BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID HARTFORD, CT PERMIT NO. 2159 Wtinitp Vol. XCIV No. 7 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 -October 24,4995- Seminar Examines Sheff vs. O'Neill BY FYSM125 sible. . Nezvs Writers Hammer also said that the failure of thousands of Hart- Editor's Note: This article was ford schoolchildren can be put together by the members of blamed chiefly on poverty not David Reuman 's First-Year Semi- on unequal or segregated nar "Achieving A Quality And schools. Integrated Education" to prepare Immediately following for a campus-wide conference on Judge Hammer's decision, the November 9th discussing these is- plaintiffs appealed to the State sues. Their names are included at Supreme Court. the end of the article. Among the seventeen original plaintiffs are six Puerto The Sheff vs. O'Neill law- Rican children, five black chil- suit was filed by the American dren, and six white children. Civil Liberties Union on behalf At least four of the plain- of seventeen school-children tiffs live in families whose in- from Hartford in 1988. comefall below the official pov- The suit was brought erty line; at least five have lim- Some visitors for Halloween on Vernon St. are all smiles as they watch the magician in the against the State of Connecticut ited proficiency in English; four Bistro. The celebration was once again a rousing success as various organizations on by the plaintiffs who were seek- live in single-parent families. campus sponsored a trick or treat extravaganza on Sunday. ing equal educational opportu- When the case was filed, at nities, a right guaranteed by the least eight children were en- Hartford schools are now State Constitution. rolled in the public school sys- 93.1% Black and Hispanic. The lawsuit claims that eco- tem, while Others were attend- One of the contributing fac- Minority Students nomic and racial segregation ing various private schools in tors to the present concentra- inflicts an unfair burden upon llie iirt'ti. tion of racial and ethnic minori- Hartford public schools, violat- All the plaintiffs were liv- ties in Hartford is the town- Attend SGA Meeting ing the equal educational policy ing in Hartford, except for two protected by the State. who resided in West Hartford. existed since 1909. BY JENNIFER ALSPACH and the SGA. When, the ruling was an- However, since the case These district lines were Managing Editor The result was that we nounced last spring, Superior has progressed, three gradu- drawn when the State was 98.5% didn't have any minorities on Court Judge Harry Hammer ated from Hartford schools, one white, and therefore the State Yesterday, the Student the Judiciary Board." He felt found that the State did not from Catholic school, and eight maintains that de facto segrega- Government Association (SGA) that the purpose of the Judiciary cause the segregation and there- have left Hartford to attend tion is unintentional. considered a motion to Board was not well explained at fore could not be found respon- other schools. continued on pageS republicize and re-vote on the the meeting three weeks ago student Judiciary Board which when the original vote took was elected three weeks ago. place. "I did not fully under- Vomiting And Tripping The Highlights The controvery arose be- stand the purpose of the Board cause a number of minority stu- until about four days after we dents claimed that the first elec- first elected the members. I feel tion was unfair due to a lack of that we made a mistake in elect- TGERT Has Busy Weekend publicity and information about ing that Board and I wanted to the Judiciary Board positions. change it," Freely stated. pus safety officer discovered a to be of a nature serious enough The motion failed. That motion was defeated BY JOSH FREELY female student vomiting. for an ambulance to be called Last night was actually the 13-no to 8-yes. It needed a two- News Editor TCERT was called and dis- and the student was taken to second time thatthis motion was thirds majority to pass. Despite covered had not eaten a thing Hartford Hospital where the considered. At the previous this result, the same motion was The newly created Trinity before embarking on her party problem was determined tob e week's meeting, Josh Freely'96, brought up at the meeting last College Emergency Response activities, hence increasing her treatable. introduced the motion asking night. It was reported that after Team (TCERT) received a trial chances of getting sick. Commenting on his orga- SGA to republicize and re-vote the initial election, Vice by fire this past weekend as At3a.m. thatsamenightan nizationsbusy weekend Co-Di- for the student Judiciary Board. Presidnet for Minority Affairs they responded to 4 medical emergency call was again issued rector Matt Birmingham '98 Freely proposed this question Annette Fernandez '96 went emergencies. this time for a student who had was very encouraged. Re- because he "believed that the back to the Minority Affairs The club, made up of stu- severely lacerated her toe in sponse times for all four calls first election was run without Committee (MAC) and ex- plained what had happened the dents trained in the adminis- Wheaton Hall. Fortunately, one were under one minute in each sufficient information being given to both the student body continued on page 7 tration of various levels of emer- of the on call personnel lived in case and the feedback from gency medical response was Wheaton and was knocking on Campus safety has been very created this year and became her door within seconds of the positive. fully operational only a few initial call. Despite early questions weeks ago. The student said she among students about the need On Friday night, EMT's on couldn't recall how exactly she for a fully equipped student call received word over their had cut her foot but she was emergency response team, Bir- portable communication de- bandaged anyway and sent to mingham believes that the or- vices that a student was in Hartford Hospital with a cam- ganizations performance this Arts: trouble and needed assistance. pus safety escort. weekend alone justified the ex- pense. The poetry of Margaret Gibson Three TCERT members re- The final emergency of the sponded in less than a minute weekend occurred Sunday night He cites the fact that re- Warren Miller on the Slopes and discovered a student hav- in mather as five members of sponse time was so low as evi- ing a bad experience with a hal- TCERT happened to be dining dence that having the expen- lucinogenic drug. together in the cafeteria. All five sive communication equip- / J Sports: An ambulance was sum- received word on their ment and medical M ts was well NBA Preview worth the one time costs to both moned by the TCERT crew on communicator's that there was ths students and administra- Field Hockey Makes the scene and the student was an emergency within Mather. tion. ECAC Tournament taken to Hartford Hospital. As all five jumped to respond they spotted campus safety of- "All our calls went ex- Tcert members were also ficers who were on the scene. tremely well. Campus safety called to an emergency at the Features: A female student was com- was pleased, we were pleased." ELMO party in the Washing- Birmingham said, "I think we Students In Mediterranean ton Room Saturday night. Dur- plaining of chest pains. The problem was determined by the are going to work together Halloween on Vernon St. ing the evacuation of the build- well." ing due to a fire alarm, a cam- medical technicians on the scene Page 2 OPINION THE TRINITY TRIPOD • October 31, 1995 illiiiiiiij Professor Cooper Is A Breath Of Fresh Air? Fondly Remembered To the Editor: But George Cooper was more than an intellectual icon for me and my father. HE HALLOWEEN PARTY was a raging success. The music was A few weeks ago, former British He was truly a Trinity institution. Once loud. The dance hall was