Wht WWW.TRINITYTIIPOD .COM \. VOL. C NO. 6 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 NOVEMBER 2, 2004 Musical Revue is Students Support Kerry JOANNA HECHT a Melodic Success Bush has 38. Trinity students Candidate Preference NEWS EDITOR favored Kerry by well 30 percent- JAMIE TRACEY three groups of three entering on In a poll conducted by the age points more than the national ARTS CONTRIBUTOR little 'solo' sections proved Tripod, Trinity students favored statistic. For the past two years I have incredibly effective when the rest Senator John Kerry in the upcom- The Tripod poll also revealed been a member of the Musical of the cast appeared on the top ing presidential race. a substantial gap between the Revue. This fall, I had a very dif- platform. The entire ensemble all The poll, taken during peak genders. While 11.2 percent of BSush ferent experience as I traded in sung well together: the blend and mealtimes outside of Mather women supported Bush, 21.3 per- SKerry my costume for street clothes and • Nader balance was excellent, making cafeteria and the Bistro last cent of men supported the incum- nilndeclded/Othei witnessed the show from the the harmonies simply meld. Thursday, collected information bent. The largest gap could be audience's point of view. Next came the "Hairspray" about participants' student, facul- seen in the Kerry support, howev- |oanna Hecht Walking into Garmany Hall, I sequence that launched a show ty, or staff status, as well as gen- er; 84.4 percent of women sup- Students surveyed favored immediately noticed the very tra- full of great choreography. der. With 511 respondents, ported the challenger, as com- Kerry by a large margin. ditional stage set up: two giant Caitlin Mehner and Doug President George Bush received pared to 66.7 percent of the men. 15.8 percent of the votes, while This left 9.8 percent of men and collected from staff, faculty, and Kerry received 76.3 percent; 6.5 3.6 percent of women undecided. IDP students to draw any conclu- percent of respondents circled These numbers reflect a sions about their voting trends. "Other/Undecided." Ralph Nader, national trend, according to the "There are over nine million an Independent candidate, IOP study. "Bush, who enjoys college students in America, and received seven votes. stronger numbers than Kerry their vote will matter this year - A poll conducted by the among men in the general popula- especially in swing states," said Institute of Politics at Harvard tion, does not seem to have an IOP Director Philip Sharp in an University this fall indicated that, advantage over Kerry with male Oct. 21 press release. "Neither nationwide, college students college voters," their press campaign can afford to ignore favor Kerry by 13 points; the release pointed out. Senator has 52 percent, while There was insufficient data see CAMPUS on page 9 Deep The From a Sox

MATT KOZLOWSKI knew that the Yankees were the p.m. to midnight block that I had Abi Moidover FEATURES CONTRIBUTOR winners, and the Sox were the los been spending in front of the The actors pose during the finale of the Hairspray segment. Here are some random - guys who didn't win so much. warm blue glow of the television? platforms of different heights. Goodman '06, who were respon- thoughts on the World Series Well that era has ended. Yes, the Yeah, I can get a lot done in that What also caught my eye were sible for the show's choreogra- from a stunned Red Sox Fan: rivalry will continue, but it will block. Like, write features arti- the 8 Seabury blocks strategically phy, did an excellent job of creat- 1. The winning team was never be quite the same. cles for the Tripod, or ... cut my placed on the lower platform and ing moves that were distinct to finally the team that was most fun 3. On a personal note, I am toenails. They seem to have got- the giant speaker suspended each series of shows. I loved the to watch. See, here's the thing - noticing an extreme amount of above center stage. I must admit, variations, having different parts the Yankees have extremely tal- free time in my schedule. That 8 see CURSE on page 16 knowing that "Urinetown" was of the cast do different steps at the ented players, but none of them is on the line-up of shows, the same time. Although the opening animated, funny, or even likely to speaker initially appeared to Be a "Hairspray" number seemed a lit- be a good guest at a dinner party. urinal. In the dim lighting, it was tle timid, the energy picked right Bernie Williams? He has the per- difficult to tell. up in the following numbers. sonality of a cereal box. Alex As far as the show's lighting Leslie Waters '06 waltzed in with Rodriguez? He seems more suit- went, Emily Caruso '07 ought to her heinous but perfect wig and ed to being "the cute one" in a boy be commended for her imagina- fat suit evoking the image of band. The 2004 Red Sox, on the tive design. I especially liked the' Harvey Firestein. She, Andrew other hand, were the most enter- water light effect in the opening Feldman '06, and Ashley Vitha taining team in baseball, period. "Titanic" sequence, and the putrid '07 really exuded amazing energy You've got Kevin Millar who orangey-yellow that cemented the during the numbers. could quit his day job to play in a atmosphere of the "Urinetown" In "A New Brain" Katie Bruce Springstein cover band. You've got Manny Ramirez with sequence. The entire technical Brewer '07 effectively brought Eileen Flynn his signature two-handed Fonzie aspect of the Musical Revue was out the jealous nature of the Sox fans bond on Vernon St after the winning game four. impressive, from the lighting to obnoxious best friend. point and a uniform that's three the stage management. The Unfortunately, every time Devin sizes too big. And then there's show's stage manager Eli Romanul '07 and Pat Green '07 Pedro who wears a Dominican INSIDE Rodriguez '06 did a terrific job. tried to create an image of a gay flag doo-rag and has no problem Stage managers and the technical couple in love I wanted to laugh. telling the media that he'd like to Find out how a Trinity crew really just don't get enough Their chemistry seemed awk- face Babe Ruth and "drill him in student reacted to one the ass." These guys are hilarious, mention. The show wouldn't ward. They both have amazing of Africa's prestigious exist without them. and they play the game hard; The voices and technically sang the filmmakers and social Those behind the scenes" bring parts well, but their characters World Champions are finally a great deal to the show, but the didn't carry well to the audience. exciting to watch. activists, Ousmane people on stage are the ones who The requisite floor flop at the end 2. New York fans officially Sembene on page 18. ultimately communicate to the of "A New Brain" transitioned have nothin' on us. The Red Sox audience. Natalie Davidzon '08 well into the constipation of not only beat the Yankees, but Turn to page 7 and learn about To feel as if you've done nothing opened the show with a pretty, "Urinetown." The potty dances they put the Bronx Bombers into changes to the academic calendar with your life, see the interview bird-like soprano voice that and constipated faces were the the history books as the only team to observe National Holidays. with Tyler Sparrow on page 12. worked nicely with the Revue's best I've seen in a while. to ever lose after being up 3-0. Check out page 5 for a Faculty Find out the 10 best albums of "Titanic" hymn. Unfortunately, Those of us connected to the Before this series, arguments View by Professor Seiel Lang on the Fall according to WRTC's her arm movements and deliber- between Sox fans and Yankees theater crowds on campus have Unlawful Combatants. music director on page 18. ate blocking movements seemed heard rumors of the legendary fans were pretty one-sided. We slightly awkward. This clumsi- voice of Najeda Patolo "08. The could complain that Steinbfenner Opinions page 2 Arts page 18 ness was more than made up for rumors were true. She showcased had ruined baseball or whine News page 7 Announcements page 22 by the ensemble entrance at the about the Yankees having all the Features page 12 Sports page 28 start of the show. The blocking, see MUSICAL on page 19 calls go their way. But we all www.triBitytripod.com PAGE 2 OPINIONS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - NOVEMBER 2, 2004

..: i Education Out of Class Shines at Hillel Cripoir To the Editor: also a bit of informal teaching by at least two of the faculty mem- I was recently invited to tag bers on board. Eileen T. Flynn '05 Eliza K. Sayward '05 along on a bus trip to New York The students were well EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR City to attend an event hosted by behaved and inquisitive; there Trinity's Hillel. During the sev- was no foul language or inappro- eral hours that we spent on the priate sexual banter of any kind. NEWS EDITORS OPINIONS EDITORS bus going down and back, I was Instead, the bus was filled with a Hannah Hurwitz '05 Joanna Hecht '07 Maggie Downing '05 Daniel Scollon '05 struck by the easy and positive general sense of camaraderie and interaction among the- students, good cheer. As we rode along, FEATURES EDITORS ARTS EDITORS faculty and staff associated with we received periodic baseball Jenny Dunn '05 Juliet Izon '07 Greg Polin '05 Evan Norris '06 Hillel. There was a clear and per- updates via cell phones and what vasive atmosphere of genuine appeared to be the lone portable SPORTS EDITORS ANNOUNCEMENTS EDITOR Benjamin Leong '06 Will Yang '06 Kristen St. Martin '06 affection and respect, as well as a radio on hand. At the stroke of healthy dose of humor. I heard midnight, a group of young PHOTO EDITORS ONLINE EDITORS not a single complaint from any- women led a hearty rendition of AM Moldover '05 Chuck Pratt '07 Scott Baumgartner '07 Melissa Kotulslri '05 one during the entire trip. "Happy Birthday" for the benefit At one point on the ride back, of a young man who had just CARTOONIST as we crawled through construc- turned 21. Liz Welsh '05 tion traffic outside New Haven, From time to time, I hear var- unable to watch the final game of ious people around Trinity dis- SENIOR EDITORS the World Series, I noted simulta- cussing the need to develop ways Jonathan Chesney '05 Rebecca Fowler '05 Alexander Gordon '05 Edna neous conversations going on to better engage students in intel- Guerrasio '05 Peter Scala '05 Bailey Triggs '05 about the merits of Tolstoy, the lectual activities outside the class- health of Yassar Arafat, and the room. From what I witnessed, STAFF WRITER Biblical significance of Lot's wife Hillel is a living and breathing Stefanie Lopez-Boy '05 being turned into a pillar of salt. example of how to do just that. The exchanges were stimulating, COPY EDITORS and were marked by obvious Sincerely, Joe Stramondo '10 Jamie Calabrese '05 interest and enthusiasm on the Steve Veshosky part of the students. There was Office of Communications A Girl Running the USA U.S. Torture of Prisoners Not Defensible On a campus that is dealing with the reality of roofies and sexual assault, for To the Editor: lated incident, can we really say any person or group to think that a blatantly misogynistic poster would be a good idea that it is not bad because others shows that Trinity is either failing in its admissions or in its education. According to Mr. Spurrier's did worse? This poster, which shows John Kerry fumbling a football and George W. Bush logic, torture at Abu Ghraib is not If we leave aside for a catching one, says "Do you want someone who catches a football like a girl running the worthy of protest because it pales moment the fact that torture is USA?" It has appeared up around campus without the required source and contact in comparison to the atrocities illegal both in the U.S. and under information. This is its own problem, and one that I hope OSA and the administra- committed by others. Key to his international law, there are really argument is the notion that it was only three ways in which such an tion will deal with. The greater problem, however, is that of the message that the an isolated incident. argument can hold: poster sends to the women of Trinity and the world. However, a careful look at the 1. A little torture is not as bad . Trinity supports misogyny. Trinity is on board with those who feel that leaked memos, declassified docu- as a lot of torture. women are inferior to men. ments, reports and statements of 2. Use of torture by the U.S. Some people do want a woman at least running for the honor of running the military officials, most recently in is acceptable but its use by others USA. These people are not solely contained within one party. For someone to feel The New York Times of Oct. 17, is not. that it was appropriate to equate femininity with an inability to manage the country clearly shows that torture of cer- 3. Others torture, so why illustrates the failure of today's society. The persistence of the derogatory idea of tain detainees was routine prac- can't the U.S.? catching/throwing like a girl shows that we as a culture have not moved past the sex- tice. It was defended Jan. 2002 by None of these positions is Alberto Gonzales, White House defensible, unless one- approves ism that the 60s fought against. legal counsel, and approved in That this poster also degraded the democratic process by placing a person's of the use of torture in principle. Dec. 2002 and Apr. 2003 by But condoning torture not only ability to handle foreign and domestic policy with their ability to play a game has also Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. puts us in the league of all tortur- brought the ire of many, but this is secondary to the attitude that it displays toward The Washington Post first ers, it also dehumanizes us. women. reported on torture in Calling it "abuse" won't help. We Women are feeling less safe on this campus this semester than in any other of Guantanamo Bay in Dec. 2002. must protest against Abu Ghraib my time at Trinity. The degrading and misogynistic attitude in this poster does not Reports by the International for the sake of our own humanity. just reflect on the person or people who created it and posted it. All of Trinity is impli- Committee of the Red Cross and Otherwise we might as well be cated in it. We have allowed this sort of comment to be made all over campus. So Amnesty International also high- taking the pictures. often we do not call people on their prejudices, whether against a gender or a race. We light widespread violations of the as a campus have not lived up to the ideals that we as a country were founded on. Geneva Convention in Iraq Sincerely, including torture. Michael Niemann Abigail Adams told her husband to "remember the ladies" as he created the plan for But even if we assume that Acting Director of our country, and it seems that women today are still hoping to be remembered and torture at Abu Ghraib was an iso- International Studies constantly being forgotten and tread upon instead.

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All Spin on "The Intuition Informs Morality JOE STRAMONDO sense" was the dominance of rea- quately decipher right from O'Reilly Factor" ALUMNUS CONTRIBUTOR son over our emotions. wrong," implies that deciphering I have enjoyed reading the For Kant, every problem can right from wrong means applying many informative, interesting and TIM COUGHLIN be, solved with an almost mathe- the tools of reason to control our the truth, nothing more. O'Reilly sometimes amusing articles in the matical application of moral impulses. OPINIONS WRITER has a best selling book titled, Tripod this semester, but it was Everyone has heard of, if not "The No Spin Zone." At the open- not until recently that I felt com- The moral question that must be dealt seen, Fox's "The O'Reilly ing and closing of each program, pelled to write anything. After with here is, in fact, The Moral Question: Factor."Whether or not you agree he makes it known that you are reading Jeanne Hayes' opinion with the program, it is impossible entering and leaving this "no spin piece in the Oct. 26 edition, I what is the nature of morality? to deny its success and influence zone." One would think that think 1 can and should offer some insight into the questions her arti- imperatives that are derived from I think this framing of morali- [O'Reilly's] passionate outbursts on air cle struggles with. reason. In a way, Kant's ethical ty makes some amount of sense fully illustrate the level of his partisan bias. Hayes is obviously a very tal- paradigm is very much like when I observe the behavior of ented writer and I applaud her Freud's Ego that controls the many Trinity undergraduates on effort at taking on an issue as impulses of the Id. the weekends. Perhaps they on the American public. Bill O'Reilly would at least attempt to sticky as the execution of minors. When Hayes argues that a 17- behave as they do while members O'Reilly has done a great deal to present himself in this impartial However, I'm not sure that she year-old should not be held of mainstream adult society act bring the hierarchical world of light. has adequately dealt with the responsible for his actions otherwise because their prefrontal politics to the masses. This September, Bill O'Reilly philosophical questions surround- because of an underdeveloped cortexes are not yet fully formed. Educated political involve- was able to interview President ing and underpinning Roper v. morality, this argument only However, even if you subscribe to ment is to be praised, but to have Bush exclusively, airing segments Simmons. makes sense if your definition of this paradigm of morality, the host of the most popular tele- of the interview over several The article, "Minors Not morality is Kantian. Hayes' state- Christopher Simmons could not vision news program in America episodes of the program. When Deserving of Death," looks at the ment that "there exists little ques- have killed based purely on an comparing readingjhe Qur'an to questioning the president on his policy question of whether people tion in my mind that cruel and impulse that would have been reading Hitler's "Mien Kampf," 'Mission Accomplished' speech, under the age of 18 should be unusual punishment involves is just dangerous. O'Reilly commented how thei held accountable for their actions killing someone who cannot ade- see EXECUTION oh page 5 Rupert Murdoch's Australian press had spun it. Bush comment- in the same way as full adults. media empire, News Corp., has ed, "Well, they spin everything," While Hayes recognizes that the long been criticized for being far and O'Reilly responded, "me answer to this policy question is 'Reply-AIT Causes to the right of impartiality in the too." So in possibly the most dependent on the answer to a ' news coverage, especially with important interview of his career, deeper moral question, she does j regards to the presidential elec- with his highest number of view- not articulate much of an argu- Inbox Overload tion. ers, O'Reilly admitted to spinning ment about the moral question Pushing aside some of stories, his premier indictment of itself. MAGGIE DOWNING position. I certainly cannot block O'Reilly's most outlandish the rest of the media. Still true to The moral question that must OPINIONS EDITOR all 130 members of this list; some remarks about the election, his his form, he relies on his 'no spin be dealt with here is, in fact, The Back in September a friend of of them are good friends of mine passionate outbursts on air fully zone' pitch each and every show. Moral Question: what is the mine was running for a class elec- from whom I might some day illustrate the level of Ms partisan Among the show's favorite nature of morality? Whether she tion and decided to send an e-mail receive a non-list e-mail. I have bias. topics is the moral demise that knows it or not, Hayes' definition requesting that people vote for no choice but to watch out for The major pitch of "The has taken hold of America ranks of morality seems to be much her. She compiled a list of her anything starting with "Re:" and O'Reilly Factor" is its "no spin closer to Immanuel Kant's than it friends and acquaintances totaling have one finger always on the zone," presenting the viewer with see O 'REILLY'S on page 4 . is to Mark Twain's. Kant's "moral about 130 and sent a short and delete button. polite e-mail. She never could It gets worse. It seems that have expected that a flurry of some people are now under the WHY X CAN'T WAir UMTiU excess e-mails would stem from impression that this list reaches a her one message. One of the majority of the Senior class, or at ... important information is being trans- mitted in this way and large portions of the senior class are missing out.

