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VOLUME)(0I' ISSUE 15 The Threepenny Opera Conn tackles this Brechtian tale of greed, murder and lots of white face make-up

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SAM NORCROSS the only cheery upbeat song in the the decline of charity (one of the JULIA CRISTOFANO I was so uncomfortable." He then STAFF WRITER whole play (despite its lyrics about many satirical prods at morality STAFF WRITER wrote his full name on another murder and crime), that being masking greed in the play). He piece of paper, saying "it was so I decided to go in cold. I went "The Ballad of Maek the Knife." runs the shop along with his wife On February 20 a group of Con- nice to meet you, friend me on to the preview show of The The song, commonly known as (Izzy Brown' 12), and when they necticut College students chose a Facebook. " Threepenny Opera, presented "Mack the Knife," was made both realize exactly who their secluded spot in the library to do Shaken by the experience, the by the Connecticut College The- popular by Louis Armstrong and daughter has been involved with, some homework. The only other girl went back to doing her work. atre Department, last Wednesday Bobby Darin. On the seedier side they're distraught. person near them was a thin, "I guess I'm a trusting person," night knowing nothing but the of London, during some indeter- Meanwhile, the slap-dash wed- blonde college-aged man read- she said. "1 never expected some- title, and what I could glean from minate time period, there lives a ding, stitched together with stolen ing what looked like a dictionary. one like that to show up in our the incredibly creepy posters clever criminal named Macheath, goods, is already taking place in Two hours later, all the members library." around campus. It was a musical. aka Mack the Knife (Julian Gor- what seems to be Macheath's den of the group had left except for All girls who encountered this something I had assumed from don '14). He is known by all in of thieves. Polly Peachurn (Julie a single freshman girl. Shortly man asked to remain anonymous the title, but much different from town, and when Mr. Peachum Bergstein ' 12) is a young, inno- thereafter, the man got up from out of concern for their safety. the bright, campy shows I usually (Ryan Cameron' 12), the eharac- cent girl, and so absolutely enam- the chair and handed her a note She was not the only one. A associate with musical theatre. It ter on which the play opens, finds ored with Macheath that she can from across the table. Confused, week earlier, another female was a comedy with a serious set out that his daughter plans to wed see no wrong in him. Macheath she picked up the note that began freshman was working with two of themes and a show that I found this criminal, he is enraged. is slimly, but slick and cunning. with "I've beeo looking at you." of her friends on the second floor mostly enjoyable due to the great Peachurn is a hard, angry man Although it seems he really does He then asked her for her name of Shain at the secluded tables be- production. who runs a business hiring beg- have feelings for Polly, it quickly and where she was from. "My hind the stacks. The play began with a street gars, dressing them up to elicit becomes evident that his loyalty heart was racing," she said after. singer (played by Kadie Green- pity from the people and taking to anyone but himself wavers CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 _-'--illl!!.!!!dedthenote back to him; field ' 11) introducing the setting a cut of their earnings, all while with even the slightest breeze. and the main character in perhaps quoting the" Bible and lamenting CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

OPINION Best Offices on Campus Do You Stand With Planned Parenthood?

SOKKHAHAK CONTRIBUTOR On February 18, 20ll, the newly elected leaders in the House of Representatives voted 240-185 in favor of the Pence Amendment, which bans Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funding. This launched the most crippling legislative assault on women's health care in American history. The House leadership wants to eliminate the national family program called Title X, which has provided millions of women with preventa- tive eare since 1970. In addition, they want to stop all federal funds from supporting care through Planned Parenthood's more than eight hundred health centers across the country, whieh provide lifesaving Professor Manuel Lizarralde of the Anthropology Department shows ojfhis various collections. services every day of the week. To some individuals, Planned Parent- See Page 3for more professors' offices. hood is their only source of preventative healthcare. Simply put, their legislative attack will cut off health care access to millions of women who need it the most. _} CONTINUED ON PAGE 6/ j Unified Women's Lacrosse Team Prepared for NESCACCompetition

JOHN KELLY With tryouts just wrapping up, "The hope is that they take that Captains Grace McGaffin ' 12 "The upperclassmen work just STAFF WRITER the battle is already in full swing as a challenge, that it encourages and Kaitlyn Driscoll ' 12 cited as hard as they did coming in as among team members. No places them to work' really hard in the Coach McClelland's philosophy freshmen to make sure they're With the lights up and the turf on the squad were guaranteed, so offseason and fight for it," said on tryouts as an effective motiva- going to make an impact on the cleared of snow, the women's la- both freshmen and returning ath- head coach Heather McClelland. tor when the relentless Connecti- first day of tryouts," said McGaf- crosse team is on the field, eager letes had to work hard to earn a "It's a battle everyday and it's cut winters relegate them to the fin. "It keeps everyone working to kick off the 2011 season. jersey. fun." Athletic Center. hard and in the right rnindset."

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Preconceptions'" of East and West· page 4 Alternatives to Democracy' page 6 The Low Anthem Review. page 10 Women's Lacrosse' page 12 2 THECOLLEGEVOla EDITORIALS / / / LETTERS MARCH 7, 2011

THE COLLEGE VOICE Editorials "The views and opinions expressed in The College Voice are strictly those of studera authors. and not of Connecticut Col- lege. All content and editorial decisions remain in the hands of the students; neither the College's administration nor its This will be the last time I will refer to our are misused. . faculty exercise control over the content." campus as a "bubble" until we are engulfed The alternative to our current secunty sys- tem is to live in a pseudo-police state found Lilah Raptopoulos Editor-in-Chief in soapy solution or until SAC throws a at other, notably larger colleges and uruver- John Shennan Managing Editor foam party. I'll use this final hurrah as best sities, with campus safety officers at every Julie McMahon Creeuve Director Ican. On almost every tour Ilead, one parent comer and security measures at every door. will guaranteed ask the question: "Why do .Inhigh school, Istood nutside for at least New. Editors Jazmine Hughes you have co-ed bathrooms?" But later on, twenty minutes a day to enter the building, Meredith Boyle another will doubtless ask: "Do students waiting in a line of students to pass through OplnioDI Editor John Dodig generally feel safe on this campus?" We a metal detector and get my bag searched. In An. &: Entertalnmcnt Editors Racine Oxtoby always say that we do, that our school is "up a recent visit to NYU, I bad to leave 'proper' Kris Fleming on a hill," and that the nnly thing we worry identification with the security guard-my Sports OOton Nick Woolf about is meeting a confused deer on our way faded Conn ill didn't make the cut-and I Mike Flint to the athletic center. We point out the blue couldn't reenter the building without a resi- Photo Editors Karam Sethi light system, Camel Cards, and the active dent coming down to fetch me, show her ill, Tenaha Simon Campus Safety officers, and we keep walk- and sign me into the log. To get onto Conn's Head Copy Editors Rebecca !teel ing. At Conn, we're always safe, until we're campus after dark, I flash my ill and I'm Anna Membrino told that we're not. waved through. We are not embedded in an Advertising Manager Rebecca Heupel In the spring of 2007, an unidentified man urban city, nor do we have 40,000 students PR Director Rachel Blitzer was caught by several students looking into like NYU-another tour guide adage is "At Webma.ter Ayana Elson shower stalls on the fourth floor ofLarrabee. Conn, you don't know everyone's name, but Web Content Editor Ellie Benner In fall 2008, Thomas Lee Walden, a contrac- you know everyone's face"- but we have tor hired by the College and listed on the safety issues to worry about, too. STAFF Connecticut Department of Public Safety I'm not sure what is in place is enough. Writers Illustrators Photographers Sex Offender Registry, was found peeking Campus safety officers are always on patrol, Luke Carneal Jeremy Nakamura Jpek Bakir underneath bathroom stalls in Cro. Julia but they can't be everywhere at once. The Clam Chaisson AliciaToldi Hadley Brooks Cristofano's article this week discusses the blue light system is great, but it takes ten DevinCohen Copy Editors CeciliaBrown newest campus menace: an unfamiliar man minutes to get between one and another. Our Julia Cristofano ChristinaFogarasl Nevena Deligineva who makes disconcerting advances towards current security system is inconsistent. On ColeDelbyck JereU Mays HoittMcAllister women on our campus. one hand, it encourages to students interact Ethan Harfenisr AnnieMitcheU HannahPlishtin Sarah Kosofsky There are smaller issues still-c-t'bubble" or with off-campus visitors-s-inviting friends AlexOderman Miguel Salcedo EliMangold not, we do not live in the gated community to stay a weekend, meeting a local in the David Shanfield AmeliaSmith Jerel! Mays that we have conjured up in our heads. It library-but on the other, it limits our per- MelanieThibeault Kira Turnbull AdamMiller is incredibly easy to walk onto our campus sonal decisions, like getting into other dorms Snm Norcross without running into a patrolling Campus past two AM. Kiefer Roberts Contact Us Safety officer. Access boxes break often and We have not come up with a perfect se- KatherineSartiano [email protected] easily, students leave their doors unlocked curity system, but then again, no school has Alex Schwartzburg (860) 439·5437 without a second thought, and ill checks at David Shanfield 270 MoheganAvenue one. Campus Safety is not just here to break AmeliaSmith NewLondon. cr 06320 the Gatehouse are rushed and infrequent. up our parties: they keep our campus safe, , Melanie Thibeault On the other hand, we know who our Safety but they are not the only outlets. Because 1 officers are, and if we're lucky, some them we have so many freedoms, students have a \ of know us. We can vouch for a friend who's personal responsibility to keep this campus forgotten their ill in a dining hall. We are safe for themselves and others. We should trusted to be responsihle for our guests follow the examples ofthe women who re- Free Speech without having to go through complicated ported the man in the library, or the varinus procedures. Still, we're ambivalent: we rel- peeping toms. It's our responsibility to enact ish the convenience oflax gatehouse checks the safety measures we are given. As we approach spring break, I want to introduce myself and make and propped open doorways until they en- you aware of resources that exist on campus for anyone who has danger our well-being, then we cry "safety -Jazmine Hughes been directly or indirectly affected by sexual assault, dating/domestic offense" and get angry when these services violence or stalking. As the College's Coordinator of Sexual Violence Education & Advocacy, 1 am here to help you. Sexual or relationship violence and stalking are sometimes referred to collectively as power-based personal violence. If you have been affected by power-based personal violence, remember that you are '.!,~ . not alone and that what happened was not your fault. We can provide World Newsr.~, . ~" support and confidential resources on- and off-campus to help you heal. That could mean assistance with housing options and medical care, explaining the judicial process and options for filing judicialJ SOUTH ASIA criminal charges, or simply listening and offering support. In response to requests for Feel free to stop in my office in Cro 222 at any time to speak in more international news confidence about your options. I am a trained advocate for victims of coverage, ATLAS has com- InINDIA,aweek-long power-based personal violence. I can also be a resource for friends of piled headlines of world weddingofLalitTanwar victims, and faculty and staff who may be supporting them. andYogitaJaunapuria Providing services to victims of violence is just one of my roles. news not normally seen on is hotnews,lavishwith The ultimate goal is to reduce the number of people who become the front page of the New thousandsofguests:esti- victims of violence to begin with. In this context, we will be offer- matedcostsvaryhugely ing a whole array of education and awareness programming in April, York Times. This week's from$22mto $55m.At which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Activities include Take thePashupatinathTemple blurbs were written by in Kathmandu,"sadhus"(holyHindumen)arebannedfrom Back The Night, Green Dot Training, movie nights and round-table Raymond Palmer, Juan sellingcannabis,asacreddrug,tovisitors:sadhuscanonly discussions. Look for posters with more details when you return from smokethisforthemselvesnow. spring break, or visit our Web site http://thinksafe.conncoll.edu/ for Pablo Pacheco, and Ian ways to get involved. Rathky. These activities are being coordinated through the Think S.A.F.E. project, which stands for Think Sexual Assault-Free Environment. We are currently taking applications for SafetyNet, the peer education component of Think S.A.F.E., as well as three internship positions for THE AMERICAS EUROPE next year. Email me at [email protected] for more information. As a community, we need to work together to end power-based per- sonal violence. If each one of us plays a part, we can promote safety for everyone and communicate utter intolerance for sexual violence, NICARAGUA- The peseta. the dating/domestic violence and stalking. As Albert Einstein said, "the President Ortega will old Spanish cur- world is a dangerous place; not because of the people who are evil, run for his third term in rency, is reintroduced but because of the people who don't do anything about it." November elections in a small city in -Darcie Folsom Northern SPAINwith VENEZUELA- the wish to boost the President Chavez met with Gadafi to negotiate a economy by encouraging people to use the pesetas Comments from thecollegevoice.org potential mediatory interventionfrom the Venezuelan they have put away in their homes. government In the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bol- I don't really see the difference between this "reusable mug system" BOLIVIA- Government sends aid'to hundreds zanom, ITALY,a newly modeled Oetzt is on display: and what the de facto system is, if one chooses to avoid paper cups- affected by recent landslides in La Paz researchers have gone through 3D images and other appropriating the plastic cups for our own use. Like the proposed mug forensic information to recreate this 5ft 2.5in man system, the ideal is to borrow the cup while we need it to transport a BRAZILLIAN court ordered the halt of a dam con- who died some 5,300 years ago, this time giving him beverage or snack, and then return it to a dining hall to be washed and be struction in the Amazon, concerned by environmental brown eyes. used by someone else when we're done with it. In reality, and as it would consequences. likely tum out if we had reusable mugs, we forget to return them, and they grow moldy in our room or get lost. Dining Services recognizes this is a problem and attempts to get us to remember to return them through "amnesty days." ASIA PACIFIC (don't believe students would be any more likely to remember to re- MIDDLE EAST turn these mugs than the other cups, bowls and spoons we borrow, and the result would be extra cost - I'm sure these mugs would be more expen- sive to replace than the cups we currently misapropriate. I think encour- Recovery contin- aging students to bring their own mugs, facilitated by a one-time promo- Robert Levinson, ues after CHRIST- tional distribution of mugs, would be more efficient, even though we'd an FBI agent who CHURCH,NEW have to walk to the bathroom or pantry to wash these mugs ourselves, but disappeared in the ZEALAND'S 6.3 we'd have the incentive of ownership to care for our mugs, rather than Iranian island of Kish disposing of communal mugs. magnitude earth- 4 years ago, was - Robert Hammitt' II quake last Tuesday: 165 are dead as of Friday. . found to be alive. Singer ~ellY Furtado is donating the $1 million Jhe CHINAcontinues preventing protest attempts with was paJ~w~en perfonning for Gaddafi's family.~t censorship and heavy police, prohibitingjournalists in the Berlin FIlm Festival an Ir . dr areas and reevaluating economic plans. Now with Japan's .. ,anlan ama "Nader Correctionsk ~ . ,t • and Simin: A Separation" was awarded the Golden military focus on its southern islands, Russia stocks up on Bear Award. "Daryl Davis: A black man amidst the Klan" by Eli Manliiold was disputed northern ones. • previously publithed, in a slightly different form, in the ~ew London Day. • • ------THE COLlEGE VOICE ------3 THIS WEEK MARCH 7, 2011

