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MONDAY, DECEMBER 5. 2011

NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT VOLUME XCV • ISSUE 9 School Policy Unaffected by Change in State Law Regarding Marijuana Posession

ANDREA AMULIC demeanor to civil violation. nalization is cost-effective, is not associated from legalization,” and noted that the change is STAFF WRITER The fines for this offense have also been dras- with increased cannabis use at the state level administrative, rather than moral. tically reduced: first-time offenders will be cited (indeed, they found larger increases of canna- But what does the decriminalization of mari- Although the use or possession of non-medi- and fined $150, and fines for subsequent offens- bis use in states that imposed criminal penal- juana in Connecticut mean for the student body cal marijuana is still illegal in the state of Con- es may increase to amounts from $200 to $500. ties) and is not correlated with rates of alcohol of Connecticut College? necticut, recent legislation has decriminalized Support for this legislative change comes or other drug use. As it turns out, not that the possession of small amounts of cannabis. from numerous findings, including those of The change seeks to re-appropriate the state’s much. Dean Cardwell said, In accordance with SB 1014, which took effect the Connecticut Law Revision Commission of legal resources, thus allowing for greater atten- “The college’s policy on mari- beginning in July 2011, the criminal penalties 1997. After comparing data from states that had tion to be paid to more serious criminal offens- juana use has not changed in for the possession of less than half an ounce of decriminalized cannabis with states that still es. Sarah Cardwell, Associate Dean of Student accordance with the new law marijuana have been removed and the classifica- imposed criminal penalties on cannabis posses- Life at Connecticut College, said, “I think it’s a because the legislation targets tion of the offense has been changed from mis- sion, the commission determined that decrimi- fine change. Decriminalization is quite different fines and logistics.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Parking Shouldn’t Be a Pain NBA Lockout Comes to A Close

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I’m going to be honest with you. I was secretly hoping that the NBA owners and players would not reach an agreement before the entire season went down the drain. I was getting used to a sports-world without profes- sional basketball. I’m not going to get into the technicalities of the agreement, because frankly, I care about them less than I care about when the Jersey Shore season begins, but the question still remains: how the hell did it take this long!? Don’t get me wrong, I love my Bos- ton Celtics…during the basketball sea- son. But during the other five or six months of the year (depending on how long the NBA makes me waste my ear- ly summer nights indoors watching a two month long playoff), I am focused on baseball or football whole-hearted- PHOTO EDITOR HANNAH PLISHTIN / PHOTO ly. In fact, this winter I was all geared up to focus on my UConn Huskies pro- tecting their most recent National Title MELANIE THIBEAULT ago. Students may not want to pay, illegally on campus, probably until the changes. Since many members of and my new interest in the Boston Bru- ARTS EDITOR but if they’re like me, they’re go- they get caught by Campus Safety SGA who worked to install this plan ins defending their first Stanley Cup in ing to reluctantly fork over the cash officers, and sometimes, even after. have graduated, the current students nearly 40 years. As a sophomore, I was excited at in exchange for having a personal I know that many new park- are left to deal with the implications the prospect of bringing my car to method of transportation all year. Or, ing regulations have been imple- and frustrations that have resulted CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 campus this year, though I was dis- if they’re more inclined to break the mented this year after proposals set from this new parking system. gruntled at the prospect of paying rules, they’re going to forfeit reg- forth by SGA in past years, and I $150, double the price of two years istering their cars and instead park can’t say that I’m happy with all of CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

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Interview with Google+ vs. Facebook Conversation with Kinetics of The Curse of the 4 Alice Maggin’91 7 10 Kinetics and One Love 8 “Dream Team” 2 THE COLLEGE VOICE THE COLLEGE VOICE 3 EDITORIALS /// LETTERS DECEMBER 5, 2011 THIS WEEK DECEMBER 5, 2011 Editorials I have two housemates. One is Carolyn, who has provid- an enlightening conversation. The community we’ve found ed our 360 Mohegan home with crayons and Sesame Street ourselves in is embedded with opportunities that are con- monday coloring books; the other, Kerry, has an unnatural capacity tingent on these connections. for presidential facts and brings home a lot of granola.360 But as the semester comes to an end, I’m focusing less apartment three has become our home: a patriotic-themed on these formal relationships, and more on the ones I’ve Combat Spin Class posterboard of house rules adorns our living room wall built outside of the classroom: the ones that will read over (Rule #8, if you’re cooking for us, no rules apply; Rule a paper at 11 PM for me, that will pick me up an extra cof- 3:00 PM #8a, if you’re cooking, it is for us), and we leave love notes fee, that cover my room in creepy photos and that attempt, tuesday for each other on our bathroom mirror. Our refrigerator is though halfheartedly, to fill my room with partially-inflated Spinning Room, Athletic Center filled with cheese. In our specialty housing application, we balloons for my birthday. The turbulence of finals has re- referred to ourselves as a three-headed monster. I don’t allocated the focus from friends to work; the return from Israel Study/Advocacy think we’ve ever been more accurate. winter break will grant us some early-semester free time The senior mentality is centered around capitalizing on before we’re bogged down with work yet again, and then 4:00 PM all the opportunities we’ve been given in the time we have we graduate. The canned question at the end of a prospec- Connecticut College Concert Band left: we’re encouraged to appreciate our professors, to ex- tive student interview has become “what’s been your fa- Harkness Chapel Library plore previously undiscovered corners of the curriculum, vorite part about being at Conn?” I tell them it’s the people 7:00 PM to take advantage of Conn-specific opportunities. The lit- I’ve met here. My summer roommate who became our erature we received as prospective students about Conn’s multimedia editor, my Office of Admission peers that can Evans Hall strong points has turned into a checklist: have I consumed commiserate over write-ups, the College Voice staff who Hebrew Cafe enough camel cookies? Have I sat on Tempel Green with are having as much fun on issue nine as they did on is- a book? Have I truly experienced the beauty of the Plex at sue one: college is not only about building connections and 6:00 PM night? compiling resources to improve your life for the future, but As our time in college has progressed, one of our chief also about creating relationships that enhance where you Coffee Grounds objectives has been to make connections. One of our are now. It’s important to learn and gain experience, but it’s school’s chief assets is the ability to foster that goal. Conn also important to have fun. This isn’t something that can be is known for its small student-faculty ratios, and students administratively sanctioned or outlined in the course cata- are expected to create relationships with professors that log, but it remains integral to our experience. ultimately reap some benefit, be it an unofficial -mentor I’m grateful for the time we’ve had thus far, and I’m ex- ship, the agreement to a last-minute independent study or cited about the time we have left. I’m also really sorry I a recommendation. Through College Relations, alumni didn’t do my dishes. are invited back to the College to wax poetic on their time here, but also to provide insight on where they are, and more importantly, how they got there. The list of deans - Jazmine and administrators is prolific, which means that there is an abundance of people to reach out to for life advising or for “On the Nature of Being Woody: How Advances Free Speech in Genetics are Shaping Our Understanding of

of any college in the country(and for activities we have here, and our most but if those aren’t worth loosing in the Secondary Growth in Plants” that matter the world) would be a good radical idea of dissenting consists of a name of justice then the whole point of start, especially when (as you point) letter to SGA than I’m not sure what to dissenting is moot. I hope at least with 11:50 AM our diplomas may not even be valuable think of the objections in the first place. this post to allow CC Dissent to see that enough to secure us a job. The reactions to these injustices don’t there really are things that can be done Olin 014 If this group is really serious about match the injustices themselves and I’m that are far more drastic than involving wednesday A Web comment in response to Megan lished decision not to seek support from their goal of dissenting, and I hope they beginning to wonder if this is something SGA in the argument. I will personally Reback’s “CC Dissent Sparks Debate SGA would matter in the first place, are, I would like to see a little bit more even worth caring about. I realize these not do those things, that’s why I’m not on Campus” from November 14, 2011: especially when this current article on a fire in the bellies. Obviously coming things take time, but I think CC Dissent a member of CC Dissent. I just don’t Connecticut College Jazz Ensemble letter written to SGA on the aims of CC from the college on the hill makes it can do better, and if they can’t then they think it would be worth confronting Loving your coverage of this fasci- Dissent followed immediately after. difficult launch these attacks, and I think really need to reconsider what they’re such potentially harsh realities, and the 7:00 PM nating time in our social history. I’m Am I simply missing something that everyone in the Occupy Move- doing in the first place. intricate complication of Connecticut really perplexed about this movement here? Is my confusion even relevant? ment who comes from means realizes That being said I wish the group the College’s place within and outside Evans Hall and interested in it as well. I’m not a I haven’t the slightest idea. But I wish that even though they are not in the one best of luck, and urge them to be more the one percent. But if you are will to participator, and I doubt that I will ever this group would come out and make a percent the privileges that they have at bold in their demands. Let us not forget dedicate yourself to this movement and be, but I was just wondering if you clearer statement as to what they mean the very least complicate their position. that our very own president, Big Hig, is the idea of Dissent then you must be could elaborate on why CC Dissent has by dissent, especially in the context of That being said I think we can all agree part of that so objectionable one percent willing to take that leap, if not than this Thomas Smith and Tucker Mullin: chosen to include Dissent in their name. Conn Coll and the Occupy movement that our system is tragically flawed. The as well. Are we so blind as to not see group is nothing more than the kids on I assume it’s because Dissent is the as a whole. The letter is a start but if this facts speak for themselves, but what beyond our noses? Who are we dis- the hill playing around with the ideas of Just Cure Paralysis focus of your’s/or their (are you in the group wants to be taken more seriously, I want to know is why should anyone senting from if not the very system we a revolution in their free time. group?) campaign. I think it works great which their name implies they do, I stand with the 99 instead of with the 1 involve ourselves with? Dissent ought 9:00 PM as a name because its obviously a really think it behooves members of this group percent when coming from Connecticut not to be understood as field trips we All the best, thursday powerful word, but I was wondering to act more decisively. College both positions might be readily take to down towns and wall streets. 1962 Room what the group has done to dissent other Dissent is not something that occurs available. No doubt you will say huge We have to acknowledge that dissent- Michael Natriello ’12 than to refuse seeking SGA’s approval only in letters to SGA and if the group is inequities and injustices oblige us to ing might involve realizing that our as a club on campus. I’m not saying that committed to the idea of dissent as their commit ourselves to restoring order so institution, our parents, our friends, and Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception this choice was insignificant. It might focus I would like to see a little bit more that the majority can benefit. But if the ourselves are part of the problem. At be quite significant. But with other out of them as my classmates and peers people of the majority are not willing the very least we are complicit in the 4:00 PM students writing articles about their who I respect. I think if people really to do anything more than take trips to problem. I realize people have a lot to Cummings Salon apathy towards the goings on of SGA wanted to dissent, questioning why we NYC and downtown New London in loose here, potentially their degrees and I wonder why a purposeful and pub- pay one of the highest tuition fees out between classes and whatever other relationships with people they value, Connecticut College Orchestra Concert World News 7:00 PM Evans Hall ATLAS has compiled headlines of world news not normally seen on the front page of the New York Times. Savor the ATLAS Flavor 7:00 PM THE AMERICAS EUROPE Unity House

