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College Voice Vol. 35 No. 11

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the balcony playing cards , Monday. March 3. 1919: "ZZ .• Runty. Jess and I spent all Our time out (J(\ . t \.>as a peach of a day." - Diary of Mildred Howard

Meet Connecticut College's first graduating class of 1919. For more stories and photos from our first decade. see page 2. True Grit Women's Basketball fights through off-court issues to claim first NESCACwin in three years

MIKE FLINT After starting off the month of SPORTS EDITOR January so well with consecutive On Saturday, women's bas- victories against New York City ketball defeated Wesleyan 49-42 College of Technology, NYU, at home, securing the Camels' Eastern Nazarene College and first NESCAC victory since the Johnson & Wales, by the 22nd 2007 -2008 season. Such an ac- the Camels had officially slipped complishment is something to on the NESCAC ice. Conn had celebrate no matter the circum- lost four games in a row-all to stances, but considering the kind conference opponents-and al- of season-let alone the kind of though the team was playing well, the lack of success in league was CECILIA BROWN I STAFF month-women's hasketball has been having, the win over Wes- growing more and more frustrat- leyan was a well-deserved story- ing by the day. book ending. The Lady Camels bad not won Lee Eisenberg: It's been a crazy winter for a conference game since beating all of us here in New England. Middlebury 68-58 on February Snowstorm after snowstorm has 18, 2008. They had gone 0-9 in Thespian, Writer; Alum definitely made this winter one the NESCAC the last two seasons to remember. But women's bas- and started this one 0-4. Some- JAZMINE HUGHES AND ketball no doubt has had the cra- thing had to give, they had to RACINE OXTOBY ziest winter of all. In a little less catch a break, or it was all going from the alum, For scores of you think, 'Oh, this is really in- NEWS EDITOR. than a month, the Lady Camels to crumble into a wintry mess of English and Film Studies stu- teresting, I could use this. '" ARTS EDITOR have been on top (a four game disappointment. dents, Eisenberg's visit brought Lee Eisenberg '99 was never From his freshman year, win-streak at the beginning of And that's when four play- more than just college pride and Eisenberg knew his future was "a big deal." He lived in Free- January), at the bottom (a seven ers, including the team's top two festive excitement - it brought waiting for him in Los Angeles. man, KB, Hamilton, and JA. game losing-streak. from January scorers, were suspended for the hope that they, too, could make it He was a production assistant for He studied abroad in Paris. He 14-29), at rock bottom (six-game rest of the season for possession in Hollywood. many years - including working vaguely remembers writer Sloane suspensions for four players, end- of marijuana. The athletes were "You can do anything with an Crosley, another notable alum, on the aforementioned Brendan ing each athlete's season) and banned even from attending prac- English degree," said English Fraser film /Bedazzled! ~ before. who graduated a year after him. back up again (two 'straight wins, tices or watching games from professor' said while introducing hitting his first writing gig on the There was no film department including the team's first NES- the bench with their teammates. the event, referring to Eisenberg's hit drama /JAG/. Eisenberg could With six games remaining, five here when he was a student. He CAC victory since the '07-'08 major. "You could be the pro- feel from the beginning that he of which were against conference wrote maybe one article for the season). The only thing missing ducer and writer on /The Office/, was probably going to be fired. "I student newspaper, despite being was a Charlie Sheen cameo. CONTtNUED ON PAGE 11 maybe write a few movies. That didn't know anything about law an English major and growing would be one outcome." or military or military law." into a TV and film writer, and had Eisenberg took multiple classes After leaving JAG, he recon- a radio show about sports. There with Boyd and describes her as nected with his writing partner were also no cell phones and he "very outspoken, really smart, re- Gene Stupnitsky. remembers marveling at sending ally funny," commenting that he Several students chosen out an email to multiple people at used to write down quotes of hers through a lottery system were once. in his notebook - in other words, Yes, he's a notably successful able to dine with Eisenberg, Blanche hasn't changed. "I took where he told the oddly roman- Conn alum and was, at one time, [her] narrative nonfiction class .tic story of his partnership with the head writer for the hit televi- and I remember becoming super Stupnitsky. He described a night sion show /The Office/, but why aware of dialogue in that class in which they were "down at the should we care about what he has because I was interviewing real docks," discussing potential writ- to say? He has Justin Timber- people. As a writer, you develop ing ideas, when Eisenberg grew lake's phone number. an ear for dialogue. As you start cold and Stupnitsky gave him his Less than a week into the 20 II going through it, you ask, what's sweatshirt. Ever since, the two spring semester, Conn kicked off the 'nugget' from it? What's the have been in a strong-and mild- the beginning of SGA's Centen- phrase? And you hear how people ly codependent, as Eisenberg de- nial Speaker Series with a visit talk and you write it down and scribed-writing companionship. CECILIA BROWN I STAFF CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 The snags in campus internet accessability has been giving head- aches to more than just students. The Information Services staff has been working overtime for weeks to get it fixed. Bruce Car- penter, Director of Technical Support, told the Voice last week that The Road to the Oscars initially, one of the multiple systems in our authentication process Cisco was broken, likely Cisco Clean Access, which ensures that a JERELLMAYS I still love the Globes, but the Globes are like one of those honor- computer has the sufficient operating system and antivirus protec- STAFF WRITER Oscars. Despite ary degrees that colleges give to people they once tion to log into the network. This explained why many students the last few de- rejected but are now famous and successful. They could not receive wireless on their personal computers, and why cades of plum- just aren't the same. some library computers did not allow users to log on. meting ratings and uncomfortable hosts (we still With the Oscars coming up in just a few weeks, "The difficult part of this is that there wasn't a logical scheme of love you, Jon Stewart), I still anticipate watching I feel compelled to familiarize myself with the Best who could and who couldn't connect," said Carpenter. "For exam- the annual award ceremony every year. Because re- Picture nominees which this year include Inception, ple, there are four switches in the library, and one was not working. gardless of any faults you or anyone else might have The Social Network, Toy Story 3, Winter's Bone, There really is no explanation why one of four should go bad." with things like the judging system, made up of The Kids Are Alright, The Fighter, Black Swan, 127 A campus email from Vice President for Information Services Hours, The King's Speech and True Grit. 5 500 faceless members of the Academy of Motion Lee Hisle read, "We have been advised that our network router Pictures Arts and Sciences, or the fact that it always !fthis seems like a lot of nominees, that's because must be replaced immediately or we could risk a major failure that runs at least twenty minutes longer than intended the number of films eligible for Best Picture dou- requires a much longer repair time." This was a single hardware due to obligatorily longwinded speeches, or all the bled from five to ten last year. I guess it was because failure that affected computers' connections to college-based web- Best Picture drama and Best Actor and Actress un- of the overwhelming number of monumental films sites like MoodIe, Self Service and the homepage. The network has fairness it's still the only Hollywood award that that came out in 2010 (or something). reached an incredibly high level of complexity, making it difficult really holds any weight. Sure, there's the Golden CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 for engineers to identify and articulate the connection problems Connecticut College has faced. As of now, all systems are working properly. - STAFF IN THIS ISSUE NEWS OPINIONS ARTS SPORTS ii .. o -,~ <,

~ance Department Kiefer Roberts: Member Resigns • page 4 "Don't Do That!" • page 6 Prophets of Funk s page 10 Men's Basketball· page 12