recipients of this e-mail decided least enough to use this as a to use this list for his own purpos- means of communication and es; he began sending somewhat relaying information about humorous but rather pointless e- important events. Being a Senior, mails to the entire list. At first I I remember the days of Quik- was a bit amused, but now things Posts. For those who don't have gotten out of control. remember, these were informa- I blame this on the "reply-all" tive e-mails about events happen- option that has often been seri- ing on campus, much like the ously abused. It started with Trinity Exchange but each event replies to these initial silly e- or announcement got its own e- mails, of which I received close to mail. They caused unnecessary a dozen in one day. Many of clogging of the recipient's inbox, these e-mails were one-liners - not to mention the fact that no one consisting of a clever, or some- ever read any of them. times just weird, response. The What really worries me problem with this is that there is though is the fact that important no way of being removed from information is being transmitted this list the way you can when in this way and large portions of you stupidly signed up for a club the senior class are missing out. at the Activities Fair and realize For example, one person sent an during midterms that you still e-mail about the yearbook and the have yet to make it to one meet- options we have for our senior ing. Sol find myself in a troubling see STUDENT on page 4 PAGE 4 OPINIONS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - NOVEMBER 2, 2004 Freedom Haters Unite: O'Reilly's Show Lacks Sexist Fliers Removed Respect and Fairness Student Groups Must Take Responsibility for Posters continued from page 3 had Jeremy Glick on the show, the son of a among the top. O'Reilly, the family man Port Authority worker whose father was JAMES STEVENS ether like friendly seagulls on a sunny fall that he is, uses his podium as a moral pul- killed in the 9/11 attacks. Glick, along with OPINIONS CONTRIBUTOR day, it's probably a good idea to take a look pit to preach to his loyal masses. It is inter- Peaceful Tomorrow, a group that represents You may have noticed that we have a at the ideas behind the poster that portrays esting how O'Reilly practices his moral families of 9/11 victims, had signed an lot of fascists on this campus. They walk Bush as a fun-loving, football catching preaching. On Oct. 13 a sexual harassment anti-war advertisement that appeared in around every day ripping down the other winner and Kerry as, well, someone who suit for $60 million was filed against The New York Times. During the course of side's political posters, spitting on minori- should probably be playing the other kind O'Reilly by a former employee of the the interview, O'Reilly first accused Glick ties and generally goose-stepping. of football (that's right, the sport the French show. of not supporting the war, then of equating Andrea Mackris, a former associate America with terrorists, then of having a So when I ripped [the sexist anti-Kerry flier]dow n producer, said O'Reilly "advised her to use "warped view of this world and a warped I actually felt good since I'm both freedom-hating and a vibrator, told her about sexual fantasies view of this country." O'Reilly invited the involving her and engaged in unwanted son of Port Authority worker onto his pro- a Communist. phone sex." He hasn't denied the accusa- gram only to tell him that "I don't think tions, only accusing Mackris of seeking your father would be approving of this," At least that's what some of the Trinity are so good at). Kerry has been painted as "hush money." This is not only an example and "I don't really care what you think." College Republicans' fliers would have an elitist intellectual the entire time who of his moral perversion, but also of the This is a kid who had taken the initiative to you think. If you're a red-blooded, God- can't participate in the everyday fun of the fearing American, you better not touch manly, red-blooded American. Kerry is so The fact remains that Bill O'Reilly is a dangerous someone else's poster or else you're tram- elitist, in fact, that he served on a patrol journalist, pushing an extreme agenda often disregard- pling on their right to freely express them- boat hi Vietnam with what tended to be selves. lower and middle class Americans instead ing professional taste... I'd like to think that most students of working family connections to get a won't just tear down innocuous political cushy job in the Massachusetts National moral perversion that exists in a man with exercise his freedom of speech, the same fliers and that there's something else going Guard. virtually unrestricted political power. freedom that brings O'Reilly millions of on. This weekend, a bunch of interestingly When we see Kerry bumbling the pass I will admit that I am biased in this mat- dollars each year. Whether or not he agrees juxtaposed fliers popped up around. On and then getting called what amounts to a ter; I hate Bill O'Reilly. Push aside his per- with Glick, the least that O'Reilly could do one flier is a picture of Kerry catching (or girly-man, we're supposed to think, "Oh sonal views and extremely partisan journal- is show a shred of respect. attempting to catch) a football next to a pic- no, we need a man that, well, isn't as crap- ism. As a moderate conservative, he and I More than anything, it saddens me how ture of Bush successfully catching a foot- py at Me as girls are." And if we follow share a few sentiments. The fact remains "The O'Reilly Factor" has become the ball. Along the bottom run the words, 'Do conventional, sexist wisdom we might that Bill O'Reilly is a dangerous journalist, most popular news show in America. All it you really want someone who catches like think, "Wow, I don't want some wimp in pushing an extreme agenda often disre- shows is the lack of ideological diversity a girl running the USA?" Next to each of the White House." And I don't want one in garding professional taste, courtesy, and present in mass media today. Hopefully these fliers was a flier that read, "Do you the White House, either. above all else, reason. one day there will be a "no spin zone," but support freedom of speech? Of expres- But what the flier is really doing is just On Feb. 4,2003, "The O'Reilly Factor" don't count on it with Bill O'Reilly around. sion? Of ideas? Stop ripping down as insidious as the blatant sexism it sup- Republican posters." One of these posters ports. It's trying to make you forget that was attributed to the Trinity College Bush dodged service in Vietnam when Along tlie -Long Walk... Republicans, the other one was not. Can Kerry volunteered to go and, in all trust- you guess which is which? worthy accounts, served very well. It's interesting, really, how the So, who do you want as a President, Republicans are willing to "express" them- someone who catches a football well for a selves in such a passive-aggressive manner. photo op? Or would you rather have some- No one gets held accountable for what one who's fought in a war and knows what amounts to hate speech, but you're a free- it means to send American soldiers to die? dom-hating Communist if you rip down a The choice seems pretty clear to me. But, poster that's both offensive and improperly if you're an individual who's despicable posted. So when I ripped it down I actual- enough to tout sexist language in support of ly felt good since I'm both freedom-hating a Presidential candidate, you're probably and a Communist. stupid enough to vote for the guy who has 'It doesn't matter, I won't remember." But, for the sake of argument, if I'm supposed to be letting ideas float out in the see UNCLAIMED on page 5 — Jell JLosriiaa oj Student Appalled by

See my old friends tkat graduated already." Unnecessary E-mails — -fcaiza CJark o5 continued from page 3 class, but some interesting things have portrait. The possibility of sending in your come my way. More importantly, class own photo was mentioned and many peo- officers have used this list to notify people ple have shown interest in this idea. about the availability of forms for the However there are close to 400 seniors who Senior class. I don't know why an elected have not heard anything about this through class official who, I assume, has access to Go party ... the usual. no fault of thek own. Unfortunately all things like the global distribution list, — Colin Gigl 08 those who were interested felt the need to would choose instead to only inform a frac- hit "reply-all" and not just reply to the one tion of the class. We also received a voice- person who was willing to take charge of mail about the forms, but it isn't fair for this matter. So now I know which of these some people to get a second reminder by 130 people want to submit their own year- the pure chance of being on the list. book picture. And to be honest I don't care. This has gotten out of control and my -My brother is coming to visit. Another e-mail was about the "gradua- inbox is suffering. If you are willing to Ally Carlow '08 tion pledge" sponsored by the Community abuse this list you should be willing to look Service Office. I think the graduation into a way to communicate with a larger pledge is a great idea and every senior audience. One option is to write a letter to should be encouraged to take the pledge, or the editor, another is to get in touch with an at least be informed of its existence. administrator and post something on the Perhaps later in the year more effort will be Trinity Exchange. I beg those, of you "Guided (Studies twenty fifth anniversary, free made to inform more people about it, but responsible for some of these e-mails to food!" for now this has been the only mention of it seek out other modes of communication to .'— Dave Stricoff 06 I have heard. make your voice heard. As for those silly Certainly not everything sent via this one-liners, I guess I can't make you stop Compiled by Luvean Myers list is worth announcing to the entire Senior but think twice before you hit reply-all. Photos by Chuck Pratt NOVEMBER 1, 2004 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD OPINIONS PAGE 5 Greeks Must Take MilJETYVlEW Public Responsibility President Bush Denies Prisoners' Rights SCOTT BAUMGARTNER eschewed what Ms. Gage wrote, BEREL LANG in Iraq of American military rights of prisoners-of-war laid ONLINE EDITOR an opinion I agree with: VISITING PROFESSOR accused of abuse, none of them down in the Geneva Two weeks ago, I wrote an "Members of any student organi- President Bush and his above the rank of Lieutenant, and Conventions as "quaint" clearly editorial about the involvement of zation must remember that their administration did not invent the through the outright release of indicate a more general revision- three Trinity students in criminal actions will... be associated with category of 'Unlawful some prisoners after years of cap- ism. Thus the many dots on the activity at Yale University. In the their group." Combatants,' but they have tivity rather than bring them to moral map that now extends article, I used Brannan Knott's Most importantly, nobody in given the phrase a new meaning open trial. The administration's from Afghanistan to Iraq to name; he was mentioned in the these cases has wanted to take based on a revised conception of denial even in these instances of Guantanamo to the United States source Yale Daily News article as responsibility for any actions. In human rights: Unlawful the captives' right to due process represent more than individual having been arrested. I also men- a study of ethics, many may agree Combatants simply do not have has, however, been consistent. It acts of rogue soldiers. Their tioned the name of a Greek organ- that the most important ethic one them. Following the administra- ization, Alpha Delta Phi, based can uphold is that of accountabil- tion's directives, captured Unlawful Combatants simply do not upon the fact that those involved ity; without accountability one Unlawful Combatants in have [human rights]. in the fire extinguisher incident cannot be honest, trustworthy or Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantonamo were "associate members," and fair. Bay and even in the U.S. itself the fraternity itself had been Instead of blaming a Tripod have been denied the right to a seems clear, then, that there is much more obvious connections implicated in the crime. editor for using an otherwise hearing on whether or not the nothing piecemeal about the are in American policy and its Because I mentioned Knott's decent student's name in connec- designation itself, rather than abuses, extending to murder and officers — and their willingness, name, I received a personal e- tion with his very visible arrest, 'lawful combatant': prisoner-of- torture, which have come to light; on an often invisible and frus- mail shortly after the Tripod went take accountability for the mis- war, is warranted. They have had they form a pattern - the denial to trating battlefield, to invite vio- to print. While I will not divulge take, make a public apology and neither the right to counsel or the (alleged) Unlawful lations of human rights. The the name of the author of the e- accept punishment with dignity. trial, slow or speedy, nor, along Combatants of any claim on a Bush Administration's response maili he filled a page describing Instead of lamenting about the the way, have they had the right system of justice. Even the recent to charges of illegality in their the good aspects of Knott's char- ramifications that an opinions not to be killed or tortured or vague profession of the Bush treatment of the Unlawful acter - a dedicated scholar, ath- article holds for an international indefinitely imprisoned without administration to treat such cap- Combatants only underscores being tried. And finally, they tives "humanely" has been this charge. The first line of The "negative attention" that I brought have been denied the right to be offered as magnanimity, not as a defense has been to conceal or to the Greek community is what the Greek known as captives: even the right under international and/or stonewall; the second line of record of their existence has at national law. defense has been to blame small community needs to address. times been erased. Nobody in the Bush adminis- numbers and lower ranks of Admittedly, opposition in tration has said that Unlawful rogue soldiers; the third line of lete, tutor and TCERT member. fraternity, do one's duty as a U.S. courts and in public opinion Combatants are without rights. defense^ where we are now, is to He then informed me that not member and work to change the to this blanket denial of rights But neither, in the face of such admit lapses in command or only was my information "false," current attitude toward.the frater- has led to certain concessions on flagrant violations, has anybody supervision while exonerating but that I had "made the whole nity. Explaining that the interna- the Administration's part - in the administration spoken general staff officers and leaving tiling seem way worse than it tional fraternity has in the past through the setting up of military about what these are violations the Department of Defense and actually was" and "ruined a stu- been reputable does absolutely tribunals in Guantanamo, still of. Such rare moments of candor the White House untouched. dent's reputation with his teachers nothing. without the right of independent as when the President's counsel, at Trinity." - ... : The "negative attention" that I counsel, through court martials Albert Gonzales, disputed the see INTERNATIONAL on page 6 Because of the mention of brought the Greek community is AD's name, I replied to an email what the Greek community needs sent by a 2004 graduate who to address. Instead, Gage, in her Execution Poses Moral Issues asserted that AD's membership question during the IGC meeting, includes "many of our greatest appears, at least in my impres- Student Discusses Role of Intuition in Ethics of the Death Penalty undergraduates, athletes and sion, to be polarizing the Greek To be sure, by the time one is alumni." Then, he implied that community by linking my criti- continued from page 3 true source is the foremost of all 17 years old, one refrains from although I wrote about my con- cism to Pike and therefore turning controlled had he been but a few moral feelings, empathy. Kantian harming others out of a sense of cern for the reputation of the col- some of the other fraternities in years older. ethics - and I would be tempted empathy and not merely a fear of lege, I showed none. question, such as AD, against Robbing someone, tying them to argue all systems of morality — are the application of reason to punishment. Simmons' lack of Finally, Katherine Gage wrote them. up, putting them in the trunk of a this emotion. empathy is not common to 17- a response to my article in last While I am a Pike pledge and minivan, and pushing that mini- year-olds, but it is common to week's Tripod in which she called agree with much of the organiza- van into a river is not an impul- So the central moral question murderers. my questioning of the true intent tion's philosophy, I should have sive act. In fact, premeditation is we face is not "could Simmons and principles of some Greek expected that my words would be usually a necessary condition to reason right from wrong?" but If we do not excuse leffrey organizations as "poor journalis- linked to their name. However, I seeking the death penalty and "could Simmons feel empathy for Dahmer, Timothy McVeigh, tic taste." Then, as a representa- in no way set out writing with the this, by definition, seems to rule his victim?" Put quite simply: no, Charles Manson, or the "terror- tive present at the Inter-Greek agenda to be their mouthpiece. out the idea that Simmons is more he obviously could not. However, ists" for their actions because of Council meeting on Oct. 25 told Furthermore, not once did I sepa- innocent because he could not I do not believe that his lack of their lack of empathy, why should me, she asked, in front of the rate Pike from other Greek organ- reason through his impulsive, empathy had anything to do with we excuse Christopher Simmons? entire council, whether I was a izations, not once did I play holi- emotional haze. his age. Perhaps there are good arguments brother of Pi Kappa Alpha. Upon er-than-thou and not once did I let Moreover, Kantian morality Even a fairly young child can against using the death penalty as the response "no," words were my own association affect my only tells half of the story when it understand why it is wrong to punishment more generally, but said to the effect that she had been opinion. To do so would truly be comes to how we tell right from harm another person because that there is no moral paradigm that misinformed. "poor journalistic taste." wrong. Much of what makes right understanding is rooted in a sense would support the idea that of empathy that is developed Simmons is any less deserving of I see some trends in these The alumnus who e-mailed "right" and wrong "wrong" is some point before voting age. it than other killers. responses. Firstly, those who me about my first article wrote, moral feeling or intuition. responded mistook my opinion "Have current world politics done Without some divine code of for fact, as evidenced by the mis- nothing to inform our decisions conduct handed down from heav- characterization of my work as about the dangers of shoot first, en, the best we humans can do is Unclaimed Posters journalism, instead of editorializ- ask questions later policy?" I trust our gut when it comes to ing. It was, and is, my opinion would like to counter by asking deciding what a moral course of that many Greek organizations at whether the current politically action is. Show Cowardice Trinity have lost their focus; they polarized situation in this country Perhaps this is what Twain have become drinking havens has not taught us anything. Two meant when he spoke about continued from page 4 make himself or herself account- instead of outlets for real social sides bitterly opposed cannot "moral sense." Emotions are not a "manly" picture of himself able. If the flier is offensive and growth and maturation. The idea work together, nothing will be the opposite of ethics but the | catching a football. it has someone's phone number of a fraternity is to come together accomplished and feelings will foundation of ethics. We can rea- Next time you see a flier that on the bottom, call her or him up, as a brotherhood and to cultivate become increasingly negative. son through problems all day supports sexist, racist or homo- tell him or her you have a prob- the ideal man, not to use the guise It is apparent to me that, while long, but the raw materials that phobic ideals that isn't attributed lem with it. Then tear it down of "brotherhood" as an excuse to some things are being done, not we apply reason to are a set of to a group or individual, just tear because no one deserves to be commit acts of malicious and enough is being done. For any ethical intuitions. Although Kant it down. No one gets hurt' and no confronted with sexist propagan- destructive intent organization or society to be sat- would claim that his categorical one's speech gets trampled da, especially not sexist propa- Secondly, the two responses imperative is derived purely because whoever put up the flier ganda in support of an idiotic that I personally received see CAMPUS on page 6 through reason, I believe that its doesn't feel strongly enough to war-mongering draft dodger. PAGE 6 OPINIONS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - NOVEMBER 2, 2004 International Law Ignored Campus in Need continued from page 5 Imprisonment in 1988 - and a rights of the nation's citizens" - The category of Unlawful growing system of international a principle which neither the (or sometimes, mistakenly, courts authorized to punish viola- president nor the president's men of Accountability Enemy) Combatant is not itself a tion of the rights thus affirmed. have yet conceded. At stake in current innovation; the phrase These institutions have not ended the denial here is not the denial continued from page 5 involved? dates at least as far back as a the violations they name, but their of just one or another right, but, isfied with an intermediary level We don't need to see respons- 1942 Supreme Court case on international recognition has been since the rights at issue are the of achievement is defeatist and es containing receipts for how German saboteurs in the U.S. significant - as much, certainly, most basic ones, of all rights. shows a disturbing lack of effort, much a fraternity spent on unre- The concept itself, of combat- as the indifference to them in the One way of understanding especially when that lack of effort lated community service. We ants who fight outside the 'nor- actions and inactions of the Bush this revised status of Unlawful is from the hands in which many don't need to read another vague mal' conventions of warfare, is administration (the second devel- Combatants is that even in cap- much older and has the effect of opment). For it is indeed tivity, they remain enemies on a We don't need to see responses contain- straining the usual rights accord- appointees of the administration battlefield: nothing done to them ing receipts for how much a fraternity ed prisoners-of-war ('Lawful and the president himself who, in counts as illegitimate. They are Combatants')- Straining, howev- the aftermath of 9/11, have insist- thus worse off than conventional spent on unrelated community service. er, is not abolishing - and two ed that at least for this group of • enemies in battle — who even more recent developments bring people the very concept of rights then retain the right (and protec- of us entrust ourselves on week- sentence about direct connections the Bush move to abolition into is questionable. tion) of surrender. Unlawful end nights. between weekend partying and sharper relief. That the responsibility for this Combatants, by contrast, live in What happened to pledges, or sexual assault. The first of these is the revised concept of human rights a state of perpetual war, with no "associate members," being lec- We need to see that the Greek advance in human rights advoca- rests in the White House there can defense in rights or law even if tured individually by the Sexual societies on campus are willing to cy since World War II. For that be no doubt. Justice Sandra Day they do give up. Political theorist Assault Response Team on mat- admit that things do happen at 60-year period has seen interna- O'Conner explicitly recognized Hannah Arendt saw the distin- ters of sexual abuse and rape as a their parties, are willing to take tional recognition of the this when in the case of the guishing feature of totalitarian- mandatory part of the pledging accountability for what goes on at Universal Declaration of Human alleged Unlawful Combatant ism as making individual per- process? Although last week's their houses and amongst their Rights in 1948, the Geneva Yaser Esam Hamdi, she spoke for sons "superfluous." She did not 'Guys Only' night sponsored by siblinghood, and to visibly do all Conventions in 1949, the an unusually undivided Supreme claim that it made them or then- the Women's Center was a good they can to ensure that they are Convention against Torture in Court (8-1) to remind the presi- lives impossible, but this now, as start. What happened to public creating the safest environment 1984, the Principles for the dent's lawyers that even "a state the Bush government speaks for accountability for illegal acts on possible for their classmates and Protection of All Persons under of war is not a blank check for the the United States, becomes our fraternity property, even if no fra- peers, as was once done. To do any Form of Detention or president when it comes to the own revision. ternity members were directly any less would be irresponsible.

Role Of Greeks On Campu!

