THE COLLEGE VOICE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2011 NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT VOLUME XCV • ISSUE 14 Longstanding Art Profes Swan Song

JULIA CRISTOFANO pixie,” you can only be referring a colleague and a friend. of her work from the 70s, 80s, 90s ries called Things Just Fell Apart, STAFF WRITER to Professor Maureen McCabe. sor To cap Maureen off her four decades McCabeand her most recent workLeaves in the which Lasting is dedicated to friends who Although this image may appear of teaching, Professor McCabe’s 2000s. All of her pieces are mixed have passed away. Each of these “Energetic,” “exotic” and “ec- frightening to anMark outsider, these at work Conn is on display in in Cummings media or framed collages. Despite pieces contains an abacus show- centric” are all terms one could are all loving descriptions of Pro- Art Gallery until March 4h. The the fact that her mediums have re- ing the number of years an indi- use to describe the stereotypical fessor McCabe from her appre- show, entitled Swan Song, is a mained constant, McCabe’s sub- vidual had lived before he or she art teacher. But when you start ciative students. She has taught at tribute to her artistic accomplish- ject matter is extremely varied. died, a stark visual statement as describing one as “terrifying,” Connecticut College for the past ments as well as the end of her Her work from the 70s and 80s most of these people were only in “always wearing a long black forty years and is known to al- formal teaching career. have a distinctly more personal their early thirties. velvet dress,” and a “Gothic most everyone here as a teacher, The show features a sampling focus. The most striking is a se- CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 Guyland Addresses Found Challenges Bedin North Bugs of Growing

MEREDITH BOYLE KIEFER ROBERTS NEWS EDITOR STAFF WRITER The Ernst Common room has never Shannon been soup steamy. Male Last Monday, in a Brady ’14 room packed with students, faculty Campuswoke up Tues- and staff, there were talks of female day morning pleasure, hooking up, homoeroticism with strange bites and the plights of growing up male. on her leg and ankle. She assumed Michael Kimmel, Professor of Sociol- they were spider bites until she spoke ogy at SUNY and author of Guyland: with another friend in Wright who The Perilous World Where Boys Be- had the same symptoms earlier in the come Men, among other books, spoke semester. After researching, she con- to the crowd in one of the more enjoy- cluded the bites came from bed bugs. able talks in recent memory. Very little is known about bed bugs. Starting off, Kimmel touched on Few entomologists, or insect research- the phenomenon of “helicopter par- ers, devote time to studying the bugs, enting,” something with which some

mainly because they don’t carry dis- / CONTRIBUTOR TOMASIAN WILL in the audience were likely familiar. eases. They are small (one-eighth of The author also spoke about the male an inch long), reddish brown bugs that tendency to lack the ability to commit, spread by clinging on to the clothing as well as a new stage of development and suitcases of unsuspecting travel- between adolescence and adulthood, ers. Following an unprecedented 11-1 season, the women’s which many simply assumed was The bugs have not been a menace KAT KOMNINOS swim team blew expectations out of the water at the NE- called “going to college.” Starting off, since WWII, when pesticides like CONTRIBUTOR SCAC Championships on February 18-20. At the meet, Kimmel touched on the phenomenon DDT wiped them out. Their recent the Camels produced eight All-Conference swimmers, smashed fifteen school re- of “helicopter parenting,” something resurgence was widely publicized as cords and qualified nearly half of the team for the NCAA Championships. And with which some in the audience were they plagued expensive New York ho- to top it all off, Head Coach Marc Benvenuti was named NESCAC Coach of the likely familiar. The author also spoke tels and department stores. The bugs Year for the third time in the past six years. about the male tendency to lack the often hide in cracks and crevices, but CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 ability to commit, as well as a new mostly in mattresses. They are noctur- stage of development between ado- nal animals and feed on blood. Once lescence and adulthood, which many discovered, the mattress and all bed- simply assumed was called “college.” ding must be thrown away to prevent Kimmel moved forward, saying their spread. Young Dancers Hold Their Own that the sexual revolution was more Brady met with Student Health Ser- about a women’s entitlement to plea- vices last week. They dismissed the EMILY BERNSTEIN Myers Dance Studio echoed with stifled coughs. The sure than an increase in men’s sexual bed bug theory because of Conn’s STAFF WRITER faces of my peers were menacing, each smile conceal- list of to-do’s, outlining four essential plastic mattresses, and she walked ing colonies of scheming pathogens, trying to hop from rules by which all men who hope to away with anti-itch cream. She didn’t one weak immune system to another. I took my seat, keep their manhood must abide. Pay think much again about the possibility close attention. Firstly, no sissy stuff, of bed bugs until her neighbor found bristling every time my neighbor emitted a sniffle or as masculinity is inherently anti-femi- one in her bed. a nasal muttering. When I am sick, I am oppressively nine. If that means calling your friend “I am 100% positive that the bug aware of my body: its struggle to perform normal func- a “fag,” a phenomenon Kimmel dis- she found was a bed bug,” said Brady. tions like eating, breathing, and thinking, its heaviness cussed using anecdotes about rapper “We looked up pictures online and as I heave it across campus and its yearning for quilts Eminem, then it shall be done. it matched perfectly and when we and chicken broth. As the lights dimmed and the Dance brought the bug to the health center, Club show began, I wanted to be distracted by the girl Being a “big wheel” is the second they said they couldn’t be positive, but on stage making faces through a picture frame. The most important rule in manhood, as they did think it was one.” dancers stood tall like healthy plants growing towards manhood can always be determined Wright residents received an e-mail the sun. I, on the other hand, was in the shade of the with who has the most toys or, as older sal- that night from the North Campus audience, the bacterial breeding ground whose flu- gentlemen measure, the biggest ary. The third rule is being reliable Area Coordinator, Sarah Lecius-Aut- spreading agents would eventually destroy me like a in crisis. Lastly, giving them hell by ieri, saying the College exterminator fungus that makes stalks shrug and leaves wilt. taking risks is where it’s at these days. would confirm or disconfirm the ru- The dancer who had been making faces joined the mor upon inspection, but that students Do you remember that Old School other girls on stage in hand-mouthing the words to scene at the frat house with the haz- should be on the lookout for red, itchy some of Shakespeare’s sonnets. The piece, entitled bites in clusters. ing and cinder blocks? Kimmel actu- “This is Art” and choreographed by Chloe Spitanly, ally chronicled that happening at one was as beautiful as it was bewildering. After Shake- fraternity during his field study. Some speare was silenced, Tchaikovsky’s “Little Swans” people will do anything to live off

CECILIA BROWN / STAFF CECILIA took over the stage and the dancers launched into some campus. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Amy Gernux ’13, Jeramie Orton ’13, Nora brilliant booty shaking. Loughry ’13, and Jillian Wiseman ’14 CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 perform at last week’s Dance Club Show. IN THIS ISSUE NEWS OPINIONS ARTS SPORTS

Redesigning Harris • page 4 Freeman Soup and Bread • page 6 Radiohead Review • page 10 Women’s Hockey • page 12 2 THE COLLEGE VOICE EDITORIALS /// LETTERS FEBRUARY 28, 2011 THE COLLEGE VOICE Editorials “The views and opinions expressed in The College Voice are strictly those of student authors, and not of Connecticut Col- lege. All content and editorial decisions remain in the hands Last Thursday, SGA suggested starting a petition to leaving even harder. We, and our parents, deserve a day to of the students; neither the College’s administration nor its allow graduating seniors an additional day after Com- celebrate without a curt reminder not to forget to hand in faculty exercise control over the content.” mencement to pack and and prepare to leave campus. our camel cards on the way out. Lilah Raptopoulos Editor-in-Chief The editorial board of the Voice supports this endeavor Vassar College allows its students to stay in campus John Sherman Managing Editor wholeheartedly. The day of graduation is a juggling act: housing until the Monday after at 5 PM. Syracuse is Julie McMahon Creative Director students are caught between saying goodbye to friends, allowed two days after graduation, and Ithaca lets most wrapping up old business at school, and welcoming family students to leave within the week. We understand that News Editors Jazmine Hughes members, some of whom are visiting campus for the first there may be complications due to our status as graduated Meredith Boyle time. The night before is often a sleepless countdown to a students. This could be solved with a mere contract to Opinions Editor John Dodig final goodbye. sign. The facilities do not need to be kept open unduly – it Arts & Entertainment Editors Racine Oxtoby Asking a student, on this day, to tear off their dress will be mid-May, so providing heat won’t be a problem. Kris Fleming clothes to pack their belongings into a UHaul, with Moms Ends are as important as beginnings. This is a simple Sports Editors Nick Woolf holding diplomas and uncles lingering in hallways, seems matter to rectify that will relieve a tremendous amount of Mike Flint unfair. The implicit assumption behind making Sunday stress on students the day they graduate. We stand behind Photo Editors Karam Sethi move-out day is that we should be packing through Senior SGA, encourage seniors to also speak up, and look for- Tanaha Simon Week. And yet the College is explicitly providing us ample ward to seeing this change actualized. Head Copy Editors Rebecca Reel opportunities to bask in each others’ company, unwinding Anna Membrino and making memories at open bar events and foam parties. Lilah Raptopoulos In reality, we’re packing the day we graduate. This makes Advertising Manager Rebecca Heupel PR Director Rachel Blitzer Webmaster Ayano Elson At the beginning of this semester, I approached the cost of either Physical Plant or a student staff to collect Web Content Editor Ellie Benner General Manager of Dining Services, Mike Kmec, about and re-distribute the mugs. Kmec’s email to the campus the possibility of implementing a reusable mug system community noted that 300 reusable mugs will be given out STAFF in the dining halls at Connecticut College. Similar sys- on March 2, after paper cups are officially gone. Instead of Writers Illustrators Photographers tems have been created at Bates and Hamilton Colleges giving them away, shouldn’t they be donated as a founda- Luke Carneal Jeremy Nakamura Ipek Bakir to decrease paper waste. At Bates, mug disposal-bins are tion for the reusable mug system? Clara Chaisson Alicia Toldi Hadley Brooks placed in areas with heavy foot-traffic (in our case, Harris, The cleaning and distributing of mugs will prove more Julia Cristofano Copy Editors Cecilia Brown Cro and certain residence halls) and Physical Plant collects difficult here than at Bates, which only has one dining Cole Delbyck Brittany Armstrong Nevena Deligineva Ethan Harfenist Hoitt McAllister the mugs and brings them back to the dining hall to be hall, compared to our five. I propose that mugs be washed Christina Fogarasi washed. in Harris and JA, because of their size and location on Sarah Kosofsky Jerell Mays Hannah Plishtin Eli Mangold Annie Mitchell Miguel Salcedo After some research, Kmec concluded that the endeavor campus, and distributed to the rest of the dining halls Jerell Mays David Shanfield Amelia Smith would not be possible without outside funding and a com- from there. Student staff or Physical Plant could col- Adam Miller Melanie Thibeault Kira Turnbull mitted student staff. He told me via e-mail, “I do however lect from drop-off stations on a bi-weekly basis, or more Sam Norcross have good news. Dining Services plans on removing paper often depending on the popularity of the program. The Kiefer Roberts Katherine Sartiano Contact Us cups from the dining halls at some point soon in order to system would be based on reciprocity: mugs are clean and Alex Schwartzburg [email protected] reduce our paper waste.” available for students, provided that students return them David Shanfield (860) 439-5437 A few weeks later in an e-mail addressed to the en- regularly. Amelia Smith 270 Mohegan Avenue tire campus, Kmec announced that paper cups would be Mug-theft could be a concern, but students have no in- Melanie Thibeault New London, CT 06320 removed from all dining halls on March 1. He encouraged centive to keep mugs in their rooms to dry encrusted with students to voice their opinions through e-mails or mes- old drink stains if they can drop them off and have them sages on the Dining Services Facebook group. More than a cleaned at no charge. Our College’s design places most few students asked about implementing the Bates system, of us in single rooms without kitchens. Countless mugs Corrections to which Kmec responded with the same answer he gave containing coffee remnants sit on my desk, begging to be me. cleaned in spare minutes that will never come. Truthfully, In last week’s issue, front page Vagina Monologues While sustainable endeavors by our dining hall are I’m much more likely to drop my mug off in the bin in Cro photos were taken by Miguel Salcedo. commendable, I don’t believe the removal of paper cups and pick up a clean one in Harris than I am to spend time is sustainable without a sustainable replacement. Students washing my own mugs. use paper cups to take snacks like cereal or yogurt out of As if to mitigate any student backlash, Kmec implied the dining hall. Sure, this violates the official dining policy in his email that we asked for this. And he’s right. What’s that prohibits students from taking more than a piece of becoming more clear about Conn’s push for sustainability fruit, a dessert or a beverage. But let’s be honest: this is that we want to be sustainable, but when it comes to policy is regularly broken and rarely enforced. The paper changes that will impact our lives in a negative way, we cups are both convenient and easily accessible. are reluctant to see them go. As always, we welcome letters to the editor. If you’re It’s true that convenience alone isn’t enough to justify Instead of complaining about the removal of paper cups interested in writing a letter, please read below. 5,000 pounds of paper cup waste per semester. In the for a few weeks before we forget about it, we should advo- College-wide endeavor to become more environmentally cate a better solution. It’s time to realize that our College Letters to the Editor: friendly, removing excessive waste is necessary. However, may not have the resources to live up to the sustainable FreeAny and all members Speech of the Connecticut College com- Dining Services needs to anticipate that students will in- ideal we crave, so school endeavors need to be supple- munity (including students, faculty and staff) are encour- evitably replace paper cups with the next available alterna- mented by student efforts. A student-created, reusable mug aged to submit articles, letters to the editor, opinion pieces, tive, resulting in increased theft of plastic tumblers. system is the first step in the right direction. photographs, cartoons, etc. Surely, one motivation for the removal of paper cups is All submissions will be given equal consideration. financial: Dining Services will save money. But buying Meredith Boyle In particular, letters to the editor are accepted from any reusable mugs is a one-time expenditure, plus the small News Editor member of the college community on a first-come, first- serve basis until noon on the Saturday prior to publication. They should run approximately 300 words in length, but may be no longer than 400 words. All submitted letters must be attributed to an author and include contact information. No unsigned letters will be published. The editor-in-chief must contact all authors prior to pub- lication to verify that he/she was indeed the author of the letter. 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CRO 215 MONDAYS 10PM [email protected] THE COLLEGE VOICE 3 THIS WEEK FEBRUARY 28, 2011 tuesday wednesday LECTURE “Producing Black Womens´ Media: Providing Context for the Making of Living Thinkers: An Autobiography of Come into the Quiet a Community of Women - An Installation, Documentary and Archive 12:30 PM - 1 PM Media Project.” Fairfield University Professor Roxana Walker-Canton. Harkness Chapel 4 PM Meditation with Reverand Carolyn Patierno Charles Chu Room, Library