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International Women's Day , )~ .. c~ ' •• ' , 1962 Room 4:30-7:30 PM Conn Works and Gender Grubs Lecture: "Undoing Marriage: Affective Bonds & ------Institutionalization in Early America" thursday 740 Williams Street, 4 PM

I Stand With Planned Parenthood Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Chu Room, 4:30 PM featuring Public Affairs Fellow of Planned Panent- Cro's Nest, 2 PM -. hood: Southern New England,Jennifer Paradis

Krav Maga ('ONNl'OII.l'ONI'ESSIONAI Cro's Nest, 4:30 PM The Goodwin-Niering Center Open Forum for the Environment Women's Center Senior Integrative Project Presentations 9 PM 7 PM Silfen Auditorium, Bill Hall

PROFESSORS' OFFICES

Professor Joseph Alchermes, Art History, Photos by Hannah Plistin '13,

Professor Manuel Lizarralde, Anthropology. Professor Nina Martin, Film Studies. Professor Christopher Steiner, Art History. Photo by Cecilia Brown '13. Photo by Cecilia Brown '13. Photo by Kira Turnbull' 13.

President Leo 1. Higdon. Photo by Hannah Plistin '13. F~rmore photos, see wwwthecollegevoice.org 4 ------THE CDLLEGE VOla ------:-M-:-A~R:::C:;H-;-:;7~, 2:;';0:;;-11

Editors,JazmineHughesandM~redithBoyle NEWS III FEAJURES [email protected] A Yogi of ManyTrades: A Talk with Marya Ursin

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~ ~ ..~ One student snapped a picture of the man in question on their camera phone. Marya performing with the Mystic Paper Beasts Theater Company. EMMA WITTENBERG years, Ursin broke her hack and be- on the student body at Connecticut STAFF WRITER gan to direct herself more toward College. She said she appreciates her Library Lurker theater and yoga than she previously students' willingness to participate Marya Ursin, visiting dance in- had. "Yoga has been a primary agen- in a 9 AM class. "People come for CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 structor, has sufficiently impressed cy of healing for me," she said. their own reasons, and all ] hope is When they first arrived she had noticed a tall hlonde man me with her exciting, beautiful and Ursin described the rough times that they discover some strength and walking around, reading what looked like a dictionary or an devastating experiences. Where in her life as "shadows in the past." quiet inside." encyclopedia. A while later, two of the members of the group shall 1 begin? Perhaps with her mask She made it clear, however, that she is Teaching eight to nine classes a went to the Blue Camel Cafe, leaving the girl alone to study. theater company called Mystic Pa- open to discussing these experiences week makes it difficult for Ursin to Immediately, the blonde man came over, leaned on the table per Beasts, with her love of pottery and that she has accepted them as find time to have her own sadhna, she was working at and started flipping through his hook. He painting, or with her mime training in just another part of life. "One of the or daily practice. "I have found that attempted to strike up a conversation with her several times, Paris? most important things I have learned it can be helpful for my body to take despite her dismissiveness, and he continued to stare at her Born in New York City, Ursin has and that] think yoga has helped me a day off from yoga, but 1 still do when she did not encourage the conversation. Feeling un- moved a total of forty-one times and to learn," she said, "is that you get to stretches daily." She also explained comfortable, the girl was relieved wben her friends returned, has pursued a wide range of occupa- have it all." that this time off is actually a part of and the man left. He sat down at a nearby table, when the tions. Originally trained as a dancer, The morning yoga classes that Ur- her sadhna- it allows her hody time students heard the distinctive click of a camera phone being Ursin perfonmed professionally in a sin teaches at Connecticut College to rest. used to photograph them. The girl and her friend then left the variety of dance companies for thir- reflect her humble and enthusiastic Ursin's favorite yoga pose changes library to escape the situation. teen years, citing Merce Cunningham personality. When ] took the class all the time. "I particularly enjoy half As these stories have spread across the campus, more as her mentor. Ursin has taught yoga last semester, [ was impressed by the moon," she said and jumped to her women have come forward with similar experiences of a at Connecticut College for twenty- wide variety of yoga forms that Ursin feet to demonstrate the position. She man with the same description. Most reported incidents have five years, an interest that she devel- includes. The flow of the class is re- reached to the right, the right hand happened within the library, but one instance occurred at the oped when one of her dance teachers laxed, and Ursin makes an effort not touching the ground, the other clutch- Crystal Mall. Their encounter lasted only a few minutes, but used yoga as a warm-up activity. to push students to do more than their ing her left foot. There] iat gaping in the student felt pressured into giving him her number. He then "I got into yoga when] was 19," bodies can or want to do. Ursin's mu- awe, along with 10 other students in proceeded to send her angry texts when she refused to respond said Ursin. "Back then, there were sic ranges from soundtracks of hird the Oasis snack shop. to him. only two yoga spaces in New York calls to rhythmic chants. The last ten Currently, Ursin owns a hexagonal The first woman who was approached has since talked to City." Midway through college, Ur- minutes of class are almost always rehearsal space outside Mystic called Darcie Folsom, the Coordinator of Sexual Violence Education in became interested in U,C art of dedicated to meditation and stretch- the Dragon's Egg, where she teaches and Advocacy to inform her of the situation. Stewart Smith. miming and lett school to he trained es, giving students the chance to re- yoga classes, rehearses with Mystic the Director of Campus Safety, said that he had been informed in France. Although she returned lax and, if you're lucky, to doze off. Paper Beasts and rents out the space about the matter and it is being looked into. home one semester later, she was in- Overall, Ursin's moming yoga class to theater and dance groups from all "Connecticut College is an open campus, an important part vited back to continue her studies in gave me fifty minutes of exactly what over the country, "It's even the same of the local community, and many groups and individuals en- miming, which she ended up turning [ need as a student: time to clear my shape as the compartments within a joy access to our facilities, " said Smith in an e- mail. "When down. head. With all of the stress surround- beehive," she said, giggling. "It's my the College community has concerns about an individual, an Her life has certainly not been ing college social and academic life, sacred circus tent." • officer is sent to the scene and identifies the person. After fig- without struggle, After dancing pro- we deserve this opportunity. uring out why an individual is on campus further action is fessionally in New York for thirteen I asked Ursin about her thoughts taken."> . A Crusader for Food Justice Speaks on Abundance in a Time of Lack

MEREDITH BOYLE "Smart Growth?" alities of our unhealthy and unjust She attributes the problem of that we cannot see the abundance NEWS EDITOR Government Professor Jane food system. Francis was way hunger to what she calls a "ma- offood on the planet. On Thursday, March 3, Francis Dawson calls Lappe "a crusader ahead of her time," said Dawson. ligned mental map." In our heads, "We end up creating the very Moore Lappe gave a talk titled for food justice." Lappe is most Before launching into her dis- we see a great lack of both goods lack [of resources] we say we "From Famine and Fruit Loops known for her book Diet for a cussion of world hunger despite and goodness. We perceive the fear," she said. to Food Democracy," officially Small Planet. Originally pub- a huge abundance of food on the world as not only having a food 1971, kicking off the Goodwin-Niering lished in it is now sold in Earth, Lappe began with her mot- deficit, hut also seeing our neigh- CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 environmental conference called, over fifteen languages. "This is to: "It is far too late and things are bors as selfish and competitive. the hook that first revealed the re- far too bad for pessimism." Our mental map is so convoluted

._--_._------...... _ ..._-_ .. _. Preconcieved Notions of Giving Fabiola Miakassissa '13 travels to Ghana for water and wisdom

