Spring Break
If you were going on a hipster hunt last night and didn't look to Hillel at UConn, you should probably just give up now. Drawing a diverse crowd, the Indie Rock Showcase, organized by WHUS, hosted four local, up-and-coming indie bands in a fantastic, free, door-busting show. (1) comment
Have you begun to notice that grass actually does exist in Storrs? Have you seen flip-flops meekly beginning to make their way out of the dorms? Does it alarm you when the temperature isn't suggesting hypothermia? Ladies and gentlemen, spring has sprung here at Storrs, and there's the scent of love, barbeques and Spring Weekend in the air. (2) comments
When was the last time you were at a weekend gathering where the drink of the hour was gin? I'm going to venture a guess here and say probably never, right? The sight of someone opening a bottle of gin in a group of 20-something-year-olds is usually met with a chorus of groans and at least one person complaining, "Oh gross, that stuff tastes like pine trees!" Having encountered the above reaction more than a few times, I'm pretty sure that most budding young scholars have absolutely no taste for gin. (0) comments
Caitlin Nally is a 6th-semester journalism major who is spending the semester in Paris. She'll be writing a regular column observing life in the city and commenting on French culture from the perspective of an American college student. Almost as soon as I arrived in Paris I noticed some obvious cultural differences between Parisians and Americans. (0) comments