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friday “Racial, Gender and Sexual Orientation Disparities in HIV/AIDS” FNL 10 PM, The Human Development Department presents a talk by John-Manuel Andriote, a Cro’s Nest journalist who has been reporting on AIDS since 1986, and living well with HIV since March 4 - 5, 2011 2005. “Smart Growth” is a series of concepts de- 4:30 PM, Cro 1941 Room veloped from urban planning that represent an alternative to sprawl. This two-day con- ference will provide a broad overview of our MOBROC Showcase understanding of the impact of development Showcase of bands that are members of patterns and suggestions for more thoughtful MOBROC, Musicans Organized for Band approaches to planning. See Rights on Campus. www.conncoll.edu/centers/goodwin-nier- 8:30 PM ing/ for a list of lectures and events. Cro’s Nest all weekend The Threepenny Opera Hillyer Hall, Tansill Blackbox Theater March 3, 4, 5, 2011 @ 8 PM and March 5 & 6 @ 2 PM Book and Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht. Music by Kurt Weill. English adaptation by Marc Blitzstein. Directed by Peter Deffet and musical direction by William Thomas. Tickets: students $8, general $12

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, 1940–1950

The 1940s was an unsettling decade for the College and the world. In 1941, the Japanese attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor and the country officially entered World War II. A group of students on the War Services Committee on campus set up a Red Cross workshop in the basement of Harkness Chapel (erected 1940) for women to “knit, sew, make surgical dress- ings” for soldiers. They received letters of gratitude and local press for their good deeds.

After constructing most of the buildings on campus, President Katherine Blunt handed her presidency off to Dorothy Schaffter, a pessimistic leader who had a short stint between 1943 and 1945. Schaffter was deemed by the late dean Alice Johnson “forever to remain nameless,” as she “had managed to alienate the trustees, the faculty, the administration and the student body.” Blunt resumed her role for two years, until the College found a more permanent replace- ment in petite, vibrant Rosemary Park.

In 1948, the American Dance Festival began performing at Connecticut College each summer. President Dorothy Schaffter (left) with Presi- This brought in Martha Graham, José Limón, Doris Humphrey, Louis Horst, and other famous dent Katherine Blunt (right), c. 1943. Photo- choreographers. This festival was a staple on the Connecticut College campus for over thirty graph by Caoline B. Rice (c/o 1931), NY. years.

Students camp in Buck Lodge in the Arboretum, c. Students “selling sandwiches room to Meal time in Jane Addams House 1940s. Photograph by Sarony, Inc. NY. room,” 1946. Photograph by William Kitchen, 1949. Peck

Ice skating on Harkness Green, exact date unknown. 4 THE COLLEGE VOICE FEBRUARY 28, 2011 Editors: Jazmine Hughes and Meredith Boyle NEWS /// FEATURES [email protected] Guyland Talks Tough /STAFF ILLUSTRATOR /STAFF JEREMY NAKAMURA JEREMY

tions from the administration, Brady know “what they used to treat it or how CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 called REAL, Student Life and Cam- toxic it is.” In discussing hooking up, Kimmel illuminated Brady and her roommate didn’t hear pus Safety, eventually getting in con- The girls can return to their rooms that the amount of hanky-panky on campus isn’t as much from the Office of Residential tact with the administrator on call who today but cannot open their belongings much as one might think. Due to Conn’s small size, Education and Living (REAL) after told the girls to first bag up their bed- until Saturday, at which point they must the hookup culture has the tendency to feel a bit in- Bed Bugs Foundding, then their beddingin andNorth clothes, wash everything. Campus that. After dinner, they returned to their cestuous and really intrusive at times, like someone and eventually called back with the in- Meanwhile, Wright residents re- rooms to find a staff member removing wearing your shower shoes. Yet, Kimmel’s research structions to bag up everything in their ceived another e-mail, this time from their mattresses, without their prior per- demonstrated that just because we’re a small institu- room. Assistant Director of Residential Edu- mission. tion doesn’t mean we’re all that different from many “I had no idea someone was going to “I can’t blame anyone for the poor cation and Living Marie Lalor, denying communication because it is obvious the bed bug rumor. Brady attributes this other colleges or universities. Kimmel reported that be going into my room without me be- roughly 25% of people on a college campus have ing there,” said Brady. “Plus, bed bugs the College doesn’t have frequent bed to the fact that the girls threw away the hooked up at least seven to eight times, whereas live most often in mattresses so I don’t bug outbreaks, but my neighbor and bed bug they found, thinking that show- 25% of people on a college campus have never understand why the College threw out I were so confused during this whole ing health services was sufficient. Lalor hooked up. Think the numbers are much higher a major source of evidence before an process and found it hard to get answers was unavailable for comment on the is- exterminator checked out the room. from anyone,” Brady said. sue. here? You might want to consider that again, as the Of course the exterminator didn’t find Brady decided to go home instead “Since we didn’t have the bug they number of people who had sex this past weekend is any evidence of bugs when he came the of relocating to a new room in Wright couldn’t ‘confirm’ our complaint,” probably lower than you’d imagine. next day. The mattresses were already while awaiting the verdict on her room. Brady said. • Kimmel’s conversation on deliberately vague, long gone,” Brady said. As far as she knows, the two rooms drunken, often one-sided hookups made many think Having not heard any further instruc- have been treated, although she doesn’t about our own experience or the experiences of oth- ers we’ve eagerly discussed on Sunday mornings in Harris. In Guyland, Kimmel asked a group of women if they had had an orgasm during their last hookup. Of that group, 40% answered that they Information Services Cybersecurity had. The same question was posed to a group of men, and of that group, 70% answered in the af- firmative. Yet, when asked if their female partners had achieved an orgasm, men answered that 80% of their partners had indeed had an orgasm. What does this mean? It means that some ladies have an inherent acting talent, a big heart or no time. It also means that young people are not speaking to each Do you know other the way we need to, a point Kimmel empha- sized time and time again. how to stay In Guyland, Kimmel asked secure on a group of women if they had had Facebook? an orgasm during their last hookup. Of that group, 40% answered 1. Review the safety information under Account g Help Center in Facebook. Here you will that they had. learn how to report abusive or bullying behavior, how to stop someone from tagging photos with your name or remove your name from photos, how to reduce or block unwanted // messages, and many other helpful hints. ...Of that group [of men], 70% g 2. Review your privacy settings under Account Privacy Settings. Do not assume that only answered in the affirmative. your friends can see what you post on Facebook.

3. Everyone knows that you should not post your social security number on line, but most people do not know that you should not post the year in which you were born and Kimmel occasionally relied on stereotypes, where you born. Using this information identity thieves may actually be able to predict something not expected of a championed sociolo- most or all of your social security number. gist. One example was Kimmel’s implication that if a fraternity initiation process, witnessed by Kim- mel during his Guyland field studies, was to be 4. Do not post anything you would not want known by current or future employers. Do viewed by a Martian visitor, said extraterrestrial not brag about risky or illegal behaviors or complain about your boss on the Web. would believe that all human men were homo- sexual. This one quip suggested that all gay men 5. Do not post any personally identifiable information including your mother’s maiden go around grabbing each others’ crotches, lending name, your pets’ names, your favorite movie, your home address, or any other itself to the homosexual-promiscuity concept a bit too well. And although his work in Guyland mainly information only you should know. Not only can this information help thieves steal your dealt with the socialization of heterosexual men, his identity, but it may help them hack into your online accounts. talk to a diverse crowd at a former women’s college included no non-heteronormative examples, espe- 6. Do not assume that all messages that say they came from a friend actually came from cially in terms of sex and relationships. that person. If anything seems odd or out of character, or contains a link, check with the That aside, Michael Kimmel’s lecture was a re- sender before opening it to verify that it was actually sent by that person. freshing discussion of student’s time and actions in college, especially regarding the range of emotions and expectations (sexual and otherwise). Kimmel More information is available on Connecticut College’s Facebook page, mentioned that he wrote Guyland, “not to be critical of young men, but to be compassionate of them.” or at http://cybersecurity.conncoll.edu/. As it stands, Guyland should be required reading by everyone, male and female, before entering col- lege. If not to help some understand the difficulty and expectations of growing up male, then perhaps to encourage those males to change and break out of the mold. College is a time for learning and ex- ploration, but neither of those can be achieved if one has no idea why they are the way they are. Both Guyland and Kimmel are hoping to change that. • FEBRUARY 28, 2011 THE COLLEGE VOICE NEWS • 5 TRIP Programs Augment Classwork with

