framework exists for faculty Day, Evening, and May – August and staff. This causes a problem when it comes posters. As Conn has previously had instanc- Online Courses es involving posters with controversial con- to freedom of expression on campus, because Affordable Tuition such freedom affects both populations similar- tent -- including one of Occupy Fanning’s Additional SHORT inciting incidents -- there is clearly a need Outstanding Tufts Faculty COURSES and WORKSHOPS ly, and both should be held to equal standards. High School, University, and running throughout The task force is looking to find a balance be- for a policy regarding posted content. Under Professional Options the summer! tween freedom of expression, full participation the new policy, anything posted must have and the essential operations of the College. It the contact information (a valid Conn email is not trying to ban protesting on campus, for or organization name), otherwise the poster example, but rather to establish guidelines for will be taken down. Such a policy presents an Sign up today at protests. The task force wants to put into place interesting approach to freedom of expres- certain procedures that would come into play if sion, for controversial content will not be go.tufts.edu/conncollege students were to hold a protest. taken down if there is contact information on While this may sound great in theory, it CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 THE COLLEGE VOICE 6 • News MAY 1, 2017 “Run Toward Fear” CONTINUED FROM FRONT University of Massachusetts Amherst. The host of the event, hip-hop activist and schol- ar Jasiri X, began the discussion by showing the trailer for the documentary The Central Park Five, providing attendees with some background informa- tion on the infamous 1989 case in which five young black and latino males were wrongfully convicted of the rape of a white woman in Central Park. The case against these men had deep roots in systemic racism and prompted Donald Trump, then a private citizen, to take out full page ads in multiple New York City newspapers calling for the teens to receive the death penalty. When asked how he feels about seeing Trump as president, Salaam said optimistically, “I realized that as a people, we can buckle down in spite of oppres- sion… We even made the ghetto look fly.” He also revelled in the fact that “the most powerful man in the world wanted me dead,” and continued to offer a word of inspiration, saying: “I can’t hide. I’m very visible. I can’t run away – I have to run towards fear.” The next speaker, Martinez, was asked to speak about her fight for undocumented immigrants after Panelists from left:Youseff Salaam, Greisa Martinez, Amer Ahmed, Tamika Mallory a clip played showing a recent appearance of hers on Photos courtesy of Olga Nikolaeva CNN. She spoke passionately and candidly about how for her, “election night was the beginning of panelist, turned the conversation toward misconcep- but play locally,” in reference to the upcoming 2018 nearly 100 days of nightmare.” tions about Muslim communities, explaining that mid-term elections. “The Trump Era is one of criminalizing anyone the United States is rife with Islamophobia and re- “We have to live right now in a state of unapolo- who looks foreign,” Martinez said, after decrying the ligious intolerance. He went on to provide points of getic truth time,” Mallory said, urging people to have creation of negative narratives about undocumented historical contrast that highlight the hypocrisy im- open discussions, no matter how awkward, with immigrants in the media. plicit in U.S.-created narratives that portray Muslims their relatives and other members of their communi- This fabriaction of narratives and stereotypes as violent. ty to avoid the spread of ignorant rhetoric and foster isn’t limited to African Americans and undocu- “You will not find an equivalent to the Atlantic civic engagement. mented immigrants, but instead affects people who Slave Trade in any Islamic civilization across histo- During the Q&A session, a student asked Mallo- identify with a variety of groups. Ahmed, the next ry,” Ahmed remarked, rejecting the notion that Mus- ry if true liberation could really happen under a cap- lim-majority countries italist structure. “Mass incarceration, prison labor – are evil, as they are often this is all happening because of money... We need to potrayed. understand our spending power,” she answered, ac- “If it were up to peo- knowledging the massive amount of money pumped ple of color to end racism, into the economy by people of color. If money is giv- it would already be over; en to companies that profit off of exploitation, that if it were up to women to exploitation is likely to continue unhindered. end sexism, it would al- Two children from a local community group ready be over,” he added, asked the final question of the event: “Does the encouraging the people school to prison pipeline effect multiracial schools?” not in those groups to Salaam took the question, telling the children: stand up, cooperate and “Even if a student goes to a great, multi-racial school, use their privilege to re- they still have to leave at the end of the day and deal verse the unjust systems with the Black experience… When they go home that currently stand in they still go home in their black bodies. They’re still place. looked at as ‘super predators.’ We have to be con- Mallory, the next scious, but not let it keep us down.” The crowd was panelist to speak, was impressed with the children’s question and with Sa- asked how we can stop laam’s response, as a raucous round of applause fol- attacks on communities lowed each. • and save people’s lives. She encouraged attend- Story Search • Page 4 ees to, “think nationally, 2) smart cookie (BBC) Host and moderator Jasiri X

Understanding Common Interest Housing

WILL KADISON make an effort to educate community members years. Unlike in years past, the application is now STAFF WRITER on their interest, host at least one event per se- due earlier in the spring semester, and faculty mester and prepare an end-of-semester evalua- advisers must now be present for the application During the housing process, students get mul- tion. interview. While the common interest process tiple opportunities to apply for different housing When I approached the REAL office gives certain students first priority in choosing options. One way to get group housing is to ap- about common interest, they claimed that the houses, the REAL office always saves at least half ply using the common interest system, through process cannot be manipulated for personal of the houses for the independent living process, which students can choose to live in groups benefit. “The application process creates a sys- which takes into account lottery number and based on a shared interest. Some students feel tem for students to not take advantage of the sys- a paper application. There is a slight issue with that the common interest system can be taken tem,” the REAL Office stated. “Once we receive favoritism for the common interest program advantage of, but its stated requirements seem your application, we also need notification from because applicants get first priority. However, somewhat rigorous. During the application pro- a Faculty or Staff adviser to the group saying that because most of the apartments and houses are cess, groups must indicate their shared interest, they support your mission and programming similar in size and floor plan, saving at least half attend a one-hour info session, identify a faculty ideas.” of them for the independent living process aims adviser, propose their idea and be interviewed They noted the fact that the application pro- to mitigate the problem fairly. by REAL staff in early February. Once a group cess requires a large amount of motivation; the is living in a common interest space, they must application has gotten more difficult in recent CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 THE COLLEGE VOICE MAY 1, 2017 News • 7

Students Fight for Gender-Inclusive Bathrooms

MAIA HIBBETT that they presented their ideas before EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dean of Students Victor Arcelus as the original “Gender Committee” last A majority of bathrooms in year. Arcelus voiced support of their Conn’s residence halls are labeled cause, though nothing ultimately only with their purpose, their plaques came of it. absent of the typical stick-figure that “I think that’s the worst of it,” dictates the gender of intended occu- McCaffrey added, “things not getting pants. But in academic, recreational done.” While administrative support and administrative buildings around has been high, a majority of on-cam- campus, that gender-inclusive acces- pus resistance has stemmed from the sibility ends. Seeking to change this, faculty, according to McCaffrey, who a group of students affiliated with the was informed of faculty skepticism by LGBTQIA Center and Center direc- Manion last year. tor Erin Duran are working to replace With the current state zoning reg- signage, enact policy and raise aware- ulations, faculty disapproval of gen- ness. der-inclusive restrooms is moot in the Shay Hicks ’18 and Gray McCaf- context of multi-occupancy facilities, frey ’19, two former employees of the but Hicks and McCaffrey continue to LGBTQIA Center and student leaders express hopes for the future. in the current gender-inclusive bath- “My main thing,” McCaffrey said, room initiative, started the project “is Bill Hall.” With three multi-occu- last year under former Center direc- pancy bathrooms in Bill — two for tor Jen Manion. According to Hicks, women and one for men — McCaf- Manion dubbed them the “Gender frey suggested that one could easily be Committee” and tasked them with made gender-inclusive, leaving two confirming a list of gender-inclusive gendered bathrooms for those who bathrooms on campus. Duran noted Illustration by Amanda Chugg want them. a final count of 45 gender-inclusive “Personally,” they added, “I think bathrooms, though Hicks and Mc- tinuing similar work for the LGBTQIA gender inclusivity. they should all be gender-neutral, but Caffrey highlighted some confusing Center and affiliated groups this year. “Essentially,” Duran said, “it would I’d start with just one.” details that evidenced the need for “Manion’s big thing as they were be Connecticut College affirming the “Student support is something more. going was like, ‘you guys are going to rights of community members to use that could help us too,” McCaffrey “Most of [the bathrooms on the get your jobs,’” noted Hicks. As the the bathroom that is most in line with added. Hicks agreed, hoping that the original list] were either off campus or current director, Duran was unable to how they identify.” upcoming poster campaign will raise just nonexistent,” commented McCaf- comment on personnel decisions be- Language proves key in these ef- awareness and garner support among frey, noting that one of the bathrooms yond that they “had nothing to do with forts, as slight discrepancies in ter- the community. • on the list, located in Cummings, was the bathroom [initiative].” minology have clearly labeled “Men’s.” Another was at Hicks expressed perseverance de- peppered this and 33 Gallows Lane. spite the setback, noting: “[McCaffrey many bathroom “If I’m going to use the bathroom, and I] have both been doing our best conversations. I’m not going to Gallows,” McCaffrey to do what we can for the Center, even Duran clarified: “I said. though we don’t work there.” In ad- am a proponent Now, Hicks and McCaffrey con- dition to the poster campaign, these of gender-inclu- tinue their work by designing a poster efforts have translated into an initia- sive versus gen- campaign, whose goal Duran defined tive to convert all single-occupancy der-neutral, ac- as, “to start a conversation and remind bathrooms on campus into being gen- knowledging that folks that this issue hasn’t fallen off the der-inclusive. gender might be a table.” Hicks and McCaffrey aim to in- To achieve this, the working group core part of some clude concrete and pertinent statistics. is developing a gender-inclusive sign people’s identity.” “Like the fact that zero people,” McCaf- for bathrooms, which Duran said re- Another stu- frey offered, “have been assaulted by a quires modification “as simple as re- dent involved in transgender person in a bathroom.” moving the human from the sign.” the initiative, Moll The progress has been slow-mov- Once finalized, the sign will go to Brown ’18, found Change is on the horizon. ing, they noted, due to lack of com- Facilities, directed by Trina Learned, that state codes munication and limitations on local whose support Duran, Hicks and Mc- prevent some That’s why we’ve changed the and state levels. On campus, Hicks and Caffrey all affirmed. multi-occupant McCaffrey attribute a lack of progress “If we can get the sign to [Facili- bathrooms from way we teach journalism. in part to the discontinuation of their ties],” Duran added, “I’d love to ex- being gender-in- employment at the LGBTQIA Center plore with Trina to see if [changing the clusive, limiting in Fall 2016, when Duran chose not to signs] is something that can get done the effort’s poten- renew their positions. this summer.” tial reach.. “I did various projects that weren’t Longer-term efforts toward gen- Despite state really part of the job,” said Hicks, ex- der inclusivity in bathrooms will rely limitations, Mc- plaining that they designed the rain- on more than just signage. Duran ex- Caffrey has found bow-fade insignia which debuted plained that he and the students work- Conn adminis- on Spectrum’s club apparel last year. ing on the project drafted language to trative reception Hicks added that under the assurances be incorporated into student, faculty “pretty positive.” of Manion, they had anticipated con- and employee handbooks to ensure Hicks elaborated Freedom of Expression Task Force CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 task force’s work takes place in the context of in- Graduate Program in Journalism. the poster. Rather, if the content violates policies creased freedom of expression issues on college Quickly gain the skills that are redefi ning how the industry of the Student Handbook, a bias incident may be campuses, making it timely and appropriate. The delivers the news. Create content that gives a story life. Online. filed so the person responsible for the content changes that will take place are still a ways off On air. In print. Learn at a state-of-the-art facility, from pros who may be held accountable. The policy provides in the future, nevertheless, students, faculty and are transforming the industry. Then join them. the space for statements to be made but also for staff should be aware that conversations con- Learn about Quinnipiac’s MS in Journalism conversation about such statements to be had. cerning freedom of expression are being had on at qu.edu/gradjournalism The task force expresses wishes to main- campus, and policies will eventually be put into tain transparency throughout its process and place. • Graduate Programs | Journalism invited the community to give their input. The THE COLLEGE VOICE 8 • News MAY 1, 2017 Catching up with Maurice Tiner, Conn’s Newest Young Alumni Trustee