full. Everyone was in their best History Professor George Brinton Coo- he fell ill toward the end of my senior costume. Superheroes abound ed and monsters mingled while per died at the age of 79 at his home in year. The Pipes conducted a campaign the non-festive, costumeless, wallflowers kept to the back of the room. Simsbury. Although current Trinity stu- for students to sponsor a song for them to It was hot in the room, and it was sweaty, but it was all clean fun. dents and relatively recent Trinity alums serenade him with at his bedside in the It was time to step out for a minute. Catch a breath and relax for a probably do no t know Professor Cooper, hospital. literally generations of Trinity families spell. No such luck. The suited one and the clown. The clown was Madison Reilly, a Pipe with whom I do. was taking an exclusive Cooper seminar visibly upset. He yelled something and the suited one did not respond. The reason I know that is because (one did not "sign up" for a Cooper The clown had lost his overshoes in what seemed to be a very slow- Cooper taughtbothmyfather,Ed Shapiro seminar; one was admitted, as into a moving foot chase. '52, when Cooper was a faculty fraternity, of Trinity itself), got me to . The first punch was thrown and it was a nice one that the clown " Wunderkind" fresh out of Yale, and me sponsor some sappy little ditty that the threw. There was a quick scuffle, but the spirit of Halloween forced when I was a History major at Trinity in Pipes could somehow turn from senti- people to action. The two were separated and forgotten. the late '70s and early '80s. mentality to sentiment. Yes, Cooper was They could not be forgotten for long. When a uniformed officer Professor Cooper used to remind that critical to the vibrancy of the Trinity shower up to the party, he began to take statements. The two proceeded me that my dad was the editor-in-chief of campus: his illness moved Trinity's ven- erable institutions - like the Pipes - to to start the fight all over again. They were separated by several of the the paper you are now reading. He also reminded me that my father used to write action. crowd, but not before there was the sound of intense coughing. First anti-McCarthyist editorials for this pa- Another time, Cooper compared the there was one person, then another, until at least forty people were per in the early 1950s, when taking such game room in the basement of Mather coughing, crying and blubbering with acrid throat pain. a position was none too popular, and Hall to the Greyhound station in East St. Wracking their brains, the crowd looked confused. "What was perhaps even risked a blacklisting. So Louis. Even though few Trinity students that?" Professor Cooper would constantly re- had probably ever been to East St. Louis It was Pepperspray. Recently the riot deterrent has been used to mind me that they gave my dad the (much less the Greyhound station there), disperse rowdy elemen ts from parties at some very questionable times. sobriquet "Red Ed" when he was the Cooper's sarcastic wit was not lost on Unfortunately, the spray ends up afflicting mostly innocent bystanders Tripe's E-I-C. And after he began to many of us. In fact, the man may have realize that I was a "chip off the old been a little prescient: the Mather game with an invisible cloud of incredibly noxious gas. block" (at leas t in terms of my radicalism room was the favorite hangout for a By the time the officer had pulled the spray out of his belt, the two at Trinity), he starting calling me "Little strange young man who turned out to brawlers had been separated and were out of reach of each other. There Red," which became sort of his term of have murdered his grandfather "At [his] was no reason for the officer to fear for his own safety, and it is doubtful endearment for me. Mother's Request," the title of a book that someone else may have been hurt. Yet over forty people ended up Because he was such an inspiration about the killing. coughing and hacking in bronchial agony. to me intellectually in his British History The Globe and Courant obits made The officer misused the spray and as a result, many found their class, Icreated something of a historical mention of Cooper's remarkable gift of night ruined. It is Halloween, and one can expect a little craziness. Let political cartoon for him from the pages remembering students' names. I was those who would ruin their own evenings do so, but please, spare the of my lecture notes about Britain's pre- another witness to that particular tal- rest of us. World War I era. I photocopied a small ent. But not only did Cooper remember map of Britain and France and had each his current students' names, he remem- country speaking to each other in rhyme bered their fathers' na,mes, as well I _ '- - ! • • • — —' France: "Entente Cordiale?" [the al- Caleb and David Koeppel — two -year- liancebetween France, Russia, and even- apart brothers who not only attended tually, after some urging by the French, Trinity together, who not only took GreatBritain that ultimately became the Cooper's British History class, but who nucleus of the Allied Powers in World even sat next to each other in class, all War I] about their dad, Alfred, current Chair- Matthew Henry '96 Jennifer Alspach '96 Britain: "What's the rationale?" man of Trinity's Board of Trustees and one of my own dad's Theta Xi fraternity I/)UOR/\LWH V/l\4<7/V LDIIOR France: "Set the Bear [Russia] on the Hun [Germany]" brothers. WriKLV BY THE Siviutmi Of Britain: "Fine, but who'll hold the After getting his students' names, TRINITY COLLEGE gun?" he would stare at them for a few seconds, News Editors SpnrLs Editors Historically imprecise and enigmatic blinking frequently because of some dis- c (not to mention corny), but Cooper was tinguished tick he had (everything about I Mr, ,w >6 \Aa*l Mtntote'96 the kind of professor who at least at- Cooperwasdistinguished,evenhis ticks). K '1 n , <>- ( '111/ S s ' % tempted intellectual accomplishment. He was a little like my old 80/88 com- "Quite clever," he assured me. Quite. puter that took a few extra seconds to store data, but committed to memory Features Editors . f_ ^^ OptmoA "Editor t with an unrivaled permanency. Sham Abraham'96 '': The Good, f I J Cooper always reminded me of an Whitney Pmeroy M ' The Bad... uncaricatured versionof the Modern Ma- " *", BtidgetDirector * " jor General from "Pirates of Penzance." Arts Editors %mAppleyard'98 ...And The Ugly Yet he Was not an aloof snob like the Elizabeth Perry'98 Gilbert and Sullivan character, and like Amy$}iackeipt4'97 7 ,' ^ Busitfes^ Manager *, ^ some might have assumed from his quasi- British accent; George Cooper always - u \^harles Biker '971 v^'- cared deeply for his students, especially Announcements Editor" the development of their intellect. , Sylvester Chen '98 ilation ManagerjZ^,: •Holloween Weekend "Booksss," Cooper rather hissed one day. r f : The plural "s" would get us to read more emer'96 * Options'. Publishers of them. > X Annanarie Q. Peil '96 •Beer Coming To Bistro! In my dad's day, at least (if not later Copy Editors •Thursday Dinner in in his career), Cooper was known as a Mattheia B. Prince '96 . Ernesto Anguilta W voracious reader. If you wanted to find Tammy Nkol'96 Mather him, the first place you'd look would be Photography Staff the Cave, where he would reputedly hang out reading books all day. Morgan Kissel '98 - Ediior Senior Editors Cooper always received among the Gus Ellison '97 - K, MichaeWerby'96 very best reviews at Trinity from his Steve Freirc '9t> •Mather Fire Alarm students. "Cooper is super!" raved one. Kcni/Medarn? 98 Saturday Night So I suppose the only thing we can do to appropriately review his life is to re- ThuTrinilv Tnpcd -/ tMii>"dn • m • Beer Lines At Elmo member him and his teaching legacy the bv •''..' »tui<-'i S •,/ I rn.lu Crf'm " "' Hsilfi'rJ, C mntcL. nl Party way he remembered us: permanently, respectfully, and, yes, even affectionately. * >j>or 41 itiuc- (1 wan,, S&.tnr 88 biui* (4 Goodbye Professor Cooper. You con- The 'Inpeni j/'iri r • Ipiulirf in '/.'• f ivim'nt ot]iukM