Many students think TRIPs day conference concerning hu- EMILY REMPELL AND are limited to the language and man rights in indigenous com- JAZMINE HUGHES science departments, but there munities and take trips to various STAFF WRITER AND NEWS Research Abroadhave been a variety of academic other communities. EDITOR departments that have landed For approximately ten years, TRIPs. Students in BIO 320, or Tropi- Connecticut College students Students in Mathematics and cal Biology, will spend the first have been able to be whisked Science in the Elementary School half of their spring break in Be- away to a foreign country for (EDU 304) will be heading to lize, with professors Stephen supplemental classroom studies. Chiapas, Mexico, a location vis- Loomis and Manuel Lizarralde. TRIP (Traveling Research and ited by SATA Oaxaca students “Right now, we are learning the Immersion Program) occurs three during their Mexican tenure, for ecology of Belize,” said Kerry or four times an academic year. a program entitled “Indigenous Dermody ’12. “We are setting Usually the TRIP takes place dur- Science and Critical Community up two experiments and writing ing Spring Break, but they have Pedagogy.” research proposals in groups in also been known to occur during Initially, the group was sup- preparation to gather field data the shorter Fall Break. posed to participate in a cultural when we are down there.” Most Shirley Parson, Director of exchange, comparing education information will be gathered from Study Abroad and TRIP, cannot tactics with a rebel indigenous reefers and mangrove swamps— remember an exact beginning group, the Zapatistas. The Za- the students will have to snorkel to the program, but did recall a patistas are are a rebel/revolution- to complete their findings—then number of professors approach- ary group who has declared war analyzed and written into a scien- ing her to pursue “informal trips against Mexico, although the war tific paper. that evolved into the program we has generally been non-violent. Past TRIP programs have in- have today.” They live mainly in the moun- cluded an art history trip to Italy, The process begins with a pro- tains in communities or “camps.” led by Professor Joe Alchermes, fessor submitting a proposal for a “The Zapatistas basically have where students traveled the an- class trip, specifying where they their own political system. They cient road Via Francigena be- would like to go and how the lo- are a collective society in which tween Rome and Canterbury, a cation connects with class mate- the leadership is on a rotating ba- program in Japan for students rial. After being approved by the sis, so you can only go in to the studying Japanese, and an excur- Academic and Administrative community if you are invited. We sion to Moscow and St. Peters- Procedures Committee (AAPC) were invited, but then disinvited,” burg with students in Russian in addition to the Study Abroad said Carolyn Kurz ’12. 101. office, the TRIP plans begin to The group of students was un- “I loved it! It was a fantastic solidify. invited in early February, sup- experience and we didn’t have to Budget issues limit the number posedly due to issues within the pay for anything. The school took of programs that are approved. community. Instead, the group care of our visas, our tickets, our While only a few occur per year, will join several symposiums and hotel stay—everything,” said Gil- the College tries its best to cover discussions at a local university, lian Rowland-Kain ’11, who went all costs for the students, making along with students and profes- her freshman year. “I doubt that sors who have researched or I would have gone to Russia oth- the TRIP program, as Ms. Parson GILLIAN ROWLAND-KAIN/ CONTRIBUTOR sighed, “so expensive.” worked with the Zapatista com- erwise so, for me, it was a great A group of students from the Russian 101/102 class in Spring 2008. munity. They will attend a half opportunity.” • Redesigning Harris

DiningLILAH RAPTOPOULOS Services announces plans to renovate Harris’ organizational structure EDITOR-IN-CHIEF This summer, Dining Services will be launching a $250,000 initiative to make key structural and organizational improvements to Harris Refectory. Funding for this project comes largely from recent substantial sav- ings on food purchases, the result of a new initiative to curb waste and respond more ef- fectively to student dining needs. Last Thursday, the Dining Services Com- mittee, comprised of three students, Director of Dining Services Ingrid Bushwack, VP for Administration Ulysses Hammond and Gen- eral Manager of Dining Services Michael Kmec, presented their first proposed changes to SGA. Said Taylor Gould ’13, “Our goals are to address the flow issues and reduce the institutional feel of Harris. We want to do Floor plans above illustrate the proposed changes to Harris floor plan. Existing plan is on left, proposed changes on right. this without replacing equipment. Costs need to be kept low.” flooded with paper.” Kmec added, “We need Bushwack echoed these sentiments. “Our someone to have ownership over that area so Information Services News and Events goal is that everything is used, especially for that flyers months expired are guaranteed to lunch and dinner. We want to have action ev- be removed.” erywhere at all meals.” Meanwhile, the committee is looking for This past July, Dining Services installed student suggestions to personalize the space. Language and Culture Center FoodPro, supply and demand software that Many SGA members encouraged hanging provides an interface for logging the amount student art in the entrance and seating areas, of food made versus the amount left uneaten as well as historical photos of the College at each meal’s end. Over the course of sev- that make the space feel like theirs. “Just by eral menu cycles, the program allows Din- looking at the plans, it’s impossible to distin- ing Services to effectively track how much guish this space from any other college din- food is consumed relative to how much was ing hall,” said one student. “It’s important to prepared. This data is then used to plan for us that when we enter Harris, we know we’re subsequent meals, eliminating waste. This at Connecticut College.” initiative, coupled with recent internal re- Freeman senator Isaac Woodruff ’11 sug- structurings and the removal of food trays, gested we incorporate the College’s history has net a $250,000 savings, says Hammond, into the new design. Other suggestions in- and the College has chosen the Harris buffet cluded adding old photographs of Harris and as the place to reinvest these savings. other campus dining halls from the College’s archives. Films in the Language and Culture Center’s collection The crux of these proposed changes is a total redesign of the food service layout, Hammond stressed the importance of pa- are now available for checkout! illustrated in the included diagram. The tience going forward. “We’re doing this in changes will make a few things particularly phases. This is our first phase. These chang- accessible: the entrance and exit doors will es are funding dependent, and we hope to do Have you been meaning to watch such international classics as Nuovo be switched, so people entering Harris will something additional each year in that area.” cinema paradiso? Shichinin no samurai? A bout de soufflé? Volver? M? not be obstructed by lines waiting for hot Students are encouraged to contact Taylor Sluzhebniy roman? Chong qing sen lin?… or others? food and can, as Gould explained, “scoot Gould ’13, Ola Rys ’13 and Teddy Fischer off to the back.” Additionally, the salad bars ’12 with suggestions. • Students can now check out non-reserve films from the currently create flow problems by leaving Language and Culture Center (LCC) for a 3-day loan period! little space to navigate between the vegetar- Further changes to Harris ian and pasta sections. Repositioning the Refectory will include: Stop by the LCC (first floor of Blaustein) to browse the collection, or structures at forty-five degree angles opens search the library catalog online to locate a particular film. that area up. 1. A new bakery, with a modified The committee also plans to soften the ceiling designed to make the Stay up-to-date with the LCC by liking our Facebook page: room’s aesthetic with colorful signs above http://www.facebook.com/LanguageandCultureCenter food areas, repainted columns and new acoustics more comfortable. light fixtures and ceiling designs. Harris 2. A new salad bar, with and by stopping in to see all that we have to offer, including currently uses fluorescent lights, which last fixtures refitted to hold flatware. Spanish-language TV and foreign language magazines. 2,000 hours. These will be replaced with LED spotlights and light sconces that last for 3. A new hotline listing the daily For more information about utilizing the resources at the Language and Culture 50,000 hours at maximum output. specials. Center, please contact Edie Furniss at [email protected] or x5387. A final key point of improvement will be 4. Grill area repositioned the area outside the elevators. Says Ham- mond: “As you walk in, this whole column is alongside a new condiment aisle. 6 THE COLLEGE VOICE FEBRUARY 28, 2011 Editor: John Dodig OPINIONS [email protected]

Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Is There a World You Long To See? Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart “SomewhereRevolutions, Idealism and Beyond the Harsh Reality the of Transitional Barricade Periods Echoes the beating of the drums fact that her nation had just overthrown an associated since 1789 There is a life about to start STANISLAV ANDREEV authoritarian regime without foreign support with changing history for CONTRIBUTOR When tomorrow comes! seemed to give sophomore Ikram Lakhdar’s the better through revolu- Watching images of ordinary people re- idealism authority over the well-grounded tions. Will you join in our crusade? claiming their freedom on the streets of Tu- skepticism of senior faculty in the govern- To me, these feelings Who will be strong and stand with me? nisia while listening to Lisa Gerard’s “Now ment department. Throughout the room, as are not foreign at all. My We Are Free” was a combination so power- well as throughout the world, recent events country, Bulgaria, has Somewhere beyond the barricade ful that it moved members of the audience in in the Middle East have invoked a strong experienced the euphoria of pop- Is there a world you long to see? the Chu Room to tears. At the same time, the emotional mix of inspiration, hope and faith, ular revolts multiple times in the last twenty years. In 1990, one Les Miserables million people gathered on the streets of Sofia to formally sever“Do You Hear the People Sing?” their ties to communism and ex- press their high hopes for a new demo- will be our chaos.” At the time and even cratic future. By the end of 1996, about now, these words sound extremely pow- seven years after the nominal end of erful, but the Indian people know that communism, the former elites regrouped navigating the path to prosperity has tak- under a new name and managed to climb en more than half a century and remains back to power. They created a situa- an ongoing process today. tion of hyperinflation, bankrupting the Throughout history, transitions af- country and wiping out what little sav- ter popular uprisings have often prov- ings Bulgarians had accumulated since en long and harsh. What followed for 1989. In January 1997, millions took to eighty years after the French Revolution the streets again and my whole family of 1789—the Reign of Terror, the rise was among them. I was nine at the time of Napoleon and even a brief reinstate- and I did not fully understand the com- ment of the monarchy—did not exactly