DAVID SHANFIELD approached this ers, her team involved them in the STAFF WRITER man and asked project. "We decided to train two him why he did women to lise the alum and aqua "When my teammates and] ar- not have any tabs, and we decided to charge the rived in Chongashe and saw the crops of his own. villagers five cents per bucket of vastness of the dry village," be- He replied that fresh water." With this money, the gan Fabiola Miakassissa '13, "I he had heard that women will be able to buy more was breathless." white men were alum and aqua tabs, and will also Over winter break, Miakassissa coming with bet- receive two dollars a month for ter seeds and big- their work. and three other students - two ~ from Middlebury and one from '" ger machinery Although involVing the resi- Smith - volunteered in the rural that would make dents of Chongashe in the project village of Chongashc in northern ~ planting and har- may have decreased their feeling Ghana in order to implement a vesting much of dependency on Western aid ~ safe and sustainable water system easier. He was Miakassissa was doubtful that it with an non-governmental orga- waiting for their did anything to decrease her part- nization (NGO) called Commu- ~ assistance before ners' conceptions of the village's nity Water Solutions. Miakassissa " planting anything lack of privilege. Upon their de- addressed some of the details ~ else in his plot. parture, many students felt as iii of the water system, but chose The man had though they had "saved" the vil- ~ no validation to to focus more on thc dangers of Miakassissa poses with a Ghanian child while developing a sustainable water system in lagers. his claim, and preconceptions about unfamiliar Ghana. "They failed to actually under- was simply relying places. place. Americans may consider stand the place," said Miakassis, Preconceptions, however, work on rumor, yet he Upon arriving in Chongashe, a sa. "Those people in the village themselves privileged because both ways. Miakassissa was sure was ahsolutely sure that help was One of Miakassissa's partners did not need saving, just helping. of luxuries like cars, television, not to exclude the negative ef- on its way. "Westernersthink that turned to her and said, "Fabiola, Approach anywhere you go with and the Internet, but Miakassissa fects of preconceptions of the Africans need saving," explained 1 feel so sorry for these people, an open mind, and engage with suggests that privilege cannot be West in her discussion. She ar- Fabiola, "and Some Africans be- they're so unprivileged." Mi- measured in such a materialistic rived in Chongashe right in the the full stories of that place, the akassissa replied, "How do you gin to rely on Western assistance, bad and the good." way. In automatically assuming middle of the harvest, when vil- whether it's coming or not." know? Ask them and see if they "Engage yourself fully," con- that the people of Chongashe lagers were collecting their yams Miakassissa and her team tried feel unprivileged or not." cluded Mlakassissa. "You won't were underprivileged, Miakassis- and bringing them into the market to dispel these assumptions by Miakassissa used this story know the culture of a place until sa's partner was prevented from to be sold. However, one man had "giving a sense of ownership" to to illustrate how a person's pre- you are a part of it." • fully seeing and understanding failed to plant any yams that:;year the villagers over the clean water conceptions can prevent him or the lives and culture of the people and sat idly hy while the other system they installed. Rather than her from fully engaging in a new they were there to assist. villagers harvested. Miakassissa install the system for the villag- .,

MAR0I72011 THE COLlEGE voce NEWS·5 Francis Moore Lappe Discusses Food and Democracy

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 the worst in us," Lappe continued. experiencing a high-tech boom ing power in our own lives, being tivism, Mirror neurons exist in the When faced with major prob- which has created many billion- transparent and mutually account- brain and fire signals both when In fact, she said, we have lems like world hunger. humans aires. The rest of the population able for our actions. we act and when we observe an enough food on the arth to make tend to turn to others to establish lives behind this facade. Between Lappe said this will take cour- action performed by another per- us all cbubby and still have left- their fate, notably politicians and 40-50% of Indian children have age. "Part of the courage is under- son. "If you are doing something overs. The fact that a large amount the economic market. We relegate stunted growth due to malnutri- standing the power we have and edgy on this campus, someone of com harvest goes towards ve- our problems to the "magic of the tion. This is what we see on our rethinking our notion of fear," she will see it and recognize it." In hicle consumption illustrates her market" and our elected officials, mental map. We don't see the said. When humans feel fear, we other words, the mirror neurons point. "Why." she asked. "am I rationalizing that conditions cre- 100,000 village cooperatives, or- associate it with the idea that we in that person's brain will be mim- a part of n system that is laking ated by the market are less than ganized by village women, that are in the wrong place at the wrong icking the action. the abundance of this Earth and ideal, but the best option. In re- are creating 1/5 of the milk in in- time, but we must eventually come Merry Byrne ' 13 reflected on shrinking its capacity to feed us?" fusing to take responsibility for dia, and have created four to five to accept that feeling fear may just Lappe's discussion, "Food and Lappe said burrmns come our problems. we create negative times more jobs than the technol- mean we are doing the right thing. democracy are often separated equipped with genetie traits of social conditions like extreme ogy boom. "Make a list of things that ten from one another. We have more cooperation. such as empathy and concentrations of power. lack of "Why haven't we known about years ago, you thought could than enough food to feed the world fairness, yet studies how that transpareney and our reliance on this?" Lappe asked. "Because we never happen, and then did," population, but the concentra- under certain conditions. normal the blame game. haven't bothered to look. Instead Lappe said. "If you keep a list of tion of power in the world system people are brutal to one another. To solve this problem, Lappe of playing the blame game and doubts and acknowledge that you prevents anyone from having ade- Much of this brutality sterns from wagers that we need to bring out waiting for people to solve their were wrong, you realize that it's quate access to food sources. It is a our mental map. the pro-social qualities inherent in problem for them, these people are not possible to know what is pos- really powerful thought. We have "We can't see outside of the way . human beings through what she doing it themselves." sible." the resources to solve hunger, but we frame the world. and we have calls "living democracy." If we take the idea of "living Lappe used the psychological the world system we have created created a mental map that creates "Living democracy" is exempli- democracy" seriously, we have to concept of mirror neurons to il- prevents this ideal from being a the very conditions that bring out fied in india. a country currently ask ourselves how we are creat- lustrate the power of student ac- reality." • CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, 1950- 1960

The 1950s were the last of five decades in Conn history built on perpetu- ated traditions. The girls had no locks on their doors: they used the common rooms to drink tea, play cards and smoke cigarettes. Dating meant girls took busses, trains or carpools to neighboring men's colleges likeYale,Wesleyan and Dartmouth for parties and mixers. Men would also come to Con- necticut College for various dances, likethe Sophomore Hop (Soph Hop), the Knowlton Prom and the annual Pig Push, a dance with the Coast Guard. Women would choose their dates randomly by drawing from a collection of men's watches.

Rosemary Park was the College's president from 1948 to 1962. "We loved her;' said Betsy Carter Bannerman '62, Managing Editor of then-Conn Census. "We thought she was great. 5he was little, and very friendly - she made contact with students. She wasn't hiding away in her office." Beloved Dean of the College Alice Johnson was hired by Rosemary Park to be Dean of Freshmen. "She had been a shy,retiring young professor before being el- evated to the Deanery and subsequently to the presidency," Johnson wrote in an unpublished manuscript. ''This retiring, modest, tiny woman had, over the years, become a most superior public speaker."

In 1960, Park addressed the freshmen. "By 1970,which would be six years after you have graduated from Connecticut, two out of every five women in this country will be in the labor force of the country;' she told them. "They will not be sitting on any satin cushions."

Park made four additions to our campus in the fifties: Hale Laboratory in 1954, Larrabee and Crozier-Williams student center in 1957, and North Complex in 1958. Cro was originally built to include a gymnasium, with a The women of Harkness House. April, 7, 1952. bowling alley in the bookstore and a pool in the 1962 room.

Students shopping in the College's first bookstore in Blackstone, c. 1955.

"Most of you will probably live to be a hundred. If you want to keep from being a stuffy old bore for forty years, that is, between sixty and a hundred, then you've got to learn to be something now. In other words, you can't rely on preserving either your youthful charm or your feminine allure through a hundred.To be young and feminine at sixteen is no achievement.To be a respected person at sixty is." Students return to New London, early 19505. Center: Helen Fricke '52. - Rosemary Park 1960 Address to the Freshmen

Photos above and at right from the same dance in Knowlton Salon, April 1951. Robert L Perry. Lett to right A. Bechen '53, K Webster. '54, Eva Blumm, '53, Myra Tombuch, '51.

ecticut College, Competitive Sing in Palmer Auditorium. April 23, 19S2. Dress'l/are students' own. Photograph by Ro'bertL. Perry.New London, Conneaicut ..

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Editor: John Dodig OPINONS [email protected] Sticks, Carrots and Going to Class An international relations major's perspective on attendance policy

STANISLAV ANDREEV punishment, which tends STAFF WRITER to have only temporary effects. In other words, it Prior to 1989, each Eastem might be the case that pro- European government would or- viding students who attend ganize a few pompous national all classes in a semester parades on notable holidays each with some form of extra year. Every citizen above a certain credit might be more effec- age was required to celebrate the tive in pursuing the goal of genius of the communist leaders universal student presence and the prosperity of hislhcr coun- in classes. Even if extra try. Since the authoritic knew credit is not an option, we well that the people were not quite should be open to a system convinced of either, however, spe- in which attendance is re- cially appointed clerks at schools warded. and workplaces took attendance All students of interna- and submitted thc lists of truants tional relations, however,

for punishment, know that there is I a third If this does not ring a bell, check way, which often turns out the last few syllabi you received, to be the path of foreign If they are at all similar to mine, policy. In a 1990 book, they probably have a section in- Joseph Nye, a Harvard dicating that each absence affects doyen of IR theory and a Caroia Ernst (of Ernst Common Room/arne) lectures to a packed classroom in Romance languages in the 1920s. Not only your participation grade ncga- former Undersecretary of have classes changed (hopefully for the better), but so have attendance trends. tively, with two or more resulting Defense. coined the term in significant reductions of your "soft power" to refer to the abil- students that classes are indeed edge and a remarkable pedagogic completely different. Finally, the overall semester grade. The logic ity of countries and leaders to valuable and indispensable. This talent, but also creates the type of attendance policy prevents stu- is plain and simple: if you want to obtain desirable results through could be done in two ways. The educational process in which we dents from being able to practice gct students to do something (in persuasion and attraction (through first (and not ideal) one would be all aspire to participate. making real-life decisions based this case, go to class), threaten to upholding ideals, demonstrating to integrate class discussions into Luckily, we do have profes- on what they find more valuable hit them where it hurts the most exams and assessments, making ,sors with captivating teaching by having us respond to simple (grades) and voila! In interna- From psychology, we it impossible for students to at- styles who succeed at convincing incentives. tional relations, we define such ac- know that positive tain high grades on exams if they us that missing classes is unwise I have to say that I (just like tions as belonging to the hardcore have not participated in classroom due to the high level of insight and virtually all members of the Con- "sticks" approach, i.e. exploiting a reinforcement is much discussions. Indeed, if class time knowledge they provide. (By the necticut College community) rec- clear power asymmetry to coerce more successful in does little more than summarize way, they are usually also the least ognize the value of classes in the an actor to follow a path you have altering behavior than a set of readings (which everyone stringent about attendance policy long run. What I do believe, how- defined for them, kind oflike what can do on their own), students can because they are comfortable in ever, is that the way we convey the U.S. army did in Vietnam and punishment. ace assessments without having their ability to attract students in a the message of their importance Afghanistan until leaders realized attended many classes and there different way.) f-.t the same time, needs substantial revision. Dwight it is not sustainable in achieving exemplary behavior or present- is absolutely no reason to punish however, the current attendance D. Eisenhower once said, "Lead- any long-term goals. ing a compelling story) without them for having found alternative policy removes the incentive for ership is the art of getting some- The immediate alternative is, the usage of either "carrots" or ways to enrich themselves dur- all professors to measure up to one else to do something you want of course, the "carrots" approach, "sticks." In other words, the beau- ing class time. The second and these high standards; after all, it done because he/she wants to do which is IR jargon for providing ty of "soft power" lies within its far superior altemative would be is much simpler to have the threat it." I would rather have my pro- attractive benefits that incentivize ability to make it one's choice to to make classes fascinating, en- of lowering grades hang menac- fessors remind me of his words, an actor to take a set of actions follow a certain course of action gaging and enlightening, not just ingly like a sword of Damocles as opposed to the roll calls with without resorting to or threaten- that another actor finds advanta- by going beyond the readings but above students' heads. Doing the which my parents had to deal. ing to use force. From psychology geous-in our case, to go to class also by connecting them to what latter harms the learning process Wouldn't we all? • (and the name B.F. Skinner comes regularly because we want 10 and truly concerns us in the twenty- because every student can attest to mind), we know that positive not because we have to. first century. Achieving high stu- that being in class is one thing, but reinforcement is much more sue- Such an approach relies on a dent turnout this way requires a lot being truly engaged (especially in ccssful in altering behavior than professor's ability to convince of preparation, immense knowl- the information age) is something Do You Stand with Planned Parenthood?