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EDiTOR-IN-CillEF CLIPPINGS FROM THE COLLEGE NEWS March 4, 1916: "A plea for more dignified and less among the girls this year. The Freshmen can not even Lilah Raptopoulos conspicuous conduct of students all street cars" appreciate what C. C. Spirit means from the demon- "Attention has been called not alone by the pres- strations they have thus far been able to see ... the war, MANAGING EDITOR ence of numbers of girls on the cars, but, unfortunately, instead of unifying us with a bond of closer and more. John Sherman too often, by the shrill and rather boisterous manner in intimate friendship, as it should according to all theones, which students call out to one another from separated has produced the very opposite effect here ... We no lon- parts of the cars ..." ger can amuse ourselves without aid from the outside ... EDITORIAL BOARD If a stranger were to walk around campus or look into March 17, 1916 the various dormitory living rooms on week-end nights, News Editors Sports Editors Letter: "I would advocate a change or partial change he would be at a loss to know whether or not this was Jazmine Hughes Nick Woolf of the name 'Connecticut College for Women.' ... [It] is a co-ed institution. Everywhere one looks there are Meredith Boyle Mike Flint obviously a long, cumbersome name and to my mind men, men, men. There is almost a spirit of competition not very artistic. The college has more than once been among the donnitories as to which can entertain the confused with the Connecticut Agricultural College, most men ... For instance. the telephone rings. A wild A+E Editors Opinions Editor and also with the 'Connecticut Business College ... The scuffling of feet. doors thrown madly open and quiet Racine Oxtoby John Dodig ending 'for Women' is especially unnecessary. One does hours fade into oblivion as the common cry goes forth Matthew Gentile not speak of 'Vassar College for Women' or 'Wellesley 'Who's it for?' ° .Aren't you tired of being asked' Are Head Copy Editors College for Women.' ...1 fully understand that this term you going to the dan<:e71'ith whom?' After we have . serves to impress on people the fact that this is the first left college there ·It ~ l)ethecbatlce o{being WI Anna Membrino college for women in this state ... as for the Connecticut men, while here ia,.0ll!' cilancle ~'Playing and making Rebecca Reel part, one can see how it would lead to the belief that this merry with jir ..:why do We ~k college pep and is a state and not a privately endowed institution." Esther interest m slUd6nt ~ctl.viljes? Because we are no longer Wimovsky strictly a gil"" qolleg(sillce Ibe army and navy have VISUAL DEPARTMENT \laded our eallIptlS," Leah Nora Piek'ZO December 1917 Photo Editors Creative Director "Students anti Faculty of Conne<:lifut College are November 21.1919 Karam Sethi Julie McMahon urged to belp to prepore Surgical Dressings in the Plam "Don'ts for men; DON'T come expecting a quiet Tanaha Simon Basement.' peaceful dine. One nevor gets It atC. C. PON'T tell a girl with lovely eyes that the view islovely, She knows April 12.1918: 'When Pelt oats 01." it." BUSINESS DEPARTMENT "Our fourth term has come - and on Fnday elections begin - student governmem presitlent followed Dyother Deeember 4. 1919 Advertising Manager Public Relations Director major 0 cers It is the privilege and duty of EVERY "Connecticut College spirit, it seems to be, is the student to vote ~carefully and consclentiQusly .. Our lItmgthatmakes the College go 'round .. .it is up to us Rebecca Heupel Rachel B litzer mothers have fought for our pohtical equality. Some of tb uphold our' government. It IS not enough to praise us have already reaped the fruits of their labors: most of our Student Government and our honor system. Words us still await them. But one anti all, we should be reatIy are empty unless we have conviction and faith behind WEB STAFF to use them when they come Let us summon all our them. Why have an honor system ifwe do not observe Web Content Editor Webmaster powers of discussion, discretion and Judgment. in the it? The honor system is the most important element in coming elections, and give the world a sample of what the spirit of Connecticut College, and, therefore, should Ellie Benner Ayano Elson we shall do in our State, when petticoats vote." he guarded and adhered to carefully. Let us not hark back to high school days oflbe teachers' rule. Let us ay 8,1918 show ourselves that we have outgrown that stage and are STAFF "To the Editor: No one is blind th fact that there ready to judge ourselves ..... RF. '22. s been a ttemen f college pep and spirit Writers Copy Editors Clara Chaisson Brittany Armstrong -- Julia Cristofano Christina Fogarasi Cole Delbyck Jerell Mays Ethan Harfenist Annie MitchelJ Sarah Kosofsky David Shanfield Eli Mangold Melanie Thibeault JerelJ Mays Matt MitchelJ Sam Norcross Photographers Kiefer Roberts Ipek Bakir Katherine Sartiano Hadley Brooks Alex Schwartzburg Cecelia Brown David Shanfield Nevena Deligineva Amelia Smith Hoitt McAllister Nora Swenson Hannah Plishtin Melanie Thibeault Miguel Salcedo Amelia Smith Dlustrators Kira Turnbull Jeremy Nakamura Alicia Toldi Contact Us [email protected] (860) 439-5437 270 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT 06320 FREE SPEECH From top: New London Hall, fall of 1915 (photo by Mildred White' 19); looking southeast, 1916; the construction (Your opinion here.) of Plant House, March 16, 1915 (photo by M.L. 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NEWS [email protected] FEBRUARY 7 2011 Editors Jozmine Hughes & Meredith Boyle Dance Department Artist-In-Residence Resigns Following Misappropriation of Choreography

DAVID SHANFIELD was her own choreography, the made clear to whom the piece be- the record about Watkins' resig- importance of the Honor Code at STAFF WRITER second part was what ended up longed. The students brought the nation due to the sensitivity of the this school, I understand the Dean of Faculty's decision to ask for On January 13, during the Col- being controversial." issue to the faculty wbo, on the Issue. lege's winter break, students and According to a number of stu- opening night of tbe show, told A senior dance major who her resignation," said Amy Smith '12. "However, Robyne will be faculty received an e-mail from dents, some of whom asked not them that they would not be able asked not to be named recog- dearly missed within the depart- Dean of Faculty Roger Brooks to be identified, two students who to perform the piece. According nized the difficulty that the de- ment for her excellent teaching with an announcement from the were a part of Watkin's perfor- to Brooks' e-mail, however, the partment faced in Watkin's res- abilities and her support of all the Dance Department. "1 want to mance bad been searching videos dancers were able to perform the ignation. "There are clearly two share with you the news that l of dance nwnbers on the Inter- piece in a private setting for their sides to this. On one hand, there's students. She truly cared about the future of each and every one have accepted the re ignation of net. One of the videos they came families. Robyne's dedication, guidance Robyne Watkin, guest artist in the across was a ballet piece titled "Students found evidence of and involvement with the de- of us." "As much as 1 hate to see her dance department since 200 I, ef- "The Rite of Spring" that was the misappropriation, and felt partment and students... but on fective immediately." it read. very similar in both the choreog- compelled to tell the truth," said the other, it was a misappropria- go," said Fopiano, "what s~e did goes against the whole philoso- An attached e-mail, originally raphy and costumes. David Dorfman, Dance Depart- tion of work, and the faculty has phy of Conn, and faculty have to sent to the faculty, held more "The Rite of Spring" was origi- ment Chair. '" admire that, and 1 little tolerance for that. We, as be held to the same standards as information: Watkin resigned nally choreographed by Vaslav feel as if it was gone about in the students, realize that we have to after "it was confirmed she had Nijinsky, with music composed proper way." accept the College's decision, and. the students." "I too miss her. I'm looking to misrepresented a dance choreo- by Igor Stravinsky, and premiered In 2008, Lan-Lan Wang, for- moveforward." graphed by another as her own at the Theatre des Champs-Ely- mer chair of the dance depart- Students, however, were happy the ~osi;ive aspect for the great original work." sees in Paris on May 29, 1913. ment at Conn, resigned after it to discuss her guidance during her things she did ... she was part of Melissa Fopiano '13 explained The ballet, which incorporated was discovered that she had faked time in the Dance Department. the glue that holds the dance de- that Watkin had been preparing "outrageous costumes, unusual her credentials. Wang claimed to "Robyne was one of the best partment together, and she was her work for Faculty Fall Dance choreography and bizarre story of have received both a bachelor's ballet teachers I've ever had," a wonderful professor ... " said Department Show, in which stu- pagan sacrifice," was considered and master's degree from Univer- said Fopiano. "She's always very Dorfman. "Her resignation was dents perform numbers choreo- so shocking and scandalous that sity oflowa. serious about her work and teach- certainly a painful experience, but graphed by the dance department the audience started to riot. Many members of the Dance ing, and prides herself on being a we all learned from it, and we're, faculty. According to students, Wat- Department, including the stu- good instructor." moving forward." • "Robyne's piece was in two kin never claimed credit for the dents that reported the plagiarism, "Robyne will always be a parts." said Fopiano, "the first choreography, but it was never felt uncomfortable speaking on friend and mentor. Because of the

Students performed the a section of the piece at the Faculty Fall Dance Department Show, CECILIA BROWN I STAFF Lee Eisenberg: Thespian, Writer; Alum CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

JAZMINE HUGHES always thinks it's their joke because they can get Steve Carrell to laugh, it's fucking swirl that Eisenberg wasn't in the mood for AND RACINE OXTOBY typed it in. The person who pitched the be- awesome. The best feeling in the world is talking and would instead show an episode NEWS EDITOR I ARTS EDITOR ginning part of the joke believes it's theirs, getting Steve, on set, to break. Sometimes of me Office!. By the time of the event, the person who added to the pitch to make be would just lose it and you would he like, the Facebook page posted attendees par- As it turns out, the two initially col- it more of a joke ... it always get tense and 'Yes, yes, I got him! '" allel to Floralia. (When asked about his laborated on an original pilot about two awkward when you ask for credit on stuff." When first asked why he no longer favorite Floralia, Eisenberg responded, codependent roommates. Although it was However, Eisenberg is fairly confident works for /The Officel, Eisenberg dead- "Are you supposed to rememher your Flo- based on their own experience as room- about his responsibility over one story arc panned, "I got fired so hard." Then, more ralias?") mates, "writing is not a visual medium;' in particular: the love triangle between seriously, he explained the grueling life The event took place hetween two lux- so the characters' careers were swapped Dwight, Angela and Andy. "I believe it was of a television writer. "[Gene and I] were urious-looking white armchairs, separated for something more thematically interest- mine alone." Eisenberg is also responsible tired because we were writing movies on by a bouquet of flowers on a small table. ing: the roommates were magicians. AI- for moving Darryl from the warehouse and the weekends. We were basically writing "This is an exact replica of my living thougb the pilot was-not picked up, it was into the office, as well as, only one week seven days a week for five years straight." room," joked Eisenberg ahout the set. on the strength of this project that the two Eisenberg claimed that his original ca- men were hired 10 join /The Officel for its second season. You can thank him for reer plan was to go into acting, and he Conn's namedrop in the fourth season epi- brought a DVD of his acting johs to prove sode "Night Out," when Dwight wishes a his talent-but don't forget, Eisenberg is women's basketball team that he meets in no big deal. The dramatically edited and a bar "good luck against Conn College!" scored reel, entitled "Lee Eisenberg: Thes- Stupnitsky and Eisenberg have an up- pian," featured his biggest roles: the "mari- coming summer feature, called /Bad Teach- juana" selling Vance Refrigeration worker er/. The film, which stars Cameron Diaz, from /The Offieel, a guard of Sodom in I Justin Timberlake and Phyllis Smith (phyl- Year Onel and a blacksmith in /Bad Teach- er/. lis from /The Office/), features women in lead roles in a raunchy comedy, a venture When asked if there was an idea that he generally untouched by Hollywood. never got to write for the show, Eisenberg Although the documentary style of I mentioned that he always wanted Michael The Officel might suggest that the show is to swallow a paperclip. One idea that he easy to put together, the writers' room wa did successfully pitch was Andy Bernard's almost always a tangle of emotions and Cornell-induced superiority complex, an nerves. "You never knew what time you Idea which may have been nixed if their were leaving," Eisenberg said. "You would hoss had realized that one of the heads of get in at ten-which is nice-and the earli- NBC also went to Cornell. "The history of est we would get out would be seven. The comedy could have been rewritten right latest would be like four in the morning." there," laughed Eisenberg. Despite the erratic hours, the writers KARAM SETHI I PHOTO EDITOR Eisenberg's mentor, Professor Boyd, in- are red very well. "People in Hollywood Eisenberg and SGA President Nate Cornell '11 talk things over in the year's first lecture in the traduced him at that night's Q&A. "You college's centennial speaker series. ca? do anything ,:ith an English degree," are obsessed with food," Eisenberg ex- plained. Long hour often mean that em- said Boyd, refemng to Eisenberg's ma- jor. "You could be the producer and writer ployees don't leave the building for meals, before leaving the show, making Dwight Along with /The Officel, Stupnitsky and on /The Officel, maybe write a few mov- and Eisenberg and his fellow writers the owner oftbe Dunder Mifflin building. Eisenberg also wrote the Micbael Cera- res, That would he one outcome." Despite would turn to boss Paul Lieberstein, who Table readings, according to Eisenberg, Jack Black comedy Near One/, Up next is the fact that, according to Boyd, he only plays Toby Flenderson on the show, to ask were often the most stressful and, at times, the Cameron Diaz comedy IBad Teacherl, earned one A tn her class (he insists he whether they were eating in or out. liberating, moments of writing for /The as well as their perpetual attachment to / never earned an A from her), Eisenberg has The writers developed protective atti- Office/. Sometimes people would laugh Ghostbusters nv. gone to fantastic lengths in bis post-Conn tudes towards their respective work. "The and other times jokes would be met with Rumors for Friday night's Q&A, held in career ..WIth the look of someone honored worst thing you can ask in the writer's silence. "It's not an aggressive silence. Si- Evans Hall, circulated in the week preced- to. be introducing the night's event, Boyd room is, 'Whose joke is that?'" he said in lence means' Let's go onto the next thing.' ing the event. At first, students were under said With a smile, "1 am so proud of him." • a private interview with the Voice. "The Sometimes it lasts for five seconds, some- the impression that it would be a straight- person who sat at the computer typing it times it lasts for ten." However, "when you forward lecture. Then, rumors began to - ~--~------.-_._------~~------.--