COLOMBIA— Columbia’s government may have ITALY— The Italian police have crashed their most expensive Yankee Swap Camelingo just lost more than $100 million to education subsi- patrol car—165 thousand Euros worth Lamborghini. This acci- dies for 180,000 students who were falsely enrolled. dent occurred in the Italian town of Cremona where it was on dis- 10:00 PM These registers included multiple entries for individ- play at a student jobs fair. The car was damaged beyond repair. 1962 Room ual pupils, students who never attended lessons, and friday for students who never existed. Education Minister Maria Fernanda Campo said that areas found to have entered these false entries would have their budgets cut. Global Environmental Justice Seminar 11:45 AM Bill Hall 409 OCEANIA ANTARTICA

There is a rift that has been gradually forming at the Pine Island AUSTRALIA— Sydney will soon be home to the Glacier in West Antarctica. The crack runs for twenty miles and Trim a Holiday Tree and Create Southern Hemisphere’s largest recycling and landfill is continues to grow every day. In the near future, growing at this Holiday Ornaments site. Costing over AUD$300million, this hole is over rate, an iceberg the size of Berlin could be found floating about 1:00 PM 150 meters deep and will be filled with 12.5 million cu- the oceans. Scientists anticipate that this could occur by 2012. bic meters of industrial waste over the next twenty years. Olin Lounge The landfill is owned by Dial a Dump Industries and will open next week. Things Went Awry Some Time Ago: Dance Department Faculty Concert 7:30 PM AFRICA ASIA Palmer Auditorium SOUTH AFRICA— Nando’s, a fast food chain in South Africa known for its mischievous ads has recently put CHINA— In Beijing, the public security bureau launched a up a TV advertisement that makes a parody of Zimba- 6-month crackdown on “black jails” operated by private security N20 Show bwe’s President Robert Mugabe’s as “the last dictator firms. Black jails are temporary detention centers created to hold 9:00 PM standing.” The group allegedly received threats from petitioners and people who come to Beijing to report their indi- Oliva Hall a youth group loyal to President Mugabe. The video vidual problems to central government. These firms have been shows a sad Mugabe look alike dining alone at a table illegally detaining people, using violence and have ownership set for Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, Uganda’s Idi Amin over several other underground jails. There are approximately and other late autocratic rulers. 300,000 private security guards in Beijing, many of which are unlicensed. 4 THE COLLEGE VOICE THE COLLEGE VOICE • DECEMBER 5, 2011 NEWS • 5 DECEMBER 5, 2011 Editors: David Liakos & David Shanfield NEWS ///FEATURES [email protected] Centennial Speaker Series Concludes with Alice Maggin ’91 School Policy Unaffected by Change in DAVID SHANFIELD NEWS EDITOR As Conn does not offer any courses in answered, “safety is your number one their plane into the World Trade Center. tragedy is not what defines Maggin’s journalism, Maggin said it was her time concern” when it comes to reporting That’s going to be my story for the day.” career as a journalist. On Friday, December 2, Connecti- at The Voice both provided her with ex- overseas. However, upon arriving at work, it When asked about her favorite story cut College wrapped up its centennial perience and sparked her interest in the She recounted having been shot at, quickly became clear that the situation that she ever covered, Maggin recalled State Law Regarding Marijuana Posession speaker series “Great Beginnings: Con- field. pepper sprayed, and driven around in was far more serious than she had origi- having done a report on a woman who versations with Alumni” with a discus- Originally she had expected to move armored cars. “You get dropped into nally suspected, and eventually her hus- held therapeutic horseback riding ses- sion with Alice Maggin ’91. Maggin to Washington, D.C., and work in poli- Jerusalem, you have no contacts there.” band informed her that there had been a sions for disabled children, mainly those CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 spoke to an audience gathered in Evans tics after graduating, but once she began She also explained the importance of terrorist attack. suffering from cerebral palsy. What use offenses are addressed as viola- Hall at 8 PM, preceded by a dinner in working in news broadcasting, she nev- the role of the translator or “fixer” who Maggin, along with George Stepha- made the story so interesting, though, tions of the Student Code of Conduct Bluestein with Bridget McShane, Direc- er looked back. sets reporters up with contacts who are nopolous, now the co-anchor on Good was that the horses used for these ses- The Student Handbook says, “Fed- at the administrative level, and not by tor of Alumni Relations, and a handful “Television journalism can be a willing to speak with them. Maggin also Morning America, immediately took the sions were both caught and trained by eral, state, and/or local laws govern the Honor Council. Students found in of students. drug,” Maggin said. “There’s amazing addressed issues in dealing with lan- subway downtown, which Maggin ad- prisoners at a nearby penitentiary. the use, possession, and distribution possession of minor amounts of mar- While a student, Maggin designed her When Maggin and her team arrived of illicit drugs and drug parapher- ijuana are instead required to meet own major, titled Power and Impression on scene, they first shot footage of a nalia.” However, Conn’s policy on with Dean Cardwell personally and Studies, which incorporated her inter- boy who, in his wheelchair, seemed sad marijuana use frames the nature of to attend educational workshops. ests in history, government, philosophy and uncommunicative. “We put him on the violation as an unhealthy lifestyle After three offenses, however, the and religion. She also minored in studio a horse and his face lit up, he giggled, choice to use drugs, and focuses pri- matter is dealt with by the Honor art, threw in track and field and served he spoke,” said Maggin. “It was truly marily on the illegal status of mari- Council, as it is reflective of an un- as editor of The College Voice. a magical moment. Then we went to juana in the state. healthy pattern of behavior. Both Maggin is currently producer for the prison where they were training the Sanctions are therefore education- Cauteruccio and Cardwell expressed ABC’s World News with Diane Sawyer, horses, and we showed the prisoners the al, not monetary, and have not been their satisfaction with the newly re- where she chooses, covers, films, edits video of the kid on the horse that they amended to reflect the decriminal- structured system. and produces nightly news stories. She trained. They were crying, and it was ization of marijuana because use of Dean Cardwell said, “I think the lives in Manhattan with her husband, an incredible piece. It was all cylinders the drug in any amount is still illegal. change has been very successful, and Wayne Nelson, producer of Dan Rath- fired, the news gods were smiling. It Alicia Cauteruccio ’12, Honor Coun- it has made the process less bureau- er Reports, and their seven-year-old worked.” cil Chair, said, “The student code of cratic and more focused on educat- daughter. During the interview, Maggin also conduct isn’t about punishing stu- ing students about good decisions.” During the dinner, Maggin spoke spoke about the struggles of having to dents but about encouraging healthy She noted that it has become easier to about her experience at Conn, her fam- produce news for ratings. “Our average habits. We don’t place people on address conduct violations on a per- ily life and told stories from her career. viewer is a white, urban, fifty-six year social warning right away for minor sonal level at the root of the problem, Maggin discussed having to follow old woman,” she explained, “so we do a offenses because we are more inter- and that matters of honor are now re- an unmanned aircraft by plane in or- lot of stories that appeal to white, urban ested in addressing the choice at an garded more seriously. der to cover its crash, which occurred women.” educational level.” Conn’s status as an educational in- in South Dakota. She also mentioned In doing so, Maggin conceded that Dean Cardwell explained that, fol- stitution allows for certain inconsis- dropping her daughter off at school with World News might not appeal to a wide

lowing the restructuring of Conn’s tencies between college policies and MILAN SAUNDERS/ ILLUSTRATOR Jon Stewart’s son, in response to a ques- range of viewers who producers wish judicial system last year, minor drug state law, so long as these policies tion about how she felt about The Daily were watching the show; however, PHOTO EDITOR HANNAH PLISHTIN/ PHOTO are enacted with the primary goals of drug use violations by noting its edu- noting that unauthorized room entry Show. those stories ensure the continued sup- education and safety in mind. cational value. is not a common occurrence and is Shortly after eight, the formal dis- Gracie Pearlman ’14 interviews Alice Maggin ’91 in Evans Hall. port of the show’s current demographic. Deutsche bank The Student Handbook opens with Other instances in which Conn approved only under circumstances cussion began in Evans to a small but Maggin also addressed the individual the assertion that Conn’s judicial policy differs slightly from state law in which the safety of the student or engrossed audience, centered around an adrenaline and a sense of satisfaction.” guage barriers. “It’s harder to tell a story mitted might “not have been the smart- “identities” of the ABC, NBC and CBS system operates under a different set have been regarded less favorably by the community is at risk. interview with Maggin conducted by Later, she spoke about her current po- when people aren’t speaking English est move.” When they were about two news programs. She described ABC’s of standards from the court system: students, most notably the procedure “We operate under a different set of Gracie Pearlman ’14. sition at ABC News and her daily rou- because you don’t get the emotion,” she stops north of the World Trade Center, coverage as somewhat “soft,” while “The Honor Code, Student Code of regarding room searches. According standards here,” she said. “We don’t The interview began with Pearlman tine and responsibilities. Her day begins said. “You can say what they’re saying, their car stopped, the lights dimmed and CBS shows the most “straight news.” Conduct, Student Bill of Rights and to the Student Handbook, if a stu- use principles of ‘reasonable suspi- asking Maggin why she chose to come with a morning call, in which all of the but if you don’t understand what they’re smoke began to fill the subway. Finally, After the formal interview, the forum Adjudication Procedures are integral dent refuses consent to having his or cion’ or ‘probable cause’ necessarily, to Connecticut College. “I wanted a producers meet to discuss all the stories saying it doesn’t have the same impact.” though, they were able to exit the sub- was opened up to the audience with a Agile to the educational mission of the Col- her room searched, the matter is ap- because we are not the legal system. small liberal arts school,” Maggin ex- they find interesting, which ones they While at ABC News, Maggin worked way and reach street level. round of questions and answers. One lege. They are designed to foster an pealed to the on-call staff member at Rather, we assess the situation to de- plained, and the school’s proximity to are going to cover and how they’re go- with a team that covered the September “It was like a nuclear winter,” Mag- student asked how Maggin had success- minds effective learning environment and the Student Life office, and this staff termine if there is a safety risk, and her hometown of New York made Conn ing to cover them differently. They find 11 attacks, for which they were recog- gin recalled. “There was nobody on the fully moved up the ranks in her field support the values of our educational member must approve or deny the act according to our best judgment.” appealing. Originally, she had expected many of their stories from the AP Wire, nized with the 2001 Peabody Award, streets, ash falling.” Maggin ended up from a research assistant to her current explore all Taking your first steps with a global leader will give your community. They are not based on, request. A search warrant does not Since the disciplinary policies of to transfer to another school, but that no- as ABC News is a member of the Asso- one of the most prestigious journalism spending two weeks in a rented apart- position as a producer. possibilities career a real head start. here nor are they intended to mirror, the need to be obtained for room entry to the college are designed to encourage tion was driven away “within about six ciated Press, but Maggin also admitted awards in the United States. ment with a view of Ground Zero, cov- In response, Maggin quoted what she at Deutsche Bank, we can give rights or procedures in civil or crimi- be approved. (An officer of the New members of the college community to minutes of being here,” she said. that she finds many stories to cover from When asked to recall that experience, ering the developments in the story as considered to be the best advice she had you direct access to some of the greatest minds in banking – nal court proceedings.” London Police Department, however, make healthy and safe decisions, its Maggin credited her Conn education reading the New York Times. Maggin began by explaining that when they unfolded. ever received: “Whatever job you have, people who are setting the pace In fact, the Honor Council operates would be required to obtain a search policies may occasionally reinterpret with teaching her “to express myself In reference to a question asked about she saw smoke rising from the North While the September 11 attacks are find a way to make yourself indispens- and shaping the future of the under the principle of “preponder- warrant, and would need to be escort- state and federal legislation. and ask a lot of questions, skills that the difference between national and in- Tower of the World Trade Center, her undoubtedly a huge moment in the able.” • entire industry. ance of evidence,” and not “beyond ed by a Conn employee to perform Although students may hold dif- drove me towards journalism.” ternational reporting, Maggin quickly first thought was “some idiot has flown timeline of American news coverage, We hope to see you at our all reasonable doubt,” because the the search). ferent opinions about the perceived upcoming corporate Presentation. goal of the proceedings is not to pun- While some students may claim fairness of these policies, Cauteruc- ish students but to inform them about that this practice violates their le- cio noted, “It’s important that people Date the consequences of their actions. gal rights under the Fourth Amend- are informed about and understand monday, December 12th, 6:00pm – 7:30pm Therefore, the college justifies its ment to the U.S. Constitution, Dean the rules.” • SGA News & Minutes approach to the discipline of minor Cardwell defended the policy by Venue ALI ROSSI room – blaustein 203 SGA CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS learn more at db.com/careers/cc Walk of Exploitation Operation 21st century stages artworks highlighting corporate exploitation