Capital Punishment As Deterrent The Death Penalty An Expense BY KELLY COLLIS & BEN KADLEC come a more effective deterrent, more BYTEFFREYJ.PYLE Another factor influencing the Mas- Opinion Writers convicted murderers must be executed. Opinion Writer sachusetts state legislature's decision Instead they live in state prisons in rela- was the death penalty's disparate im- The duty of law enforcement and tive comfort, watching cable T.V. and This summer. Governor William pact on minorities. Fifty-three percent the judicial system is to protect law abid- eating three square meals a day at the Weld introduced a bill to reinstates the of the people executed between 1930 ing citizens from criminals. Right now tax-payers expense. death penalty in the state of Massachu- and 1990 were black, even thoughblacks these systems in the United States are not For capital punishment to truly be- setts. As an intern for the American made up only 12 percent of the popula- living up to this duty. The rise in crime come an effective deterrent we propose Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, tion. Furthermore/ a convicted mur- since the 1960's is due to the decrease in these reforms of the current judicial sys- I took part in an intense lobbying effort derer is much more likely to be executed riskcriminals facecompared to theirpro- tem. The crimes where the capital pun- against it. Fortunately, the state legisla- if his or her victim was white. spective profit of committing a crime.1 ishment may be given should include: ture found the wisdom to defeat the Although about 50 percent of Capital punishment not only satisfies premedita ted murder, multiple murders, governor's misguided legislation, and American murder victims since 1977 justice, but is more likely to save inno- murder of law enforcement officials, con- my state'remains one of the few in the have beenblack, only 17 percent of those cent lives than life imprisonment. tract killings and murders committed union which has not entered the quag- executed since that year were convicted There is a negative correlation be- while another felony is in progress. Sec- mire of state-sanctioned killing. of killing a non-white, and only one of tween the decrease of capital punish- ond, the time and cost of executions must The legislators voted against the these was himself white. ment and the increase in crime since the be decreased. Currently a murderer on governor's bill for several reasons. First, But in the debate over capital pun- 1960's. The likelihood of a serious crime death row can delay their execution al- they understood that the death penalty ishment, advocates and detractors usu- leading to imprisonment has fallen 80% mostindefinitely through costly appeals. does not deter homicide. No credible ally talk past each o ther. Liberals take a since 1962.2 In Connecticut, one of the 37 The amount of appeals granted must be studyhasever shown thatitdoes. People rational, utilitarian approach (consider- states which has the death penalty, there limited. who kill others do so in a fit of passion, ing what would be best for the commu- has not been an execution in over 30 Capital punishmentis notcruel and don't know what the law is, or don't nity a t large), while conservatives take a years.3 Of the 2,500 that are currently on unusual. The reason why the crime and expect to get caught. States with the more moralistic tack, arguing that mur- death row, less than 2% are executed murder rate has been steadily increasing death penalty actually have greater rates derers "deserve to die." each year. * since the 60's is because punishments of homicide than states without it. Let's assume that murderers have forfeited their lives by taking those of In the current judicial system, when have not fit the crime. Second, the death penalty is more If the crime is murder, then the pu n- expensive than the sentence of life with- others and that the death penalty can be the crime committed is murder, the pun- ishment should be death, not 8 years in out parole. This may seem counter in- implemented quickly enough to deter ier capital punishment to prison.Itdoesnotcostthe taxpayers more tuitive, but is easily understood when other murders. And let's also assume to execute a prisoner. Currently, the cost one considers the level of due process that our criminal justice system is fair become a more effective of executing a convict on death row is the Supreme Court has mandated for enough to implement the death penalty deterrent, more convicted approximately one million dollars. The capital trials. equitably; and that capital punishment estimated cost of incarcerating a crimi- Indigent defendants must be af- does not violate the Eighth murderers must be ex- nal is $25,000 a year. Therefore, the cost :orded at least two state-funded attor- Amendment's ban on "cruel and un- of incarceration for fifty years is $1.25 leys, one for trial and one for the post- usual punishments." Given all of this, 8 ecuted. Instead they live million. :onviction sentencing stage. After con- we should still refrain from state-sanc- in state prisons in relative Protecting citizens from crime is the riction there are nearly endless appeals, tioned killing because of its brutalizing first and most basic function of govern- :ross-appeals, and habeas corpus ap- effect on society. comfort, watching cable ment. Therefore, because capital punish- peals. The death penally, far from creat- T.V. and eating three ment is a deterrent to murder, it is the This is while the defendants housed ing respect for life, encourages the cul- governments right to execute those on death row, an expensive place to ture of death already so pervasive in square meals a day at the people who have been judged by a jury * ' ' " ;ealont erjca.s For example, when the infa-- tax-payers expense. o£ their peeijs to have, the death sentence imposed on them. defendant might be acquitted. The total execution, vendors made a killing (no ishment does not fit the crime. In 1990, Recall during the 1988 presidential cost: in some states, upwards of three punintended) on T-shirts reading "Tues- the mean sentence for murder was only election the much publicized case of mllion dollars per execution. A forty day is Fry-day," i9 years and five months. The average Willie Horton. Horton was a convicted fear stay in prison, however, costs the When states practice capital pun- time in jail these murderers actually rapist and murderer who was released tate just under $1,000,000. ishment, they send a message that it is served was only 8 years andfive months.5 oh a weekend furlough in Massachu- Reducing human lives to dollars acceptable to solve one's problems with. However, what is more alarming is the setts/ , ' • • ••. -.'.• .;• v. : •..•'••- md cents may seem cold atfirst, butnot violence. Itis foeheightof hypocrisy for recidivismrateof these criminals. Astudy On his weekend, he committed an- when one considers that the death pen- politicians to rail against-movies like bytheBureauofJusticestansticsrepprted other murder. The simple fact is this, to lty diverts badly needed money from "Natural'Born'Kiilers" and in the same that in 1983 out of 105,580 criminals re- save innocent lives; the death penalty effective crime control methods to capital breath call for increased use of the death leased form prison, 50,000 of them com- must be implemented. prosecution. For example, although penalty. mitted another violent crime. And of Texas spent $183.2 million dollars for six No conclusive studies have shown these crimes, 2,282 were homicides. 