ASHLEY GILMOR '95 lives. Students were able to choose Greek JOSHUA LAHEY '95 on dorm living" and cable TV have been PRESIDENT, DELTA DELTA DELTA life only if they were really interested in it, PRESIDENT, ST. ANTHONY HALL suggested. Meanwhile, the faculty plugs When thinking about the role of and if they were not interested, they were The role of Greeks at Trinity is simple: away at a student body they have never Greeks on campus, I become increasingly not Left out. It even gave the students who to give students the social options this col- tried to understand while administration concerned. Four years ago, I applied to a were not members the opportunity to "hang lege has failed to provide. The dorm coun- looks shyly away pretending it does not school that had a fine reputation among out" there. cils are inadequate and TCAC is sporadic. notice the mess it is diving into. liberal arts colleges, but stood apart from The push towards coeducation in the If fraternities have found an answer, then I believe the school is against the others because it gave the students choic- fraternities arid sororities takes away from let them provide a service to the CoEege. Greeks. I think they have decided they es. the students' right to choose. I am tired of Ideally the role of fraternities and should not exist here at Trinity and have In the years that I have been here. everything being "politically correct." I do sororities should be expanded to include devised a plan to meet that end: coeduca- more than just the social aspects of college tion. I honestly believe that the forces Making fraternities and sororities co-educational life. Lectures and debates, poetry and read- aligned against the Greeks are only using ings all touch, the heart of most fraternities the cause of coeducation to meet an estab- will... take away many positive traditions... and sororities as literary societies. lished goal: abolishment of Greeks at Unfortunately, because of restrictions the Trinity. though, those choices have been slowly not think that everything "politically cor- College has placed upon the Greeks we are Sadly, by manipulating the.issue the taken away from me. The faculty and rect" is right. How is it that sororities are financially strapped. Parties are the most faculty has lessened He value of a coedu- administration have decided that we - 18, not considered politically correct but sin- effective way to gather income. When the cational institution. I know from personal 19, 20 and 21 year olds - are not able to gle-sex schools such as Mt. Holyoke and school asked all Greeks to go coed several experience that coeducation is a difficult make" mature decisions on our own — Smith are considered P.C. when their entire years ago only a few did willingly. Two hurdle but it is necessary and productive. although many of them were getting mar- institution lacks coeducation? We must years ago the school demanded the Greeks To all those still against coeducation I say ried when they were our age. This seems also remember that, not unlike fraternities go coed. They have waited until this year to you, why deny yourselves 50 percent of very hypocritical. and sororities, Trinity is selective in its to act. In the meantime the fire marshal has your potential? If you only admit half of Addressing the Greek issue directly, I admissions process. suddenly begun to cite problems of enor- the qualified people to your house then will tell you candidly that I feel sorry for When looking at the future of Greeks mous proportions and has effectively you are not allowing yourself your full the students at Trinity College. We came on campus I am hesitant. I see the faculty closed many houses. Whether the incon- potential. Coeducation has been a work- here, not only to get an education in the increasingly blaming the ills of the school sistencies between policy and action were ing principle at the Hall for years. Women book sense, but to grow as individuals and on fraternities. Fraternities and sororities deliberate is up for debate. and men can and should coexist. to gain insight and knowledge about how have become the scapegoats, not only at However, by limiting the Greeks on The future of the Greeks at Trinity is to make decisions about our life. If the fac- Trinity, but at schools across the country, campus the school has asked each to bear really unforeseeable. If I am right and the ulty and administration do not trust us to and Trinity has jumped on the bandwagon- considerable biirden for a job Trinity has issue is abolishment and not simply coed- make our own decisions here, then how no longer setting itself apart from other 1 neglected for so long. Now, because pub- ucation then this battle will be waged for are we ever going to survive in the "real institutions. Making fraternities and sorori- lic opinion is so anti-Greek the school is several more years. Trinity will have to go world?'* I firmly believe that the role of ties coeducational will not only take away scrambling to create this fajade of illegiti- through the motions of legitimacy just, as Greeks on campus is a positive one. Not many positive traditions that this school macy behind the fraternities using the issue they did these past two years. However if only does it offer a safe alternative social has evolved from, but it will also take away of coeducation as a rallying call. But what that point is reached the action taken will environment to the entire school, but it the students' rights of choice. What is has really occurred is that by limiting be only that: hollow motions. I do not trust gives its members organizational and lead- wrong with men being with men and Greeks on campus the school strengthened Trinity, the administration and certainly ership skills that the usual Trinity "educa- women being with women? We are inher- the ones that existed. Furthermore, by fail- the faculty in keeping the best interests of tion" does not always offer. If fraternity ently different and that can never be ing miserably in providing a social option the students in mind. parties did not exist at Trinity, I assure you changed. for students they have handed a great deal If students want Greek organizations that students would venture to off-campus Yes, we, as Greeks, will survive this of power to the Greeks. to stay they must be supports financially bars in Hartford. This would unnecessari- coeducational shift, because I personally Now we find the faculty united against through their alumni and by the students ly make students vulnerable to drunk driv- will not let the faculty and administration us, the Trustees disunited and an adminis- who patronize them. The best that can be ing accidents as well as possible unfriend- rob me of my rights. It is the students' tration that looks so feeble it is afraid to act hoped for is that all the Greeks will meet ly confrontations with local people. school - one where we are to learn and lest it upsets the pugnacious faculty or the the requirements asked of them and win One of the reasons I admired the mature, not only in the classroom, but in sle ariing giant of the Trustees. And in the this battle on their laurels: as providers of Greek system at this school, when I came, our extracurricular lives as well. It is not end it is the students who are hurt. No the only viable social option this school was the backseat it took in the students* fair to take this away from us. social options beside "an increased focus has. • . . THE TRINITY TRIPOD NEWS PAGE 7

NOVEMBER 2, 200^ MLK, Jr. and Cornerstone Project to Yield Change Administration Launches Ongoing Program to Set Goals, Improve Endowment Labor Days ASHLEY BELL "The president's cornerstone planning tee wanted to reach the students, and they NEWS WRITER group will then be putting together the rec- thought that going through the R.A.'s The Cornerstone Project, brought about ommendations and helping to prioritize would be easiest, so in a way we are the Recognized with the arrival of President Jimmy Jones, them in December and January, and we are residential life liaisons," she continued, "I Jr., is a way of accessing the entire campus hoping to pass the plan for this particular think the Cornerstone project is an interest- Academic Calendar Adjusted and examining every element of how the year on to the Board of Trustees this win- ing approach to get to know the campus. It EMMA BAYER school functions. It is a complete overview, ter." NEWS WRITER picking apart every system, every connec- With the hope of involving the entire tion, and every aspect of the college in campus in this project, it is very important Last week, President Jones announced hopes of improving it that will be ongoing. to reach out to the students. However, find- that, beginning next year, Trinity will begin By getting the opinions of students, faculty, ing ways of doing that can be difficult. to observe Martin Luther King Day and staff, and committee members, Jones hopes Currently there are 110 people who are Labor Day by no longer holding classes on to analyze the current progress of the directly involved in the Cornerstone those Mondays. In the past, Fall semester school and get an idea about what needs to Project. - has begun on Labor Day in September be done in order to improve each element "We are trying to reach as many [indi- while Martin Luther King Day often falls of the campus. viduals as possible] On campus, and we are during Spring semester. President Jones Dr. Sharon Herzberger, Vice President trying to reach the students through the worked' witft "several committees" to for Institutional Planning and very good work of the residential advisors. reschedule class days around these holi- Administration, is a major contributor to My hope is to reach 60 percent of the stu- days. "Classes will begin the Friday pre- this project. "The Cornerstone project is dents by the next week or two. We are glad ceding Labor Day to compensate for the important for a number of reasons," that so many students took the time to pro- Abi Moldover Monday holiday in September, and in those Herzberger commented, "We are examin- vide us with feedback about what they President jimmy Jones launched the years when Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ing seven key topics that are important to think is going well on campus and where Cornerstone Project this fall. may fall in the week that starts the spring the excellence of the college: teaching and they think improvement is needed," is hard to come into a new school without semester in January, classes will be held on research, diversity, information technology, Herzberger explained. knowing a lot of information about the the Friday preceding Martin Luther King, experiential education, the global agenda, The students have been tied into this campus. I feel that the last president had Jr. Day," Pres. Jones said in an e-mail to the the urban agenda, and capital improve- project through the aid of a simple survey, come in without a great deal of knowledge Trinity community. about the college and made an immediate Not holding classes on these days will The decision to begin school on the preceding diagnosis. So I am grateful that this project allow students, faculty, and administrative Fridays... belongs to the responsible faculty commit- is being put together, because I think this is staff to celebrate • these holidays. really the only way to really understand Previously, staff and faculty with young tee." - Jimmy Jones, President everything that is going on in the school." children have had difficulty with arranging Herzberger also stated that one of the child care on these national holidays. "It's ments [the state of the buildings and given out by the residential advisors across main objectives of this project was to put awesome that we have these days off," said grounds on campus]." campus. The survey results will compiled an ongoing plan into place. This plan Jen O'Donnell '06, "because both Fall and For each of these points, there is a com- by the Advisory Committee on the would allow the committees for this project Spring semester started on National mittee that is working to come up with Planning Process, which will pass them to evaluate the progress made on an annual Holidays." • . • ideas for improvements. The results of their along to the Cornerstone Advisory basis and incorporate new ideas into the "The decision'to begin school on the research will be part of a long-term plan, Committee. The CAC will then make rec- program. It is not as if we are putting a plan preceding Fridays rather than somewhere however their ideas will surface within the ommendations to the Cornerstone Planning together this fall that will be the same for- else in the two semesters (Trinity Days, an next month. "Those seven committees are Group. ever," said Herzberger. "On a campus with additional day at the end, wherever else) working assiduously and we hope they Alicia Diaz '06 is a residential advisor very creative people, we want the option to should have recommendations for us in for this year. "We each received surveys always have the flexibility to add new ideas see CALENDAR on page 10 early December," Herzberger continued, from Amy Howard. The planning commit- to our plan as they become available." Student Government Association Goldstein and Lanza Face Off can philosophy while employing Iraq, for example, Goldstein Minutes for November 1, 2004 MATT KOZLOWSKI a sharp wit and polished rebuttals. pushed the need for more allies, NEWS CONTRIBUTOR Frederick Alford, Dean of claiming that Bush has failed to i. Approval of last week's minutes Parking Last Tuesday night students Students, moderated, keeping build a sufficiently balanced Student Integrity Contact packed Terrace Room B for a time and introducing the speak- coalition. Lanza countered by II. Motion for approval of agenda- simulated debate between Isaac ers. Alford reminded students of slamming Kerry for disrespectful with addition of TJ Barber's VIII. Multicultural Affairs Goldstein, representing the Kerry Council announcements campaign, and Michael Lanza, "They were both good speakers, and a Cornerstone Committee representing the Bush campaign. HT. TJ Barber's renouncements Office of Multicultural" winner would* be hard to determine." The event, sponsored by VOID Miniiiip.ji event vviifi service repre- affairs- budget and Trinity College Republicans, - Stacy Jankauskas '05 sentatives on rumpus Hillel- alumni event added to the list of political events that have been organized IX. Budget Committee the importance of this event, stat- statements the senator made at Trinity during this presidential IV. Addition (if event discussion to Upcoming events ing that the election was mere about our current allies. agenda campaign. days away. Audience members The debate was tied most of X. Old Business Both speakers exhibited a were allowed to read their own the way through, although both V. Appiijvul of new ajient];1. ERC letter to Yale great deal of knowledge and abil- pre-submitted questions. The speakers experienced difficulty at IGC to co-sign ity, but it was clear that the two speakers gave three-minute the beginning. On the question of VI. Student Life C.ovtuniHee Motion passed to send to held vastly different opinions and answers followed by two-minute global warming, for instance, Rofoiin of shuttle s\sienis IGC Goldstein launched into a well- C;'v.o reforms "In politics, as in life, there is no such prepared critique of Bush's envi- JEscoit service Xi. New Business thing as a tie..." ronmental record, but he never Trinity Film Festival mentioned global wanning. VI. Afiuluinic Attains Committee. Committee - Liam McNeill '06 Lanza answered cautiously, giv- Faculty Honors Constitutiiiri approval ing the party line that action Library Hours President and 1 P each had a distinct debate style. rebuttals. should be preceded by further irainuncncluiion to Goldstein defended the democrat Questions ranged from global research. II1. Conimunil> Development Lippnivc, in tall position with a passionate and warming to reproductive rights, Essentially, the first quarter Committee Passed bvSCiA hi full the speakers being polarized on Transportation endearing approach. Lanza, on the other hand, presented republi- almost every issue. Regarding see STUDENTS on page 8 PAGE 8 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - NOVEMBER 2, 2004 Students Represent Candidates, Issues continued from page 7 The main exception to this trend came of the debate featured Goldstein sacrificing when Goldstein broke away from the party Student Sexually Assaulted focus to present his pre-prepared arguments line and sharply criticized George Bush's and Lanza remaining smooth and on topic choices during Vietnam - a tactic that A Trimly student was sexually assaulted at 1:30 a.m. on but having yet to make a stirring point. Kerry has intentionally avoided throughout Sunday. Oct. }]. A question on reproductive rights was the campaign. The student, whose identity remains confidential, reported the posed to Lanza and painted Bush as weak The debate ended after an hour. The incident id Campus Safety and the Hartford Police have been on women's rights. Lanza looked to be at a speakers made closing statements, in which notified. An investigation is underway. disadvantage, but he quoted precise facts to both thanked and praised the other. "Mike go on the offensive, stating, for example, is a hell of a debater, and it was a privilege The perpetrators were described as college-age, but the stu- that Kerry was one of only a few senators to debate him," said Isaac Goldstein '05. dent expressed doubts as to whether they attend Trinity. If any- to oppose a ban on partial birth abortions. The audience applauded both debaters. one has knowledge about the perpetrators, he or she should noti- Goldstein rebutted by claiming that a sec- "The event was really good for getting fy Campus Safety or the HPD. ond Bush term would lead to a vote to over- the two sides on campus together at one turn Roe v. Wade - a point on which Lanza time so they could really clash," said wholeheartedly disagreed. Goldstein. The debaters went on to answer ques- Student opinions were mixed, but most Local TV Station Leaves Trinity tions about the cost of higher education, agreed on the talent of the speakers. Stacy civil liberties, and gay marriage. On the Jankauskas '05 remarked that "they were At Campus Safety's Request The event was really good for getting the two sides on campus together at once so they could really clash." Channel 3 News sent a news team to Trinity on Tuesday to - Isaac Goldstein '05 investigate reports of the sexual assault that was perpetrated this weekend on campus. They approached the Tripod and a member' of the Sexual Assault Response Team in search of information issue of gay marriage Lanza referred to both good speakers and a winner would be about the crime. The reporters did not get information from public opinion, arguing that most hard to determine." either source. Americans, including John Kerry, support McNeill disagreed, "I heard from stu- the current definition of marriage. In- dents on both sides after the debate that The reporters then stood outside Mather to ask passing stu- response, Goldstein asserted that America they were impressed by both, and I agree. dents if they had any information about the sexual assault until needed to have a conversation about gay In politics, as in life, there is no such thing Campus Safety was called and asked them to leave. marriage, and that George Bush was not as a tie. That said, Mike Lanza won," he The Tripod reminds students with any information about the interested in such a conversation. said. sexual assault to keep it confidential from news sources in order Halfway through the debate it became Alford added that "One had to be clear that Lanza was speaking to a hostile impressed by the preparation of the speak- to protect the young woman's privacy. crowd. While the Trinity College ers and the intentness of the audience." Republicans represented a strong contin- Alex Gordon '05 placed the debate gent, the audience was dominated by liber- within the larger context of student Trinity Students Targeted on Allen als. Despite the fact that Alford had involvement. "I was encouraged that the Early Sunday morning, a car drove up and down Allen Place instructed the viewers to remain complete- College Democrats, Republicans and with passengers hanging out of the windows and sunroof firing ly silent throughout the debate, several ' VOID put the event together and that the times during Lanza's statements murmur- turnout was so good." He continued, paintball and BB guns at Trinity students as they headed to ing and snickering could be heard from "Trinity students are' getting worked up social events. Students were hit with both forms of ammunition, causing There are those who decry students' apathy, but I minor injuries. wish they could have witnessed this event." - Frederick Alford, Dean of Students Trinity Grad Runs for President audience members. "His content was about this election, and I hope that passion sneered and jeered at from the partisan carries over into how they approach crowd," said Liam McNeill '06, a member Trinity-specific issues as well." Bill Van Aukcn '72 Lh running as the ;- of the College Republicans. Alford mirrored his sentiments, Socialist hqiuilily Party's candidate for j • While the speakers did not actually pre- remarking that, "There are those who decry President. tend to be Bush and Kerry, they were gen- Trinity students' apathy, but I wish they : erally on target. On the economy, one could have witnessed this event." Van Auken appears on the ballot in a ! could almost believe that the candidates "It was a great event because the total oi'i'ivc states whose elecroral voles themselves had come to Trinity. Goldstein •turnout was so high. In a time like this total 52. heralded the middleclass; Lanza defended when passions are running high with this small businesses. Lanza defended tax cuts; election, it's good to see that Trinity Goldstein attacked them. College is no exception," said Goldstein. s nrj; Bill Van Auken 72

o Tomato Shortage Affects Trinity In a recent leUet from Chart wells' Director of Operations. ^ 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 3,2004, Wean Toby Chenette. it states that due to various circumstances -,-j Terrace Room B Chiirtwells will be cutting back on its tomato purchases by f>0 ^_ Paul Hoffman, *The Women of Juarez percent. Hurricanes in Rorida. a pest in Mexico, and a poor har- and Ending Violence Against Women * vest in California are all contributing to the shortage and high cost of the current tomato crop. Additionally, the tomatoes dial 3. 4 P-m. to 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, Wean have managed to survive, are of relatively low quality. c: Terrace Room B Chartuells" decision to reduce the amount it spends on toma- n> International Human Rights Day toes and. therefore, the quantity it purchases is based upon the above factors. "It makes no sense 10 spend three limes the money normally spent for a very low quality product." Chcnncte wrote. It is presumed that the tomato problem will last only Human Rights Program through the end of November. NOVEMBER 2, 2004 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD NEWS PAGE 9

100 YEARS OF THE TRIPOD - NOVEMBER 5, 199.6 Ralph Nader Addresses Crowd at Austin Arts Green Party Presidential Candidate Delivers an Atypical Campaign Speech During Two Day