CONTINUED FROM FRONT ‘16, Class of 2016 Young Alumni Trustee] to win, her MT: I will always advocate or speak up from the winning let me know that I could potentially win. But position that I’ve been in, so I think that’s important. Tiner ran against eight other students for the po- I think ultimately what really made me want to run I can’t speak for everybody, so I will always advocate sition, two of whom were SGA President Ramzi Kai- for YAT [is] my love for the College and wanting to from my experience and from the experiences that ss ’17 and SGA Vice President Virginia Gresham ’17. continue to do the work to help Conn become the I know about of the students on campus. I think it’s When asked about their reasons for running, Kaiss place it’s been striving to become. tough to say now how I would handle a [controversial and Gresham both expressed that they wanted the TCV: How did you feel throughout the campaign issue] because I don’t know things about the school opportunity to continue their work in advocacy for process? So many people ran! that I’m sure that I’m not supposed to know because the student body. MT: I really, really do not like campaigning at all. of confidentiality. I have to approach everything from “I think that Conn works best when students It’s a sense of vulnerability that I’m not necessarily a holistic standpoint so I can’t only advocate for my and alumni are included in the decision-making pro- comfortable with - selling myself to people. I don’t experience, I also have to understand that this is an cesses made at this school, particularly at the board like it, but ultimately you have to do what you have to institution that’s backed by alumni, parents, families, level,” said Kaiss. Gresham explained that the Young do in order to get the position. So many people ran, donors etc. Alumni Trustee position is “important to the board I just did what I could to push my face and push my TCV: If you had unlimited power and resources, because those who hold the position provide a differ- initiative. what’s one thing you’d like to see change at Conn? ent perspective as to how the College could change TCV: What made you feel like you were the best MT: I think I would want to figure out a way in in the future and don’t have to donate money to be in person for the job? which students that don’t necessarily have the finan- that decision-making space.” The YATs have the same MT: I think because I have been so involved in cial backing or the financial resources to be here don’t voting and committee power as every other member so many facets of the campus community. I’ve been have to work so hard with other jobs to financially of Conn’s board of trustees, which gives them ex- involved in student life, I’ve sat on different commit- support themselves. I think that’s been the number traordinary influence as young recent college grads tees and hiring committees. I think I’ve already start- challenge for me, I’ve had to work so many jobs just in their 20’s. ed to do the work - sitting in committee meetings to maintain myself at this institution. So if I could ad- Many seniors are excited about Tiner’s win. Der- to push specific departments to kind of rethink the vocate or change anything anything with unlimited rick Newton ’17 campaigned for him and said “Mau- work they’re doing. It’s ultimately what trustees do, power and resources it would be to allow students of rice really cares for this space [Conn], and I think he’s but of course you have a little more power to make socio-economic backgrounds not to have to struggle the best person for the job. I’ve seen his commitment decisions about what position the school moves in. as much. since day-one and it has been nonstop consistent. I’m TCV: How did you feel when you found out you TCV: Have you figured out what you’re going to so glad that he was willing to continue [his work] had won? do after graduation? post-grad.” MT: I was excited! But I was also in a financial aid MT: Yeah, so I’ll be going to Yale Divinity school, Kaiss and Gresham also voiced nothing but meeting at the time, so I was getting good news and I got a full scholarship, so I’m excited to begin that praise for Tiner. “I think we all knew that Maurice then bad news about paying off my loans. I thought work. I want to go into the ministry, but within an ac- was going to win from the minute he announced his there was going to be a runoff [election] which I ademic setting like Conn. I would love to be a school nomination. He has impacted our class in the most wasn’t that excited about, but it ended up not being chaplain, dean of religious and spiritual like - some- positive of ways during the past four years, and it’s that, so I was happy about that. thing like that. I also want to work with youth direct- wonderful knowing that he’ll be representing our TCV: What goals do you want to accomplish as ly in the church. class on the board,” said Kaiss. you enter into your first year on the Board of Trust- TCV: Are you excited to graduate? Tiner’s work as an advocate for the student body ees? MT: I am, I think I’m ready for the next phase is undeniable, and it has been felt by his classmates MT: My first year I want to get acclimated on in my life, but I will miss being in direct proximity on both community and personal levels. Luisianny what specifically a young alumni trustee does. I to my close friends - I think that’s what I’ll miss the Perez ’17 said of Tiner, “He’s very attentive. He listens know I have voting power, I know I sit on commit- most. But I’ll still be very connected to Conn because a lot to what people need and he, just in in our friend- tees and give my experiences to help advocate, but of the YAT position, so I don’t think I’ll have the op- ship, is always there to give someone a shoulder and I’m setting up meetings with Chakena and Blake Ri- portunity to really miss Conn that much, especially advice.” Perez also expressed her confidence in Tin- ley ‘14 [Young Alumni Trustee ‘14] soon to hear their since I’ll be right up the road [in New Haven, CT]. er’s ability to work hard and keep going, “even if he perspective, and I’ll reach out to Eleanor Hardy ‘15 TCV: Any specific message you want to send to gets super super exhausted you still see him pushing [Young Alumni Trustee ‘15] too, so when I get there I students as our new Young Alumni Trustee? himself to be involved and make sure the voices of won’t be uncertain as to what the role will entail. And MT: Ultimately I appreciate the votes and the students are heard.” then, whatever committee I’m on I just want to use support. I’ll always continue to advocate for the After hearing this praise from other students, my voice and use my experiences to advocate in the school and push to make Conn a better place for all the Voice sat down with the winner himself, Maurice best way that I can. students, despite race or background. And I’ll contin- Tiner. In the following interview, Tiner discusses his TCV: Last year the board voted not to raise tui- ue to do the advocacy work that I always have. I love win, his love for Conn and his bright future. tion. When more controversial issues come up, how Conn, but like I said in my campaign speech, with TCV: What inspired you to run for young alumni will you handle that - especially issues that really af- that comes a lot of hard work, sacrifice, and dedica- trustee for the class of 2017? fect students and that they’re passionate about? tion to the school. • MT: I think a few things. After having a conver- sation with Annie Scott, who is a trustee currently [where] she was telling me about the role that she plays as a trustee, one that continues to advocate for Common Interest Housing the college with donors and other college depart- ments, it was something that interested me. I think CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 junior year when I really pushed for Chakena [Sims CROSSWORD ANSWER KEY: When interviewed, students who did not participate in the common interest program voiced concerns of fairness. Several opposed the idea of common interest program participants choosing housing first. However, for the most part students were not upset. Lucas Guliano ‘17, lives in a Win- chester Road apartment through the independent living process. He said, “It doesn’t upset me that they get to pick first, but the odds seem stacked against you when applying through the independent living process.” Students within the common interest program, however, speak highly of it. Nako Kobayashi ‘17 has lived in common interest housing for the past two years and feels that the com- mon interest program makes a significant contribution to the community here. “I think common interest is a cool way of getting more people involved, because I never would have organized my own event if I wasn’t in the common interest housing program. Because you are linked with a professor as an advisor, it is easier to get the event promoted and organized.” Kobayashi and her housemates organized an event with Professor Manuel Lizarralde, during which Lizarralde led a group a group of students through the arbo and gave them a chance to try the many edible plants of our arboretum. The REAL office also feels that common interest housing contributes to the community here, citing the group CC Smokehouse. CC Smokehouse has organized more than their required amount of events, and next year they plan to explore other ways to barbeque and offer vegetarian options. Common interest housing has developed and become an even stronger program since its reali- zation four years ago. The program has given students an opportunity to organize their own events, and promote their interests on campus. While some students may feel the housing selection process lacks complete fairness, the common interest program has made contributions to the campus com- munity. • THE COLLEGE VOICE MAY 1, 2017 Perspectives • 9

CC Divest Triumphs Free Speech Concerns with “Put a Price on It” Persist at Berkeley

