Crtpir VOL. XCVI NO. 11 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 DECEMBER 9,1997 Scabies Infestation Trinity Hosts Inaugural Ball Hits Campus Dorms males laying more eggs. Com- BY OWEN TRIPP mon areas include finger-web- News Writer bing, wrists, genitals, elbows, breasts and buttocks. The infes- Over the past three weeks the tation never affects the face. medical office has been inun- The mite is able to spread per- dated with cases of students son to person via a number of complaining about small itchy ways. The most common forms blisters on their bodies. The of transportation are sheets and medical staff promptly recog- clothing. Though the mite can nized and treated the cases of only survive a short time away Sarcoptes scabei or Scabies. from the body, shared clothing Nonetheless, the disease ran its is a prime mode of sharing the course through a large part of infestation. The mite can also Cook Dormitory. A few other jump body to body, if two cases surfaced in dormitories people are in close contact. throughout the campus includ- Regular laundry detergent ing North and New Dorm. The purges sheets and clothes of the Medical Office handled all re- mites. ported cases and to date, there Upon diagnosis, the Medical have been no reoccurrences. Office prescribed the use of the Those infected were encour- product Quell—an insecticidal aged to wash all of their cloth- lotion. Once applied, the lotion ing and linen and to warn must be kept on before twelve Trinitones Amie Duffy '98, Sara Jaf f e '98, and Katherine Bigeiow CLYDE MCKEE anybody whom they had been hours before being washed off. '99 enjoy Mayor Mike Peters' inaugural ball at the Trinity Field in close contact with. If done properly, the itching House. Congresswoman and Connecticut Gubernatorial Scabies is caused by a female will stop in a week and the blis- candidate Barbara Kenelly (left), who earned a Masters in microscopic mite that burrows ters will disappear. In most Government from Trinity in 1971, also attended the event to into one's skin and lays hun- cases, Scabies never returns. celebrate Mayor Peters' reelection. dreds of eggs. Fourteen days Very few Cook residents later, when the eggs have been agreed to answer questions, but stJfftWefttty-toctibatied; thefy those'W'htf dKh- •""•— - hatch and the new mites spread situation in Cook B, as "one of Series Reviewed many conflicts and problems lition of the United Nations. out throughout the body. The paranoia." Due to a lack of un- BY DEVIN PHARR we hear of today. The project The idea of single states con- cycle continues with the fe- see MITES on page eight News Writer hopes to investigate the sources taining multiple nations is an and reasons in the history of important theme of the series. Over the past semester the these problems to offer a better So far the project has held five Junior Fellows' Dean of Faculty has been spon- understanding of the world to- faculty lectures and four soring Trinity College's day. decolonization film events. Decolonization Project. While In 1947, the British declared Held on Tuesday nights, each Term Evaluated not as flashy or immediate as formally their resignation from lecture is paneled by a student Director of Residential Life other events going on such as their Empire in India and Paki- pair or trio who a responsible Bv PATRICK NQONAN Sarah Neill, this program is the Ed Bradley lecture or the stan. The importance of this for the introduction of the fac- News Writer "on the right track" to attain- honorary degree ceremonies, event was barely noticeable ulty presenters and hosting the ing its goal. ",-'.. the project deals with issues from this side of the oceans but discussion session afterwards. Fourjunior Fellows came to Many, students view the which have shaped the world for the people of the Indian pen- In addition to the students campus in August as the first Junior Fellows program solely for the past several centuries insula and the Far Middle east hosting a panel discussion oth- members of an experimental as being an attempt to crack- and have defined the world as it it ended two hundred years and ers have or will present movies program designed to bolster down on alcohol policy viola- is today. A series of lectures and more of colonial rule. A coun- in connection to the film series the Residential Life staff, tions. Afterasemester.Fellow films bringing together the stu- try of what is now 850 million also being held on Tuesday The Trinity community has Jennifer Matos commented dents and the faculty have high- people was granted their own nights. "The films fit very well now incorporated the Fellows that "the outsider feeling is