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MONDAY. APRIL 1, 2013 NEW LONDON, CONNEGICUT VOLUME XCVI • ~SlE 15 FISHBO 1..IS·BACKl Administration apologizes, promises to reinstate tradition

Just kidding, , Happy April.Fool's Day! IN THIS ISSUE (THE REAL STORIES)

On the Real World Artist Kris Grey WCNIRadio NESCAC lionors Magazine \ Outside the Ivory Visits Campus Objectification 1 \ Tower News Editor Helen Rolfe talks Gender queer artist Kris Grey Meet the voices of WCNI DJs. Sixty-six Conn students cho- Criticizing the representation of about maturing at Connecticut comes to campus for a lecture sen for All-Academic in Winter women and men in popular mag- College, and performance. sports. azines.

EDITORIALS - 2 NEWS - 3 ARTS - 4 SPORTS - 7 OPINIONS- - 9 EDITORIALS· 2

Editorials APRIL 1,2013 THE COLLEGE VOICE "~~~", Editorial .. ,... THE COLLEGE VOICE "The views and inions expressed in The College Vpice are stric:tly~ose ~f.student authors. an~ot of Connecticut College. All conte~t and ~~ton~1 dey1S1~tns remain in the hands of the students; neither the College s a~JnlstratlOn nor its On the Real World faculty exercise control over the content. MEREDITH BOYLE Editor in Chief

" Outside the Ivory Tower ANNIE MITCHELL AYANOELSON "

Managing Editor Creative Director " For awhile now. all of us at the were preoccupied with studying for from professors who know your Voice have been hard at work plan- finals and the approaching winter name and are fond of you as a hu- DAVESHANFIELD ning our upcoming New London break, Anyway, we're just young man being, somebody else takes Assistant Creative Director issue. While I have thoroughly en- adults - we couldn't have done care of all the cooking and clean- '. joyed this expansion of our editorial anything that would actually help ing up, and you have fun with your ., gaze beyond more familiar borders, victims' families in a meaningful friends - most of whom are likely to EDITORIAL STAFF " I'm embarrassed to say l was ini- way. Right? be at least somewhat demographi- NEWS Dana Sorkin, Helen Rolfe tially hard-pressed to come up with While Iknow I've become far cally similar to you. OPINIONS [erell Mays, Ayla Zuraw-Prtedland article ideas. "How can I tell other too apathetic regarding the outside If this analogy holds any truth, ARTS &:ENTERTAINMENT Melanie Thibeault, Mark Ferreira people what to write about New world, I'm also fairly certain I'm maybe we should be trying to grow SPORTS Daniel Moorin, Katie Karlson . London?" I thought. "I don't know not the only one on campus strug- up a little faster than we are at the .. anything about New London!" After gling with complacency about moment. To shamelessly employ just six months of college. J seemed what's happening out there in "the another cliche, our generation is the PHOTO Cecilia Brown, Maia Schoenfelder .: to have already forgotten (or will- real world." But [ refuse to blame (near) future. I'm not suggesting WEB DIRECTOR Ayano Elson fully ignored) the fact that, yes, life the College for what I perceive to we shouldn't enjoy these four years WEB CONTENT Fred McNulty " still goes on outside our arboreal, be our student body's isolationism. - we are incredibly lucky to simul- MULTIMEDIA Peter Herron, Liz Charky " academically inclined bubble, Conn provides plenty of opportu- taneously savor exciting freedom Ishould have noticed my too nities for us to interact with non- and to benefit from quasi-parental ADVERTISING Melissa Fopiano narrow perspective long before: on collegiate life in an impactful way: support. Still, I want to stick a toe December 14 of last year, to be ex- OVCS, the five academic centers, in the deep end as often as pos- DESIGN STAFF " act, when Adam Lanza went on his even our free subscriptions to /The sible before graduation: by studying GRAPHIC Dave Shanfield rampage in Newtown. Connecticut. New York Timesr--. plentiful are abroad, participating in the broader ILLUSTRATORS Zander Asplundh-Smith After all, it takes just an hour and these and other channels through community, discussing thorny is- a half to drive from Conn to Sandy which we can engage the outside sues with someone whose opinions Hook Elementary School. You'd world, make me livid or just reading the think the sickening carnage would I can't help thinking that the way newspaper. Yes, we attend college WRITERS have hit a little closer to home than we COcoon ourselves inside this safe to learn, but that learning necessar- NEWS Melanie Thibeault, Connor Chan, Molly Bangs it did. In fact, our proximity to the haven on the hill smacks of immatu- ily concerns what goes on outside • site is truly mind-boggling when rity on our part; in some ways, life our arboreal utopia - so why not OPINIONS Andrew Shaw, Dakota Peschel, Ayla Zuraw-Friedland you stop to think how little most at a small, selective college evokes start applying the products of our of us students were affected by the an idealized, warm-and-fuzzy high education now? shooting. Well, it makes sense: we school experience. You take class -Helen A&:E Colin Puth, Matteo Mobilio; Matthew Whiman, Melanie Thibeault, Andrew Marco, Dana Sorkin -i I got lucky this year because my April showcase a more favorable outcome for three years and I look forward to seeing " Fool's issue actually fell on April Fool's Connecticut College teams. what changes they bring to the Voice. SPORTS Katie Karlson Day. Just a bit of clarification, as this Beyond this issue, I must report that While Imay be'on the way out, I still tradition has caused confusion and alarm Ionly have two more weeks left as have big plans for the next two issues. Contact Us in the past, the front and back pages are Editor in Chief. I will be passing the Next week will be the long-anticipated ~ontact@thecol1egevt>ice,brg 270 Mohegan Avenue full of fake stories, ones that the editors torch to Melanie Thibeault, current New London Issue and the following New London, C:r 06320 and I came up with as a team. In addi- Arts Editor, and Dave Shanfield, our week will showcase the theme of shared thecollegevoice.org tion, the power rankings in the sports Assistant Creative Director. Both have governance; ... ~.."j,·,t section may have been tampered with to consistently worked hard over the past \. -Meredith Wed'nesday - 9PJVl- CRO 215

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News & Features APRIL 1.2013 THE COLLEGE VOICE Gender Queer Artist Kris Grey Brings Poetry and Politics to Campus