LAUREN BARETTA city, state, regional, national. We DANA GALLAGHER website “The Federalist,” has sympathy. Media coverage STAFF WRITER need to start from the people, but PERSPECTIVES EDITOR proclaimed, “speech has be- surrounding her speech, as we need to focus on policy rath- come something [liberals] a result, becomes less criti- We’ve done it. April 14 marks er than just saying, ‘turn off your A few weeks after the could not only object to but cal. The narrative focuses on the validation of student voices lights.’” Carbon pricing has the University of California needed to be stamped out.” the faulty organizing tactics and a recognition of the reality potential to turn individual en- Berkeley Republicans invit- This view rings true as vio- of liberals at the expense of of climate change. Connecticut vironmental activism into global ed Ann Coulter to address lence in response to conser- bringing to the forefront College is one of 22 universi- action. Taking shorter showers the student body, univer- vative speakers has played Coulter’s offensive political ties to sign the “Put a Price on and printing less, while appre- sity officials rescinded the out on campuses across the positions. The silencing of It” campaign promoted by both ciated, are simply not going to invitation amid predictions U.S. For instance, at Mid- Coulter represents a funda- Our Climate, a millennial mo- solve the carbon crisis. If we con- that her appearance would dlebury College, a crowd mental misdirection of lib- bilizing NGO, and the National tinue current rates of carbon pro- spur violent protests. With attacked and sent political eral goals to create a more Geographic series, “Years of Liv- duction, we will reach the safe even the subject of her pro- scientist Charles Murray to open and accepting society. ing Dangerously.” The campaign carbon limit for the century set posed speech yet unknown, the hospital. In addition, a Coulter channels the politi- urges politicians to take into ac- by the Intergovernmental Panel Coulter has emerged as a Manhattan Institute scholar cal beliefs of a wide segment count the externalities associated on Climate Change (IPCC) by symbol of free speech for who has defended current of the American populace. with carbon overuse through cap 2032. In other words, now is the pundits on both sides of the police tactics was “mobbed” If liberals wish to change and trade and tax initiatives. It time to make change. political aisle. Senator Ber- at Claremont McKenna. the political climate, they encourages students to lead the Most criticism of the carbon nie Sanders, for instance, The anger and frustra- must first acknowledge and movement, as climate change pricing movement comes from has admonished partisan in- tion that liberal students feel engage with ideas that may will impact younger generations the economically concerned, dividuals violently opposed at the appearance of conser- be contrary to their values. most prominently. however Oullette offers a rebut- to her presence at Berkeley. vative figures is understand- President Trump reached It is not coincidental that tal. “Carbon pricing is effective Senator Elizabeth Warren, able. Colleges that invite the Executive office pre- Moriah McKenna ‘17, a mem- because it isn’t strictly environ- for her part, has argued that particularly controversial cisely because he gave voice ber of the GNCE, and Jillian mental, it is economical” she groups protesting Coulter speakers to campus seem to Americans who felt the Ouellette ‘17, Senior Fellow of said, adding, “there will always should “let her speak.” Con- to legitimize their views. mainstream media and es- the Office of Sustainability, led be people who don’t care about servative firebrands have An attempt to silence in- tablishment politicians ig- our campaign at Conn. McK- the environment or combatting been more pointed in their cendiary speakers, however, nored their concerns. Ac- enna commented, “As many ac- climate change, but you learn in critiques of protesters. Todd only elevates them. Facing cording to Robert Reich, tivists have been saying lately, any intro economics class that Starnes, a reporter for Fox threats to her safety, Ann former Secretary of Labor grassroots change and local level negative externalities, like CO2 News, has likened Coulter Coulter becomes a figure of CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 change is very crucial in the envi- pollution, are a burden on the to “red meat” being ronmental movement right now society as a whole, so this is more “thrown to a pack of especially with the current state than an environmental problem, liberal jackets.” Even of our political system.” She con- it is a market and governmental the ACLU, a group tinued, “Institutions, especially failure.” that opposes Coulter’s higher-ed institutions signing By supporting “Put a Price position on almost onto something like this is cre- on It,” Connecticut College has every policy issue, ating a stronger voice for legisla- committed to action. As one of tweeted that events tion.” Despite national blockades the first colleges to support the surrounding Coulter’s to environmental progress, we campaign, we are a member of cancellation repre- still have a chance. Students, take the Leadership Circle, mean- sent “a loss to First this article as a personal call to ing it is up to us to further the Amendment rights.” action because, whether we em- movement. Earlier in April, the Although violent pro- brace it or not, climate change is environmental studies depart- tests have plagued a largely our fight. ment and the Goodwin Nier- number of universi- There is always work to be ing Center for the Environment ties hosting conserva- done. Oullette noted, “I think (GNCE) hosted Joel Bach and tive speakers this year, this step is a symbolic call for David Gelber, the creators of the the drama at Berkeley more action on the national level, “Years of Living Dangerously” is particularly striking but perhaps more importantly it documentary and cofounders of given the university’s is also a call for more collabora- the “Put a Price on It” campaign. history as a haven for tion between disciplines, depart- With help from the Linda Lear free speech. ments, clubs, individuals, etc, Fund, the event fostered conver- Berkeley emerged on campus.” This success story sation about carbon pricing and at the epicenter of the involved the help of the GNCE, the role of young generations in Free Speech Move- the Office of Sustainability, the the movement. It acted as a cat- ment and popularized environmental studies depart- alyst for the events to follow and marches and demon- ment, faculty, staff and of course a model of innovative conversa- strations across col- students. 500 residents of New tion on campus. lege campuses during London and members of the McKenna expressed her the 1960s. This history college community signed the overwhelming support of the ad- is not lost on conser- “Put a Price on It” petition that ministrative decision to sign.“I vatives angered by the captured President Bergeron’s at- think that is a really important protests surrounding tention. This type of mobilization title to add to our legacy because Ann Coulter’s an- across often divisive lines on our we have a long history of being nounced appearance campus clearly produces results. movers and shakers in the envi- at the school. Some The monumental achievement of ronmental community,” she said. argue that, in regard signing is proof. “I think it’s actually going to be to free speech, liberals Professor of Government really good publicity for our hold a double stan- and Environmental Studies Jane school.” Ideally, the intentions of dard. The argument Dawson remarked, “you’re the the campaign signing would be maintains that liberals ones who are going to have to live purely environmental. Regard- are willing to protect through this thing,” testifying to less, we have made progress and the speech of speakers the relevance of young environ- this is something to be proud of. with whom they agree mental activists. She explained, It turns out that if student voices politically and silence “the goal [of the campaign] is to and causes are loud enough, ad- anyone with alternate get a lot of colleges to sign on and ministrative change does follow. views. Ben Dome- then to keep on promoting this Let’s keep speaking out. • nech, the publisher at all different levels of policy. So of the conservative THE COLLEGE VOICE 10 • Perspectives MAY 1, 2017