1 years with the death penalty, it can only that violence on television influences The use of capital punishment is a Ernest Van Den Haag, "How to cut afford to hold its prisoners for 20 percent violence in real life, but one study on crime," National Review, May 30,1994, p.32. deterrent. InastatisticalstudybyStephen 2 capital punishmentfound anincrease in Ibid. of their time. K. Lawson on the effects of executions on * "The Ross Case," The Hartford Coitnmt, Similarly, two professors estimated homicide during the sixty-day periods the murder rate, it stated that every ex- June 28,1994, p.Al. that the state of New York could have after execution. ecution of a murderer deters on the aver- 4 "How to Cut Crime". hired 250 additional police officers and The desire for revenge-is a deeply- age 18 homicides. According to Lawson's 5 Peter Ferrara, Issues '94, (Washington, built prisons for 6,000 more inmates with held and powerful human emotion. But data, the 32 executions perforniedin 1993 D.C.The Heritage Foundation, 1994). 6 the money that it would take to imple- statesmen should not indulge in selfish saved 576 lives.6 The problem is that Ernest Van Den Haog, "Death and De- ment the death penalty in that state for pleas to misguided popular sentiment. terrence," National Review, March 14,1986, p,44. there were more than 20,000 homicides 7 ust five years. (New Yorkrecently chose In criminal justice, the good of the soci- 7 "How to Cut Crime", in 1993. For capital punishment to be- 8 Issues '94 capital punishment.) ety must come first. Plea To Students To Stand Up For Marriott Workers To The Editor: of them are. At any rate, neither state- see someone new at the door. It will be This is a call to arms. This is an issue Last Monday, the Student Gov- ment has to be true any longer. someone who took the job of the person everyone cares about. This is something ernment Association (SG A) passed a When news of Al's possible dis- who always had something nice to say to that matters. Please don't ignore it until motion calling for Marriott's neutrality missal hit the student body, over two you day in and day out. It will be it is too late. in the upcoming unionization vote. We hundred students called the Marriott of- someone who was willing to play by did this to insure that employees would fices. Al is still working in the Cave. But Marriott's rules, instead of thinking of Sincerely, notbe threatened with termination from while what we did on Al's behalf is im- themselves or their families first. Kerri Mullen'97 their jobs or separated by language and portant, there is much more to be done. coerced into abandoning the movement. Think about the people who work in Most importantly, we did this so these the Cave, or the Bistro, or in Mather day Policy Concerning Letters To The Editor: workers could simply look at the facts of after day. We always see the same faces, Please Note: The Tripod is published every Tuesday while classes are in session. Letters unionization and decide onanindividual and to this day I have never met an to The Tripod must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding publication. Letters basis what would make life better for employee I didn't like. I think everyone should be addressed to the Editor, riota particular individual. No unsigned or anonymous them. ' feels the same way. After our years at letters will be printed, although names may be withheld if so requested after a signature. However, I don't think it is the SGA Trinity, we have formed a relationship The Trinity Tripod will not publish any letters deemed by the editors to be an attack on an thathas thepower in this situation. There with these people, and I know Trinity individual's character or personality. areonlytwentysixmemberspntheSGA, would not be the same without them. All letters are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of The Tripod. The editors of The Tripod reserve the right to edit all letters We can be as outspoken as we want, but I am asking the student body to talk for clarity and brevity. twenty six is a limited number of voices. to the SGA representatives. Talk to It is not enough. Marriott employees. Get the facts, make Letters may be submitted to via: • network: Docex server in the The student body atTrinity has been up your own mind either way. But don't General Resources called apathetic. The SGA hasbeen called just sit back. Because if we do, there • campus mail: Box 702582 zone of the Trinity useless. Maybe both of these statements might be a rude awakening down the • e-mail: [email protected] College Network are true. But then again, maybe neither road when you get your ID swiped and October .31, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD NEWS Page 5 An In-Depth Look At Sheff VS. O'Neill Final Oral Arguments Connecticut Opinions At State Supreme Court Upon interviewing Con- would give suburban parents a are realizing that whites are continued from page I tunity." Attorneys Horton and necticut residents different reasontosend their children into rather accepting to having a At 10:00 a.m. Thursday, Blumenthal did not dispute the opinions emerged on the sub- the cities." Blackwell is against few "middle class blacks" in September 28, 1995, a large lower court finding that Hart- ject of school integration. Sue forced bussing that would com- their schools, but as a few be- crowd gathered at the Con- ford Public Schools provide a Staffaroni is a Hartford resi- pel suburban children to attend comes more and poor, whites necticut State Supreme Court minimally adequate education. dent with two children attend- the very city schools that are turn their backs. In addition, to witness the controversial However, they did disagree on ing the Kenelly Elementary presentlyrated as inferior, while blacks are tired of beingbassed Sheff v. O'Neill lawsuit that the separability of provisions School, which remain predomi- both she and Staffaroni agree around, maintains Leach. has been pending for over six fora "minimally adequate edu- nately black and Hispanic. "1 that city children should be pro- Whites are infrequentlybussed years. As viewers jammed the cation" and "equal educational am disappointed that there are vided more options. to attain integrated schools. courthouse, the seats and a opportunity." still people who oppose inte- Thequestion of integrating According to Leach, a t the small amountofstandingroom Attorney Horton argued gration in the publicschoolsys- schools is a complex one and Federal level integration does were filled quickly. that the two provisions are in- tern. I feel it is necessary to both residents hope that the not have the support that it Members of First-Year separable while Attorney have an integrated setting for Court's decision will help to once did during the fifties and Seminar 125 "Achieving Qual- Blumenthal argued that each all students to reach theirmaxi- solve the problem. Staffaroni sixties. That is one of the rea- ity and Integration in Educa- Constitutional provision mum potential," As a city resi- concludes by saying, "A pro- sons the plaintiffs sought out tion," were the last to be admit- needed to be considered inde- dent, she stresses the impor- Sheff decision in the State Su- clauses in the ConnecticutState ted to the spectator area, be- pendently. Considering the tance of racial integration in preme Court will benefit all of Constitution, which is widely fore the bailiff turned away provisions separately would in quality education. Connecticut'spublicschoolshi- held to be a more progressive people who wanted to witness fact raise educational stan- Laura Blackwell is a stu- dents." doctrine. Although Leach did this historic event. dards, Blumenthal argued. dent from Monroe, a suburb in Eugene Leach, a plaintiff in not offer any prediction as to Chief Justice Ellen A. Pe- Bom the plaintiffs and the Southern Connecticut, and she the Sheff case and chair of the the outcome of the case he be- ters led the six other Justices State agreed that a primary also feels that