______NEWS' 5 11-£ CDlLEGE vccs FEBRUARY7 2011 Cruisin' Around Conn Spokespeople launches an innovative bike-loan system

MELANIE THIBEAULT turn the key to the library staff. staff who don't want to spend have awesome stenciling:' said week a daily rental system al- STAFF WRITER "This process is not only sim- money or maintain their own bi- Spokespeople president Celia lows'srodents to obtain a bike ple for students, but it's an easy cycles all year-round. Whitehead 'II. whenever they want. Any time Have you ever felt exhausted way for Spokespeople to keep Six bikes are already primed Part of the reason for the pro- the library is open. students can trekking across campus and rent a bike. thought that there must be a bet- "We'll have bikes equipped • ter method of tran portation from for riding downtown. mountain Harris to Freeman? If you're not biking, or just cruising around one of the fortunate ones who campus if you have a really busy own a golf cart or a egway, day. The idea is to make bikes don't despair. pokcspeople will available to all students and staff soon implement a new program who don't want the responsibility that will allow students to borrow of taking care of a bicycle 24/7 ," bikes stationed outside of the li- said Whitehead. brary. "For anyone who can't afford poke people received fund- to have their own bike or can't ing that will allow them to exe- bring one to school because of cute their plan for a bike-lending traveling, J think it's a really program at ann. This idea was good idea. It's great for riding inspired by a similar program at into town." said Molly Bienstock t. Olaf ollegc in which stu- '14. dents can borrow bikes from their The members of Spokespeople library, just as they can books. will be working hard to have the Soon, anywhere from six to bik~s ready by tbe spring so stu- ten bicycles will be available for dents can enjoy them and explore daily rental in a designated bike- the surrounding area. The mem- rack outside of hain Library, bers of Spokespeople said the and checking out a bike will be program aims to promote biking as easy as checking out a book. and as Greaves said, "to [get stu- TI,e bike-loan will go on your dents to] realize how close we are account. just 8S book or movie to the beach and to downtown." would, and you must sign a li- TANAHA SIMON I PHOTO EDITOR Although the CC Cruisers is ability release form, Then, the li- only a pilot program, Spokespeo- brary stafTwili hand you the key. track of the bikes," said Spokes- and painted for use. Spokespeo- gram is to make more bicycles ple members hope that plans run When the bikes arc not in u e, pe pie member Andrew Greaves ple want to develop a semi-uni- available to students, allowing smoothly and allow for an expan- '13. they will be locked outside the form look for the bikes, so that them to go off campus. Since the sion of the program each year. As library, and whcn students return There will be bikes available they can be easily identified as Spokespeople members are only Whitehead put it, «we want peo- the bikes at thc end of the day, for every occasion, and they will CC Cruisers. at the shop at two ple to be complaining that there Ihey should lock them lip and rc- be available to both students and "They're blue and white and designated times during the are not enough bikes." •

PHOTO FROM WEB Ambulance Transports Remain Consistent with Academic Year 2009-2010

SARAH KOSOFSKY Higdon has adopted a policy to STAFF WRITER meet with students in his office aftcr they return to campus from ince the beginning of the a hospital transport. "Students are school year, there appears to have an important part of our campus been a decrease 10 the number of community and their actions im- ambulances driving up and down pact us all. J believe these conver- Cro Boulevard. sations have helped elevate the Hospital transports are an un- seriousness of the situation for fortunate part of any college the individuals I've met with and party SCene. At Connecticut Col- for the broader community," said lege, Campus Safety officers arc Higdon. trained to asses situations that Although administrators would might require a hospital transport always like to sec less hospital and determine whether an ambu- transports, all agree that if a stu- lance is necessary. "(fthere is any dent needs medical attention for need for concern for the health excessive alcohol consumption, and well-being of the student, we there should be no hesitation in call for a transport," said Stew- calling for help. The medical am- art Smith, Director of Campus nesty policy is in place so that Safety. friends of sick students can worry Some students have reported aboul their friend's well-being that they feel the number of hos- rather than their own disciplinary pital transports has decreased in standing. recent semesters. CC Curtiss, Di- "While we still have a lot of rector of Student Wellness, says progress to make. I believe that that in the six semesters that she more and more students are real- has been at Conn, 2008-2009 was izing that their actions negatively the year with the most transports; impact the Conn community and the year after saw a 37% decrease surrounding New London area," in the number of transports, and said SGA President Nate Cornell this year has only seen a slight in- 'II. "That being said, we stiU crease in the number of transports need to take responsibility for our from the previous year. Conn actions and the implications they experiences the most ambulance have on our campus:' transports during the early fall. Curtiss is optimistic about the This could be for several reasons, way she believes the attitude to- including the excitement of a new wards alcohol is changing on school year and incoming fresh- campus. "We have seen an in- men testing thell boundaries dur- crease in students' knowledge of ing their first semester away from the topic and the education and home. resources that are available to Curtiss believes that the student them, and that is a positive trend. wellness education programs, We have an extensive education, such as the workshops provided prevention and intervention pro- during orientation or by Peer gram in place beeause we care Educators, can spread a healthier about our students' safety and we attitude regarding alcohol. Cur- know that our students care for tis says that when atudents IIIl- the well-being of their peers and derstand the risks they are taking their community." when they drink excessively, they Officer Smith's perspective are less likely to engage in this on the situation echoes many on dangerous behavior. After stu- campus: " Ithink it's a shame to dents who are transported to the see these few students-who are hospital return to campus, they so smart and have so much po- meet with Cuniss individually to tential-make such bad choices. I talk about. the incident to. ensure kn w they are capable of so much that it does not occur agalD. better," • Since last semester, President ---:o=::-----:------.-

6------_ THE COLLEGE VOla OPNONS FEBRUARY 7 2011 Editor: John Dodig [email protected] REAL's Two-Minute Housing Drill

