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‘Renowned Contrarian’ Oblivious To ‘Cac Rape Reality
I don’t get it. How can Wendy Kaminer’s recent article in The Atlantic, which starts off emphasizing the lack of evidence supporting Angie Epifano’s op-ed, end with this point: “I’m not presuming to tell women how they should or shouldn’t react to being raped. Quite the opposite. I’m simply suggesting that different women react differently, [...]
A ‘Cac-ling’s List For Santa
Thought Catalog’s recent Christmas list for 20-somethings is okay, but I found that some of my most fervent desires and needs were somehow left off. The North Pole is so close to the ‘Cac, that there’s really no excuse for not getting the puck to the goal this holiday season–or, as they say in the [...]
Updates On Amherst Sexual Assault Op-Ed Response
A little over a week after Angie Epifano’s op-ed was published in The Amherst Student, Bloomberg took notice. Then The New York Times. As we applauded Angie’s story spreading to major media outlets, HuffPost College mentioned In The ‘Cac and quoted from #ItHappensHere. There was no going back to the silence. In an opinion piece, also from HuffPost College, [...]
Tom: Still Homeless, Still For Romney
Williamstown has a taco truck, Bowdoin has Campus Food Trucks, and now Luke Delahanty (Bowdoin ’10) brings us the third installation of Homeless for Romney, in which Tom takes on “goddamn regulation” in his attempt to open–you guessed it–a food truck. Also worth noting is the second installation, ‘Tom vs. Joe Fucking Biden.’
The Isn’t Your Sibling’s State School
Like me, you may have spent some time at a larger, more socially-vibrant school either before or during your time ensconced within the safe confines of the ‘Cac. Just visiting a sibling, good friend, or romantic interest from high school at an institution of higher partying exposes you to a much different social perspective; my [...]
20 Examples of ‘Cacsplaining
In gender theory–ok, ok, the feminist blogosphere–”mansplaining” describes the perfect storm of arrogance and poor social grace that leads a man to explain something to a woman that she obviously already knows. Author Rebecca Solnit has a pretty amusing story about it. If mansplaining as a concept exists, there must be such a thing as [...]
Common App Nixes ‘Topic of Your Choice’
The Bowdoin Daily Sun posted about updates to the Common App, including the loss of the “topic of your choice” essay option. Here’s 25 essays that I’m hypothesizing led to the “topic of your choice” nix: 1. More In formation Than You Ever Wanted To Know About My Parent’s Divorce 2. What ‘Teeth’ Taught Me [...]
“Mad Dog, Vodka, and the Jitney”
Students at Hamilton college received this email (note: title) around noon today, a quick recap of the weekend’s hard work: First, I will address the ubsurd number of EMT calls that were made Saturday night due to Mad Dog and other various alcohols. Second, I will address the jitney driver incident that led to the [...]