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Last Wednesday, Operation 21st enance Center is a vehicle for raising ing” to learn that some of their favorite Century and the Provenance Center awareness, understanding and recog- companies would participate in these of New London hosted an art exhibit nition of the issues impacting human- crimes. in Cro to shed light on corporate prac- ity through social and environmental In the words of Sadie Jacobson ’15, tices complicit in human exploitation justice activism” through the creative “You couldn’t ignore it. You had to

in various forms. arts. face it.” ALI ROSSI OF COURTESY PHOTO Faculty, staff, students and other Though Nadesha has only been in- When a group of young girls asked members of the community waded volved with the issue of human traf- Nadesha if they were bad people for through the exhibit, reading the facts ficking for about nine months, she wearing clothes from the brands tar- President Leo Higdon, Director of ing substance-free living among differ- and statistics about human exploitation knows a lot about the industry and its geted by the exhibit, she responded Events and Catering Merrill Collins and ent floors and dorms. on each of the artworks, guided by an economic impacts. that no, they weren’t, and no, they Professor Ruth Grahn of the Psychol- orange ribbon (as orange is the color of Why do parents subject their chil- shouldn’t throw away all their clothes. ogy Department and Chair of the Fac- SGA approved the reconfiguration of freedom, according to event organiz- dren to such extreme hardship? Be- Instead, she recommended writing let- ulty Steering and Conference Committee the House Environmental Representa- ers) and chains dramatically connect- cause any extra income is welcome, ters to the companies. came and signed the Covenant, a formal tives (HER) program to become the ing the chairs. maybe even necessary, for survival of She argued that consumers should agreement to strengthen shared gov- Community Organizers for Sustainabil- From these pieces, visitors learned these families, she said. Why do com- “give [corporations] a chance to show ernance and improve consultation and ity Transformation (COST) program. that many of the biggest companies in panies force workers to work overtime that they care” about their workers’ communication throughout the campus This new program was proposed by the United States are complicit in hu- with little to no pay? Because, she ar- welfare as well as to give them an op- community. The Assembly discussed students looking for more ways to get man exploitation, including Wal-Mart, gued, in a capitalist market economy, portunity to change their practices. other important campus issues with involved with sustainability issues on Coca-Cola, Gap Inc., Forever 21 and the cheaper a product is made, the One of Nadesha’s favorite stores President Higdon such as sustainability, campus who saw the HER program as in- Nike. cheaper it can be sold – and more prof- is Banana Republic, and when she the availability of wireless internet and adequately supported by the administra- Human exploitation includes sweat- its can be made. learned of their use of sweatshops in the offering of student social events, pic- tion and thus not living up to their needs. shop labor, slavery and trafficking. The purpose of the exhibit was not to Saipan, she wrote executives at The tured above. COST will require more involvement Parents will send their children to create a sense of guilt or to stop people Gap, Inc. a letter telling them how she from participants such as multiple meet- work in dangerous conditions, and, ac- from shopping at certain stores, orga- “love[s] their product, and want[s] to The Assembly discussed online course ings, required readings and peer educa- cording to one of the featured pieces, nizers emphasized. Instead, Opera- keep buying their product,” but would evaluations and the reason for the shift tion, and will offer interested students companies like Gap even go so far as tion 21st Century and the Provenance no longer do so if they do not make a to an all-online format as opposed to the a chance to become more educated on to force their female workers to have Center hope to encourage people to be commitment to ending these human old format where individual departments issues of sustainability and allow them abortions. conscious consumers, to be aware of rights violations. had their own evaluation processes. The to share this information with students Although it might seem unthinkable what they are buying and where those She still has not received a response criteria of evaluation are now stream- on campus in a more organized and in- to many Americans that this sort of in- products come from. to her letter, and has since stopped pur- lined and made more comprehensive formed manner. justice exists, the information provided If consumers discover that they are chasing clothes from Banana Republic. across different academic departments, at the exhibit endeavored to demon- not comfortable with how the products Though one letter might not be an- as discussed in a recent public email by Finally, we approved the purchase of strate the prevalence of these practices. are being made, Operation 21st Cen- swered, companies would find it much Mihir Sharma ’12, Chair of Academic renewable energy credits from 3Degrees, Operation 21st Century has teamed tury and the Provenance Center hope harder to ignore large-scale pressure Affairs, and Professor Grahn, who have an environmental commodities firm. By with the Provenance Center on State that they will do something about it. and activism. led the change. purchasing the credits, the school will be Street in New London to establish ties Students passing through the exhibit For this reason, Operation 21st Cen- contributing money to a Renewable En- between the campus organization and commented that it was “inspiring” tury will be starting a petition cam- The Blackstone House substance-free ergy Fund at the firm that funds renew- community groups with similar inter- and, though many were already aware paign next semester to ask companies lifestyle policy is being reexamined. We able energy efforts across the country. ests to develop new awareness-raising of the better-known charges against with exploitative practices to shape up, heard a presentation about different op- The purchase of these credits is said to tactics. companies like Hershey’s, Abercrom- and also to thank companies who do tions to consider for the house, such as offset the electricity that is spent here on Center president, owner and direc- bie and Fitch and Coca Cola, some stu- treat workers ethically. • designating it a wellness dorm or rotat- campus. • tor Nadesha Mijoba said, “The Prov- dents commented that it was “disturb- 6 THE COLLEGE VOICE THE COLLEGE VOICE • DECEMBER 5, 2011 OPINIONS • 7 DECEMBER 5, 2011 Editors: Ethan Harfenist & Jerell Mays OPINIONS [email protected] It’s the Finals Right SGA Passes The Blackest Friday Countdown Said JERELL MAYS I have another problem: the illusion of who is graduating at the end of the fall Solar Panel OPINIONS EDITOR safety that is hanging over my head. semester. “Placing students in highly There may only be a little over a week pressured situations might be represen- When you think about it, Thanksgiv- until finals, but to me it feels like more. tative of real world settings, but placing Fred! ILLUSTRATION BY ALCIA TOLDI Inititative ing break was hardly a vacation. Sure, What I end up doing is stressing about them in a controlled setting where they plenty of us treated it as such, but for ev- work while simultaneously trying to re- must eloquently regurgitate a semes- ALEX SCHWARTZBURG ery minute I spent lounging around my lax with the pre-finals-freakout-leisure ter’s worth of information is not.” STAFF WRITER home in a food-induced haze, the voice time to which we no doubt all feel en- Of course, not everyone feels this way. Dear Fred, of the dutiful student (whom I had tem- titled. Some students relish the idea of sitting I want to buy my boyfriend something for Christ- porarily banished to my subconscious- At first, I thought I was being pre- down and, within a few hours, being “Be it enacted, by the Student Govern- ness) would occasionally break through sumptuous and lazy to assume that, hav- done with a class rather than having mas, even though we have not been seeing each other ment Association that Renewable Ener- and manage to whisper that most fright- ing just come out of a five-day break, I to deal with the more long-term stress gy Fund monies from Academic Years ening of words that gradually pushes somehow deserved even more time off. that comes with the freedom of having for that long. Our relationship is very relaxed and 2011-12 and 2012-13 shall be approved itself to the forefront of student minds Then I realized I wasn’t alone. “There’s a final paper. You can procrastinate on fun and I want to get him something that shows that. for the purchase and installation of solar near the end of a semester: finals. a pressure to have as much fun as you studying, but we all know the much photovoltaic renewable energy genera- Finals are intimidating. Perhaps can beforehand and spend time with more intense pressure caused by stalling I was thinking about getting something that we could tion at Connecticut College if and only they’re supposed to be, but this intimi- your friends,” said Cara Einbinder ’14, on a paper until the last minute. I can’t if the newly installed combined gen- dation certainly doesn’t make life any whose final project for one of her an- even say with any certainty that I’m not use in the bedroom that we both would like, but I’m erational capacity is 45kW or greater.” easier in the weeks following Thanks- thropology classes will involve a study going to be one of those students you Thus spoke SGA! giving break. Many professors assigned of Pygmy tribes. “At the same time see in the library at 3 AM during finals not sure where to start. I also do not want the “sexy Last week, in a unanimous vote, our exams to be taken the week directly af- there’s a lot of work to do, and there’s a week, sweating into their coffee over gift” to seem trashy; rather, it should be something student government took a significant ter; a fair portion of my break was spent lot of pressure to do that.” the twenty-page essay that’s due in six step towards utilizing sustainable en- buried in a botany textbook. Other in- So either we’re both being too in- hours that they knew about weeks in ad- that would bring us closer. Any advice? ergy. According to Elias Kauders ’12, structors took the high road and decided active, or maybe the recent vacation vance, and yet somehow couldn’t really SGA Chair of Environmental Affairs, to inform students of their end-of-the- didn’t fully provide the mental holi- work on until the last minute. I don’t re- Gift-Seeking Girlfriend “$100,000 in total - [will] be spent on semester assignments well in advance day it promised. I know that most of call having this problem last year; I had installing solar photovoltaic (PV) re- of the