t Crtnttp t) WWW.TRINIIYTRIPOD .COM VOL. C NO. 12 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 FEBRUARY 1, 2005 Mandala Be$ns Today in AAC Administration Closes KARL BAKER ARTS EDITOR $3.5 Mil. Spending Gap A very special event was held initiating a beautiful spiritual and DAVID PIETROCOLA Steve Peterson said. The cuts artistic process on Friday Jan. 28. NEWS EDITOR include $190,000 from academic The grand opening of the 'Circle Halfway through the current administrative budgets, $173,500 of Compassion, Circle of Peace' fiscal year. College administra- from "various academic pro- Tibetan Mandala Project was tors have cut $3.5 million from grams and services," $100,000 both broadly educational and operating costs across most from Information Technology entertaining in a multifaceted departments in hopes of finishing budgets, $70,000 from depart- way. The purpose of the event the year with a balanced budget. ments with significantly restrict- was to officially exchange gifts, President James F. Jones Jr. ed funds, and $70,000 from give gratitude and celebrate the called for immediate action upon instructional departments. eight nuns from the Keydong hearing of the budget overrun in Athletics and the library made up Nunnery who have come to December and is signaling for a the rest of the cuts. Trinity to share a unique experi- revamp of the spending attitude "None of these reductions is ence with our community. The on campus without harming the easy or without repercussions," beginning of the event featured a College's core educational mis- said Stevenson, "but none will speech by Laura Harrington, a sion. cause irreparable damage to the Professor of Religion who shared The spending cuts, which quality of education over the bal- a fraction of her expansive only impact the current $110.9 ance of this semester." knowledge on the subject with a million operating budget ending Interim Dean of the Faculty strong wit. That knowledge, she June 30, are a reaction to an over- Noa Landes Frank Kirkpatrick added that "the declared, is not much to consider spending build-up that has short term cuts we made between The school is presented with an ornamental statue. when compared to the depth of plagued Trinity annually for the mid-December and now could knowledge that the Tibetan nuns job explaining the purpose and practitioner to meditate upon a better part of a decade. not, given the urgency with and monks have accumulated practice of mandala making. deity or many deities. In this case Over the course of winter which we were confronted, through practice and study over Harrington said, "Mandalas the central deity is break in December, budget lead- involve, as they should have many lifetimes. She may dismiss are best understood as objects of Avalokiteshvara, the deity of ers and the College's vice-presi- under a longer-time period, as her experience with the Buddhist meditation whose purpose is to compassion. The nuns will focus dents got together for a series of much consultation with the facul- practice of creating a mandala, transform and purify our ordinary on being the image of the deity weekly meetings in order to ty and those most immediately but Ngawang Tendol, the leader perception of the world and our- Avolokiteshvara or becoming make up the gap without taking affected, as [we] would have and translator for the nuns, said selves." The creation of a man- compassion itself as they create money from academic programs. wished." that Harrington did a very good dala serves as a means for the the Mandala of Compassion from Within the non-salary aca- Dean of Students Frederick memory. demic operating budget of Alford commented that for the After the lecture participants approximately $7 million, New Islamic Chaplain $690,000 was removed, rest of the semester, "administra- see MANDALA on page 17 Associate Dean of the Faculty te PRESIDENT on page 8 Arrives at the Chapel Ahmed, along with Reverend Trinity Reaches Beyond its Borders STEFANIE LOPEZBOY Heischman, turned to the STAFF WRITER Hartford seminary for help. Student Organizations Respond Swiftly to Tsunami Disaster Needs With the promise of cultural Reverend Heischman has con- Bookstore and the Campus over, AASA efforts continue with LISA SAN PASCUAL diversity and understanding in nections with the Muslim Bookstore yielded $30 in relief. an "Asian Bazaar," slated for FEATURES EDITOR mind, Trinity hired its first Chaplain recently hired at The students' individual auto- March in the Washington Room. Muslim Chaplain this spring on a Wesleyan, Abdullah Antepli, and On December 26, 2004, we matic responses to so willingly The bazaar will read something part time basis to provide reli- he recommended looking into the here in the Northeast ambled into give of themselves was the most like 'A Taste of Hartford,' where gious support