SAM NORCROSS work. Even without a major inter- The Office of Resi- STAFF WRITER net hang-up, the bandwidth at Conn dential Education and doesn't seem to be built for such a Living (REAL) ex- Not too many weeks ago, most large mass of people coostantly re- plained the solution everyone on campus was up at the freshing windows over an extended they have in place for ungodly hour of 7 AM, going over period of time. Hypothetically, if sirch issues. Before their schedules class by class, look- the page takes thirty seconds to registration, each stu- ing for overlaps and conflicts and load, it leaves students just nioety dent will fill out a sur- double-checking CRNs. By the end seconds to navigate and make these vey that ranks room of the flurry of typing and clicking, crucial decisions. types and residential when course registration was fin- There's also something that just houses in order ofpref- ished, I had only gotten into two of logistically didn't make sense to erence. Based upon , my desired classes and I fclt lucky. me. As I understand it, the registra- this survey, REAL ad- Walking to chemistry hortly after, tion process is meant to take place ministrators will act as I found that most of my friends had over the course of a week. Each proxies, picking your only a blank screen to look at while class will be assigoed a day aod a room and dorm for you the cia ses vital to their prospec- during your window if tive majors rapidly filled up. I I believe that those students you are not able to do heard multiple storie of people condemned to the sub-ground so. Having a stranger being blocked out of classes even floors deserve at least a little make this quick and The Office of Residential Education and Living has stopped granting priority to though there were clearly spots stressful decision for residents ofS. Ralph Lazrus House open, and a few of classmates bit of an edge when it comes me sounds terrifying, who couldn't get into any classes time to register for housing. but it also seems to be the best so- ments, but better lighting never have, but I think they at all. Class registration is not the lution under this new system. and a fresh coat of, paint do deserve it, too. 1 know a lot srnoothe t process. Do we really But under this new online Yet there's something about the not detract from the fact that of students who live in these want to depend on this system to system, all priority has been new registration process that both- basement rooms are still in crammed rooms and get along pick where we'll be living next removed. ers me even more than the shaky the basement. We're at much perfectly well with their room- academic year? logistics. I live in the basement of greater risk of fiooding than mates, but that doesn't change I'm a freshman, so I havc not JA and it sucks. From having to any other floor (many people the fact that they get two to experienced the housing regis- string of two-minute sessions will share one shower with twelve other have heard horror stories from three times less privacy than tration of old, in which students open up one after another. Con- guys, putting up with the smell em- last semester) and I know that most of us. And I've only seen crowded into the 1962 in Cro wait- necticut College has an undergrad- anating from the room where they at least in JA, the basement is a few rooms that actually look ing for lottery numbers to be called. uate population of roughly 1,900. store all the garbage, having a win- the coldest and darkest place in large enough to accommodate It sounds pretty cumbersome. But Through the power of math I know dow from which I can only see peo- the entire dorm. three, let alone four people. to change the system this radically that there are about 475 students per ples' feet, dealing with the janitorial But don't think I've forgot- The fact of the matter is that in one bound without testing seems grade. Multiply that by two minutes and kitchen staff loudly arriving to ten about members of Laz- some students at Conn have risky. The new housing registration per student and you have fifteen tbeir offices at 6:30 AM and having rus House, the other students been forced to live in worse process-which will take place on- hours and change. That's a large the slowest internet connection any- negatively affected by this conditions than the rest, and line and give each student exactly chunk of the day. How can this where, Ibelieve that those students news. According to Marie for putting up with those con- two minutes to sign up for both a work when some students are sure condemned to the sub-ground fioors Lalor, the assistant director of ditions for six months Ibelieve room and a house before another to have class during their window? deserve at least a little bit of an edge the REAL office, the logic be- they deserve at least a tiny bit student is given the chance to snag What about people who have sports when it comes time to registering hind taking priority away from of favor when it comes time to the spot they want-secms destined practice, or a job shift during wbich for housing. But no----under this the students in Laz is that the pick rooms for the next aca- for major complications. We just internet isn't readily available? new online system, all priority bas dorm "filled up completely demic year. experienced a week-long wireless What about people who are study- been removed. voluntarily this year," which When I first heard that regis- meltdown with lingering effects, ing abroad who might not be able to I've heard about all the money I consider misleading. First of tration was adopting an online so I'm skeptical of the overall net- use the internet for days at a time? . that's been poured into the base- all, there are still rooms open format, I thought it sounded according to several students like a smart way to streamline who live in the dorm. Second, the process. But after hearing based on the conversations I the details and thinking about Don't Do That! had with a few of the house's the logistics of it all, the old residents, Lazrus was far from method of doing things be- Kiefer Roberts' open letters to the campus community being number one on their gan to sound better and better. lists and many of the students The elimination of priority is Dear Connecticut College Camels, who live there do so because a mistake, and the two-minute they have no other choice. It's windows sound too inflexible Welcome back! In the interest of full dis- also the only dorm on campus for such an important decision. closure, I wanted to tell you all that for a few which offers year-round hous- While there are some aspects weeks over break I considered not continuing ing. The drawbacks of living of this new process that are the column. You know, occasional hurt feelings there are pretty apparent: Laz promising, and while there is (sorry I'm not sorry), people not heeding some is old, which means no AC and a chance that everything could advice (seriously, if it's not Sundae Sunday in spotty heating. The rooms are al) turn out just fine, I can't Harris ...), and even a point where I thougbt to small, as is the dorm itself, and help but feel that all the stu- myself, "What else do I have to say?" And then there are serious problems like dents applying for housing this I realized that the spring semester is the longer cracks in walls and ceilings. ' year are being used as guinea . of the two, and there are a few things I would While I'm at it, why don't pigs for a process that seems love to point 'lut before it's too late. After all, students who live in quads get very unlikely to succeed .• The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is over, any priority? Apparently they which means I have lots of frec time. As a senior admissions fellow, I'm often liked what the student relationship is like with the town and people of New London, and while I do my best to accurately portray it, there's no We know you easy way to say, "Yeah ... they're not fond of r the space we take up at L&M hospital come spring time." Well, actually, I guess that would • ~,1 be a good way to phrase the subject (note: not have opinions. 18.rue) of alcohol consumption, but I digress. My point i., if you've ever been out on the ~ and received a dirty look from a guy who Ioob like he frequents Exchange, Hot Rod's or Iload House more than your typical Thursday or Saturday excursion, it's not (just) because And we want them. lie doesn't respect your not-so-well-concealed fClllt Lolro. It'. probably becauae he knows a "., who knowa a lOy who was in the waiting • room, b1eedinl from the face while some Conn llUdent bid puke caked in their hair and was IUUSTRATION BY ALICIA TOLD I feIIinI an IV. Or perhapa he drives a cab, one he e-mail IIId to bose out after somebody decided it was a good find left in a toilet at 2: 17 on a Friday morning (quick Idea to loee all that Harris pesto pasta in the back seat. note to the boys here: The entire "if it's yellow, let it My point? Drinking can lead to fun when done prop- mellow" rule might be environmentally friendly, but [email protected] erly; drinking properly, however, doesn't necessitate it was established for bathrooms you don't have to a private escort to the hospital. share), it's probably best not to swallow, yeah? Good. This stands as a warning for any underclassmen Also, if you make a drink, take a sip and immediately (hsbmen) who've yet to ex- make a face like you smell nail pol- perience this. My advice to Drinking can lead to fun ish remover, the concoction in the you, good young people of the when done properly; drinking cup is probably closer to acetone Come to our coUcge, i. DO NOT DO IT. properly, however, doesn't than that kamikaze recipe you just Sec? Simple. Anyone who's " Googled, a lIOphomore or older, you've necessitate a private escort to As you know or as you might really got no excuse, You've the hospital. have heard, this semester has a ten- meetings on bid time to acclimate to the dency to get wild, especially once eblence of kegs, and to the administration apparently it gets warm. The desire to kick back an extra shot bating fun. But those are not free passes to act like or two can be a tricky thing to avoid, but is probably OIarlie Sheen. So stop doing pulls of Evan, Jim, Jack, best to, especially if you've had more shots than you Monday nights Johnnie or Jose in your room, and eat some more have digits. The only thing more horrific than having bread or something. Damn, get your act together. to take an ambulance to the hospital, is having to take Avoiding the unnecessary and expensive hospital a cab back in the morning with nothing on but last trip can be done in quite a few easy-to-remember night's outfit and this week's shame to look forward at ten o'clock in ways. For instance, if the frothy broth you encounter to. And yes, it might be early, but someone is watch- in a recycling bin in a third floor laundry room (rea- ing you. And laughing, A lot. son enough, for most) doesn't maintain a color that you can find in nature, it's best to stay away. On that Be festive, not dead, Cro 215. Qole, if it ha the same color as something you might liiefer'

~------_. THE COLLEGE VOICE· FEBRUARY 7. 2011 ------:------OPNONS· 7 A Grinqo's First Impressions of Ecuador