break. my friends spent the better half of their four papers during my freshman year FREDERICK MCNULTY newable energy generation on campus.” Take my film class, for example. Our breaks either working on final projects, fall semester, and was so thoroughly SEX COLUMNIST This is good, because it means that the final paper will be a cross-analysis of or studying intensely for upcoming ex- determined to not let them get the bet- annual $25 increase in our college’s tu- Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner with La ams. ter of me that I actually found myself ition would go towards decreasing our Jetee, a French, experimental short film. If you’re like me and most of your finished rather early. I remember think- Dear Gift-Seeking Girlfriend, you run the risk of losing the mean- annual $3 million electric bill, making My professor reminded our class of this classes are in the humanities, papers ing, “That wasn’t too bad. I could have ing of the gift. If you are convinced our campus more sustainable and lend- a few weeks ago, but I’ve known since are your major concern. I greatly pre- wasted way more time.” Whenever the holidays roll around, that a surprise gift might be the right ing a little more validity to the assertion September because it’s on the syllabus. fer this; my experience with exams a la This seems to be the culprit for me. I the fun nature of the season often decision, then think of what you want that Conn is an environmentally sus- The library has copies of both films on obligatory, Area Three general educa- effectively disarmed myself last year, gets lost in the stress of what gifts to to say to him after he unwraps it – tainable campus. reserve, I’ve already seen Blade Runner tion requirements was less than kind to hyping finals up to be more intimidating purchase. Add a significant other into an explanation has the potential to While the environment is not some- once and I’ve actually had some spare my GPA. Furthermore, there just seems than they actually were, and this year, the mix—especially one from a rela- change everything. On one hand, do thing I cared about too much before I time this week. So, why haven’t I start- something cruel about a cumulative, fi- I’m totally underestimating them. This tively new relationship—and that’s not be afraid to take a risk, but keep came to Conn, I remember all too well ed it yet? nal exam that seems to endorse cram- realization had me questioning whether just a recipe for stress. How does one in mind that your boyfriend should going on the admissions tour and see- There is a certain paralyzing quality to ming rather than memorization. Final or not I should have spent last Saturday know what to purchase? How does not have to struggle to understand the ing the solar panel in front of Cro and that stressful two weeks prior to finals papers have always struck me as better locked in my room at my desk. I think one avoid being “trashy?” gift you give. ILLUSTRATION BY AMY WILLIAMS AMY BY ILLUSTRATION being told about Conn’s commitment week that, for me, seems to cause less indicators of knowledge gained; you the important thing to remember in the I would begin by making sure that You mentioned that you would to the environment. Every time I see productivity at a time that ironically can cram before an exam only to forget next few coming weeks is, as always, your significant other will appreci- like to purchase a gift that you will a tour guide walk by, I hear the same Shoppers crowd into a Walmart to take advantage of Black Friday sales. demands more. My professors have all it all in a few days, but a good paper balance. Freaking out over finals isn’t ate a sexual gift for Christmas, as both enjoy. While it may be tempt- thing. Thanks to Kauders and SGA, the suddenly decided to altruistically ease demands more attention. “Exams are going to make it come any faster or end opposed to being offended. Some ing to purchase him a sexy gift that selling point symbolized by the Camel up on their small assignments, no doubt not accurate assessments of how much any sooner, but it never hurts to have Christians may be repulsed to receive he alone can enjoy, such as a Tenga panel will be predicated slightly more in anticipation of the workload with students have progressed, or the amount a few dozen thesis statements lying a sexy gift on the birth date of their Egg, aiding his masturbation will not upon reality than vague assumptions. A commentary on manic consumerism which we will all soon be saddled. I’m of knowledge they have gathered in the around either. • lord and savior. If this is the case, achieve the original goal of mutual As I said, the resolution passed in a hardly complaining about this, but now classroom,” said Devin Cohen ’12, then maybe you can give him the bedroom enjoyment. Purchasing a g- unanimous vote. “I think that’s a pretty sexy gift in conjunction with another spot vibrator with the intent that he rare thing,” says Kauders, “and it shows EMMALINE DEIHL item, or just hold off until another will use it when you two are together that this is something all of us , regard- STAFF WRITER messages of greed and consumption, sonal time for employees strikes me gifts certainly does not sound like holiday; Valentine’s Day will be here may also seem like a good idea, but less of differences or disagreements, Black Friday seems to be expand- as wholly unnecessary; Thanksgiv- my idea of a good time. before you know it. it also might come off as if you are can really rally behind. What’s more, Black Friday scares me. Although ing its reach, even overshadowing ing is a national holiday and people To be fair, Black Friday is not all Google+ vs. Facebook: In my opinion, a gift is only putting your own pleasure above his. we’re calling for a truly substantial I have never actually participated in Thanksgiving itself. In an effort to deserve a full day off, as is the tra- bad. Certain stores have extended “trashy” if it is perceived as such. Focus on what both of you can enjoy. project, and it’s fantastic to be able to Black Friday and I never intend to, attract shoppers and boost sales, dition. Instead, Black Friday has re- their sales into the weekend, and For example, my holiday wish list There are a plethora of sex shops, go to the administration and the other the name itself implies a dark and some stores promoted “Black Thurs- duced the time spent at home or with while the sales may not be quite as Social Media Showdown actually included potato chips as a both on the internet and in traditional stakeholders in this project and be able dangerous day. I am not averse to day Night,” and started their sales at family for both consumers and retail good, they at least offer shoppers requested item. While some people stores, that are at your disposal. Me- to say listen: this is something that we shopping and reaping the benefits of 10 PM on Thursday. In other words, employees, which could be avoided a way to indulge in some holiday would be downright insulted to re- gan Andelloux, a feminist sexologist really want, that we’re unified on and holiday sales; I always love a good if you are someone who really wants if stores remained closed for only a shopping while avoiding the crazi- ceive a bag of potato chips for a who recently spoke at Connecticut that we’re willing to put our money deal and enjoy time spent brows- a good deal and would go so far as few more hours. ness of Black Friday. I spoke to some present, I would be thrilled because College, warned that, due to the un- where our mouth is. We just hope that ing through stores. However, I pre- to line up in advance before the store Another reason to avoid the Black friends who went shopping later in I could use them in my dorm room. regulated nature of sex toys in the the college will respond positively and fer to shop in peace without having opens, Black Friday has now seri- Friday madness is the annual physi- the evening who said they were able The old saying could not be truer: United States, one should be careful match our contribution. It’s the only to fight my way through hordes of ously impinged on your Thanksgiv- cal danger involved. Every year to avoid the rush, which seems much “One person’s trash is another per- when purchasing sex toys; they can way this project will happen, and it’s a overzealous shoppers or stand in ing. Not everybody does something there are stories of people getting more reasonable than piling in all at son’s treasure.” In regards to a sexy potentially contain unsafe toxins or fantastic opportunity for the college— line for hours. For me, part of the special for Thanksgiving; but if you trampled by the rushing crowd, yet once. gift, you should find out whether chemicals and still be legally sold. they can install a $500,000 solar panel fun of shopping is taking the time to do, and if you plan on taking advan- no one ever seems to take this into Secondly, if we accept capitalism your boyfriend would like such a gift She suggested using the Good Vibra- installation and pay only 20% of the browse my options and find some- tage of Black Friday, your schedule consideration for the next year. For as our economic system, the logi- before purchasing one. As long as tions adult retail company, though cost. That in itself will pay off in only thing worthwhile. Personal shopping cal thing to do is to try to improve your heart is in the right place, then that is not to say that there are not five to seven years, and then we will be preferences aside, Black Friday dis- it, and Black Friday is a way to do not be afraid to take a chance! other great retailers available. making money.” turbs me for other reasons. boost consumer spending and thus Now that we have tackled the ques- Overall, you will have to decide if At least three of the proposed panel in- The day after Thanksgiving, a holi- These violent incidents are troubling; the economy, an effort that gener- tion of whether you should purchase purchasing a sexy gift for your boy- stallations would generate 0.9% of our day in which we are supposedly be- ally works. This year’s Black Friday a sexy gift for your significant other, friend is the right thing to do for your campus’ electricity. If the administra- ing thankful and appreciative for getting assaulted while shopping for holiday sales were widely considered to be let us handle the question of what to relationship. The fact that you even tion funded all of them, the total energy how much we already have, is dedi- gifts certainly does not sound like my idea of successful for retailers. Consumers buy. What, if anything, have you and had to ask whether it would come we would generate would be 3.6%. cated to consumerism in its most in- can find genuinely excellent deals your boyfriend used before? What across as “trashy” demonstrates to That might not sound like a lot, but that tense form. Black Friday reveals the a good time. on merchandise, and it is a chance have you done together in the bed- me that you do have some doubt in strength and allure of capitalism and to acquire something that you cannot room? What have you and he men- your mind. If worst comes to worst,