integration is im- history department at Trinity, liefs that the plaintiffs have the into the court room: Robert J. cause of lower educational portant, but for different rea- shared his insight as well. Leach support of two jurors while Callahan, David M. Border, achievement is poverty, notrace sons . "It has been the common became a plaintiff in the case they are still vying for two ad- Joette KatzK, Robert Berdon, per se. For this reason, trend in Connecticut that when the Connecticut Civil Lib- ditional votes. Hemming L. Norcott, Jr. and Blumenthal continually schools in inner cities provide a erties union, an agency he had If Milo Sheff succeeds and Richard N. Palmer. Attorney stressed that the State has no lesser education than those in previously worked with, along the state is found guilty of con- Wesley Horton stood before the affirmative obligation to make the neighboring suburbs. I feel withofheragencies, formulated taining a segregated school dis- justices, representing the plain- sure all school-aged children that no one should be forced to a suit. Leach symbolized a trict then Leach is not sure how tiffs. State Attorney GeneralRi- are not poverty stricken. attend a sub-standard school." member of the middle class com- the courts will rectify the prob- chard Blumenthal represented Horton argued that current Both residents agree that munity West Hartford, where lem. "If they give it to the the defendants. During the school district boundaries are bussing across district and ra- he is a resident.Leach feels that legislature to deal with then it next two hours the court Jus- associated with de facto racial cial lines would notbe the opti- America is moving towards two will probably go no where for tices actively questioned the segregation. mum solution. Staffaroni sug- divergingsodeties of blacks and fifty years," according to attorney for the plaintiffs in He suggested redrawing gests magnet schools as an op- whites, citing leaders such as Leach. On the other hand the order to hone in on the funda- districts as a possible tionandBlackwelladds, "Mag- Louis Farrakhan and events courts in; dealing with integra- mental arguments underlying interdistrict remedy. Justice net schools, located in the city, such as the L.A Riots as indica- tion on their own may attempt the plaintiffs' case, and then Berdon proposed several times offering specialized programs, tors. According to Leach blacks a more concerted effort. followed with similar question- that the State Supreme Court ing of the arguments underly- might defer the remedy to the ing the State's defense. State legislature. As irt niost The fundamental issue in State Supreme Court argu- the Sheff v. O'Neill case is ments, one cannot predict the whether Connecticut's public outcome of the decision based schools are in violation of the on the questions asked by the State Constitution. Under justices. Connecticut's State Constitu- The outcome of Sheff v. tion, public schools must pro- O'Neill should be available vide every child with a "mini- within six months; possibly as
mally adequate education" and early as January or February, FILE PHOTO an "equal educational oppor- 1996. Members of the Connecticut Supreme Court Members: Justice Callahan; Chief Justice Peters; Justice Borden; Justice Katz; Justice Berdon; Justice Flemming; and Justice Palmer. The Results Of The Crutial Decision r r With the power in their educational parks straddling have lost one battle, but defi- hands, the Connecticut Su- school district boundaries, and nitely not the war. They will preme Court is poised to de- voucher programs that would have to formulate a new strat- cide the future of Connecticut extend traditional public school egy to achieve desegregation. public school system. Is deseg- access. In addition, the board They may have to avoid legal regation doomed? Will there could also offer incentives to work and try to build afford- ever be equal education? Re- regions for desegregation. Stu- able housing in the suburbs, gardless of the courts decision dents who crossed lines would They also have the option Get campus news from the students' perspective, of a ttacking the sta te again with The Connecticut Supreme Court is poised to a more diluted case, which may Keep in touch withTrinity every week of the school year involve omitting the demand decide the future of the school system. of economic development. Subscribe to Tk Ttipl many issues willbeillumina ted be rewarded. . Whatever they decide, by the plaintiff's case. Theboard would definitely they will have learned a great 1 If overturned, the state will have to devote much time and deal from the past six years, pase mail flie Iripoa each week to: Choose one: be responsible for the desegre- money to the cause. More of the and will be aware of what gation of thesate's schools. The state's staff will have to be allo- works and what does not. The One Semester (11 issues! state board of education will cated toward combatting segre- crusade for desegregation is a practice. • $15.00 have to join all of the school gation. f\ddress: districts to properly discuss re- Expert assistance to local This article was written, One Year (22 issues) organizing the state's school communities who are first fac- researched, compiled, and ed- I • Q system. ing this problem is necessary. ited by the members of Profes- $28.00 This "collective responsi- Not only will the single sor David Reuman's first year ~ Two Years (44 issues) bility" comprises the affected board have to find educational seminar, Achieving Quality School system, the contiguous solutions but must also move and Integrated Education. The •State__: _ ___ $50.00 ' community, and the state as a outside their field and work to students are: Laura Blackwell, whole. solve theadverse influences that Jason Bolton, Cornell Burnette, Send a check to: Mira'ty fifi Each group must take have worsened their heartache. Amy Friedman, Benjamin separate measures, to dissolve They must also work with out- Forman, Maiisa Guastaferro, Trinity College, Box 702582. the district lines. The state side influences, such as those Lisa Harrison, John Johnson, would sanction these various that are involved with housing Andrew Joseph, Darren King, ;: . : : HartfoM,CT06106-3100 pz-ogranis. They would also and transportation. The State Lindsay Titus, Liza Ward,.Lisa offer the development of mag- will have their hands full. . Welker and first year mentor Amy Shackelford. • Also check us out on the internet: Elevator Knocked Out • -.' In the middle of the night on the 20th of October, a senior and a freshman were involved in a fight in one tlie High Rise elevators. Apparently, the fight began once the elevator was already on its way to an upper floor and the motion of the fighting students knocked it off its track. Campus Safety re- sponded and found that the student, who were stuck in the elevator between floors, were still fighting. When Hartford Police arrived, the students were still fighting and it was not , ,1- '. .•' ,.-.•• , until the fire department arrived and opened the elevator that \ i .1.1 the students were broken up. Both students were highly intoxi- JU -J. .1 "•*••.