MELANIE THIBEAULT model a non-hierarchical pool. evolution of language. After which was part of my 'Unti- the piece became a poetic, po- During Friday's "Ask a ARTS EDITOR peaking on the use of the showing a video at their lec- tled' piece, is currently in my litical event. I'm excited about Tranny" performance, Kris word "tranny." Kris acknowl- ture, Kris explained that the car right now." Even without doing different workshops and explained that she can never This past week, gender edged that the word is pejora- footage consists of performing studio space, Kris, who has a using that working methodol- speak for anyone else, only queer artist Kris Grey visited tive. and is usually a term used "Ask a Tranny" in different graduate degree in ceramics ogy in different places." herself. campus to give 8 lecture. visit again t transfeminine people. cities over a three-year span. from Ohio University, hasn't As an activist, Kris men- "The visibility for gender classe and talk personally As a transmasculine individu- "I cringe when I hear the given up on objects and using tioned that a lot of social jus- queer people is zero, and when with students and faculty. The al, Kri said that some people way that I talked about myself them in performances. tice issues are intersecting at there is zero representation visit. sponsored by the her- may think that the word is not two and a half years ago. I can "I've been challenged to the moment. "I'm very hope- and only one or two things man Fairchild Foundation, Kris's to use. She said that see the progression - that my make the best work possible in ful about many things chang- present, society assumes that culminated in a performance Project Runway contestant language and my understand- whatever medium possible," ing in the near future. We need those one or two things are on Friday titled "Ask a Tran- Christian Siriano should be ing of myself and my identity Kris said. "I encourage stu- to be vigilant, positive and true of all people [in that par- ny," which Kris has performed credited for bringing the word has evolved right along with dents to grow and change and productive," Kris said, also ticular group]." So Kris left in various cities throughout into mainstream after using my body," Kris said. make choices that would best adding that it's "kind of age- the crowd with a question: the past three years. The piece the phrase "hot tranny mess." According to Kris, the piece serve their work." ist" to assume that only older "What does one do to signify took pia e outside of Harris ..After that, everyone was has been practice for talking This past September, Kris people are conservative. gender -q ueerness?" dining hall at noon; Kris held slinging the word around, and about very complicated ideas performed at the ANTI fes- At a recent lecture titled Kris admitted that they had a sign which read "Ask a Tran- it was going in an uncertain of gender on a very base lev- tival in Kuopio, Finland. "Out of Bounds" at the Edgy a great time on campus. "I'm ny," and invited anyone to ask direction. SNL did a parody of el. "My language and identity One of their pieces involved Women's Festival, Kris talked so impressed with faculty and any que ticns. which he would it, and the character only said has evolved. In the beginning working with a Finnish queer about sports and breaking the their dedication and creativ- answer. Within the first fifteen 'hot tranny mess' and 'fierce.' when someone would ask what youth group; the piece, called concept of the gender binary. ity," Kris said. "I'm also im- minute • a few students grew I thought it was brilliant," Kris trans" meant, I would say that "Gather," involved the group "Science and nature will show pressed with student body; the into a small crowd. and people said. "Humor is an effective I was born a girl and now take standing in a circle in a pub- us constantly that diversity is students are really engaged in asked a variety of questions, tool for talking about things testosterone. Now, I say that I lic square and holding hands, the truth;' Kris said. "If you doing socially relevant work. generating an intere ting and that might be offensive." was assigned female at birth." inviting passers-by to join in. want a truth or constant, it is Everyone that I've talked to is insightful conversation with But, Kris added. the conver- To some people, these state- "That piece was so special never that there are two choic- involved in a lot of things on Kris. sation around that terminology ments might sound like the and so simple," Kris said. es." campus in really impressive Kris, who also goes by Kris- changed rapidly, and Kris uses same thing, but their mean- "Thinking about that piece, it Kris explained that all sport- way." tin Grey and Justin Credible, is the word in her performance ings, while nuanced, highlight was really effective and beau- ing bodies are judged against Visiting Conn was also per- transmasculine and has no per- piece to "ask questions about an important difference: lan- tiful." male bodies. Sex testing hap- sonally special for him. When sonal pronoun preference. Dif- why we use things, why we guage matters. Kris referenced a quote from pens for female athletes to she was an undergrad, one of ferent people refer to Kris as don't use things and how we Since a recent move to New Belgian artist Francis Alys to rule out the possibility that her professors brought Art "she," "he" and even the sin- act." York City has left Kris without describe the "Gather" piece: the woman is a man. "These Professor Denise Pelletier gular "they:' which Kris says He said that he has received studio space, he is limited in Sometimes doing something are examples of how we so- to speak; since then, the two i on the rise right now. [In this pushback within the queer how he can make work, though poetic c:an become political cialize gender. If we have two have kept in touch and have article, I will refer to Kris as community. "I'm definitely a admits that he has had success and sometimes doing some- options, one will always be seen each other over the years. all three.] Kris , while gender quiet in tigator," he said. He in getting work produced at thing political can become po- dominant and one will be sub- "It's so cool and special to be queer, explained that he passes uses the sign and the piece different festivals and events. etic." missive," adding, "It's not that a visiting artist at her college," as male. mainly because of hi to "talk about what interests "I'm able to move around "I felt that the work did power is bad. it's bad when it's Kris said. "It makes me feel beard and ties. By not picking [him] in the use of verbiage." to make my work, which is that," Kris said. "The location notshared.' like I'm on the right path.". one pronoun, Kri hopes to Kris is also interested in the great," Kris said. "The torso, and the action that we did ...

CONNOR CHAN we celebrate 17% Percent day Giving Committee and SGA also for alumni. On one cam- will strengthen the College's promotes this point. Though STAFF WRITER when we do, because it's the Advancement Committee. paign sign, Andrew Margie '96 ability to enroll the best pos- it may sound cliched, dona- actual point in the year when This year's 17% day featured is quoted: "I love Conn and sible students regardless of tions and pledges of all sizes On Monday, March 24, Con- one's tuition "runs out," said over six kinds of pie that stu- think giving back is the right their ability to pay." However, really do have an impact on the necticut College celebrated the Andrew Nathanson '13, Com- dents received in exchange for way to show it. I've given to it is not just students receiving continual improvement of the third annual 17% Day in recog- mittee Head of the Senior Giv- personalizing a thank you note the Annual Fund every year financial aid who benefit from campus and its facilities. nition of the generous philan- ing Committee. to a donor. since graduating and try to the generosity of Conn's phi- In the past three years, ap- thropy showcased by donors The remaining 17% is cov- The Camel mascot also made increase my gift every year. lanthropist community. More proximately 61% of alumni to the school. These donors ered by gifts, donations and an appearance saying, "17% Each gift is important for what tangible projects that provide have given to the College, include alumni, parents, fac- other sources, all of which day is a fantastic expression it says-it's an endorsement students with new social and and this year, over 400 vol- ulty, staff, students and others. "c mplete the pie" and keep the of gratitude, pie, and school of what the College is doing. academic spaces, such as the unteers are working with An- Students were able to show College running. Gifts given spirit. This is a day to truly en- This helps Conn's reputation, newly renovated New London nual Giving staff to raise more their appreciation by going t by the College's community of gage with and embody ItCam- and the better the reputation. Hall and its impressive facili- than 5 million dollars through Cro , signing a thank-you card donors go toward the school's elPride. 17% day is all about the more valuable my degree." ties, along with the addition the Annual Fund. A donation to a donor and receiving a free Annual Fund, which provides thanking the wonderful people u 17% Day is purely an of Ruane's Den in Harkness demonstrates gratitude to the piece of pie. support for the general opera- - our families especially - for awareness day and a day to say House, were fueled by the sup- school and is a great way to But what is 'the significance tion of the campus. Some of helping us fund this top-notch thanks. We don't push dona- port of donors. help current and future stu- behind that precise figure of the areas that the Annual Fund education. It is about celebrat- tions, instead use the day to As indicated by the 17% Day dents achieve success, as well 17%? Consider the sticker helps to maintain include fac- ing all that is ConnCoU, rais- teach the campus community campaign signs. the fact that as guarantee the value of a price of a Conn ollege edu- ulty support, science educa- ing awareness about the fund- about why these gifts are so tuition only covers a portion of Connecticut College degree cation. tion, financial aid, residential ing necessary to provide our important to the college in the a student's educational costs is in the coming years. Alumni "Regardless of whether one education, the library, interna- outstanding quality of life, hopes that senior giving and not unique to Conn. Schools who graduated more than fifty is on fi nancial aid or not, no tionalization. the renewal and all while enjoying some deli- alumni appeals won't come like Bates, Colgate. Hamilton years ago continue to donate to student's tuition covers the en- maintenance of buildings on cious pie. Because really, who as a shock for a student with and Trinity each share in this this day. 17% Day is a fantas- tire academic year. This is the campus and internships. doesn't feel warm and fuzzy multiple years and memories phenomenon. Yet the way in tic way for current students to case at pretty much all colleg- The day itself is a student inside after a nice slice?" of 17% Days," Nathanson said. which Conn uses its donated achieve a better understanding es and, at Conn, tuition covers awareness day, meaning that it What 17% Day proves is that Ruth Rusch Sheppe '40 funds is one area in which the and appreciation of the com- 83% - that's late August until is lead by student groups relat- philanthropy is important not agrees on the importance of College can maintain its indi- munity that supports Connecti- about March 25th. That's why ing to advancement: the Senior only for current students but paying it forward. "[A] gift viduality; 17% Day heavily cut College .•