would be 3.6% of a $3,000,000 electric TOLDI ALCIA BY ILLUSTRATION bill, which would mean that we would how much of our culture is based on justify buying otherwise. tioned that you would like to try? do not be afraid to talk to him about save $108,000 per year. So by 2021, we endless consumption. I watched tele- To me, it is not the intent of Black Think back to your sexual experienc- it. If you end up purchasing the sexy vision for about an hour on Wednes- is getting a little tight. instance, this year, a woman shop- Friday that is disturbing so much CHRIS GIRI late this summer, but not a single new of news and photos tends naturally to es and conversations with him. gift, remember that it should be for will have saved over $1,000,000. STAFF WRITER Do you like the environment? Do you day night, which was plenty of time One major controversy that arose ping in the videogame section of a as the over-the-top execution of it. post has appeared in my Stream since make up the meat of social networking, Gift giving can be the perfect ex- both of your enjoyment. Do not let like money? Do you think that Conn to become thoroughly tired of com- this year was the reduced Thanksgiv- Wal-Mart in Los Angeles pepper- What should be a chance to do some Time and time again, Google has at- August. This Google+ abandonment is third party offerings from Farmville cuse to try something new. However, this stress you out. Have a happy would be a better place if it was spend- mercial after commercial featur- ing break that some store employees sprayed some twenty people for rea- fun, early holiday shopping and help tempted to expand its web empire into one half of the vicious cycle that seems to Bumper Stickers have helped to di- if you give something too confusing, holiday and good luck! • ing less money? If your answers to any ing eager shoppers getting insanely received. Traditionally, stores close sons not entirely clear (either she was out stores can turn into an unneces- the realm of social networking. Try to be holding the site back, along with versify Facebook’s offerings. Though of these questions are yes (and you go good deals on clothes and electron- for Thanksgiving and employees protecting herself from what she felt sarily intense consumerist feeding though it may, Google’s efforts in the the absence of the aforementioned au- it offers a limited catalogue of games, to Conn), then you can take comfort not ics. I am not rejecting all capitalism get to enjoy a day off. This year, was a dangerous mob, or she wanted frenzy. Perhaps the idea of excessive form of Buzz, Wave and Orkut have to-sharing options that the Zuckerberg Google+ leans toward a closed ecosys- only in the knowledge that the student outright, but when it is continuously Thanksgiving break was cut short a competitive edge). CNN reported buying, which seems greedy, can one failed thus far to touch Facebook’s camp is so fond of. tem, populated primarily with Google- government that represents you feels forced in my face it starts making me for many retail employees in order that there was Black Friday violence day be transformed into an effort to monopoly. Google+ is almost certainly Sure, auto-sharing may be a thinly developed features. The logic here is the same way, but also that they have deeply question the moral values of to accommodate masses of shoppers, in at least seven states. These violent acquire gifts for others and share in the site’s most ambitious attempt yet, veiled data mining scheme that sends pretty simple: Google’s open Android the initiative to proactively address the our society. who were also cutting short their incidents are troubling; getting as- the holiday spirit. • claiming a more practical and integrat- all of your web activity to Facebook mobile platform has had trouble cap- issue. • In addition to constantly spreading own holiday. This reduction in per- saulted while shopping for holiday ed feature set than its chief competitor. (who converts it to warehouses of hun- turing the market with the ease that the And Google+ certainly does have a dred dollar bills with the help of ad- closely-curated iOS has had. That be- lot to offer. Though it lacks some of vertisers), but if you’re even remotely ing said, it may come to a matter of per- the sharing options offered by Face- concerned about your privacy you sonal preference between Facebook’s book, in particular newer auto-sharing probably stopped using the site a few unlimited catalogue of mostly medio- features like Spotify and news reader, years ago. One could argue that it’s a cre applications or Google+’s small, We know you have opinions. the site is actually about your friends. bit evil of Facebook to sell all of your integrated platform. No, not those 600 people that you kind data without making this more clear, Though it would be tricky for Google of knew in high school that now spam but maybe it’s a necessary evil. It’s the to make its site as addicting as Facebook We’d like to know what they are. your news feed, but your actual friends. connections to everything from iPhoto without jeopardizing privacy, it’s cer- Every feature of the site is about mak- and Photo Booth to location-aware mo- tainly possible. Considering Google’s ing it easy to compartmentalize your bile activity that do such a good job of sprawling monopoly over web interac- friendships—aside from the Circles making sure you can’t forget that Face- tion, they could do a better job of pro- Write for the Voice. feature, which allows you to separate book has you under its spell. Since the moting use of the site. However, even if information-sharing based on what site already has a healthy portion of us Google+ had the strongest possible set circle of connections you place friends invested in it, there are plenty of people of features, there’s a chance it would in, Hangouts and Huddles focuses on to populate the newsfeed. It really is a take more than a strong competitor to group video and messaging chat rather vicious cycle, no doubt aided by the al- dethrone Facebook. Facebook’s got an than just one-on-one. lure of that mindless newsfeed scroll- incomprehensible critical mass advan- Meetings are held every Monday at 10 PM in the Though these features seem good ing we can’t help but fall into every so tage that makes the notion of packing enough on paper, this article won’t often. up and moving to Google+ a bit too touch on how well the site actually Auto-sharing is part of a bigger push much of a gamble for most users. At Voice functions. This is, simply put, be- toward developer integration that has the rate Facebook has been under fire cause I don’t have any friends who use completely altered the side in recent over privacy concerns, though, the wait Google+. Sure, I added a few friends to years, both for the end user and Face- may not be long before users have had my circles when I first got an account book’s revenue stream. Though sharing enough. • office (Cro 215). Bully! DECEMBER 5, 2011 • THE COLLEGE VOICE 8 • OPINIONS THE COLLEGE VOICE 9 DECEMBER 5, 2011 Editors: Devin Cohen and Melanie Thibeault ARTS /// ENTERTAINMENT [email protected] Melanie Thibeault Prays for Better Parking Breaking Dawn Breaks Expectations Get Out of My Dreams, Get Into My Car: A professed Twilight-hater explains why she enjoyed

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While the decision to prevent fresh- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 men from registering their cars on the latest film in the blockbuster series campus doesn’t affect me, and thus The franchise has come a long way since central characters this time around is, I think, dreamy indie-pop soundtrack featuring Aqua- werewolf powwow scene, Edward makes prob- doesn’t really bother me, but I know 2008’s release of the first film, throughout the apex of a shift from an all-consuming, lung and Iron & Wine. lematically calculating comments and Condon if I was a freshman this year, I would which the acting was cringingly weird and ter- creepy and disturbing love story to a toned- Their joyousness crumples, appropriately so, awkwardly navigates the disconcerting occur- be disappointed at having to wait an- rible, and a gross sexual tension oozed from down, more responsible and enjoyable fai- when Bella is somehow impregnated with an rence of Jacob “imprinting” on a newborn baby other year to have a car on campus the space where violence and pain should have rytale even I could swallow. assumedly half-vampire fetus that grows at an (look it up). But there is just something here when freshmen were allowed to reg- been. (When they meet, and for a good long What Condon did was cut the bullshit. alarming rate, drinks her blood and kicks out — hints of personality and delight more or less ister their cars in previous years. while, Edward is attracted to Bella in the sense Bella and Edward have a wildly expensive, her ribs. Where I was prepared to get infuriated absent from the books and previous films, all “It’s almost impossible to get off that there has never been anyone else on Earth springy white wedding, and then gallivant off at the screamingly anti-abortion agenda, in- feminist-unfriendly soft-core porn without real campus as a freshman without a car. I he wanted to eat so badly. Gives a whole new to a private island near Rio to frolic on the stead I felt the power of Bella’s choice to stick passion or heart. Maybe it was just my very, understand that there are parking is- meaning to the phrase “sexual appetite,” am I white sands and consummate their relationship out the atrocious pregnancy. very low expectations, but con- sues and we’re trying to be green, but right?) at last. If this film had adopted the same spirit Stewart takes on her hardest Bella perfor- sider me impressed. it creates a feeling of intense claus- But budgets have grown exponentially, and of the last three, these events would be punc- mance yet with a shocking amount of • trophobia for us when we’re stuck on there’s a new kid on the refurbished block: Bill tuated with a sloppy slew of heavy breathing, strength and grace. The impending campus,” said one freshman. Condon, who directed both Dream Girls and too-long embraces and desperate muttering. birth is the focal point of the film, Though it’s against the new park- Gods and Monsters (the latter for which he Instead, the relationship finally feels natu- and Condon makes it just as dis- ing regulations, some freshmen still won a Best Screenplay Oscar). He somehow ral. Bella doesn’t spend all her time drooling turbing as it should be. An emaci- have their cars on campus. “I have a got pulled into this daunting project, and has over Edward’s godlike good looks to the point ated, gray-skinned Bella toddles car on campus because I need to get remolded a ridiculous novel into an actual film where she can’t even function properly. Instead, around the worried members off campus sometimes and remind instead of a joke. the two swim, play a lot of chess and seem to of Edward’s family with her myself that life exists outside [of I am going to guess it was Condon who told take pleasure in each other’s company without bruised stomach, head held Conn]. I feel like the car restriction monotone, glassy-eyed Kristen Stewart to stop needing to constantly smell each other, which, high. for freshmen was a big mistake on the painfully awkward sputtering, shrugging, unfortunately, has heretofore been a major plot This movie is still ri-

Conn’s part,” said the freshman. EDITOR HANNAH PLISHTIN/ PHOTO BY PHOTOS lip-biting and hair-tousling and start actually point. The audience — willingly or not — is diculous. There’s a Not only are freshmen not al- acting like a real person. The new Bella of swept up in their surprisingly easy joy, which laughable lowed to have their cars, but park- Breaking Dawn Pt. 1 is a relaxed, expressional is augmented by a ing spots have been reallocated for EDITOR SIMON/ PHOTO TANAHA BY PHOTO and smiling version of her zombie-like self of lovely and the remaining three classes. There An empty parking space in central campus. movies past. And while Edward is as much a is a sophomore parking lottery sys- stoic vampire as ever, Robert Pattinson gives tem: some sophomores are delegated tive to make the campus more envi- its own large parking lot to the side him some human vitality that, until now, has to park in lower campus— by the ronmentally responsible.” I disagree behind Larrabee. been missing. Edward grins warmly Athletic Center, Abbey House, Win- that the new regulations are having a A newly instated rule allows stu- and genuinely without looking chester and the Ridge— which used serious impact on either of these is- dents to park in faculty spots on like he is going to kill anybody, to be just for freshmen. Other sopho- sues. I don’t think the parking chang- weekdays between 5 PM and 2 AM. and frequently, he laughs. mores received parking spaces in the es have made Conn any more pedes- “I am glad they allow us to park in The transformation of the two North/South lots and Upper Campus, trian friendly or green than last year. faculty spots after 5 PM now,” said which, by the name, implies that they There are always cars driving around Kurz, “but they can start ticketing are allowed to park on campus, not campus, sometimes going much fast- again at 2 AM. No faculty member PHOTO FROM WEB across the bridge (or Route 32) and er than the speed limit. Students with is coming back to campus at 2 AM. Bella giving birth was one of the most graphic scenes of Breaking Dawn Part 1. down the AC stairs. Juniors and se- unregistered cars on campus add to It seems like a useless way to make niors are allocated upper and lower the vehicular population. Delegating money rather than enforce that spots campus spots based on in which part students to Lower Campus doesn’t are available for faculty.” of campus they reside. mean they never bring their cars to It is clear that faculty and staff need I am one of the unfortunate ones the main campus. parking spaces, and the allocation of who is required to park in Lower Members of other classes are also such is not my complaint, but as full- Campus, even though I live in the frustrated with the new system. In time students who live in the dorms Plex. There are plenty of student the past, parking on campus fol- and apartments, this is our home dur- spots surrounding the Plex, most no- lowed a hierarchical scale— fresh- ing the school year. Not every stu- tably in the gravel lot behind it. Park- men parked at the AC, sophomores dent needs a car, but for students who ing spots are the same for the whole and juniors could park in the North/ work or volunteer off-campus or who academic year, which not only frus- South lots and seniors were allowed live close to home and drive back and trates me, but it also bothers many other sophomores who have been banished to the Athletic Center. Evelyn O’Regan ’14 said, “The stairs to get down to the AC are icy and dangerous in the winter, and when the AC is closed at night, it’s scary to be down there alone.” For some, it’s just an inconve- nience to have his/her car down by the AC, far away from the dorms. One sophomore said, “I have to park at the AC, but I usually park in South because I babysit off campus mul- tiple times a week, and it’s just too far to walk.” It’s an inconvenience to park at the Athletic Center, especially when I notice all of the empty spots in the gravel lot, which is designated as a