ERNESTO C. ANGUILLA '99 American "merchant class" has trampled corporate executive makes 185 times an crowd after proposing an alternative to our MEWS EDITOR on other common interests throughout his- entry-level employee as opposed to 50- current system of electing officials. He pro- Last Wednesday, October 30, Green tory through acts like slavery and child years ago when the rate was 12 times. posed that if voters are not satisfied with Party Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader labor. "Congress allows these interests to Nader also accused the Democratic and their choices, they should have the option paid a visit to Trinity as part of a two day take over because they are filling their Republican parties of failing to give a to vote for "none of the above." If this non- campaign, swing through. Connecticut. campaign coffers," said Nader. According viable choice to the voters. "They try to selection ends up winning, the candidates Nader, who has been visible in American to him, this self-serving system of govern- defeat each other by trying to look more would be turned back and another election politics for years as a consumer advocate, ment coupled with a fundamental lack of and more like each other," he said. FT claimed to be running for the highest office understanding among elected officials over This statement struck a chord because of the failure of our two-party sys- what their role in history is creates a with some of the more partisan tem. bureaucracy which does not benefit the members of the audience. "It is Nader was received in the Austin Arts public. not fair to say that the Democrats Center by a sizable crowd of students, fac- Throughout his speech, Nader consis- and Republicans look alike," ulty and members of the local community. tently used a metaphorical "yardstick" to commented Ben Barry '99, presi- dent of the Trinity College I'm so excited to Hear from someone who stands up Democrats, "If that were true, the Democrats would have gone for the environment and social equality like Ralph along with the Republicans hi cut- Nader.", -PaigeMcGinley'99 ting environmental regulation and other such issues." Barry agreed with many of the "I'm so excited to hear from someone who make his points. He said that officials today points Nader made throughout his stands up for the environment and social. think that a six percent unemployment rate speech, but wanted to make it equality like Ralph Nader," said Paige is acceptable. "Would Harry Truman or clear that he felt that the McGinley '99 before the speech. She Dwight Eisenhower be O.K. with six per- Democrats were doing a much already promised her vote to Nader before cent unemployment," questioned Nader, "I better job of representing the he even began talking. "I'm disappointed don't think so." common American's interest. that Bill Clinton has deserted the left- Nader said we should be' looking at Barry also pointed out the fact wing," she explained. more important indicators of economic that the Democratic Party is large- Nader began his address by blasting the growth rather than the ones politicians have ly supported by labor unions. Alex Cukor current influence of special interest groups been handing to us. "Why aren't we look- "Labor money and interests are Ralph Nader made a campaign stop at Trinity on legislators. "If the corporate interest ing at what has to be the most important the antithesis of corporate money last Wednesday and rallied Green Party Gohorts groups can't stop passage of legislation, yardstick: 23 percent of our nation's chil- and interests," he said. with new candidates would be slated for 30 they'll try to stop enforcement of that leg- dren are living in poverty," he said. Similarly, Trinity College Republicans' days after that election day. islation," said Nader. Another of Nader's yardsticks was a President Dari Sylvester '98 agreed with Nader promised that if the Green Party He then commented on how the statistic he provided saying that today, a Nader's overall call for reform, but did not were ever to take power, they would fight think he was a viable candidate. "I agree for this provision. "We need to improve our with Mr. Nader's stress on civic duty in voting percentage," he said, "The only way order to provide the most democratic gov- to do that is to get better choices than the Ticket Network ernment," she said, "but I don't think that is bad and the worse." something that should be mandated by the On an unexpected tangent, Nader government." denounced the Scholastic Aptitude Test Sylvester also stated that she would not (SAT) and other such standardized testing Still going to School and looking to get a head be confident with Nader on issues relating methods. He believes that these are lazy start on your career? We have positions for you. to foreign policy, due to his apparent inex- ways for corporate administrators and perience in that area. Putting these criti- executives to discern between applicants' Work at a growing high tech company located in cisms aside, though, she was quite qualities. "It's like testing overall athletic Vernon, Connecticut. At Ticket Network you impressed with his speech and career. "He skills with badminton," explained Nader, has done a great deal of good for our soci- "if you don't perform well in badminton, can customize your, work schedule and gain valu- ety," she said. they assume you have poor athletic skills in able work experience. We are in need of: Nader received a loud ovation from the general." Campus Mock Election Customer Service Representatives - B2B and Shows Kerry as Favorite B2C continued from page 1 see that... I'm hoping it'll buck the trends them. Our findings represent a major of the past. Anything more than what we revival of student political engagement." have now would be an improvement." HTML - Web Editor Young voters are easy to ignore, The New York Times cites one expert according to Political Science Professor who estimates that no more than 50 percent George Gallo. Candidates "look at polls of new registrants will actually show up to Graphic Designer and they know very clearly the demograph- the polls on Election Day. ics that vote and they tailor their messages The IOP survey reflected what Gallo toward them," he said, commenting on the hopes will occur; 72 percent of students Junior Business Analyst traditionally low voter turnout among reported that they will "definitely" vote on young adults. Nov. 2. "It really should be a case where the Gallo cited issues like the Iraq war in youth ... should unite because ... if they contributing to what he anticipates will Data Miner - Cold Calling Required vote en masse, they will see a change, and spark young adults' slight increase in inter- the issues they care about will come to the. est in the upcoming election. "It's in the forefront," Gallo pointed out. forefront because it effects them directly Candidates should have SAT scores above 1200, The New York Times reported an and there are other things out there like increase in voter registration, especially in whether there's going to be a draft or not," or a GMAT score above 600, and a 3.3 or greater swing states, often to record high levels. he said. 'It's good to see them getting GPA. Most of these positions have a starting According to the article, many registrants semi-involved with that issue." are young voters. According to the IOP, the war in Iraq is rate of $12.00 per hour. Please use application "[An] increase in voter registration the most or second most important issue for doesn't always lead to a direct correlation 38 percent of college students, topped only process on www.ticketnetwork.com/careers. with more people voting at the polls," cau- by the economy, which was ranked first or tions Gallo. "I'm hoping that finally we'll second by 42 percent of college students. PAGE 10 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - NOVEMBER 2, 2004 NewsPROM Calendar Changes Honor Holidays continued from page 7 on those days," said Jared "an effort [on Trinity's part] to belongs to the responsible faculty Hoffman '07. remove itself from society." committee," said Pres. Jones. Returning to school is "so Recent efforts at Trinity like last Classes held on the Fridays pre- hectic," said Lindsay Dakan '07. year's Dialogue Day, and the ceding the two holidays will fol- "It was nice to have that weekend effort to recognize the importance Middlebury: Nov. 1 -6, Middlebury will host its low a Monday schedule "to com- to settle in before classes." of the holiday, show that Trinity third annual "Accessibility Awareness Week." The pensate for the fact that the Sebastian Ebarb '06 said that has "stepped back and looked at event began three years ago as a project for a biolo- College will not be in session on gy seminar entitled, "Neural Disorders: Individuals, Labor Day," said a school-wide e- The school needs to use more tact..." Family and Society." The weekly events will consist mail from Interim Dean of - Sebastian Ebarb '05 Faculty, Frank Kirkpatrick, Dean of films, personal stories, dance events, and a wheel- of Students, Frederick Alford, and a-thon. All activities except for the main dance per- Registrar, Patricia McGregor. he is glad Trinity has decided to where we are in the world," says formance are free and open to the public. "By starting classes on the observe these holidays but is "not Ebarb. 'This is nice for students Wesleyan: Wesleyan's WESU-FM, one of the Friday before these holidays, and necessarily for starting classes on and Martin Luther King, Jr." nation's oldest non-commercial radio stations, is treating it as a Monday, we ensure these Fridays. It is an awkward I think it is vastly important, that there are 12 unbroken [five time period [for moving into especially since we are ranked so considering affiliation with a National Public Radio consecutive class days] weeks," dorms], especially for parents high in the Princeton Review for station in Connecticut. The idea behind the merger said Dean Ronald Spencer, a who have jobs." As with taking racial tension, that we celebrate would be to unite good public radio with good stu- member of the faculty committee away a Trinity Day in 2003 for Martin Luther King Day," says dent broadcasting and give the students a chance to that retooled the school calendar Dialogue Day, Ebarb worries that Sarah Carter '06. gain knowledge from broadcasting professionals to allow for these two holidays. the school may turn students Pres. Jones found "not against the idea of celebrating along with producing their own programs. The 12 unbroken weeks are nec- observing Martin Luther King, essary for science classes that Martin Luther King Day of Labor Jr.'s national holiday at Trinity Connecticut College: Estelle Parsons, Academy have many lab sessions. Other Day. "The school needs to use unacceptable to me since that Award-winner and Conn. College alumnus class of options that were discussed and more tact in dealing with events national holiday honors one of the '49, is to be inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame discarded were taking away the like this." truest heroes our nation's history this coming January. Additionally, Parsons has been Monday Trinity Day or adding a Ebarb had approached former has ever produced." selected to give the keynote address at the school's In the past, Martin Luther 87th Commencement Ceremony this May. "... it is important that the College is ... King Day has been observed at Trinity in ways other than class Tufts: Tony Smith, a Tufts political science profes- allowing students to observe [these holidays]" cancellation. "IMANI celebrates sor, argued against an essay that was published in - Jared Hoffman 07 MLK Day, and the former presi- Foreign Affairs magazine. In his reaction, Smith con- dent of the Black Student Union tends that the war in Iraq was more about power used to lead a march to remember than a genuine effort to bring democracy to the day at the end of the semester. President Richard Hersch about this man who did great things for America, and for the many others Iraqis. The author of the original article, Larry "I think it is important that the not holding classes on Martin College is taking the importance Luther King Day and received a who deserve recognition," says Diamond, had been an advisor to the now disband- of these holidays and allowing favorable response, but no action Ebarb. And Hillel hosts an ed Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad. students to observe them instead was taken. Ebarb saw not honor- Interfaith Shabbat and dinner to of starting classes both semesters ing Martin Luther King Day as celebrate Dr. King's life.

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•»w» •m (&UIBEB ©TUMDE U C3EUEBMATE TJHL ALLIE SHEAN older brother's ninja costume made you JULIET IZON semester spent deep in discussion over Job, FEATURES WRITER the coolest kid in school? Or when it FEATURES EDITOR Esther, and everybody else in the Old So this year's ghoulish events have wasn't acceptable to wear nothing but a This year marks the 25th anniversary of Testament. come and gone, giving us all the chance to bra and animal ears and call it a costume? Trinity's Guided Studies program, the first Faculty seem to enjoy teaching Guided sit and reflect on the stupid ways we Yeah, those days are over - so stop cry- of the First-Year Gateway programs creat- Studies classes as well, as the dynamic of dressed, danced, and behaved. Did he real- ing, take off your shirt, throw on some ed. On Homecoming weekend, former and the class is different than many others. ly go as Richard Simmons? Was she really bunny ears, and get used to it. current Guided Studies students and pro- Mark Silk, who has taught" the Guided wearing nothing under that coat? Was It's funny how much things have fessors will gather together for a dinner to Studies history class in recent years there actually a kid dressed up as changed since we were of trick-or-treat- commemorate the event. remarked, "It's a pleasure teaching students Lonesome George, the greatest of all Giant ing age. While a girl was once able to Unlike freshmen seminars, Guided who are both eager to participate in class Galapagos Tortoises? Yeah, a big no on conservatively pull off dressing up as a Studies students, or G-studs as they may discussions and who, thanks to previous that last one, most likely because Vernon nurse at the age of eight, she now looks lovingly refer to themselves, take nine courses in the sequence, bring so much rel- St. isn't conducive to a large turtle shell... like something straight out of a teenage- classes over three semesters related to the evant common knowledge to the table." but a girl can dream. boy's fantasy. It might have helped not to rise and progress of Western civilization. Professor Frank Kirkpatrick echoes the Remember those good old days when have worn the same costume she did Classes range from studying the Bible with same sentiment. "Personally, teaching in you could dress up as a present, and not when she was eight, but you never know. Religion professor Larry Lyke to the inten- the program is the best experience I've had have to worry that someone would try to sive English classes taught by Sheila Fisher at Trinity, mainly because of the quality of "un-wrap" you? When borrowing your see EVERYDAY on page 13 and Milla Riggio. students that we attract to do it." As the Although, as many who are enrolled in courses are so integrated with each other - the program can tell you, the work is defi- Professors Kassow and Riggio actually sit nitely rigorous, most emerge from this in on each other's classes - each class whirlwind survey of Western culture with a flows smoothly into the next. pretty profound understanding of every- Moreover, from personal experience. I thing that they have studied. can say that having nine classes with the Said Erin Close '07, "I think that this same group of students means that you get program is pretty much the epitome of a to know everybody very well, which makes liberal education. The subjects that we class discussions that much more interest- study should be standard knowledge and ing. As English professor Sheila Fisher the philosophers and writers that we read said, "I'm the one who feels like the first- 1 - • affected everyone else who thought or year student [on the first day of class] when 1 wrote after them. It's all still very relevant I enter"the room because everyone already to what is gbin^ on in the world today." knows" e'acri other." And as a member of the program myself, I So, as I am wont to do when it is 2:30 www.shutterfly.com can tell you that there is no biblical refer- These warriors probably have more Scotch than Scottish in them. ence that I can't find in literature after a see WESTERN on page 13 THINK YOU DID A LOT BCFORC COLLCGC? THINK AGAIN. Freshman Tyler Sparrow Discusses His Time as a Marine, His Travels, and Why He's Voting for Bush ... Again

STEFANIE LOPEZ-BOY TS: One of my best friends a school you have to go to become country a bit; we STAFF WRITER graduated from here last year and a Recon. Marine. would go on the This week, staff writer I have a cousin who is a sopho- From there we trained all over ships and do Stefanie Lopez-Boy interviewed more now, so I have been here the place in anticipation of training on the freshman Tyler Sparrow on his quite a bit. I love the campus and deployment. I have been to a ton boats. We very unique pre-college experi- the academic reputation is really of different countries. After would do urban ences. Sparrow served in the good. It's close to home, but not Okinawa we did a month deploy- missions in Marines for over four years too close - I'm from Rhode ment to the island of Vieques in Richmond, Va. before matriculating at Trinity Island. It's also the best school I Puerto Rico to control the protests and Dayton, this fall. What follows is a tran- got into. down there. Then I went to Ohio, which Bridgeport, Calif, for about six were neat. I did ... one thing I did learn in the Marines weeks and did cold weather train- them in recon- ing and tons of snowbound opera- naissance. Basically you was how to live with people completely tions. insert yourself different from me. - Tyler Sparrow '08 I was also stationed in North in a clandestine Carolina between trips. After manner, observe California, we went to Norway and gather infor- script of their conversation. TT: When did you go into the for a month for a huge multi- mation and set ^ J J o Abi Moldover Trinity Tripod: How does it Marines? How long were you in national training operation, like a s Sparrow traded in his combat boots for books. feel to be 23 and a freshman? the service? What did you do mock war with different countries out without any- Tyler Sparrow: It's not all while you were there? involved. For a month I was liv- one knowing you were even there. We were there for two weeks. We that bad. I can't tell the difference TS: I went to boot camp in ing in snow caves on top of moun- It was really sneaky, but we got to went to Malta for a week of just sometimes. It was nice to see that September of 1999 and I got out partying; it was the best time I people didn't seem like they were last Oct. 24, so four years and For a month I was living in snow caves ever had. We headed up to judging me at all. I'm not going three months. When I went in I Albania for ten days and did a to say it's weird, because one signed up for basic infantry. I was on top of mountains. It was pretty wild. training op patrolling to the thing I did learn in the Marines an anti-tank guided missile man. - Sparrow mountains. Then we headed was how to live with people com- I did a deployment to Okinawa through the Suez Canal to the pletely different from me. It has- and was there for six months. United Arab Emirates arid did a n't been all that bad. I don't have While I was there I did a screen- tains. It was pretty wild. dress up Eke bums and wander maintenance operation there; we a roommate because I asked for a ing to join a reconnaissance unit, When I came back, we were around the cities. basically did nothing but sweat single and I don't think they had a so when I came home I joined the attached to the Marine There were three ships in the Then we were stationed in problem giving it to me. second reconnaissance battalion Expeditionary Unit for Iraq and MEU when we were deployed. Djibouti, Africa and sweated IT: Why did you decide to and went to Amphibious began training for our deploy- We crossed the Atlantic and come to Trinity? Reconnaissance School, which is ment. We bounced around the stopped at Crete then flew to Iraq. see MILITARY on page 17 NOVEMBER 2, 2004 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD FEATURES PAGE 13 (Civ MDM CttMML continued from page 12 Around tri hit v and was whittled down to nine, that there be younger- faculty who a.m. and I'm still 100 pages from the last of which is an elective will make the same commitment finishing Turgenev's Fathers and course; the only requirement is to the program that older faculty Breaking the Golden Rule Sons, -1 find myself questioning that it relates to Western civiliza- have made. In this regard, it is On All Hallow's Eve Eve, two girls took their cos- why this program was created in tion in some way. Although the very encouraging that such tumes a little too seriously. AT witnessed a fight the first place. program has changed over this younger faculty as Sarah Harrell, between not one, but two birthday girls, who were . After some research, I found last quarter of a decade, the cur- Larry Lyke, Jonathan Elukin, and turning 1 and 4, respectively. The four year old out that in the late 1970s, riculum remains pretty standard, Johannes Evelein are teaching in Professors Frank Kirkpatrick, got the best shot, but was then forced to apologize in part because all four founding the program, or will be doing so Milla Riggio, Drew Hyland, and faculty members still teach some in the fall." in order to re-enter the establishment in which she Sam Kassow, along with Dean had been consuming large amounts of apple juice. Ronald Spencer, collaborated on "It's a pleasure teaching students who ... After her time out in the corner, she now knows the idea of an interdisciplinary bring so much relevant common knowl- that she was a very, very bad girl. major in Modern European Culture. However, they realized edge to the table." - Prof. Mark Silk that no student would be able to Join the Paint Gang handle all that this major would of the classes and others remain Guided Studies is certainly a Whether it was because of gang initiation night or entail without a sufficient back- dedicated as well. Said Fisher, unique way to spend the first just a rowdy bunch of artistes, AT is still not sure, ground in earlier European histo- "except when I've been on leave, three, semesters of college. And, but either way, paintballers were seen on Allen Pi. ry, literature, religion, and philos- I've taught the course every year hopefully, the lessons learned in ophy. Thus, the first iteration of since 1985, and I look forward to its classes can carry on through- targeting unsuspecting victims. So, if you saw Guided Studies was created as a it every spring." out a student's Trinity career. paint splattered party goers, no, that was not a program for freshmen and sopho- With the program's hopeful Said Riggio, "It allows excel- costume. Unless it was the incredible Hulk. mores who were interested in the continuation for a long time to lent students an opportunity to European Culture major. come, current Guided Studies create a community of fellow stu- Although the plan for the major Dude Looks Like a Lady professors only hope that younger dents among themselves, which never came to fruition, the professors who have just started can help not only in their own At a Vernon St. establishment on Friday night, AT Guided Studies program teaching continue their legacy. classes but with the overall was there to see one of the most ... interesting remained of interest to many, and . Dean Spencer said, "When the atmosphere of learning at the fights of the weekend. Not only were two gentle- was kept as a permanent option four founders and I-were working College. I see my Guided Studies- for interested first-year students. to design the program, I don't students in Austin Arts. I see man fighting over the hand of a lady, but one was • Originally, the program con- think- any of us imagined it would them at work on the Tripod. actually dressed like a lady. If you have never sisted of 13 classes, although, as still be going strong 26 years They are an active, caring, time went by, it was found to be seen an angry cross-dressing cheerleader, com- later. If it is to continue to do so involved group — in the Tutorial too much of a time commitment plete with pigtails, being held back by his frat over the longer run, it is essential College and elsewhere." buddies, then you have not lived — at Trinity.