Human Rights Advocate Sam Gregory Speaks at Conn

MOLLY BANGS this footage, captured by pass- Gregory believes must be tak- for human rights to do so irn- However, he recognized the the "ability to think and create STAFF WRITER erby George Holiday's chance en in this process of creating pactfully, safely and ethically drawback of the video, which and to watch." He remarked in filming, was the inspiration a film, the first being that the as possible?" In addressing the is the level of simplicity to his closing that "Humans act on On March 28 in the Chu for the founding of Witness, work should be truly advo- sheer amount of currently ex- which it reduced its subject a combination of emotions and Room, human right advo ate of which he is program direc- cacy driven. The second step isting media, "As we are bom- matter, an issue that human rationality and react to people Sam Gregory spoke to Conn tor. Witness works globally is to focus on specific audi- barded with images, how do rights activists continue to like them." students as the third speaker across a whole range of hu- ences, which Gregory stressed we deal with too many of them struggle with as their audiences In a world where human in our Human Rights Lecture man rights issues, using video is particularly important in the without overwhelming the - particularly those of publicly rights do not often warrant the Series. A trainer and video pro- and technology to fight for hu- "cluttered media environment" viewer?" Lastly, on the sub- accessible media campaigns - attention they truly deserve, ducer, Gregory supports video man rights. Gregory said of his we live in today. He gave the ject of human rights violations hold varying degrees of knowl- the new technology that Greg- based advocacy. Many f his team, "We believed in the 'see- example of portraying human that are difficult to capture on edge about the field. Thus, he ory and his team at Witness projects have contributed to ing is believing' model." rights films in terms of legal camera, "How do you [cover] says that a filmmaker must be are developing - along with COncrete change in law and pol- As a trainer of many human framework when presenting the issues that actually matter the judge of determining when what he described as average icy, as he often puts on screen- rights filmmakers, Gregory to lawmakers, so that the con- to people, such as torture ... or "is simple too simple?" and global citizens' organic utiliza- ings in front of governmental said that an important ques- tent can then be acted upon. freedom of expression?" be constantly aware of his or tion of technology in terms of bodies such as the United Na- ti n t ask when creating a film Gregory's third step is to "craft Our speaker also reflected on her broad ethical obligation, human rights, already avail- tions, United States Congress is: "How do we find a way to story tell ing around audiences KONY 2012, the sensational as well as how his or her work able through sources such as and the International Criminal speak the language of human and give space for action." He YouTube human rights video should be "driven as much as YouTube - seems to be exactly Court. His lecture topic was rights but also speak the lan- defined the fourth and final step that holds 96,941,918 views to possible by the people affected what the field of human rights "The Challenges and Opportu- guage of storytelling and emo- as ensuring the "safety, securi- date. He praised the video in by it." After discussing KONY needs. nities of Citizen Witnessing for tion?" He c ntinued, "[There is ty and consent" of those being the sense that it is "purpose- 2012, he cautioned that it is of The last Human Rights Lec- Human Rights." the] dry language of [the field filmed. ful." He added, "It's made for course a "complete anomaly," ture Series talk will take place Gregory began by sh wing of] human rights ... and then Gregory emphasized the an audience, and it asks them and that most human rights on April 24, when Richard footage of the 1991 beating of there's the reality of what those questions he keeps in mind in to do something. In all of those videos do not merit that vol- Heinzl, the founder of DOctors Rodney King by the Los An- rights look like on the ground." his line of work: "How do we terms it's successful as video ume of viewers. Without Borders, will speak On geles police. He explained that There are four specific steps enable people who use videos advocacy." Gregory discussed the rise of campus .•

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Arts & Entertainment APRIL I 2013 E COLLEGE VOICE Meet the •Ices Behind WeNI

ing the New London commu- rany music genre. has been far as to play an eight-song set, to contribute to his father's nity, Kaufman mentioned that COLIN PUTH "Some of our callers contributing which can go for about thirty show on WBZ 1030 in Bos- WCNI works as a great oppor- STAFF WRITER get pretty dependent," to WCNI long to forty minutes before I come ton. "I've been on his show a tunity to communicate with the he mentioned. "We had before joining the back on the air." few times over the years, but rest of the city. "Coming from Walking by Cro, you might a Vietnam veteran call team at Connecticut Herbert mentioned that she I've never been in control of the community side, I think the notice the fluorescent red and at least once a week College. "My dad has does take requests, and was my [own] show. When I came station is an excellent broad- white sign reading "WeNl.'· last semester de- been involved with the happy to report she receives to WCNI, that was really the casting resource. Still, I feel You then might notice its pitch- manding Iive sets station for over eight around three to five callers on starting point of my career." like WCNI definitely comes black backdrop and assume from Woodstock. years," Herbert ex- any given night. However, af- When asked about WCN!'s off as a college station." that Connecticut College's FM Given the nature plained. "I would hang ter being asked to playa song promotion on campus, Rich While plenty of New London radio station is a thing of the of the out with him in the studio by music legend Ron Jeremy, shed light on how he felt that residents tune, into Morning past. But by turning the dial throughout high school Herbert has approached unfa- it was perceived by the student Mojo via 90.9 FM, Kaufman of your radio (or more likely and every so often he miliar songs with a bit more body. "I think it's more of a was happy to report that she by accessing the station would let me do a caution. "It's hard to tell how pastime simply because of the. attracts listeners from all Over online). you can discover segment for about WCNI is perceived on cam- fact that there are more New the world. "The link through that WCNI is still up and twenty minutes." pus," Herbert said. "Unfortu- London resident DJs than there www.iheartradio.co.m has been running strong. Accord- For Herbert, nately, half the campus doesn't are student DJ s. There are stu- great. With the help of my ing to weekly contributor twenty minutes realize it's right next to Cro. dents who are a part of WCNI, Facebook and YouTube pages, Peter Herron '14, WCNI turned into an However, those who have a but to me, WCNI doesn't have I've picked up listeners from has everything a station hour, which show or that have friends who that 'college' feel to it: Radio New Orleans, Canada and even needs aside from one crucial have a show are pretty enthu- is not as important to younger Afghanistan." When asked element: its listeners. How- siastic about it." Because she people as it used to be. so from ever, perhaps with a little in- lives close to Conn, Herbert a student body standpoint, I' about the dynamics of the sta- sight into the DJs of WCNI, pro - said that she will continue to can understand why that area tion, Kaufman replied that she you might just be enticed to gressed remain a part of WCNI past her is waning." would not change a thing. "I like the idea of growing with give the station a listen. i n t a graduation in May, and hopes Still, Rich is hopeful about On Monday nights from mid- to hold on to a show for as long the future of WCN!. "Anyone the station. I'm excited by night to 3 AM, you can hear as she can. can sign up to be a DJ. The sta- .the enthusiasm and dedication Herron's "Glass Bead Game," Andrew Rich '15, known tion is anything but exclusive. of WCN] and all of its mem- which he DJs with a handful set, we on WCNI as Andrew Jor- It doesn't matter if you've bers. Sure, there are moments of new co-hosts each week. had to slow dan, hosts the show "In a never been on the radio or if where you mess up or things While Herron uses his show to it down." Simple Rhyme," which you've hosted a show every don't go as planned, but that's playa wide variety of music, Herron spec- airs from 6 to 9 PM week for the past five years. the beauty of live radio." After he makes sure to engage his ulated on the every other Saturday All that matters is if you are two and a half years on WCNI, listeners as best he can dur- station's low night. On Rich's show, interested in being a member Kaufman is proud to report ing his time slot. On Herron's promotion across you can find a straight- of WCNI and entertaining the that she has never· missed a show you might catch a sketch campus. "WCNI is forward schedule of listeners ." show, and always encourages called "What did you learn in kind of misplaced. mostly classic rock with Alison Kaufman, a resident more listeners. school today?" - a chance to Part of the reason is little time devoted to of New London, hosts WCN!'s Tuning in to WCNI is not reflect on the conclusion of the because people just mindless banter. "For my "Morning Mojo." Every Tues- only a useful way to experi- academic week and paraody don't have radios any- own show, I don't like to take day from 9 AM to noon you ment with an extensive variety the lives of both students and more. The campus leader- requests," Rich explained. "I can expect to hear an eclectic of music. but also a great mode professors with contributions ship aspect is missing, but care about the audience and variety of soul, blues and clas- of support a unique aspect of from listeners and co-hosts. that doesn't mean it can't turn two, what they hear from my selec- sic rock with everything from our campus. Each DJ is moti- "The late time slot makes it around." Still, Herron is ex- and eventually she was hold- tions. 1 want them to listen to Susan Tadeski to The Grateful vated in his or her own way to a little slow," Herron admit- cited about his time slot, and ing down a show of her own. songs that they've never really Dead. "The station has such bring you quality college radio ted. "The show is basically looks forward to future semes- "l have no set theme for my heard-or maybe they've heard a wide selection to choose exclusively for Camels.Wf'Nl structured for my own self- ters at WCN\. show," Herbert said. "I'll start once or twice and never again. from," Kaufman explained. can be accessed through 90.9 amusement, but my co-hosts You can also tune into Jen with electronic, but it gets I just want to make my show as "Through the vinyls, CDs FM or by typing into Google: and I encourage listeners as Herbert's "Split Ends:' which more soft and folk-y as the popularly diverse as I can." and tape decks, I always find WCN] I heart radio .• ,•I .J. )1. 1 i' \ much as possible." To liven up airs every other Wednesday evening .~5?Aresses." ~\~~,~, \. LiX~,Herbert, Rich has car- so~eShl~p'JRe:~n e:y~n"~~rfl'I n allJlf91 di"\" biw ''(1);.1; his show, Herron emphasized from 9 PM to midnight. Unlike true commitment to her mu- rIed some radio experience think rve Drowsed the shelves c.i that he welcomes requests fo- other student DJs, Herbert' 13 sic, Herbert said, "I'll go so with him to WCNI as he used a million times." Represent-