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 help alleviate the federal deficit. leadership doesn't seem to care. money, but instead It is clear that these are danger- WRONG. For one, under Title Eliminating the national fam- imposes outra- ous ideological attacks that have X funding, organizations such as ily planning program and strip- geous cutbacks no basis in common sense. Planned Parenthood cannot and ping Planned Parenthood of all on programs that At a time when increasingly do not use federal dollars to fi- federal funds means that women have shown to be more women and families cannot nance abortion services. There is across the country will lose access effective at low- afford health carc due to increas- already a ban on federal dollars to basic primary and preventa- ering unintended ing costs and a struggling econo- being used towards abortion ser- tive health care. That means more pregnancy, spread my, the House leadership wants to vices through the Hyde Amend- women with medical problems ofSTls and saving eliminate the programs that pro- ment. Planned Parenthood uses will go untreated and there will medical costs both vide services like birth control, the Title X federal funding for the be many more undetected cancers for the federal and family planning, lifesaving cancer clinical services previously men- and infections discovered when it state government. screenings and HIV testing to mil- tioned, which is a crucial element is too late to save women's lives. As a strong be- lions of women. to the work they do. However, The use of Title X funding is liever in women's This care saves lives - yet the these cuts would also be detri- vital for the health of our nation reproductive jus- new House leadership wants to mental to the work Planned Par- and for those individuals who tice and rights, I end it. enthood does to provide compre- can't afford to get basic health- can't just sit idly So what is the premise of the hensive sex education. Second, care. Eighty-five percent of Title by while this at- Pence Amcndmcnt? Mike Pence family planning programs like Ti- X clients have incomes at or be- tack on women's (a Republican from lndiana) and tle X are fiscally sound: for every low 150% percent of the federal health is going on, other House Republicans be- public dollar invested in family poverty level, and 66% are un- and neither should lieve that Pence Amendment and planning, taxpayers save nearly insured. Cutting Title X funding Connecticut Col- other legislation that targets fed- $4. Yet, in their ideological zeal to is going to affect women in low- lege. eral funding for abortion would attack women's health, the House income brackets because they are I come from a four times more likely city where teenage to face an unintended pregnancies are Tell them THANK YOU for sup- pregnancy due to lim- common. Many of the teens in my porting Planned Parenthood and ited access to contra- high school made bad decisions women's health and to 'continue ceptives or irregular use that led to unintended pregnan- the fight in the Senate to defeat of costly birth control. cies. Being mostly minorities and these attacks, Connecticut's sena- Title X services are coming from low-income fami- tors are Joe Lieberman at 860: incredibly effective at lies, they found it hard to seek 549-8463 and Dick Blumenthal at helping prevent nearly the proper medical attention at 860-258-6940. one million unintended an affordable cost. Luckily, there Go to www.istandwithplanned_ pregnancies each year, was a local Planned Parenthood parenthood.org to take action: almost half of which that helped many of them receive sign an open letter to Congress would otherwise end in proper check -ups during their and to every senator who still has abortions. pregnancies, and offered counsel- a chance to stop it. As a Campus Ac- ing as well as parenting classes to Share your story about how tion Intem for Planned help them through this strenuous Planned Parenthood has been Parenthood and a vol- experience. This is why I stand there for you, your family or unteer for our local with Planned Parenthood. your friends. If you are one in New London Planned We need to send a message to five American women who have Parenthood, I'm out- the extreme House leadership and been helped by Planned Parent- raged by the political tell them to stop the assault on hood say it, show it and share it at turmoil around this is- women's health and to get back to www.raiseyourhand.org. sue. The passing of the what they promised to do - fix Text-to-Sign to Support Pence Amendment is the American economy. Planned Parenthood. Text-I Stand bad policy and bad poli- Here's what we can do to stand With PP- to 69866 .• tics. The govemment with Planned Parenthood: says they want 0 save Call Your Elected Officitlls-

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JUAN. PABLO PACHECO at it from a political perspective CONTRIBUTOR corporations and institutions- one of the prime causes of the certainly be telling this story, not and called it a diplomatic chal- such as the infamous International revolution." lenge. But certainly most people just to thc world, but to ourselves. . In the face of the recent upris- Monetary Fund-s-enables the ab- But democracy does not prom- ignored the fact that Egypt's and We all know that capitalist cor- mg, the future of the Middle East surd disproportion between the ise any better; in fact, most demo- other states' failures were deeply porations have undermined OUf so- has been the center of agitated rich and the poor, giving way for cratic policies facilitate the exis- called "democratic liberties,' and rooted in the neoliberal markets discussions in Harris, classrooms, the elites to protect and maintain tence and strength of neoliberal that social justice seems a far goal. sponsored by the United States. hallways and even in bed. But the their ideals through controlling the markets, and therefore thc natural- We arc also highly aware of our In a recent article on Al more I heard people brilliantly economy at their own will. generational hypocrisy, but at thc lazeera's English-language web defending their own theories, the Middle Eastern uprisings have same time we arc overwhelmingly site, Dr. Walter Armbrust of Ox- Most democratic policies more I felt the urge to say that I not been solely against autocratic conscious of our generational re- ford University said, "The reality facilitate the existence thought we were missing the for- governments. They essentially sponsibility. The Middle East i of Egypt's political economy dur- est for the trees, as the cliche goes. disapprove of the neoliberal mar- and strength of neoliberal telling thc world that people have ing the Mubarak era was very dif- When I heard those talking about ket and all its implications. Here the right to hold their governments ferent than the rhetoric, as was the markets, and therefore the importance of freedom in the lies one of the major values of accountable for injustices. case in every other neoliberal state the naturalization of Middle East, there was something these attempts of revolutions: they We arc tile citizens of a world from Chile to Indonesia." cynical about it. are the first to happen in a contem- social injustice. no longer polarized by a Cold The utopia preached by western porary neoliberal economy, Arm- One of the first things that War. Our classrooms are full of capitalism is extremely unsuc- brust clearly points out that "the struck everybody (as always) was ization of social injustice. As Lev messages of social justice, full of cessful in the wrongly-labeled complete failure of neoliberalism the role ofthe United States in the Grinberg, professor at the Ben- awareness of the fallacies of capi- "developing" nations, The formu- to deliver 'human well-being' to recent events. Most people looked Gurion University of the Negev, talism. It seems to me that most la, owned by those few successful a large majority of Egyptians was said, "Democracy does not nec- people are afraid to sec beyond the essarily solve problems related to uprisings in the Middle East and poverty and economic inequality, tum their glance inward. But we nor does it resolve cultural con- should not bc afraid. To question flicts related to the common iden- the principles of tilis country is not tity of the nation's citizens." This necessarily to be a Marxist. is especially true for this country, Wc embody the potential of the "land of the free." structural change, so what are Dick Chency and Donald we going to do now? Perhaps or- Rumsfeld, members of the former ganize a boycott to the major fi- Bush administration, amassed nancial conglomerates? Or back their fortunes by skillfully blur- up those prate ters in Wisconsin ring the line between their busi- who are fighting against the gov- nesses and their political position. ernment's attempt to abolish their Democratic laws enable the public right for collective bargaining? state to be dangerously tied to the It is not for me to say. But sure- private sector. ly, as Armbrust said, "[Tjhe appli- I Shouldn't we be telling Middle cation of utopian neoliberalism in Easterners that democracy might the rcal world leads to deformed not be the smartest way out? Our societies as surely as the applica- responsibility as benefactors from .;I§)i tion of utopian communism did," a seemingly successful system I might be a hopeless social- based in tremendous global in- ist, but wc should not be hopeless equality should be to warn those idealists. In realizing the absurd about to step on the quicksand of inequality of our current system, democratic neoliberalism. we may trigger our own hidden Democracy is not the fairy tale activism .• Protesters in Egypt hold a sign that reads "Leave!" in Arabic. most believe it is, and we should Grappling with Mixed Martial Arts

MELANIE THIBEAULT STAFF WRITER some and works on boxing skills. grappling with her to Win-win. fight harder, that she My experience with any form "wasn't a delicate It's 4:30 on a Wednesday af- of karate is brief. I was a white flower," I cheered ternoon at Harris. There is hardly belt for three months before I and commended anyone here, and Ionly have thir- quit, but I do remember some MMA club for a job - ty minutes to consume the deli- of the basic drills that I saw per- well done, cious array of French bread pizza formed at MMA, like the next ac- The club doesn't on my plate before I head over tivity. The class paired off and one have that many to Cro for my first (and probably person held up a hand pad while members, but the only) mixed martial arts. (MMA) the other practiced punches and more that join, the experience. My roommate, a more fun the ac- regular attendee of the Wldnes- It's really great to tivities would be. day night grapple-fest, offered to Smith, emphasizes let me sit in on a class. I threw on watch someone sitting this point, saying, a pair of sweatpants and at-shirt on top of your "Come! We need and said, "Maybe. Wc'll see how roommate and more people." A dif- this goes." ferent martial arts After loading up on carbs and making her squirm. class has spent mon- TIvosoldiers compete in the US. Army s mixed martial arts tournament. cheese, I followed her into the ey to hire an actual 1941 room. We were greeted by. instructor. If Smith can get more vantages! he's gotten his as kicked by some an almost empty room, save for kicks. When I had to do this, the of a momentum going, he might If the idea of martial arts girls before. "It's humbling,' he one girl warming up and stretch- instructor mocked the intensity of be able to receive some money doesn't sound appealing to you, addcd. ing at the far side. Around 5:10, my punches, saying, "What, don't for better equipment and mats. think about this way: "It's kind Don't be shy, give MMA a try. the instructor of the class, Will want to break a nail?" So I really Students of Connecticut College, of fun when you get to kick some You might find it as enjoyable a Smith ' 13, ran in, frantically socked it to him. I learned that the don't deny MMA club these ad- guy's ass," said Smith who admits I did, • looking for the workout mats that harder one punches, the louder were missing in action. Class was the grunt; either from the one delayed until he returned with dolling out the punch or the one them from the Burdick basement, lying on the ground after receiv- which is apparently where Conn ing the impact afforce. stores its workout floor mats. Abruptly, some beautiful (And to clarify, by class, I mean Celtic music began to play from the three people who were there outside of the 1941 room, really and ready to bust out some mar- setting the mood for the subse- tial arts moves. I chose to plant quent muay thai moves. We were myself in the corner with my lap- performing more badass moves top.) when a group of confused look- Class finally began with a ing people wandered into the warm-up called "hip escapes," room saying they had it reserved. which looked about as painful as The misunderstanding was sorted it sounds. You lie on your back out, but as they were leaving, one and pop your hips to the left and person asked, "What is that?" za: WW 'then the right, looking like a snake Another responded hesitantly, "I J:t: writhing on the ground, unable to think it's kickboxing." Wrong-c. oa: It's MMA-something that not o~ flip back over onto its stomach. ZLL This rather excruciating activity a lot of people know about but >LL definitely should. was followed by some kind of w~CU) rolling exercise, which was basi- My favorite part of the whole cally a series of somersaults done experience was the last activ- at a very rapid pace and with more ity-grappling. This can be a little uncomfortable for people at grunting. With everyone warmed-up. first, but once they get the hang : Smith moved on to the first ac- of it, it's quite enjoyable, To be tivity-shadowboxing. If you an outsider watching this activity have never shadowboxed before, unfold was strange and a tad un- you're really missing out on an comfortable, but at the same time, enjoyable time. As the name Im- it's really great to watch someone plies one boxes against the most sitting on top of your roommate formidable enemy of all-air. It and making her squirm. I like to also looks rather like one is beat- think of it as payback for the fact ing the crap out of an invisible that she could probably kill me man who has\llo way of defendlOg with "' simple snap of her finger. So when Smith told the person himself. Either way, it looks awe-

