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First Class U.S. Postage PAID Pennit#35 New London, cr PUBUSHED WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF CONNECTICUT COLLEGE VOLUME XXVI • NUMBER 21 FRIDAY, M4Y 2, 2003 CONNECTICUT COlLEGB, NEW LONDON, CT INSIDE: Campbell Leaves to Assume New Deanship SPECIAL By JAMIE ROGERS The College Voice presents spe- Campbell's decision. "We are NEWS EDITOR thrilled that he and his family have cial News, A&E and Sports pro- chosen to join us at Assumption files of graduating seniors. Conway Campbell, Director of College," said Nancy Crimmin, cur- Residential Life and Housing, rent Associate Dean of Students, announced his resignation last week, who will be the Dean of Campus accepting the position of Associate Life next year and work closely with Dean of Students and Director of Campbell. "We are looking forward Residential Life at Assumption to his new ideas, fresh sense of Kurt Brown '03 passed the gavel on 10Rick Gropper '04 Thrusday night. Brown plans to leave the SlU4 wilh a new endowment fund (Rogers). College in Worcester, MA. His vision, and his excitement about stu- departure on June 29th will mark his dents and their co-curricular life." fifth year anniversary at the College. Assumption College is a liberal I Campbell's departure leaves a arts Catholic institution of 2100 Changing of the Guard hole in the Office of Student Life undergraduates, 1800 of which live I that won't easily be filled. According on campus. Unlike Conn, A&E BY JAMIE ROGERS to David Milstone, Dean of Student Assumption has a large staff of pro- NEWS EmToR Life, Campbell is an "integral force" fessional Residential Directors, Larry Hulst's current exhibit at in this office, Milstone confessed comprised mostly of graduate stu- the Lyman Allyn captures the that Conway's help and advice were dents as well as over sixty student essence of rock 'n roll. Gropper Envisions Brown Secures 25K crucial in Milstone's own integration Residential Advisors. Despite these into the College this year. "Conway differences, Campbell felt that the Leadership Cabinet for SGAEndowment is amazing," he said. small collegiate environment would Campbell accepted position of be similar to that characterizing Rick Gropper '04, next year's SGA President, pro- In one of his last acts as President, Kurt Brown '03 Associate Dean to broaden his expe- Conn and afford him the same bonds posed the creation of a new Presidential Cabinet last established a student government Endowment Fund with rience in student life. "Career-wise, he developed here. week in a letter addressed to all student leaders on cam- a newly discovered $25,000. The money came from two being Dean will give me a chance to His departure will affect many pus. The Cabinet will include all club presidents, varsi- smaller accounts that had been earning interest since at work in other parts of campus life," people across campus, Many stu- ty sports captains and members of the Student least 1993. said Campbell. dents were shocked, one student Government Executive Board. The money was invested by the SGA over ten years Campbell insisted that he would commenting, "I don't know what the "I believe that the Presidential Cabinet will play an ago, in a time when the school operated on a surplus carry the friendships he developed at school's going to do." integral role in the creation of unity between Conn's budget. "There were pockets of money in lots of places," Conn for the rest of his life, saying According to Milstone, there are I' SPORTS student organizations, varsity teams and the SGA," said said David Milstone, Dean of Student Life. he would miss the community and two options. "Any time a person at , Gropper. "This comprehensive body should help to Instead of spending the excess funds the executives the chance to see "next year's group the director level leaves, the College The Men's Lacrosse team went , promote inter-group relations, serve as a spring board at the time invested the money in CDs and mutual funds, excel." has a choice." The College can either down in over-time to Wesleyan to for the creation of new and exciting camp~s-wide Over the years several of these "rainy day" accounts In Worcester, the Assumption conduct a search to fill the position, wrap up a positive season. administration was excited about continued on page 10 continued on page 10 continued on page 10 ,I l 360 Themes Offer New Perspectives" Plant Suffers Anti-Semitic Attack ,I ! By JAMIE ROGERS War in Iraq as the focus of their exploration. They plan whose top was written in block let- to use contemporary music as well pieces from the ters, "You deserved it". They quick- NEWS EDlTOR Rhode Island School of Design. ly reported the incident to Jim Next year's 360 apartments feature a range of inter- The group Witch Doctors and Medicine Men: Folger 'OS, PA for the second f100l., ests and talents. 360 Mohegan Ave. is an apartment-style Exploring Indigenous African Religions is looking to who called Campus Safety and living space on the northeast end of campus, where four shed American misconceptions about Africans. ''There Kesner. groups-one double and three triples--each promote a has been a lot of inaccurate portrayals of African reli- "My first response was to make theme that is not sufficiently represented on campus. gion," said Jake Ighile '05. "We would like to encourage sure the residents in the dorm feel Living in the double, Katherine Bilby '04 and Ashely and organize dialogue about the mystical aspects and comfortable and safe," said Kesner, Coltin '04 will promote healthy living with their theme tendencies of religion from an African perspective." who felt personally affected as the I entitled: World Health: Promoting Consciousness, They hope to use anthropology, history and religion in Housefellow of the dorm and a Creating Dialogue. "The little dialogue in existence is their presentations, and will also include a variety of Jewish student. He was confident limited to topics about sexually transmitted diseases and African cuisine and an Ethiopian coffee ceremony. Hailu that the crime was not committed by women's safety," said the pair. "We propose to expand Teklehaimanot '05 and BJ Oduor '06, the other two any of his residents. "I don't believe the College's vision of health to the globalleve!." members, are from different regions of African and hope any of them are to blame," he said. Their events will include a dinner and discussion to diversify the discussion by applying their personal The graffiti was written some- about breast cancer and a supplementary walk in the experiences. time between 1:00 PM, when annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in New York City The third triple, Kitchen: Everyone Eats, will use Campus Safety entered Plant to in September. Other events will include an "Afghan food and eating as the axis for discussion about contem- unlock a room, and 1:45 prn, when Dinner" featuring guest speakers from the Management porary culture. The three members of the group, Emily the girls discovered it. Officials are Sciences for Health, a Boston-based non-govermnental Serrell '04, Georgia Wright '04, and Caitlin Sirico '04 perplexed by the incident because it organization, and a talk by a leading epidemiologist are each accomplished cooks and hope to entice the occurred during the afternoon relating to epidemics today. campus with their cuisine. They will examine how food whereas many of the other bias inci- Another group, called Operation Art, hopes to exam- affects mood and metabolism, how food serves as "an dents of the past year transpired at ine the media of literature, music and art in times of war. identifier and generator" of culture, and the impact of night. Dave Strick '04, Liam Cohen '05 and Eddie Slade '06, fast food on globalization, The incidents constitute the first will convert their living space into a gallery and forum There are no themes currently planned for the anti-Semitic graffiti this year. Last for discussion about wartime art. During the first semes- Freeman towers, a pair of doubles with a common room year several swastikas were discov- ter they will apply World War II, Vietnam and the recent that does not have cooking facilities. ered on the fourth floor of JA but were quickly erased, and the perpe- trator was never found. This year the Conn Hires Eight Tenure Track Faculty campus was afflicted by numerous poster and wall defacements, most By NA1J\LIE BoLCH eight professors has been included as a part of Conn's of which were directed toward stu- STAFF WRlTER budget planning for a while; it is in no way directly relat- dents of color. The community was ed to the subsequent increase in tuition for the fall 2003. so riled by the events that a campus- With the help of advertisements in printed and elec- These eight novel faculty members include Deborah wide open forum was held in tronic journals, recruiting efforts, and colleague recom- Eastman, Yongjin Park, Jacqueline Olvera, James February.