Stay Away from My Booooo-ks! We all know that the library is haunted by the continued from page 12 dying to use, BABE-raham. glasses, and put Kick-Me signs ghosts of -witches that were hanged on Gallows Even the beloved pumpkin cos- This Halloween, I decided to on my back. It was like middle Hill. But AT was shocked to find that you can tume becomes scandalous when stop hiding the person I truly am, school all over again. I did man- actually see one during Halloween weekend float- placed on the body of a college grabbed a calculator and a pair of age to get her back later in the ing ominously in the second story window of the student. glasses, and dressed up as a night when I stole her boyfriend library. Now library phobics have a real excuse to Halloween parties provide the "nerd." I swear just wearing sus- and beat her in the Battle of the perfect opportunity for girls to penders made me 10 times Bands, Revenge-of-the-Nerds stay away. dress as skankily cute as possible, smarter. Plus, I've determined style. while giving guys the chance to that I can never again go out Afterwards, we made our way Superman Ruins the Day show they have some sense of without my pocket calculator. towards Vernon, where we had AT is all about creative costumes, but when you humor, or if it suits them, to By having it with me all night, I the pleasure of attending several dress as skankily cute as possi- was able to calculate the oppor- functions, which might have mess with the best, die-hard fans are bound to get ble. And Trin students never fail tunity cost of nearly every deci- sucked had everyone not been in upset. A Superman impersonator on Saturday to act out on such an occasion, sion I made. Did some find it costume. Really, I think every- night wreaked havoc by whipping her "Bat-erang" which is why I will never stop weird that there was some ran- thing could be made better by out of her Batman utility belt at inoppurtune loving them. On Saturday night, dom girl in the corner of a frat dressing up. moments and swinging it dangerously around in one couldn't walk three feet trying to figure out what the For instance, would you be without running into some drunk square root of 6 more beers was? unhappy taking that exam that's circles, taking many a tiara with it. She didn't girl dressed as a fairy or a guy Perhaps, but you were dressed as worth 40 percent of your grade if seem to care that 1) Superman didn't have a jumping around in an ape suit. a member of an 80s hair band - you were wearing an astronaut Batman utility belt and 2) you're not going to get There were firefighters who so shut up. suit? I think not. much play if those around you risk personal claimed to put out ... fires, con- To celebrate All-Hallows- All in all, it was a great struction workers galore, and injury. Eve, I went "room-hopping" with Halloween. I danced, laughed, even Big Bird decided to make my roommates. One of them, and calculated with the best of an appearance. we'll call her "Buliet," was them. That, plus I saw a possum The Best of the Best The only thing the night was dressed as a cheerleader and kept while walking home. Those Not only were there two students dressed as missing was someone dressed as trying to trip me, knock off my things are crazy. birthday girls this holiday weekend, there were Teen Wolf. Oh no, wait, there also two Quail-JVlen from "Doug." AT is actually WAS someone dressed as Teen speechless. Other favorites included: the Wolf! One of the greatest things American Gladiators, Harry Carey, Super Mario about Halloween is that it allows and a mushroom to jump on, Teenage Mutant you to use those cheesy pick-up Ninja Turtles wearing one-piece pajamas, and a lines you've been working on all few Jesuses (damn heretics). P.S. No one seemed year. Yeah, you all know what to pay any attention to last -week's Top 10. I'm talking about. Stumbling up to some girl dressed as a cop, stating, "Officer, I've been AT HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE: baaaaaad ... real baaaaaad. The Tripod is looking for individuals willing to be Ready to take me downtown?" is set up on a blind date and write about their actually acceptable. Just make experiences (anonymously). We'll even be so nice sure it is a girl you're talking to, as to cover a $40 dinner for you and your date. and not that Campus Safety offi- cer who wrote you up last week- That's 20 bucks each — don't go getting greedy. If end. On that note, I'm hoping interested, contact us at [email protected]. A someone will dress up as bad date Trail at least make a good article. Abraham Lincoln next year — Sarah Liftman cause I've got a line I've been An American Gladiator battles a G.L Jama! outside of Pike. Oct. 17, 1960 I Campaign Discussed in Athenaeum Forum Nixon, Bosk Rogers Attend 11 :oo Service Vice President Richard M. | Nov. 3, 1936 Nixon, in Hartford this weekend I Tripod Endorses Wilkie Over Roosevelt The Athenaeum held an open meeting in the Lounge on Monday evening, for strategy talks, made a sur- October 26, at which defenders f the two major political parties discussed the mer- prise visit to the campus today. Oct. 29, 1940 its and faults of President Roosevelt and Governor Landon. After they finished, He attended the 11 a.m. Chapel Although the Tripod has endeavored always to adhere to its policy as the organ of campus activities and as the newspaper of Trinity College, the editors feel that the the audiennce asked and answered questions, cast aspersions, resented misinterpre- service with Attorney General coming presidential decision of millions of Americans is not apart from the interests of this college. As students of a liberal arts institution founded on the principles of dem- tatios, booed and cheered, and generally enjoyed itself. William Rogers, Senator ocratic education, we are a vital factor in the preservation and maintenance of those principles. Prescott Bush and President At 9:30 p.m., the previously agreed time, the meeting closed. Professor Taylor Granting the contributions, of Mr. Roosevelt in social reforms and in the formation of an active foreign policy, we are firmly convinced that the election of Wendell Jacobs. asked if there was anyone who had changed his opinion regarding his choice for Wilkie on November 5, will accomplish the task which is of supreme importance at the present time. The task is the speedy and efficient rearming of this country. It is eas- the election because of the discussion, but no one would admit that his opponents' Even Dr. Jacobs had not 1 ily a four-year job. If the foreign policy of Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Hull, and the great majority of Americans is to be followed, it is talks had been so convincing. The audience adjourned to the cafeteris and to their known definitely whether Nixon $ absolutely necessary that the United States be able to withstand belligerent attacks and to act with economic freedom. If England rooms still arguing with each other. was coming until two minutes | is to be aided in their fight against aggression, if the Atlantic ocean is to be made safe for allied shipping, this country must either before the service. Hardly any $ take up arms itself or back up those countries trying to stave off the murderous punishment of totalitarian force. Moral support students witnessed the nomi- | Ribicoff Predicts Victory for McGovern is not enough. She must aid with food and steel. nee's arrival to church shortly || Nov. 6, 1972 Mr. Roosevelt has shown conclusively that he his unwilling or unable to cooperate with big business. Big business does not after 11. Chaplain J. Moulton | Speaking at Trinity Wednesday, Senator Abraham Ribicoff claimed the Nixon mean Wall Street. It means the great industrial enterprises of the nation which convert our vast supply of raw materials into use- Thomas stressed in the sermon administration has failed to discuss the issues of the 1972 campaign. ful products - useful products which England needs. The Roosevelt administration has been characterized by the endless pro- the need for "Christian maturity" The Connecticut Democrat told the audience of 300 in the Washington Room cession of labor and industrial leaders to and from the White House. Mr. Roosevelt thinks that perhaps he can run their busi- as the basis for understanding. I that the Republicans were running a campaign based no on President Nixon's record nesses much better than they can, he has painted their kind as the bloodthirsty bully of the little shop owner. He has patted the He also offered several prayers in office but rather on the false issue of patriotic support for the office of President. laborer's sweaty brow and told him that his wages are unfair and that his boss does not interest himself in the welfare of his for the candidate. employee. Mr. Roosevelt has more than any one man alienated the two greatest economic forces in the strongest corporation ony the face of the earth. The evils of ten years' ago have been blamed on big business in general. Those evils were in a large parti Carter and Reagan Run Event in Connecticut committed by high powered financiers and Wall Street jugglers but that rotten core has been exposed. I Nov. 4, 1980 Mr. Wilkie stands plainly and simply for industrial efficiency, decentralization of power in view of the overwhelming author-1 By James Moore One Vote Swings Faculty to Nixon ity vested in the executive chair at present, active cooperation with labor, and an administration which promises the extermina-i Reagan will fight the country's economic woes Reese [Deputy State coordinator tion of political steam rollers. Mr. Roosevelt can not even promise these things without admitting he means to clean up his own j of the Carter campaign] observed, with a tax cut that Business Week said would be Oct. 10, 1960 ticket. www e[ u a "disaster for the economy." Carter on the other hand, plans to fight inflation in part The Trinity faculty appears about evenly split over The number of registered Democrats interviewed administration. Wendell Wilkie, 1940 presidential candidate. with a system of tax breaks that offer real incentives for manufacturers to keep Messrs. Kennedy and Nixon, according to a poll taken by outnumbered the registered Republicans 25-21. This wages and prices low. More importantly, Reese commented, Carter offers students The Tripod today. ratio, incidentally, holds true for the rest of the country. both financial assistance and "the chance to grow and pursue a career without the Sixty-seven men, or precisely two-thirds of the facul- Twenty-one people listed themselves as unaffiliated with Campus Mock Elections Results threat of war." ty, disclosed their preferences. The results: Nixon, 27; either party. Kennedy, 26; undecided, 14. By and large those registered as either Democrats or completely. Nearly eight percent of the students Who X 6 The outcome reflects to a remarkable extent the opin- Republicans did not cross party lines. Only two Eisenhower 76.4.%. Stevenson.-; .•/;• r" ••:'•• 9 4 •'. voted merely wrote "No" on their ballot. Another four In the News ions of voters across the nation. The latest Gallup polls Democrats strayed into the Nixon camp. A lone Johnson^G).4%; 34.8% Goldwater percent of the ballots had the names of other candi- Sept. 18, 1984 dates written in. ',•—••;.:•- • • ' '• ••• •...; : reveal that Kennedy leads Nixon by a hair's breadth, but Republican was found in the Kennedy column. Those 18.1%;Undecided 5.4% :- :^F• vviC;:v: Ordy tenM the 67-voting faculty members ypted By Christina M. Gonzalez emphasize the fact that a large bloc of the electorate registered as unaffiliated cast seven votes each for Nixon ..' The Committee for•Eisenhower conducted a poll for Republicans Barry Golidwater and; William filler 1984 is not being viewed as a social-issue election. Economic factors seem to be : : : remains undecided. In the case of Trinity, a full 20 per and Kennedy. Five registered Democrats and two regis- of the Trinity; students Monday night. Attempting to forpresidentahd'yiee-presideht: :; : '••.:) :::: ;,,/; ^:;:-;./:"•.\ :; ^ -.2060 • " ••;"'• ::\.\''\:/! in the forefront in the decision-making process of most of the electorate. This is not cent fell into the -undecided category. .•,.-. tered Republicans said they were undecided. , to deny that certain religious groups have been extremely successful in making reli- Made Weak Showing •''•.; • <' '•<', Past Voting Record ' -;;-:••"' •••;";i-^i- ; : J y: : ::: p : : : :! '•gibtesissues highly visible. Advocates of single-issue politics such as the Moral Nixon made a weak sowing when these results are Further confirmation of party loyalty was the voting "Brown'3 ;vt)tes '';:"'' : "''"};".'••-; "-• """' X::"' Majority's Jerry Falwell, could possibly make an impact in certain states. contrasted with The Tripod's sampling of student opinion behavior of faculty members in 1952 and 1956. Asked j Nixon 26.3%; "No" ;•"••:. Al Gore was the overwhelming winner of yester- One advantage that a group like the Moral Majority have over other religious two weeks ago. In that poll the Vice-President drew twice whether they supported Stevenson or Eisenhower in day's campus-wide mock Presidential election. The groups is that their members are more politically passive. Thus, their recent efforts as many ballots as Kennedy. those years, practically all Kennedy-ites named the ^ ;.';'-. Many students expressed apathy with the candi- • ;el6cti6ti was sponsored by SUAVE (Students United to increase voter registration can make a difference. In general, however, most Democratic standard-bearer. Likewise, all but a couple The Tripod's results differ sharply from those of the Students favored Republican dates while wdting,: or igtidrdd the preference poll' "for Achieving Voter Education), and attracted 431 stu- efforts to politically mobilize congregartions "from the pulpit" have neither been Daily Princetonian, which reported that 72.3 per cent of of men for Nixon sided for Eisenhower in the last two 371 votes to John FV^nnedy's; 142- dents to vote at lunch and dinner in Mather Hall. extnensive not effective. the Princeton faculty leaned toward the Kennedy-Johnson campaigns.

iBIBI^IiaiBBB^^ Dukakis Visits Hartford Area Oct. 11, 1988 For President: Lyndon B.Johnson By Caroline Leopold reat Day Governor Michael Dukakis, Democratic candidate for President, made a surprise Oct. 20, 1964 Voting as a visit to Hartford last Monday following his opponent George Bush's visit the week Oct. 27, 1948 before. The coming presidential election is an example of what may be best termed "stagnant" liberalism vs. A vital day is coming in less than a On Wednesday, September 28, the Democratic Headquarters in Hartford "frozen" conservatism, with the result that no matter who is elected this country will be drifting once more for • week, and that is the national election, Nov. 2, 1976 mental difference. And how, in any case, can we be de-levered received a call saying that Governor Dukakis was coming on Monday, October 3. the nest four-year period. Tuesday, November 2. The Tripod wishes By Mac Margolis from the lesser of evils. And how well it works. The press has Although no details were given at the time, the offices rushed to inform Hartford and A definition of terms first. Defining these terms by what their adherents do in the political world, we would to remind all Trinity men who are eligible Oh Tuesday, holy Tuesday. We are gathered here today, on manufactured for us two persons, out of a plethora of raw mate- the surrounding areas about his arrival. say that liberalism implies an approach to release the full potential of every human person, to provide as few to go to their voting districts if humanly the first Tuesday of the eleventh month of the fourth year, to rial, bearing the label candidate. Under the guise of discovery restraints as possible, and to assist in this liberation through a combination of joint action either through pri- possible, and do their duty as citizens by For four days, office volunteers handed put thousands of leaflets, mailed anoth- commemorate the passing of a momentous error and the coming the media probes with unparalleled myopia the utmost in vate organizations or through state assistance (usually because no other alternative is available). exercising their privilege of suffrage in a er thousand postcards and made over 10,000 phone calls to publicize the event. of a new one. peripherality. With each press conference, every editorial, each Conservatism implies an approach to maintain what exists, to preserve an orderly society without rapid democratic country. Apparently, the effort paid off when over 8,000 people appeared to hear Dukakis Each in our own booths, we draw curtains close around us, debate, we are driven further into the realm of obscurity, look- speak at the Old State House in Hartford at noon. change, and to allow the human person to develop his own initiative with as little intervention as possible, and The greater areas of the world and, as is in communion with sanctified aloneness, and ponder over a ing at a candidate (as Norman Mailer saw it) like '' a Chinese with no special emphasis actively to assist in this development. " a shame to all Americans, certain areas of menu of predigested items. We choose, we choose. (A la carte puzzle which, when one piece is pulled loose ... all the parts The real question now is how do these philosophies treat the question of the mobility of society. One of the United States, do not allow free choice Candidates in Glass Offices Shouldn't Throw Rocks or whatever we can afford.) Tuesday, every four years, we come could be removed." So acute is this media obsession that we are the assumed factors in the greatness of America has been its apparent mobility among the diverse population by the citizens of their government. To neg- Oct. 27, 1992 to receive our political sacraments, and consummate the rituals left thinking that the true worth of a candidate is measured by elements. A society accustomed to such mobility among the diverse, whether in fact a reality or a myth, lect to vote is a renunciation of the ideals of citizenship. To vote. To elect. Such fine words, such fine his performance in bt:d. By Jay Wise assumes that it will continue. The problem today, however, is that with increasing urbanization and special- which we as citizens are bound to defend Bulletin: George Bush is right. This election is about character. ization, such mobility, especially in educational opportunities, vocational opportunities, leisure opportunities rewards for the currency of loyalty we surrender, in all denom- And then there were the debates: Prime time encounters by sacrifices up to and including our lives. And that's why I'm working for Bill Clinton. Because the character question is and social opportunities, is becoming more and more restrained. inations, to election plates. We pull levers of all seeming between two verbal gladiators, refereed, fielded, and scored by We are not plugging a party but an obli- not about the Vietnam War draft, or trips to Moscow. Although, those desperate weights and measures, and why? the cynics ask. To exercise our the press. Complete with post game evaluation mid instant ' For lack of a better way, the "stagnant" liberal has restored to governmental assistance in maintaining tin's gation which no mature man can choose to attacks do raise some interesting questions about the character of the attacker. The democratic rights, of course. replay, the debates were hailed as successes by those who flux through its social welfare programs and social legislation. But it is at this point that positive action by the ignore. We have editorialized, apparently question here is a matter of political character. But we are confused. It's not that we little of what we've orchestrated them. This must be the quintessence of democracy, liberal stops. Beyond this point the liberal lacks definitive programs and wallows in his expertise of criticism. without effect, for the college free cuts on By now, you've heard the feeble and panicky Republican response to the popu- done, not that we have failed to understand this well-worn rou- tor the audience was rivaled only by the superbowl. How curi- Perhaps this last statement, indeed, is more applicable to the liberal intellectual. this day for men who live in neighboring larity of the Governor of Arkansas: he waffles. He tries to be all tilings to all people. tine. We know, we know all too well. Something tugs at the ous that, at the precise moment the candidates are most visible, On the other hand, the "frozen" conservative would attempt to keep society where it is or has been. Such states. The fact that the college has not, up He flip-flops. hand that pulls shut the voting curtain. Politics appear to us like they are least accessible. And still, there emerges, sure as a retrogressive move would suspend the molecular motion in society with the potential result that society may to press time, granted this does not, in our some centrifuge gone awry, where things which begin to stretch Christmas, the hollow cry that politics is not a spectator sport. well crack because of its rigidity. Indeed the conservative has made no gestures at all in respect to handling opinion, excuse a man who can get himself the parameters of orthodoxy are spun off as artifacts. That which Student Apathy Clear Winner as Election Nears the social problems which must be solved if this mobility is to be maintained. Troubled, perhaps we slide into those sacral booths to per- to vote from doing so. challenges the whole paradigm, the very contours of this hal- form by ritual act that responsibility which obviates all others. Oct. 31, 2000 In respect to foreign policy the difference is readily seen. While showing no dynamic enthusiasm, and in The future of this country depends very lowed structure, is neatly written out of the picture. By some The vote is but a modest claim society makes on its constituents, By Dan Berman fact very stagnant, the liberal at least would not cut off the very necessary modes of communication through largely on the responsibility of its citizens, centripetal "magic" all is reduced to harmonious lump, listing asking only quadrennial pledges of allegiance. With one week remaining until the climax of the closest Presidential race in a which possibly a future understanding may be arrived. The "frozen" conservative would refuse any attempts voting is a privilege, but even more, IT IS ever to the right. It is not for lack of tolerance that such con- Tuesday is a day of confession, and we all have a pettiness generation, one might expect Trinity to be alive with excitement and anticipation to promote mobility on an international scale. AN OBLIGATION. Although we are aware that the "stagnant" liberal has many shortcomings, we are also aware that a socie- formity arises, for the mere existence of alternatives - the hall- lo expiate. But it is not by voting, not by complacent subscrip- about the election. Instead, the vast majority of Trinity students are redefining the mark of tolerance - is but an affirmation of that which patron- ty must not in any case become retrogressive in either thought or action. Accordingly, the editorial board of tion to politics as a canon faith, and surely not by legitimating a For more Election papers, as idea of apathy, avoiding the election like a plague. izes those alternatives. process that renders us impotent spectators, by which we rise However, the reasons for the lack of activity are deeper than traditional Trinity The Trinity Tripod endorses Lyndon B. Johnson for President. well as the complete text of some Mindful of the somewhat dubious associations of the President and of his personal attitudes, we are hope- We are confused, we pause, we scratch our collective heads, out of somnolence. In voting we may gain absolution, never lib- apathy. The race between George W, Bush and Al Gore has failed to motivate ful that both on the Cabinet and Congressional level, positive influences would be exerted during these next we congregate to bet on loaded die, we ponder levers of incre- eration. of the excerpted articles, check many around the country, with consistent criticism that there are no real differ- four years, which we consider as at worst a holding operation and at best an illegitimate effort to fulfill the out the Online Exclusives sec- ences between the two candidates. promise of the late President John F. Kennedy. tion at www.trinitytripod.com. IBIJMgffllMl^^ PAGE 16 FEATURES THE TRINITY TRIPOD - NOVEMBER 2, 2004 THE CURSE REVERSED! continued from page 1 my girlfriend metamorphosing into an Qiaost of -ten quite long all of a sudden. Apparently avid baseball fan. At this point she knows the three weeks of playoff games directly most of the Boston players by name, owns affected my personal hygiene as well. a Red Sox hat, knows what it means to 4. The hat burning thing is getting old. "tag up," and has been quoted as saying, 'trzipoos past In the two post-game celebrations at Trinity "David Ortiz is my daddy." Can things I witnessed about six flaming Yankees hats get any better? If you think that a woman Remember that ghost that -was hanging out in the second-floor and a broom on fire. Campus Safety was cannot get any hotter, check her out wear- window of the library this weekend? That's the spirit of Grandma really good about letting us enjoy our rev- ing a baseball hat. Then listen to her recite Mather, a distant relative of the Mather. She was one sexy old elry out on Vernon Street, but when you the infield fly rule. Whoa Nelly. You start lady, and back in the day that meant she was a witch. Anyway, start igniting brooms? All of sudden we wondering why Hugh Hefner wastes his looked like the angry mob of villagers from time with those bunnies who probably she s back from the un-dead to tell you what's in your cards. Frankenstein. And once again, thanks to think that a circle changeup is a rarely per- Campus Safety for keeping things under formed sexual position. control but not busting us up - you guys 7. To conclude, don't tell us that we're handled the situation extremely well. being sore winners. Sox fans have had 5. It still feels weird to be a fan of the their hearts broken more than ... um ... a World Champions. I have seen it happen to person with an unusually breakable heart. so many other cities. But now I can wear a And now we have the coolest team in t-shirt that says "Red Sox World Series baseball, who did what no team has ever OANUAfty 20 - 18 Out_y 23 - AUGUST 22 Champions?" And I actually got it at a done, who embarrassed the Yankees in store instead of making it in my bedroom the process, and who won the World The best Way to describe yo\xr future, This Week, Leo. you WiLL have an experi- with an old undershirt and fabric paint? Series with a four game sweep of some Aquarius, is to refer to Dickens llard ence much Like, that, of RaskolnikoV in Can this be real? team from St. Louis. So let us have our Times. &>ut your trials and tribulations PostoeVsky's Crime and Punishment 6. On a final personal note: this post- moment, because hey, after 86 years, this Will take place not in the Industrial CjxiiLt WiLL nearly eat you aLiVe after you season also presented the major bonus of was the year. 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much better. And in the Words of the great Weekend. Or you'LL miss out on the festiV- : musician E>ilLy JoaL "the sinners are much rties! \Vhat did you think] Was talking more fun." •:". • - • ' - • about?- ; ; NOVEMBER 2, 2004 - THE TRINITY TEJPOD FEATURES PAGE 17 MILITARY SCRVICC MAKES THC €L€CTION PERSONAL FOR SPARROW continued from page 12 for four days rotating eight-hour shifts thing challenging: was a feeling that we were supported. some more. It's the hottest place I have behind a sniper rifle. Nothing ever hap- So when I got the opportunity to go to I think going to Iraq was a necessary ever been; it was about 120 degrees all the pened, luckily; you could always hear gun- Japan, I took it. ARS was the hardest thing thing; I don't necessarily think it was done time. It was a good thing we were next to fire but it never came down to us. We did- I have ever done. It was the best and worst in the right manner. I'm not a staunch Bush the ocean. n't have to shoot anyone, and we didn't get time of my life. It was brutal; it was phys- supporter, but there's no way that I could That's when things in Liberia started thrown into a really say that my experiences flaring up and we sat there, a good month bad situation. ... we got orders to go in to secure ... Saddam haven't influenced the and a half doing personal security. We TT: Why did you Husseins brothers palace on the Tigris River because way I think. walked around with the General. That, for choose the Marines I wouldn't say it me, was almost scarier than Iraq because it over all the other it was an insecure spot. - Sparrow was necessarily just was so wild and it was such a third world service units? because of Iraq. In the country. It was a different place than any- TS: If I was going military though, I where I had ever been. That was where I to do it, I was going to do the most difficult ically and mentally very straining, but I would say it is predominately going to be a spent my 22nd birthday. Then I went to service. The Marines were the best and was able to graduate first in my class, Bush vote. From our perspective, he has Spain where they do the final washdown. they had the coolest-looking uniforms. I which was the greatest sense of accom- always been really helpful and supportive TT: What did you do during the two talked to other recruiters and I wasn't real- plishment. just with small gestures like pay raises and weeks in Iraq? ly impressed with what they had to say. TT: I "facebooked" you and I saw that stuff. It's been strange being home, since TS: When we first got there we landed Being in reconnaissance was the hardest your intended vote was "the same as last when I was over there I didn't know the in the airfield where the army jumped a ton exercise you could do. I got there and boot time." Given that Kerry was not in the run- politics because we didn't have a steady camp sucked, but it wasn't that hard. of people in Northern Iraq. We took heli- ning last time, that only leaves option num- flow of news. We weren't really thinking copters to Mosul International Airport I graduated first in my class in boot ber two. Did Iraq influence your decision about that. where we spent our time doing security in camp and I was just dissatisfied with the on the vote or not? Why? But in the year since I have been out, I and around the airport. We spent our nights caliber of people that were there. So I TS: I wouldn't say necessarily Iraq did, have taken a much more active interest in in towers at the four corners of the airfield thought, there are a lot of jobs, and maybe but I would say my experience did. There trying to learn about the issues and politics. keeping a lookout. We manned sniper Infantry schoolwill be better. I got there is an incredible feeling of support within A year ago I would have been all about positions on the roof of the terminal look- and I hated that more than boot camp. I did the military from the President. I don't Bush, nothing but. But now I am open ing over the road. : know if you have met minded enough to see that there are holes About halfway I'm not a staunch Bush supporter, but there's no way Prof. Heaney, but I met in everybody's story. through we got him and we shared sto- TT: How do you like Trinity so far, and orders to go in to that I could say that my experiences haven't influenced ries because he is a what do you plan on getting involved with secure this palace the way I think. - Sparrow Vietnam veteran. He on campus? that the CIA was was telling me that TS: I've been having a blast. I am working that was when Johnson was playing football, so my life has been ruled Saddam Hussein's brother's palace on the my two years in Infantry and you are defi- President he always felt like he was in the by it. I honestly have not had much time Tigris River because it was in an insecure nitely a number when you are there. background; he never felt supported by to look into that. I am sure there are going spot. It was a big compound right on the Everything is micromanaged and there is Johnson. • to be a ton of things that I will be interest- river, but there was a bridge right next to it definitely a rank structure and people stick Whereas the whole time I was in the ed in being a part of. My classes have and tall buildings around it, so it was a bad to it. So you don't have much of a say if Service a lot of us were really ignorant to the been so easy this semester that I'm a bit position strategically because you could you are of the lower ranks. The whole time politics of it because it would have made life scared about taking on the extra load next get shot at from any side. We were there I wanted to go into recon. and do some- much more complicated for us, but there semester.