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MATT CANNON CONTRIBUTOR

You want to know what re- mond to address the issue. They ally chaps my ass? Aside from came to an agreement: seniors the sandpaper that our school can park in Cro Boulevard (in substitutes for toilet paper, it's front of Blaustein, Sbain Library the parking situanon, There and Cro) from 8:00 PM to 2:30 are many disgruntled idealists AM without being ticketed. This on this campus with wondrous will be effective starting today. ideas for the future. but they This is a step in the rigbt direc- rarely attack everyday issues tion, but we still bave along way head-on. As much as I would to go. like to say I have done this, the The wbole "green campus" !rUth is that I've tried, and noth- thing bas not worked and will iog ha happened. not work as long as the automo- Don't Let the P2P Infringement A a senior, speaking for my bile is the main source of trans- fellow seniors. we bave waited portation in the United Slates. four years to get the best park- We. as students, should not be Beast Bite You! ing spots on campus. Last punished because we are simply night after an excruciating club acting as most Americans do. hockey practice filled with Herb We should not be getting absurd Some 50 "takcdown" notifications have been received from the RlAA at Con- Brooks-style skating punish- tickets, especially when we have necticut Collcge so far this year for music and media files that were obtained ment, my fellow senior leam- paid double 10 register our cars. mates and I wanted to walk as I would like to see some con- illegally through P2P file sharing. The Rl. \A little as possible. We drove by sistency in Campus Safety's infringcment beast is a tenacious hunter. every potential student spot and ticketing. If they ticketed every- You could be next! all were full. Among those cars, day, seniors would never have a You know file sharing is illegal but cvcrvonc Irecognized six juniors and one problem parking in soutb cam- freshman. This year alone, one pus, since they're the only ODes is doing it, right? of my senior friends has had to allowed to park outside Free- And it's cheap and easy ... or is it? psrk in South lot eight times. man, JA, Harkness, the admis- While this may not seem like a sions building and Knowlton. 101 to some, he has waited his We also shouldn't be ticketed P2P infringement cases continue to make the news. In 2009 a federal jury turn over the last few years and for parking in faculty and staff ordered a graduate student at Boston University ro pay $675,000 ro various re- deserves a spot on campus. spots when most of the faculty cord labels for downloading and distributing 30 songs. This past July ajudge This is not the fault of all un- and staff are not on campus, like kindly deemed the fine excessive and the figure was lowered to °7.500. derclassmen: most of the blame on weekends. is with the administration and I am not trying to make un- That's still $2,250 per song! Campus Safety, There are clear- derclassmen's lives miserable, ly not enough spots, especially but unless we address the real for seniors in south campus. Cre- parking situation by scrutinizing The Recording Industry of America (RIA.-\) can leg'llly identify your IP address. soft- ating more spots near the tennis ticketing habits and the number ware program, user name, and the titles of each and e\'cry artist and song downloaded. courts is the easiest solution, but of spaces on campus, nothing that would take money. Where will be accomplished. Clearly Our Advice ..... could that come from? Maybe SGA bas done its part, but we from the parking registration need more students to speak up. • Remove peer-to-peer file-sharing programs immediately fee. which was doubled since Parking in front of the library at • Use legal services to purchase music, movies und software online last year, from $75 to $150. one o' clock in the morning will • esc Pandora. com IWIllsay we have made prog- not get me tickets anymore, for For more information, visit the IS website "Finding Legal Online Music, and ress. On Wednesday, SGA Pres- which J am grateful, but it may Other Electronic Content" (hrrp://\\'\\'\v.conncoll.eou/Librarics!policies/mediad ident Nate Cornell met with Di- be up to the underclassmen to ownloadpolicy.html). rector of Campus Safety Stewart help fix the real parking prob- Smith and Vice President for lem .• For additional information contact: Beth Hansen at extension 2681or Administration Ulysses Ham- [email protected].

More information is available on Connecticut College's Facebook page, or at Zero Tolerance for http://cyberseeu rity .conncoll.cdu/, Zero-Tolerance Dorm Damage Policy THE ONLY THING MORE MATTHEW ROLIN CONTRIBUTOR IMPRESSIVE Irecently gOI an e-mail from under zero-tolerance, there is my SGA representative. At the no way both people would re- THAN OUR STATS ARE OUR NESC AC summit, Hamilton ceive the same punishment, College revealed that they have right? Wrong. Zero tolerance switched to a zero-tolerance means exactly that; there is zero policy for dorm damage. Ac- tolerance - no exceptions. Did GRADUATES. cording to my rep. "[the] pro- anybody go to a high school gram worked like crazy, they with a zero-tolerance drug pol- At Quinnipiae University, our students are our main focus. went from 5100.000 in dorm icy? There have been cases of It's why we offer 23 graduate degrees in fields ranging from business damages to under $30,000." students expelled, even strip- to health sciences. It's also why Qulnnipiac was ranked a top Now, people on the Studenl searched, for bringing Advil to 10 northern regional university offering a full range of masters-level Government Association are school. programs .by U.s. News & World Report and second in the northern considering implementing a Every case of dorm damages region in UiS. News' Up-and-Coming Schools category. similar policy. Essentially, as is going 10 be different, and my SGA rep put it. "if you van- every case should be treated as Communications Arts & Sciences dalize and get caught then you such. Is saving a bit of money Interactive Communications Molecular & Cell are expelled unless you lUm really worth ruining. someone's (on campus and online) Biology yourself m then you gel put on college career? Idon't think so. Journalism Business probation [stc]." I want to stress These policies are an excuse Public Relations Information Technology that I have never done anything not to think. It doesn't matter Education (online) resulting in dorm damages, and what the circumstances are, the Elementary MBA (on campus and never plan to: however, I think online) punishment is always the same. Secondary this is a terrible idea. The very concept of zero toler- MBA-CFA"" Track Educational Leadership Picture a tudent who gets an- ance goes against the core of a (Chartered Financial Teacher Leadership (online) Analyst) gry and punches out a window. liberal arts education-s-critical Now picture a student who slips thinking and understanding. Us- Health Sciences MBA/HCM (Health Care Management) and accidentally puts his hand iog a zero-tolerance policy is Biomedical Sciences Cardiovascular Perfusion MBA-SCM (Supply Chain through a window. If Connecti- like clipping your nails with a Management) cut College had a zero-tolerance Nursing chainsaw. Yeah, it could work, MBA/JD (Joint degree policy, both of these students but there's a good chance you're Occupational Therapy in business and law) (post-professional) (online) would receive the same pun- going to take off a few fingers .• Organizational ishment. It ounda crazy. Even Pathologists' Assistant Leadership (online) Physician Assistant law Radiologist Assistant

To find out how Quinnipiac can help you succeed in your care . er, ca II 1-800-462-1944, e-mail graduate@quinnipiac_edu or visit www.quinnipiac.edu/gradstudies. QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY I-800-46:>-I944 I Han>den & North Haven, Connecticut THNECOlMLEGEVOIQE-N-T--M-ARcH-7,2011 ARTS III ENTER1AI tDflors,RoclneOxtoby & KrtsFleming ort5e\thecoUegevolceorg A Writer's Chat MOBROC: Authors Antony John and Blanche Boyd discuss young adult fiction, writing methods A Night To...

SHANNON KEATING Showcase of fresh student bands STAFF WRITER ETHAN HARFENIST After Griffen Alexander fin- How does a stay-at-home St. STAFF WRITER ished his sel about the constric- Louis dad raised in England write tion of major labels and Face- a prize-winning young adult novel book and heart break and romance and every other theme spun by about a deaf teenage girl in the Jason Mraz and the Abercrombie model looking, acoustic guitar Seattle suburbs? That's exactly wielding mafia present in the music industry, the MOBROC show what Professors Simon Hay and was set to commence. The setting was intimate; the lights dim, the Blanche Boyd asked author Anto- expectations high, the coffee brewing. ny John during his visit to campus. This show was the first MOBROC 'show case' of the semester. The charismatic author visited The first band to kick things off was a project called Alas, Nebras- Conn February 2 I to read the ka, a guitar duo made up of James Finucane' 13 and Alex Vancil first chapter of his latest novel, , 13. The songs alternated between being folk-core and art-beat. Five Flavors of Dumb, and have Finucane strummed acoustic while Vancil picked 'lectric. Though an. open discussion about young they weren't backed by drums, Alas, Nebraska provided strong adult fiction writing with Boyd, rhythm and tasty vibes. It was a nice intro set to the evening, the the English Department's writer- obvious highlight being their much-acclaimed single, "Popular in-residence. Girl." Hay shared an apartment with Next up was Fleur de Lise, a guitar, cello and drums three piece John for three years in graduate headed by songstress Liz de Lise' 13, with Dan Shoukimas ' 13 on school at Duke University. John cello and Gautam Sinha' 13 on drums. She describes their sound was working toward a Ph.D. in as, "Oy ... urn... 90s folk pop," but to me it's more fern-beat or Music Composition to follow his girl-core. The band provided a mellow atmosphere as vocals and bachelor's degree in Music from cello braided together searnlessly, belting out hits such as "Army Oxford University. John fondly Bag" to an adoring crowd. It was a great string of songs. recalled that when Hay and other Nixon Fingers, a new Andrew Crimer '11 couples project, was English students discussed lit- arguably the cutest band to play. Sloppy, gritty and dusty, Nixon erature during their time at Duke, Fingers cburned out 15 minutes of skinny-jean'd post-punk. Nate he would think, "That is so cool! Pope' 12 banged drums and Crimer's girlfriend (Nixon) fingered Author Antony John with from his book Five Flavors of Dumb. Photo by bass for the group. The songs were catchy, layered with a nice I don't think I get it, but it's so Michael Reder. cool!" Epiphone crunch cbaracteristic of Worcester-core and choco-beat, It was Watergate set to music. Music does seem like a strange months of research for his novel, such as the young adultmodel for place from which to launch a ca- assembling a deaf team to learn' a clear, coming-of-age plot with a Teddy's, an experimental grape-gaze duo consisting of Josh reer as a novelist. "I'm flying by about growing up with the condi- moral to close, "do not mean you Gottesman '11 and Jon Markson' 12, played afterward, signaling the seat of my pants here," John tion, speaking with physicians, are confined." When Boyd asked a turn for the absurd at the concert. Jon's pedal chain was lit up said, laughing. He pointed out that and attending an ASL class. He him if he was restricted in content eonstantly as Gottesman's glasses consistently slipped down his even though he holds no formal also became aware of the ideo- because of his genre, he said, "Re- nose bone during their set. It was (I believe) an improvisational edncation in English or writing, logical conflict between cochlear ally, anything goes." Young adult set, a tribute to the Fibonacci sequence. Bleeps, bloops, zurps and da-da-da's were abundant. Overall, their jam was confusing and a compositions in both mediums implants, which can restore hear- fiction does not necessarily mean bit uncomfortable for the crowd as a whole (though the "La Bam- have "theme and structure," and ing in some profoundly deaf indi- more innocent subject matter. ba" cover was among the best pieces of music ever performed). one has to ask oneself similar viduals, and the traditional view of He referenced Barry Lyga's ac- Then, Lacrosse (LAX) played and everyone bled. LAX is a questions before embarking on a celebrating deafness and sign lan- claimed Boy Toy, in which a teen- sports-punk band influenced by equal parts Stalin, Black Flag and work: Where am I going with this? guage instead of branding it as a ager is trying to get over the affair sandwiches. Members inelude Jon Markson (drums), James Finu- Where will it be performed, and handicap. This conflict is a central he had with his teacher when he for whom? theme of Five Flavors. was twelve. cane (bass) and an unidentified Ashkenazi Jew in a Duke jersey. Music also plays an important Boyd was impressed with "I just like to see kids reading," The set was 10 minutes of chaos. Imagine a Dreidel in a blender. role in John's fiction. "It keeps ap- John's research, mentioning that John said, even if they pick up The closing band was another Liz de Lise concoction titled Mostly Dimes. Their name refers to the fact the band is primar- pearing in my novels, I don't know going out and gathering infonna- the thinly disguised young adult ily girls, excluding Nate Pope on drums. De Lise played electric why that is," he joked. In his first tion is not her forte. The differenc- versions of harlequin novels. He guitar for the first time in her life accompanied by Emily Bernstein book, Busted: Confessions of an es between the two writers became himself was a self-professed re- , I4 on bass. The lyrics were lush with feminist slander and shout- Accidental Player, the protagonist apparent as they talked. When luctant reader in high school, un- ing, while the music was sweet and saucy, The sound was some- is a musician, and his new Five John remarked that he had all of til he came upon S.E. Hinton and where in between Sleater-Kinney and an easy-bake oven. Would Flavors of Dumb follows a squab- his most recent work completely the likes of TIm Outsiders. For a listen again. bling teenage rock band managed planned out before hitting the key- sixteen-year-old in a British all- Overall, the MOBROC show was a huge success. Everyone was by the unlikely Piper Vaughn. board, Boyd replied, "I can't do boys' school, reading about gangs hanging out and listening to the music at their own pace, drinking John's editor told him that there that. People ask me what my book in Oklahoma could not have been mochas and grooving to the tunes. Start a band, join MOBROC was already a multitude of rock is about, and Isay, 'Idon't know.''' more alien to him, but he was and divulge your soul to tbe campus next time around.;) • music themed young adult novels, John and Boyd also discussed hooked. Boyd similarly described so John's wife suggested that he the dissimilarities in fiction when discovering literature as this "co- explore the topic from the ,point of age audience differs; Hay asked if vert message [and a1key to truth," view of a deaf person. John was, "not having to write according to which was "electrifying." got an agent, and received a multi- fascinated by the idea of musical narrative structure can be debili- John's appreciation for literature shops and make stuff up all day. I ple-book deal from a publisher. culture intersecting with deaf cul- tating." Boyd agreed that adult fic- took a back seat until he started know I'm not supposed to say that, "I think the stories of how peo- ture, and in the discussion cited tion can be tricky because, unlike staying home with his two boys, I'm supposed to be suffering for ple come to be writers are amaz- deaf rapper Sean Forbes, and deaf with young adult, there needn't which, though he loved, he knew my art, but really, what could be ing," said Celia Whitehead ' 11, better?" • percussionist Evelyn Glennie, necessarily be an ending. She said needed to be supplemented with who attended the talk. both of whom experience their that one of her first novels was like something intellectually stimulat- "I love it," said John about his music in entirely unique ways. "walking off a cliff at the end." ing. In a few frightfully simple- work. "I just get to sit in coffee John underwent three solid John added that conventions, sounding steps, he wrote a novel,