MATIEO MOBILIO entrance into the (serni-) com- experience, nails the irony em- break isn't just about partying. ing and unnerving material. to push themselves into frame, CONTRIBUTOR mercial realm, the film is a col- bedded in the current teen cul- In a voicernail she leaves her Alien and the girls, sans oftentimes breaking the fourth orful collage of concentrated ture, inviting you to the party grandmother, Faith seeks' to re- Faith, quickly get involved in wall. The actors have a direct Spring Breakers - already adolescence at its most fevered and hoping you'll laugh at the deem her partying by connect- mischief - outfitted in pink and personal relationship with one of the more controversial pitch. His message, if one can outrageousness of it all. You ing it "toa greater understanding robbers' masks and sweatpants the camera that draws us nearer and outrageous films of the truly be parsed out, may be lost will, but you'll do so with a of the universe: "It's more than with the letters "D-T-F" across to them. year - is sure to grab you by on the portion of the audience hint of self-gratifying derision, just spring break... I'm really their posteriors. Interlaced with The film works' so well not the seat of your pants, how- that doesn't perceive the film even though you're enjoying it finding myself out here." At a dance scene in which the girls only because of its vivid color ever willing or unwilling you as satire. But if you watch and nearly as much as the charac- one point, she even describes swoon to the touch of their design, active and thoughtful may be. Marking writer and listen closely, Spring Breakers, ters onscreen. the trip as "spiritual." The dia- newly acquired shotguns, their cinematography, a well de- director Harmony Korine's through its visual and auditory Spring Breakers opens by il- logue is spot-on; how many crime spree is dubbed over by veloped soundtrack that spans lustrating the title of the film: times do we offer a version "Every time," a Britney Spears from Spears to Wacka Flocka college students flock to St. of this speech to our own par- hit that '90s babies (includ- to Skrillex or even the great Petersburg, Florida with the ob- ents, trying to convince them ing myself) listened to early performances from the entire jective to party as hard as possi- that there's self-fulfillment to on in our musical educations. cast. Harmony Korine revels in ble. Alcohol is in abundance: in be found in a four-day booze Through nostalgia and a beauti- a vein of uninhibited American beer cans, splashed on bodies, cruise? ful piano riff, the track ups the teenage culture yet treats it with poured into mouths. Men flex After a short stint in jail intimacy between the film and humor. He also regards this muscles and frenetically jump (charge: partying too hard), its young adult audience. teenage world with respect and up and down while women suck they meet Alien, played by the A feud develops between SIncerity in a have-your-cake- on USA-colored popsicles. polymath James Franco. Alien, Alien and real-life rapper Gu- a.nd-eat-it -too dynamic. Ko- The film primarily follows part rapper, part gangster (no, cci Mane, which results in fine seems to tell the audience: four young girls desperate to the two aren't: synonymous) Cotty getting shot in' the arm. "I'm going to make fun of these get enough cash to make it to sports dreads, grills, outra- Only Candy and Brit remain characters and you' lllaugh, but Florida for spring break. Our geous tattoos, Hawaiian shirts driven on by the pursuit of pure you're going to realize their as- initial protagonist is Faith and, of course, two shiny pis- thrill - even more so than their pirations aren't much different (Selena Gomez) who, unlike tols. After busting them out of now-lover Alien. With revenge than yours" in a roller coaster her blonde friends who spend county, Aiien exposes the girls as the only option, the trio set ride that turns the joke on its their time getting high and to the grit of the St. Pete party out for the Gucci's mansion. TUFTS SUMMER SESSION 2013 watching Kimbo Slice fight scene, causing Faith to recoil, Viewers. In the beginning of Full of bright, pulsing fluo- th . e movie, Brit convinces Cotty videos, shows some devotion terrified by the exotically grun- rescents, Spring Breakers' col- to join them on the robbery by to school and to God, attending gy setting. In an intense scene orscape is aesthetically alluring; telling her, "Pretend like it's a a progressive church where the between Alien and Faith, Alien the hyped-up hues personify the Video game. Act like you're in pastor. played by former WWE tries to convince her to stay; the characters who wear or bask in wrestler Jeff Jarret. gives ser- camera holds on a close-up of their luminosity. Similarly, the a movie." Lines of dialogue mons that ask, "Do you want lik th' their faces as he uncomfortably, c~mera movements reflect the e IS are pervasive through- to get jacked up on Jesus?" and without consent, strokes her WIld, voyeuristic gaze of the Out the film and are a double- Meanwhile, Brit, Candy and face. The rapid change in pace edged SWord offering an ironic ~nscreen teenagers who delight glim . Cotty (Ashley Benson, Vanessa and tone at such well-timed in- pse Into the mindsets of l~ the sensationalistic depic- Hudgens and Rachel Korine, adolescents who are unable to' tervals throws us from comical ~lons of sexuality. The camera d . . respectively) rob a coffeehouse moments to extraordinarily per- ~umps from scene to scene as if eClpher HOllywood's portrayal to pay for their trip. sonal ones with natural ease. At of the world from its actuality. ColI.g. and Pr.-Coll.g. It were a part of the fray, peer- S. Bouncing around in pastel- one point a lovemaking scene 109 over the tops of teenagers' pnng Breakers marries the Program. comical .1 colored bathing suits, fitted slowly builds to a standoff until heads to get a good look at the • SOCIal climate of our Day & Evening Classes with polarized, similarly col- everyone in the audience seems half-naked guy doing a bum generation with a ridiculous yet Affordabl. Tuition ored sunglasses and high-top to be holding his/her breath; the off of a girl's chest. The ca': thrilling fantasy that in some Nike sneakers, the girls blend unpredictability of the group era can also assume a m way e~ch of us can indulge in, Outstanding Tufts Faculty . are even If We' . seamlessly into the nonstop opens the door for the smooth p~sslve role, acting as a visua] aren t true spnng Onlln. Cou..... party. But for the girls, spring transitions between entertain- microphone for whoever wants breakers at heart .• • p 1if