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Renowned Senegalese Filmmaker Comes to Speak at Cinestudio EVAN NORRIS sisters and tries to. find happiness in her ARTS EDITOR life. Along the way the audience learns her There are few situations more special background through flashbacks. than coming face to face with one of your What makes Faat Kine extraordinary is heroes for the first time. Last Tuesday in the abundance of ideas and themes that run Cinestudio I was privileged enough to through it. It tackles notions of feminism, experience that situation when Senegalese religion, filial respect and tradition versus filmmaker Ousmane Sembene visited progression. Faat Kine, played by Venue Trinity. Sembene introduced a screening of Seye, is a feminist archetype. She is fierce- one of his more recent films, Faat Kine, ly independent, both emotionally and followed by a question and answer session. financially, and lives her life according to It was undeniably a rich experience for all her own beliefs, not those forced on her by who attended and for me personally, it was the men in her life. Sembene defines him- an incredibly moving encounter that I will self as a feminist and women always play never forget. an important part in Ms projects. In an As I said, the screening was held at our www.gep.com Africa where many rights are denied to own Cinestudio, and began at 4 p.m. The Djip confronts his father for the first time at his graduation party. women, Sembene uses film to enlighten his event was free of charge and everybody first film in a trilogy. The second install- dren and holds a successful career as a gas African audience, to make some kind of was invited. After a short introduction by ment, Moolaade, is now circulating in New station manager. The film follows her daily impact on the way women are treated in the director, interpreted by a translator, the York City. Faat Kine tells the story of a routines as she goes to work, interacts with society. film began. middle-aged woman living in modern-day her children, each born from a different Faat Kine was made in 2000 and is the Senegal. She is unmarried, has two chil- father, communicates with her mother and see OUSMANE on page 21 Top10 of the Fall a.m. Friday punk trio. They combine drums, their latest album, Walking \ GREG POLIN guitar, and keyboard into charged, Clouds and Deep Red Sky, Flag j ARTS EDITOR but not overwhelmingly hard Fluttered and the Sun Shined, so Night Theater Cla As October turns to indie-rock that varies between great is that they have finally November, and the days shorten, being melodic and dissonant. begun to introduce symphonic BAILEY TRIGGS actors knowing their lines, or and the cold weather slowly drifts elements into their songs, creat- SENIOR EDITOR having any theatrical experience in, it becomes time to begin look- ing another layer of elegance and Last Sunday I received an for that matter, were of little con- ing back on the fall, and the music sonic engagement. unusual proposition. In less than sequence. For those of you unfa- that was released. Over 100 CDs Elliott Smith had to find his one week's time the directing miliar with Sartre's "No Exit," let have come out every week in rock way onto this list somewhere, so class, headed by Professor Mitch me give you a brief synopsis so alone. Only about two or three he's showing up at number eight. Polin, was going to attempt to you can ses what we had to work per week make it to Clear His first and only posthumous perform Sartre's classic play "No with. The premise of "No Exit" is Channel radio, but that doesn't release, From a Basement on a Exit" over the course of one simple: it is about three people mean they are the best of the lot. Hill, showcases the last great pop evening and they desperately who are in hell. What is interest- I listen to 50 CD's per week as songs of his melancholic life. It's needed actors. It's not surprising ing about "No Exit" is the psy- music director at WRTC, and I also probably the best album of that I got asked to participate. chological and philosophical can say with certainty that com- his career. Songs like 'Twilight" How many people out there are questions posed by the situation amazon.com mercial radio has missed every and the now chilling "A Fond crazy enough to sign on to partic- these three characters find them- This is his posthumous album. great album. In the list below I Farewell" are some of the most ipate in such an endeavor fraught selves in. have selected 10 records from the Had they stuck with the same pat- heartfelt songs of the season. with such obvious peril? For in Sartre's hell, there is no enormous load released since tern they probably would be at the However, if your life isn't The plan was to divide up the fire and brimstone, no little devil September, all within the general top of the list. Bravely, but unfor- going well-but you'd rather be play among the four students in with a pitchfork, no physical tor- tunately, they significantly altered the directing class, Vivien ture devices whatsoever. In this their sound for Power and made it Boronyak, Kevin Keating '05, play, "hell is other people." Each an 80s electronic influenced post- Emily Tucker '05, and Lauren of the three characters in the play punk album that can only be described as dancey. Although Q AND NOT U interesting and generally pretty . Somehow it's fitting that we pulled a fun, not all of the songs come theatrical all-nighter on a play set in Hell. together in the right way. Next on the list is the Japanese instrumental group, Bland '05. Each student director had been hand-selected to act as Mono. Following more in the would then be given his or her the torturer of the other two. footsteps of Mogwai than own cast and put the whole thing Somehow it's appropriate that dischord.com Japanese noise, a la the amazon.com together between 10 p.m. and 4 we pulled a theatrical all-nighter r This is the best hardcore CD. The album is very 80 s style. Boredoms, this group slowly a.m. on Friday night. on a play set in hell. It felt partic- genre of rock, that you probably builds songs over five to seven enraged then depressed, then While I had a little less than a ularly fitting when 4 a.m. rolled have never heard of, but that you minute tracks that in the end cre- Converge is for you. Converge is week to prepare for my acting around. After spending most of should definitely search out ate a cacophony of melody and the premiere hardcore outfit of "debut," some participants in this trie evening working on our spe- despite all odds. If being music our day, and their newest release, project were even more unpre- cific sections of the play, at director doesn't lend me enough You Fail Me, is a tour de force of pared for the experience than I around 2 a.m. we rallied to put the credibility, then listen to this: I screaming guitars, fierce drums, was. Other seniors stepped in whole show together. After so picked the Postal Service as a and screaming vocals. Though after last minute cancellations and much time working out our own band that was going to be popular not their best effort ever, it's still Matt Jasilli '05 joined the project scenes, it was really interesting to when the album was first released 7 ' the best hardcore release of the after receiving a cryptic phone see what the other groups had well over two years ago. season, and a great choice if all message telling Mm his presence come up with. Coming on the tail end of the you want to do is pump your fist was requested at Seabury 19 from Boronyak explored the isola- list, at number lOis Q and not U's and rock out. 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. tion of the characters by setting latest release on Dischord The band Karate and their This project had little to do them apart in different corners of records, Power. Those of you fifth release, Pockets, reaches with "preparation" and every- the room with spotlights provid- who saw the band when they number six on the list. Here is a thing to do with the experience of ing a ring on the floor that the played Trinity last fall know that amazon.com band that takes seemingly boring spontaneous creation. All the tra- characters rarely crossed: Mono hails from Japan, they are DC based, politically ditional expectations of what it charged, lyrically ironic, post- intricacy. What really makes see BANDS on page 20 takes to put on a show, like the see STUDENT on page 20 NOVEMBER 2, 2004 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD ARTS PAGE 19 Musical Revue Riled With garden Skaie a bright first pLm Many Talented Students from an Upcoming hW P\rech?r continued from page 1 a disappointment, the "Parade" section was Zach Bra ff From "Scrubs" Writes and Directs the Film an extraordinary set of lungs while singing a pleasant surprise. The ensemble and "Defying Gravity." While I had some lighting perfectly set a very tense, negative NICK CALLAHAN slightly can produce great results. issues with the sudden political turn of the atmosphere. Goodman almost became Leo ARTS WRITER In Garden State Zach Braff 's ambition show, the Bush-bashing during the Frank and Abbie Runyan *07 was vocally There are very few directors who can was not limited to direction; he also wrote "Wicked" sequence, Anna Vognsen '06, and dramatically perfect for her role as film a great movie on their first try. and starred in it. Braff's writing is quite and Patolo each acted their parts well. I Lola, and the same goes for Williams as Usually a filmmaker starts to release great impressive. The dialogue is witty, perti- had heard that Vognsen was a little worried Jim Conley. Leslie Waters '06 almost movies after years of practice and experi- nent, and sometimes profound. Because about playing the ditzy, superficial, self- brought me to tears with her rendition of ence in the movie industry. But every now the story is based on many of Braff's own absorbed Glinda, but she was perfect. "You Don't Know this Man." and then, a young director creates a gem life experiences, it is obvious that the story The second half of the show opened The finale of the show, "La Vie out of his first project Citizen Kane, gen- is based in reality. This sense of reality with "Rent." I didn't find anything extraor- Boheme," was a great closing number, but erally regarded by critics as the best movie makes it that much more believable, but the dinary about the numbers. And although strangely separated from the rest of the ever made, was Orson Welles' first film realism is somewhat tempered by melodra- the lyrics said otherwise I didn't see a "Rent" sequence; it seemed out of place by and Dances with Wolves marked Kevin ma. Braff understands that a movie cannot strained lesbian relationship between Laura itself. I think the second act could have Gostner's directorial debut. Following in be pure realism; people do not want to go King '07 and Vitha. What I did see was been far more effective if it had opened one heck of a diva battle, vocally speaking. with the "Parade" sequence and closed Then came "Avenue Q," one of this with the "Rent" sequence in full instead of year's biggest Tony winners that brought chopping it up into pieces. some nice comic relief to the show. Matty Overall this years Musical Revue was a Williams playing Gary Coleman was very total success. I am envious of everyone funny. Melissa Matthews and Trevor that participated this year: it was the best Hyde, sophomores, made the entire audi- Revue since I've been at Trinity and I can't ence laugh hysterically with their rendition wait until next year's production. of "The Internet is for Porn" and Hyde's cookie monster voice was a highlight. The weakest part of the Revue was the "Single Shot" sequence. During this sec- tion of the show energy definitely and visi- www.natalieportman-es.com bly lagged. There didn't seem to be any Natalie Portman is only one of the many young actors cast in Garden State. forward motion to the numbers or any sense of purpose. The most redeeming part that great but rare tradition, Garden State is to the movies to see what they already can of the "Single Shot" series was the cameo "Scrubs" star Zach Braff's first attempt at see in their own lives. His characters are appearance by Trinity's very own directing. Garden State is nowhere near as similar to people we might have encoun- Reverend Dan Heischman in "Footloose." influential or outstanding as the previously tered in our own hometowns, but they are I think Heischman missed his second call- mentioned movies, but it is still special and artificially more interesting then the people Abi Moldover ing. He put Jolnf Lithgow to shame. one of the best films of the year. we know. Devin Romanul and Pat Greene '07 While the "Single Shot" sequence was play a gay coupie in A New Brain. The plot of Garden State is familiar: a Great writing is useful but if you do not young man returns to his childhood home have actors to read the script with emotion and ends up discovering himself with the and intensity then it is worthless. Acting is help of his family and old friends. What very important to this movie since the The 6th Ann ual makes Garden State extraordinary is that majority of the movie involves people talk- the basic story is infused and weighed ing and interacting. Luckily, Garden State down with emotion and feeling. Great has some of the finest young actors in State of Coinmyoscatlens. films don't always need a radically original Entertainment ant! information story; sometimes a traditional plot altered see SUMMER on page 21 Industries Dialogue

A dialogue with George Bodenhelmer, President, ESPN and ABC Sports & Co-chairman, Disney Jerusalem Print Workshop Media Networks. Wednesday, Nov. 3-Wednesday, Nov. 8 from 1-6 p.m. Austin Arts Center, Widener Gallery Catch the 12:30 pm bus to NYC for a special ses- Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Jerusalem Print Workshop has fostered sion with the CEO of ESPN, George Bodenhelmer, the print medium by inviting scores of artists to explore the possibilities of printmak- ing. The Widener Gallery is pleased to present a selection of prints that represent a from 5-6pm, followed by a reception from 6-7prn, unique cross section of Israeli art from the largest workshop of its kind in Israel. and then watch Chris Berman, sportscaster and host of ESPN's NFL Countdown & Primetime, The Ives Quartet interview Mr. Bodenfteimer from 7-8pm. BUSINESS Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. ATTIRE REQUIRED-COATS AND TIES FOR THE Hamlin Hall "Excellence is an oft-advertised, seldom delivered commodity, but every once MEN. A dinner will be provided on the ride home. in a while the magic wand is waved and miracles happen. The latest of these mira- HSVP's required through Trinity Recruiting .at cles appears in the form of the Ives Quartet. Quite simply, the finest ensemble of this kind in the country." —The San Francisco Examiner Returning for their seventh Trinity engagement, this renowned quartet's pro- gram will feature Mozart's Quartet in E-flat Major, K.428; Gabriela Lena Frank's ff you wish to RSVP byt all the spaces have been Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout for String Quartet; and Ravel's String Quartet. taken, call Eilen Mack at x2082 to get on the They perform in beautiful Hamlin Hall, a soaring Gothic-style refectory. alternate isst. Turandot Thursday, Nov. 11-Saturday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. Austin Arts Center, Goodwin Theater This classic fable of the Italian theater tells the story of a young princess who The Museum of Television & Radlo- refuses to marry unless her suitors can solve three impossible riddles. If they fail, they are beheaded. Amidst the gruesome carnage of severed heads comes a refugee 25 West 52nd Street Prince who falls deeply in love with her. Set in a mythical land where war is a con- stant and people are worn down by insecurity and fear, writer Carlo Gozzi's 1762 -New York,.NY ' " •• work mixes tragedy and comedy to explore the nature of reality in a world where November 23 . - everything is upside down. This student production is directed by visiting faculty 12:30.—11pm-- Michael Preston and Barbara Karger. austinarts.org PAGE 20 ARTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - NOVEMBER 2, 2004 Bands *fou Should Know From Arcade fire to Converge continued from page IB and refuse to leave. Finally, when you get track the album is almost dancey. With the reckoned with. • lyrics, and makes them both interesting and over the shear captivating nature of the driving lyrics and song structure, the album You can't call yourself a music lover if ironic. With spoken vocals, a laid-back group, you can delve into their rich poly- is rocking. With solos that defy conven- you can't at least name one Daniel attitude, and sparse but memorable guitar, phonic sound that builds layer upon layer tion, the album is undeniably original and Johnston tune. This best of CD, combined Karate has really developed into a band of intricate rhythms. Don't miss their eclectic. Furthermore, the album comes with covers from the likes of TV on the with a unique sound that's catchy and opening track, "Neighborhood #1 together as a cohesive whole that screams Radio, Death Cab For Curie, Bright Eyes, respectable. After 10 years of touring, I'm (Tunnels)." for multiple listens. It might get you out of Guster, Tom Waits, and Teenage Fanclub, glad this band is finally getting some J. Robbins' new band, The Channels, your chair, it might just relax you, but it make this release the greatest of the Fall. and their six song EP, Open, take their will definitely rule you. Wet From Birth is rightful place as number three on the list. J. the best album of the season. Robbins was also the lead singer of the So where does that leave us for the top now defunct legendary D.C. band Jawbox, release of the fall? It's a compilation CD. and the recently broken up Burning Specifically it's The Late Great Daniel Airlines. Following in the same tradition Johnston, a two CD set. The first disk con- as his previous two groups, The Channels tains bands covering select Daniel take driving political post-punk to an all Johnston Songs, while the second CD con- new level, opting for often a-melodic but tains newly recovered and produced ver- somehow catchy tunes that combine tech- sions of Daniel Johnston's classic songs. nical mastery with years of experience as a Often hailed as one of the greatest song- producer / songwriter. Keep an eye on this writers of our generation by people in the www.amazon.com band because their full-length release will know, and the subject of an upcoming doc- 3maz0n.com Hot Snakes make the best garage album. be a must-have album of the winter. umentary, Daniel Johnston is a force to be The Johnston Comp. is number one. respect and creating albums that will stand The second best release of the fall is the test of time. The Faint's latest work, Wet From Birth. Right in the middle of the list is the They rented a warehouse, met there often Student Directors do " garage rock band Hot Snakes. With loads for about a year, and came up with the of energy, intense low-end distorted gui- tars, snotty cracked out vocals, and jet pro- pelled drums,.Hot Snakes are unmatched in Exit" in the Early Morning their mini-genre. They only release one album every two years, so this one is not to continued from page 18 what hell felt like by the time 4 a.m. rolled be missed. With the lead songwriter from Keating worked- with the frightening around, I think most of us involved in the Rocket From the Crypt, Hot Snakes are aspects of hell by having his actors perform production found it rewarding in our own here and ready to rock. in the dark, turning on lights when each ways. Merge records' Arcade Fire and their spoke. Tucker highlighted the Sisyphusian For me, it was great to dabble in theater first full-length, Funeral, hits number four nature of hell by having her actors repeat again. It's an exciting thing to be able to on the list. When the album was first certain actions, and Bland was able to bril- have a hand in such a creative endeavor. If released, it was so popular that is sold out Amazon.com liantly capture the sexual tension between there is any moral to this story, I think it everywhere. With 80s styled droning The Faint blend dance and rock. the characters in her staging of the final would be to accept the next unusual propo- vocals, and driving but relaxed musician- songs you find on the new album. With the section of the play. sition you receive. You never know where ship, Funeral will get stuck in your head electronic beats found on almost every Though we all had a better grasp on erviceit might take you. s Law Careers