Who LAm, Sometimes: Reflexion Review

JOHN SHERMAN the identities they inhabit, ques- I am last." Brady on Whose Line Is It, AIlY- boarder." "Who am I?" may also MANAGING EDITOR tion and explore in performance, Following this was "Broken way? be a "what am I?" and a "what 1 The show began with "Oh Fa- Identity" by Marline Johnson' 13, To begin the second act, Reflex- do," all of these converging on Saturday night in the 1941 ther," by Anthony Sis '14, a piece an honest and beautiful poem con- ion president Kelli Bannister '13 some nebulous "am," one image Room Connecticut College's spo- addressed to Sis's own father, in trasting biological origin-two performed "Daddy," a one-sided never quite explaining the rest of ken w~rd performance group, Re- the rhetoric of a Christian prayer, chromosomes, his and hers-and dialogue with her father, couched them. flexion, held their second show of conftating the father and the Father the origins of personhood, of who in the extended metaphor of a bas- The poetry of Reflexion senior the semester. The first was on Val- and blurring the boundaries be- we are and are not. "I am nei- ketball game. In barely-there sing- advisor Asia Calcagno' 14 is con- entine's Day, and, appropriately, tween apology and renouncement. ther my mother's not my father's song tones, Bannister described sistently right with powerful imag- focused on relationships, both past As an opening to the rest of Who child," Johnson tells us. In spite winning and losing points against ery, her "Ode to Be Non-Human" and present, fulfilling and neglect- Am I?, "Oh Father" set the tone of of the all the physical reality to an unseen, unanswering father fig- being no exception. Phrases like ful. Saturday's show, titled Who the show as both confessional and the contrary-two chromosomes, ure. "I was up by nine I but your "the cracked bones of divorce" Am P, dealt broadly with issues of self-asserting, both "Who am I?" his and hers-the reality of being choices I left me down by eight." snapped from the microphone, identity. and "Who I am." Benjamin Ramos from somewhere, from someone, The game goes on, Bannister play- framing Calcagno's narrative in a , 14 followed with "Break Away," The question is a big one, to be can never be so clear. She asks, ing her hardest against her father's cage of carefully chosen sounds. an exhortation to forge one's own sure 'and reverberates against in- "How the hell am I supposed to choices as she would a basketball Beyond the content of her poetry, path in the world. Ramos asks not know who ram?" How, indeed? num'erable others-Where am I opponent. "See me survive all which is powerful on an intellectu- only "Who am but also ''who Ending the first act was from? Who will I be? Relating the !?" these fucked-up, I all these hand- allevel, Calcagno's reading draws will I become?" and "what have I "Strong," performed by Megan past to the present is a challenge in me-downs you gave me." Our on the aural tactility of spoken been told to become?" Hulsart, who recounted a child- itself; relating the past to the future own identity so often plays out this word performance. Madeline Noi ' 12 performed hood of overcoming cerebral pal- often requires a tremendous leap. way-as bargaining, scoring emo- Melissa Monsalve '14 read a "Double Edged Sword," a power- sy, and learning that "strong" is a As a form of expression, spoken tional lay-ups against misfortune piece titled "Little Miss Goody ful poem that explores the vacuurn relative term. The strength of ev- word enacts the emotional weight and bad memories. Two-Shoes," a self-reflective ac- between two worlds, between HAf_ ery poet in Who Am I was evident, and literary grace of poetry, bring- Elena Rosario' 14 began her un- count of parental expectations and rican" and "American" as an "Af- botb in their words and in their ing the pacts' imagery into the un- titled poem with "Who am 11"- youthful realities. Monsalve ad- rican American," and "the hypoc- presence. mediate present of a performance. a question that seemed more and mits to being, and indeed proudly risy of them both.:' Refe~enci?g Intermission featured the Dudes That so much spoken word ad- more impossible to answer as the identifies herself a "perfectly im- her parents' Ghanaian nationality of the Corridor, a musical improv dresses pain and sadness is per- show progressed. I began to ask perfect," adding, "and that's the in contrast to her own Amencan group comprised of Liarn Lawson haps a result of its performatlve myself bow [ might answer it, way I want to be." In a similar nationality, Noi expresses the in- '14, Prashanth Selvam '14, David impact-its capacity to confront wbat I might shout into a crowded vein, Benjamin Ramos' 14 returns ner struggle between being de- Rojas ' 14, Shuyler Nazareth ' 14, the listener/viewer with words as audience to explain myself. Ro- to close the show with "Find Your fined as one thing and feeling Benjamin Ramos '14, and Juan Well as movement. The members sario tells a sto~ of herself with Way," a fitting corollary to his ear- entirely artother, or rather several Pablo ' 14. -fbe six dudes impro- "of Reflexion del~ deep, recount- injuries---

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 perfect as the angry over the top hypocrite Peacbum; and Kavee, who brought out maybe the only When Polly returns home, she sympathy from the audience as proudly tells her parents of their the bitter heartbroken prostitute. marriage, and stubbornly refuses There has to he a special men- to reconsider. The Peachum par- tion of Jacoby, who was hilarious ents step their plan into high gear, as Lucy, Macheath's full woman scheming to have Macheath fi- wife and lover. All of the singing nally hanged for all his crimes. was fantastic as well, with an es- This proves difficult because of pecially good vocal performance Macheath's friendship with Ti- from Brown as Mrs. Peachum. ger Brown (Tim Swan ' 13), the The set was modest but effec- police commissioner, and the tive; a grafittied brick wall which relationship with his daughter, instantly informed the audience Lucy (Grant Jacoby , 13). And to the setting as well as some thus the plot is put in place as the versatile scaffolding and props. Peacbums work with Macheatb's Lights, costumes and sound were past lover Jenny (Susanna Kavee all fine. The only minor problem , 14) to track Macheath down, set I had with the production was the a trap and see him swing from the instrumental work; it sounded gallows. occasionally sloppy. However, I The plot is somewhat complex, Clockwise from top: The cast of The Threepenny Opera; kept in mind that I was techni- especially when it comes to the Ryan Cameron '12 as Mr. Peachum; Julie Bergstein '12 as Polly; cally watching a dress rehearsal exact motivations of each char- Julian Gordon '14 as Mack the Knife. Photos by Andrew Nathanson. and that perhaps what' perceived acter, but the cast carried the au- as a few spots of messy playing dience through it well with great gauge the audience reaction. Vic- argument about how no-one is were intentionally so in order to acting all around. The standout toria Leads '11 was extremely untouched by greed and corrup- add to the theme of a "beggars performances would have to be positive. "I loved the music, the tion. Again, this isn't necessarily opera" (which is how the play is from Gordon, who was excel- performances were so lively and a bad thing. I like a play that re- introduced). lent at being both the suave slimy the set was unbelievable." mains steadfast in its themes and When exiting the play, I asked criminal in the beginning and the Martina Rudolf '14 was simi- I love a play that makes the audi- the opinions of some other stu- more frantic death row inmate larly positive. '" really liked it, ence think, but it lead to a lot of dents who attended the preview to at the end; Cameron, who was and thought the whole thing was moments of "Wait, what are they really well done." She also had singing about?" which distracted the unique perspective ofjust hav- from the overall story multiple ing read the play for a class. "We times. just read Threepenny, actually, in A problem I think many people my Berlin class, and I thought the will have with the play is that musical was good, but I think if I the characters are almost entirely hadn't read the play it might he a unrelatable, mean and immoral little hard to follow." in one way or another. But this, This opinion was compliment- I think, is by design. Threepen- ed by another freshman, Tony ny is trying to be different from Knapp, who hadn't had any expo- so many other plays which give sure to the play before. "I appre- you an obvious hero to root for. ciated the acting, the set design, It even pokes fun at unrealistic the light design, but the script cheerful finales with its hilarious itself was confusing. I didn't un- Deus ex Machina, which saves derstand what the songs were re- Macheath from death, and is fol- ferring to and none of the charac- lowed by the street singer singing ters were likeable." "Happy endings, that's the rule Knapp's qualms encompass here. " some of my own. This is a funny Aod despite my issues with play, but not a happy one. That's The Threepenny Opera, it was a not a bad thing - in fact it's re- happy ending for both the charac- freshing in comparison to those ters and the audience. I would call saccharine musicals of constant it a strange choice for the theatre cheer - but this play gets a bit too department to choose this play heavy at points. It's never sad, over others, but ultimately a good but it's frequently pessimistic. I choice. Threepenny is a unique felt like almost every song began show that was presented with about the characters and their sit- great production. The humor, uation and then quickly spiraled talent and music shined through into a critique on capitalism, or the play's dark and depressing a commentary on the innate im- themes .• morality of human kind, or an

