College Voice Vol. XLIII No. 3

Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 2020-2021 Student Newspapers 10-13-2020 College Voice Vol. XLIII No. 3 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_2020_2021 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "College Voice Vol. XLIII No. 3" (2020). 2020-2021. 3. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_2020_2021/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 2020-2021 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020 VOLUME XLIII • ISSUE 3 THE COLLEGE VOICE CONNECTICUT COLLEGE’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER, SINCE 1977 What Happens When a Camel Gets Covid? Exploring Our Haunted Campus he thought has crossed the mind of every BROOKE SPONZO JIMMY CORK on-campus student at Connecticut College, T TAFF RITER STAFF WRITER even the ones who follow every rule to a tee: "what S W happens if my test comes back positive?" Though the administration has been relatively upfront t’s October— the weather’s about their general process of dealing with COVID-positive students, Igetting colder, the sidewalks there is still a certain degree of mystery surrounding what quarantine on are coated in a layer of crunchy autumn leaves, and the chapel campus is really like. I conducted a Zoom interview with Sarah Hall, class bells are sounding a bit spook- of 2024, the first student to test positive for COVID on campus this year, ier and a bit sadder with each in hopes of getting some insight into the process. passing day. But this year we don’t really need Halloween Why don't we start with you finding out the results of your test? to come along and frighten I woke up on Saturday after arriving on Thursday and my roommate us, for the unpredictable was like "Oh I got my test result, it was negative", and I was like "Hm" and climate of our everyday lives then I pick up my phone and there's a call and I'm like "Oh no. This is seems nightmarish enough. not good." So I called back and it was the doctor and he basically was like The spooky season is upon us "Yeah, you've got COVID" and he starts listing off the isolation stuff and nonetheless, and it’d be rude not to embrace it. Last issue I he says that one of my options is to go home except I'm from Portland, covered Conn’s nearest neigh- Oregon so getting on a plane is not exactly the best option so they tell bor—the Deshon-Allyn House me that a nurse will be waiting for me to take me to isolation so I started and its unsettling collection of packing. It was a little hectic, I guess. Victorian dolls— so this week I figured I’d introduce some They pull up with a van right? additional members of our Yeah and you put your stuff in the back-back and then you get into the supernatural camel commu- back seat and there's a glass thing in-between you and the driver. nity. Yes, you’ll be getting a run down of all Conn’s notable ghosts and ghouls. Whether this inspires you to believe our campus is haunted or not? Brooke Sponzo I’ll leave that up to you. My idea for this article was sparked by a 2018 film project created by Chris Thompson ‘21 and Khyents Lee ‘21 titled “Paranormal Security,” in which the duo interview the Thames Society of Para- normal Investigation’s Director Shamus Denniston to gain insight into New London ghost hunting. As part of my research I also read the 2009 College Voice article by Connecticut College Nora Swenson ‘12 titled: “Campus Safety Officers Reveal the Most Haunted Places on Campus.” Both of these wonderful pieces happen to be quite chilling, so maybe don’t go looking into them at night if you’re easily frightened. I was particularly interested in seeing how and what paranormal rumors persist on campus from year to year and why Conn has so many of these peculiar tales to tell. To start with the ghost I’ve heard the most about: allow me to introduce Claire, the spirit of an old woman said to haunt Palmer Auditorium. Swenson’s article discusses Claire at great length, however she refers to this same theater ghost as ‘Ruth’— I’ll *** *** Article continued on page 5. Article continued on page 9. IN THIS ISSUE NEWS ARTS The Outbreak of Single-Use Plastics World of Virtual Yoga 6 Kerin Krasnoff 13 Maggie Hayes OPINIONS SPORTS The Remote Student Experience U.S. Mens Soccer Abroad 10 Catja Christensen 3 Sam Maidenburg THE COLLEGE VOICE 2 • EDITOR’S DESK OCTOBER 13, 2020 Letter From the Editor THE COLLEGE VOICE The views and opinions expressed in The College Voice are strictly those of student authors, and not of Connecticut College. All content and editorial decisions OZETTE OSES esterday morning I woke up to my alarm, stuck a remain in the hands of the students; neither the College’s administration nor its J M faculty exercise control over the content. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF bagel into my non-regulation toaster, made myself a ChaiY tea, and sat down at my desk for what I call the “Being a Liberal American update”. I tuned into The Times Daily Show podcast, followed by WSJ What's News podcast, reviewed a Times article on the Jozette Moses ’21 Democratic strategy to defeat the Supreme Court nomination, and before 10 o’clock, I made the almost self-sabotaging decision to tune into the hearing nomination of Su- Editor-in-Chief preme Court Nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. In all honesty, I have never been particularly interested in politics, let alone any politics involving Donald Trump. When Trump was elected in 2016, I was living abroad in France, on the precipice of the voting age. My host parents, seemingly more interested EDITORIAL BOARD in the U.S. election than the simultaneously occurring French election, couldn’t go a day without reminding me that if “Les américains ont élu Trump, ils sont vraiment Amanda Sanders ’22 fous.” But when they heard me cry in my room when I learned that Trump had won on Managing Editor a Wednesday morning at 4am, they made me my favorite meal and didn’t dare say his name for the rest of the year. Elora Roy ’23 Since then, I’ve adopted a similar mindset when it came to politics in the era of Abigail Acheson ’21 Trump. I avoid any and all conversations involving his name. Why tune in? Everything said, Tweeted, or recorded seems so unbelievable and outlandish, that you would think News Editors we’d entered a reality show called Undermining American democracy. We’ve been parad- ed across the international world as a democratic joke, and Republicans are yelling at Lucie Englehart ’23 Democrats with the same intensity as Kim yelling at Kourtney. We live in an era where Kelly Wallace ’21 Republicans have to distinguish themselves from Trump supporters, and Democrats Opinions Editors have to explain to Trump supporters why Black lives should matter. While this is not my America, it truly is Trump’s. So, this morning when I pressed play on the hearing nomination, I couldn’t help but Eli Christopher ’22 recall the Presidential debate, which Moderator Chris Wallace, had supervised as if he Elizabeth Berry ’21 were speaking to kindergartners. Although, these kindergartners happened to be two Arts Editor white men in their 70s, and the big one couldn’t hold a candle to the rationality of a six year old. During the hearing, I listened while Democrats argued for the Affordable Care Sam Maidenberg ’23 Act, and Republicans continued to push the notion that Barrett would be discriminated Sports Editor against because of her Catholic faith. But, yet again, no party could stop talking about Trump. Here at The Voice we can’t stop talking about him either. (Although, most of us would like to.) In his last days in office, I hope we can shed some light on recent events, such as the Sept. 29 Presidential debate, his recent Supreme Court nomination, and the legacy MANAGING STAFF of Ruth Bader Ginsburg which threatens to be dismantled on Oct. 26. We also hope you can occupy yourself with articles on our campus’s own civic engagement efforts and COVID cases, reflective on our current national crises. Sohan Mewada ’22 While the most self-serving option through this election and nomination would be Business Manager to make a Chai tea and pull the covers over our head, we might wake up to a world we can’t recognize. As much as I’d like to avoid hearing Trump’s name in conversation or Shae Albertson ’21 on my feed, I’d rather be engaged for the next 21 days, than disengaged for the next four Marketing Coordinator years.• Leelah Klauber ’22 Head Layout Designer CONTACT US [email protected] 270 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT 06320 thecollegevoice.org The College Voice on Facebook @thecollegevoice on Twitter THE COLLEGE VOICE OCTOBER 13, 2020 SPORTS • 3 Americans Abroad: The Next Generation of US Men’s Soccer is Thriving in Europe SAM MAIDENBERG ulminating in the failure to qualify for the 2019, the schedule has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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