STEPHEN DWORKIN traveled to Yanacache-"Blaek the mist in assigned groups, CONTRIBUTOR Lake" in Kichwa-as one happy, attempting to memorize the if somewhat baflled, family. Ya- names and descriptions of I woke up this morning with a nacoche wasn't actually a lake, plant species-some as old headache, which happens com- we were told, but a forest in the as los dinosorios-without monly in the US. Despite the fact depths of the clouds filled with using English at all. I tore that everyone here talks about al- picaflores-hummingbirds- through the Spanish and titude sickness, and how my cap- and would be a fitting setting Kichwa words like copper illaries should be slowly reform- for a production of A Midsum-' miners tear through a native ing themselves to acclimate to mer Night's Dream. Burdened village. The more I pretended the lack of oxygen, my lethargic by the pain in my skull, I joined to learn the more stupid I felt, ~l~t~r break ensured the irnpos- my fellow scientists in the back until we stopped for lunch at a sibility of deciding whether my of a meta/bus (we were glad to small group of benches shel- dizziness and shortness of breath. know it wasn't made of plastic) tered with a ceiling made of after hiking across Quito were a at 8 AM among the toxic fumes paja. It began to rain. There product of being nine thousand of the Ecuadorian morning com- were sudden thrums behind feet above sea level or my be- mute. All the roads in the city me, like loose arcs of elec- ing absurdly out of shape. The were one-way, which led to awk- tricity, and I turned to face a altitude also meant I couldn't green and golden blur. A spe- put toilet paper into the toilet or People stared at us cies, Iwas told, which was na- figure out how to take a shower from trucks piled with tive to this particular slope of without getting burns or frost- 'rubble 'and wood. I was this particular mountain. bite. Even my shit was a different conscious of who I was, We emerged from the thick color in Ecuador-dyed, I sup- sponge of fog believing in pose-by the juices fabulosos: which doesn't happen some epiphany or another, mango, pineapple, naranjilla. often in the u.s. brought about by swordlike So I spent most of the first days beaks dipping into sugar wa- of orientation confused about my ward skirmishes with trucks back ter and, soaked, shuflled back own health and state of mind, and forth between parques and onto the bus. The program trying to balance being outgoing muros: walls. The city was sliced director was sick and we and clever for my new amigos through with all kinds of walls, couldn't help but grimace at and blasting into my brain the re- some with barbed wire perched her face in the overhead mir- alization that I am here and not on top like crows and others ror. The bus stopped near a home. lined with shards of glass care- slope so she could get out and Yesterday the program direc- fully inserted into the crumbling vomit. tor summoned all nineteen of us cement. Everyone leaned out of The cloud began to ex- into the combined dining roorn! vehicles to stare at los gringos, tract itself from the land and garden of the Posada del Maple and we leaned out of the bus I stared out the rear window, hostel. She made sure we knew to take pictures of the city and transfixed by the towering A stranger in a strange land. for a few cases of odd luck-di- not to drink unbottled or un- mountains beyond. We passed castle of water vapor that loomed Lawrence of Arabia. An ugly arrhea of the Fates. I was the man boiled water, passed out some slums and shantytowns and stray behind us like a white montaiia. duckling. The Great Satan. leaning against the doorframe ribbed condoms and a flimsy dogs, and I forced down a dim Little shacks crowded close to the "I think I know what it's like of a storefront, mouth pursed mask to protect against volcanic and distant sadness. bus as if seeking warmth. Their to be a minority now," I said, as a and wrinkled, sharing all of his ash, laughed off requests for a Yanacoche was only accessible foundations were cracked and sheltered gringo would. thoughts and passions and rc- map and sent us out in pairs to through a drive through the val- their walls were boarded togeth- "No, you don't," said the girl sounding vigor. I was the woman shove into packed buses, store ley of the shadow of death. Sharp er like a collage of the desperate next to me, staoding at the comer of Seis de our wallets close to our thighs, turns on cliffside routes and near masses yearning for a new revo- We passed Quito's military Diciembre and Avenue Patria, widen our eyes at the leers of ag- collisions with livestock were lucian. Children sat in the muck academy. Above a carved condor hoping in earnest that her face gressive old nuns and eventually accompanied by unpaved roads while dogs fought over food and over the entrance were imbued was pretty enough to convince stumble back to the hostel half and cavernous potholes. The bus attention. I sat on a throne high the words: "Solo POl' Vencerte a bus driver to stop. I was the alive. I dropped a loaf of bread driver plunged through a haci- above and thought about when I Venceras." Only through con- child pushing a cart of alcohol in a panaderia, gave incorrect enda like sperm through an egg would next have Internet access quering yourself can you con- up a steep embankment for what change at a SuperMaxi, dodged and smiled back at the nausea he or time for a nap. I went through quer. could have been a thousand rea- taxis like one dodges mosqui- had inspired. I grabbed the foot the usual guilt trip, the one estab- I tried to break free like life sons, pressures and fears, none tos and drank suspicious jugo of my amiga as he plunged out lished specifically for tauristas was a lucid dream. I wondered of which I understood. I was the de naranja at a cafe. I forgot the window. He took pictures of and Europeos and, with some if peyate would help, or the hal- hunched man at the restaurant Spanish words constantly and the precipicios of mud and grass luck, Estadounidenses. It cleared lucinogenic shanshi plant. And, in La Mariscal who played the consistently, like one might for- and rock and garbage, as well as my head a little. just for a fraction of a half of harp for us, who passed around get one's car keys on the roof of the approaching wall of mist. People-stared at us from trucks a second, I convinced myself a basket for a tip, who waited ten one's car, and gave an answer to The bus crashed through a piled with rubble and wood and that I rejected all semblances of minutes at another table while a query about the location of said thatched archway welcoming from fenced slats of land brim- separation, all carefully crafted two diners willfully ignored him SuperMaxi that mayor may not visitors to /a reserva final of the ming with hens, precariously Illusions and manufactured indi- before carrying his hcavy instru- have been sexual. I'm still wait- black-breasted puflleg. We took balanced near the remnants of cations of difference. I made all ment, alone, into the lit and fes- ing for diarrhea from the orange our vehicle's sudden silence as a not-sa-old mudslides. I was kinds of naive assumptions and tive night. And he was I. juice. cue and got off at a dank set of conscious of who I was, which convinced myself that I was the I am here and not home .• Today, however, the group bathrooms. We walked off into doesn't happen often in the U.S. same as all these people except Aw Hail No: A Reflection on a Relentless Winter ography of Conn by keeping my ice. He informed me that Physi- gaze fixed on the ground to make cal Plant tends to place the snow sure Idon't take a comical Char- where it is most convenient, lie Brown Christmas special which is perfectly valid. They plop. So I ask the campus com- put the snow in places with am- munity and administrators, what ple drainage and avoid piling it do we do with all of this snow? in places that would inhibit driv- President Higdon recently ers' vision. We can only applaud joked during a KB common and be grateful for their efforts in room centennial event that he trying to keep up with this mad- was going to start storing the ness. snow in our dorms if it kept add- The snow is tearing this col- ing up-something I took very, lege apart at the scams. Every very seriously. It seems far- single day is a new icy hell, a day fetched, but if snowmageddon of uncertainty and terror about keeps rearing its ugly head on the which direction the wind will east coast, where else will it go? blow while I walk south, or how Could Conn use all of this ncw many cardigan sweaters I should building material and introduce bundle to effectively beat the an arctic studies igloo smack cold but at the same time remain dab in the middle of the green? dapper as hell. 'The worst part is Should our campus employ a the lack of progress. Though we snowmadilla alert rating sys- have officially entered February tem instead of this hoopla about and thus ushered in spring (sort digital signage? Should we all of), there is still snow every- loosen up and have a snowball where! I would venture to say ETHAN HARFENIST fight for ten minutes until it's not that the bottom of all of these CONTRIBUTOR fun anymore? And how docs the snow piles has not changed since school manage to get officially we have returned. Bikes are bur- It's happening again: we wake closed down yet professors arc ied on campus like it's Pompeii; up and realize that our campus gravel lot looks like a feedlot. has been freshly whitewashed Every single day is a Cro changed its name to Suo. I yet another time with a coat of don't even want to see the strati- • new icy hell, a day of snow (or in today's case, freez- fication of cigarette butts after ing-slushpuppy rain). I don't re- uncertainty and terror this frost dissipates. We arc all .. t t •( member the last time weather has about which direction in dangcr of breaking our backs •.•. I . ., {' . ('1 frustrated me so much; piles of or having just enough snow seep I),', . the wind will blow while /'/-/ t: black-tinged snow compressed into our boots to make the rest ., on the sides of roads reveal the I walk south. day worth crying over. Is it re- slick surface of invisible ice on alistic to ask that we just employ II4LW to DUo the asphalt. The dorm floors are able to hold classes at their own some Bics and cans of Raid and sputtered with salt formations discretion? Would it make more evaporate it? It would only do and our boots drag disgusting sense to just cancel classes for so much good; snowlocaust will TI U salty/sandy/wet shoe fluid wher- the semester? merely sweep over us again in a ever we walk (yet the doormat I asked a friendly Physical wintry, dysnowpian frenzy. leading into my room has been Planter outside my dorm about The snow will keep piling and 23 a k re t taken away twice by the custo- the snow policy on this campus. piling and piling and piling. The dial staft). On top of all of this, I caught him in the middle of bottom line is there is nothing New london. (0 necti I am injured. As a result, I have shoveling mounds of salt on the we can do and we are all going B(M1KS. REO)RDS • CLOTHES • HOME ("oOOOS to navigate the Iditarod-Iike ge- entranceway steps to combat the to die .• :I