Reflexion The Low Anthem's Smart Flesh Review Indie-Charnber-Folk that's "softer than your velvet Elvis"

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 CAROLINE MILLS it- you're in. It is followed by the country-tinged love song "Apothecary STAFF WRITER working in concert in urging Love," whose heavy waltz rhythm and seemingly outdated plot might the listener/viewer to "decide deceive one into thinking that The Low Anthem are a band stuck in the The first page of the liner notes pasl. your future / your fate," and, for The Low Anthem's Smart However, "Boeing 737" crashes right through that assumption. One onc might even add, your own Flesh reads thus: identity, your who-you-are. of the album's standout tracks, it begins with a lush, cinematic horn sec- "The Low Anthem's Smart tion backed by an insistent4-on-the-floor beat - "I was in the air when Even at the close of Who Flesh is a credible, edible» col- the towers came down, in a bar on the 84th floor" sings lead singer Ben Am I? on Saturday night, the lection oj Jl songs. Softer than Knox Miller, with a ragged voice on the edge of a yell. Cinematic is answer remains conclusively your velvet Elvis and fiercer than the best word for this track as a whole, with references to Phillipe Petit elusive in all cases. The rev- Lody Hale herself. Chapped, na- (the "Man on Wire" from the 2008 doc of the same name) and an outro elation of even one comer of ked love songs, lazier than the identity only highlights the featuring the noise of flickering film. Yet the subject, of course, is a very drifting sun. Songs of fear, au- PHOTO FROM WEB real event. inscrutability of every other elty, and redemption. Songs on comer, in a room of incalcu- The next few tracks are soft and slow, almost sacred-sounding songs. songs. Essence and nonsense. Frequencies jar sympathet- Pure falseno harmonies and acoustic guitar, piano and upright bass, crisp lable size. Reflexion is full of ic architects. A church-a black hole-silence-exit music talented poets with incredible harmonica solos, organ and harmoruum all populate the instrumentation. jar thunder. Oooweee! Herein: That bulbous. intelligent brain flesh of The only instrumental track, "Wire," is simply four minutes of three stories, begging the question empty whales. That vacuous and monotonous flesh of the tumor. That clarine~, rnovin~ between simple harmonies and complex counterpoint. Who Am I? and offering an an- taut flesh of the archer and his drawn bow. That trembling gut of the swer, but perhaps never telling There IS somethmg so ethereal about these three clarinets alone that tightrope, that humming steel oj airplanes. Woe that endless hunt. Woe makes one hold one's breath, so as not to interrupt the performance. In an entire story, nor ever reveal- ye embalmers oj beauty. Woah! That tender and redeemed flesh ... 'For ing a comprehensive "am"- contrast, "Bum" showcases Miller's voice, backed very minimally by your ears only, with love." brushed drums, banjo, organ and even a saw at times. an end-all, be-all state of being In 119 words, this sums up the album better than I ever could, but for After the somewhat silly "Hey, All You Hippies!" comes the naked contained in a single verb. your sakes I'll give it a shot. emotion of "I'll Take Out Your Ashes." This is an impossibly melan- Latcr that evening, one of The Low Anthem's first commercially-released album, Oh My God, choly song, w~ere the "sad and guilty" narrator sings of not taking out thc poets of Who Am I? said Charlie Darwin, was something of a critics' darling when it arrived on the ::shes of his dead loved one, of scrutinizing her "Alzheimer's po- in conversation with a friend, the scene in 2009. The Providence-based band has a sound that could be etry. for any kind of ~swers. For all of the emotion, however, there is "There's not one thing that's described as indie-, or perhaps chamber-folk, given the old-timey feel of nothing overly dramatic or cloying. Mostly just two banjos backing the happened to me that Ihaven't their songs and the wide variety of instruments they use, many of them vocals, It sounds as if you simply happened upon this guy fooling around told someone, it just may not orchestral. be the same person." Story- With a banjo on his porch, smgmg what he's thinking about the one h Smart Flesh, most of which was recorded in an abandoned pasta sauce telling is so often confession- loves. Then the song fades into the sound of a transistor radio fu e factory in Central Falls, RI, doesn't stray too far from this sound, perhaps '~L . OlG Id C .. , zzy WIU~ stanc, 0 ~n attle features rich harmonies and SOmegorgeous al, and confession takes many because it doesn't have to. There is something almost hypnotic about clannet counterpomt, before the final track, "Smart Flesh." It begins with forms. How many times have the Low Anthem's songs; they are imbued with a kind of awe-inspiring a count-off so close that (once again, especially in headphones) Miller 1 told this story? She added, honesty and reverence, both lyrically and melodically, as if they were sounds as if he 1S singmg softly right into your ear, appropriate for the "There's not one person that recorded in Some huge open space - sometimes it feels like a church, knows everything." And, truly, secrets being told and producing an effect similar to that of the th other times a front porch. This music isn't performed for your benefit so alb be W'th i.: . way e how could there be? At the urn gao. 1 rus voice so close, you can't help but hang onto eve much as letting you listen in on a secret, word as the lazy beat lulls you and pulls you in. • ry very least, Who Am I? poses The opening track, "Ghost Woman Blues," encapsulates this feel, the question, and the result is beginning the alb~m unassumingly, with an easy grace that draws you impressive .• in immediately. Then, the harmonies kick in and (especially on head- phones) the clarinet and Harmon-muted trumpet start to play and that's 1IIIII_1IiIiIIIIl-...... -..;;;".. . MARCH 7, 2011 THE COLlEGE VOG ------SPORTS· 11 The Carmela Trade: A Knicks Fan's Perspective

_ JESSE MOSKOWITZ East are on a total of six tearns: STAFF WRITER Miami, Boston, Chicago, Or- "So the Denver deal's finalized lando, Atlanta and New York, It looks like we're giving up the Now, tell me the top six teams in four starters, Anthony Randolph the Eastern Conference. If you Curry's expiring contract, cash guessed those six, you'd be cor- and three picks." That was the ex- rect. A chance at acquiring one act text message I received from of these bona fide superstars is my brother last Monday evening something a team can't pass up about the blockbuster trade be- if it wants to thrive. tween the New York Knicks and I'm not even going to get into the Denver Nuggets, In return the type of basketball player the Knicks obtained Carmelo An: Carmelo is, Fans know he's thony, Chauncey Billups and four dominant offensively and has the ability to take over a game throw-in players. Reading the text with his scoring. He's in the top immediately brought back memo- three on my list of "Guys 1 Want ries of the Knicks' past decade of with the Ball in Their Hands in historically poor decision-making, the Fourth Quarter." Yet, more gross overspending, impulsive ac- appealing than his on-the-court tion and disregard for the future, prowess is the fact that he really They were'Isaiah Thomas memo- wants to win, He had expressed ries. that his "ultimate dream" was to For those of you unfamiliar with play in New York and that his Thomas, he was hired by Knicks goal is to win a ring, He's the owner James Dolan to be Presi- type of player willing to accept dent of Basketball Operations and challenges and who would love General Manager in 2003, He be- Carmelo Anthony (left) and Chauncey Billups at their inaugural Knick! press conference. Photo from web. ro pur a dagger in the inflared came the guy in charge of signing ego that has formed down in new players, making trades, and one that a year or two down the Rondo this season, He had spunk (without me even touching on the South Beach, managing draft picks, To call the line made me ask myself, «How and had no problem taking charge departure of the three draft picks Billups is similar in this way job that Thomas did "bad" would did 1not see this coming?" 1need- of the team under the hright New or six million dollars) wby I start- and, though eight years older, he be deeply offensive to anything I ed to think long and hard about the York lights, Mozgov was more ed off questioning the decision to repercussions of this one. split up with all of these important brings a strong veteran presence, have ever called "bad," From the a winning pedigree (with a cham- 2003-2004 season through the The first thing that stuck out parts, But as I let the trade develop about the trade was the confidence in my mind and watched their first pionship ring on his finger) and 2009-2010 campaign, tbe Knicks the grit to prove that he's more posted an awful 212-362 record, that fans had built with players Fans know Carmela game together against the Milwau- Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gal- kee Bucks, I started to see the big than just Melo's throw-in. I can winning an embarrassing 37% of deal with another year and a half their games. What's more impres- Iinari. These guys were supposed is dominant offensively picture, Sports guru Bill Simmons to be the face of the future, They has often stated that, in basketball, of smart, hard-nosed 16/6 basket- sive (and why this all relates to the ball, especially wben it's out of Nuggets deal) is the way Thomas had weathered the past couple of and has the ability "You always trade away four quar- ters for a dollar," a thirty-four year-old, When the managed to accomplish this, awful years and were in prime po- sition to be consistent role players At the heart of it, Mozgov is a Knicks lose his $14.2 million dol- Making egregious trades was to take over a game on a contending team. With only below-average center with a pe- lar contract after the 2012 season, Isaiab's specialty. Acquiring over- three combined seasons of signifi- destrian future, He's only posted they'll open the door to sign an- rated "stars" with suspect char- with his scoring. cant play, the duo was pitching in double-digit points or double-digit other max-contract superstar in his acteristics gave him a baffling about thirty-two points and twelve rebounds once on the season, and prime (Chris Paul or Deron Wil- sense of self-satisfaction, A trade He's in the top three boards per night on the season, At he has a fairly low ceiling, Giving liams, maybe?), Win now, win lat- to, acquire a cancerous Stephan ages twenty-three and twenty-two up Felton when he's playing so er, Isn't that what basketball is all Marbury, one for an agitated and on my list of respectively, their career numbers well seems foolish, but you have to about? The summer of 2012 will inspired Steve Francis and an are sure to increase. Off the court, realize that he was only a product be ripe with free agents willing to epically bad decision to acquire "Guys I Want with they had dealt with the drama of of the offense be ran: A fast paced team up with Amare and Carmelo. Eddy Curry for three players and the organization without com- run-and-gun scheme that gave him If I were one of those guys, New two draft picks. Those picks later plaining, and in fact, they aided in the Ball in Their Hands free range to abuse his below-av- York would surely be atop my list became- Lamarcus Aldridge-and making the Knicks fun to watch erage three point shooting (32%), of dream teams. Joakirn Noab, highlighting the again, It just felt like they were in the 4th Quarter. " Insert any mediocre Eastern Con- So, ultimately, I've come blunders of his franchise-ruining being traded right before they got ference guard in the same role and around. I'm making myself em- tenure. their chance to play for the title he will produce similar results. I brace this deal. I'm forcing the bad This is why I, along with many they'd worked for, don't take back that I'm going to thoughts out of my head and look- other longtime Knickerbockers, Then we have Raymond Felton of a project-an undrafted seven- miss Gallo and Chandler, but they ing to the future, We've gotten out was hesitant to accept a deal of and Timofey Mozgov, the other footer with mediocre athleticism. do have an outside shot of not tak- of our abusive relationship with this magnitude. We've been con- two starters that were traded, Fel- He played a decent amount of ing that next step and remaining Isaiah Thomas and we're back to ditioned to accept every move ton is playing the best basketball minutes due to the Knicks' lack of 16/6/3 guys their whole careers. playing the field, "I've accepted that the organization makes to be of his life and was debatably the another true center and was able to The NBA has become a league the trade," I texted my brother, a mistake; a mistake that may not 3rd best point guard in the East play defense in the post fairly well. of superstars. The thirteen All-Star "See ya in June." • rear its ugly head immediately, but behind Derrick Rose and Rajon I hope at this point you can see selections that now play in the

Gross Gets the Gold Snowboarding Team finds success in first year of existence

MELANIE THIBEAULT STAFF WRITER , This year, Conn welcomed a new club, the Snowboarding Team, created by Johnny Borbone ' 12, Made up of roughly ten students, the team travels to competi- tions, and members have the choice of either straight racing or slope-style, which includes tricks, The team is part of the New Jersey Conference of USCSA. Jamie Gross '14, a skilled member of the team, participates in the racing parts of the competitions. She won first place at all three races in which she competed at Hunter Mountain in New York, and to top it off, she won first place at Regionals, I sat down with Gross to discuss important snowboarding matters.