PHOTO FROM WIKIMEDIA COMMONS FROM WIKIMEDIA PHOTO plexity of the situation, fit under the idealis- Protesters wave Libyan flags outside the White House in Washington, D.C. but I was naively con- Throughout history, tic slogan of “Liberté, fident in our ability to transitions after popular Egalité, Fraternité” take down the govern- slogan. After Lenin ment and set the coun- uprisings have often promised private land Don’t Do That! try on a path towards a proven long and harsh. ownership to Russian brighter future. During peasants in 1917, their these few days we sang songs, chanted high hopes for freedom from feudal ag- democratic slogans and demanded free ricultural were overtaken by a regime and fair elections. By 1998, a new gov- that turned out to be equally depriving KIEFER ROBERTS ernment was in place. Since it was the and even more repressive. In a similar Kiefer Roberts’ open lettersCOLUMNIST to the campus community first one without socialist participation, way, the corrupt monarchy in Iran was Dear Everyone Else Suffering from Se- ABC dance (really? C’mon). If this means hopes were extremely high once again. defeated in 1979, only to give way to a nioritis, we all have to watch Animal House or Old About thirteen years later, Bulgaria theocratic regime intolerant of dissent, School or Van Wilder in order to remember is still quite poor by Western standards, unwilling to protect human rights and First, I’d like to apologize for the serious that we’re not a big school with fraterni- corruption is still common, opportuni- unable to realize the economy’s full po- no-show in last week’s paper. A mixture of ties or sororities or weird guys too old for ties for young people still emerge mainly tential. If all of these references sound bad winds, lack of access to the Internet college, but that, God damn it, we’ve got abroad and democratic structures often obscure, try remembering the November (off-campus, surprisingly) and a shocked a Sysco truck full of attitude, then so be it. serve the wealthy elite minority and not 4, 2008 improvised celebration on the and slightly appalled DIRECTV worker led I’ve been lucky enough to know that the the majority of the population. Like ev- green inspired by a brilliant orator from to my being MIA. My bad. I can’t help but senior class is a creative bunch. When a ery society that has experienced nation- Chicago and compare it with his struggle feel that a lot of us seniors have been miss- large group of people is bored, seniors have wide revolt, Bulgarians have learned the to maintain such enthusiasm in dealing ing in action around here. I think I know proven perfectly capable of making some- hard way that overthrowing a regime, with the pressing issues of the day. why, and I’d like to champion change. I do thing that decisively does not suck. Drunk- however well-established, is much eas- Being inspired by the idea of democ- resemble a younger, less gray Obama, after en charades, theme parties like “Fat Camp” ier than building the institutions needed racy and freedom in the Middle East is all. and “Futuristic 1970s,” basement dance to solve the structural problems that sent quite natural and even admirable. What As most individuals—teachers, friends, parties (known as “burners”), hell, even a people to the streets in the first place. In we should keep in mind as observers, parents, dentists—might have informed Tide party (I DO NOT ENDORSE THIS the Middle East, ousting long-lasting el- however, is that the truly important you recently, there are less than a hundred ONE) my freshmen year had me sliding up derly autocrats is just the beginning. The events in the region are going to be tak- days until we reach that milestone that and down a hallway for hours of fun. And real question is how long it will take the ing place over a much longer time span some are calling “freedom,” “your demise” all participants walked away smelling bet- new institutions and leaders to establish and will likely no longer be on the front or “an excuse to sit on your parents couch ter than attendees of any normal floor party. a rule of law and adequately address the page of the New York Times. • watching Maury for six And no, people in issues of youth unemployment and fast- months.” Graduation, Our time here is more the class of 2011 did rising commodity prices. the day we get to sit not enact all of those Unfortunately, such practical questions hungover and/or cry- limited than you think, so it events, but people in are often ignored. ing under the sun while benefits you to enjoy every preceding senior The self-affirmation our parents ignore our class produced them. and empowerment greenish hue and un- the close proximity to all of I refuse to believe that of a successful re- necessary sunglasses, your friends while you can. the best we can pro- bellion often result is just around the bend. duce is a Tuesday night in idealistic assump- And as exhilarating, at Exchange or an tions regarding a horrifying or mournful as that may be, this America Dance. As many characters in the nation’s immediate is not the time to get all jaded and mean. We hilarious animated comedy Archer state it: ability to solve prob- must show, not unity, because we haven’t Nooooope. lems. In 1947, when ever been super in that department, but a So I propose that some brainstorming told by the British presence on campus or in the local com- happen at all the delightful events that the that there would be IMAGE FROM WIKIMEDIA COMMONS IMAGE FROM WIKIMEDIA munity while we still can. Even for those school has been throwing lately. Those chaos if they left beyond excited to exit the gates of Con- seemingly happy gatherings, the message India immediately, necticut College, this is the last time to be of which is undoubtedly “Enjoy us getting Gandhi famously as reckless (without consequence) in deci- you hammered for free! In less than 100 replied, “Yes, but it sion-making, scheduling, various forms of days, you’ll find out that booze in bars gets consumption and dance floor battles as pos- pretty expensive, and that your weekend sible. It’s almost over. antics are bordering on some David Has- Also, I’m not entirely sure it’s fair to our selhoff/Anna Nicole Smith nonsense,” are Advertise with the Voice individual selves, to our classmates or to the perfect times for us to think about how we classes below us, to let a widespread case can invigorate life at Conn. Even though of senioritis normalize the inability to come the old saying is that “shit rolls downhill,” up with something more creative than an according to André 3000, we don’t have to believe said shit even stinks! Count it. We’ve got things to do, jobs to apply for and happy hours to attend. These are things that I understand. Sometimes, you want to get away, desperately; New York is two hours away and Daft Punk is playing there, not my house, so why the hell not?! I get that too. But our time here is more limited than you think, so it benefits you to enjoy the close proximity to all of your friends while you can, and to do so in a way where you won’t confuse one Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday night with all the oth- ers. Otherwise you might end up like Sam- my Adams or Asher Roth, rapping about the days that were, wearing ill-fitting non- funny, nor ironic t-shirts. You don’t want that, do you?

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DEVIN COHEN basis. destroyed if aircrafts are spotted. stylishly suited-up Eu- CONTRIBUTOR It’s nice to know that Nicholas Not to mention el-Qaddafi isn’t ropean banker flipping a Kristof of the New York Times is even using his military because of switch or signing a paper. Prior to the current democrat- considering remedies to the threat their unreliability, and a majority Continuing with mon- ic crisis in Libya, most people the Qaddafi regime imposes as he of the military assets are not even etary issues, the U.N. has probablyThe didn’t haveQuaddafi a clue who described certain Question: “sensible” mea- under his direct What control. So, if a justTo recently Do announced about Libya? Muammar el-Qaddafi was. The sures postulated by Senator John no-fly zone were initiated, one pi- that it plans to place fi- fact that el-Qaddafi sounds more Kerry, the Genocide Intervention lot attempting to defect from the nancial and trade sanc- like a comfy slipper or throw Network and the International regime could possibly result in the tions on Libya. This mea- blanket doesn’t help the general Crisis Group. While a couple of destruction of combative resourc- sure proposed by Senator population conceptualize him as these political and institutional es essential to resist el-Qaddafi’s Kerry and company drew one of the most ruthless dictators maneuvers can be considered ef- privatized forces. This was pro- a standing ovation when in North Africa. But recent Libyan fective, a majority can ironically posed by the Libyan ambassador a resolution was passed cries for democracy have pushed be taken with a dollop of Heinz to the U.N. Instead of protecting today at the U.N. Awe- the military autocrat and his high ketchup as they flip-flopped on the Libyan populace from el- some, another round of quality headwear to the forefront their faces to even have a chance Qaddafi, this would put them at a sanctions. The true ques- of international dialogue, prompt- of success. strategic disadvantage to defend tion is why U.N. dele- ing a response from the man who The one proposal that might themselves. gates are so emphatically has monopolized control of Libya plausibly have a positive impact Also, the belief that freezing applauding for a tactic for nearly half a century. This re- on the situation would be offering the el-Qaddafi family’s assets will that has failed countless

sponse was of course not the one safe haven to pilots ordered by times to formidably af- COMMONS FROM WIKIMEDIA PHOTO we wanted, but the one that we ex- el-Qaddafi to fire upon innocent That’s right, the despot is fect anything. Even Dave Brotherly Leader and Guide of the First of Septem- pected. El-Qaddafi is digging into protestors. This would incentiv- hiring mercenaries to Chappelle recognized the ber Great Revolution of the Socialist People’s Libyan his trenches and gripping harder ize Libyan military personnel to fallible efforts of U.N. Arab Jamahiriya Muammar al-Quaddafi in 2009. to the power that he feels slipping continue defecting free of repri- essentially go to war with sanctions during a comedic flame the situation while proscrib- through his grasp. sal from Qaddafi-backed forces. his own citizens and satire where he proclaimed the or- ing nothing. How many times will The first days of violent conflict Other steps posited by Kerry using rhetoric that infers ganization should “sanction him” the global community stand plac- in Libya indicate that this power and accompanying organizations carnage is imminent. with their non-existent army. El- idly, blankly staring humanitarian transition could be the bloodiest should be subject to criticism as Qaddafi is sitting on millions of crisis in the eye, and blink? This is yet. Armed opposition groups are well as skepticism, as even com- dollars with which he can wage not a situation where the U.S. and emerging from Tripoli to Tobruk, petent implementation of these curtail weapons agreements and war and entrench himself in pow- other countries with imperialist many of which are comprised of policies will have little influence exchanges is completely unreal- er, and the U.N. plans to sanction tendencies should shy away, but a el-Qaddafi’s defected military over the outcome of coming inci- istic. Let’s not forget that former him. What happens when you take circumstance where leaders of the personnel as well as protestors. dents. A key example is the insti- Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine a dart and throw it at a skyscraper? free world must take the helm and Qaddafi’s solution to compensate tuting of a no-fly zone over Libya, Ben Ali had an incomputable $41 Usually nothing; in this case gas coordinate tangible intervention for his lack of control over the which proved to be successful in million dollars in cash stashed prices go up, and credibility goes in the name of human rights and Libyan military is to use private the Gulf War by preventing Sad- away in his residential quarters, down. In the U.N.’s case though, all that is democratic. This is not security forces. That’s right, the dam Hussein from pulverizing and he only controlled Tunisia for I’m not sure how much lower it a matter of east vs. west, Muslim despot is hiring mercenaries to es- his Kurdish population. However, twenty-four years. As el-Qaddafi can plummet. vs. Christian, but a matter of pre- sentially go to war with his own that no-fly zone was safeguarded has been in power for forty-six Kristof incidentally ends his ar- venting the silencing of the voices citizens and using rhetoric that in- by NATO forces—and because years, sitting on the wealth of ticle by stating that the response that have been stifled for forty- fers carnage is imminent. Further- there is no enforcement mecha- many Libyan oil reserves, we from the international commu- six years—and if the global gov- more, the world remains idle as nism to protect the no-fly zone, must assume that the disposable nity must be “strong.” Well Nick, ernance does not act in a timely these events come to pass. Many why should Qaddafi comply? income he has in the form of cold these actions are not strong; nor manner, it will only be a matter media outlets have asked, “Who This resolution would actually hard cash at least doubles or triples are they decisive or substantive of time before there are not many will stop Qaddafi?” That’s a damn prevent Libyan military mem- that of the former Tunisian tyrant. in any way. Yet again the interna- innocent Libyans left to defend. • good question made all the more bers from being able to defect, Thus cutting off el-Qaddafi’s ca- tional community has submitted pressing as innocent demonstra- as it grounds their planes on the pacity to incite and fund violence to its passive aggressive policy tors are being executed on a daily basis that military assets will be will not be achieved simply by a agenda which will invariably in-