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Our Brothers, and Sis- Inspection of Memory ters or Our EMMA WITTENBERG Aili Weeks, and Mary Gover. to stand and create some sort of STAFF WRITER Although all of the presenta- movement that would later have tions were informative and it was to be remembered and repeated. Forgotten Relatives? How does our memory define clear that the presenters had spent "Movement can unlock so many us? It's hardly easy to explain a huge amount of time pondering individual experiences and con- and understand the meaning of the idea of memory, the transition nect people," Dorfman said, as memories in a few hour-long ses- between a presentation on psy- the audience (myself included) sions, but speakers at the Memo- chological concepts such as per- awkwardly swayed and jumped, ry Across Disciplines symposium formative self and external narra- trying to recall our own muscle tackled the question by present- tive and a paper on human rights memories. The idea of muscle ing insights ranging from specific in mental hospitals was a rather memory and its connection to our psychological explanations to difficult one to make. personal psychological memories much more abstract connections In the afternoon, Conn faculty was an unexpected addition to the to memory through dance and from several disciplines partici- conversation. movement. pated in a panel discussion, con- The last presentation was given The event began on the evening necting their fields of research by Negar Mottahdeh, who spoke of Thursday, February 3, with to the idea of memory. Slavic about the 2009 protests in Iran a screening of Unknown White studies professor Andrea Lanoux against President Mahmoud Ah- Male, a documentary about Doug discussed one of her projects madinejad. She explained that Bruce, a 35-year-old man who that consisted of speaking with much of the spirit of these pro- wakes up on a subway in New Russian youths about the fall of tests were directly influenced by York City to find all of the memo- the Soviet Union, a monumental the Iranian Revolution of 1979. ries from his life have vanished. event that happened when they The chants and songs were adap- The movie was an interesting were very young. She found tations of tbose that came thirty way to begin thinking about the years earlier. impact that memories have on our "If we are only made up When the question and answer personality and identity in gen- session began, someone immedi- eral. Between psychedelic clips of memories, then who ately asked what we had all been of flasbing colors and images are we, really?" thinking, "So how tan we connect of city streets reflecting Bruce's all of this?" Many of the speakers lost memories, I watched as he that their own memories were offered their own answers; Dor- adjusted to his new life, meeting overridden by those of the older fman said, "What we all want his father for the "first time" and generation and that the event from memory is truth. There is a getting a tour of his hometown of means surprisingly little to them human desire to remember." The London. The movie approached in the present. Professor Court- fact is that it's impossible to find the issue in a similar way to the ney Baker of the Department one theme of the symposium, hut Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed EIBaradei may emerge as afrontrunner to symposium, interviewing both replace Hosnt Muborak as President of EgypJ of Literatures in English talked it did give the rare opportunity to psychologists and philosophers about her research into images see professors and students from SETH NIGROSH who gave their own opinions on of black suffering and death and a huge range of disciplines offer BLOGGER in 20 IO. Still, the u.s, is selling Bruce's condition. The movie their role in constructing Ameri- their thoughts on the importance $60.5 billion worth of weapons ended on the more philosophical can cultural memory. Her col- of memory on personal identity Edltor s Note: This article was to them. And who needs to be re- side of things with Bruce stand- league Lina Wilder, whose book and let us attendees ponder the first published electronically on minded of Dick Cheney palling ing on the balcony of his apart- Shakespeare s Memory Theater topic on our own .• OUI' political blog on January 30. around with Saddam Hussein? ment asking the camera, "If we was just published by Access the archives from thecolle- Didn't we end up hanging him or are only made up of memories, Cambridge Universi- gevoice.org. something? How democratic of then who 'are we, really?" ty Press, talked about After the Tunisian protests took us. The next morning, Mark Free- the role of memory in down a government and rocked To be fair, it's easy to under- man a the psychology professor Hamlet. a region, Egyptians have real- stand why the U.S. supports non- at the College of the Holy Cross, As I listened to ized that they have had enough democratic regimes like that of began the symposium by sum- each presentation, I of the autocratic rule of President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. The marizing the idea of memory on found myself won- Hosni Mubarak. The question be- hawk in government have never a large scale. Jefferson Singer, dering how this comes, what docs America do? In really cared about spreading de- a psychology professor here at would come togeth- the Middle ast, nothing is ever mocracy, or even keeping democ- Conn, presented a paper that er in the end and simple, and it's often the case that racy vibrant and alive at home. explained that one of the most whether tbese top- what seem morally right is actu- Sure, we have fair elections, or important aspects of memory ics could really be ally detrimental to our interests. at least as fair as you can get with in psychology is "self-defining related. David Kim In this case, though, we would be millions of corporate and union memories." He gave examples of and David Dorfman's making a grave mistake by not dollars to finance campaigns, but his own patients to illustrate the joint presentation throwing our full support behind what about the PATRIOT Act? importance of looking back on on movement was the protestors in their quest to rid What about the sacrosanct intel- seemingly insignificant memories definitely a highlight them elves and their country of ligence and defense programs? to understand current personal- of the symposium. tyranny. What about a lack of transpar- ity traits. Additional papers were The audience was The United tates has, at best, eney for the American taxpayer? presented by seniors Emily Lake, asked multiple times a checkered past when it comes to The hawks have cared most about encouraging democracy, This may security, and true democracy is a sound like some sort of socialist distant second. In order for us to heresy, but those pesky little things maintain internal security, it is in callcd facts don't lie. Lnthe 1980s, our interest to control the outside HIGHLY RESPECTED. the U.S. government, through the factors that might damage that lA and in cooperation with the afety. HIGHLY REWARDING. Argentinean dictatorship) gave Rulers like Mubarak have kept a money and support to the Nicara- convenient handle on more radical guan ontras. The Contras wcrc elements like the Muslim Brother- THE QUINNIPIAC MASTER fighting against the Sandinistas, hood. If that means that Egyptians who had ousted a military dicta- do not have freedom of speech or OF ARTS IN TEACHING. torship, and proceeded to win a can be subject to imprisonment

1984 nati nal election that outside without a fair trial, then that is a With cxrcrislve inrerushjp program., t al-world xpcrtcnce and ohservers said was free and fair. trade many in the government 11 dynamic faculry; the Quinn;piac Ma"rcr of Arts in Thaching Surprisingly or not, depending on have seemed willing to make. It's (MAT) program am, high marks from smclent. ana ducarors your point of view, our govern- beginning to feel like democracy alike. And now our MAT pf'Qgrtechno music flooded the arena, The cries shows you've attended, I bet you of confusion and discord mingled with tinny laser noises as my com- don't know that in this random rades depressed their triggers, aiming at our until-then-unseen foes, little hall in Cummings rehearsals I reached my destination, sliding into an inflatable barrier laid out for Conn's upcoming production on the dusty wooden floor, My shoulder slammed into it, causing it to of The Threepenny Opera are in rock violently on its sandbag fasteners, I peeked my head over the bar- full swing, rier to take a quick account of the situation; the barrel of a pistol about When I heard the rehearsals twenty feet away met my gaze, I quickly ducked back behind my cover were being held in Oliva, I was to dodge the enemy fire, but it was too late; my gun was shaking in my relieved that I wouldn't have to hand as the cold red light of my head indicator covered my arms and trek down Gallows Lane to the the nearby ground, One life down, nine to go, old DNA EpiCenter, the tradi- On Thursday, January 27, between the hours of9:00 PM and 12:30 tional location for Conn's theater AM, approximately 150 warriors like myself poured into Cro to engage rehearsals, Instead, I made my in heated 4v4 laser tag skirmishes, way from Harris to Cummings on "I was worried all day that it was going to get cancelled," said Kim a treacherously icy Wednesday Marker '13, who, along with Jeannette Williams, the Assistant Direc- evening to find out more about tor of Student Engagement & Leadership here at Conn, organized the the upcoming show, entire event. Marker is the president and treasurer for the organization When 1 arrived, the cast was SAPA (Student Activities Programming Assistant Staff), which, as its just getting ready to go, They name indicates, helps organize many of the entertainment events for gathered around a circle of chairs, students, laughing and swapping jokes with She had been putting everything together with Party Vision, the com- director Peter Deffet. I wondered pany that supplied the laser tag equipment Due to inclement weather, how fewer than twenty people Party Vision, based in Nashua, New Hampshire, nearly didn't make could be as loud as Harris at din- gs it to Conn in time for the event. Luckily, disaster was averted, and nertime - I guess the answer is 6 they pulled into campus with time to spare, Due to a lot of advertis- pure enthusiasm. But when it W ing and planning beforehand, as well as the evenl's wide-reaching ap- came time to start, the room be- ~ peal, Marker claims that this was SAPA's "most successful event.., came immediately silent. They I this year." got started on discussing the re- e: While the event was generally well-received, it was not without its hearsal schedule, comprised of is hitches, Due to the small number of players allowed in each game, cou- eighteen intense hours each week. ~ pled with the length of each game (about ten minutes each), many were These people meant business. « .. :I: left waiting in line for nearly half an hour, if not longer, Furthermore, Logistics worked out, the cast 0( toward the end of the event, the equipment seemed to malfunction fre- began their first read-through. ~ quently, forcing players to pause mid-game to reset their weapons, "You are about to see an opera for Kadie Greenfield 'J J rehearses a song/or The Threepenny Opera. These problems aside, Marker believes the event stili went very well beggars," the play begins, "Be- and, when questioned as to whether or not there would be another la.ser cause this opera is so magnificent tunes in the show; yet, cast mem- along with Bill Thomas as Music tag night, she responded. "1 really hope so; I would love to make It a only a beggar could have thought ber 'Ben Stepansky '12 explains, Director, When I asked what led yearly thing," it up, and because it still had to be "It's a musical that doesn't focus to the decision for this year's mu- She is fully aware of the problems that occurred this time around so cheap even beggars could af- on tbe music. It's really more sical, Deffet explained that he had and is looking to make next year's event more accommodating, Rest ford it, we call it The Threepenny abouit the story." directed Threepenny in college, assured, though: even with the probable fixes, the event WIll remam Opera." SCI what kind of a story is and had been di cussing doing free of charge, • Set in the slums of Victorian Threepenny] As Stepansky points it at Conn for a while, He thinks London, the musical centers out, "There's pimps, there's pros- it's the play's strong political around the notorious criminal, titunes and there's hangings." message that makes it popular on Maeheath, who marries a young The-re's also more beneath the campuses, "Jt speaks to the wisb woman named Polly, But when grizzly surface. for everyone to be treated equal- her father, Mr. Peachum, hears According to Deffet, "This isn't ly." After all, "college students 24-Hour Theater! the news, he tries to use his influ- yowr everyday jazz-hands kind are political." Needs writers. directors. and actors! ence to have Maeheath hanged, of musical." German playwright Assistant stage manager Molly You might have heard of Bertolt Brecht's goal was "mak- Clifford '13 says that The Three- "Mack the Knife," a song first ing people realize tbat what they penny Opera "is all about eco- Writers meet FridaY at 8PM. They send in popularized in the Ll.S. by Louis were watching was not real." His nomics and getting ahead, and their short play by 8AM Saturday. Directors , Armstrong. Jt was later sung by technique discourages excessive that relates so well to the world meet then to pick their play. and actors ar- Bobby Darin, recorded by Frank emotional investment by the au- we live in. It's 8 very interesting, rive at gAM to rehearse all day. The plays are Sinatra and ranked 251 on Roil- diclnee, and "if they do get caught timely piece to do." ing Stane's "500 Greatest Songs up in the romance, it's only so we Based on my evening in Oliva, performed Saturday at 8PM. of All Time," Did you know that cam pull the rug right out from un- I'd say that when Tire Th,'Cepenny No experience nexessary! "Mack the Knife" is from The derneath them. n Opera goes up March 3-6, it will Interested? Threepenny Opera? Well, now Some of you might remember be well worth Urree pennies to go &nail [email protected] you do, The Rocky Horror Show from see, Hell, J bet it'll.be worth eight Clearly there are some good last year, also directed by Deffet, bucks, •