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The two main exceptionally powerful. the course of the film. This is one Father of African Cinema characters, Andrew Largeman The soundtrack to Garden indicator of Braff's immaturity as continued from page 18 becoming horribly burned in the and Sam, respectively played by State is a very integral part of the a filmmaker. As he gets more Religion is not overtly por- process. TMs • unthinking devo- Braff and Natalie Portman, have film. Braff actually picked the projects under his belt, he will trayed in Faat Kind, but because tion forms a stark contrast to the become more comfortable with it is part of Senegalese society it self-serving instincts exhibited by his style. Garden State is a film also belongs to the movie. There the fathers of Kine's children. that I would recommend to any- is one scene in particular in the All of these elements, femi- one. It is one of the most unique middle of the movie that is simple nism, religion, and filial respect, films that I've seen in a while. It and brief, but surprisingly stir- are all part of a greater theme of has dynamic characters and a ring. • • modernity. Faat Kine is partly a developed script. It is well writ- The scene takes place at Faat story of the struggle between ten, directed, and acted. Kine's gas station as a muezzin modern and traditional values, Although the film is solid all summons Muslims to prayer from perfectly symbolized at the end of the way around, it will not go a minaret. At the same time, as the movie when recent high ! down in the annals of history as Sembene pointed out after the school graduates, including Aby ! one of the all-time greats and it film had finished, church bells and Djip, escort their stubborn probably won't get a lot of criti- cal attention this year. What could be heard in the distance. fathers out of the party. There is www.yahoo.com Garden State is, however, is an During this cacophony, a Muslim no longer room for backwards Zach Braff and Natalie Portman create chemistry in their movie. man approaches one of the gas institutions and cruel rituals in excellent indicator of the future station attendants and asks if the Senegal and in Africa in general. great chemistry together. They songs out before he even man- success of a young director who station has some area designated Dr. Sonia Lee, professor of managed to create characters to aged to cast anyone in the film. could one day be the best of his for Muslim prayer. The attendant modern languages and literature, which an audience can relate and The songs complement the generation. nods and points to the spot. The was instrumental in bringing care about. Braff and Portman movie's images and tones. The man begins to leave, but hesitates, Sembene to Trinity. "I have been are surrounded by a cast of sup- best part about Garden State's walks back to the attendant, and teaching [Sembene's] films in my porting characters that make music is that it does not over- stares at his chest. The camera African Cinema course for years Garden State an even richer expe- whelm the film but accentuates its then cuts to the chest of the atten- now," said Lee. "He is as you rience. Ian Holm, of Lord of the message. dant, where the audience can know considered the father of Rings fame, plays Largeman's One of the major flaws in clearly distinguish a crucifix African cinema and as such was father, and he gives a very power- Garden State is that there is a lack hanging from his neck. The man among the first to show the world ful performance. of flow in parts of the film. Braff then makes a face which com- an image of Africa on its own There is something special stops at points haphazardly to bines contempt, disappointment, terms." Lee thinks of Sembene as about Braff's direction. It is cer- show neat little shots that he and surprise, and leaves to pray. simultaneously an entertainer and tainly not very polished but there made up, but by doing so, inter- This brief exchange is not only an educator, a filmmaker who are hints of greatness in his filmr rupts the flow of the story. Many powerful but also telling as to the uses cinemas a teaching tool to He has a real eye for directing and of these short scenes can be found religious interaction ~ among educate the world. his shots are all well composed, in the trailer, like Largeman walk- Senegalese citizens. Sembene has used Faat Kind interesting, and immersive. In ing by a series of sinks and hav- Familial relationships play a and his other films not to make Garden State, he has put in some ' ing them turn on and off in a cas- dominant role in Faat Kind, espe- money but to bring attention to interesting scenes that just look cade of water. fantastic. One particular scene by cially those between parent and the situations confronting While theses scenes are won- www.googie.com a fireplace is moving, biit the way 7. derful to look at and show his Zach Braff stars in "Scrubs."

Rosenstrasse Nov. 2 7:30 p.m. (2004/Germany) Cinestudio presents the Hartford premiere of the new film by Margarethe von Trotta, the director of Rosa Luxemburg and The Lost Honor ofKatharina Blum. Von Trotta's fascination with strong women whose lives have been overlooked in 'official history' takes on a little-known story of resistance to the Nazi regime inside Germany. The film begins after a funeral in New York City, when a young woman makes up her mind to uncover her German mother's past. What she finds is the true story of a Nazi action in 1943, when the Jewish husbands and children of German (Christian) women were imprisoned in a building on Rosenstrasse Street in Berlin. The brave resist- ance of the women adds a new chapter to what we know about the Holocaust.

Garden State Nov. 3-6 Nov. 3-6 at 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 6 also at 2:30 p.m. (2004) Forget about that big city across the river - suburban New Jersey is the place www.lilac-media.com where the most interesting movies are being made, from The Station Agent and Harold Ousmane Sembene has been making movies for 40 years. and Kumar Go to White Castle to Garden State. First time director Zach Braff (of Scrubs) also stars in his own film - a fresh story about an over-medicated wannabe actor living in child. The interaction between Africans today, particularly Los Angeles who returns home after his mother's death. Hanging out with his ambition- Kine's two children, Aby and African women, who have been adverse friends, Braff rediscovers enough of his authentic self to deal with his accusing Djip, played by Mariama Balde historically disadvantaged in their father and to fall in love with a decidedly un-L.A. woman, Natalie Portman. Peter society. Sarsgaard is great as Braffs buddy who works as a gravedigger, collects Desert Storm and Ndiagne Dia respectively, trading cards, and lives by the philosophy: "I'm OK with being unimpressive -1 sleep bet- and their fathers are particularly I have been a fan of Ousmane ter." • . - important. The children meet Sembene since my freshman year their fathers at a party near the of high school, when I saw his End of the Century: The Ramones Story Nov. 5-6 end of the movie and, although first feature-length film La Noire 9:50 p.m. their fathers demand respect, the de...(l966). Six years later I am (2004) Only the pure anarchy of punk could have forged the Ramones out of the unlikely raw material of four leather-clad oddballs from Forest Hills, Queens. The (bio- children refuse to give it, instead still fascinated with his work logically) unrelated foursome came together to make a supremely dysfunctional family insisting the men pay tribute to because it is impressive for its unit - Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy- who together redeemed the lameness of the Faat Kine, who they abandoned humanity and for its message. 1970s with three minute/three chord songs like "Sheena Was a Punk Rocker" and "I during her pregnancies. The Not. many filmmakers use Wanna Be Sedated." Now that only Tommy is left behind in our mortal realm, this docu- fathers believe they can wield their natural talent exclusively for mentary is not just a good time, it's a living link from the birth of punk to The Clash to The Breeders to The White Stripes. authority based on their title the benefit of the disadvantaged alone, but their children remind in their society, but Sembene has We Don't Live Here Anymore Nov. 7-9 them that paternity means nothing been doing it for 40 years. When Nov. 7-9 at 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 7 also at 2:30 p.m. without love and support. he stood up in front of the audi- (2004) There's a lot more screaming in Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton's version of the 'two college professors with imploding marriages' story. But Who's Afraid of Virginia In a strikingly different rela- ence at Cinestudio and began to Woolf? has nothing over We Don't Live Here Anymore in uncovering the subtly damaging tionship are Kine and her mother speak, there was a moment when effects of envy and intellectual frustration on intimate relationships. Mark Ruffalo and Mammy, played by Mame I was almost petrified, over- Peter Krause (of "Six Feet Under") play two youngish assistant professors in the creative Ndoumbe. In a haunting flash- whelmed by his greatness. writing department of a small college. Ruffalo, who feels that his writing, bungalow and back, we find Kine, unmarried I now know what it means to wife (Laura Dern) don't measure up to his colleague's, starts a steamy affair with Krause's wife (Naomi Watts) - while urging his own wife to find satisfaction with Krause. "In this and pregnant for the first time, meet one's hero, and I pray I vivid domestic drama, which is easily the best American movie so far this year, Dern gives confronting her father with her encounter him again before he is an enormous, fully emotional performance" - David Denby, The New Yorker. pregnancy. He becomes outraged taken from us, before the world arid tries to bum Kine alive, but loses a great filmmaker, a great her mother intervenes, throwing champion of equality, and a great cinestudio.org her body over her daughter's and man. W

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[ BLUE KILE JNC • Splits • Earnings Daily 11.1.2004 The price of Blue Nile in mid- a significantly bearish sign. 45 May has been very volatile, With the price closing in thus providing us with a number on the resistance fast we are of technical trends and phenom- weary, yet the relative ena. One main point to focus strength index that we have on are the technical support and talked about in prior articles resistance levels. Both occur is showing us that the stock is when a stock trades within a oversold. Since Blue Nile has narrow price or volume range gone down so much so fast for a certain length of time. without any negative news Because the stock prices do not we would like to list Blue move past these levels they Nile as a bay. indicate how the market feels As a side note, Blue Nile about a certain stock. When a has a large percent of short stock finally does break above interest in the company. (or below) one of these levels it Meaning that there are a lot of 2004 signifies a strong trend in that people out there "betting" May respective direction. It is easy that Blue Nile will go down. to see that NILE has a resist- When one shorts a stock it ance level at 35 which it has means that they sell it before '."Hi:::! been unable to break past. they buy. Blue Niles espe- Additionally, we can see that cially large volatility could be NILE previously bottomed out due to the short interest, at roughly 22, we would expect because people are playing the stock to again bounce off the stock for profits from the this level. If the stock falls buy side and sell side creating below 22, however, it would be larger volume. W RS1C14)- - - Stock Pick of the Week: NILE Market Briefs The month of- -With the holiday season an advantage enjoyed by The dollar gained on Monday, helped by lower November has arrived and underway, the January effect many online retailers. Any' the holiday season is right will positively impact change in fashion trend or oil prices, but with the victor of Tuesday's U.S. around the corner. Many of Earnings Per Share (E.P.S.) consumer prices will have a presidential election looking highly uncertain, us have started to rack our going forward. The "January minimal impact on Blue traders were reluctant to place large bets on the brain about potential gift effect," is a term used to Nile given its flexibility and currency. ideas for relatives, friends, describe the increase in con- cost efficient management. or a significant other. Here sumer spending, which takes The entrepreneurial cul- Tyco International Ltd. (TYC) reported a quar- is a suggestion: "bling, place right after the holiday ture at Blue Nile is a far cry terly profit on Monday, reversing a year-earlier bung" excuse me, fine jew- season. Some market pundits from the unprofitable dot- loss, helped by strong demand for electronic elry. What's more, why have argued that the stock has coms of the late nineties and, make the trip to the mall priced in the expected effect, like Google, Blue Nile is one parts. when you can purchase but with NILE beating esti- of the few dotcom IPOs that Oil prices fell sharply on Monday on speculation your "bling bling" online. . mates since its public offering have continued growth in Forget about Tiffany's in May, Bear Stearns profit margin and cash flow. that a U.S. election win for Senator John Kerry or the other well known Brokerage House continues Blue Nile would be a could ease the geopolitical friction that has jewelry retailers, the new to maintain an Outperform good addition to one's port- helped fuel this year's record-breaking rally. trend for jewelers is to cap- rating and believes the stock folio. Our generation is the ture the market for diamond will meet its $42 price target most technological savvy Stocks headed for a flat start on Monday a day hungry prima donnas year end. demographic out there. We before the U.S. presidential election amid con- online. Blue Nile, an online In addition to the upcom- were the first generation to cern the tight race may not produce a clear win- jeweler, went public in mid- ing holiday season and a grow up with computers, ner immediately, prolonging the market's uncer- May this year. The compa- strong earnings outlook, and we are comfortable pur- ny has only 2 percent mar- NILE has zero debt and has chasing goods on the inter- tainty. ket share and continues to extra cash on hand. This cash net. Blue Nile, is a company grow. The company has will be used to expand its on the cutting edge reflect- Toyota Motor Corp., the world's most profitable exceeded expectations and market share. Unlike most ing this trend and overtime car maker, posted a surprise drop in quarterly is in a great position to take jewelers, Blue Nile can keep will capture a larger share of profits despite robust overseas sales growth as a advantage of holiday sales. the cost of inventory down, the market. strong yen and rising materials and sales costs took their toll. Word of the Week: iShares Legislation that would allow giant Las Vegas- iShares are index funds that trade like stocks on stock markets. Each share style casinos to operate in Britain cleared an represents a proportion of ownership in each stock that makes up an index. iShares important Parliamentary hurdle on Monday, can track individual sectors of the market or the market as a whole. The TCIC right despite fears the new law could lead to a rise in now holds iShares that track the biotechnology market. They are a great invest- gambling addiction. ment tools for such markets because it is difficult to speculate on which biotech Biotechnology stocks were mixed Monday as company will come out with new drug on the cutting edge of technology. iShares some of the industry's bigger players inched in general are a great way for smaller investors to get the diversification of 50 or lower and AaiPharma shares shot up more than more companies without having to buy each individual stock. Diversification is 40 percent after the company said it completed a key in any portfolio. As the old saying goes, don't put all your eggs in one basket. debt restructuring program. To look into iShares on the internet visit www.ishares.com, they have a great array of investment opportunities. PAGE 24 SPORTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - NOVEMBER 2, 2004 Volleyball Team Loses to Bowdoin, Beats Colby CATMAHER with four blocks and two aces while while Hollis added nine kills and seven tournament," said sophomore Erin Ogilvie. SPORTS WRITER Hunter added 14 kills and two aces. digs. Heineken had 26 assists and 17 digs. "We were pretty upset at those losses These two wins pushed Trinity's record to Trinity dropped to 11-9 overall and 2-6 in because our team could definitely have On Oct. 19 the women of the volleyball 10-8 overall. the NESCAC. won and that was proven when we beat team faced Keene State and picked up their Trinity won their fifth straight match The next day Trinity lost to Bowdoin 0- Colby, the highest seeded team of the eighth win of the season. Trinity edged the at Western Connecticut State University 3 and then upset Bates 3-2. The Bantams three." Owls by a total of 11 points in three close on Oct. 26. After dropping the first game, lost their first game against the Bowdoin Heinecken had 57 digs to lead the games; the Bantams won the first game 30- 30-21, Trinity won two out if the next Polar Bears 20-30 but only lost the second Bantams over the Colby Mules. Hunter 28, the second game 30-26, and the final three games by narrow margins and took game 27-30. They lost the final game, posted a team-high 27 kills and 19 digs, game 30-25. Co-captain and outside hitter the fifth game easily, 15-7, in the exciting however, 25-30 and the Polar Bears took while Hollis added 12 kills, three aces, and Lucy Hollis '06 totaled 14 Mils and three comeback win. the win. Hollis had eight kills, four aces, 26 digs. Moore added 52 assists. aces to lead the Bantams. Freshman Kathleen Lenz totaled a and 15 digs, Heinecken made 22 digs, and "We were very happy to end the week- Fellow co-captain Kate Hunter '05 game-high 41 digs to lead the visiting Moore tallied 24 assists. end with a win against Colby" said Ogilvie. added 13 kills and a pair of blocks. The Bantams. Hunter added 17 kills and four A few hours later, the Bantams took on "It went to five games - as close as it could win brought Trinity's record to 8-8 overall blocks, while Erika Heinecken '08 had 22 Colby; they won the first game 30-26, lost have been. We fought hard until the end, while the Owls dropped to 8-10 with their assists and 36 digs. Hollis contributed a the second game 24-30, won the third game and I think that is the best display of heart, first lost in five matches. team-high 18 kills for the Bantams. 31-29, but lost the fourth game 21-30. In strength, and dedication." The Bantams swept the Clark Trinity's record improves to 11-8 while the deciding and exciting fifth game, the The Bantams finished up the weekend University Cougars and the United States the WCSU Colonials dropped to 12-17. Bantams won 16-14 to seal the victory. 12-10 overall and 3-7 in the league. Trinity Merchant Marine Academy Mariners to "We were so proud of that streak," "Unfortunately, we lost the two match- takes on Westfield State Monday night for win their fourth match in a row on Oct. 23. said Ogilvie. "We worked so hard in each es that would get us a place in the league their last match of the season. Trinity won the first match against Clark match and it is a true reflection of our with a 3-0 shutout. team's character and ability." The Bantams won the first game 30-26, The team traveled to Maine this the second game 30-22, and the third game weekend for some volleyball action 30-25. Middle blocker Emily Forero '08 against NESGAC teams. had 14 kills, while Hollis added three aces On Friday the Bantams took on the and three blocks. Bates Bobcats and picked up their first In their second match of the day against loss in six matches. The Bobcats cruised the Merchant Marine the Bantams had to to a 30-13 win in the-first game, but work a little bit harder. They won the first Trinity came back in the second game, game 30-18 but-lost the second game 27- taking an early 11-4 lead. Bates respond- 30. The Bantams lost an exciting third ed with an 11-2 run to take a 15-3 lead game 33-31 but answered back with a win and went on to win the game 30-23. in the fourth game 30-19. Trinity won the The Bobcats looked as though they deciding fifth game 15-8 to seal the victo- would pull away in game three, jumping ,ry. out to a 17-7 lead. 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TRINITY COLLEGE HEALTH CENTER NOVEMBER 2, 2004 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD SPORTS PAGE 25 Cross Country Teams Preparing For Final Push REBECCA BELL Open, the team finished 15th out of 45 SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR teams with Kane and Miner once again This weekend the Trinity women's leading the way. At this meet there were cross country team: went up against some other divisions competing and the wonen strong competition in their showing at the were actually 6th among the Division III NESCAC championships at Colby teams and only two points short of beating College. On Oct. 30 the women Bantams Northeastern, a Division I team. Their best went up against six nationally ranked teams results of the year happened at the Southern in the NESCAC. Maine Invitational where they were 2nd On a perfect day to run senior captain out of 12 teams. Kane led the team by win- Christina Kane finished 12th and sopho- ning the 6k race with the time of 22:47.57. more Kristina Miner finished 13th placing Miner finished 3rd just 17 seconds behind the Bants seventh behind Middlebury and Kane. Williams with 69 points in; first place. .The men's cross-country team did not "The six freshmen had great races," said have quite as strong showing in the Miner, " they really helped this young team NESCAC championships with a ninth in our seventh place showing." The meets place finish. the team competed in this year were all in Freshman Jose Guzman placed 19th preparation for their showing in the overall and senior captain James Sullivan NESCAC championship and New placed 24th finishing only three seconds England's on Nov. 6 at Tufts University. after Guzman. "We really fell short of our In the 2003 season, the Trinity women goal of placing in the top five; we've been runners finished 2nd in the nation at the struggling throughout the season despite National Collegiate Athletic Association some great runners on the team. Division III race. After losing four seniors Connecticut College ran an excellent race from the country's second place team, the today. We hope to have a better showing women have been running and training next week at New England's," Sullivan, the with extreme maturity despite the lack of only senior on the team. experience on the team. The Colby College course was a "gor- The large amount of talent and dedica- geous eight kilometer course; the first three tion compensated but still fell short of their miles were very nice and flat but at mile goal for the NESCACs. They were hoping three there was a steep incline and that real- www.trincoll.edu to break in the top six in the meet In order ly wore the team out," Sullivan said. The Men's Cross Country team placed 9th in the NESCAC championship. to do that, all of the members needed to run Sullivan and the rest of the team believed New England's. up meet before the NESCACs was the great. Theyended up jirnning well enough that they did not run up to their full poten- The best showing for the men's cross- Southern Maine Invitational and the Trinity to place 7th. tial. They are disappointed that they have country team this season was at the Tufts men's team placed 6th out of 12 teams. The women's team had a good showing worked so hard this season but have not Invitational on Sept. 25, where they placed At New England's, which are a couple at the Tufts Invitational where they finished shown it yet Also, they wanted to prove to 3rd out of 10 teams behind Tufts and Keene weeks away, both the men and the women's 3rd of nine teams. At that meet Kane and the rest of the NESCAC that Trinity is a State. teams need to finish in the top five in order Miner both finished in the top five, with strong team. On Oct. 8, they participated in the New to advance to nationals. This will be a Kane coming in 3rd and Miner coming in Once they taper off their workouts, England Open Championships in Boston tough goal for both of the teams but they 5th. At the next meet at the New England they feel that will come out strong in the where they got 24th of 48 teams. The tune- are just hoping to have a strong showing. Women's Soccer Completes Season With a Loss WILL YANG ly unpredictable, with many of Bantams were played closely in upset to make their way into the the season saying, "the team had a SPORTS EDITOR the teams playing each other very the first half but managed to score tournament. great bunch of girls, who had a lot After a late run at qualifying close, and oftentimes only being in the 15th minute off a blast by After 35 scoreless minutes in of heart and passion for soccer. for the NESCAC Championship separated by one goal. The rela- co-captain Nicole Mauger '05, the first half, the Middlebury Unfortunately, the team had a Tournament, the women's soccer tive strength and parity of all the with the assist credited to fellow Panthers got on the board first bunch of up and downs, but we're team lost their regular season teams became evident this past midfielder Jesse Hansen '06. with a goal by their tri-captain already thinking about next sea- finale on Saturday to Middlebury Sunday when all three of the With the one-goal lead, the forward Brittany Cronin. Trinity son and going forward." and officially ended their season. - lower seeds pulled upsets in the Bantams fell back on their co- played with the one-goal deficit Middlebury scored their sec- Following early-season success first round at their higher-seeded captain netminder, Brenna for nearly the remainder of the ond goal with 12 seconds remain- during which they tallied four opponents' home fields. The 7th Shields '05, for the next 60 min- game. ing, and the 2-0 final score belies wins in a row including games and final seeded Conn. College utes. Finally, in the 77th minute, In a season with many ups the fact that the Bantams played versus NESCAC opponents, the Camels defeated 2nd seeded the Bantams got an insurance and downs, the Bantams mus- the eventual regular season goal when forward Erin Bridge tered every ounce of ability they NESCAC champions down to the '07 lofted the ball into the top could to keep the game within wire. corner of the warrior net after reach. When midfielder Kate Trinity will graduate its four receiving the assist from Rachel O'Brien shot a rocket just wide of senior captains in Shields, Talentino '08. tie net with three minutes Mauger, Kathryn Hurley, and Having taken the command- remaining in the game, it seemed Katherine Mahoney. Kelly Rice ing lead in the waning minutes of appropriate as the final gasp for '06 remarked in closing, "we're the game, the Bantams opened up the Bantams, who came so close going to miss our four wonderful to score two more goals and to prolonging their season. senior captains, they were such an secure the rout. Minutes after Kristen Geiger '06 commented on integral part of the team." assisting on the goal by teammate Bridge, Talentino converted on a similar play, and gave the Bantams a three-goal lead on the assist by Bridge. The final goal came in the closing moments when Talentino and Sara Thiede Chuck Pratt '06 cooperated to give Libby Forward Erin Bridge '07 dashes into the goal box. Franco the final goal and score team struggled after hitting the Amherst 1-0. Bowdoin, whom the the 4-0 shutout. meat of their schedule. Whereas Bantams beat two weeks ago, Standout freshman Talentino the Bantams were undefeated also pulled an upset in the first finished with three points while against non-conference oppo- round, beating Bates soundly, 3- Shields spearheaded the defense, nents, they did not match up well 0. finishing with 15 saves in her versus the traditionally strong The Bantams played their final home match. NESCAC. The team finished with final two games of the season this The following Saturday, Oct. a record of 7-6-1 overall and 3-6 past week, beginning on 30, the Bantams traveled to play in conference play. Wednesday versus the Eastern undefeated Middlebury. The Chuck Pratt The NESCAC has been high- Connecticut State Warriors. The Bantams needed a most unlikely Speedy forward Kristen Geiger '06 looks to center the ball. PAGE 26 SPORTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - NOVEMBER 2, 2004 Crew Has Bright Future BANTAMS IN THE CROWD continued from page 28 to the Henley Royal Regatta in England," women's fall season ended at the Charles, said Fraser. As for the women, McLean Brenna Shields '05 while the men will compete in the remarked that they "want to get to the podi- Named as the NESCAC women's soc- Princeton Chase on Nov. 7th to finish the um at the NCAA's." cer player of the week on Oct. 25, Brenna fall season. Regardless of what the future holds for Shields '05 has been the recipient of The spring season will consist of most- these two squads, the Trinity Rowing pro- numerous awards daring her career as a shutdown goalkeeper. ly dual meets against NESCAC and non- gram has emerged as the powerhouse it As a Mattituck High School Tucker in NESCAC competition. "Our goal is to go deserves to be. Long Island, N.Y., Shields was an All- State,. All-County, and All-Academic team selection spanning two years. She was named flie female athlete of the year by the Saffoik Times and the Conference IV Scholar Athlete in 2001. She was also the recipient of the prestigious Robert Muir Award in 2001 as the most outstanding female soccer player' in the state. With all those accomplishments even before reaching collegiate soccer, the four- Chuck Pratt year starter told the Tripod that she consid- fourth grade when, while watching her ered her greatest accomplishment to be cousin.try out for a team, she was asked if playing through back problems. "I have she wanted to play by the coacii, "it ail hap- scoliosis, and it was hard at times, but pened by chance." being allowed to play as much as I did Now a philosophy major, Shields is makes me grateful for the trainers and doc- considering a future in "...the advertising tors that helped me through the seasons, industry or even possibly even some law. especially our soccer trainer, Jennifer Something where I could try and incorpo- Dominick-Bayliss." rate moral and ethical theories in today's Shields began playing soccer in the society."