Drug Scheduling Does More Harm than Good Mental Health Abroad

RILEY MEACHEM for a first offense. MDMA and ketamine CONTINUED FROM FRONT provide[s] students with informa- STAFF WRITER too hold long mandatory prison sen- tion, and I am sure that the offices ing lists, offer exclusively short-term The United States’ so-called “War on tences for possession, and in many states above do the same, but for more de- services, or simply not exist. In these Drugs” and its strict prohibition of many the length of these sentences rivals that tailed information, [students] would scenarios, students are forced seek psychoactive substances on pain of man- of cocaine possession. But unlike co- need to contact those offices directly.” out private practitioners and pay out datory prison time has been recognized caine and despite the apparent condition To many, this information may of pocket. by many as a means of perpetuating ra- of their scheduling that they are “unsafe seem like a bunch of redundant for- Upon reaching out to Scharf, I cial and class-based discrimination. But for consumption” and “currently have no malities. But the question still re- learned that the issue first arose in the “War’s” consequences go beyond the medical use in treatment,” these psyche- mains whether or not these arrange- February at an event held to discuss already magnanimous amount of crime, delics have demonstrated an untapped ments match up to the care students issues of identity and experience at murder, and de facto enslavement it en- capacity for psychological treatment. In receive on campus or whether they Williams. “I attended a panel put on genders. Its policies not only harm, but studies done largely in Europe and South are effective at all. Two Connecti- by the Mental Health Committee, a keep many from help. America, LSD has been shown to reduce cut College students who wished group of students that works to fos- Despite opposition from lobbies and symptoms of post-traumatic stress dis- to remain anonymous gave insight ter dialogue and implement change several state governments, the Feder- order and major depression in studies on their experiences. One of the regarding mental health on campus,” al government still currently considers conducted by dozens of researchers, sci- students, who returned this spring Scharf said. “Incidentally, multiple marijuana a schedule one controlled entists, newspapers and psychiatrists as from a semester abroad, highlight- panelists spoke about negative ex- substance. This is also true of LSD, psi- far back as the sixties, and it frequently ed the stark contrast between coun- periences with mental health abroad locybin (the chemical compound found works, often in doses as small as 100- seling abroad and here on campus: and the fact that they felt that these in hallucinogenic mushrooms) and ibo- 200 micrograms. The same can be said “the therapists, yes, therapists, I met experiences go undiscussed at the gaine. The classification “schedule one” of psilocybin, which in large doses can with were primarily concerned with College.” in the Controlled Substance Act means effectively cure post-traumatic stress dis- the short-term aspects of my men- Scharf remarked that she has re- that a substance “has a high potential for order and even nightmares. The British tal health. If I didn’t appear to be ceived overwhelmingly positive re- abuse or has no currently accepted medi- Association of Psychopharmacology’s an immediate threat to myself, my actions to her articles and that they cal use in treatment in the United States.” Journal has published numerous studies problems were made to sound trivi- have sparked important dialogues In the cases of all four of the aforemen- documenting the positive effects of MD- al. I even switched therapists two or on campus, saying, “for the most tioned substances, however, this is con- MA-assisted psychotherapy on chronic, three times because after I had an part, people at Williams have ex- trary to fact. treatment-resistant PTSD. Doses of LSD intake appointment with each one, pressed enthusiasm for the fact that This is most easily demonstrable in as small as 25 micrograms – not enough he or she would conclude that since this largely undiscussed topic is be- the case of marijuana. One of the main to have a psychoactive effect - have dis- I wasn’t necessarily in danger, I could ing brought out into the open.” And reasons for the initial push for legaliza- played the ability to cure cluster head- be moved to the back burner.” The undiscussed is an understatement; tion was because of the medicinal and aches, a disorder causing excruciating student also mentioned sometimes this issue can absolutely make or pain relieving properties the substance migraines capable of incapacitating suf- waiting several weeks to get an ap- break a student’s experience studying contains. Cannabis can be used in order ferers, termed “suicide headaches” by pointment with a new therapist. abroad, yet many don’t think about it to lessen the pain and swelling caused the American Association for the Ad- The second student commented until they themselves are in need of by glaucoma , as well as improve vision vancement of Science official magazine. on experiencing a feeling of relief counseling services. If the weight of in those who are suffering, as shown in Though each has its dangers if abused, upon resuming sessions with their an issue like this is felt so heavily by a study done by the American Academy with controlled usage these Schedule I counseling staff member at Conn. one of our peer institutions, how do of Opthamology. Cancer patients, pa- drugs prove as if not more helpful than “I’m sure everyone feels relieved we ensure that students are receiving tients with eating disorders and sufferers pharmaceuticals currently used in psy- when they can finally meet with the quality care they deserve? from the side effects of medication or chological treatment of stress disorders ‘their’ therapist again, but my expe- This raises the question of what surgery often find that certain strands of today. Additionally, it is nearly impos- rience with therapy was not nearly counseling services are available for the drug, particularly indicas, instigate sible to overdose on any of these drugs, as constructive when I was abroad, Connecticut College students em- the desire to eat. This can be life-saving and users do not become physiological- and I really grew to appreciate my re- barking on a semester abroad. Upon in patients on chemo, patients with an- ly addicted in the same way that they sources back at school.” looking into the policies and process- orexia nervosa and with stomach cancer could to alcohol and tobacco due to the These students serve as individ- es in place to accommodate students or other ailments of the digestive tract. body’s rapid building of cross-tolerance ual examples of the large population abroad, one learns that ambiguity Other studies done by the American between psychedelics. The major threat of students who are overlooked in surrounds access to mental health Cancer Society and others show that the consumption of these drugs actually the hustle and bustle of study away. resources. The Office of Study Away smoking sativa strains of marijuana can poses to public safety lies in the possi- This takes me back to Scharf’s initial does not arrange accommodations actually kill cancer cells in some patients. bility of their being impurely made — a article, in which she interviewed a for students seeking mental health Marijuana is commonly prescribed in dilemma which could be negated if these student who did not understand how support. Rather, the individual study states where it is medically legal in order substances were legalized and regulated studying abroad could possibly be a away programs with which the office to help mitigate long-term mild to mod- by the FDA. negative experience for anyone, since works “have student support systems erate depression, reduce joint swelling in Another hallucinogen, ibogaine, has it is so highly regarded by students in place to assist students with vari- rheumatic users and alleviate PTSD in been studied and cultivated for its addic- and faculty alike. When this partic- ous needs,” explained Shirley Parson, veterans and survivors of assault. The US tion-curing properties. A 2005 Journal ular student started feeling mentally Director of the Office of Study Away. Department of Veterans Affairs even has of Neuroscience study in which exper- unhealthy, feelings of confusion and She alleged that there is a network dispensaries and guidelines for prescrib- imenters administered ibogaine to pa- guilt quickly arose as she realized this of communication between various ing. tients who were alcoholics or narcotics was not the experience she expected. offices on campus to ensure that stu- Despite this endorsement, the rest of users found that the drug “reduces crav- As students, we are all affected dents plan arrangements for all their the federal government has been slow to ing for opiates and cocaine for extend- by the College’s policies on student needs before departure. accept this change. Even though many ed periods of time and reduces opiate counseling. Whether we use the ser- Students are never asked about states have now legalized marijuana for withdrawal symptoms,” and effectively vices ourselves or not, it is extreme- mental health service needs upon recreational and medical use, because ends alcoholism. Several studies in the ly important to remain vigilant and applying for permission to depart of its status as a controlled substance, Journal of Forensic Science and Journal proactive in order to ensure access from the school, because this is it is difficult to grow, buy or travel with of Legal Medicine have concluded that to top-notch care during a time that highly confidential information. To marijuana, and one can still be arrested there is almost no administrative risk is supposed to be a highlight of our protect student privacy, Counseling for carrying it into states which ban the from the drug, as very few people have college career. Of course, there are a Services receives a list of students drug. In many instances, users such as suffered any sort of lethal side effect, and great deal of variables at play here, who have been approved for Study cancer patients and veterans are forced it has no physically addictive properties. such as destination, program, and Away programs. The counseling staff to purchase the substance illegally to re- It is evident that a significant amount differences in personal expectations, speaks with students who may re- main healthy and sane. of suffering is caused by the current reg- but the overarching message re- quest forms as well as students who Draconian as these regulations are, ulations for drug scheduling. Decrim- mains true for all: as a student body, are already receiving treatment at the they are dwarfed by the policies in place inalizing or legalizing these substances we should continue to de-stigmatize College. The Office of Student Ac- for psychedelics. The US Department of on a federal level could end a significant the treatment of mental health both cessibility Services also receives the Justice reports that trafficking any sub- amount of suffering and even death. We on campus and in the greater world. list of approved students in order to stantial amount of LSD or of mushrooms as citizens must push for comprehensive Starting conversations about this broaden the support network. Par- can result in up to 40 years in prison. drug reform, in order to make available oddly taboo topic is a surefire way son added that students are advised Possessing one to three tabs of acid for safe and non-addictive remedies for suf- raise awareness for the issue and thus on their options before departing, personal use can result in a a three-year fering, particularly during our current improve expectations for solving it. • noting: “[The Office of Study Away] prison sentence and a fine up to $25,000 opioid epidemic. • THE COLLEGE VOICE MAY 1, 2017 Perspectives • 11 Reflections on 30 Years: A Runner’s Profile of Coach Jim Butler

PRICE DAY the 30 years he has coached it. Long our the cross and track teams were ing New London exclusively, but CONTRIBUTOR story short: it has changed massive- successful in high school, which he has since branched out to many ly. “Everything has changed, shoes, would not have been the case a few more towns and now works on be- 120 miles per week. The rest uniforms, timing. Even the ideas decades ago. This school, like others half of 27 communities. of Coach Butler’s sentence barely behind becoming a better runner in the league, now attracts runners Another phrase repeated registered as I contemplated that have changed,” says Butler. By this, of a higher caliber, which I’m sure is throughout the interview was “I feel statement. I’ve rarely come close to he means that most coaches have true for other sports as well. like I’m rehearsing my retirement running 80 miles in a week, while moved away from training ath- We are now running up a grav- speech.” With so much of our talk this man has run over 120 miles a letes for heavy mileage, as it leads el path through a muddy field. I centered on the cross country team week for months at a time. When to more injuries – a good change, begin asking Butler about his oth- and running in general, I could defi- he made that statement, I was run- from my point of view, because er job, something I know vaguely nitely see why he felt that way. I ask ning significantly slower than usual 120-mile weeks sound complete- is in local government. “I majored him if he’s giving me any spoilers of so that Coach and I kept the same ly awful. Running in NCAA Divi- in government at Rutgers, and I’ve the official speech, to which he re- speed. I wonder how this run would sion III New England has changed been in town and state government plies, “I haven’t written it yet, but have looked if the older man were as well. 30 years ago, the NESCAC planning for 19 years,” he says. But- this is giving me some good ideas.” 40, or even 20, years younger. I had was one of the worst leagues in New ler has always stressed his point We share a laugh at that. a feeling that I wouldn’t be the one England, some NESCAC teams not of being “New London born and Though he maintained an image slowing down. even having head coaches at all. raised.” Now I see that, while both of authority and professionalism Jim Butler, head coach of men’s This past year, by contrast, NESCAC his jobs are in New London, one throughout our interview, running cross country and associate head schools took seven spots in the top them requires that he actively serve with Coach helped me understand coach for track at Connecticut Col- 10 and 10 spots in the top 15 at the the city. him better and grow closer to him, a lege, stands at 5’5 or 5’6 and has New England Division III Champi- Butler’s official job title is Exec- bittersweet realization considering grey hair with a matching beard. onships. With 56 total schools com- utive Director of the Southeastern this is his last year at Conn. He con- He has a gruff way of speaking and peting, this is an impressive feat. CT Council of Governments. He cluded our conversation by remind- usually has a serious, almost angry, Much like the evolution of track explains, “It’s not exactly town plan- ing me that we had only run for 20 look on his face. Butler is 64 years in the NESCAC, the Connecticut ning. I’ve always been terrible at minutes. He advised that I needed old, and after 30 years of coaching College team itself has also im- drawing, but architecture and town to complete “40 more and six hill has decided to retire at the end of proved greatly, in number and in planning have always been my in- repeats. And pick up the pace for this academic year. The team meets quality of athletes. “We didn’t have terest. What I do in my job is look the rest of it!” I completed the rest with him almost every weekday for talented guys like you coming in ev- over the plans of town governments of my run, contemplating what I practice at the athletic center, but ery year. The guys we did have had and approve them. So I still see all gleaned from the interview; slightly I decided to stay behind when the to put in more work than I make the architectural plans, without too much contemplation, though, rest of the guys left for their run any of you do nowadays,” Butler messing them up with my lack of because I entirely forgot about the and waited as coach changed into says. I’m flattered by this off-haned drawing skill.” We cross a street on six hills. • his running attire. In addition to his compliment of course, but I see the the way back to the athletic center. coaching position, Butler has a day truth in it. Many of the runners on His job originally centered on serv- job in local town and state govern- ment, and he changes from work the panelists, Amer Ahmed, recognized that the event to training clothes everyday before was being held on Pequot land, exemplifying a pro- practice. We exited the athletic cen- Stolen Land cess of acknowledgement that is beginning to spread ter and headed toward the trails be- CONTINUED FROM FRONT throughout institutions of higher education. Bates, hind it. Bowdoin and Colby Colleges now offer full tuition I ask about his collegiate run- Americans. However, the genocidal project of settler scholarships to Native American students, although ning career. I knew already that he colonialism is not the mainstream narrative of Europe- debates remain about whether Native American stu- attended Rutgers University, where an arrival in the New World. Instead, the myth of the dents have access to the admission process in the first he acquired the nickname “Mad “doctrine of the discovery” persists. This idea purports place. Student protests at Amherst College prompted Dog,” but I do not know that his that Europeans had a right and even a duty to settle the the Board of Trustees to remove the school’s mascot, major event in college was the mar- land that became the United States. Central to the logic Lord Jeffrey, who distributed blankets laced with small- athon. “I ran my first marathon of settler colonialism is a project of erasure, maintain- pox to Native Americans. Various student demands at when I was 18, and it destroyed my ing access to Native American lands, and keeping Na- Columbia University to recognize the Lenape people, legs. I told myself I would never tive Americans out of view, silenced and factionalized. who once lived on the land where the campus is now run one again. I ran my next mara- The fact that we don’t think of ourselves as occupiers located and were subjected to destructive removal pro- thon exactly a year later,” he reveals. of Pequot land points to the success of the structure of cesses, have resulted in the installation of a plaque on I didn’t even know the marathon settler colonialism. Settler colonialism is a part of hege- campus. used to be a collegiate event, but monic systems of power that operate as common-sense What has Connecticut College done to acknowl- Coach says that was what he trained logic within U.S. society. For example, at the foreign edge this land as belonging to Indigenous peoples? for. In his life, he has run over 60 policy level, the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 was justi- In November 2016, Native American Heritage Month marathons, a number that amazes fied under the guise of the United States’ duty to spread was observed by the College with three events: a per- me. I have never raced more than 5 democratic and Western ideals. Therefore, global man- formance by an intertribal powwow drum group Fort miles in a single race. “I’ve done an ifestations of settler colonialism include U.S. military River, a concert by Grammy-winning Native American ultra [marathon] as well, a 50 miler. intervention around the globe and U.S. support for the flutist Rober Mirabal and an event titled, “Ninniwonk: I never had quick leg speed; for me settler-colonial state of Israel. We Belong to the Land,” featuring Deborah Spears it was always enduring the miles. I On a local scale, there are four Native American Moorehead, a descendant of the Massasoit people had the determination,” says Butler. nations that inhabit New London County: the Mohe- from the Seaconke Pokanoket Wampagnoag Nation. We’re deeper in the trails now, loop- gans, the Niantics, the Mashantucket Pequots and the The College also sponsored transportation to the Pow ing through forests and fields. I of- Eastern Pequots. Most archaeological and linguistic ev- Wow festival at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum ten run on these trails by myself or idence reveals that these nations were indigenous to the in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Outside of the month with teammates, and it feels strange area before Europeans arrived, and the New London of November, the school has hosted several teach-ins to be running this trek with Coach County region is thought to have had the most concen- about the Dakota Access Pipeline. instead, almost as if he is out of trated population of Native Americans in Connecticut. But clearly, there is more to be done. Plaques and place, but then I realize he has been The land and resources of these indigenous nations are free tuition won’t right violences of the past, but they running these trails for 30 years. To inseparable from Conn students’ extracurriculars and are considered by some to be an important step toward a tree in the forest, I am the out of social life. When the rowing team trains on the Thames, acknowledgement. However, central to the justice tra- place one, not him. they are on what was formerly known as the Pequot dition of Native Americans is the restoration of their We crest a small ridge, and I can River. Similarly, when groups of students gamble or land relationship. We must remember that projects of see houses on the other side of the go out to clubs at Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun Casinos, acknowledgement, therefore, only go so far. In the fu- Thames River, which is now also they are on the reservations of the Mashantucket Pe- ture, Connecticut College should not only acknowledge in sight. I can see these same hous- quot and Mohegan nations, respectively. These serve as its occupation of Pequot land but work to reconcile the es from my room in Larrabee, and just a few examples of how we may not realize the ways violent structure of settler colonialism that this institu- it’s also strange viewing them from in which the Conn community is complicit in the pro- tion bears complicity in. What this will look like exactly this new angle. Coach Butler and cess of settler colonialism, as we occupy Native land. requires a radical imaginary of the future of a liberated I discuss how track has evolved in At the “Run Toward Fear” talk on April 24, one of world, led by Native people themselves. • THE COLLEGE VOICE 12 • Perspectives MAY 1, 2017 Reflections on Hybristophilia: Investigating Dangerous Affinities

