Talk:Connecticut College/Archive 1

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What is with the seal? Can we fix it?

I cleaned up the alumni part of the main page because it listed alumni at random rather than continuing with the "recent graduate" theme of the section. 7/22 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.237.13.31 (talk) 23:44, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

I erased the repeated mentions of the college's history as a former women's college from the introduction because such a fact is absent from virtually every other college page despite the fact that most new england colleges had similar single gender histories. Fellow Connecticut schools Wesleyan, Trinity, and Yale make no mention in their introductions of having been all men and gone co-ed in the 1969. The over-emphasis on Conn's page demonstrates a bias against women's colleges. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.233.29.103 (talk) 04:25, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Corrections
I disagree with the corrections and header placed on the top of the page. Most cited aspects of the page are third party, academic details can only be attained through the college's website. The intro can be expanded, however, the current format seems to be substantial in contextualizing the college. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.248.132.202 (talk) 17:59, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Pictures
Does anyone have pictures of the college green, quad, or any of the main buildings like Fanning, Olin or JA/Freeman to add to the page. The two pictures that are posted do not really give the viewer much of an idea of what the campus actually looks like.

Revert
I reverted an edit about the "now-famous Plaper-Hutcheson Minimalism War". I removed it for several reasons: If anyone knows otherwise and thinks it should go back up, please say so here. -GlamdringCookies 16:45, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
 * It was red-linked, making "now-famous" a rather suspect description.
 * I've never heard about such a war, and know a good deal about Connecticut College history.
 * The edit was the first edit of the user who made it (which makes it more likely that it was a joke).
 * I know of two recent Conn students whose last names are Plapper and Hutcheson, and suspect that this is a self-reference.

Revert
I'm somewhat new to editing existing articles, please forgive me for not having cited a source for my great-grandfather's selling of his father's land to help provide a home for ConnCollege. Everyone in Waterford at the time knew our family - or knew of them - and Frank J. Alexander was quite a prominent character in Waterford politically as well as in New London, in business. I did cite a source which links to the publication, "A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut" (1922, New London CT). I hope Contributor321 will not be put out with my reversion.

Regards, Frank J. Alexander (III) Lgbpop (talk) 01:06, 17 August 2014 (UTC)Lgbpop


 * Material included in a Wikipedia article must be verifiable, as per WP:Verify. You have now provided a reliable source, so all is well.  Contributor321 (talk) 03:37, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Alums
What say we shorten the descriptions of each alum to a word or two or three? I'm thinking something like the lists on the date sites (e.g. April 22). -GlamdringCookies 02:53, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * About the recent adds to the notable alums - granted, they're all notable, but can anyone think of a way to perhaps condense Clap Your Hands Say Yeah ? -GlamdringCookies 02:10, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Ye gods, I feel like I'm talking to myself on this page...I'm skeptical about our list of alums. I feel like the descriptions are too long. The order has strayed from the chronology it at one point possessed (I'll fix that in a sec). Lists of people like this on Wikipedia that I've seen have very short descriptions, just a few words, that fit easily on a line. Wow, just looked back and I said that exactly ten months ago. Okay, I'll look into these things. If anyone has thoughts, please voice them. -GlamdringCookies 17:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:08, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Selective
I am removing "selective" from the lead as it is an imprecise and subjective weasel word. There is a broad consensus based on the fact that almost every article for institutions in the American Association of Universities, Ivy League, and Annapolis Group makes no mention of this in the lead of their articles despite being as or more selective. Madcoverboy (talk) 15:21, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Reverted, tweaked, and appropriate references added. --ElKevbo (talk) 17:08, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Dance history
ConnColl played a major role in 20th-century American dance. Martha Graham, José Limon, Doris Humphrey, and Merce Cunningham all taught there at the same time; Alvin Ailey, Twyla Tharp, and Paul Taylor got their starts there; Steve Paxton, Trisha Brown, David Gordon, and other icons of postmodern dance put in appearances. For heaven's sake, the American Dance Festival was founded and, for many years, hosted there. David Dorfman, Lisa Race and Heidi Henderson are all on faculty.

Those names might not mean much to most people, but they're huge in the dance world. Martha Graham was modern dance for decades. Thousands of dancers today study each of Graham technique, Limon technique, and Cunningham technique. Ailey created the single most-viewed modern dance in history. Paxton created contact improvisation. The ADF was the place to be in the 60s, 70s, and 80s to see what was up in American dance, and the NYT called it “One of the nation’s most important institutions”. I almost think these excerpts justify a separate article for "Dance at CC", but it's at the very least a glaring omission that the word "dance" doesn't even appear in the article. FourViolas (talk) 04:41, 15 November 2014 (UTC)


 * I just added performance spaces under Campus and facilities, including a mention of ADF with Graham, Limon, and Cunningham. I think inclusion of current and former dance faculty would fit best in a "List of Connecticut College people" article or something similar, which currently doesn't exist (it's List of Connecticut College Alumni). Lissakw (talk) 08:12, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

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