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Previewing Moments of TheNext Freedom Day Looks to Yesterday Curated by A review of Bowie's latest album Ikram

Lakhdhar, MATTHEW WHIMAN the instrumental parts' surface Bowie snarls, "Oh, what have into art rock, he can stilt write Then there are moments like CONTRIBUTOR polish. you done?" in a refrain while a damn good pop tune. "Danc- the album's first single "Where Class of2013 Other songs also echo the the synth and drums rise to full ing Out in Space" manages Are We Now?" where Bowie Before I tell you anything, claustrophobic sound of Bow- intensity before cutting away, to swing along with a hook reflects on the past and how he you probably already know got to where he is, all the while that The Next Day i not Da- aided by strings and a simple, vid B wie's best album. You unobtrusive piano accompani- • probably already know that it ment. The result is somber and doe 0'1 even make it into his hopeful all at once, an utterly t p ten. I'm ure you were ex- brilliant moment of sensitivity. ited when its release was an- The song is reminiscent in style nounced in January, but even to Bowie's early classic "Life then you pr bably knew that no on Mars," but where "Mars" matter how good of an album stuns with the strength of Bow- he made, Bowie's best days are ie's voice, it is now a fragile long behind him. Of course, instrument, one made easily this is true. But is it entirely breakable after years of use. fair to expect that he's no Ion- The effect is no less breathtak- ger any good at all? Wherea ing, most musicians will never So is The Next Day Bowie's make an album as good as next Low or Station to Station? Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie's No, but why does it have to be? made at least five. He knows When judged against such in- what he's doing. So really. cut disputable masterpieces, even the guy Orne slack. good albums are bound to un- Opening with the title track. derwhelm. Taken for what it is, The Next Day start things off The Next Day is a good album. ~ , on the right foot. With a pro- Hell, The Next Day is a great al- Aporrion of wdtiam Kentridge's pulsive drumbeat, fuzzy guitars bum. It will make you dance, it 2007 print titled 'Massacre 0/ and a bouncing bas line. it's will make you feel and it might the innocents' gOI all the fixings of a clas- even make you think. It may sic Berlin-ern Bowie cut. The not be anything groundbreak- MELANIE THIBEAULT lim of each instrumental part ing, like his best music has ac- ARTS EDITOR make for an undeniably up- customed us to, but Bowie's beat and dunce able whole, but appreciation for his past work Moments of Freedom: Rev- its Bowie's vocal performance is evident on every single one olutionary Art from China, that really makes the song more of the album's fourteen tracks. South Africa and Tunisia, an than just dance music. At first Hearing an artist who has pre- art exhibit curated by Ikram calm and restrained, his voice viously been so occupied with Lakhdhar '13 as part of her slowly becomes unhinged as reinventing himself take the honors the is project, will the intensity of the song picks "Bowie's appreciation for his past work is evident on every single time to look back on his old be on display from April I to up. By the time he gets to the stylistic explorations is wholly May 15 and will feature a wide lines, "Here ram, not"quiti"i\y ... ·, , . one:of the 'album's fourteen Tt'1itks" "refresh! g. David Bowie has range of artwork in response to ing I my body left to rot in a assumed many different identi- the Chinese Cultural Revclu- hollow tree I its branches form- ie's late '70s Berlin albums. leaving a few seconds of eerie as catchy as some of his best ties over his career from Ziggy tion. South Africa's apartheid ing shadows on the gallows for "Love is Lost" is particularly silence between it and the next songs, while also acknowledg- Stardust to Aladdin Sane to the find the Tunisian Revolution me," he's descended into a mad dark. thanks in large part to song. ing how ridiculous his more bi- Thin White Duke, but on The that triggered the Arab Spring. howl, mirroring the darkness the metallic synths and drum- It's not an entirely dreary af- zarre musical explorations can Next Day he seems perfectly The exhibition will feature of the lyrics and bringing the beat that shudders with tinny fair, though. Bowie reminds us be. The title alone reads like a content with getting to know more than fifty pieces from disorder out from underneath reverb after every snare hit. that despite his many ventures parody of his early '70s work. himself better. • internationally acclaimed art- ists such as William Kentridge , Senzo habangu. Diane Victor, Zhang Hongtu. Rajaa Ghari Warning: and Deborah Bell in various media - photography, paint- ing and rare propaganda po t., New Timberlake Album Is a Massive A er . among others. It will I include work from comtempo- rary Tuni ian photograpners Was im Grimen, Omar fayhi and You sef Ben Ammar. Ac· ,. c rding to Lnkhdhar, the exhibition eek to examine, analyze and expose everal compelling revolutions f the past two centurie . "The exhibition sh ws that revolutionary visual language in relation to political turmoil and social injustices contribute to the transf rmation f the perception of national identity, becoming a social in Irumenl in defining or questioning the limits of ide I gical power." 'S Lakhdhar said, adding. "The o exhibition aims to deconstruct 165 the hi-t ry of gl bat injustices. IS' 13s que ti n the power of ide logy. '2' challenge the auth rity of the ANDREW MARCO As a en tic focu ed more Tom Ford tuxedos and a night entirely by Timberlake, as berlake as an artist. Timber- image and promote freed m of on Timberlake's acting career STAFF WRITER On the dance 1100r. These lyr- well as beatboxing that would lake further hones the sty Ie he expressi n." than his music, I had no idea ics are far from incredible, but put even the best drum ma- used throughout Future Sex! A panel di cu si n and open- Justin Timberlake is an what to expect when I began serve the material well. Jay-Z chine to shame. "Mirrors" is, Love Sounds with Tlte 20120 ing reception will take place ic n of American pop culture. listening to Tile 20120 Expert- is featured on the track, bring- by far, the album's standout Experience. Timbaland re- Thursday April 4 in the hu Whether you kn w him as Mr. ence . With limited knowledge ing the best near-rhymes he track, and it delivers Some of turns to produce the album, a Room. Panchsts include v· exy Ba k , fake ean Parker of Timberlake's music career, has to offer. His presence is the best music and production fact I had to look up to verify, ernmenl Pr fessor Ale. Hy- Or the dancing omelet from I was still able to accurately welcome, but weak in com- the album has to cover. De- as his presence is noticeably bel. Chinese Pr fess r Yibmg Saturday Night Live, Timber- predict much of the album's parison to Timberlake's catchy spite being one of the album's subdued. Huang. olumbia University lake has no d ubt affected YOllr content. That being said, I chorus and vocal performance. longer tracks, "Mirrors" never The 20120 Experience was Art Administration Program life. and possibly y ur h r· was far from prepared for the The opening riff for the al· feels its length; the same can't an enjoyable listen, but I oordinator tevcn Dubin, mones, fr m time to time. Last album's over seventy-minute bum's second single, "Mir- be said for many of the other doubt I'll find myself repeat- New York· based art;' t Zhang month. Timberlake returned run time. rors," sounds more a Killers tracks on the album. ing the venture. The experi- Hongtu and Tun;' ian·Amer· to the industry that made him " uit and Tie," the first song than a Timberlake tune. The 20120 Experience de- ence was good, but not great; ican multimedia arti t Rajaa big. releasing his third solo single from The 20120 Expe- Once again, Timberlake delivers on many levels. Tim- a disappointment considering Gharbi- album. The 20120 E"periellce. rience, is one of the album's livers a catchy hook with the berlake fans will certainly get the massive amount of hype Lakhdhar said. "The panel a Timberlake's lasl album, FIl' horter tracks, clocking in at song's chorus. The lyrical their fill of catch'y hooks and this album received prior to a cultural event nim<; to empha- ItIreSe.t/LoveSourlds, was re- just over five minutes. The content and musical style are seductive music. There's very its release. It lacks the appeal size the significant r Ie f an lea cd even years ago. That track features many trade- reminiscent of an old 'N Sync little to criticize about the of previous Timberlake efforts Interdisciplinary education at far·fr m·slumping sophomore mark of Timberlake's music. single, with the added matu· production of the record. It's like FW/lreSexlLoveSoltllds Or onnecti ut ollege by chal· off rt boasted an impressive including his incredible vocal rity Timberlake has gained exactly what it sets out to be. the pop novelty of the' N Sync lenging both the panelists and ix singles, sold over fOUT abilitie , a horn section remi· from years both performing If there's anything to criticize, era. Select tracks will Sure ap- the audience t think crill ally million c pies in Ihe United niscent of 70s R&B music and and producing in the music it is that Timberlake fails to pear On a lot of dance playl_ about the power f ideology tates alone and was single. memonlble beats just as suited industry. The vocal produc- break any new ground with the and the relati n, hip between IstS, but the album as a whol handedly resp nsible for the for the dance 1100r as they are tion On this track is particu- record. FutureSexlLoveSollnds art and politics in the ntem· en rmous worldwide spike in for the bedroom. Timberlake's fails to captivate beyond th: larly impressive, featuring was a game changer for both 100tJaIlisten, • porary global w rid."· births in 2006. lyrics paint a vivid picture of four part harmonies, provided the music industry and Tim-