JOHN CHATIGNY was truly shocking,” but to be entirely candid with ty based on power and roughness.” In other words, CONTRIBUTOR you, going to Tumblr expecting anything less than these people are attracted to men who are more or shocking material is like stepping foot into a public less the opposite of me in every way. When I first heard of “people attracted to serial pool not expecting it to be full of urine. So, to quote When looked at through these lenses, Hybris- killers,” I thought the idea to be preposterous. “Sex- my father, I wasn’t shocked by what I found on Tum- tophilia seems, to me at least, a little less ridiculous. ual attraction to murderers,” I thought to myself, blr; I was “only disappointed.” Serial killers are the apex predator, people who act “that can’t be a real thing, can it?” Well, dear reader, The #hybristophilia tag page on Tumblr is a true on sheer impulse with no regard for the outside I’ve done the research. I can say without a doubt that sight to behold: Courtroom photos of Ted Bundy world. As much as I hate to say it, there is some- it is, indeed, a real thing. It’s called Hybristophilia, and Richard Ramirez appear next to gifs of Dylan thing slightly sexy about that. Like a “rebel without which is defined on Wikipedia as “a paraphilia in Klebold and Eric Harris, perpetrators of the 1999 a cause,” except the rebel has a cause, and the cause which sexual arousal, facilitation, and attainment of Columbine High School massacre. The majority is murdering people. I mean, Christian Bale was in orgasm are responsive to and contingent upon being of the posts are accompanied by text, usually con- American Psycho, and he’s one of the best looking with a partner known to have committed an outrage, sisting of the original poster declaring their love people on Earth. The motive of “saving” the killers is cheating, lying, known infidelities or crime, such as for the killer in question. The page is littered with also an honorable one, though thinking that some- rape, murder, or armed robbery.” usernames such as “columbine420” and “whatsone- body who believes killing and eating people is a nor- In the opening paragraph of its page on the sub- lessperson.” Every killer and lethal incident has its mal thing to do can be changed through the power ject, Wikipedia coyly states that “Hybristophilia is own tag, and every page is full of posts. If you’re so of love is a bit naive, in my opinion. I am not trying accepted as potentially lethal.” It was a fun touch, I inclined, go to Tumblr, type “hybristophilia” into to shame anybody based on what they find arousing, thought, that the only remotely negative line to be the search bar, and see where it takes you. I would nor am I trying to make light of the tragic events found on this page about sexual attraction to serial summarize more of the pages here, but this article is that these psychopaths perpetrated. This article is a killers was that it “could kill you.” My reaction to this already running fairly long. Keep in mind, though, simple narration of my journey from ignorance to sentence (after the initial “no kidding”), was who that the content of these pages is very unsettling. enlightenment. I thought my brief sojourn down “accepted” hybristophilia as “potentially lethal”? Af- Once I had evidence that hybristophilia was the hybristophilia rabbit hole, while unsettling and ter a brief time spent musing over the potential exis- not only a real thing, but a popular thing, my desire slightly disgusting, was very interesting. Hopefully tence of the “fetish police,” I dug a little deeper and to find the root cause became stronger than ever. I you feel the same. • discovered that it wasn’t accepted by an almighty headed to the website Owlcation, which provided being who decides what does/doesn’t go in the Big me with a more in-depth analysis Book of Things People Find Hot. Instead, Gordon, than I previously thought possi- Wilbert Anthony and James E. Elias present some ble. I don’t want to summarize clues in their 2005 paper “Potentially Lethal Modes an article written by somebody of Sexual Expression.” Unfortunately, there is no much smarter than I am, so in- 2017 version. If only all people were as accepting of stead I’ll list a few points I found paraphilias as these men are. My mother once spent to be especially edifying. ten minutes on the phone with me expressing the Hybristophilia takes two distress she felt about the fact that my older brother forms: Passive and Aggressive. was dating a girl with “tattoos.” While her reaction Passive Hybristophiliacs feel was a little extreme, I can only imagine what the as though they can save their lov- three authors of this paper would be like as parents. ers from themselves. They believe “Hey, Dad. I’m going on a date with this per- that, through the overwhelming son I met at Trader Joe’s earlier. They’re super cute. forces of love and romance, serial By the way, they’ve killed like thirty people. Is it killers such as Charles Manson cool if I borrow the car?” will abandon their murdering “Sure thing son, just as long as you know that ways, and live happily ever af- it’s potentially lethal. Make sure you’re back by ter. The passive hybristophiliac midnight!” is attracted to criminals, yes, but After reading the article, I viewed hybristophilia not to crime. Aggressive hybris- in a slightly more positive light. My initial dismiss- tophiliacs, on the other hand, are al transformed into extreme interest. Now, don’t get totally down with committing me wrong, I still think sexual attraction to criminals crimes. They are willing to do because they are criminals is entirely absurd. But whatever it takes to get the mur- what began as a simple quest for evidence to use in derer to love them. As for the the lambasting of those who romanticize mass-mur- causes, well, “Many hybristophil- derers quickly transformed into a far deeper, more iacs seem to be attracted to men serious search. “Okay, hybristophilia is a thing after behind bars because of their fame all. But why?” and notoriety in the media. Some The Wikipedia article was good, but I wasn’t believe [they] are living vicari- willing to end my research there. I needed some- ously through the men and like thing more. I needed primary sources. So I went to the thrill and attention.” Addi- the only place on the earth where erotic fanfiction tionally, “Women equate forceful starring the Lorax coexist with serious discourse on and aggressive men, who are also the social issues of our time. I went to Tumblr. charming, to an ideal masculini- I wish I could say “What I found on this website Free Speech at Berkeley CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 under President Clinton, “the narrative assumes a cultural plot against the free expression of right-wing views in which academe, mainstream media—every facet of the establish- ment—is organized against them.” Ultimately, by acquiescing to the demands of protesters, Berkeley played into the right’s narrative. Disagreement, voiced through peaceful means such as debate and protest, sustains our democracy. Some liberals’ inability to tolerate differing and offensive viewpoints without resorting to violence represents a troubling political development. Violence, by further fanning the flames of partisan divisions, reflects a breakdown of efficacy in government. If we cannot respectful voice disagreement, then we undermine the sense of mutuality that binds citizens to their government. Referencing the threats levied against Ann Coulter, Senator Elizabeth Warren advised liberals to make their views known through channels more powerful than violence. In an interview with Jake Tapper, Warren noted that if pro- testers “don’t like [Coulter], don’t show up [to her speech].” By denying Coulter an audi- ence, and therefore an opportunity for media coverage, college students would set the tone for the political climate they wish to see on the national level. • THE COLLEGE VOICE MAY 1, 2017 Arts • 13