lighted the project, while independence in one of the into the series. They expressed for a full semester. The prevalent here. We were special events in connection more tumultuous eras in his- viewpoints which highlighted with Cinestudio and the Latin administration's impressions brought in to make changes tory. what life was like in different Film Series as well as a special of the program have been that that needed to happen and The 1997-98 academic year situations," said Mike O'Connor that has been missed." symposium being held in also is the 50th year since the '98. it is an improvement to Trini ty, march have brought interest in Indeed, all of the Fellows creation of Israel as an indepen- Associate Professor Vijay and there are hopes to expand from outside the campus as echoed sentiments of regret dent state and what some Prashad, who is a coordinator the program next year.- well. Decolonization is defined would argue the denial of Pal- of the project, commented on The main purpose of the Fel- that many students still har- as "the culmination of national- estinian statehood. Since its cre- the past semester. "At every lows is to improve residential bor misconceptions about liberation struggles, of whom ation the Middle East has been event we have consistently had life at Trinity to a point that is them. However, Carter Smith some win and some lose." seen as, acceptable, This has . added that "we've (Junior Fel- a battleground on different lev- fifty or more people, and typi- been attempted-through bol- lows] had a tenuous relation- The project itself is a exami- els. While ethnic differences cally not the same ones every stering and supporting the ship with the student body, nation of those events which collide almost monthly, the oil- time. Of those there is a good RAs, as well as asking the RAs but .all of my personal con- took place fifty years ago follow- rich fields have been battle- mix of faculty but also a good for further enforcement of be- tacts have been very positive," ing the Second World War. grounds for cold war group of students. From both, I havior standards.' According to see FELLOWS on page eight These events relate directly to superpowers, as well as the coa- see SPRING on page seven INSIDE THIS WEEK'S TRIPOD Ice Hockey wins News 6 Why do girls go to Do you remember McCabe Trounament Opinion 2 the bathroom in VanHalen? Catchup and sweeps BEC and Features 10 on the band's hap- pairs? Secrets re- St. Anselm's to im- Arts 18 vealed on 12 penings on 18 Announcements 16 prove to 4-1-1. See Sports 20 story on 24 PAGE 2 OPINION THE TRINITY TRIPOD - DECEMBER 9,1997 How Can We Learn From Each Other? Campus Safety This is the last issue of The Tripod for the semester and my last issue as Editor-in- Does A Good Job Chief. As Editor of The Tripod, I have had the opportunity to look at Trinity and life on To the Editor: pus. Does that sound right to campus in a new light. I have listened to endless criticism and occasional praise, and you? Think about it; if there are have discovered a great deal about the Trinity community. Throughout the past few five campus safety officers on a I have learned that Trinity students and administrators are creatures of habit. Every weeks there have been numer- shift and three of them are busy semester, the same issues arise. Drinking, Greek life, diversity, apathy, safety, dorm dam- ous articles in the Tripod con- shuttling Trinity students age. These are not new topics, but each year there is a new twist on the old themes. cerning the robbery that around, that leaves only two left Now that the semester is almost over, it is important to take a break from the craziness occurred on the lower long to watch the campus. Instead of of finals and paper writing to consider the events and issues that were important over walk. Unfortunately, some of complaining about not being these articles have not been very picked up in time by Campus the past few months. What were the big issues this semester? Was it the moving of the positive towards members of Safety, maybe we should ask the Umoja House? The abolition of the Integration of Knowledge requirement? The build- the Campus Safety department, administration about setting up ing of the new dorm? The junior fellows? and it is to these articles that I a more comprehensive shuttle All these topics were discussed throughout semester, affecting people's lives to differ- wish to respond. system on campus and leave the ent degrees. Next semester the players may change, but most likely, we will still be mull- First and foremost, I think officers to worry about the ing over the same ideas and expressing our opinions on the same issues.