definitely wasn't shocked by his finish. The second fastest freshman in the race, he fin- ished just over one minute behind the win- ner of the 4.96-mile race. Originally from the Dominican Republic, Guzman- attended Wilby High School in Waterbury, Conn, where he lived with his family, but which has recently moved to Honda. Guzman began as a bas- ketball player at Wilby and played for three years before quitting to pursue running in Sept. of 2003 when he finished 11th irf the state open, bis first competition. Guzman recalled why he began run- ning saying, "I started running because I thought that I would be good at it and Julie Madsen because the cross-country coach reminded Chuck Pratt me of my father, who lives in the The Bantams Crew team rests idle on the Charles River. Dominican Republic." Jose Guzman '08 As a freshmarL, Guzman did not sUae As thi; IQth place finisher in the any long term goals, instead tfiooMiig' to NLiSCAC men's, cross country champi- focus on the more immediate future. "My on->hips this past Saturday, Jose Guzman only goals are to run under 2ft niinuii-i for "08 might have •surprised some by finishing my next race and try to finish in tht- top 14 ahead of any other Trinity runner, but he.overall."

YANG, SPORTS EDITOR".1 Soccer Misses Playoffs continued from page 28 championship as early as next season. Nov. 6 I ootball vs. Ainherst 12:30 p.m. but we went out there and tried our best." Schneider went on to add a message for Even though it appears Trinity had a his former teammates, saying "Even poor season, this 2004 campaign did though our record reflects a losing season, Cross Country - ECAC Div. Ill @ Tufts include some bright spots, such as a prom- I am glad to have been a part of this team, Course ising freshman class, a new head coach, this program, and this coaching system. and a team that played more like a team- We had a great bunch of guys and I hope every successive game. Xosing only three they can continue to play well and turn Nov. 7 Crew - Yale Freshman Head @ Derby, seniors and having a whole team benefit around this program. I have no doubt that from playing hefty competition, Trinity within the next couple of years Trinity can Conn. should be contending for a NESCAC be NESCAC champions."

Intramural Update

'Glory Days' Wins Intramural Football Championship

The 'Glory Days' football team was led by quar- terback Tim Cleary '06 and wide receiver Nick Baldelli '05 who connected for two touchdowns in their champi- onship victory over the 'All-Madden' team. Matt Engster '05 threw a touchdown to Eli Terry '06 and rushed for an additional touchdown in the 25-16 win. Safety Nate Roy '06 led the defense with one intercep- tion.

Chuck Pratt The men's soccer team will look to their young talent beginning next year. NOVEMBER 1, 2004 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD SPORTS PAGE 27 Football Beats Middlebmy, Remains Undefeated continued from page 28 ty of the drive, using a quarter- to make the score'14-0 at the half. the Panthers' hopes at a come- Amherst was previously for 137 yards, zero touchdowns, back-less set, the snap going Middlebury opened the third back. undefeated coming into last and two interceptions. Tom directly into the hands of the run- quarter with an effective drive, Barnard would add another week, before they lost to Tufts, Cleaver led all receivers with six ning backs. moving the tall well through the touchdown in the fourth quarter, 10-3, a team that the Bantams catches for 40 yards, while Dom With the rotation of Leo and passing game, but they were only and Middlebury's back-up quar- - easily handled 36-14 three weeks DiDomenico rushed for 36 yards. Finkeldey in this set, Middlebury able to get down to Trinity's 44- terback Tiger Lyon connected ago. Trinity has beaten Amherst Keenan was under constant was able to stack up against the yard line before they punted. with Cole Parlin for a" 26-yard the last two years in a row. pressure from the NESCAC's top run, but could not stop the Trinity Finkeldey sprinted right up touchdown with one minute left "Amherst will probably be defense, as the Bantams collected offense. the gut for 70-yards on the next in the game, to prevent the shut- the best team that we will play all four sacks. The Panthers started their possession, giving Trinity a 1 st- out year." Leo said. "They're very Senior tri-captain Duane drive at the 20-yard line, and and goal at the one yard line. But "Preparation has been the key similar to Middlebury defensively Tyler led the defense with nine Keenan found his receivers open a rare Bantam turnover gave to our success," Tyler said. "We and they're very physical." tackles, including one for a loss, in the seams, marching the Middlebury the ball at their own do a lot of tape watching and lots "We appreciate the support and one pass defended. offense all the way down to 5-yard line, after Leo mishandled of classroom type of learning that everyone has been giving "The defensive [game plane] Trinity's 21-yard line. They the direct snap. before each game." us," Tyler added. "And we hope we played just put me in the right looked to be on a roll until a pass Based off of their previous Trinity will host Amherst this everyone can make it out this places to make a play on the ball," to Tim Sheridan was thrown too drive, this looked to be the break Homecoming Weekend, their Saturday, because it will definite- Tyler said. high and ricocheted off his hands, the Panthers could use to get onto final home game of the season. . ly be a great game." Inside linebacker Avon falling into the outstretched arms the Scoreboard and crawl back Morgan '06 added eight tackles of sophomore linebacker into the game, but again Trinity's and a sack. Christian Allen. Just when defense held strong when they "We came in with a great Middlebury's offense seemed to needed to. "*• . game plan, and we executed it," be on a roll, Trinity clamped Two DiDomenico rashes xAt Morgan said. "Guys stepped up down when they needed to and resulted in only one net yard. ! when they needed to, and really came up with a big play; they Then on a crucial third-down con- kV made some big plays for us." would continue this pattern for version, Keenan tripped on his Sophomore safety Michael the rest of the game. own feet, and was sacked at his Soules locked down the With 8:43 to go before half- own one-yard line, squandering |^| Middlebury receivers with three time, another bad Keenan pass an opportunity to capitalize on a tackles, two passes defended, and resulted in an interception. Bantam turnover. •if an interception for 30 yards that Looking for a fade pattern on the Middlebury was forced to set up a Trinity touchdown. right sideline, Keenan lofted a punt from deep in their own end Trinity opened up the scoring pass up in the air. But the pass zone, and Trinity quickly proved * » on the first possession of the was short and Paris Farrell '06 why they are the championship game, with an effective and plod- was able to deflect it into the team that they are. Starting at . •• •-. • •-- ding 16 play, 80-yard drive, hands of Soules at theMiddlebury's 45-yard line, v; .'• capped off by a 5-yard touch- Middlebury 39, and took it 30- Pitcher dropped back to pass, and down fade to Pat Straub '05 from yards down to Middlebury's 10- found Kiely streaking across the Barnard. The Bantams kept the yard line. Barnard took the ball middle for a 45-yard touchdown Chuck Pratt ball on the ground for the majori- into the end zone two plays later strike; effectively stomping out The Trinity Defensive line recorded four sacks on Saturday.

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Middlebuiy offense, 177 through the air, the SPORTS EDITOR drops to 2-4 for -the year. The majority of which came in the home team controlled the game second half, when the game was Short of Playoffs The Bantams did everything on all sides of the ball, forcing already out of reach for the DAVE BUCCO team with four goals, two assists right on offense, defense, and Middlebuiy into mistakes and Panthers. SPORTS WRITER and 10 points, while sophomore special teams, as they rolled to a taking advantage of their scoring Freshman quarterback Spencer Vinal was second on the 28-7 win over the visiting opportunities. Chandler Barnard kept the The Trinity College men's team with two goals, two assists Middlebuiy Panthers this past Trinity accumulated 418 total Panther defense off-balance, soccer finished their season by and six points. Saturday. Trinity, ranked no. 1 in yards, including 271 on the rushing for 53 yards and two losing their last three games to Against Bates, Trinity lost a New England is 6-0 and extends ground. Middlebuiy was only touchdowns, while completing Bates, Bowdoin and Middlebury. 2-1 nail-biter. Sophomore Drew their NCAA-leading winning able to muster 214 yards of both of his two passes for 19 The Bantams could have earned a Ahrensdorf scored the only goal yards and a touchdown. Drew bid to their third consecutive of the game off a throw-in by Finkeldey '05 returned to action NESCAC Championship freshman Charlie Fuentes. after sitting out last week's game Tournament if they either won or Trinity, however, could not against Bowdoin, and rushed for tied Middlebury and if Tufts lost muster enough offense to tie the 167 yards on only nine carries, to both Wesleyan and Connecticut game by adding a second goal, with long runs of 62 and 70 yards. College. However, Trinity's and lost by one. Added senior Gennaro Leo '07 fought for offense failed to show up for the captain, Craig Schneider, "That the tough yardage, collecting 64 final three games, producing only first game against Bates was our yards on the ground. Sophomore one goal. best game out of the last three we Tim Kiely led all Bantams with For the year, Trinity ended up played. We just couldn't score three receptions for 72 yards, with a 3-9-2 record and some per- that last goal to send it to over- including a 45-yard touchdown sonal highlights included sopho- time." strike from Josh Pitcher '06. more goalkeeper Eric Wunsch, Trinity lost their last two Pitcher handled the majority who led the league in save per- games of the season to Bowdoin, of the throwing opportunities centage at .898. He finished sec- 3-0 and to Middlebury, 4-0. "The completing 5-of-9 passes for 84 ond in saves with 6.29 per game last two games were tough," yards and a touchdown. and second in goals against aver- added Schneider. "We came out The Bantams held the age at 0.83. really hard, but they just out- NESCAC's leading passer Mike Freshman goalie Scott classed us. It's tough to end a Keenan in check, going 19-for-33 Johnson was also ranked fifth in season with those last two games Chuck Pratt saves, stopping 5.12 per contest. Trinity's offense amassed 418 total yards versus Middfebury. see FOOTBALL on page 27 Freshman Charlie Fuentes led the see SOCCER on page 26 Crew Team Makes History With 1 st Place Finish

JON SIMONIAN reach much further than next with the big boys." the best group to be in the Varsity talent the second Varsity boat has SPORTS WRITER year's race. This was really the first event Eight boat. in it will be a critical element to The Head of Charles Regatta, The men's victory in the where Trinity flexed all its mus- The influx of sophomores that the success of Trinity Rowing in on the Charles River, is perhaps Collegiate Eight solidifies Trinity cles and put together the best boat have emerged on the Varsity team the future. "[We] stand in very the most prestigious rowing com- Rowing as one of the premier to row in the main event. In the made the competition for the good position to be called one of petition in the United States. programs in Division HI, and previous two events, the Head of eight seats quite intense. After the best teams in the NESCAC Individuals, clubs, colleges and places them on equal footing with the Riverfront on the Connecticut mixed results in the first two with all the talent we have," com- high schools from all over the many Division I programs. Co- River on Oct. 3 in Hartford, and races and weeks of testing in mented Henry Palmer '06, one of country traveled to Cambridge, captain Cameron Eraser '05 said the Head of the Connecticut also practice, Coach Lawrence the eight chosen to sit in the first Mass., for the 40th Annual Head that the win at the Charles will, on the Connecticut on Oct. 10 in Gluckman was able to determine Varsity boat. of the Charles Regatta on Oct. 23 "put Trinity in with the bigger Middletown, Conn., Trinity sent the fittest rowers and create the As for the women's perform- and 24. schools and shows we can play out different boats to try and find fastest boat possible. The level of ance in the Head of Charles, Trinity men's and women's coxswain Emily McLean '05 also rowing teams participated in the points to the rest of the team as a Collegiate Eight events this year, reason for their success. "The and both teams dramatically whole team contributes to the improved over their performances picking of the boat." from last year. The women fin- The gradual improvement of ished 8th with a time of the women's team over the past 13:2S.668, a mere .587 seconds few years was given a jump-start behind the seventh place finisher. over the summer when Trinity The men won the Collegiate named Marina Traub as the inter- Eight race with a time of im head coach. 11:29.384, more than 14 seconds Coach Traub brings Division ahead of the second place boat. I experience as both a coach and The men will receive an auto- rower to Trinity and has contin- matic bid for next year's ued to push the women towards Collegiate Eight for winning the becoming a much stronger unit. race and women will receive an "She has been an extremely posi- automatic bid in next year's tive addition to the team," Regatta because their finishing McLean said. time was within 5 percent of the The future clearly looks very winner's time. However, the bright for both teams. The effects of the extremely strong Julie Madsen showing at the Head of Charles Trinity's Men's Collegiate Gght rowers show off their new hardware. see CREW on page 26

See how the Cross INSIDE SPORTS See who was named Country teams fared this week's Bantams this weekend on \WleybaJl near:* the end of Women's soccer falls to in the Crowd on page 25 their season on page 24 Middle-bury on page 25 page 26