Nature and Composition: A A Brief Preview: Film Department’s Conversation with Robert Honstein Screening Festival

SAADYA CHEVAN to South Dakota? Do you have any ideas? JENNIFER SKOGLUND STAFF WRITER RH: I’m not an expert and I couldn’t tell you all PERSPECTIVES EDITOR the reasons why they did what they did, but what I un- Robert Honstein is a Boston-based composer derstood is that their job, the Corps, is to manage the It’s that time of year again: time for the Film whose work has been performed by ensembles includ- water system through their system of dams and levees Department’s Screening Festival. This spring’s ing the American Composers Orchestra, Cabrillo Fes- and whatever else they have. They’re trying to manage exhibition features short documentary and nar- tival Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra and New a water system. From their perspective, if there wasn’t rative pieces made by students in upper-level film York Youth Symphony among others. He is a founding anything then there would have been big problems up classes. I talked with Carson Bloomquist ’18, a member of the New York-based composer collective where they decided to release the water. It’s kind of Film Studies major and the co-director, writer Sleeping Giant. like a damned if you do, damned if you don’t once the and producer of a babysitting short horror flick to Honstein’s piece “This is Not Mother Nature” will flooding has already happened. I don’t know you could be shown at the festival. be performed by the Connecticut College Orchestra go deeper into whether or not the dam is needed or When asked why I or anyone else should care on May 4 at 7 PM in Evans Hall in a program that also whether or not that was the correct choice at the time; about his film, Bloomquist explained the param- features Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, the first if that was the best way to actually manage the crisis. eters of the assignment: to pick an underrepre- two movements of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony I don’t know. I wasn’t so interested in the specifics of sented or misrepresented theme and represent it No. 6 in F Major “Pastoral” and two arias from George that decision, I was just more interested in the larger positively in a short, 10 minute film. Bloomquist Frideric Handel’s Giulio Cesare sung by Stephanie Fos- issue of our environment and how we relate to it, and chose the trope of “the woman in a horror movie.” ter ’18. the potential sort of crisis that can happen from that “I’ve wanted to do something in the vein of In the following interview, The College Voice dis- relationship. Scream: horror slash mystery slash slasher, for cusses the upcoming performance of Honstein’s work TCV: And you’ve talked about climate change quite a long time,” he said with stars in his eyes, “the with the composer himself. The following is an ex- a bit. How do you think that fits into the piece? Do you babysitting horror trope is my favorite and I love cerpted version of the interview; for the full text, visit think this is more a piece about man-made natural di- to bend genre.” thecollegevoice.org. sasters, and that some of this flooding ultimately can Making a film is an exhausting and exacting The College Voice: So I’ve read your blurb about the be traced back to changes in the climate that have been process, one with which philistines like myself ar- background of the piece, but could you just reiterate it happening? We can look at this winter as a bit of an en’t familiar. Bloomquist explained that his class for our readers? example. partnered up and wrote scripts over winter vaca- Robert Honstein: Well, I wrote it in 2011, and RH: Yeah, February was pretty clear. Then we got tion to be ready for January. “It’s been an immense during that summer I was inspired at an artist residency all this snow in March. I do think in some regard, the undertaking,” he said, “but ultimately rewarding. in Nebraska. There was major flooding of the Missouri piece is about climate change, in the sense of it’s a real It’s satisfying to see something you’ve conceived River. It was really dramatic. When I flew into Omaha, thing that’s happening, and we are a part of the cause. come to fruition.” the plane was able to land, but when you looked out It’s going to have a big impact, and that’s definitely While last semester’s film exhibition featured of the plane, as far as I could see, there was water ev- something that was on my mind. You know music is shorts from introductory and experimental films erywhere. Parts of the highway were submerged. You abstract, so I’m not sure what exactly is happening in classes, the upcoming exhibition will feature could see roofs peeking out, and these fields that were my music to say that. I think I’m more in the music shorts from both a documentary films class and a clearly covered because once in awhile there would be painting narrative about a specific kind of experience, class on ideological representation in cinema. a little tree that would pop out. It was a dramatic sight. but it’s all in the context of these issues. These are the “This screening will apply to a larger demo- I had never seen flooding on that scale before, so that things that are sort of swirling around in my head graphic simply because of its diversity in genres,” really got my mind thinking. Then coincidentally that while I’m writing it. You know what I mean? Bloomquist said. “It’s got something for everyone: was the summer of Hurricane Irene on the East Coast, TCV: So thinking about other pieces on the pro- horror, sci-fi with time travel, comedy, drama, ac- and I spent a lot of time in Upstate New York. My fam- gram, are you at all familiar with Ravel’s Mother Goose tion. You name it. And there’s a lot of playing with ily has a little place up there. Even though the hurri- Suite? genre.” cane didn’t hit Upstate New York, the heavy winds and RH: Yeah—I actually have no idea what else is on Playing with genre? I asked ignorantly. Isn’t it rains got really far north and caused a lot of flooding in the program. But I love that piece. It’s a great piece. better if genres just stay rigidly defined and pro- Upstate New York and Vermont. Some friends of ours TCV: [The concert’s program is] the five move- hibitive of creative experimentation? who own a family business marina, their whole place ments of Mother Goose Suite, first two movements of “It gives the ability to have a smaller scope with flooded out, so we spent time helping to clean that up. the Pastoral Symphony. When I was preparing for this bigger stakes,” Bloomquist answered thoughtfully, Anyway, that whole summer, there were lots of interview, I was actually thinking of the Storm Move- “Quote me on that.” floods, and it got me thinking about flooding and nat- ment, which we’re not doing. This spring’s festival promises to showcase the ural disasters and sort of became inspiration for the RH: Oh, funny. talent of Conn’s film department more than ever piece. And the title, “This is Not Mother Nature,” actu- TCV: Yeah it certainly fits right in! before. “The level of advanced production work ally when I was researching the flooding that was go- RH: So my movement can kind of function as a will be better than years past,” Bloomquist said. ing on in Nebraska, I came across a YouTube video of storm, I guess. “It’ll be one of the best exhibitions we’ve ever had. a farmer who was up in a plane surveying the damage, TCV: Yeah. Also thinking of the Mother Goose I think people will be impressed by the quality of and he was saying a bunch of stuff. At one point he was Suite, I would say it’s like what you’re doing. It’s very work that was produced.” The screening will take saying, “This is not Mother Nature, this is not Mother abstract, but at the same time, it gives very specific place on May 11 at 7 pm in Olin 014. • Nature.” What he was referencing was that, there are storylines that remain unclear when you listen to it, a lot of potential causes. Obviously, there were heavy especially in the fifth movement: The Fairy Garden; but I love that you have that idea. That’s great.’ rains and blah, blah, blah. But I mean, the literal cause, no one’s quite sure what that’s about. Some people say TCV: Do you have any good stories from audience it kind of gets complicated, there are a lot of dams and that’s when Sleeping Beauty awakes and all the happy members? stuff on the river, and it was in South Dakota, the Army endings magically follow. RH: Oh. The only one that sticks out in my mind Corps of Engineers decided they needed to release RH: Yeah, I love that Ravel piece, and [his] idea was that someone came up to me like, ‘I thought it was one of the dams, or else risk the dam flooding, which of having a story behind the music but not necessarily a Star Trek movie, and there was the fight scene, and I guess would have been even more catastrophic. Be- spelling it out every step of the way to the audience. then they were in outer space.’ I was like, “That’s so cause they released the water up north that directly Leaving a bit of abstraction or a bit of room to kind of great. I used to watch Star Trek when I was a kid. That’s caused the flooding further down south in places like guess, that’s definitely what I’m doing. I think Ravel is not at all what I was thinking about when I was writing Nebraska. Technically speaking, the flooding down in emblematic of that kind of impressionism, and lots of this, but so glad you heard that.’ Nebraska was man made because the Army Corps de- Debussy pieces too. Strauss wrote all those tone po- TCV: So what do you think about coming to Conn? cided they needed to release some of the water, but the ems, like Don Juan and Don Quixote. Those, I think, RH: I’ve been to the campus a couple times and I’m Army Corps only did that because it was the lesser of are more literal: here’s a hero scene, here’s a love scene. excited to go back. I always love working with college two evils I guess. It was just interesting because that It’s almost like film music without the film. The music orchestras. I think it’s really fun to work with students phrase was literally referring to the actual reason of the itself is so clear in telling the story, and that’s amazing. because there’s usually great energy. Usually the people flooding, but also it kind of speaks to the larger issue That’s not at all what I’m trying to do. It’s more of an im- who are doing it they really want to be doing it. I have of the storms and the flooding and whatnot potentially pressionistic thing where I want to create a feeling and fun with that and I’m really looking forward to seeing being caused by climate change or manmade causes. I want to create a sense of a narrative, an arc. There’s you guys too. • It’s an evocative phrase, and I took it as the title of the clearly a beginning, middle and an end. Stuff happens, piece. but it’s not so-so literal that you’re told and know ex- TCV: I find it interesting how you’re talking about actly what’s happening in every step of the way, which the flooding in Nebraska being man made by the is fun actually because when it’s played, different audi- Story Search • Page 4 Army Corps, but also stemming from natural causes. ence members will concoct their own stories. Some- 3) cotton balls (The Telegraph) That dam is manmade but at the same time if there times people will tell me what they heard, and I’m like, weren’t dams up in South Dakota, what would happen ‘That’s amazing. That’s not at all what I was thinking, THE COLLEGE VOICE 14 • Arts MAY 1, 2017