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ZANDER A PLUNDH-SMITII Game of Thrones is Back a good king. or even a good dragons, but she clearly under- Clive Russell as Edmure and DANA SORKIN ning characters of the series, most calcUlating and scheming pers n, and he is seen in the estimated the distance between Brynden Tully, respectively; NEWS EDITOR narrates over a montage of people who spend their time trailers a. saying. "Everyone is her army in Qarth and the Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell, Robb Stark (his mother, Care- behind the scenes. Fire is also Winler is definitely commg mine to torment"), but he n w throne she covets in Westeros. the "Queen of Thorns"; Ci- Iyn Stark, is seen in the trailer a recurring element seen in the thi time. face threat fr 10 all across And while these petty southern aran Hinds as Mance Rayder; telling him, "Show them how it trailer, and after the brilliantly- Sea on three of HBO's hit the kingdom. His uncle tan- pr blems are being dealt with, and Thomas Sangster and Ellie feels to lose what they Jove."), executed Battle of Blackwater series Game of Thrones (based nis Baratheon may have been Jon Sn wand the men of the Kendrick as Jojen and Meera Arya Stark, Jaime Lannister, at the end of season two, the on the series A Song of Ice and defeated In the Battle of Black- Nights Watch on the wall must Reed. respectively. For those Cersei Lannister and Tyri- destructive powers of fire are Fire by George R.R. Martin) is water, but don't unt him OUl, contend with attacks from the of you who only watch the on Lannister. Varys affirms, sure to be seen often in ev- set to premiere on March 31. e pecially with Melisandre, Free Folk and the While Walk- show, know that the coming "The revenge you want, will ery corner of the world. Also and is expected 10 be a excit- the pries less of R'hllor, using ers (basically frozen zombies). of these characters expectantly be yours in time." Though re- highly anticipated based on the ing and bloody as ever. Based her dark magic to further his Still following? means more of the plot twists venge is something wanted by trailers are multiple invasions. On the IwO trailer currently cause. R bb lark, son of Ned For anyone who reads the and complications that have almost all of the characters in inclUding Mance Rayder and available to watch on HBO 0 tark, has been proclaimed n vets as well as follows the made the show so popular. some form or another, expect his army scaling the Wall, and (HBO' online viewing web- King in the North, bUI while show, you know that with each And for those of us who read to see these five truly go af- Daenerys Targaryen preparing site), season three will pick he and his army march clown passing book, Martin introduc- the books as well. hopefully it ter those whom they feel have for battle (for those of you who up exactly where the previ- south. Theon Grey joy. the pre- es dozens of new characters for will all remains as faithful as wronged them: each other. One are fans of her three dragons: ous season left off. F r those vious ward of his father and the reader to love to hale, hale possible to the original series. of the most interesting visuals of you who may have forgot- one of Robb's most trusted to love and, overall. struggle they're bigger now, and they The official trailers spare in the trailer is the split-second can fly). ten and need a mall refresher friends, has sacked Winter- to keep straight. Season three no moment to get across what image of a chess piece being The newest season of Game (spoiler alert for anyone who fell, and everyone believes will be no exception, as over seems to be a main theme of moved, possibly indicating isn't fully caught up). Joffrey of Thrones will premiere on Bran and Rieken Stark are eighteen new actors have been season three: revenge, Varys , that while much of the fight- HBO Sunday, March 31 at 9 Baratheon has become king of dead. Across Ihe world, Daen- cast. The new cast members a member of the small council ing done this season will be PM. and if the trailers are any WeSleros (though I don 'I think erys Targaryen, the last of her include: Ed Skrein as Daario for King Joffrey and one of the on the battlefield, the viewer indication, it will not disap- anyone is arguing that he i house, may have three infant Naharis: Tobias Menzies and most manipulalive and cun- houldn't forget abour the point. • b ; ;; -~-""-~- SPORTS· 7

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THE COLLEGE VOICE 66 Camels Achieve NESCAC Honor

KATIE KARLSON SPORTS EDITOR AU-Academic NESCAC teams, erhouse both academically and (women's swimming) and Mike Schuffenecker '13 (women's Johnson '15, both members of athletes must be varsity letter athletically. Receiving an AU- The Winter All-Academic se- leDuc '14 (men's track and ice hockey), and Kacie Quick the men's swimming team, were winners, have reached sopho- Academic honor is impressive, lections were announced by the field) both achieved Ali-Amer- '13 (women's basketball), were selected for the NESCAC All- more academic standing, and because these students embody NESCAC on March 19,2013. A ican status in addition to NE- named to the NESCAC AlI- Conference team for their per- have a cumulative OPA of 3.35. what it means to be a student-ath- total of 66 students from Con- SCAC All-Academic. Pielock Sportsmanship team in addition formance at the NESCAC cham- 35 students were selected as lete. The 66 Camels to achieve necticut College were selected was also recognized as a mem- to being named to the Ali-Aca- pionship in addition to earning a Winter All-Academic for the this honor have excelled in both which is an impressive number ber of the NESCAC Ail-Confer- demic List. All-Sportsmanship spot on the All-Academic list. second time, and 15 were se- the classroom and on the playing and one of the largest selections ence tearn. athleles are voted for by their Please join The College Voice lected for the third time in their field,learning time management, in the history of the College. Four Camels, Kevin Kelly' 14 teammates at the end of each in congratulating all 66 of the career. teamwork and leadership. (men's ice hockey), Leah Puk- season. Winter All-Academic athletes! • In order to be eligible for the NESCAC is known as a pow- Camels Julia Pielock '14 lin '13 (women's squash), Sam Bohdan Martin '14 and Cam

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When The Supreme Deciders Can't Decide

ANDREW SHAW lesbian couples married in Cali- Sisters lyric begins playing on decide ... All I'm sure about is riage," meaning marriages with other, nothing more. There is STAFF WRITER fornia before Proposition 8. repeal in my head: "I can't de- wanting the ultimate decision - and without full rights. Justice no reason why people shouldn't Such a striking down would not, cide whether you should live whenever that happens - to be Elena Kagan asked Charles J. be allowed to marry whomever This past Tuesday and however. require any other state or die:' Apparently, the j4~\iGes" advantageous ,to homosex ual "CooP,l;~ a .1a'Y