North/South lot. In my experience, FROM WEB PHOTO it’s never been full; there may even be more spots available than there to park in central campus or in spots forth occasionally, having a car is are cars. If the spots are there, why in front of their dorms. This practice necessary, and having a place to park can’t I take one? ended, however, at the beginning of should be a right, not a privilege. Cassandra Saimond ’14 agreed this year. “I understand that faculty need with this point. “I don’t think that “The way parking is now revoked parking spaces as well,” said Kurz, sophomores should have to park at all the senior privileges that I was “but we, as students, live here 24/7. the AC because there is plenty of looking forward to,” said Carolyn I don’t think the old parking system was perfect, but I think it made more sense than the way it is now.” Not every student needs a car, but for stu- Democratizing the parking sys- tem at Conn has only created more dents who work or volunteer off-campus or inequality and frustration among the students. While I’m openly irri- who live close to home and drive back and tated by the fact that I have to park far away from my dorm, it’s more forth occasionally, having a car is neces- frustrating to know that students in sary, and having a place to park should be a my class were granted parking spots in Upper Campus (in front of their right, not a privilege dorms), whereas juniors and seniors, like Kurz, are being shafted after abiding by the hierarchical system parking up [on campus], and I don’t Kurz ’12. “It seemed like they dou- for years. There has to be a more think that they should give parking bled the price of a parking permit, just way to assign parking spots than tickets for parking in the wrong lot, took away half of the student spaces a random lottery system. It should especially because there are so many and then removed privileges based be based on class year or location unregistered cars. I figure if I paid on class year or living location. It’s of one’s dorm to make it fairer for $150 to park here, I should be able somewhat frustrating because I abid- all students. And if there are empty to park where I want and not get tick- ed by the parking regulations for the parking spots in any of the lots, I eted for it.” past three years thinking that senior don’t see why those banished to the In an article about the new parking year would be different.” AC aren’t allowed to request a new regulations written for the Voice by As a resident of the 360 Mohegan parking location. A dialogue needs to Sarah Weiss in October, she quoted apartments, Kurz has trouble find- be created about issues like these. We Director of Campus Safety Stewart ing a parking spot outside her dorm. might be students, but we are adults, Smith as saying, “The changes are There are more faculty spots than and this is our home. We should be part of a long-term plan to make the student spots, even though the only able to have a say in how we live. • campus more pedestrian friendly, faculty building kind of near the combined with a student-led initia- apartments is Winthrop, which has 10 • ARTS THE COLLEGE VOICE DECEMBER 5, 2011 DECEMBER 5, 2011 • THE COLLEGE VOICE 11 • SPORTS

A PhiladelphiaLUCAS DAN native reflects on the dissapointment that has been the CONTRIBUTOR Bowl, and until he succeeds, his job is in serious jeopardy. In 2009, when the Philadelphia Eagles signed That being said, Reid Eagles’ attempted to make 2011 season superstarThe quarterback Michael CurseVick fresh off of his Super Bowl yearof in which he wouldthe become a “Dream Team” his 21-month visit to prison, the City of Broth- Philadelphia hero for eternity. The Eagles domi- erly Love did not know how to react. Since the nated headlines for the entire off-season, signing first time he stepped on a football field, Vick has big names daily, including defensive end Jason been a spectacle unlike any the game of football Babin, defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins, backup has ever witnessed. With a cannon of an arm and quarterback Vince Young, and star cornerbacks the speed of a wide receiver, Vick left Virginia Nnamdi Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers- Tech as a sophomore and became the first Af- Cromartie. As the Eagles added stars on defense rican-American quarterback to be selected first to complement their stars on offense, Philadel- overall in the NFL Draft, joining the Atlanta Fal- phians saw that Reid and the Eagles organiza- cons in 2001. During six dazzling seasons in At- tion essentially were going all-in. Management lanta, Vick showed the world a new way to play clearly believed that if they surrounded Vick with quarterback as he filled highlight reels with jaw- as much talent as possible, this team would de- dropping runs and led the Falcons to two playoff liver the Super Bowl victory that their fans have appearances. However, Michael Vick’s life took craved for so long. Needless to say, the Eagles a sudden turn in 2007 when he was caught in the created a buzz in Philadelphia and no one could midst of an illegal dog fighting operation and wait for the season to begin. faced federal felony charges. With Vick to serve Only a day after the Eagles signed Mike Vick’s nearly two years in prison during the prime of backup, mentally unstable Vince Young showed his career, he lost his contract and filed for bank- Philadelphia the downside of winning big in free ruptcy. Needless to say, he instantly became one agency, as he fed the media a Thanksgiving- of the most hated men in the history of sports. sized story in one phrase. When asked about the An Interview Upon his release, Vick agreed to a deal with various acquisitions the Eagles had made, Young the Eagles as the third-string quarterback behind simply said, “Dream team.” As soon as he mut- Donovan McNabb and Kevin Kolb. Vick worked tered those dreadful words, I could feel a chill endlessly, said all the right things, and patiently go up my spine, and most Eagles fans felt the