“Circuits” Artistically Engages New London Community

DYLAN O’HARA piece’s title. The final product was a rability of Life and Death’ is my one received from the New London High CONTRIBUTOR technicolor soldier, his arm raised and only work that takes a more School, she did receive submissions The Marquee Gallery filled with in salute. Yaun is one of many artists ‘traditional’ form, all of my other from Connecticut College, The Wil- Conn students and faculty and New who chose a two-dimensional medi- works are either performance or in- liams School, The Lyme Academy London community members on um like printing or photography, but stallations. This piece was very much College of Fine Arts and local artists April 14, as observers gathered to about half of the show also included inspired by my experience of engag- from New London. celebrate the opening of the show various forms of sculpture and pro- ing in Buddhist philosophies and Connecticut College’s involve- “Circuits: A Community Exhibition” jection. practices, more specifically by the ment with the greater New London curated by Bianca Scofield ’17. The Li’s work featured a ceramic in- notion of rebirth. I have done other area has long been a pressing dis- Marquee Gallery space fant. An unearthly light blue color, it iterations of the same idea through- cussion both on campus and within is slim and long, aid- New London itself, as The ing the cohesive ap- Day notes in an article pearance of the piec- published in early Janu- es. Upon entering, my ary. President Bergeron’s eye was immediately decision not to reconsid- drawn to the white er the amount of money casts of various busts Connecticut College pays hanging from the to the City of New Lon- ceiling in the middle don annually was cited of the gallery space, as an obvious misstep. made by Anna Peter- Scofield placed herself son ’17. On either side in this discussion as an of the hanging casts agent of artful change, were a projection both using New London’s made by Noah Landy Marquee Gallery and ask- ’17 and a transparent ing for submissions from box holding an at first a much more diverse unrecognizable figure group of artists than just by Donglin Li ’17. At lie within the bounds of once, the variety of campus. The high school the art forms jumped artists from The Williams to the forefront of School got their own ex- what made the exhi- hibition room in the back bition fascinating and of the Marquee Gallery, beautiful. making the age range of Scofield is part of Photos courtesy of Max Amar-Olkus featured artists wonder- The Ammerman Center fully wide. for Arts and Technolo- The five interdisci- gy, an academic center that seeks to laid on its side on a bed of sand sur- out last semester, and this is one of plinary centers on campus pride explore the connection between the rounded by mirrors on three sides. them.” The scope of artistic influ- themselves on connecting their stu- arts and technology. The required As I walked past Peterson’s white ences represented at “Circuits” was a dents to the wider intellectual land- senior capstone project includes the busts hanging from the ceiling, my hallmark of this gallery experience. scape outside of the school itself. creation of “innovative and engag- eye was drawn leftward, toward the If one success was the creation While some centers like The Holle- ing exhibitions, performances, pub- figure from afar, whose color calls of a fascinating curatorial statement, ran Center for Community Action lications and public presentations.” for closer inspection. The reflection the other surely was the involvement and Public Policy (PICA) are quite “Circuits” was just that. The title of of this pseudo-alien representation of the various communities that well known on campus as being a the exhibition, a reference to the hub for the generation of proactive neural circuits of the human body response to social injustice, the Am- and the construction of electrical merman Center may be less well circuits, perfectly embodies the ways known in this arena. However, Sco- in which the human body and tech- field’s exhibition does just this. In nology interact with one another. seeking out submissions that were Scofield says that the name came to created by and represented the com- her one night as she was drifting to munities where they were produced, sleep, and it stuck. Scofield’s “Circuits” stands out as an The pieces submitted showed off example of the ways in which art can the different ways in which artists make a statement. understood Scofield’s unique cura- Scofield, in her words at the gal- torial statement, which sought ex- lery opening, tearfully thanked her pose the ways in which technology professors and those at the Ammer- is “empowering our abilities while man Center who continued to push simultaneously shaping our percep- her. Deserving of her applause, Sco- tions.” One of the successes of the field’s show integrated many com- show is this call to action, which nei- munities in a beautiful way, allowing ther restricted the kind of work Sco- a guided expression of creativity to field was looking for, nor the ways in of the infant goes on as far as the submitted to “Circuits.” In an effort unite a diverse array of artists and which each artist was able to bring to eye can see in the three mirrors that to utilize the incredibly artful com- art-goers. When asked about the life how they felt the human body’s surround its sides and back. When munity that is New London, Sco- most memorable part, Scofield said connection to our technological asked why he submitted to “Cir- field put one of her biggest concerns “Just how many people showed up... world should externally manifest it- cuits,” Li addressed his deep respect in the very title of her exhibition. “I That was the very best part.” Let’s self. for Scofield as an artist and a cura- wanted to connect our campus com- hope that more academically-spon- Jill Yaun ’17 produced a print, tor, saying, “the least I can do is to munity with the local New London sored events like this one can con- which was comprised of four layers, submit work for her exhibition.” Li’s artist community. I looked for local tinue to attract crowds and integrate each a different letter. All together, work is a nuanced exploration of the high school artists, New London lo- Connecticut College with the richly the piece was colorfully illustrated modern conception of humanity in cal artists, other local colleges’ artists talented and diverse greater New with the interlocking letters “P,” “T,” our current cultural moment. and then artists here on campus to London community. • “S,” and “D,” corresponding to the Li remarked that, “‘The Insepa- submit.” While no submissions were THE COLLEGE VOICE MAY 1, 2017 Arts • 15

Senior Dance Majors Conclude with “Proximity”