How did you become interested in snow- to say it was my junior or senior year of boarding? When did you begin? high school. Iwear a knee brace now and I started at the age of six, so about twelve it's fine. years ago, I saw it and thought it looked really fun, At first, I rented boards for the What was your best experience with season and 1 got my first real board when I boarding? Winning Regionals is pretty exciting, was twelve. What do you think of Shaun White? Do ynu do any tricks? Jamie Gross '14 racing at Regionals. I don't do tricks, I've tried them, but I Ithink he's annoying, 1mean, he's good at do want to pick them up, I'm thinking of what be does, but I've heard that he's really Do you have any crazy nicknames? competing in the trick part next year, I can cocky, People call me Jaim. Wait, Ihave a better What's something you like to do that not many people know abont? do boxes, one-s-Jamala. And Jammer Bammer. I like Do you also ski? that one the best I tap dance, I've done that since seventh I just snowboard. But I have a lot of friends grade, What are boxes? who only ski There are boxes on some of the' hills and Favorite food. Go. Would you ever dance at Conn? you can ride up and off of them, I've only Snshi's pretty good, Where's your favorite place to snow- I would, but they don't have tap dance' done them a couple of times. board? Why sushi? here. Alpine Meadows-at my home mountain Do you have any advice to beginner I just like it in Lake Taboe, California, Favorite bands? boarders? 1 really like Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Speed is your friend, It totally is. The Should we expect to see you in the Olym- What's it like boarding out here? Kooks and Vampire Weekend, slower you go, the easier it is to fall. pics in the near future? Compared to home? Where I live, we get And a lot of people are afraid to go fast, No, (laughs) I'm not that good. about five feet of snow with every snow- Any parting words? hut that's where it gets fun, Oh, and wear a storm, and we have a storm like every Pirates or ninjas? I hear there's a big Everyone who competed did really well helmet! weekend. Out here, it's a lot icier and debate, this year, 11,e team's really fun and every- slushier and there's not as much snow. But one should join! • Have you ever gotten injnred while I'm gonna go with pirates, I hope people it's still fun, stay my friend after this one, ~ snowboardingl I've injured myknee snowboarding, 1want 12------'------THE COLLEGE VOla ------:--:-=-:::::7 MARCH 7, 2011 Editors,Nick Woolf & Mike Flint SPORTS [email protected] Men's Lacrosse Looks to Repeat Dominance in 2011 DAN MOORIN stick midfield position. He will have a big .. STAFF WRITER impact on the defensive side of the ball for ~ the Camels. Driscoll's presence in the mid- ." Last spring, the Connecticut College :0 field will be sorely missed. The captain of o men's lacrosse team was the athletic story both the men's hockey and lacrosse teams ":Ii of the year. The Camels, led by head coach m last year, Driscnll was a leader on and off Dave Cornell (2010 NESCAC coach of the .. the field. His hard work in the midfield led year), won an impressive thirteen games him to a team-high sixty-five ground balls. straight en route to an overall record of 14-3 "Like last year, Eric Doran '11 will work and a berth in the second round of the Di- hard on both sides of the ball. Look for Kev- vision III NCAA championships. The team in Dachille '14 to help in replacing some of was led by attackman Steve Dachille '10, Driscoll's end-to-end play in the midfield, who led the NE CAC with forty-four goals too," Sizer commented. and garnered all-NESCAC and honorable Or'course, the biggest question mark lies mention all-American accolades. in the offensive half of the field. Dachille's However, the team's success came to a NESCAC high forty-four goals will not be halt when the Camels dropped a 6-5 deci- easily replaced. The 20 I0 senior attackman sion to NE CAC rival Wesleyan in the first was a big x-factor in many of the Camels' round of the NESCAC playoffs, followed close wins. "He was a real threat on attack. by a heartbreaking 11-9 loss at home against He could break down zone defenses with RJT in the second round of the NCAA his shot and penetrate man-to-man coverage championships. with his size," said Sizer. Now, with Dachillc gone, as well as Three players will be called on to fill 3rd team all-American dcfensemen Pete Dachille's offensive production and lead- Crisafulli '10, starting defcnsman Will ership: Eric Doran 'I 1, Ryan Hayes '1 I Schuman '10 and hardworking captain Eric Doran 'Ll in last year s season-ending loss to RlT in the second round and Mark Mangano 'I 1. Doran, Hayes and Sean Driscoll '10, the question is do" we of the D-Ill Tournament. Mangano scored twenty-six, twenty-two have what it takes to get back to the NCAA It seems there are a number of players those big goals in the playoffs. We under- and fourteen gnals, respectively, last season, tournament? Let's start at the defensive end. with the ability to fill roles across the board; stand that if we want the same results as last finishing as the top scorers below Dachille. "Crisafulli and Schuman played big roles however, hard work and leadership will ul- year, it's going to be with a much different Additionally, Mangano and Hayes lead the la t year, but defensively we won't have timately be the keys to stringing together formula. Guys have to consistently step up team in assists at fifteen and twelve; this many holes," said Nick Sizer '12. "Look wins like last season. "Every team, in the and be leaders on the field and in the locker season, their roles as distributers will be for Brogan O'Connor '13to have a big im- NESCAC especially, is going to have our room." shifted towards goal scoring. pact on defense, and for Brian Barasha '13 number this season," Sizer said. "We are no Tri-captains Doran, Mangano and Other attaekmen to watch are Mike Giam- to step up, too." In goal for the Camels will longer the underdog Camels; we will have O'Donnell have already set the tone. Each banco' 13 (fifteen points), Steve Eicher' 13 be returning net minders Rob Moccia '12 to work very hard to prove ourselves and (seventeen points), and John Lyons '13 player must lead by example and work hard and John Lenehan '12. "While Moccia had back up our preseason national ranking at (eighteen points). All three had successful both on and nffthe field if the Camels want the majority of the playing time in net, both number 10." freshmen campaigns and should continue to to get back atop the NESCAC standings goalies contributed to our success. Both are The Camels are going into this season be productive with a solid year under their and qualify for a 2nd consecutive trip to the more than capable of getting wins," Sizer with high hopes, but they understand that belts. "Sophomore transfer Tyler Corcoran NCAA championships. The highly antici- said. their path to success will look much dif- should make an immediate impact on the pated season will start Saturday, March 12 In the midfield, the Camels will return ferent from last year's. Sizer explained: offense. He is a shifty attackman with great at home against in-state rival Trinity. - 2010 all-NESCAC and 2011 preseason all- "last season we ran out of gas. We felt too vision," said Sizer. American Mike O'Donnell '12 at the long comfortable relying on Steve (Dachille] for United Women's Lacrosse Team Prepared for NESCACCompe on

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 and Tufts. A memorable highlight from last season There is also a considerable number of was the impressive come-from-behind win winter sport athletes trying out, most of against Bates. "That was one of those games whom will be making the painful transi- that always comes back as the defining tion from quadriceps to hamstrings as they game for our team," said McClelland. "It go from maneuvering on the ice in Dayton showed our players what we're capable of, Arena to sprinting on the lacrosse field. that even if we're in a hole we can always A successful season requires a team to fight out of it." tay unified, even when they are not on the In that game, Bates had come out ag- field. "Creating that team chemistry in the gressively and the Camels did not respond offseason is really important; everything well in the first half. Conn was down 10-2 they do beforehand makes all the difference by halftime. At that point, the team rallied in how we start off the year," said McClel- together and decided not bow down to their land. After the final cuts are made, the end opponent; the Camels came back in the fi- product is a solid roster of tenacious and nal twenty-five minutes ofthe game, tying it dedicated players eager to star! pushing to- up while holding Bates scoreless the entire wards the NESCAC Tournament. half, and then winning in double overtime. With only two senior players, the team is "The intensity was so high during that still young, but the completed roster reveals game," said Driscoll. "I think that just a tcam building a talented base, with numer- proved to us that we have what it takes to ous underclassmen who will contribute to make it to the playoffs and really make a the team. name for ourselves." "We're trying to get better and belter The team has made steady improvements within the NE CAC, so we always have to and will draw upon experiences like the win bring new talent in that is going to help us against Bates as they strive to have more improve," McClellan said. "Tbe freshman consistent success this season. "The team recruited class is probably one of the tight- that we have today is so much stronger," est classe in terms of their dynamic and said McClelland. "The dynamic now is the their energy." best that I've ever seen." This unity is a even of the Camels' past opponents are testament to both the returning players that ranked in the top twenty of Division Ill, so guide the underclassmen, and the team's improvement within the NESCAC rankings ~ hard work in the offseason. is no easy fc t. Women's lacrosse is fiercely z With the 20 I I season now underway, Me- competitive within the conference, and no t Clelland appeared confident in the team's game is a guaranteed win. For example, the ~ potential and emphasized camaraderie as Middlebury Panthers used to dominate the 1! the underlying force hehind every game field five years ago, but other schools have , o they play. "Overall, we're looking for a since risen up to the challenge and consis- o gOO?experience. That means getting better, tently beaten them, ~ gettmg stronger, having pride in the way we The Camels and two other schools in the iii play and being a supportive group to each NE CAC arc ranked in the top thirty-five ~ otherj'- and have made small strides in the past cou- Abby HiJl '11 cradles the ball against Bowdoin in a match from last season. ple of years, beating top teams like Williams

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ALL-NESCAC SO YOU DON'T MISS IT GAMES Women's Ice Hockey: Mackenzie Lilly' 13 Men's Lacrosse: Brigid O'Gorman 'II Caitlin Munns' 11 vs. Trinity College: Saturday, March 12 @ I PM Courtney Dumont '14 (NES- Sarah Murphy' II vs. U of New England: Sunday, March. 13 @2:30PM CAC Rookie of the Year) Julia Pielnck ' 13 vs. Clarkson University: Wednesday, March 16 @ 12 PM Jessica Schanzer ' 13 at Amherst College: Saturday, March 19 @ I PM Men's Ice Hockey: vs. Union College (at Georgetown): Wednesday, March 23 @ I I AM can Tuohy' II Men's Swimming: at Middlehury College: Saturday, March 26 @ 1 PM Sean Curran' 12 Tim Walsh' 12 Sam Gill '14 Women's Lacrosse: Women's Swimming: Ryan Dignan' 14 at Trinity College: Saturday, March 12 @ 12 PM Ilead Coach Marc Benvenuti (Coach of the Year) at Spring Break Tournament in West Palm Beach, FL: Monday, March 14 _ Rachel Bohn '14 Friday, March 18 Erika Fernandes' 12 , vs. Amherst College: Wednesday, March 23 @ 4: 15 PM Katie Karlson' 13 vs. Middlebury College: Saturday, March 26 @ II AM