MELANIE THIBEAULT “emasculated black gentlemen,” Now, before we go too far, let STAFF WRITER as they can be caring and sensitive me acknowledge the fact that these but they are also controlled by comedies are meant to do what all A few weeks ago, a friend and I their women. The other men play comedies are meant to do, and that wereHellur, taking a short study Tyler break to Perry: Talking about thea different Man role as “cruel, Behind over- is to entertain Madea an audience. I will watch our favorite guilty pleasure sexed and savage” guys obsessed happily admit that while watch- TV show. We refuse to reveal its with power and money. All right, ing the trailer for the latest film, name out of embarrassment, and so they’re a little dysfunctional, I laughed out loud when Madea I will refrain from writing it here, kind of abusive and a bit materi- made a little boy pronounce “hel- but let me give you a hint: it’s an alistic. But it’s just a movie, right? lo” as “hellur” because it sounded ABC family drama in which four Not necessarily. “very proper.” Perry creates these high school students try to solve If viewers are only seeing this films with the intention of mak- a crime of some sort. Moving on. derogatory image of black profes- ing people laugh (which they do), During a commercial break, sionals as cheaters and spouse- but he also makes them to relate the trailer for the latest Tyler beaters (physical violence goes to black audiences. One reason Perry movie, Madea’s Big Happy both ways in these films), there these movies may be so popular is Family, aired and our eyes rolled is a chance that these images are because people see a bit of truth simultaneously. We, very sleep- Tyler Perry’s movie projects have grossed over $400 million. going to stick in their minds when in them. As Harris put it, “people deprived, decided that there must Perry films and what are the social ing portrayal in movies, as in the they think of middle-class blacks. flock to these films because they be some fantastic surprise in the implications of these portrayals? engaging and moving film Soul Harris explained this idea as “cul- are the only images that resonate middle of each movie that movie- Finally, someone has decided to Food. tivation theory,” which is “the so- in some part” with the viewers’ goers aren’t telling us about, like it question the man behind Madea. But as of the 2000s, Tyler Perry cial-psychological approach to the lives. suddenly turns into Harry Potter 8 Surprisingly, very few academic has been dominating the screen persuasive power of mass media” While some viewers, like me, or Toy Story 4 (which should defi- papers have been written on Tyler with his raunchy comedies about examining the “long-term effects may be skeptical about the popu- nitely be created, by the way). But Perry’s movies, which Harris dis- black life. Harris pointed out that of media consumption” on mem- larity of these films, I’ve come to as we know, that is not the case. covered during her own research. as mass media today is dominated bers of a society. In other words, if understand that maybe some peo- Luckily for me, last Tuesday, Harris began the lecture by by images of whites, most images Tyler Perry’s movies account for ple do see grains of truth in them. February 22, sociology profes- discussing the media construc- the majority of images of middle- I mean, I can’t deny that some sor Cherise Harris gave a lecture tions and the portrayal of African- Perry’s characters are class blacks that Americans are groups, families and individuals called “Capturing Audiences, Americans in films since the early “weak and ineffectual” watching, then they (may) begin all have dark sides. Look at shows Cultivating Perceptions: Tyler 1990s. At that time, most of the or controlling and crazy to associate these images with real like Pretty Little Liars¸ The Secret Perry and the Social Construc- images of black Americans were professional blacks in America. Life of the American Teenager and tion of the Black Middle-Class.” of members of the lower class, women or “emasculated And that’s not okay. basically any daytime soap opera The event was part of the Con- such as the characters in Boyz N black gentlemen.” These images can “jeopardize and tell me that the characters on nWorks/Gender Grubs lecture se- the Hood, which “glorifies the im- real middle-class blacks’ chances those shows aren’t crazy and I’ll ries, sponsored by the Center for age of the violent gangster” and of blacks on the big screen are by suggesting they are unsuit- look at you like you have twelve the Comparative Study of Race according to Harris “creates a coming from Perry (one audience able for assimilation and integra- heads. & Ethnicity and the Department sense that black Americans aren’t member groaned when Harris tion,” said Harris. The messages At the end of the presentation, of Gender and Women’s Studies. fit for integration or assimilation,” mentioned this), and as of January that Perry’s movies are sending as we were all cozily gathered in It was also a part of Conn’s Black which is a negative stereotype 2011, Perry had grossed around to both whites and blacks can be a room at the gender and women’s History Month’s activities. that the filmmakers are sending to $430 million from his work (I detrimental. According to Harris, studies house, one audience mem- The event was based around audiences. But come the mid-to- groaned when I heard this). The whites are being told that middle- ber was arguing that sure, Perry’s two questions: how are middle- late-90s, middle-class black pro- man basically has a monopoly on class blacks aren’t “fit for main- casts were portrayed as very dys- class blacks portrayed in Tyler fessionals began to have a grow- film portrayals of middle-class stream society” and blacks may functional, but we’re forgetting black families. be “internalizing [these] images as one thing: “white people are cra- Perry’s char- accurate representations of black zy, too.” She has a point. White, acters embody, Americans.” Perry does a lot of black, it doesn’t matter what race for the most stereotyping in his films—nega- you belong to; everyone has or part, undesirable tive stereotyping that can, though knows a dysfunctional family. It’s qualities and not necessarily will. have damag- just part of modern life, and it’s JOHN SHERMAN traits, as seen in ing effects to our society. the stuff that fuels what we read MANAGING EDITOR Diary of a Mad To remedy this situation, Har- and watch. Why? Because while it Black Woman, ris said that “greater inclusion may be over the top, overly-dra- Madea’s Fam- of black directors and producers matized and just a little bit insane, My Life in Graphs ily Reunion, in Hollywood would result in a we see an ounce of truth some- Why Did I Get more diverse portrayal of blacks where in the books we read and Married? and and we would have more images the movies and shows we watch. Madea Goes to than we have now.” More images They’re entertaining, but some Jail. The wom- would produce a wider variety of part of them may also speak to en, while some models; with the negative images us. And what’s crazy to you may are educated, would come more positive ones. seem pretty normal to me, and are either “weak Another thing to keep in mind vice versa. So maybe I’ll have to and ineffectual” is that audiences should become go check out the latest film, Ma- or controlling more critical viewers. Of course, dea’s Big Happy Family, and see and a tad crazy. we go to movies to be entertained, if the hype continues. • As for the men, but after watching the film, we Harris calls should think critically about what some of them we just watched. 8 • OPINIONS THE COLLEGE VOICE FEBRUARY 28, 2011

regardless of being a carnivore nice conversation to MOLLY BANGS or not. My only complaint is that accompany your veg- STAFF WRITER it is not open on the weekends!” etarian dish. If there is says Arielle Wortzel ’14. no more room or you FreemanHarris dining hall—now openDining Tuesdays andHall Thursdays Unfortunately are have a large group Unused by Many Camels until eight!—certainly pleases Freeman’s glory days, with soup accompanying you the masses with its ample seat- and bread for lunch and stir-fry to the dining hall, the ing and seemingly endless va- for dinner. General Manager of dining services staff riety, from an impressive cereal Dining Services Mike Kmec pro- tend to turn a blind selection to a new locally-grown vided me with the average figures eye to students bring- salad bar. I cannot help but feel from the past three weeks: on ing their food to the as though it has stolen the spot- Tuesdays, 224 students eat lunch common room across light, overshadowing other din- in Freeman, compared with 825 the hall—or if it’s STAFF

ing services the school offers. As in Harris. As for Thursdays, the warm out, even to the / a staunch proponent of the small gap is even larger, with 202 stu- green. dining halls at Conn, I would be dents eating in the vegetarian din- A better-kept se- doing them an injustice if I did ing hall and 924 in Harris. cret than the Tuesday/ not pitch what is one of the best At 11:40 and 1:05 on each of Thursday lunches is

kept near-secrets Conn has to of- these days, Freeman swells with what happens later BROWN CECILIA fer: the vegetarian and vegan din- students in the know, anxiously in the day. Stir-fry prepare their dinner precisely as perhaps because of the smaller ing hall in Freeman House. anticipating a table overflow- regulars (on average seventy-six they see fit—no napkin notes nec- influx of mouths they are feed- “I think that one of the high- ing with freshly baked loaves on Tuesdays and forty-two on essary. The dining staff washes ing, the Freeman chefs are con- lights of living in South – for of bread, at least three different Thursdays) know to get to Free- pots and large spoons after each stantly supplying us with food of me at least – is being so close to types of soup, and every two or man as early as possible to load student/amateur chef has finished the best quality: creatively grilled the Freeman Dining Hall! Free- so weeks, bread bowls! The din- their plates with heaping piles of cooking, all so that we can enjoy vegetable mixtures, breads with man never disappoints me. I can ing hall’s small size—a charac- rice or noodles and various vege- this privilege twice a week. an array of different ingredients always count on it for its fresh teristic it shares with those in JA, tables before lining up to use one Even for non-specialty meals, and pasta like ravioli that taste food, and wide selection of hearty Knowlton and Smith—forces of the four self-service griddles. Freeman dining hall constantly homemade! grains, fruits, veggies and other students to share relatively small Not only are stir-fry dinners a offers food one could find no- I hope that this recognition vegetarian delicacies! You don’t circular tables with people they deliciously healthy alternative to where else on campus. As it is gives Freeman dining hall the even have to be vegetarian to ap- might not have known at the dining hall food, it gives students the vegetarian dining hall, it has thank-you it deserves, as it is preciate the food that’s offered. beginning of the meal. In Free- on a meal plan the rare opportu- the freshest, greenest salad bar most certainly my number one It provides a healthy treat to all man, you’ll probably enjoy a nity to cook for themselves and one could hope for. Additionally, (relatively) unknown attraction Honestly, Who Has Amidst the Klan Daryl Davis: A Black Man Anymore?

TimeALEX SCHWARTZBURG for Breakfastobservations that the following CONTRIBUTOR requests—while they may be in Sometimes, ridiculous policies favor of the American capital- emerge out of mindless political ist machine, run counter to the fervor among the student body, project of sustainability, which is which creates the illusion of seri- wrongly assumed to be the goal ous demand for their enactment. and virtue of everyone at this col- In times like those, it becomes lege—would not be considered

/ STAFF necessary for high-minded pricks, unreasonable. such as myself and those I speak First, that the egg McConn or for, to object and return to Reason egg and cheese bagel be served for her stolen voice, of which she is breakfast at least 3 times a week all too frequently robbed by the in the dining halls of south cam- ideological discourse of those who pus. Second, that the disposable ALLISON CAHOON seek to fix the world by making cups hitherto joyfully employed Daryl Davis speaks in front of news footage of himself in Blaustein. everyone miserable. by a great many students in the bers of the American Nazi Party— in the Ku Klux Klan. He used his We hold these truths to be self goal of keeping their eyes open ELI MANGOLD told Davis he should be shipped inroad with the Klansman to inter- evident and empirically verifiable, during morning classes not only CONTRIBUTOR back to Africa. view the state leader of the Klan, that the morning is a time of suf- be kept, but that an additional op- As a result of these clashes, his Roger Kelly—the Grand Dragon fering for all, athletes and non- tion of “large” be provided so that Although Daryl Davis has won interest in racism grew. At the of Maryland. athletes alike. That many students a student’s coffee may last longer a Grammy and played piano in same time, his musical career took The Klansman warned Davis lack the time or energy to sit, en- in class. Third, that to prevent Chuck Berry’s band, his most no- off, and he played witha variety of that Kelly might kill him, but joy breakfast and spilling, lids be table accomplishment has noth- artists, including Chuck Berry, aside from a few tense moments begin to greet I want morning coffee provided for these ing to do with music (although he Muddy Waters and a jam session during the three-hour interview, the day in a man- in a disposable cup, cups. Fourth, that sometimes lights his keyboard on While resting at an all- Kelly and Davis developed a mu- ner befitting any alternative toaster fire while playing it). His claim to tual respect. Eventually they be- dignified human and a breakfast technology be fame is utterly improbable; he is a white truck stop, a man came friends. Kelly brought Da- being before run- sandwich I can eat explored so that black man with friends in the Ku struck up a conversation vis to Klan rallies, providing him ning off to class. on the go. more people can Klux Klan. On Wednesday, Davis with Davis. He turned out more material for his book. Davis That most stu- toast more bagels shared his story with students in to be a Klan member. helped Kelly quit the Klan. dents are in a rush in a more efficient Blaustein Humanities Center. Davis’ story made headlines in most mornings and must cover siz- manner so that everyone can have Davis’ story began at a Boy with Bill Clinton. But his gigs the late 1990s, and he has been able distances to attend class. That breakfast and make it to class on Scout parade in 1968, when he brought him back to his fascina- on a fixture on the college lecture no person, no matter how agile, is time. Last, and possibly most im- was pelted with bottles and rocks tion with race relations. circuit ever since. His message to capable of running with a lidless portant, that we investigate envi- while marching with his troop. One night in 1983, while resting students is simple. beverage and not spilling a drop. ronmentally-friendly methods by He had never experienced racism between sets at an all-white truck “Ignorance breeds fear. If you That in the JA dining hall, the resi- which to dispose of our apparently before because most of his child- stop in Frederick, Maryland, a do not keep fear in check, it will dents of south campus eat what’s harmful but necessary accruals of hood was spent in Europe, where man struck up a conversation with breed hatred. If you do not keep on the breakfast menu when it is trash as a campus so that we may multiculturalism was “normalcy.” Davis. The man turned out to be your hatred in check, it will breed some form of egg sandwich and keep the irrational environmental- “I did not realize I was the only a Klan member, but the two men destruction.” that they do not when it is a quiche ists happy and still maintain some one getting hit. When they told me connected over music and kept Although some detractors have or bucket of scrambled eggs. They modicum of the best morning lib- why I was getting hit, I did not be- in touch. Davis invited him to his cast him as an “Uncle Tom,” Da- choose, instead, to toast bagels and erties that Americans were given lieve them. From then on, I want- gigs, and the Klansman attended. vis stands by his methods. spread cream cheese upon them or as a result of our great capitalist ed to know about anyone who felt “He wanted to show his buddies “I have Klan robes and hoods to eat cereal. That the demand for engine: the morning coffee in a their skin color gave them superi- the black guy that could play like hanging in my closet, given to bagels and cream cheese is high, disposable cup, and the breakfast ority,” Davis recalled. Jerry Lee Lewis.” me voluntarily by members who but the adequate time, resources sandwich that we can eat on the Another powerful incident oc- Around this time, Davis began have quit the Klan since com- and space to toast them is unavail- go. A point of clarification: when curred in a high school class on to write a book about racism and ing to know me. That’s what I’ve able to the large number of stu- I say, “ourselves as a campus” I Twentieth Century Problems, hate groups, titled Klandestine done to improve race relations. dents who try to do so. That those do not mean the students and sug- when two guest speakers—mem- Relations: A Black Man’s Odyssey How many robes and hoods have who do not have time to make gest that we change our behavior, you received as a result of your their own breakfast, or snag an egg I mean quite the opposite—that a methods?” • McConn, simply do without it and new department be formed to safe- that such a practice is unhealthy. ly deal with the disposal of trash in It is apparent to me from these a way that would not be harmful to

