Author Archives: InTheCac
SUMMER HIT ALERT: ‘Emotional Bro’
Bowdoin band The DFP performed a cover of ‘Emotional Bro’ this Friday to raucous reception. The song was written by Bowdoin alum Mikel McCavana ‘12 for his band The Transports, but has never made the ‘Cac internet splash it was clearly destined to have. This is a song for the ‘Cac ages, poised to be more [...]
Amherst Construction Fail
If you go to Amherst, you are familiar with the sounds of drilling, banging, scraping, beeping, men shouting to each other in the early morning, and whatever other cacophony construction entails. For the past six months or so (and also last summer, when the school tore down a dorm), Amherst had begun building its new [...]
Bowdoin’s Divestment Demonstration: All Quiet On Set
Two days ago I received a press release from a group called Bowdoin Climate Action (BCA). For months, following similar movements at other schools, this group of students has been asking the college to divest our endowment from fossil fuels. As far as raising awareness, they’ve done a pretty decent job. Debate was ignited in [...]
Wesleyan’s Public Safety Nightmare
Wesleyan University has had quite an eventful year in the way of security issues: physical assault, theft, voyeurism, and racial discrimination have all appeared in campus-wide e-mails. Below is a selection of the Public Safety (P-Safe, Wes’s campus security) alerts and incidents that have cropped up this past year, followed by a few major concerns [...]
Amherst says No to edX
In April, the faculty of Amherst College voted 70-36 (5 abstentions) against joining edX, a non-profit enterprise co-founded by Harvard and MIT, which bills itself as “the Future of Online Education.” In edX’s view, such a future centers on the development and creation of “MOOCs,” short for “massive open online courses.” While Amherst, like its [...]
NESCAC Strong
Today marks the two week anniversary of the Boston bombings. As a runner and lifelong New England resident, the horrific events hit close to home – the fact that I had two senior teammates cheering and many others I knew competing (all of whom were uninjured) at the marathon that day made everything seem much [...]
Trinity Women’s Lax continues to dominate
While most Bantams have kissed their social lives goodbye and begun the search for a finals hideaway spot, the Trinity Women’s Lacrosse team still has plenty of reason to celebrate. Solidifying their lead among the NESCACs, Trinity added another “W” to their perfect record this past weekend (15-0 overall and 11-0 in the NESCAC), beating [...]
Weekend round-up: Darty edition
If you’re like us, you probably glanced at your nerdy assignment notebook this morning and felt a pang of ‘Oh shit’ wash over you like so much hangover nausea. If you were too busy attending one of the classic NESCAC parties held this weekend (or otherwise just basking in the glorious New England weather we [...]