< •" " ^ cated and serious repairs had to be made to the elevator. Both students will be billed for the damage. '. I A Nice Hardwood Couch! M08CEN RI5SEL The clean up of the Bus Garage site on the corner of Allen Place and Broad Street has begun. The site was named as a possible location for the Magnet Also on the night of October 20th, Campus Safety re- sponded to a report that some students were dragging one of the School, though no decision has been made. The Federal Government granted benches from the main quad. When the officers arrived, the 6 million dollars for the site cleanup to dear with the physical contamination students dropped the bench and ran away. The benches, which and environmental hazards of the Bus Garage. Now that the clean up is are made of concrete and wood, are bolted into the ground. underway, Trinity and other organizations will be submitting purposals to !ampus Safety is unclear as to how and why the students sought utilize the site. to steal the bench. Allen Place Too Skinny News From On the 26th of October, there was a car accident involving one non-Trinity vehicle. Apparently, the car swerved to avoid another oncoming car and hit the telephone pole. No one was Other Schools.;. injured in the incident. This accident comes when the parking policy on Allen Placeos being reviewed as many people feel that withparking onbothsides of the street, there is not enough room All-Canipus ID Card Proposed At Mt. Holyoke Too Hot Too Handle Moves are afoot at Mt. Holyoke to develop a single All-Campus Card, modeled after a similar In the past week, four cars fom Campus Safety's "hot list" card at the University of Massachusetts, for use in the purchase.of food, books, laundry services, have been towed from campus parking. Cars are put on the vending machines, video games, and photocopies, as welt as keeping track of student elections, hotlist when they are not registered with Campus Safety and cashing checks and entering secure buildings on campus. Although a firm commitmertt has yet to then receive several Trinity parking violations. Students who be made, there is "high interes t" in the scheme, according to Marvin Kuipers of Financial Services, think that they have the system beat by not registering their cars quoted in the Mt. Holyoke News". do, in fact, receive Trinity tickets and when they are towed they are responsible for those fines, Alcohol-Related Emergencies On The Rise Trespasser Takes Tool Box The Colby Echo reports of a worrying increase in alcohol-related emergencies at their Health On October 27th, a tool box was stolen out of a 1984 Ford Center. On average, the Center sees 40 to 60 cases of this type per year, but have seen over 20 so far Mustang that was parked on Summit St. towards the New this year, five of whom have had tobe taken to the emergency room. Alden Kent, physician assistant Britian intersection. The tool box was valued at $450 dollars. The and counselor for the school says, "There's a lower tolerance [among the student community] for owner of the car and box, an IDP student at Trinity, saw someone students who are drunk and vomiting." The largest increase in numbers of cases has been seen in leaving the car and made a report to Campus Safety. Later that the freshman students. ' day, a Campus Safety officer recognized the suspect from the description and detained him. Hartford Police arrived and arrested him for criminal trespassing. Parts of the tool box were found at the bottom of the hill between Summit Street and Zion No More Free Cable At Amherst Street, The rest, apparently, had already been taken elsewhere and/or sold on the spot. Illegal cable splices will be a thing of the past at Amherst, according to The Amherst Student. Cox Cable, the company that supplies mat school with its cable connection sent representatives to the school to search out the unlawful black wires. According to Assistant Director of Public Safety, Trinity Shopping Center Ed Zaniewski, the problem has been increasing year by year, but this is tlie first time that the cable company has contacted the. school. The paper reports that students were "not too grateful" at receiving notification to remove their illicit cable hook-ups. "Once people are given a taste of cable, The school has been plagued in the past few weeks by nobody wants to live without it." numerous break-ins and thefts of cars all over school. There were three thefts on October 24th alone. The first was a 1988 Jeep Cherokee Laredo that was stolen from the Anadama poarking Leaving More Than A Loss Behind lot between 5pm on the 23rd and 6pm on the 24th. The student whose car it was, said that he had both an alarm and a club as protection against theft. The next theft was a stereo stolen from After the Sept.23 football game between Colby and Trinity, reports of theft from the locker a Jeep parked in the Summit B lot. Tlie car window was smashed rooms of both sides surfaced, which are being investigated by Waterville police. Information is anda tape/radio playervaluedat$100 dollars removed. Finally, sketchy due to the fact that the case is still open, but the ease of access is being attributed to the fact a Volkswagon Golf had its window smashed and a stereo was that the locker room door does not shut properly. There is still considerable anger over tlie crime removed. Campus Safety has several suspects and say that most in the Colby football team. "We're outihere playing a game...[the thefts] shouldn'thave happened likely it is a small band of young kids from the area. at all..." said football co-captain Brad Smith. i Written and compiled % RobTooiney October 31, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD NEWS Page 7 Dobelle Discusses Initiatives In Innovative Coffee Talk Series BY ANNEMARIE PEIL is, our neighbors have nothing invested within zero to five years of age, we need fact—and everyone recognizes it—that Publisher in their community. He attributed the to build critical thinking skills and self- the quality is less than it could be." number of crimes and drug-related ac- esteem." Such proposals include a boys Overall, Dobelle said, "I think that The "Coffee Talk" Series debuted in tivities along Trinity's borders to this and girls club, a child development cen- we need to make a concerted effort to the Underground Coffee House Tues- lack of investment. ter, and a science and math magnet attract more diversity." As a sidenote, he day, October 17th. As the first partici- To alleviate this problem, there is a school. also said, "I think we need more faculty pant in the series, President Evan Dobelle proposal to have the government pro- "But," Dobelle emphasized, "it's not of color." talked with a crowd of approximately vide low-interest loans to potential resi- necessarily your work, it's not necessar- With respect to academic matters, "I thirty students. dents, provided that they commit them- ily my work, but [the need for these don't have any overwhelming ideas to When questioned about Trinity's selves to education, whether it be a GED, programs] has to be brought to light." change Trinity. Unless I'm told by fac- relations to the immediate community Trinity's Individualized Degree Program and Hartford, Dobelle said that looking or even culinary school. The purpose of such investments, according to Dobelle, is at Trinity, he sees a "nice place that's Dobelle pointed to his successes in made an island by its security." the neighborhood already. "If it weren't "not to turn Trinity College into Trinity College Real Elaborating on this, he said that for Trinity, Charter Oaks wouldn't have Estate Company, but to change the perception of Trinity Trinity's resources were not very acces- got $26,000 last week. sible to those in the community. "Per- Because of our idea, HUD gave all College as a great school in a bad neighborhood. The haps the library should be open twenty- of the money here," said Dobelle. "We're major motivation is to make this neighborhood safe and a four hours a day." going to get something done. We've Other ideas including extending already bought five buildings on Broad place where you people want to live." Ferris'shours or Mather Campus Center's and Brownell," The purpose of such investments, ulty or students that something is bro- hours. Dobelle wanted to emphasize the according to Dobelle, is "not to turn Trin- ken, I'll figure that it's not." Looking at the neighborhood as it is education of children within the neigh- ity College into Trinity College Real Es- "Am I banning alcohol? No. A now, "they have nothing to lose." That borhood. "Education is critical. Forthose tate Company, but to change the percep- place like Trinity College provides a very tion of Trinity College as a gr ea t school in safe environment to learn how to drink." a bad neighborhood. The major motiva- However, Dobelle clarified his increased tion is to make this neighborhood safe enforcement of the alcohol policy: "I am SGA Votes On Motion and a place where you people want to concerned about behavior. I live on this live." campus so I see what goes on. continued from page I redo the election would be punishing the As far as admissions goes, Dobelle I walked by [a freshmen dorm] the night before. The results of the first vote people who did come to that first meet- would like to see more internationaliza- other night and asked people what they angered many members of MAC Fifty ing and participated because they cared tion. As of now there are 31 international were doing. They said to me, 'You said minority students showed up "at Tues- enough to look at the signs and find out students. Dobelle suggested that "50 that we can't drink in the dorms so we're day evening's meeting to express their whatwas involved in the Judiciary Board would not be an unreasonable number" drinking outside.' 