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THE COLLEGE "Peer Gynt" to appear in Palmer. seepage 4 A College Tradition Since 1976 Volume XI • Number 4 Connecticut College, New London, CT Friday, October 10, 1997 Special Fall Break Mini-Issue Conn College is awarded funds for long awaited black box theater Courtesy of to share the Arts Initiative with the Box Theater at Hillyer Hall. The College Relations New London community and the 1917 wood frame structure has area's arts institutions," Gaudiani served as gymnasium, chapel, lec- The Kresge Foundation, one of added. "We look forward to work- ture hall, post office, concert stage, the nation's leading philanthropic ing together on campus with lead- bookstore, and today is only par- institutions, has awarded Connecti- ers in the arts in our community and tially in use as a printshop and cut College a $1 million challenge with the citizens of New London in mailroom. In its time, the building grant toward the renovation of building appreciation for the arts served as a venue for appearances Hillyer Hall into a Black Box The- and. through the arts, each other." by poets William Butler Yeats and ater Multiform Performance Space In order to obtain the challenge Robert Frost and aviatrix Amelia and other support for the college's grant, the college must raise an ad- Earhart. Arts Initiative. ditional $3.4 million by January I, The Black Box Theater will in- "We are most grateful to the 1999. To date, the college has raised clude 2570 square feet of theater Kresge Foundation for this extraor- $2.8 million toward the challenge support space including a lobby, dinary challenge grant which in- grant. Total fund-raising associ- offices, and dressing' and green vigorates fund-raising for the entire ated with the challenge is $6.2 mil- rooms. Flexible seating will Arts Initiative," said Claire lion, with the Kresge grant bringing accomodate 126 to 200 people in Gaudiani, president of the college. the total for Arts Initiative projects the audience, with variable stages 'The arts provide a perfect op- to $7.2 million. possible. A groundbreaking for the portunity to connect people of all Funds from the Kresge grant will theater is scheduled for October 18, different backgrounds and experi- be used mainly toward the renova- with completion slated for January ences. The Kresge challenge grant tion of Hillyer Hall into The Black 1999. will support the college's intention J.Board welcomes its two newest members by Edward Zeltser representing the college's judicial tions." Photo by Eric Lovecchio THE COLLEGE VOICE board. "The honor code is a major The two new J-Board reps ex- Leader of the Pack part of this community. and com- hibit two separate and distinct per- A week ago the vast majority of munity is probably the biggest part sonalities and interests. Samet did Matt Santo blazes to the line in a spectacular finish Saturday. For the class of 2001 showed up to the for me on this campus." story, see page 7. ballot box in Cro to elect a new Having recently partaken in a J- see J-Board, page 6 batch of freshman representatives Board tradition of sitting in on the to SGA. Amid this influx of fresh first trial as observers, Samet and New SAC representatives burst with ideas frosh to Conn's political ranks, two Gervais have an increased aware- young arbitrators, Amber Gervais ness ofthe unique benefits ofConn' s by Adam Halterman with student government in high on October 18. Clem gave a little bonor code as compared to other and Matt Samet, stand apart as the THE COLLEGE VOJCE school which caused them to get preview of the event: "Dorms and newest members of perhaps the most judicial systems. Reflecting cap- involved here at Conn. "We made groups are setting up tables aod sell- tiously on her old high scbool in distinguished institution on cam- It isn't easy being a freshman.. a lot of changes for the school aod ing things, each one having their Augusta, Maine, Gervais remem- pus. what with all the adjustments. It it was really great knowing that own ideas. Some are bringing in bers, "the consequences didn't par- "It's a power trip!" said Samet, certainly doesn't help tbat this you had gotten something done," outside vendors and others are just allel the actions at all, tbe students referring to his reason for running school likes to speak in its own says Clem. Elworthyagrees: "The making things to sell." for f-Board. although speaking weren't even learning from them. secret language. Arbo, Cro, SGA - best part was seeing people's re- Though they've only been SAC mostly in jest. Samet, who hails Here it makes sense - when you do what does it all mean? And what, sponse." reps for a couple of weeks. students something wrong, your punishment from Massapequa. long Island, is pray tell, is a SAC rep? Well, re- And so what does this dynamic are already expressing interest in quick to point out the true appeal of is. going to correlate with your ac- gardless ofthe factthat many fresh- duo have in store for us? "A lot is campus activities. "Even while we men may have thought they were sketchy right now,'.' Elworthy ex- were running people were asking us voting for students to represent their plains. "It takes a little while to get about our ideas," says Elworthy. baggage, they've managed to elect involved, hut we have plenty of SAC doesn't make everything hap- some darn bright SAC reps: Katie ideas." pen here on campus, they need your Elworthy and Bachman Clem. Some of these ideas include a ideas too. Clem strongly encour- In case you don't know, SAC is Sunday morning clean-up and cam- ages people to speak with him about the Student Activities Committee. pus mail day. Clem seems espe- their ideas. "I'm not going to give It is theirjob to coordinate acti vities cially excited about this. "Every- them any fuony looks, unless they on campus in which everyone will one on campus would get mail on catch me right after! wake up. Don't want to take part. Elworthy and that day," he says, "and not just talk to merightafter I've woken up." Clem have rumed down the more dumb campus mail, but an actual But have no fear. For those mo- glamorous positions, such as presi- Jetter from someone else on cam- ments of morning inspiration, there dent, in order to get some cool stuff pus." Sounds pretty close to is always Elworthy, "They can talk happening. heaven, doesn't it? to me when 1 wake up. I'm okay Both Elworthy and Clem say that At the moment SAC is working with that." it was their positive experiences hard organizing Harvestfest, held Amber Gervais Matt Samet d 2 THE COlLEGE VOICP""FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, /997 I======~N~E~~-===S==========-I At least 109 dead as BEYOND THE HILL aircraft, to protect our interests. And resort oflxtapa-Zihuatanejo travel- the DNA tests were valid. we will be able to do that in the hurricane pounds ing at about 15 mph towards the "Now that a court of law has zones future," the spokesman said when tourist port of Manzanillo, where it reviewed and admitted the new pressed by reporters. Mexico was expected to hi, Thursday night. DNA evidence, I intend to pardon WASHINGTON - The United Meanwhile, the State Department Despite being downgraded from Kevin Byrd as soon as the paper- States Thursday refused to rule out said that Washington planned to ACAPULCO, Mexico - At least a category four hurricane to a cat- work reaches my office," he said in cruise missile orother strikes against press for the "strongest possible 109 people were killed and dozens egory two, Pauline was still pack- a speech in Austin, Texas. Iraq if Iraqi warplanes continued to action" by the United Nations to more were missing Thursday after ing gusts of up to 120 mph and Byrd was elated at the governor's violate no-fly zones over that coun- make Iraq complywitha U.N. com- the strongest hurricane to hit sustained winds of 90 mph. Fore- decision and told reporters: "I feel try. mission charged with scrapping Mexico's Pacific coast in recent casters said it could pick up extra great. It will all be over with shortly. "We have a powerful military Iraq's weapons of mass destruc- memory devastated this tourist re- strength when it moved back out to I won't have to worry about the force in the Gulf ready to protect tion. sort. sea. justice system anymore." our interests there," Defense De- «I don't want to be in a position to Hurricane Pauline, which flooded Foreign tourists in Acapulco were Bush turned down arequest from partment spokesman Ken Bacon discuss all the options, except to say dozens of other small towns and stranded as phone lines went down, Byrd, who is black, for a pardon last told reporters in response to ques- that we of course would want the villages, blasted its way thrnugh power was cut and all flights were month even though it was backed tions.