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'";::;:::;~ ~ 'J ' ....,.. .>., Q• • •• •I 'J \ \ • l'UBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF CONNECTICUT COLl~EGE VOLUME XXVII • NUMBER / FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2003 CONNECT/cm COLLEGB, NBW LONDON, CT INSIDE: New Laws Enforce Smoke-Free Dorms BY JENNIE BARGMAN education." STAFf WRITER Given the student governing pro- grams at Connecticut College, it Connecticut College prides itself would have been ideal to come to on the opportunities it grants its stu- this decision through an internal dents to actively participate in the process, involving the whole campus OP/ED college's decision making process. community. As Dean Milstone com- The strength in our Student mented, "Because we are an institu- New columns! Adam Weinberg Government Association stems from tion that values self-governance, we raps about politics! Jordan Geary its acute awarewness of the issues would have preferred to reach this loves everything! SGA speaks! and concerns regarding the student point through internal consensus body at large. They seek to fairly rather than legal mandate. However, execute changes to make the the college seeks to encourage Connecticut College community a healthy lifestyle choices." The state safe and healthy environment, in law leaves the college with no choice which we can all work, learn and but to comply, however this could be live. seenm as a positive adjustment for A person's rigbt to smoke has our college community. heen a sensitive subject plaguing the Although the distance is current- country. Our small college campus ly set at twenty20 feet, the college has struggled with the issue. We all will be given a little freedom to wish to live in a harmonious envi- decide how far from the dormitories ronment, free from unpleasant dis- students must be located before they A&E tractions. will be allowed to smoke. The SGA A decision was reached last and other campus groups are figur- I Find out what's worth checking Spring to change the smoking policy ing out what kind of receptacles will out in the cinema this fall in our within the dorms. As a community a be available outside of the buildings Fall Movie Preview. compromise was created last year to ensure we still maintain respect deeming some dorms smoke free, for our surroundings by disposing of beginning this school year. This way cigarettes. Also, given the sudden those who wanted to smoke in their change in the campus's smoking dorms would still be allowed to, policy, certain smoking cessation while others could opt to live in a programs will be put into affect. smoke free residential hall. Overall, despite its sudden. It was not anticipated that the enforcement, there does not seem to state of Connecticut would soon be too much upset on campus change the state's smoking law. regarding Connecticut's new smok- Beginning on October 1st the state ing law, regardless of the way that it of Connecticut plans to implement a came to be enforced upon our cam- SPORTS new smoking policy that will have a pus .. Women's soccer leads the charge direct effect on our college commu- Many students appreciate tfiat Connecticut College held its 89th annual Convocation ceremony last Thursday foUowing the first day of classes. Seniors and Faculty attend- smoking has beenis removedthe in our extensive Falls sports nity. The ban that is to take effect ed the gathering in Palmer Auditorium, ojJiciaOy welcoming the Class 0/2007 as they matriculated asfreshmen. newly created smoke-free residential Preview. states that, "no person shall smoke ...in any dormitory in any pub- environment from residential Iife lic or private institution of higher and limited to the outside. MTVCaptures Conn Student's \ True Life Accomplishments Incoming Class Holds Record SATs BY ALYSON GERBER BY MAKENA C"IIILL focus on the issue of the SAT I in admissions. T-im STAfF WRITER Cheney, Conn's Associate Director of Admission, stated STAfF WRITER that questions regarding the college's drop in rankings - Feature- Conn's class of 2007 achieved the highest SAT I were being asked more frequently in campus tours. average score since the class of 1974. The average ver- When asked if the admissions committee placed On July 17, 2003 at lOpm, SGA bal score was 660 and the average math score was 650. more emphasis on SAT I scores to push Conn up in the 'president Rick Gropper appeared on Although the college maintained its admissions policy of rankings, Cheney, stated: "there has been no concerted the popular MTV reality series True allowing applicants to chose between the submission of effort to realign the overall view of the class dynamic." Life: I'm In a Wheelchair, Being a SAT I and three SAT 2, seventy percent of the class Mr. Cheney also expressed the admission department's part of this nationally aired docu- chose to submit the former. This trend has caused stu- commitment of providing students with an option to sub- mentary-style show was a huge dents to question the weight of SAT I scores in Conn's mit their SAT I scores or their SAT II scores, confirming accomplishment. Although reluctant admissions process. that although there has been an upward trend in the stan :iq "put emphasis on the fact that [he] The college's drop from numher twenty-three to dardized test scores, both the high school transcript ana users] a wheelchair," Rick decided twenty-four in the annual US News and World Report classroom. aptitude 'remain the main focus of this to throw his application into a pile ranking of the Best Liberal Arts Colleges brought more school's admissions process. along with eight hundred others so that he conld have his chance to prove that "people who have to use -wheelchairs can actnally lead great Conn Professor Awarded Fulbright Scholarhip lives," Rick was followed around by camera crews for a week in Montana BY JULIA LEFKOWITZ ments. where he was ski racing in the U,S. NEWS EDITOR Singer is one of six faculty mem- National Alpine Championships, He bers of American colleges and uni- ulso hopes to qnalify for the U.S. This semester, psychology pro- versities to do research in the United Disabled Ski Team in the near future fessor Jefferson Singer is studying at Kingdom. Singer is the fifteenth and attend the Winter Olympics in the University of Durham with one member of the Connecticut College 2006. While I don't think that of the world's most prominent mem- faculty to be awarded by the they'll still be airing this episode of ory researchers. Singer was awarded Fulbright Program in the past True Life on MTV at that time, I with the prestigious Fulbright decade. hear that the Olympics in Italy just Scholarship this past year. Singer will study the mind's SGAPresident Rick Gropper was selected froml hnndreds of applicants to share his life.story might get a little bit of media cover- The Fulbright Program was pro- retrieval of emotionally significant and ambitions on MTV's True Life Series. (Pace). age. Rick's athletic prowess extends posed hy then Senator J William memories. He has studied "self- beyond downhill skiing. He has also , defining", a term that he invented, accurate snapshot of Rick's life at Fulbright in 1945 during a time of finished a New York City Marathon didn't really know that well were' for the past two decades. These are Conn in a short twelve-minute time international. conflict. It was in two hours and thirty minutes, fin- mysteriously around a lot." In the I tbe most personal and emotionally frame. It sbowed that people who are approved by President Truman in ishing twelfth among two llundred, end thongh, the show came out per- , significant memories in an individu- restricted to the confines of a wheel- 1946. Fulbright saw the program as and hopes to qualify for the Boston fectly, with almost all of Rick's best I als life. These memories can reflect chair are actually the opposite of a: "mutual understanding between Marathon someday soon, friends ending up in the final ver- ! the most important conflicts or per- that. Instead of being restrained by the people of the United States and The camera crew also followed sian. Even so, everyone from Conn petual themes in an individual's life. his situation, Rick has been motivat- the people of other countries from Rick around the Connecticut that was crowded around the televi- \ According to CC News online, ed to transcend all boundaries and around the world." Fulbright schol- College campus for a week and half. sion set with their friends from home Singer stated: "It is possible that go above and beyond the limitations ars travel ahroad to partake in a vari- was secretly hoping to catch a memories that are very relevant and ~hey were in classes, on the SGA of his condition.