CHLOE FORD sadness, its depth and its causes. He the relationships between the human en the knowledge provided here and ARTS EDITOR spoke of current events, of politics, beings onstage, between the chore- stretched it in his or her own direc- The Dance Department’s Senior and how the weight of it all can drag ographer and the dancers, between tion, made it personal. Capstone Performance, “Proximi- one down. But he then made contact those backstage and those perform- Being in the audience at a dance ty,” swept students, families, faculty with another dancer onstage, and ing, between those in the audience performance at Conn means that and staff into Palmer last weekend. stated, “This makes me feel better.” and those involved in the show. you will be asking questions; you will The show featured choreography by After he pause, he continued with, The relationship between the fac- be moved; you will be thinking about senior dance majors Ashley Baratti- “They make me feel better.” ulty in the Dance Department and the power of the human body and ni, Marisa Bryant, Marina Gearhart, Race’s dance explored the pow- the student choreographers was also the power of creating through con- Danielle Kaplan, Erika Martin, Emi- er of human interaction. There were evident. It was clear that each stu- tact and interaction. You will leave lie Stoll, Brooke Ross and Ruy Zam- moments in the piece when the dent had found his or her own cho- the show considering how move- brano as well as choreography by dancers paired up and embraced, reographic voice through studying ment can be used to tell stories, but faculty member Lisa Race and guest and they would remain in embraces with professors at Conn. There was a also how much strength it holds even artist Shen Wei Dance Arts. Students for long stretches of time. The danc- clear connection between the move- when it does not represent anything of all class years participated as danc- ers held each other up, took weight, ment of Lisa Race and the movement larger than itself. • ers, as well as on the student produc- lent strength. It was quite beautiful in the student’s pieces, though it was tion staff as light and sound board to watch. also clear that each student had tak- operators, stage managers and ush- This theme bled into the works ers. The production staff was guided of students. Each work explored, in and trained by Shawn Hove, the pro- some sense, the concept of relation- duction manager and member of the ships, touch, interaction, support. Trials of “Our Trojan War” Dance Department faculty. Danielle Kaplan’s piece, “How Far The show opened with Lisa Race’s Will We Float? An Autobiography,” SAADYA CHEVAN piece, choreographed on all senior explored, as she stated in the pro- STAFF WRITER dance majors, titled, “What’s The gram, “the emotional turbulence that Alternative?” The lights came up on is the undergraduate experience.” I don’t like arriving at the theater late or leaving early; I know from per- one dancer running in place, his face Though her piece was non-narrative, sonal experience that it’s disruptive. I faced great discomfort on a recent field frozen in a smile. He ran as though the dancers used each other onstage trip with Professor Nina Papathanasopolou of the classics department to see he did not know where he was going, for support and contact was a big Aquila Theatre’s production of “Our Trojan War” at the Brooklyn Academy or if he was going anywhere. Every part of her work. In Marina Gear- of Music when I found myself sneaking into a performance already in prog- few moments, he turned his head hart’s piece, “Is This Fleeting? Or ress. Unfortunately, it couldn’t be helped—we had endured over an hour of abruptly to the side, looking toward Will It Last?” the dancers, dressed traffic on the New England Thruway before crossing the Whitestone Bridge the wings, in search of something or all in white, limbs and faces streaked en route to Brooklyn. Fortunately, the ushers at BAM were gracious enough someone. After many cycles — look- with paint, collaborated and shared to allow us to enter the auditorium. ing forward with a smile, head turn- energy as they moved through the “Our Trojan War” uses the setting of a raid by American soldiers on ing, looking forward, head turning space. a home in a remote Middle Eastern village to draw parallels between the again—other dancers joined him on- The movement each choreogra- Greek classics and contemporary wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The home stage. He then stopped running and pher crafted was powerful on its own. contains a mysterious collection of some of the great works of the ancient whispered, “Sometimes, I get sad.” But underneath the movement, pro- Greek, and indeed Western, world. A character in the play later notes that He proceeded to describe his pelling the movement forward, were some Greek texts only survived because Medieval Islamic scholars translat- ed them into Arabic. The discovery turns the play’s search from a raid of a house to a search for parallels between the actions of the Greeks in the Tro- jan War and Americans in the Middle East. Eclipse Impresses for the The play was created with input from members of Warrior Chorus, “a national initiative that trains veterans to present innovative public programs to Americans based on classical literature.” Several of the cast members were 42nd Time veterans, and one could sense through their performances the influence of their experiences overseas. One of the more powerful stories that was shared CAM NETLAND was a reworking of the Odysseus-Circe myth from Circe’s perspective. In STAFF WRITER this story Odysseus and his men are reenvisioned as lost soldiers, unable to return home because they’d grown too accustomed to being in a state of There are memorable performances every year at Conn. Recitals, danc- war. Circe claims she turned the soldiers into swine in order to give them es, capstones, bands, films and more. needed rest and help them forget their troubled past. In a talkback following And then there is Eclipse. the performance, actress and former US Air Force journalist and combat Profound is an understatement for how I feel every year, walking out of videographer Adrienne Brammer, who portrayed Circe, explained that the Palmer main stage after Eclipse. Without fail, the multicultural dance show reinterpreted story had its roots in the current opioid crisis, which affects re-instills the pride I have to be a Camel and share a campus with such in- many veterans. credible people. It is powerful, technically stunning, and visually without We were also able to engage in conversation with Aquila Theatre found- rival – and it is here to stay. If you failed to see this year’s show, then I, as a er Peter Meineck who adapted the texts for the production. Meineck had person who does not always gravitate toward expressions of racial or cultur- previously given a lecture on campus in Fall 2015 during which he discussed al identity, challenge you to go. It is breathtaking. his work with veterans. Given the nature of “Our Trojan War” as a piece Eclipse is the most tasteful expression of race and identity at Conn. The devised by veterans collaborating with Meineck, I asked him whether the rhythms, stage lighting, poetic interludes, and the dancing – oh lord, the election has encouraged performers to react by creating their own works of dancing – are all professional and beyond powerful. From exciting and fun theater. I was thinking back to the concluding piece of this year’s WE Initia- pieces such as Welcome to Our Kiki to performances issuing political state- tive show “She Is a Tempest,” which was created by its performers as well as ments such as Stand Our Ground, in which dancers wore various Trump other discussions I’ve been privy to among various campus performing arts blasphemies – Eclipse performers stared their audience unflinchingly in the groups about the possibility of producing pieces created by their performers eye with triumphant smiles, letting us know their empowerment is just as next season. Meineck pointed out to me that the great controversies of the fun for them to perform as it is for us to watch. This year showcased 23 election are something we all need to react to and encouraged me to pro- dances (13 in the first act, ten in the second) that honored the variety of duce something that can represent what I stand for. identities at Conn through the theme of one’s Roots. From “Por un Segundo What I enjoyed most about “Our Trojan War” was that it gave me and la Vida Es un Carnaval,” a dance honoring Latinx culture, to “Ur Waist,” a others in the audience who aren’t aware of the issues that confront veter- West African-inspired piece, we witnessed unique performances that add- ans a chance to understand what it means to have served our country, and ed variety to the various tap, jazz, hip hop and contemporary dances that why we need to honor and support the soldiers in our land. There is a great Conn’s dance department performs so flawlessly. This year there were rap- difference between the large amount of support we give to people who we pers, poets, and drummers alongside the dancers, which further augmented send long distances to fight for us overseas and the disappearance of those the message and overall flow of the show. Eclipse was seamless and sensible, support structures when they return home, a disconnect that “Our Trojan as it has proven each year I have seen it, and it served as a further reminder War” highlights. of the incredible cast of players and roots we have at Conn. While I certainly can’t compare my own experiences to the brutality of As mentioned before, if you missed this year’s Eclipse and have yet to serving in a war zone, I see an interesting parallel between taking a long go to a show, make sure to attend the Spring 2018 performance. It will be journey on a bus with terrible suspension along I-95, which is hands down my final one as a Conn student, but with luck, I will be able to attend many the worst part of the Connecticut shoreline, and seeing a play about people more in the future. Next year marks 43 years of Eclipse; let’s dance to many who journey to fight in foreign lands far from home.• more. • THE COLLEGE VOICE 16 • Arts MAY 1, 2017 Tinti Was Here, at Conn SOPHIA ANGELE-KUEHN CREATIVE DIRECTOR “I’m going to try something new,” announced Han- nah Tinti to the small audience assembled at her public reading event in Ernst on April 17. Her statement the crowd with a cliffhanger that would go unresolved un- til the end of her reading. Tinti ’94, a Conn alumna and an award-winning author with a new novel titled The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, waited to reveal her surprise until she’d explained the inspiration behind her latest novel. Earlier in the evening Tinti and Professor Blanche Boyd held a public conversation that introduced Tin- ti’s book. Boyd, an award-winning professor of English and writer-in-residence at Conn, has recently submit- ted the draft for her latest novel. Both writers, though at different points in their lives and careers, were ready to share their similar advice and experiences with writing at the event aptly titled “Writers Helping Writers.” The audience seated in Ernst Common Room was indeed eager to learn, yet sat away from each other, hesitant. “Everyone who moves up one seat gets a tattoo,” said Tinti, waving a stack of custom-designed tempo- rary tattoos in her hand. It was black and white, featur- ing a hand-drawn whale with an arched back under a sky of stars and “TINTI WAS HERE” written down its spine. Students quickly got up. Even Boyd offered her arm. The tattoo references a whale that makes a sudden appearance in The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley. Wor- Tinti tattooes Boyd; photo courtesy of Sophia Angele-Kuehn ried that the whale would seem like a cliché, Tinti said she had temporarily removed the whale from her story, fun and easy and not intimidating to read, something multiple low-paying jobs and was ultimately T-boned at first thinking: “You’re not a good enough writer to you can tuck in your pocket and read anytime,” ex- in a rented car, a life-threatening accident that caused have a whale in your book; you’re not Herman Mel- plained Tinti. “Someone said to me, ‘It’s the only liter- her to “wake up.” ville.” But she realized she could disrupt expectations ary magazine I end up reading.’” During the Q&A portion of the event, a question and fix the cliché by having the main character shoot The modest paper magazine publishes only one arose on the importance of prizes. Tinti admitted that the whale with a handgun, ending its appearance. short story a month. Once an author is published, he or she thinks differently about them now after working in “Keep the whale,” Tinti told the crowd, smiling. she can’t be in the magazine again. This “puts the focus the writing business. Once she was on the committee At Conn, Tinti similarly trusted her impulses by on short fiction” and lets new voices get their chance to for the PEN Literary Awards and realized how biased featuring taxidermy animals in her short stories. She be heard in the challenging field of writing. judges can be in selecting an author to award. “Don’t is a former student of Boyd’s, though at first she had “A reader is just trying is get all of their thoughts take it seriously when you get rejected,” she said. been on track to becoming a biology major. “But then I down,” explained Tinti. “Add road signs so readers Boyd stressed, “If you get the award, you deserved signed up for [Boyd’s] class, and realized [writing] was won’t get lost in the story, but can just enjoy the scen- it. If you don’t get it, you might have deserved it… the coolest thing you could do… I wouldn’t be here e r y.” You’re the one to decide if you’re getting any better. If without Blanche.” Due to her experience at The Village Voice news- it’s good writing, they will find you.” Since her graduation from Connecticut College, paper, Boyd takes a different approach: “Write for the As the public reading concluded, Tinti revealed Tinti has made significant achievements in the writ- smartest people in the room, and everyone else will her big surprise. She stood up and explained that she ing world. She co-founded the groundbreaking liter- fo l l ow.” had taught herself how to play the ukulele, which she ary magazine One Story eight years after leaving New Tinti also gained valuable insight after she interned usually brings out during these events, yet because of London. The magazine boasts more than 15,000 print at Boston Review. After realizing that their headquar- the small group size, she’d go solo this time. subscribers, making it one of the largest circulating lit- ters was less top-notch than expected, she was assigned “Can you guys do this for me?” she asked, snapping erary magazines in the country. to dig through “the slush pile” of mailed-in manu- with a slow, steady rhythm. The audience imitated her. “[The founders of One Story] wanted something scripts to decide which of them was worth another shot The sounds pierced the air of Ernst Common Room. at consideration, which made for depressing work. “I “My love, my love is a mountain side / So firm, One Last Playlist for the Seniors learned a lot by seeing what not to do,” she said, “I even so firm it can calm the tide.” It was Little Willie John’s rejected famous people, which was nerve-wracking.” soulful 1960 song “My Love Is.” Tinti easily kept up (and Those Will Miss Them) Tinti claims that now the writing business is no with the rolling notes: “My love for you is a mountain HANNAH JOHNSTON longer the shark tank it used to be. People can cobble side / Stand so firm it can calm the tide / That’s why my NEWS EDITOR together their own writing program, or swap work love, my love is a mountain side.” with other writers for feedback. “It’s a lot of trial and At the end everyone applauded, surprised and 1. Setting Sun - This, the Silent War error. Instead of competing, it’s just better to surround slightly stunned. Tinti sat down, relieved. She admitted 2. Lot to Learn - Luke Christopher yourself with other good writers. It is catching – like a to being terrified because it had been the first time she 3. Roots - The Melodic cold, you can catch good writing.” had sung a cappella at a reading event, which was pre- 4. So Far Away - Carole King “If your writing gets weak,” she suggested, “put the cisely why she had done it. • 5. Finish Line - Chance the Rapper binoculars on – put in enough detail that it’s real to 6. Stand By Me - Ben E. King you. Get so close to it that you make yourself believe.” 7. If You Leave - Nada Surf During the public reading, Tinti explained how 8. Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds she literally took out the binoculars at the place where 9. Higher - Rihanna the idea for The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley was 10. A Little Bit of Everything - Dawes born. She witnessed the “greasy pole” contest that takes 11. I’ll Be There - Jackson 5 place every year in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Drunk 12. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper men get on a slicked pole and try to get the flag tied at 13. Rivers & Roads - The Head and the Heart the end to win. As Tinti watched, one of the men took 14. Shine - John Legend & the Roots off his shirt, and she saw that he had multiple physical 15. I’ve Got a Crush on You - Ella Fitzgerald scars on his body. Upon closer inspection, they turned 16. Perfect Day - Lou Reed out to be bullet wounds. It was here that she realized 17. Birds Fly South - The Mastersons a body could be a map of life. Her fictional character 18. I Try - Macy Gray Samuel Hawley has twelve bullet holes – each with its 19. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four own story – that he carries in his life. Seasons The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley took Tinti al- 20. Holy - Jamila Woods most ten years to write. At its inception, the author said 21. Nothing Can Change This Love - Sam Cooke she was in a “dark place… Everything I wrote felt dead 22. Livin’ Thing - Electric Light Orchestra and not alive.” Several of her family members were di- 23. Our Own House - MisterWives agnosed with cancer at the same time, and Tinti herself 24. Buy U a Drank - T-Pain • had just gone through a bad breakup. She was working Image courtesy of Hannah Tinti via Sophia Angele-Kuehn via Sophia Image courtesy of Hannah Tinti