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AYLA ZURAW-FRIEDLAND I mean, it's cool. Putting on a dryness, irritation or just taste Obama's face on it (no offense spend it. just sounds like a fantastic idea. OPINIONS EDITOR condom means that you have to or smell weird. While they of- if you're really into that)? No Further, this effort could Bill Gates has the right idea. ~t1J ". ("J./oLI ...... ~ ...... ~ stop-the' aetien for the approxi- ten don't result in the best, most one. That's who. astly decrease. the rate at which , By making protected sex some- If you think sex is "just okay" mately ten seconds it takes to mind-blowing sex ever for both This is only part of the reason HIV is contracted through un- thing enjoyable that doesn't hecause you hate modern-day put 0ile0ii, what a mood killer. parties, it is really the only alter- that Bill Gates is creating an protected sex. Though great im- require personal sacrifice or condoms and have enough sci- Sometimes they're super tough native to getting pregnant andJ initiative for someone to make provements have been made in discomfort, he can make a huge entific background to think you to open and you end up looking or diseased. condoms better. If men know sexual education in the last ten break in the moralizing wall could make them hetter, then kind of ridiculous as you tear Yes, condoms need a make- that they are going to feel expo- years, improvements that have that surrounds sex with mys- BiB Gates has a proposition at the foil, trying to get it out. over. And I don't mean it in the nentially more pleasure, they'll played a role in encouraging tery and almost a sense of fear. for you. That's right folks, Bill Also, condom? It's probably way that condom companies actually want to wear them dur- young people to have protected If safe sex is good sex, that's all Gates wants YOU to make a one of the most unsexy words have been interpreting it. As ing intercourse. Condoms will sex from the start, there is still that matters. Women won't feel more awesome-feeling condom ever. Say it again. Condom. Do awesome as a tie-dyed condom he sexy(ier?) hecause they take a lot to he done both here in the guilty for asking their partners that encourages people to have you still want to have sex? might he, it probably isn't going sex with a condom from "meh" United States and around the to put on a condom, and men safe sex. The Bill and Melinda Today's latex condoms were to make someone who ordinari- to "AWESO-MEH". Some have world. Aside from today's con- won't feel like douchebag for Gates foundation is offering a a big innovation for their time ly wouldn't wear a condom sud- denounced the effort as some- doms, another thing that people really wishing they could take it $100,000 grant through their re- forty years ago. Yes, it has heen denly change their mind. To he thing for "pervs" or "creeps", don't like is heing told what to off. I'm not saying that this is an search fund, Grand Challenges approximately forty years since fair, there have heen efforts to but really, if Bill Gates is will- do. If people don't like wearing ultimate solution to the problem in Global Health. condoms were last revisited. It make condoms thinner to maxi- ing to use even a fraction of today's condoms as it is, they re- of a male-dominated sex cul- Sign me up. has heen forty years of kind of mize pleasure for men, but they his enormous fortune to make ally don't like having their high ture. There needs to he a hift While this has obvious hen- "meh"-ish sex on both ends. still don't quite cut it somehow. sex better, why are we even school health teacher telling in consciousness that makes sex efits to males, I think females Men claim that they decrease To he honest, that's probably questioning it? It's not like he them to wear one as they slip something non-gendered, to he have just as much to gain from sensitivity and pleasure during more of an attempt to market himself is inventing it. I could it over a banana. No one wants equally shared and enjoyed by a condom that a) feels good and, sex. Personally, I don't think toward women, when really the totally see people heing con- to think about that. If condoms both genders without guilt or more importantly, b) is effective that's a good enough reason to change should he targeted to- cerned that a "Windows" con- are things that people want he- judgment. But this is a start in enough to prevent unwanted not use them, especially if their ward men. Men typically care dom would tum into something cause they actually feel good that direction. pregnancy and STIs. People partner doesn't want the risk of even less about fancy-looking ridiculous and ungainly that has and make sex better, then they So, Connecticut College, have so many excuses not to STIs or unwanted pregnancy. condoms. Really though, when far too many applications and won't need to be told (0 wear which one of you is up to the wear condoms that eventually On the other hand, condoms you think about exactly what gadgets for its own good. He's one. They'll just do it. It's like challenge? • just boil down to us heing lazy. aren't exactly women's favor- they're used for, who cares if it just asking someone with a bet- eating chocolate. No one needs ite things ever; they can cause looks like a little tuxedo or has ter idea to take his money and to encourage you or nag you. It Magazines Are the Cruelest of Mirrors Tbepervasiveness of objectification in popular media

ordinate and often violent situa- cure and vulnerable. If you have magazines are known for pic- is assumed to be the dominant tion that compels us to submit to DAKOTA PESCHEL tions with men. Why these mag- ever read Cosmo, you know that turing men with bodies of near gaze. No one is safe from being our gender roles. It's not to say STAFF WRITER azines attempt to reinforce the there are a multitude of pictures demi-gods that most men can- objectified. that people are wrong for liking gender gap is beyond me, espe- of hypersexual women that the only dream of achieving. Men' The advertisement and maga- the genders they fit into, it's just cially if they are supposedly all women readers are meant to as- are forced to make comparisons zine industry is generally gross, the question of what about them Body objectification. has about empowering women. 1n similate to themselves. Women to the bodies they see in adver- yet something about these ad- makes them SO appealing. heen a goal of magazines and my opinion, this objectification are made to look at these im- tisements and in the stories of vertisements must be working, Why do these magazines still advertisements since the start. is the furthest thing from em- ages and can't help but make these magazines. These adver- otherwise they would have ad- ubscrihe to stereotypical gen- Women are the most common powerment, but rather a space comparisons to their own lives, tisements are, of course, ex- opted a new marketing strategy der roles and relati ns? Aren't victims of objectification, but where gender norms are perpet- Cosmo is also guilty of other tremely gendered, often includ- by now. Still, it's extremely un- we in (he twenty-first century, men also cannot escape the op- uated. As artistic and creative infractions, one heing that they ing attractive women as well fortunate that companies con- where women are equal? urely pressive grip of the media. Bod- as they can be, these magazines are afraid of using correct ter- as attracti ve men, and often try tinuously run their businesses they are protected under the law, ies are plastered everywhere: offer no rea] interruption to the minology for genitalia, instead to gear the products to the un- on advertisements that have but why do women c ntinue to bil1boards, commercials, inter- way women are viewed by the preferring to refer to vaginas inhibited virility and sexuality negative impacts on society's he the ones who are bjectified net advertisements, magazines world and by themselves. as the "downstairs" or "lady that men long to emulate, In do- perceptions of heauty and gen- most in the media? Why is the and television commercials; no The women's magazines are parts." They typically skirt cor- ing so, these advertisements and der. Gender is something that female gaze still inferior to the one is safe from making com- recreating the male gaze in the rect sexual terminology and magazines rely heavily on gen- shouldn't he so strict, and the male gaze? I don 't have an- parisons. women who read them.; and in prefer to use "enter" as a verb der stereotypes. walls that surround it, that box swers ( these question" I am Objectified women are con- doing so they are forcing wom- for sex. They are also guilty of Mainstream magazines suck. it into these little compartments, just bringing them up because sistently the subjects of men's en not only to he the lookers and being anti-feminist, and most of A lot. These are unhealthy out- seem 10 be deteriorating as more I'm a feminist and I find them magazines, yet women are also the scrutinizers, but also show- their sex articles are about how lets where men and women people are given their rights, as important. Our society pride' objectified to the same, if not a ing women that they are meant to please your man, rather than can gawk at bodies and utilize seen by the recent and highly itself on equality, bu. I can't greater, extent in women's mag- to he looked at and scrutinized. how-to guides on how to make the "male gaze;" whether men publicized Supreme Court cases help w ndering whether or n t azines. If you have ever /lipped It's as if these magazines are sex hetter for botb partners. are looking at men, women concerning marriage equality, we've earned it yet, • through Vogue, you know that suggesting the gender hierarchy In any case, men's "health" are looking at women, men are Proposition 8, and the Defense advertisements for high fashion by having women look at them- magazines tend to objectify looking at men or women are of Marriage Act. However, frequently depict women in sub- selves to make them feel inse- men's bodies as well. These looking at men. The male gaze there is still the nagging tradi-

