Mather Hall Chartwells Workers Seek Union Aid After Hours Cut Will Open This Week
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Wi)t SEPTEMBER 25, 2007 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY VOLCIII, NO. 3 Crimtp Crtpofcr COLLEGE SINCE 1904 Mather Hall Chartwells Workers Seek Union Aid After Hours Cut Will Open Students pledge to stand with workers until they are treated with 'dignity and respect3 By SARAH GARDINER This Week CONTRIBUTING WRITER Last weekend, on both Sept. 21 and Sept. 20, a small group of By BILL COSGROVE students rallied Friday and TRIPOD STAFF Saturday afternoon on the Cave Patio to raise campus awareness -*..*•••' «-V s *••• ••» Despite numerous delays, the for a side of the renovation that renovated Mather Main Dining has not been the topic of wide- Hall will be opening this week, Ed spread discussion: the effect the Taraskewich, Chartwells Senior changes to Mather are having on Director of Dining Service, said on Chartwells employees. None of Monday. the affected employees were pres- When the Tripod went to print ent at the rally, as they were in on Sept. 24, the dining hall had yet union negotiations and thus to open. However, the opening unable to speak with students schedule will be determined by about their grievances. Earlier in Taraskewich, who said it will defi- the week, one server was suspend- nitely be open sometime this week ed on these grounds. For this rea- before Family Weekend (which son, Chartwells employees were begins Friday). "I don't want to say not approached for comment [an exact date] for sure, because I during the writing of this article. James E. Kukstis don't want to disappoint anyone," The stakes involved in the Due to different staffing requirements, the "New Mather" has created problems for Chartwells employees, leading to protests. said Taraskewich. "But it will be Mather Dining Hall renovations open before Family Weekend." He are high. According to the new with their union, Unite Here, on Apart from the salary cuts due to generally upbeat, and students explained that the Chartwells staff schedule outlined by Chartwells the grounds of surface bargain- hour scale-backs, many employees participated in chants led by has been tweaking equipment and management, 400 working hours ing. Surface bargaining is defined work multiple jobs and changes James Murphy '08. He comment- moving machines around to pre- total will be cut from current by the organization "American in scheduling can pose problems ed, "The response [the workers] pare the'dining hall for opening. employee schedules. Although Rights at Work" as an action, to their ability to be present at have gotten when they've tried to "We are very close to opening, management has the right to "whereby an employer meets with other places of business. bring the issue to the manage- but need to make sure everything make necessary changes to the the union, but only goes through Approximately 40 students ment is unacceptable. The man- is 100 percent [ready] before doing schedules, the primary concern the motions of bargaining. Such attended Friday's rally on the agement has denied them the •so," said, ^sociatf DiseQCP s^yl^hajrtwells employees was that £,, the 'Opportunity to speak [.,] and to Campus Life and member of the these changes were made without employer is considered a viola- tions were represented, including articulate their problems and Mather Renovations Committee consulting them. Once news of tion of the employer's duty to Voices Organized in Democracy concerns with the situation. That the schedule changes became bargain, Section 8(a) (5) of the (VOID) and the Anti-War see CHARTWELLS on page 8 known, workers filed a grievance National Labor Relations Act." Coalition. The atmosphere was see STUDENTS on page 7 Professor Named to CT Supreme Court | Perpetual College Visitor By KRYSTAL RAMIREZ TRIPOD STAFF Steve Lake Visits Campus graphic area that I would like to After teaching at Trinity By ELIZABETH ANDERSON visit, then choose a few key since the spring of 2003, Public CONTRIBUTING WRITER schools that I really wanted to see Policy and Law Professor Barry and, build the whole trip around Schaller, a judge since 1974, was Most prospective college stu- these schools," he said. The key sworn-in to the Connecticut dents visit 10 schools. Steve Lake schools on his current trip are Supreme Court yesterday. has seen over 400. On Tuesday, Trinity College, Yale University, Schaller has already been hear- Sept. 18, Lake, a pit boss at and Connecticut College. While ing and writing cases in the Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, NV, in the area, he also plans to visit highest court in the state, part came to Trinity, his 406th college 12 other schools, including of a long legal career. visit. Wesleyan and Quinnipiac Schaller received his B.A. In 1984, Lake made it his goal Universities. After Connecticut, degree from Yale College in