OPINION [uh-’pin-yuhn] Forms: ME openion, ME openyoun, ME opeynyon, ME opinioun, ME opiniyon, ME opiniyoun, ME opinyoun, ME oppinyon, ME oppynioun, ME oppynyoun, ME oppynyown, ME opunioun, ME opynioun, ME opynioune, ME opynnyoun, ME opynyone, ME opynyounn, ME vpynyoun, ME–15 oppinioun, ME–15 oppynion, ME–15 oppynyon, ME–15 opynion, ME–15 opynyon, ME–15 opyny- oun, ME–16 opinyon, ME–17 oppinion, ME– opinion, 15 apenyon, 15 oponion, 15 oppynyone, 16 openen, 16 oppenion; Sc. pre-17 apenion, pre-17 apinioun, pre-17 openioun, pre-17 openyon, pre-17 openyoun, pre-17 opinione, pre-17 opinioun, pre-17 opinioune, pre-17 opiniounn, pre-17 opiniyone, pre-17 oppenyon, pre-17 oppinioun, pre-17 oppinioune, pre-17 oppiniowne, pre-17 oppinnion, pre-17 oppinnioun, pre-17 oppinyoun, pre-17 opponyon, pre-17 oppunyeon, pre-17 oppynion, pre-17 oppynnyown, pre-17 oppynyon, pre-17 opunion, pre-17 opunione, pre-17 opunyone, pre-17 opvnioune, pre-17 opvnyone, pre-17 opynione, pre-17 opynioun, pre-17 opynyon, pre-17 17– opinion, 18 opingan, 18 opingin, 18 opingon, 18 opinyon, 18– opeenion, 19– opinyan. You probably have more opinions than there are forms of the word “opinion.” (Thanks, OED.)

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JUSTIN NATARO CONTRIBUTORReactions to Arcade Fire’s surprise win and Justin Bieber’s surprise loss On February 13, Bieber na- tion exploded. The cause? JustinUpset with Grammy Upsets Bieber’s loss of the Best New Art- ist Grammy to little-known jazz musician Esperanza Spalding. Spalding’s Wikipedia page was swiftly vandalized and Twitter was flooded with profanity- and misspelling-filled, 140-character- long tirades. The heart of these objections, poorly articulated though they may be, is essentially that The Bieb represents an im- portant aspect of popular culture. Snubbing him is symptomatic of the Grammys status as an institu- tion out of touch with the trends of the industry, which it exists to champion. At the other end of the spec- trum Arcade Fire pulled off the win for best album with The Sub- urbs, a concept album detailing the listlessness and alienation that have become associated with suburban life. It was a somewhat unconventional choice for the Grammys, known to traditionally favor chart-topping pop acts such as 2010’s best album winner Tay- Complainers turned to the Internet to voice their opinions about the Grammy winners, like the Arcade Fire, and losers. Photo from web. lor Swift, and classic rock throw- backs such as 2009’s winner, a people are tired of the Gram- tion of an act that has always been explosion into mainstream con- Ultimately, it’s not in the hands collaboration between rock icon mys stodgy, out-of-touch nature. consistent into something that is sciousness and then an undigni- of awards committees to decide Robert Plant and country singer However, people are divided on unforgettably emblematic of its fied death when overexposure and anyone’s future but rather up to Alison Krauss. what the Grammys should be in- era. While these are all things that a wave of crass imitators suck the the artists themselves to keep Reaction to this was mixed. stead, some want it to be in line could be said about Kanye West’s life out of the genre. On the other people listening. If the Grammys Some questioned what role the with Pitchfork while others want My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fan- hand, this could simply mean one want to reassert their relevance, win would have on the indie rock it to be more akin to Tiger Beat. tasy (which was weirdly snubbed exceptionally good band is get- they need to recognize acts that scene: did this mean that a genre, Both of these publications are even a nomination), The Suburbs ting the recognition it deserves. push music in new directions which built itself around its out- frequent sources of derision out- stands head and shoulders above Despite his popularity, Justin rather than handing out statues sider status, was going main- side of their target audience, so competitors like Katy Perry’s Bieber is similarly an unproven to the same names one might see stream? Others just wanted to it would probably be best if the Teenage Dream or Lady Antebel- commodity. It remains to be seen on an edition of Now That’s What know who Arcade Fire was, bom- Grammys were able to find some lum’s Need You Now. whether he will flame out and I Call Music! and then quickly barding Twitter and Facebook happy triangulation between the The effect that this win will disappear like so many teen idols forget. We already have the Bill- with their confusion. two and its current incarnation. have on the indie scene is more before him, or take the Justin board Top 100 to tell us who is the On a basic level the response The Arcade Fire’s win is a step difficult to pin down. Indie rock Timberlake route and surprise us most popular. We want the Gram- to these two Grammy upsets in the right direction. The Sub- could easily follow in the foot- with talent that goes beyond his mys to tell us who is the best. • was surprisingly uniform. Most urbs represents the daring evolu- steps of grunge, with a sudden swoopy haircut.

The King of Limbs When Worlds Collide Marvel vs. Capcom 3 doesn’t days after its Valentine’s Day announcement

RadioheadETHAN surprisesHARFENIST fans with new album, released six MATTHEW ROLIN Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is finally STAFF WRITER CONTRIBUTOR here, eleven years after the release of After The King of Limbs was announced a week disappointits predecessor. While it is certainly before its release, I was certain there would be some a fun game, I’m not sure if it will stand the test of time as well as its ridiculous purchasing/marketing gimmick employed predecessors. I played the game on the PS3; other consoles will offer to boost sales in some way. different experiences. Hype is Radiohead’s best friend. The band put out For the uninitiated, Marvel is a comics company known for publish- their last record, In Rainbows, independently and let ing some of the most popular superheroes of all time, including Spider- fans pay whatever they wanted for the digital ver- man, the X-Men, The Hulk, Iron Man and Captain America. Capcom is sion, be it £20.00 or 1¢ or free. This technique man- a video game producer known for creating a host of video game clas- aged to generate a huge amount of revenue. I thought sics, such as Megaman, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, and Devil May. that this time, perhaps they would pay their audience Over a decade ago somebody thought it would be fun to have icons to listen to this album. Maybe the only way to access from both companies fight it out – thankfully, they were right. the album would be to purchase a Radiohead VHS Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is a 2D fighting game, which means that, un- and special edition VCR? My hopes were high. like 3D fighters such as Tekken or Soul Calibur, characters can only In the end, though, the release was pretty standard, move on a flat plane. By not having a 3D plane, 2D fighters generally although it did drop a day early and fans could buy FROM WEB PHOTO have a large focus on precision jumping or aerial combat. Marvel vs. Capcom 3 performs extraordinarily well in this aspect. what Radiohead calls a ‘newspaper’ vinyl composed reference to recent Radiohead cohort, Flying Lotus). The game uses six buttons: light attack, medium attack, high attack, of two clear ten–inch records, artwork, newspaper For my money, though, the last two tracks are the special and two assists. Generally you can combo light into medium, and a special edition standard poodle. high points. “Give Up the Ghost” and “Separator” medium into high and high into special. The special move will launch I’m just going to say it: The King of Limbs sounds are two beautifully slow songs that tie together the the opponent up into the air. Quickly tapping up afterwards will cause like a Radiohead album. There are glittery sound- whole experience and remind fans why Radiohead is your character to jump up after them, allowing you to continue your scapes a’plenty and the music is full of lush produc- so crucial to the music scene today. assault in the air. Movement feels smooth and intuitive. Hitting op- tion. Thom Yorke’s voice floats somewhere slightly “Ghost” pulsates with trance-inducing vocals, ponents is extremely satisfying. The game is also very lenient from above the instrumentation at all times. The album pristine guitars and a single bass drum kick. “Sepa- a technical perspective. Getting the timing down on most combos is makes you feel something, triggering a certain emo- rator” is beautiful in its simplicity; it feels a bit more much easier than in other fighting games. tional state within the actively listening individual vintage than the rest of the album. Once the track For a match, only two characters fight at a time. Each player chooses actively listening that only a Radiohead album can approaches its abrupt ending you feel the soft blow three characters to fight with. The characters each have their own life provide. And most importantly of all, it’s good - the of the experience pass you by and it is almost funny. bars which go down when the character is hit. If all three characters on record is very fluid. “That’s all? Cool.” a team are knocked out, the game is over. Tapping an assist button will The duration, however, is short, only thirty-eight Now that The King of Limbs has been bestowed call in a teammate to do an attack. Holding the button down will switch minutes with no song over six, and it feels as if the upon us, how does this new effort compare to the that character with the one you are currently controlling. Play is fast band is going through the motions rather than creat- rest of Radiohead’s illustrious catalog? Serious Ra- and frantic. It’s not unusual to see fists, fireballs, bullets and lasers all ing something truly unique within their catalogue. diohead fans get in the habit of making lists and frequent the screen at once. As a Radiohead fan, I like it, but I can’t help feeling comparing their albums. I’ll put it somewhere be- The game looks and sounds great. Every character moves and talks that this is only because it’s new and happens to be tween Hail To The Thief and Amnesiac (whatever how you would expect them to. Deadpool, a comedic Marvel character a Radiohead album. This group has been constantly that means). known for breaking the fourth wall, has an attack where he beats his recreating themselves throughout their career, push- Honestly, though, it’s worth repeated listens and opponent with his life bar. Some of the backgrounds can get a bit clut- ing the boundaries of their sound and the music in- is great compared to a lot of the music being put out tered, but getting used to them isn’t much of a problem. dustry. Each new release is met with extreme antici- today. It’s a Radiohead album; it doesn’t have the This is very much a multiplayer game. For people who want to play pation of some new chapter in their music. We eat it ability to be bad. It’s just not groundbreaking. • and love it. The King of Limbs is no different. on their own, there’s a basic arcade mode, as well as a training mode. Anybody who wants the game for the singleplayer experience should There are a few standout tracks, but the record On its own: is so concise that it is worth listening to the whole wait for its sixty dollar price tag to go down. way through every time you are in the mood for it I’ve experienced some problems with the online multiplayer setting. (though the second side is much prettier). While it could be the campus internet, every game I’ve played against a random person has had crippling lag. If the game is unable to connect “Bloom” is a fantastic opener; it’s very eastern Compared to other to a person – a common occurrence – it will boot you back to the main and mystical mixed with some break-beats and Radiohead albums: some haunted crooning. “Lotus Flower” is a fine screen, not the main online screen. Getting to the online screen takes falsetto-tinged single with an even better music a few seconds, as does finding an opponent. This adds up quickly, and video accompanying it (the song might also be a can mean minutes between matches while trying to connect to op CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 10 • ARTS THE COLLEGE VOICE FEBRUARY 28, 2011 In React Accordingly, a Young Cast of Dancers Holds its Own