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Aside from Best Pict ure , Toy Hours without giving away spoil- Franco is absurdly good here; go! The Oscars will he on Feb- In any case, I quickly realized Story 3 has been nom in at.ed for ers, at least according to several he brings surprising depth to a ruary 27. Also, Anne Hathaway while perusing this list a few days four other Oscars: Best A .dapted people who asked me to tell them character that doesn't have the and James Franco are hosting, ago thai I hadn't actually seen any Screenplay, Best Animate xl Fea- about the film and then scolded opportunity to say much. In fact and I am eagerly anticipating the of these movies, which is really ture, Best Sound Editing and Best me when I. described a key mo- the script for this film can't be inevitably super-awkward com- unusual for me. Even more inter- Original Song. Let's be bl'u nt: it's ment. That being said, I'll try very thick, which is why its Best edy skits that I know they both esting is the fact that I was recent- not getting Best Picture, b IUt Toy to be unspecific. Relevant side Adapted Screenplay. nomination worked really, really hard on. ly asked by The College Voice to Story 3 has got Best Ao .imated note: mountaineer Aron Ralston confuses me. I doubt it will win What would really be weird is if provide live commentary during Feature written all over it. There is a real person who, after being it, but Best Actor is a possibility Franco does somehow pull out Oscar night via 8 Twitter account. are only two other nomin lees in trapped beneath a boulder in a unless Javier Bardem surprises the win for Best Actor. Does he While this sounds amazing and I that category after all, and; I. don't canyon for five days, amputated us again and spooks the Acad- have to keep hosting? Has that can't wait to do it. it seems only think either of them caus. ed mid- his ann in order to free himself. emy into giving him one to keep even happened before? We can reasonable that I should see most, dle-aged men to bawl the-ir eyes Now, 127 Hours is ahout his Best Supporting Actor Oscar only watch and find out. • if not all, of the Best Picture nom- out. Nothing's getting in l,a'y Sto- mountaineer Aron Ralston, some company. So, 127 Hours is inees before the awards. ry 3's way, not even How toI rain played by James Franco. While good, hut is it getting Best Pic- Check out The College Voice's Fortunately, I knocked out two Your Dragon, which Iheard was hiking, he gets trapped beneath a ture? I'm going to say no, but it Twitter feed all Oscar night, Feb- of them this week, Toy Story 3 great but neglected to see. houlder for five days, and he frees definitely deserves the nod. ruary 27,for Jerell 's live tweets. and 127 Hours, and can share I have no idea what tl ie real himself by- oh! I won't spoil it for Two movies down, eight to some of my own predictions on qualifications for Best Souio.d Ed- you. Needless to say, it's brutal, their award eligibility. iring are (sorry), and since Best and apparently the scene caused For those of you who don't Adapted Screenplay pretty much some people in Toronto to faint, know, Toy Story 3 was a success belongs to The Social Net: work, but that's not a reason to skip the Prophets of Funk last year, and became a very rare that leaves Best Original : Song, movie. In fact, one could argue A David Dorfman Dance production Hollywood "Hat Trick", which which Toy Story 3 actualb-e, has that it's a big reason to watch. here means "three awesome mov- a decent shot at since B .andy 127 Hours has been nominated ies that get more awesome oyer Newman decided to come 0 iut of for six Oscars. Best Film Editing time." Considering that Pixar was whatever cave he's in. This is as- is a 'big possibility for this one; essentially risking the ruination suming, of course, that COJ,(ntry Danny Boyle of Slumdog Million- of an indisputable classic from Strong doesn't get in the' way, aire fame does some pretty cool most of our childhoods, I was stumbling into the Oscars s mell- things with the camera, putting it very pleased with the end result. ing like whiskey and cliches. Toy in places you certainly wouldn't If this movie doesn't cause an Story 3 will no douht get at .least expect and giving us lots of emotional response in you, then one Oscar this year, maybe t~woo oblique angles that increase the you have no soul. Now, it's hard to talk about 127 intensity rather than parody it. In summer, Yale Photographs are from "Prophets of Funk: Dance to the Music, " a David Dorfman Dance production that celebrated the inspira- turns up the heat. tional music of Sly and the Family Stone. The dance featured a performance by Raja Kelly '09. and Professor David Kim helped develop the piece for the company. The show was a part of Conn's onStage series. And you're invited, CECILIA BROWN I STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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... THECOLLEGE VOICE· FEBRUARY7. 2011 ------SPORTS· II Men's Basketball Relies on Youth The "Deets" on The for Success Onion SportsDome

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JERELL MAYS STAFF WRITER For those of you who don't know, The Onion is a sa- tirical news source so thoroughly drenched in deadpan humor that at first glance it seems authentic. I thought The Onion, which produces daily phony articles on ev- erything from politics to entertainment to sports, created more than enough content to appease its readers. Appar- DUNCAN SPAULDING/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ently, they didn't think so. Recently, they premiered a show on Comedy Cen- BEN STEPANSKY along with forward Bobby Bellotti game plan. tral called The Onion SportsDome. This is an amazing STAFF WRITER , 12, has taken the team by the reins Conn is looking to finish strong in idea on paper; the ridiculousness of SportsCenter and and motivated players throughout their final two games of the season, ESPN coverage shows, which often consist of five guys Without a senior on the team, the season. each against NESCAC opponents. attempting to out-talk each other all at once, is a hith- men's basketball has bad to fight Moreover, breakout guard Matt This past weekend they defeated erto uri-plundered comedy goldmine. While The Onion hard this season to compete with Vadas ' 14 has emerged as a young Wesleyan 81-73, and will finish off SporlsDome doesn't always hit the mark, it was consis- the physical play in the NESCAC. general on the court, leading the the year against Bowdoin and Col- tently funny enough to keep me watching. Coming off a difficult 71-66 loss to Camels in scoring (16.6 points per by at home this weekend. Bowdoin If The Onion is good for one thing, it's joke quantity. 14th ranked Western Connecticut game). He dropped twenty-three and Colby are predicted to be beat- While oftentimes the titles of The Onion s articles are State University, the Camels have points on Bates on January 29. able opponents as each sits in the funnier than the articles themselves, the sheer amount gone 4-6 over their last ten games Vadas has also drained 39% of his bottom half of the standings. of content churned out often ensures that something will (dating back to January 10), but three-pointers this season. Forward The Camels play Bowdoin on satisfy somebody. The same tactic is employed in The have shown a lot of progress over Mason Lopez ' 14 has also looked Friday, February II at 6:00 PM and Onion Sportslsome, which has a joke rate so high that the course of the season. impressive, hitting 47% of his Colby on Saturday, February 12 at when something really gets you to crack up, you find "Our team has improved a lot," three-point field goals this season, 2:00 PM. Both games are home in you've missed several more jokes in that time span, and said assistant coach Matt Fava. followed by guard/forward Rob the Luce Field House. Go out and to me that is almost always a good thing. Don't like one "Our young guys are really matur- Harrigan '13, who is shooting 40% support the team as it attempts to joke? Here's three more. The show is well paced for its ing quickly, and our older guys are from behind the arc. finish the season on a high note. Just content; it never stops moving. helping them figure out what col- Also essential to the team this two wins out of the next three con- The hosts, Mark Shepard and Alex Reiser (played lege basketball is all about." year has been center Pete Banos ference games are needed to squeak by Matt Oberg and Matt Walton) are a good duo. Alex With ten wins, the Camels have , 13, who at 6' I 0" has brought an into the NESCAC playoffs and set Reiser is recently off of probation and as cocksure as equaled last season's win total entire new dimension to the Camel James Bond, while Mark Shepard is a spectacled sports out for a strong~run:::.:.=::;;::;;;;.., with two games still, remaining savant whose gratuitous use Of the abbreviation "deets" in the season. This record is even can sum up much of his personality. He's also in a band more impressive because the Cam- called Deadly Chemistry, which his co-workers avoid els' first four league games came seeing at every opportunity. against three opponents ranked in While the show's hosts are funny enough, what lliked the top ten. the most about them is that they never get in the way of Equally impressive is Conn's 9-6 the coverage. Their characterization is achieved purely record out of conference, including through snippets of fast paced banter, which is very often big wins-against Hunfer College bloodthirsty and pitiless in nature. Ioccasionally got the (83-64), the Coast Guard Academy feeling the writers consider all sports completely worth- (79-73 OT) and Mitchell College less, particularly soccer, which is completely ignored (73-60). Both wins against fellow when it isn't being harshly lampooned. Also commend- New London colleges came on the able are the lengthy, over-the-top graphics sequences, .road. or the use of the term "human garbage" in describing • "We have been successful be- Kwame Brown, or the coverage of people on crystal •cause of our quality of play," said meth, as well as a teenager attempting to break the world : Fava, "and the wins have been a by- masturbation record (he succeeds). One memorable por- •product of that." tion featured a parody of the "Make-A- Wish" program, : The Camels have been scorch- in which a little girl with cancer, who is also a devout : ing the net from three-point range, Phillies fan, has her dream of heckling Mets third base- :h(tting nearly four threes for every man David Wright in person brought to fruition. : ten they take (37%). That puts them The show isn't perfect, however. Some of the bits fall :fourth in the NESCAC in 3-PT short; others run a bit longer than necessary. One por- :field goal percentage despite taking tion that comes to mind was a top ten countdown of the : the third most three-pointers in the NBA's best tall players. It was little more than the hosts' : league. Free throws have not been a incessant use of the word tall. Although 1 found myself :problem either for the Camels. They chuckling at the sheer persistence of the joke, Iwas sur- .are shooting 78% from the free prised it even made it onto the air. Lesser jokes such as throw line as a team this season. . this don't get too much in the way of the show's appeal, ~ However, the Camels are averag- though. ing eighteen turnovers per game, In fact, the show's best moment thus far took place in and, as the season draws to a close, the first episode, which described a handicapped mixed improving this statistic is becoming martial arts fighter who was banned from the league be- increasingly important. cause of his prosthetic metal hands, which can exert up The juniors on the team have to 5,000 pounds of pressure. It's the show's funniest bit stepped up into their leadersbip po- so far, and with four episodes under its belt, The On- sitions without any seniors on the Forward Mason Lopez' 14 goes for more points in the paint against Wesleyan while Taylor iO/1 SportsDome is shaping up to be a reason to watch roster. Captain Brian Mahoney' 12, Hanson '14 looks on. 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True Grit: Women's Basketball fight through off-court issues to claim first NESCACwin in three years