vvvkvv.jud i l.goy \iv>i\ t-.lil) oty to visit 500 national colleges and the Lakes plan to visit most of 1960 and his J.D. from the Yale Professor Barry Schaller was inducted to the CT Supreme Court on Sept. 24. universities. A graduate of what is the schools in the Worcester, Law School in 1963. After prac- now known as Concordia Amherst, Springfield, and ticing law for 10 years, he was is now especially looking for- Trinity," said Student University in Montreal, Lake's Boston, MA areas, as well as appointed to the Connecticut ward to his future as a justice on Government Association alma mater consisted of a 12- schools in Rhode Island. Before trial bench in 1974, the the CT Supreme Court. "I am President Andrew Pedro '08, a story building with absolutely no returning to Las Vegas, he will Appellate Court in 1992, and excited about the challenging student qf Schaller's. "It is an green space. After stopping at have visited between 45-50 was finally nominated for the cases to come and the entire fas- honor to have him teaching Harvard University while on a schools in just a few weeks, about Connecticut Supreme Court in cinating process," he said. here." In addition to teaching at trip to Boston, Lake realized that 50 schools short of achieving his ultimate goal. August. ' Schaller has taught courses Trinity as a Visiting Lecturer, his own college experience had "I am very enthusiastic on bioethics, public policy and Schaller is also an instructor of lacked something. From that Though he only officially point forward, he and his wife about it and very grateful for the law, public health policy, ethics trial advocacy at the Yale Law tours 25 percent of the schools Caroline decided to incorporate opportunity," Schaller said. As a and law, and the role of courts School as well as a visiting that he visits, Lake decided to college visits into their vacations. native of Hartford, Schaller was and judges, at Trinity. "I think always interested in law, and he he is an incredible asset to see SCHALLER on page 8 "I typically choose a geo- see COLLEGE on page 10 Editorial 2 \ First Ever All-Music Issue Opinions: First-year observes Trinity's homophobic tendencies, page 3 Opinions 3 | News 7 M Features: Carver talks with Jack ChatField about Trinity's past, page 17 Announcement 12 M A guide to local venues, a Arts 13 WM recap of Trinity's Fall Concert, Features 17 ittm and a review of Phil Collins' Sports-. Football opens season with a win against Colby, page 24 Sports 24 W^ latest concert, Page 12 www.trimtytnpoTrcom™" fl The Trinity Tripod EDITORIAL Students Must be Informed Bill Cosgrove '08 Lauren Turlik '09 To date, there have been no official Lecturer in Public Policy and Law, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR announcements from the College this was recently appointed to the fall notifying the Trinity community Connecticut Supreme Court. NEWS EDITORS OPINIONS EDITORS FEATURES EDITORS Lizzie Brown '09 about when exactly the Mather Main Schaller was sworn in yesterday and James Kukstis '10 Mike Robinson '08 San-Eou Lan '09 Aileen McBride '09 Dining Hall will open. No campus wide will continue to teach at Trinity. This Jordyn Sims '10 e-mails have been sent out to keep every- is no doubt a significant accomplish- ARTS EDITORS SPORTS EDITORS ANNOUNCEMENTS one informed of the latest developments ment that students and faculty Sara Yoo '08 f Nora Harrington '08 EDITOR and no announcements have been post- should be aware of. Priyanka Jotwani '10 Stephanie Apstein '10 Krystal Ramirez '10 ed on the Exchange recently. Yet one will find no mention of As a result, the anticipation many this on Trinity's homepage. There is a PHOTO EDITOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER STAFF WRITERS students have felt towards the new din- single line referring to his appoint- Erin Caner '10 Alyssa Simpson '10 Matt Fuentes '09 ing facility has been tempered by the ment in the Faculty newsletter and in frustration they feel as a result of not his faculty profile. But this is the being kept up-to-date of its progress. kind of news that should be on the CIRCULATION BUSINESS MANAGERS SENIOR EDITORS College's homepage under the "News MANAGER Clay Smith '08 Jay Acunzo '08 To find out whether or not the din- Joe Tarzi '08 and Events" heading. People should Joe Tarzi '08 Ashley Bell'08 ing hall is open, students have been Jenny Moor '08 know that Judge Schaller teaches at walking into Mather the last few days ONLINE STAFF COPY EDITORS KatyNolin '08 and peering into the dining hall to see if Trinity and students interested in law Vinit Agrawal '10 Jackie Sparks '09 David Pktrocola '08 food is being served or not. It has been should know that Trinity has a lectur- Orko Momin '10 Danae Goldberg '09 Joe Tarzi '08 construction workers and Chartwells er who has risen to the top of his Tim Uygungil '10 Erin Caner 10 Ed Walters '08 employees - not Trinity staff- telling stu- field.