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 arms, splayed awkwardly, and my face, contorted by a combination of Wayne Ong’s piece, “A Bitter bewilderment and concentration. I Swallow”, was gorgeous and fluid felt like the antithesis of a dancer: in its subtlety, even to a naïve eye the bad kind of self-aware. like mine. Freshman Shanna Polzin As if reading my self-conscious danced it with effortless grace that mind, Candace Taylor took the would have driven Nina Sayers into stage next to introduce her piece, a jealous nervous breakdown. “How Narcissism Saved Me.” The The following pieces, by Jillian piece was the only one performed Wiseman, Ayano Elson, and Kadie to live music, by Liz De Lise on Greenfield, respectively, were simi- acoustic guitar. With a mixture of larly lovely. Each movement fol- spoken word and dance, Taylor lowed the next like neatly chosen and accompanying dancers Skyler adjectives stacked before a noun, Volpe and Rachel Pritzlaff sent a the sounds of the dancers’ feet, powerful message about a jour- arms, and legs hitting the floor like ney towards self-acceptance and punctuation. Wiseman’s piece was the importance of loving oneself. inspired by and named for the Dave These ideas were carried into the Mathew’s Band song, “Gravedig- next piece, Matty Burns’ “Some for ger.” The movements made grave you and some for me.” His piece digging, an activity usually re- was surprising, touching, enthrall- served for radio horror serials or ing, and even a little bit of a tease, Cohen Brothers films, look refresh- though the piece’s charm lay in its ingly graceful. Elson’s “This Vehi- beautiful and interesting choreogra- cle Has Been Checked For Sleeping phy, not its shock value. Children” did not include any of the The last two pieces were a wel- implied cars or children but it was come decompression after the in- no less visually arresting; the dif- trospection prompted by Burns and ficulty in finding an obvious inter- Taylor. Liz Charky’s “on feeling for pretation of the movements lent the sound or something” was as aes- piece a bit of mystery. Greenfield’s thetically seamless as it was distinc- “12° 30’ 0” N, 69° 58’ 0” W” in- tive and playful; the highlight was corporated piles of sand on stage as a human totem pole of silly faces. a nod to childhood memories. The The finale was Skyler Volpe’s won- piece was languid and full of calm. derfully disorienting “And then, the Each of these pieces showcased most magical thing happened…,” PHOTOS BY MIGUEL SALCEDO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER the dancers’ faculty with dance as a kind of Disney-muscial-esque a language, to write it through cho- fever dream of leaping, grimacing, reography and to speak it through and screaming dancers. movement. After the show ended and we My attention waxed and waned, shuffled out of the studio, I paused shifting from watching pieces on- to congratulate one of the dancers stage to estimating the germ risk on a job well done. level of leafing through my neigh- “You were amazing!” I said. bor’s heavily handled, program. I “Tha—” she began, but her face began to feel painfully un-dancerly. contorted like a crumpled napkin. The next piece, Gabi Goszczyn- “Thaa—” she began again. Even ska’s “Five to Nine,” performed from this small fragment of a word to the hip-swing-inducing beats of I recognized congestion’s dirty Robyn, contained as much exuber- fingerprints all over her voice. It ance as Gabi’s surname contains was too late to dodge the impend- adjacent consonants. I was sud- ing attack and nowhere to run in denly jealous of these free individu- the crowded room. I could almost als who are unafraid to roll around see the germs, projected on a spray on the floor in front of a bunch of of spit, hurtling towards their new strangers. But the thought of joining host. I put up a brave fight but I the dancers in their wild gesticulat- should have known it was a losing ing didn’t just make me nauseous, battle. it made me scared. Onstage I would “ACHOO!” • feel my posture, slumped, and my

Playing Her Swan Song

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 movie, but this is not the case. In- some of these later pieces from embody the interdisciplinary ideal: is no longer given formal assign- stead, it is derived from the original simple collages to complex and she never failed to call on members ments. “Her class taught us how to Her later works A display long-standing signifi- fairy tale by Hans Christian art Anderprofessor- emotionally rich leaves works. McCabe her of anotherlasting department mark for help. In atmake Conn art in the evenings after your cant research and focus on broader sen, a story much darker than the doesn’t just work off mainstream Maureen’s words, “You need some day job” Butler added, “how to cre- topics such as mythological tales or children’s film. As she said in her ideas; she digs deeper to find truth info? Just call up the Botany De- ate something when you only have personal identity. One such piece, opening remarks at the reception in her subject. partment! Call up Classics!” the weekend.” As many of her stu- Mermaid made in 2010, is called on February 23, “The movie is not This unique attention to detail She demonstrates that art is not dents expressed, not a day goes by and features a red haired figure right, the little mermaid dies at the has helped make McCabe well confined to just the studio, there is where they do not think about Mc- combing her hair among a mysti- end…and her feet are cut off.” known to many of her colleagues potential for artistic work in every Cabe in some context. cal background of rich purple fab- Background knowledge and in- in different fields. Professor Mc- discipline. With professors from nu- Despite her retirement from Con- ric. This work may seem to be her vestigation such as this transforms Cabe and her collages themselves merous departments in attendance necticut College, Maureen McCabe representation of the classic Disney at the opening, McCabe clearly fol- will never stop being a teacher; it is lowed her own advice. just as much a part of her as creat- Professor McCabe has also been ing art. As Liech recalls, she was the go-to person for many students, visiting colleges with her daughter especially when it came to critiqu- four years ago and stopped at Mc- ing art. As Emma Weeks ’11, a Cabe’s house to catch up. While student in McCabe’s Drawing III she was there, the phone rang and class, said, “The word of McCabe McCabe picked it up only to say “I was always the-end-all-be-all. We can’t talk to you right now, I’m with all contributed in assessing each a student.” others works, but when McCabe Andrea Wallace ’81, a profes- (Left) The Card Master, 2003 would scratch her head full of mas- sional graphic designer, tells a simi- Mixed media on slate / 19th sive black curly hair and say, ‘Well, lar story. She visited McCabe at century Eastlake frame you’ve really screwed this up, yeah, her home and brought along some it just isn’t doing anything at all.’ paintings, as she had recently been (Right) Criss Cross, 2006 You’d just nod your head, accept- exploring the medium again. Their Mixed media on wood ing defeat.” But she wouldn’t just conversation quickly turned into 25 x 15 1/2 x 3 in. leave her students hanging, she al- a two-hour constructive critque of ways had a suggestion and new way Andrea’s work. of looking at a piece that somehow It is this love of teaching that is sparked new inspiration and could represented in the second half of Marvel vs. Capcom 3 transform a mess into a master- the Swan Song exhibit. In the main piece. gallery the walls are almost entirely CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 hardcore players. Ellen Liech ’74 recalled that one covered by letter of congratula- If you just want to sit down and have fun with ponents. Connecting online with specific of the best things McCabe ever said tions and thanks from forty years friends, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is perfect. While friends fares better. to her was: “Well, Ellen, you can’t of Professor McCabe’s students. most combos are easy, the kinds that will ruin My main problem with the game has to do with hit it right every time. It’s time to These letters range from heartfelt your day are generally going to be very difficult character balance. Instead of toning characters move on,” a sentiment Liech has to funny, sophisticated to simple for the average player to perform. Fans of fight- down, the design philosophy appears to have followed in her artistic and personal and many are accompanied by re- ing games in general, or of Marvel or Capcom, life. cent examples of what the alumni been to make every character very good. This will probably enjoy this game. It’s also perfect for Even more importantly, Mc- have been creating. Swan Song is means that every character has combos that can the casual player who just wants to mash buttons Cabe’s advice extended beyond art not just an exhibit of the amazing deal massive amounts of damage to opponents. with friends. Hardcore fighting game fans should and into the real world. Hillary El- work that Maureen McCabe has While it’s still too early to tell exactly how still pick this up. lison ’86 said, “Professor McCabe produced over the years; it is a testi- balanced the game is, I’ve seen videos of char- This is a game you probably won’t be playing taught us about art but also how to mony to her incredible teaching and acters killing other characters in one combo. It years from now, but it’s fun today. • be an artist.” the impact she has had on countless can be very disheartening to lose a character off Out of four camels: Her classmate Pamela Butler ’86 lives. • an unlucky guess. While the game does have an added that McCabe taught her how option to lower damage, the output ratio remains to continue to do art after college, the same. This problem will really only affect the how to find those ideas and drive yourself to create work once one FEBRUARY 28, 2011 THE COLLEGE VOICE SPORTS • 11