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Connecticut . College SGA President Fractures Wrist While' Purchases Neighboring "Knocking" Approval at Meeting , Institution, CERSEI LANNISTER a fist I?ump during the Fish- about anything in a while, of a new committee tasked seemed concerned that air QUEEN REGENT bowl meeting. , so we knew when Taylor with safety-proofing the horns may be too disruptive. Mitchell College , . Last week, in -response to stopped knocking that some- knocking practice. One committee member sug- During last Thursday's potentilll plans for a surprise thing was amiss," said an "We've created a commit- gested each representative weekly SGA meeting, a seem- Connecticut College stop on SGA representative. tee to look into the safety of could take off an article of DON DRAPER ingly benign practice went iJle next Spice Girls Reunion Gould immediately leftfor various new practices. One of clothing for every good idea CREATIVE DIRECTOR terribly wrong. Many may Tour, fhe assembly began fu- the emergency room and was my personal favorites is the heard during the meeting. remember the "knocking" riously air-knocking, to the unable to appear in the Fire- use of small air horns: they The idea received mixed re- gesture from tbe emergency point where President Taylor side Chat that followed the are relatively easy to use, views and was ultimately The discovery of a shock- meeting during Fishbowl- Gould ' J3 sustained a com- meeting. He was unavailable don't require major move- eliminated. ing family secret has prompted gate - it is used to express pound fracture in his right for comment, but sources ments of the hand or wrist An additional idea was in- President Leo Higdon and the approval or agreement in a wrist. close to him tell us the break and really get people's allen- troducing a simple head nod board of trustees of Connecti- quiet way when a represen- "We were all so excited will heal soon. From his hos- tion!" said one representa- - you know, what everyone cut College to take steps toward tative or guest is speaking. about the Spice Girls, more pital bed, Gould didn't miss tive. else in the world does to ex- purchasing Mitchell College. It was frequently turned into excited than. we've been a beat - ordering the creation Other representatives press agreement. - The decision to acquire Mitchell College, located just four miles south of Conn, may seem a no- brainer to a school such as Con- necticut College, which has for Track & Field to Boycott New E·ngland's some time now been looking for a way to shed its identity as a small liberal arts college. Mitch- Champion~hipsfall on the same weekend as Floralia. Not cool. ell College is expected to be the WALTER WHITE is the same weekend as F1oralia. cated, one day to stare campus While the athletes would not other anonymous team member. first of many satellite campuses CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR The college community is in po' in the face-beer in hand- reveal how exactly they will Players on the men's lacrosse owned and operated by Connect- shock; how can they ask our stu- and say, what are you gonna do boycott the games, early word team seemed confused at the icut College. For now, though, Breaking Sports' News! Ac- dent athletes to commit to com- about it?!" out of Camp Conn is there outcry from the track and field this secondary location in New cording to a few senior track petition on what many consider "Even if the meet were to might be a series of huge rag- athletes. The lacrosse team has London will open many oppor- and field members-who will to be the best day of the year? end at a decent hour on Satur- ers at multiple undisclosed 10- already had to forfeit their F10- tunities for Conn and Mitchell remain anonymous - both the "It's like asking a five-year-old day, we'd still have little chance cations in response to this utter ralia in the past for NESCAC students alike. men's and women's teams plan . to skip Christmas morning and to get really twisted at Floralia tragedy. playoffs. "I've been messed up At a non-publicized, 'surprise to boycott this year's Division day-that's just not cool," said a because we'd be driving all the "If we can't party on F1oralia, so many days in my college ca- all-campus assembly (Andrew IIINew England Outdoor Track Camel senior last Tuesday night way down from Maine," said we might as well throw a bunch reer, a sober day of lax couldn't Nathanson, rumored future pres- and Field Championships at at Cro Bar. "We get one day a one of the anonymous track and of sweet keggers in the weeks' hurt,"said one team member. _ ident of the College, and Taylor Colby College. Why? The meet year to be chaotically intoxi- field seniors. leading up to Floralia,' said an- Gould, braving a compound fracture, were the only two attend- ees), President Higdon laid out the rationale for this decision: "You know, nowadays colleges Search Committee Names Connecticut College attract the best and brightest students by emphasizing what sets their institution apart from Student as New President of Connecticut College the crowd. But I'd like to think of recent budget cuts; his pay- graduation in May, Nathanson ess and social media adeptness; ation, so this is a lifesaver. Since that at Connecticut College, we LORI GRIMES roll will consist of Cro Money will forego receiving a gradu- he hopes to replace all Moodie 100 Days, I've been waking up don't need to worry about being MADAME SHERIFF and $30 gift certificates to Buf- ate degree at the Frank Lloyd p?sts with weelcly Twirter up- and crying every morning, but different. We're more interested After an extensive search by falo Wild Wings. His extensive Wright School of Architecture, dates in an effort to stream- now I can stay here ... forever. in how we can be like everybody the Presidential Search Com- knowledge of Conn, slemming instead focusing his efforts on line education so as to prepare Conn has given me so inuon eJse. The trustees and I brain- mittee, spearheaded by Pamela from his Senior Honors The- reallocating fifty percent of the students for the mythological during my four years here, and stormed about this, and we had ZiJly '75 and the ghost of Kath- sis project in which he literally school's funds to the Architec- "Real" World. I'm so fortunate that I can now an epiphany: What's the best arine Blunt, the College would took" a photo of every ~quare tural Studies Department and We caught up with Nathan- give back for years and years to way to end up just like everY like to officially announce its inch of campus, has made him to the re-reconstruction of New son, who was weeping with joy come, Also, I can't wait to go to other college in the country? To next President. As the youngest an ideal candidate in spite of his London Hall. As the manager of atop the Harkness Chapel bell the bar every night and see what own every other college in the and most under-qualified candi- direct competition: Mill Rom- not one but twenty-seven Twit- tower and snapping a few pho- the haps are with the young peo- country!" date in the running, Andrew Na- ney, Cardinal Sean O'Malley ter accounts, Nathanson has tos for his ConnPix Tumblr. "J ple. I can still do that, right?" • While the logistics involved in thanson ' 13 was chosen in light and Am~da Bynes. After his proven his administrative prow- had no future plans after gradu- traveling to subsidiary campuses as far away as California may at first seem problematic, the Ad- ministration hopes such wide- spread acquisitions will provide an ideal opportunity to join the nascent trend of "super-commut- ing." Officials at Connecticut College eagerly anticipate fly- ing students from coast to coast several times each day in order to attend classes at various campuses. To pay for these expanded transportation initiatives, professors have eagerly agreed to take pay cuts in anticipation of being transferred to wanner climes, like the planned "Connecticut Meredith Boyle College at Walt Disney World" satellite campus. In addition to the College's Bio: The screenplay for Zero Dark Thirty is based on a short concerted efforts to blend into . essay that I wrote in the second grade in response to the the general background of high- er education institutions, Higdon question "Whatdo you want to be when you grow up?" revealed at the nearly empty assembly that personal reasons Interested in: Shaggy-haired lacrosse players and dog sitting also contributed to the final decision to absorb New London's other small college. At an event thrown by Rear Admiral Sandra L. Stosz, Superintendent of the Annie Mitchell Coast Guard Academy, in honor of Rear Admiral Sandra L. Sto- sz, Superintendent of the Coast Bio: I hate the passive voice. split infinitives and oxford. Guard Academy, Presidents Higdon and Jukoski learned of commas. In my spare time I enjoy reading The Economist .. their mutual love for collecting in Spanish. American Girl dolls and inoper- able toaster ovens. The truth was later revealed: they are indeed Interested in: A capella singers of small stature long-lost twin siblings. Mitchell College agreed to this engulfment sale on the condi- tions that Connecticut College's Dining Services share their AyanoEIson recipe for the baked cod dish, Mitchell students receive unlim- ited 24/7 access to the Lambdin Bio: I like performance art. IPAs and big dogs game room, and that the schools' two mascots (the Mariners and Interested in: Bearded male graduate students pursuing a Camels) be merged into one new "super mascot": the AquaCa- masters in IO-2Oth century American & British literature mels.> or sugar daddies who don't care about the humanities.