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Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 2012-2013 Student Newspapers 11-5-2012 College Voice Vol. 96 No. 5 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_2012_2013 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "College Voice Vol. 96 No. 5" (2012). 2012-2013. 13. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_2012_2013/13 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 2012-2013 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2012 NEW LONDON, CONNECfICIJT VOLUME XCVI • ssa 5 Make All the Sandy- wiches MELANIE THIBEAULT & AYLA ZURAW-FRIENDLAND ARTS EDITOR & OPINIONS EDITOR We intenupt our usual food-scapades to bring you a Hurricane Survival Guide in the event of a hurricane that actually affects us kids on The Hill. As many of you know, nothing happened here save for a few fallen trees, which in an ar- boretum is not terribly surprising. We feel very guilty that we were so dev- astatingly unaffected by the hurricane, while our neighbors in New York have I been reduced to a giant river. Even New london suffered the wrath of Sandy, 4 while we complained about our two- day Hurrication and watched in slight amusement as the screens blew off our windows. In our defense, in the days leading up to Sandy, the Internet promised us a "superstorm" with the face of a Sponge- bob cartoon character, which we were disappointed to not see as we looked outside on Monday, As we rushed to prepare for the Franken-pocalypse, we realized that everyone in the world was doing the same thing, and Target could not keep up with the demand for bread and water. We needed to think of new ideas. In the case of an actual power outage (damn you, flickering lights), many of the usual college food items would be Hurricane Sandy Slams the East Coast, useless to you unless you want to de- vour shards of raw Ramen or sniff the cheesy powder that comes with your Easy Mac to stave off the hunger pangs. In order to prevent a Hunger Games Campus Damage Minor in Comparison scenario in the arboretum I we sUJ8Cst buying the following items; crackers. That's it. All you need is crackers, MEREDITH BOYLE "We were very fortunate to have limited By the Wednesday before the storm power the entire powerhouse if needed, Just crackers. You could put ~ut , EDITOR IN CHIEF level of disruption at the college." hit, the Emergency Response Team be- Beyond the typical planning that one Nevertheless, the Emergency Re- gan implementing an emergency hum- might deem obvious, the Emergency buner on them, Or not. You OOlIldput Last week, the entire East Coast sponse Team, chaired by Hammond, cane plan that the college already had in Response Team was occupied with Nutella on them, Or not (because you was hit with super storm Sandy, who began monitoring the storm as early as place for this type of situation, many activities that students would probably don't have a knife in your left much destruction in her wake. As one week before it hit. The Emergency "The hurricane plans calls for us never have even known about. For ex- room), We hope, You could stock up on Connecticut College students watched Response Team includes administrative to start battening down the hatches /' ample, three cell phone charging sta- Poland Springs water bottles, but good neighborhoods in New York City burn- staff from the Office of College Rela- Hammond said, tions were set up around campus in the luck avoiding the death glares from the ing, or the entire Jersey Shore get swept tions, Residential Education and Living, This involved moving all boats off event of major, prolonged power out- hordes of environmentalists on campus. away, most of us sat happily in warm, Office of Student Life, Campus Safety, the water, trimming loose limbs on ages, Furthermore, Campus Safety of- You could also buy Halloween candy lit rooms, Our daiLy Life, for the most Dining Services, Information Services! trees, advancing Dining Services food ficers were stationed in various places and proceed to eat so many Reese's part, was not interrupted, The college Phone and Technical Systems, the Pow- deliveries, clearing storm drains to around campus for safety reasons, but Peanut Buner cups that you vomit sad- was extremely lucky in weathering the erhouse, the Environmental Health and combat flooding, topping off fuel tanks also to monitor for fires that could break ness and self-hatred because you just storm, suffering the loss of a few huge Safety Officer and Physical Plant. The as well as inspecting all of the school's out during the storm, Residential Edu- ate that entire bag within the first hour trees and power outages in a few on- Team met in person twice during the five generators. The college purchased cation and Living identified units for re- of the storm, Looks like your rations are campus houses. Vice President of Ad- storm and was in constant contact via an additional generator for this particu- locating students in the event of a house gone, Rookie mistake, ministration Ulysses Hammond said, email and conference calls. lar storm, which Hammond said could being evacuated. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 On the College's Extra Life Romney's First The Best and Worst Women's Volleyball Response to Sandy Day Political Flms Editor-in-Chief Meredith Boyle Connecticut College's Gaming Romney sure has made a lot of com- A few films to get you in the The lady Camels and the heart- reflects on the benefits of being Club plays to benefit Children's mitments to what he'll accomplish Election Day spirit. breaking loss to the Middlebury on day one of his presidency, on-campus during emergencies. Miracle Network Hospitals. Panthers. EDITORIALS - 2 NEWS - 4 OPINIONS - 6 ARTS - 9 SPORTS - 12 I ------~--------- - --_ .._--- EDITORiAlS· 2 Editorials NOVEMBER 5, 2012 Editorial THE COLLEGE VOICE .. ' The C liege Voice are strictly those of stu- "The views and 0PUUODS expressed In 0 All content and editorial decisions By this time, you may be sick of reading about Hurricane sure if she'd be able to get home Monday night, but came to denl authors. and not of Connecncut COI~g:ibe College's administtation nor its Sandy. You know, that storm that ravaged the East Coast but work anyway. While dishing up a salad at dinner on Mon- lmlllin in the bands of the students; rrer e t " faculty exercise control over the conten . seemed to leave our hill relatively unscathed? day, a Campus Safety officer told me how, while patrolling Before Sandy arrived, 1 had mixed emotions. Part of me campus, he had to brace himself against his car during one couldn't believe the campus could actually lose power, or of the strong gusts of wind, What's more remarkable than MEREDITH BOYLE that a hurricane that had already traveled so far would still what these staff members did for us on campus. is what they be strong by the time it reached us. The other part of me sacrificed at home to do so. Many left their families and kids Editor in Chief was terrified when I heard that the bread and water aisles in alone in the storm so they could serve the students. major grocery stores were empty in New London. So my at- In the aftermath of the storm, being on campus can almost ANNIE MITCHELL AYANOELSON titude ftuctuated between apathetic and alarmist; at no point convince us that Sandy didn't even happen, and some stu- Managing Editor C;eative Director did I really feel like I had a realistic grip on the situation. dents have treated the storm like a joke. A short drive to any Lucky for me,the college did. neighboring town. however. shows another side of the story. To prepare. I filled up my gas tank, bought a couple gal- At the time of this writing, many residents are still without EDITORIAL STAFF lons of spring water and refused to unplug my computer power, Approximately 110 people have died in the U.S., and NEWS Emily Brouwer or iPhone all day on Monday, for fear of power loss, And I many others are missing. Places like New York City and the OPINIONS lerell Mays, Ayla Zuraw-Friedland , thought Ihad aggressively prepared, In the meantime, how- Jersey Shore will be recovering for years to come. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Melanie Thibeault, Mark Ferreira ever, the Emergency Response Team was discussing contin- The fact of the matter-is we got lucky for two. reasons. gency plans as early as one week before the storm hit, And First, our elevated location is what most likely saved us from SPORTS Daniel Moorin from my discussion with Ulysses Hammond. it seems like the worst of it. But second, even if we hadn't been as lucky, they had thought of everything, I'm confident that we would have been safe and well-tak- PHOTO Cecilia Brown, Maia Schoenfelder From generators to stockpiled food, the Team had the ba- en care of thanks to extensive planning on the part of our sics covered. But even luxuries, like a cell phone charging school, The majority of those hit by this storm didn't have an WEBMASTER Ayano Elson ' station, were worked into the hurricane response plan.

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