to the Muslim stu- training program for someone our living rooms in post-eggnog compelling of all. "I saw students $5 admission gets you a sampling dents on campus. The effort to and mentioned Sohaib by name. grog and pumpkin-pie paunch, who I know don't have campus of gourmet cuisine. Besides cele- hire Sohaib Sultan was spear- Heischman notes, "Most of our red and green giftwrap littered jobs just whip out their wallets to brating various Asian cultures, headed by freshman Shahzad peer institutions have Muslim across our bedroom floors, boxes donate," said AASA president, the bazaar will funnel its money Ahmed last semester. Ahmed groups on campus, many with from Macys and Bloomie's Priya Kalyan-Masih, '05. "There into Tsunami disaster relief funds. advisors, fewer spilling out cashmere and fur with was just so much generosity." with actual chap- tags still attached. It was only Although Mather tabling is see RELIEF on page 12 lains. We have the when we flicked on our televi- fortunate situation sions or car radios that we learned of being close to that on the other end of the world, INSIDE Hartford Seminary, many families were greeted by which houses the very different reality. Read about the vigil only program for Tsunami. A word that normal- held in honor of Muslim ly appeared only in high school Chaplaincy in the Andrew Clancy, a geography textbooks, is now country, training Trinity student who uttered solemnly from podiums people for hospital, died tragically over the and across dinner tables, flashing military, and edu- on CNN and scrawled on posters winter break on page 6. The Hartford Courant cational chaplaincy urging donations, /iid it's here Sohaib Sultan, 24, has already published a for Muslims." too, on Trinity's campus, in a Find out how Trinity professors Turn to page 11 to discover what, book: The Koran for Dummies. The Muslim pressing and powerful way. responded to comments by fashion trends to avoid and which approached Father Heischman in population at Trinity is very Efforts began with the Asian Harvard's President on Page 6. to wear this winter. the fall looking for a way to gath- small, about 20 self-identified American Student's Association. A senior reacts to student vio- Get a sneak preview of what's er Muslim students together and Muslim students, according to For three days, AASA members lence on campus on page 2 in ahead for music in 200S on page provide them with cultural and the article about Sohaib in the sat at a table outside of Mather, Opinions. 16. religious guidance. Ahmed says, Christian Science monitor on urging students to donate money "When I got on campus I was Jan. 18. "The amount of Muslim for Tsunami aid in exchange for a Opinions page 2 Arts page IS looking for opportunities for students is actually beneficial," Hershey's kiss. Three days of News page 6 Announcements page 20 Features page 11 Sports Muslim students, and I discov- tabling raised over $350 dollars. page 24 ered there weren't any." see NEW on page 9 Cans placed in the Gallows www.trinitytripoij.cani PAGE 2 OPINIONS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - FEBRUARY 1, 2005 Campus Violence Crtpoir Cannot Be Tolerated Eliza K. Sayward '05 William C. Yang '06 JAMES STEVENS they removed the girl from cam- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR OPINIONS CONTRIBUTOR pus. She was gone the same day Last semester I was threat- the incidents had been reported ened by fellow students at least and was not allowed back for the NEWS EDITORS OPINIONS EDITORS five times. I don't think I'm an remainder of the semester or the Evin Norris '06 Dave Pietrocola'08 Maggie Downing '05 Joanna Hecht '07 exception or a target for drunken next. harassment, so I'm going to These events, in form, are FEATURES EDITORS ARTS EDITORS assume that if you go out on the similar. Both students harmed Lisa San Pascual '06 Ashley Bell 'OS Kail Baker '07 Eric Dancher '07 weekends or attempt to calm themselves or others and threat- down destructive drunks, you've ened to do it again. One was SPORTS EDITORS ANNOUNCEMENTS Eamonn Brown '05 Jon Simonian '07 Colin Raelson '07 probably been threatened too. removed and the other was not. PHOTO EDITOR ONLINE EDITOR Students here are capable of great vio- Abi Moldover '05 Scott Baumgartner '07 lence, something that has been proven BUSINESS MANAGERS time and time again. Jane Li '05 Dm Scollan '05 Now, the fact that there are so Both students should have left CARTOONIST many jerks walking around cam- campus immediately after the Liz Welsh '05 pus trying to pick Fights on week- incidents. Because the first one ends is bad enough, but the school did not, other students were put at SENIOR EDITORS doesn't do much to combat the risk and further incidents Jonathan Chesney '05 Jenny Dunn '05 Eileen Flynn '05 Rebecca Fowler '05 problem, either.