1 have to wonder what reaction. position. of international students. they're going to do when winter comes. We're going to have to rethink thatpoltcy They feltthatif they had known that President of the SGA Karim Sadik- To this end, aggressive recruitment for next year." the Judiciary Board would be hearing Khan, who did not speak or vote at last efforts havebeen extended all across Asia. racial harassment cases, many more of night's meeting, also brought up the point Other recruitment efforts have taken Dobelle emphasized that there was the minority students would have been that the SGA does contain minority rep- place in Europe, including Munich, no plan to Integra te the freshm en into the interested in running for the positions resentation. Dusseldorf, Geneva and England. rest of housing in order to place a ban on all drinking in on-campus housing. because of a particular interest in that The Student Government elected the In order to increase competition, The "Coffee talk" Series will be held issue. original Board, so minorities were repre- Dobelle would like to see the creation of once a week in the Underground. Its Mick Nardelli '97 introduced the sented in the first vote. merit scholarships. "Qualified students purpose is to provide "an informal op- motion last night. Many senators voted Many senators agreed that the elec- don't come here because they can't af- against the motion at the previous meet- ford to come here... If you're desperately portunity to speak with faculty and ad- tion was well enough publicized, so a ministrators in an intimate, relaxed set- ing becasue they felt that the elections major contention for thib second consid- trying to create diversity and you don't had been well publicized and that any- i, over a cup of coffee, cappuccino, eration- of the motioniW? e, or nerbal tea. one who was interested should have at- not the information given at the original tended the initual meeting to find out meeting was sufficient. what issues would be adressed by the The majoriy of senators seemed to NVU Summed , t Students watch intently as SGA reconsiders judiciary motion. MORGAN RISSEL Judiciary Board. feel that it was because the motion failed. Nardelli felt that regardless of The sentiment canbest be summed up by live in historic Greenwich Village: whether the event was well announced, Kerri Mullen '97 motivation for voting special summer housing rates for as little in the first vote, "we were excluding a lot agianst the motion both times. as $100 per six-week session. of people who wanted to be included. "The only thing that would have I know that a lot of people were swayed my vote was if someone who Over 1,000 undergraduate and upset, and that was grounds enough to had been at the first meeting came up to me and said 'I feel that I was misin- graduate courses re-vote." formed about the position." This motion was overturned for the While many senators felt confident second time because more of the sena- that the SGA did the right think in reject- l-800-228-4NVU;ext.l72 tors felt that the original election had ing the motion to redo the election, E-Mail: [email protected] • Web Site: http://www.nyu,edu/summer been well publicized and democratic. Nardelli feared that "because of the vote The election announcement was tonight, there are a lot of students who Please send me a free New York University Office of Summer Sessions publicized through voice mail, e-mail won't want to be involved in politics at 1996 Summer Bulletin P.O. Box 2442, New York, NY 10117-1335 and posters around campus. Trinity College. (available in January). An additional consideration was I think that we crushed a lot of po- brought up by Luke Vicens '98. He ar- tential, especailly with the freshman Session I: ADDRESS gued that the original nine people who class." Nardelli felt that the senators May20-June28 were elected to the committee were well should have considered the long term Session II: an? ZIP CODE qualified. To do a re-vote would be effects of this.dedsion not to reelect the saying that they were not. July 1-August 9 SOC.SECNO. Judiciary Board. New York University is an ajftmalive aclkm/cqual ofifmiunily in&ilulitm. 173 Others expressed the fact that to Page 8 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD • October 31, 1995 The Presidential Race of 1996 PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON: The Incumbent's Last Battle BY K. MICHAEL DERBY should do this. Clinton would also de- Clinton is not afraid to attack others ernor Jim Florio had a 9% lead going in Senior Editor stroy Phil Gramm there. But againstColin for being unethical whether he is refer- against Republican challenger Christine Powell, Clinton still trails. ring to tobacco companies, Washington Todd Whitman on election day only to President Bill Clinton should be A recent poll shows that here in lobbyists, or Louis Farakhan. lose when the votes were counted. headedfordisasterinl996.Hispartylost Connecticut, Powell appears to be the While public attention has focused Clinton will have to be able to mus- control of Congress. Nationalhealth care only candidate who can defeat Clinton in on how much money the Republican ter out the traditional Democratic voters fell flat on its face. He has suffered a the Constitution State. candidates have been raising, Clinton on election day in 1996. number of embarrassments in foreign Clinton also needs to win in Califor- also has been busy fund raising and he Despite his many setbacks, Clinton policy. nia. That state's 54 electoral votes are commands a sizable war chest. has an excellent chance of keeping the Clinton should be headed for cer- 20% of the 270 votes needed to win the The 1994 elections may have been a presidency if Powell does not enter the tain defeat. But he's not. Clinton still White House. wake up call for the Democratic donors race. defeats a number of leading Republican Clinton may be able to beat most candidates when put against them one Republicans there. But Powell runs very Clinton does not look for the American people to flock to on one. well in California. It will be a tough battle The'ordy candidate who.decisively for Clinton if Powell enters the race and his banner enthusiastically. They will vote for him as the defeatsClintononeononeisColinPowell a loss there would probably knock lesser of all evils. and he has not announced his political Clinton out of office. affiliation or his intentions in 1996. Clinton won four Southern states in and they now seem prepared to fund Clinton does not look for the Ameri- 1992: Louisiana, his native Arkansas, Clinton's campaign. can people to flock to his banner enthusi- Despite his many setbacks, Tennessee, and Georgia. Georgia and her It appears that Clinton will not