waited for his opportunity to rebuild himself same way. The media, however, saw it as the FROM WEB PHOTO as a new man. The Eagles traded McNabb and perfect opportunity to treat the Eagles like the When Vince Young called the Eagles the “Dream Team,” their expectations went through the roof. with Kinetics named Kolb the starter in 2010. However, Kolb Miami Heat by implementing championship ex- suffered a concussion in Week 1 and in stepped pectations that had be met…or else. With the played a game to virtually decide the division. disaster struck. Suddenly one of the most tal- AMANDA LEE / CONTRIBUTOR Michael Vick. He quickly reminded the world fastest, most explosive team in the NFL, the The Giants dominated the Eagles as they led 31- ented teams in the NFL turned into a high school what he can do, and by week three Eagles’ head Philadelphia Eagles suddenly caught themselves 10 with less than 8 minutes left and unveiled to football team, handing the game to the 49ers in coach Andy Reid named Vick the starter. The in a Super-Bowl-or-bust season. the world the blitz-heavy game plan that could the most painful way possible, as a 24-23 loss season took off from there and Vick had easily The Eagles kicked off the season against the stop Michael Vick. Then, Vick led one of the brought the Dream Team to 1-3 and proved the his best season yet, finishing 2nd in MVP vot- St. Louis Rams and quickly took care of busi- greatest comebacks football has ever seen, later Eagles’ lack of toughness. After the game, 49ers’ ing while winning the Comeback Player of the ness. They showed some weaknesses, especially named the Miracle at the New Meadowlands, stud running back Frank Gore, widely consid- Year. The Eagles’ offense seemed virtually un- at the linebacker position, but the Rams suffered capped off by DeSean Jackson’s game-winning ered one of the toughest players in the league, stoppable, featuring Vick, running back LeSean key injuries and the birds capitalized to start the punt return touchdown as time expired, which said that the Eagles seemed to stop playing after McCoy, and wide receivers DeSean Jackson and season 1-0. Next, the Eagles traveled to Atlanta dropped jaws around the world and caused the halftime. Anyone who watched that game would Jeremy Maclin, all of whom are considered stars for a primetime Monday night game and Mike Giants many cold, sleepless January nights as agree. Eagles star defensive end Jason Babin JEFF BAIRD Rising hip hop star tells all about his past, at their respective positions. They won the NFC Vick’s first start in his former team’s stadium. they watched the playoffs from home. Clearly then complained that the team was celebrating in STAFF WRITER rapping about the same brainless shit on over the breakup, and I needed something CV: There’s a definite rift in hip-hop East, but due to defensive issues lost to the Green Everyone, including Falcons fans, expected to the G-Men wanted revenge. With a 16-14 fourth the locker room at halftime as if they had already every track. But, to be honest, it was only to blame it on. But then, finally, when I sat between the intellectual underground Bay Packers in the first round of the playoffs. see the Mike Vick Show and for three and a half quarter lead, Vick once again left the game, this won. Eagles fans were outraged. Two weeks ago, we had the privilege of presentafter graduating and movingand back tofuture New down to music write the third verse, career thinking to and the mainstream, though your body Andy Reid knew he had found a gem in Vick quarters they did. With the Eagles leading 31-21 time with a thumb contusion. The Eagles’ de- The Eagles then lost to the Bills in a similar, seeing Kinetics & One Love on campus, York that my music really started to im- myself how I wanted to conclude the song, of work has always seemed to fit well and wanted to capitalize on it. As the longest in the fourth quarter, Vick suffered a concussion fense folded, Kafka did nothing but throw inter- boneheaded fashion and their 1-4 record made where they rocked a sold-out show to over prove. We had a good time writing all the I had a change of heart and realized if there into both spectrums. You’ve mentioned tenured head coach in the NFL, Reid entered the and had to leave the game. With Vince Young ceptions, and the Giants won 29-16. Philadelphians want to hide from the world. 400 people in the 1941 Room. If you were fun, stupid songs that we’d play at our frat was ever a time to be making mistakes, it Common and Nas before as influences, 2011 season as his 13th with the Eagles. During also injured, third-string quarterback Mike Kaf- As Eagles fans began to see a trend, Vick com- However, after a much-needed win over the part of the crowd, then you already know parties, but that shit gets old real soon. You was right then. And I decided to appreciate but your sound is decidedly more pop- the previous twelve years, Reid led the Eagles ka entered the game. All of the sudden, the Ea- plained to the league that teams were literally Washington Redskins, the hated Dallas Cowboys that they are hip-hop’s next big talent. The can’t expect to make relevant music when the opportunity of starting over. After writ- oriented than theirs. How do you balance to nine playoff appearances, five NFC Champi- gles’ defense could not stop a nosebleed as Fal- trying to hurt him. This certainly brings morality came to town. After dismantling the Cowboys killer combination of Kinetics’ intelligent your only scene is a little college bubble ing that third verse, when I started thinking this, and is it a conscious effort? onship games, one Super Bowl appearance, the cons’ quarterback Matt “Matty Ice” Ryan led two into question, as a man who plead guilty to the 34-7 and finally looking like the Dream Team, and lyrically-driven raps and One Love’s somewhere. It was after I started living about the whole breakup, I almost felt less most total wins, playoff wins, and the best win- touchdown drives, neither of which Kafka could promotion of a vast dogfighting operation only everyone gladly hopped back onto the bandwag- musicianship and pop ear as a producer is and working in Manhattan fulltime that my torn up about it. Like instead of being so That’s why One Love and I complement ning percentage in team history. However, al- answer, and the Eagles lost 35-31. The Falcons a few years ago now felt like the dog himself. on. The birds looked like they were gelling and unmatched by any new group, and it’s only music hit a level of maturity that I’m now low-spirited, I felt…normal…for the first each other so nicely and why people think most all Philadelphians will tell you a different had finished 2010 atop the NFC and have been Vick has always had injury problems, but if he ready to roll through the rest of the season. All of a matter of time before they take off the satisfied with. One Love and I have met time in weeks. And that was the impetus our music stands out. Because on one side, statistic about Reid: zero Super Bowl rings. In nearly flawless at home, so fans could - under faces defenses that want his blood every week, a sudden, a 3-4 record did not seem awful. way their songwriting already has. Backed so many dope artists in this city — either behind the whole concept of the album. On I’m drawing from years of listening to fact, the Eagles as a franchise have never won the stand the loss; however, with a 1-1 record and an he stands no chance of completing a full season. Not so fast. The Dream Team’s next two by an impressive resume — they wrote through our writing sessions at Warner and the track list, we laid out the songs in the underground, east coast lyricists and spit- Super Bowl. As a Philadelphia native and die- injured quarterback, the Dream Team clearly had However, Vick dealt with his thumb contusion games featured two more blown fourth quarter B.o.B’s triple-platinum, Grammy-nominated Atlantic or just from doing shows and cross- exact order that I wrote them, as I slowly ting bars that I could say in a cipher or in hard Eagles fan, I know that my city loves and some work to do. and started the next game against the San Fran- leads against the Chicago Bears and the misera- hit “Airplanes” back when they were still ing paths with other New York rappers and started feeling normal again — reflecting a battle that kids will feel, even without or respects Andy Reid. We respond well to win- If you did not already know, the Eagles and cisco 49ers, one of the most physical teams in ble Arizona Cardinals. At 3-6, the Eagles learned students at Cornell University — Kinetics & DJs — and I’ve really grown through the on how the writing process had helped me beat or anything. But then, as an additional ning, and Reid has won many games; however, the New York Giants do not like each other. To- the league. The 1-2 Eagles looked fantastic, tak- that Vick suffered two broken ribs early against One Love are now focusing in on their own inspiration I’ve drawn from these people. make sense of my own problems. plus, you have One Love coming along to Reid knows that he was hired to win the Super wards the end of the 2010 season, the archrivals ing their 23-3 lead into the fourth quarter before the Cardinals, definitely contributing to one of sound, with a new album set to hit iTunes I look back to some of the songs I wrote in dress it up with some ill production that his worst games ever. With the Giants up next next month. college and I just have to shake my head at CV: What has it been like touring the you’ll dance to and want to play at a party on the schedule, Vince Young was about to see how corny some of that shit is. past few years, and what do you think — even if you don’t listen to a single word. his first start in years. In a very strange game, the Kinetics was kind enough to answer some you bring to a performance that is It’s a great balance of both worlds. Plus defense stepped up and Young led a late game- questions about his history with hip-hop and CV: Who are your biggest influences, unique? Tim tends to keep me grounded and makes winning drive as the Eagles kept their season what’s next for the talented music duo. and whom would you like to work with sure our songs maintain some level of mass alive by beating the Giants 17-10. the most? Touring has been crazy! We recently did a appeal. I’ll approach him with something Whenever anything has gone right for this College Voice: How did you first get show in China, and that was one of the most crazy like, “Alright so this next song is go- team, they get cocky and blow it. Right on cue, into hip-hop, and when did you start I think it’s pretty obvious if you listen eye-opening experiences of my career. We ing to be a seven-minute long story about Young and the Eagles looked terrible in their writing yourself? to my flow that Eminem is my favorite were paid to play a show outside of Hong an immigrant’s daughter that will double as next two games, getting absolutely beaten up by lyricist of all time. It’s crazy because you Kong, then flew to Beijing to film a video a metaphor for the birth of hip-hop, all one the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. Kinetics: It’s crazy, because I can pin- could almost say that we’ve “collaborated” on the Great Wall. That’s a once-in-lifetime long verse, no hook.” And he’ll just shake At 4-8, the Dream Team’s Super-Bowl-or-bust point the exact day I started listening to hip- already, since he spit a verse on a song that opportunity, you know? his head like, “Hell no, cut that shit up into season has turned into a nightmare. They will hop. It was March 9, 1997 — the day that I wrote. But I’m still looking forward to the three verses, 16 bars each, and write a hook, not make the playoffs for the first time since Biggie Smalls was shot and killed. I was a day when I can actually sit down in a studio Our show is unique compared to other rap and make sure you can spit it live.” Shit like 2007 and could finish with their worst record little kid, and I had never really listened to with him, kick some freestyles and then acts because I have One Love on stage with that. during Reid’s tenure. Nobody doubts the talent rap before. But after Big was shot, all the actually record a song together. me, who is an actual musician — not just on this team as they have showed flashes of pure music channels started playing his vid- a producer pushing buttons. So he’ll play CV: What’s next for Kinetics & One brilliance. However, they lack the discipline eos and interviews all day long, and I was My writing style is also heavily influ- keys live or sometimes we’ll cut the track, Love? and fundamentals necessary to close games. It hooked instantly. I bought his first two al- enced by Immortal Technique, Cassidy and he’ll get on a drum set and I’ll just start seemed from the start that the Eagles cared more bums and some of his older music and soon this dude that I’ve recently been put onto, freestyling while he plays drums. It makes We’re currently writing our next full- about living up to Dream Team expectations than discovered the L.O.X., Black Rob, Pac, Nas Hopsin. The second you hear his flow you’ll for a more energetic show. length album, slated to drop at the end of simply winning football games. and later DMX. Hip-hop would be all I’d instantly know why I’m so inspired by it. January, which we’ll self-release on iTunes Needless to say, this has left Philadelphians listen to for the next couple of years. CV: What is your favorite song of and later on our website. It will be an actual miserable and empty on Sundays. Eagles fans CV: While a lot of your music deals yours? Favorite line? album — not a mixtape, with all original have been consistently ranked the meanest fans When you and your friends are bumping with social issues, you also have a number One Love production, no samples. And in all of sports, but we are simply insecure. With rap at all times, it’s kind of hard not to start of more introspective songs. “Airplanes,” Hah, that’s way too hard of a question for some of the features on this next project so many great teams and playoff runs without a freestyling and rapping yourselves. The first for example, exposes a lot of emotions me to answer. I honestly can’t say, but I did are going be crazy! We have a verse from ring to show for it, we still cannot put our team time I freestyled for an actual audience was that you dealt with after a breakup. What just write this crazy line a few minutes ago: Jadakiss, a song with Nitty Scott (who in the same category as the Patriots, Steelers and at a high school dance. People seemed to be song of yours do you feel is the most “Someone call a paleontologist / My mam- just spit at the 2011 BET Cypher), a hook Packers. We can blame Andy Reid, Mike Vick, into it. So I went home and started writ- expository about your own life, and what malian body is where my alien knowledge from Wynter Gordon, a hook from the very new defensive coordinator Juan Castillo, DeSe- ing songs and handing out mixtapes around did you learn from writing it? is.” You have to say that out loud to hear talented singer/songwriter Mimoza and of an Jackson, or even Vince Young for his Dream school. how dope it sounds, though. Also these lines course my man Accent (who just opened for Team curse. However, no matter whom we I would have to say “Hemlock,” for sure. from the intro of our new album: “I’m sorry us at the Conn show) will make an appear- blame, we will still watch another team take our

CV: You recorded Fading Back to Nor- I wrote that song right around the same if I bit ya, Doberman Pincher / Stray dog, ance or two. In the weeks leading up to the FROM WEB PHOTO ring, and that is a fact we cannot escape. As we mal while still a student at Cornell Uni- time I wrote “Airplanes,” when I was just get your face “ate off” — Hitler / And ev- album release, we’re going to drop a bunch Andy Reid put all of his eggs in one basket when he committed to Michael Vick as his starting quarterback. The experiment has left the Eagles last in the NFC East. often say in Philadelphia, “there’s always next versity, and now your most recent mix- getting out of this long-term relationship. erything I’m dropping is mean / I’m so nice, of new videos to build the hype. And a few year.” • tape was written in New York City. How That’s a track that definitely served as a charity compared to me is like the Nazi weeks after the album, Accent and I will be did your experience at an academically therapy for me because my state of mind regime / Hopped in a Beem — no — not the releasing a joint mixtape that One Love will rigorous, private institution influence when I finished the song was so different Nazi machine / I ride around in fu**in’ light help write and produce. I’m really looking your work, and how has that changed than when I had started. Listen to the track, beams and optical streams / You not in my forward to that mixtape, especially since since graduating? and you’ll see how the first two verses are league, ya whole flow trash and ya voice Acc and I have been writing together for a really cynical and sarcastic, criticizing heinous / Every verse poorly executed: Troy minute and a joint project has really been I’m grateful to have gone to an Ivy the nightlife scene I had been falling into: Davis.” I think most of my favorite songs years in the making. But in the meantime, League school. I learned so much through blacking out every night, going home with AND my favorite lines will be contained definitely look out for the new Kinetics & such a broad range of classes and through strangers, building relationships off of the on this next album. So make sure you cop One Love album hitting iTunes January 25. all the resources Cornell has to offer, so shallowest first impressions. “And all these that shit in January. Then you tell me your • now I can actually talk about meaningful couples that are ‘takin’ a break’ / Thinkin’ favorite lines. issues. I can make obscure references that we’re makin’ memories when we’re just might challenge you a little bit, rather than makin’ mistakes.” In reality, I was just bitter THE COLLEGE VOICE 12 DECEMBER 5, 2011 Editors: Dan Moorin and Jesse Moskowitz SPORTS/// [email protected]