PHOTO s FROM WEB this season: tempered optimism. Accord- NICK WOOLF ing to general manager Theo Epstein, “let’s SPORTS EDITOR The 2011 Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry:be honest; we haven’t done anything yet… The energy at the Boston Red Sox’s spring Contrasting expectations? we’ve got a lot to prove.” While the rest of training headquarters in Fort Myers, FL has the baseball world may think that the Red been somewhat overwhelming as of late. Sox are the favorite this year, the Red Sox With many media outlets (including practi- themselves are being cautious about feeding cally everyone at ESPN) touting Boston’s people’s expectations. Is it going to be a good starting lineup as the best in the league, Red year for Red Sox Nation? Only if our starting Sox fans like myself have concurrently been position players and pitchers manage to stay increasing their expectations to atmospheric healthy and produce at a superior level. heights for the 2011 season. Given the dis- On the other hand, I hate that Cashman appointing results that have ensued since is trying to pitch his team as one of the un- the Sox lost to the Rays in the ALCS in derdogs. The truth is, Brian, that despite 2008 (ousted in the divisional round by the your failure to acquire top-notch players like LA Angels in 2009 and missed the playoffs Cliff Lee, Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Craw- in 2010), Boston fans are ready for another ford during the offseason, you still have the championship. On the other hand, it seems as highest-paid starting roster in the league, and if Yankees’ general manager Brian Cashman your players are all looking strong heading has misunderstood Yankee fans’ attitudes to- into this season. Stop trying to set your team ward the 2011 season. up for what you’ll later call a “Cinderella sea- It goes without saying that Yankee fans ex- son.” There is no such thing when it comes to pect their team to make, not only the playoffs, the Yankees. but also the League Championship Series ev- I believe that the Red Sox and Yankees ery year. This year, however, Mr. Cashman will once again trade wins and losses when has decided to espouse a different viewpoint they play each other eighteen times in 2011. on the upcoming season. While he presum- It happens every year. ably still believes his team is good enough Will the Red Sox win the division handily? to make the postseason, he has also made it Obviously, no one can know this for sure, but clear that he thinks the Red Sox are the better I think it will be closer than most Red Sox team on paper. “I think we’re the hunter,” he fans are willing to admit. The Tampa Bay said in a recent interview, which implies that Rays added to their lineup by acquiring for- the Red Sox are the team every other team in mer Red Sox players Manny Ramirez and the American League, including the Yankees, Johnny Damon, and the Blue Jays are still a will be trying to catch this year. home run-hitting force to be reckoned with in While many members of the media agree the AL East. Add the Yankees into this mix, with Cashman, Yankees owner Hank Stein- and I think we’ll all witness another exciting brenner was understandably peeved by his race in the national sports media’s favorite general manager’s underwhelming senti- (Clockwise from top left) Newly acquired Boston Red Sox Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez, and baseball division this year. ments. Steinbrenner said Cashman’s com- New York Yankee Mark Teixeira. In closing, Red Sox Nation, please keep ments are “insulting” to his players, and he your expectations at a reasonable level, and refuses to admit that the Red Sox are better Yankees/ for crying out loud! You have the have a conflict of opinion within their upper Yankee fans, please have more confidence than the Yankees in any way. His angry re- highest payroll in Major League Baseball; management? Yes and no. in your team. The best rivalry in all of sports sponse is understandable; isn’t it bad for your everyone who’s a part of your team should On the one hand, I love seeing the Stein- will be between two evenly matched teams team’s own general manager to say that the always think that the Yankees will be good brenner brothers up in arms over the appar- this year, and I can’t wait to see what happens lineup of players he’s put together is inferior enough to clear a path through the postseason ently realistic views held by Cashman. This in 2011. • to your arch-rival’s lineup? to the World Series. It’s what the fans expect, gives the Red Sox a clear mental advantage, My answer would be yes it is bad. In sports, Red Sox be damned! because our owners and general manager confidence is key, especially if you’re the / Now, am I happy that the Yankees seem to have the same mindset when it comes to PHOTO s FROM WEB BEN STEPANSKY been made, yet strong differences be an NFL record 50, my friends). STAFF WRITERNFLContract stilland remain. negotiations As mediationNFLPA meetings Some threatenRemain other factors playing 2011-2012 into Miles seasonApart have rumbled into a second week, the labor negotiations include how Two and a half weeks ago, NFL the main problem seems to be a to divide the nearly $9 billion in an- fans across the nation were glued to growing mistrust between the NFL nual revenues, stretching the season their leather couches equipped with owners and the Player’s Union. As from 16 to 18 games and benefits for pull-out foot rests. With one hand in we all know, agreements and com- retired players. An important issue a bowl of potato chips and the other promises can never be reached if involves making alterations to the clenching a road soda, they were there is no trust or comfort in a re- rookie wage scale so that high-paid, locked onto the television screen lationship. At this point, an NFL high-draft, busted rookie players airing commercials featuring pugs don’t cripple a team. and Doritos. Oh right, the Super I would like to assist the NFL and Bowl was on too! NFLPA from a football fan’s stand- Now, early into the NFL offsea- “Learn to love point. After all, does anyone else son, the 2011-2012 season is already each other. think the fans should have a say in in jeopardy. If you’ve switched the these talks, or is it just me? Without channel over to ESPN, ESPN2, or Yes, I’m talking us, there is no NFL, so for the love even ESPN Deportes, you’re sure of Bill Belichick’s sweatershirt, Rex to have heard the seemingly never- to you, Ryan’s gut, and the hope that Mark ending discussion concerning the Ingram will go to the Pats, please NFL contract negations. NFL owners and listen to me! Back in 2006, NFL owners and How about donating some of that the NFLPA (National Football NFLPA. $9 billion revenue. There’s a good League Players Association) agreed idea. Sure, there are NFL players on the terms for a collective bargain- You have to who assist at local Boys & Girls ing agreement set to exist until the Clubs and there is the Walter Pay- end of the 2012-2013 season. This work together, ton NFL Man of the Year Award, agreement regulates the working but if they can’t decide what to do conditions for each NFL season (i.e. you have no with the money, toss it to the thou- contracts, salaries, free agents, etc.). sands of children in this country that In May of 2008, owners cut short choice.” need it more than Bob Kraft and his this agreement to next week (March French-cuffed dress shirts. In terms 3, 2011). So now the clock is ticking lockout seems imminent because of rookie salaries, how about cre- to reach a new agreement or face a this mistrust has persisted for over ate contracts with clauses that state lockout next season—much to the two years. if the player gets injured or doesn’t dismay of owners, players, and es- The NFL and its owners are fu- produce statistically, his salary gets pecially football fans around the rious with the public nature of the cut. Go ahead and stretch the season country. NFLPA, especially that of its lead- to eighteen games. We all want to Football has arguably replaced ers. NFLPA president DeMaurice see more football and less preseason baseball as America’s favorite sport. Smith has stated on multiple occa- games, just tell the players to watch Television ratings for the Super sions that a lockout seems definite. out for the defensive backs charging Bowl (and even the Pro Bowl) far In opposition, the NFLPA has hired at them like eighteen-wheelers. Fi- outweigh those for the World Series attorney Bob Batterman to prepare nally, learn to love each other. Yes, and NBA championship and their for the work stoppage that the NFL I’m talking to you NFL owners and respective all-star games. So how continually uses as a threat; how- NFLPA. You have to work together, can NFL owners and players not ever, as both sides are still at op- you have no choice. So if you can’t come to an agreement before their posite ends of the negotiating table, be happy, at least make the fans hap- deadline next week to ensure the this threat will very likely become a py and let us have a 2011-2012 NFL NFL season will happen next year? reality. season. Well, this is where it becomes com- It has even reached the point that So keep your eyes glued on plicated. the NFL has told its teams that they SportsCenter this week to watch the To begin, the negotiations be- are no longer allowed to speak with epic saga between the NFL and the tween NFL owners and the NFLPA their players or their agents after NFLPA unfold. And, hey, we still have transformed into a legal battle, March 3. Contract negotiations are have the NFL Combine and the NFL calling in federal mediator, George also out of the question. If there are Draft in April. I just really want to Cohen, to referee the litigations. The any negotiations, fines will be giv- watch football next fall. Let’s keep last meeting between the two sides en out as frequently as Tom Brady our fingers crossed. • happened last Thursday, where Co- touchdown passes circa 2007 (that’d (Top) Head of the NFLPA DeMaurice Smith and (bottom) NFL hen reported that slight progress has Commissioner Roger Goodell. 12 THE COLLEGE VOICE FEBRUARY 28, 2011 Editors: Nick Woolf & Mike Flint SPORTS [email protected] Women’s Swim Team Walks on Water WILL TOMASIAN/ CONTRIBUTOR Camels finish fourth at NESCAC Championships

Sarah Murphy ’11 won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:02.98 at the NESCAC Championships on February 18-20.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 with a time of 2:22.69. place. Jessica Schanzer ’13, Cait- school record in the 400-yard nineteen girls on our team scored Together, Murphy and Fernandes lin Munns ’11, Karlson and Mur- free relay, placing third with points; every single person blew While almost everyone on the helped lead the Camels to the pro- phy swam in the 400, finishing a time of 3:31.23. her time out of the water because of team performed well, a few swim- gram’s highest score ever at a NE- together with a time of 3:53.02. As exceptional performances by how much heart she swam with and mers stood out with truly excep- SCAC Championship with 1144 Fernandes, Schanzer, Murphy and the Conn women continued, Mur- because she was swimming for her tional races. Sarah Murphy ’11 up- points. The total placed the team phy explained that everyone on teammates. We were physically set the reigning National Champion fourth in the conference behind deck took notice. prepared for the meet, but as a group in the 200-yard butterfly, winning Williams (first), Amherst (second) “Every single person “On Sunday night, as the Colby we were able to break limits we nev- the race with a time of 2:02.98, au- and Tufts (third), three of the best blew her time head coach was presenting the er would have reached had we been tomatically qualifying her for the D-III programs in the nation. awards for the 400 free relay, he swimming as individuals.” NCAA Championships. Murphy out of the water But Murphy and Fernandes were stopped and shook hands with each There is no rest in sight for some also led the team with outstanding not the only Camels who found because of how much of us on the podium,” said Mur- of the swimmers, though. After races in both the 200- and 500-yard success over the weekend. All five phy. “He made a point of telling us, such an exciting and tiring week- freestyle, placing 2nd and 3rd with heart she swam with Camel relays rewrote school re- ‘Conn, you all were the swimmers end, those who qualified for Na- times of 1:50.98 and 4:59.48, re- cords and provisionally qualified and because of the meet.’” tionals are back in the pool, work- spectively. for nationals with top three finishes. she was swimming Fernandes aptly explained that ing hard. They are looking forward Stand-out swimmer of the meet, The 200-yard medley relay com- the strong bond between all mem- to competing against the best of the Erika Fernandes ’12, stole sec- for her teammates.” prised of Rachel Bohn ’14, Katie bers of the women’s team was an best, and hope to close out Conn’s ond place in the 50-yard butterfly, Karlson ’13, Fernandes and Julia integral part of its success. most successful swim season ever breaking a school record with a Pielock ’13 seized second place Pielock swam in the 200 with a “The phenomenal part of the in style. • time of 25.84. Fernandes knocked with a time of 1:47.71. time of 1:35.22. weekend was the energy and pres- down another school record in the The 400-yard medley and 200- Murphy, Schanzer, Munns ence of our team as a whole,” 200-yard breaststroke, placing third yard free relays also took second and Pielock demolished another said Fernades. “Every one of the DUNCAN SPAULDING/ CONTRIBUTOR DAN MOORIN vital to the success of the Cam- be huge momentum for us,” STAFF WRITER els this season. The players have O’Gorman said before the quar- Women’s Hockey Mauledcome by together Polaras a team to add terfinalBears game. “We will end up While Connecticut CollegeLoses to Bowdoin in NESCACto quarterfinalsthe win column. “Working as playing Middlebury at their has been educating women for a team has been our key to suc- place. We play our best hockey a century, it may surprise you to cess—we are at our best when at Midd’s rink. I know we will know that the Camel women’s ice everyone is on the same page,” be able to take them there. They hockey program is only fourteen O’Gorman noted. “We have never expect what we give them. years old. However, despite its gained momentum throughout the If we beat them we are going to short history, the team is making season and carried it especially win the NESCAC championship. some serious noise in the NES- down the stretch with a huge win It’s just the attitude.” CAC. Current Head Coach Kris- at Hamilton.” tin Steele took over the team in However team play isn’t the the ’01-’02 campaign and she and only thing that has taken the pro- “Courtney goes hard the Camels haven’t looked back gram to a new level. First year since. player Courtney Dumont ’14 set from the start and gets Steele has helped lead the Cam- the Camels single season scor- the first or second goal. els to six NESCAC quarterfinal ing record this season with eigh- appearances in ten years. She has teen goals. She added ten assists, She sets the team also notched a quarterfinal vic- bringing her to an impressive 18- on fire.” tory with a hard fought 2-1 win 10-28 line. over Trinity in the ’08-’09 NES- “Courtney is what we’ve been CAC tournament. needing,” said O’Gorman. “The Unfortunately the Camels came “I’ve known Coach (Steele) for program has lacked a true scorer. up just short of another tourna- eight years now. This has been She goes hard from the start and ment victory. Although Conn got her best year,” said captain Brigid gets the first or second goal. She on the board first when Kourtney O’Gorman ’11. “She has really sets the team on fire.” Martin ’11 scored an early goal, grown with the team and real- The Camels took their winning the quick start was not enough to ized what we need from her as a momentum to Brunswick, Maine ward off Bowdoin, as the Polar coach”. for a NESCAC quarterfinal show- Bears fought back for a 2-1 vic- This truly has been Steele’s Women’s hockey captain Brigid O’Gorman ’11. down versus Bowdoin this past tory. best year as the team has earned Saturday. The teams split the The Camels may not be bring- a winning record for the first time season series. The team suffered ing home a NESCAC champi- a winning attitude amongst the sphere of the program changed. ever. The team has finished the a 4-3 loss on December 4th in onship this year, but the young players. We knew we could compete season at 12-11-2, 8-8-1 in the Maine but bounced back for a 4-3 program is building a winning “My freshmen year we went to against the best and we have been NESCAC. Wins against teams victory at Dayton Arena on Janu- attitude that will take the team Bowdoin and beat them for the building more confidence every like Williams, Hamilton, Bow- ary 16. to new heights in the years to first time ever,” said O’Gorman. year.” doin and Colby have jumpstarted “If we beat Bowdoin it will come. • “From that game on the atmo- A winning attitude has been

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Men’s Squash (12-15): Sailing: 2/27 Conn 5 - 4 Hobart Thames River Team Race: (Conn wins the Conroy Cup!) Women’s Ice Hockey (12-10-2): Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 5-6 in New London, CT 2/26 Conn 9 - 0 Tufts 2/26 Conn 1 - 2 Bowdoin 2/25 Conn 7 - 2 Northwestern Track and Field: ECAC Division III Championship: Men’s Swimming (8-4): Friday and Saturday, Mar. 4-5 in New York Armory, NYC 2/27 5th place (704 points) at NESCAC Championship