MIKE FLINT Home said. '''Everyone steps up' doesn't mean you're games. It felt good for all our hard work to finally payoff." SPORTS EDITOR suddenly scoring ten points more than you usually Score... More importantly, the experience of fighting through ad- People are talking more and stepping outside of their com- versity and still finding success will be something the team CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 fort [zones]." can look back on when they face difficulties in the future. opponents, it seemed as though all hope was lost. The And so going into their game against Wesleyan, Conn- The drama of this January allowed the younger players on despite having only nine players on the roster-was very team was devastated. Without two of their best players, an- the team to mature and develop as collegiate athletes very confident. Verrengia, the only senior on the team, even quickly. It's hard not to see this win as a defining moment other winless conference record was looming III the future. guaranteed a win. The junior class, which had come into Conn two years ago in the team's history and as a potential turning point for the "We're getting a 'W,''' Verrengia said before the game. hopeful and excited for Camel basketball, had never seen program's success. "It's going to he our first NESCAC win in three years. a NESCAC win. They couldn't bear another last place fin- After the win against Wesleyan, "I foresee this [success] We will win Saturday by ten points." continuing into the future," said Home. And not just next ish or another season with a zero III the ~1ll column. Three Conn won by seven, 49-42, hut who's counting? season, but next weekend, too. years of hard wqrk was coming to nothing. The victory over Wesleyan is the most satisfying win the But the team picked itself up and banded together. Ath- "Next weekend [against Bowdoin and Colby] is just as Camels have experienced in a long, long time. More than important ofa weekend," said Horne. "We have to get one had once been role players hegan stepping up 1eeswo t h T'" "11 just ending their NESCAC losing streak, the win was a of those games." again.. A gains . t B a tes on January 29,.• on verrengra . d high 21 points and Kim Home 12 added statement not only to the NESCAC community, but also to The Camels take on Bowdoin on Friday at 8 PM and score a career 1 .. the ladies themselves. It proves that the Camels can com- Colby on Saturday at 4 PM in the Luce Field House. They 16'points an d 8 r· ebounds On the season,.. Verrengia IS av- . 45 . t per game and Home IS averaging 5.4 pete in this league, even shorthanded, and that their hard will be the team's final two games of the season unless the eragmg . porn s work is finally beginning to payoff. Camels win both, and, with a little luck, manage to make points and 4 rebounds per game. . . did not always mean racking up num- "[The win against Wesleyan] was a feeling that was the NESCAC Tournament. • But steppmg up much overdue," said Horne. "It's nice to change people's bers on the stat sheet...... '" " ~ h been stepping up m ,.,Iuerent ways, opinions. I'm sick of no one expecting us to win any "Everyone as • 12-- _ THE COLLEGE VOICE SPORTS FEBRUARY7,2011 Editors Nick Woolf & Mike Flint [email protected] Women's Hockey in Playoff Contention EMILY WEBB of January 15. In each of these STAFF WRITER games, first year forward Court- ney Dumont played a "pivotal While the majority of campus role." Against the Mules, Dumont was at home enjoying the plea- provided the assist .for the tying surable relaxation of a month- goal and the game winner for a long winter break, the women's final score of 3-2, while against hockey team was skating, shoot- the Polar Bears, she scored a de- ing and scoring its way to four cisive goal in the second period victories, Two of these wins came that provided the Camels with the I" against NESCAC opponents momentum to come out winners, (Bowdoin and Colby) and played Following that weekend, Du- key roles in pushing the Camels mont was ranked third in league to fifth place in the league. for season in individual points Although the season is over and goals. For her outstanding halfway done, there is still plenty performances, she was named of time for movement within the NESCAC Women's Ice Hockey rankings. In NESCAC hockey, Player of the Week. Earlier in the women's teams face each the season, Coach Kristen Steele other twice each season. While noted that Dumont is an integral the Camels are preparing for their component to the teams "formi- first match against Hamilton, they dable offense," a characteristic are gearing up for their second that has remained true. face-offs with Williams, Middle- Other standout players include The Lady Camel skaters celebrate a goal against Southern Maine. PHOTO BY DUNCAN SPAULDING bury, Wesleyan and Trinity. Brigid O'Gorman '11, who is not Tn their first go-around against only known for her competitive these teams, the Camels went 2-2, spirit on the ice, but also for her O'Gorman's efforts on the ice are el, and the stats show it," Steele remains strong. beating Williams and Wesleyan humanitarian efforts. Last year, not overshadowed by her' charita- said. "Our goal all along has been while falling to Trinity and Mid- O'Gorman was one of the seven ble work. Last week, she scored a "This team is unique from oth- to put ourselves in a position to dlebury. Conn is looking to tum finalists nominated for the Hock- goal in the Camel victory over the er years because of its talent," she host the first round of playoffs. It the tables this time around, and ey Humanitarian Award. This University of Southern Maine. added. And this talent exists not is still a possibility, With six NE- after an intense month of practice award, presented by BNY Mellon Teammate Olivia Farrell '14 only in the individual strengths of SCAC games left .. , a tight race to and a string of successful games, Wealth Management, recognizes has also made a mark this season, each player, but also in their in- the finish will be required," said the Camels have the confidence college hockey players who pro- tied for fourth in overall assists in nate ability to come together as a Steele. and skill to come out victorious. vide humanitarian aid in any of a league and tied for seventh in in- team on the ice. In the last several The Camels will need to win a Two of their most notable vic- myriad of ways. dividual point scoring. weeks of the season, their perse- majority of their final four games tories took place against Colby This season she has been "Clearly the freshmen tandem verance and skill will be tested by to accomplish this very realistic and Bowdoin, over the weekend nominated again for her contin- Olivia Farrell and Courtney Du- a demanding schedule, however goal of hosting the first round of ued humanitarian efforts. Still, mont have produced at a high lev- the prospect for postseason play playoffs .• Offthe Water CCRowing team utilizes off-season for Winter Training SHELBY SISCO varsity boats and novice boats to come together as one. CONTRIBUTOR The warm breezes, bright sunshine and green grass of spring may seem a distant dream from beneath the mountain of snow on campus these days, but Camel rowers know that While a seemingly endless parade of record-breaking storms marches across the coun- the demanding 1000 and 1500 meter races of the spring season will be upon them all too try and Conn Coli's erstwhile snow plows bury our cars in North Lot and behind Cro, soon. They are confident their winter time dedication to training off the water will pay Camel men and women's crew teams are busy preparing for the spring racing season. off with Camel pride when their shells take to the water a mere six weeks from now. The For .crew teams, the time between the end of the fall season on Halloween and the teams will be hosting an "erg-a-thon" fundraiser on February 18-19, where they will be February 21 start of the spring season is an iffy period. NCAA Division III rules prohibit erging for twenty-four hours straight and selling neon "CAMELS" t-shirts .• coached workouts and practicing on the water during the winter off season. Coaches are not even allowed to sit in on workout sessions. The rowers, however, need to keep in tip-top shape, and they need to sharpen and improve their technique. So crew practice during the winter is unofficial and attendance is not teclmically mandatory-though frequent ab- sences are frowned upon. The women's team has an interest- ing trick for motivating teammates to come to practice: who- ever has the highest attendance rate gets at-shirt. Workouts during this period are organized by team captains and run by the captains and the coxswains. The sessions range - from fun and lighthearted-an hour of yoga-to grueling and intense--countless pieces on the ergs. For those of you not up on your rowing terminology, here is a brief glossary: The coxswain is the small, loud, bossy person who sits in the front ofthe boat. Some say the cox is the hrains ofthe boat. The cox calls the workout, telling the rowers what speed to go and for how long, when to take moves (ten strokes for power in the legs, ten strokes for quick arms, etc.), and helps correct technique. . Thought by some to be a torture device, an erg is an in- door cardio machine that simulates rowing--one ofthe closest things to being on the water when you can't actually be on the water. It has a computer monitor to record stroke rate (how many strokes per minute the rower is taking), split time (the projected amount of time it would take to row 500 meters at any given rate), time elapsed and distance covered. A common erg workout for winter training would be three by ten minute pieces-three ten minute long stretches of row- ing. To get an idea of how a rower feels doing a piece, think of the steepest hill you have ever seen, then imagine running as fast as you possibly can up that hill non-stop three times for ten minutes at a time. The tank looks like a massive bath- tub with an eight seat rowing shell anchored in it. Where the erg lets an individual rower work on speed, timing, strength and endurance, the tank lets the full team work together on the tech- niques and synchronization that are essential to success on the water. The teams supplement these workouts with weight lifting circuits, includ- ing exercises like pushups, wall-sits, stairs, squats, body weight exercises and some weighted lifts as well. Said Katy Varga' II, captain of the varsity women's team, "The best part about it is being around your teammates who push each other every day. The bonding experience we have as a group is also really positive, and a fun chance to get to know each other better than we did in the fall." Both the men's and women's teams consider themselves truly tight-knit groups, and winter training is an opportunity for

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