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Director of Basketball Operations, Dan- to dethrone the Dallas Mavericks. With Men’s and Women’s After 149 days, NBA playersny Ainge, wasand interested owners in trading reach Rajon the tentative way Dirk Nowitzki agreement took control of Expecting Then, I wake up one morning and flip Rondo have been quelled and for good this team during their playoff run, it is on SportsCenter to hear that the NBA is reason. The Celtics and the original Big difficult to imagine them falling from cramping my style. Owners and players Three will not be able to keep up with the the top. However, division-mates San Swimming and Diving have reached a new collective bargaining Bulls and Heat without the direction of Antonio Spurs are still looking to collect agreementOrder to play a 66-game season be - OnRondo. However onethe chooses to look at Court!another ring for the trio of Tim Duncan, ginning on Christmas Day. At least one it, the Celtics are now Rondo’s team and Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili. thing we can all expect from this deal is he must be at the top of his game to lead The Lakers are always a viable choice NESCACS one hectic season propelled by a short- the Celtics to any success in the playoffs. for a conference title but new coach ened free agency period and a condensed Involved in the Rondo trade rumors as Mike Brown is going to have to prove Improvement at training camp and preseason. New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris his ability to Kobe Bryant and a team All this being said, there are a few Paul, who expressed no interest in join- that has functioned effectively under the MOLLY BANGS Still, the swimmers are facing dra- storylines that are worth mentioning. ing the aging Celtics team, but rather rule of Phil Jackson. If Brown can keep STAFF WRITER matic changes in their roster from For NBA fans across the country, sports cited a desire for a trade to the New York the tempers of Ron Art- (...sorry, Metta On Saturday, November 19, the last season. “We lost some extremely media outlets have been seriously hyping Knicks to join Carmelo Anthony and World Peace) and Andrew Bynum under men’s and women’s swimming team talented seniors last year, but they this upcoming season. This is partly be- Amare Stoudemire at Madison Square control, we’ll see the Lakers deep into traveled to Vermont to face Middle- have now been replaced with an cause of the free agency period that is go- Garden. This would take some pressure the playoffs. bury College and Tufts University. amazing freshman class. It’s always ing to rush by faster than Usain Bolt on off of Anthony to push the Knicks to The true threat to the Mavericks, how- The men swept the competition with hard when you lose talented swim- speed. This is ever, is the a score of 181-107 over the Panthers mers like Sarah Murphy ’11, who also due to the storm that is and defeated the Jumbos for the first was third in the nation in the 200 fly, rumors that the Oklahoma time in Conn’s history with a score but there is now an opportunity for have been City Thunder. of 150-130. The Camel women lost others on the team to fill that spot circulating Kevin Durant to Tufts by only three points and in other events,” Peilock said of this involving big will be vying were defeated by Middlebury 172- challenge. name players for his third 125. “This win marks a very impor- Scott states, “Something that we such as Ra- straight scor- tant stepping stone toward eventually work on from season to season is jon Rondo, ing crown and getting to the top of NESCAC’s and competing as a team. Swimming can Chris Paul, if point guard being a powerful team on the na- seem like an individual sport, but we and Dwight Russell West- tional level… it looks as though our put a lot of emphasis on the team as- Howard. brook can re- preseason training has paid off,” said pect. Everyone is really involved in For start- alize that this Tim Walsh ’12. each other’s swims and are always ers, the NBA is Durant’s Hillary Scott ’12 commented, “The cheering if someone from Conn is is doing its team, I would meet against Midd and Tufts was an in the water. We have a really young schedul- not be sur- amazing way to start the season. Ev- team - a ton of freshmen, so instilling ing right. prised to see eryone performed so well, and we in them this sense of team camarade- With huge the Thunder completely exceeded our expecta- rie is really important to us.” matchups on in the Finals. tions. With the win on the boys’ team The Camels competed at home Christmas Guard James and close score on the girls’, I think against the neighboring Coast Guard Day, I know I Harden will that it will give us momentum going Academy this past Saturday and will will be tuning continue to forward into this season. Everyone is race on December 10 at Williams in to the ma- improve and really excited and motivated to keep College before having a month long jority FROM WEB PHOTO Kendrick working hard.” hiatus from competitions (as many David Stern and NBAPA executive director Billy Hunter have finally reached a deal. The season will of the kick off on Christmas day. Perkins Standout performances included winter sports often do because of fi- season- will pro- Sam Gill ’14 and his victories in the nal exams and the holidays). Their opening vide the 50 and 100-yard freestyles (which he next competition is not until Janu- games. These start with a possibly re- the top of the conference, a place they muscle down low to face up against swam in 21.79 and 48.03 seconds re- ary 10 – at Grinnell College. “We get newed rivalry between the Boston Celt- haven’t been since the Patrick Ewing Nowitzki, Duncan and Gasol. spectively) and All-American Walsh back to school on the 27 and we’ll ics and the New York Knicks, followed years. If they can improve upon their The team to keep an eye on in the and his wins in the 100 and 200 yard train here until the 29 and then we’ll by a rematch of last season’s NBA Fi- defense, which allowed 105.7 points per Western Conference is the LA Clippers. backstrokes (times of 52.52 and fly to Naples, Florida and train there nals between D-Wade’s Miami Heat and game last season (twenty-eighth in the If they can continue to build around the 1:56.21 respectively). On the wom- until January 13,” said Brian Gil- Dirk’s Dallas Mavericks. A third premier league), the Knicks could make a solid crazy talent of Blake Griffin, we could en’s side, All-American Julia Peilock man ’14. “Everyone looks forward to matchup features MVP Derrick Rose and run in the playoffs. see them playoff-bound in a year or two. ’14 won both the 50 and 100 yard this trip because it’s fun team bond- the Chicago Bulls against the LA Lakers The Heat and the Bulls will remain in So we’re going to have an NBA sea- freestyle races in 25.19 and 55.26 ing but it is also an important part of and their new coach, Mike Brown. The the top few teams in the conference even son after all. No more six-foot-plus men seconds and freshman Esther Mehesz our training in preparation for NES- Orlando Magic and Dwight Howard will after Miami’s heartbreaking loss in last in expensive suits, no more Lebron vs. ’15 kicked off her college career with CACs.” face up against the Oklahoma City Thun- year’s NBA Finals and a dismal perfor- Durant flag football games and thank- victories in the 500 and 1000 yard When asked what the team’s ma- der and last year’s leading scorer, Kevin mance by the Bulls where we saw Der- fully, no more NBA lockout updates freestyle events, which she finished jor goals and ambitions are for the Durant. Finally, young star Blake Grif- rick Rose simply run out of gas. Also, a on SportsCenter. Still, the best thing to with times of 5:14.17 and 10:43.81. upcoming season, Scott exclaimed, fin will lead the LA Clippers up against team to keep an eye on is the Cleveland come out of the start of the NBA season In terms of how this season is look- “Every year we simply want to do a young Golden State Warriors team. Cavaliers. While they will not make is the security that hundreds of workers ing for the Camels, Peilock asserts, better than last year. For the women’s A fierce and festive Christmas is in the more than a splash in a powerful Eastern will receive to know that they will be “We have a long season ahead of us team, last year at NESCACs we got making. Conference, top pick Kyrie Irving and able to work this winter. There won’t and our goal is being on top by mid- the highest score ever, so this year I The Eastern Conference has the abil- fourth-overall pick Tristan Thompson be layoffs or payless weeks for stadium February for NESCACs. What we do think we just want to try to beat that. ity to consolidate its power within four will attempt to establish themselves on a workers and restaurant workers in the up until then as far as competitions And of course, get faster times”• teams at the top of the standings. How- young team. surrounding area. The NBA season will go, doesn’t matter that much. We ever, a power shift is eminent if trade In the Western Conference it will take benefit the owners, the players, the fans have a lot of training to do to prepare rumors pan out. The report that Celtics a stellar season from a handful of teams and so many others.• for February.” IN CASE YOU MISSED IT SCORES NESCAC POWER RANKINGS

compiled by the College Voice This week’s power rankings reflect the second weekend of NESCAC winter sport Men’s Basketball (1-4): Men’s Ice Hockey (1-4): action. The power rankings will be posted weekly and will rank the eleven NESCAC Conn 85 - 70 SUNY Maritime Conn 0 - 4 Middlebury schools based on men’s hockey, women’s hockey, men’s baskeball, women’s basketball, and the combined rankings of men’s and women’s swimming and diving. Conn - Montclair State Conn - Williams Amherst remains at the top of the rankings. There is one small move in the top four as Williams edges Middlebury for the number two spot. Conn College drops to the seventh spot with a lowered men’s and women’s hockey ranking.

Women’s Basketball (5-1): Women’s Ice Hockey (1-3): Men’s M/W Swimming Women’s Men’’s Women’s and last Conn 79 - 50 Rivier College Conn 0 - 3 Hamilton SCHOOL Hockey Hockey Basketball Basketball diving AVERAGE week Conn 72 - 47 St. Joseph’s (CT) Conn - Hamilton Amherst 2 1 1 1 2 1.4 1

Men’s Squash (5-2): Women’s Squash (1-3): Williams 3 5 6 2 1 3.4 3 Conn 4 - 5 George Washington Conn 0 - 9 Trinity Middlebury 1 2 3 8 4 3.8 2

Bowdoin 4 3 5 3 6 4.2 4

tufts 6 — 8 7 4 6.25 7 SO YOU DON’T MISS IT GAMES hamilton 9 4 2 9 8 6.4 7 Conn Coll 10 7 10 5 3 7 5

7 4 Women’s Ice Hockey Women’s Basketball Colby 6 11 10 7.6 9 vs Holy Cross vs Yeshiva wesleyan 5 9 7 6 11 7.6 11 Dayton Arena Luce Field House trinity 8 8 4 10 9 7.8 10 Wednesday, 12/7 Wednesday, 12/7 7:00 PM 8:00 PM bates 7 5 9 11 7 9 6

The poll was devised as follows: Sports Editors, Dan Moorin and Jesse Moskowitz ranked Men’s Ice Hockey Men’s Basketball all NESCAC schools in each sport. These rankings were based on NESCAC standings as well as quality wins and influencial losses to NESCAC opponents. These scores were averaged to vs Manhattanville @ Wentworth create a composite overall ranking for each school. Note that Hamilton does not participate Dayton Arena Boston, MA in women’s hockey, men’s basketball or women’s basketball. Bates does not participate in men’s hockey or women’s hockey. Tufts does not participate in women’s hockey. Tuesday, 12/6 Tuesday, 12/6 7:00 PM 7:30 PM DESIGNED BY STEVEN SMITH/TUFTS DAILY