have astically. They will vote for him as the 13 electoral votes look like a lost cause for to deal with a rival in the primaries. He lesser of all evils, Clinton has an excellent Clinton. doesn'thave to spend during the prima- Clinton remains an excellent cam- chance of keeping the presi- Despite having Al Gore on the ticket, ries and he can focus on the Republicans paigner and is preparing for the last elec- Tennessee looks tough for the Demo- right away while they focus on each other. toral battle of his political career. He dency if Powell does not cratic incumbent. Clinton may notretain Clinton's major fear is being called should notbe underestimated or written Louisiana. enter the race. the "Florio syndrome. "New Jersey Gov- off. But he has a fighting chance in both Howisthispossible?CIintonlooked the Volunteer and the Pelican States. He dead in the water after the Republicans should hold on to Arkansas. took control of Congress in November Clinton may yet pick up electoral 1994. President Clinton and his advisers votes in the South though. If Powell is have pulled off a political masterpiece. not in the race, Clinton has an excellent Instead of comparing Clinton to chance to take Florida and her 25 elec- moderate or centrist Republicans such as toral votes. Clinton continues to portray G.O.P, front runner Senator Bob Dole of Bob Dole and Congressional Republi- Kansas, the White House continues to cans as heartless fiends out to take money compare thepresident to members of the away from the elderly. more aggressive and conservative wing Clinton maybe the runaway choice ofthepartysuchasSpeakeroftheHouse for senior citizens, a group which votes Newt Gingrich. in strength on election day. The senior Gingrichisnow the mostunpopular citizen vote may give Clinton victorious to recent polls. Thus, Canton draws the Clinton has taken grea t steps in pre- public eye to the Speaker and ignores the paring for the 1996 election. While the more moderate members of the G.O.P. Republicans continue to battle for the At the same time, Clinton has dis- G.O.P. nomination, Clinton has made tanced himself from the more liberal some major moves without drawing Democrats in Congress. Clinton looks to much attention from the American pub- claim the political center and shove the lic. G.O.P. too far to the right for many vot- After the 1994 election, Hillary ers. Clinton, with the exception of her at- The president may bash the Repub- tending the recent women's conference lican Congress while also betting that in China, has gradually faded in visibil- liberals will supporl his candidacy out of ity. The liberal First Lady is one of the necessity. It workedfor Harry Truman in favorite targets of conservatives; with 1948. It may also work for Clinton. her out of the picture, Clinton is betting Geographically, Clinton looks to re- that the G.O.P. will have to go one on one tain the Northeast and the Great Lake with the more moderate President on the States. Already anumberofbattleground issues. states have emerged: New Jersey, Penn- Clinton is often at his best when he sylvania, Ohio, Illinois,, Michigan. speaks on moral grounds and condemns Congratulations To The Clinton needs to keep most of these his opponents. Some commentators have states. AgainstKansas Senator Bob Dole, rightfully compared his style to that of a 1995-6 if current polls are looked at, Clinton Southern Baptist preacher, T*YP vi ^ Roggi's Garage s,\ - / Mark Fantone • Wayne Roggi 10% Discount to Trinity Students and Faculty with ID Kristiha Kqczmarski Transportation Back & Forth-Towing Services Foreign and Domestic Auto Repairs in Art History Prompt Service 30 Years in the Area We Work on Most Trinity College Vehicles and , We Are Reputable and Stand Behind Our Work 100% Guaranteed Laura Paulich in Studio Arts 671/2 Madison St. (Off Broad Street) 247-3493 ><* q L 0 0 T (J H N. •A Q ween the (860j 9JM51 Properp 1JD.'Required Pennp Vnfftt&Q p.m -10:00 p.m $250 in f0 Page 10 ANNOUNCEMENTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD • October 31, 1995 ART Wednesday, Nov. 1st 9:30 p.m. Nov. 17th and 18th 8:15 p.m. The Watkinson Library is exhibiting "The Birds of Trinity's Concert Choir, with full orchestra per- Central and South America: An Historical Survey of forms Ralph Vaughan William's masterpiece cantata, Neotropical Ornithology." "Dona Nobis Pacem" in the Trinity College Chapel. This accompanied by a lecture at 5:00 p.m. on The composition was written in 1936 mostly to anti- Nov 9th 5:00 p.m. by Dr. John C. Kricher on "The war poems by Walt Whitman as a cautionary to the Rescued911 Bus tling Crowd: An Introduction to Neotropical Birds" military buildup in Europe. General $8/ Discount $5. Nov. 1st to Dec. 31st Where there's smoke there's fire, and so smell- Nov. 10th and 11th The Promenade Gallery at the Bushnell is dis- ing smoke Around Trinity wandered over to Sum- Judy Dworin Performance Ensemble, presents playing Bob Chaplin and Jean Pichey's recent work. "Her Past and Future Lives" at the Aetna Theater, mit Street Wednesday afternoon. Campus Safety Gallery Hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 11 and Buildings and Grounds were already on the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford. This is trilogy of to 3 p.m. For more information call Mary Kramer at works that explore our individual and collective re- scene surveying two or three small fires that were 987-6000. . • • sponsibilities to our elders, our children and our planet. setin the treed area between Summit and Zion General $18/ Discount $12. For more information call Streets. 911 had been called, and so the officers Starting Tuesday, Nov. 7th (203)527-9800. waited and watched the fires grow in size. About Charles A. Platt excelled as a painter, etcher, twenty minutes later a message came across one landscape designer and architect for five decades. The Nov. 7th and 9th 8:00 p.m. William Benton Museum of Art at University of Con- Campus Safety officer's walkie-talkie: "911 isn't Michael Lankester conducts the Hartford Sym- answering the phone. We're sending someone necticut exhibits "Shaping an American Landscape: phony Orchestra in Panufnik's Tragic Overture, over to the fire department on foot." Fifteen min- the Art and Architecture of Charles A. Platt" which" Chopin's poetic Piano Concerto No. 1, Gorecki's Sym- utes later another Campus Safety officer arrived encompasses the full range of Platt's work. For more phony of Sornivftil Songs at the Bushnell. Tickets $14- and informed the group that the fire department information call 486-4520. $41. For more information call 246-6807. was lost, and he'd pointed them in the right direc- tion. Meanwhile trees were burning away. Five Through Dec. 1st Saturday, Dec. 2nd 1:00 p.m. The Wadsworth Athenaeum is displaying Shaker: minutes later the fire truck finally arrived, but on The Nields are playing in Northwest Park, Windsor The Art of Craftsmanship with furniture and decorative Zion instead of Summit. AT fledth e city assuming on Dec. 2nd and HartfordFirst Night on Dec. 31st. Call arts from America's Shaker community. For more that at this rate Hartford would be consumed in (203) 628-5597 for tickets and more information. flames before the fire department figured Out how information call 278-2670. to use their hoses. Squeeze The Charmin AUSTIN ARTS CENTER A round Trin ity always thought that guys were I N I T Y G E the only ones immature enough to toilet paper a girl's house in order to flirt with her. But these are Widener Gallery the 90s. And AThas it on good sources that some Thursday, Nov. 2nd - Sunday, Dec. 10th love-struck lady is hot for Harry, Evan Dobelle's Trinity College's Department of Fine Arts Nathan Margalit's "Fragments" in Widener Gallery, Austin Arts Center. son. And so Saturday night the sultry stalker left They feature paintings and works on paper. her mark. No one is quite sure who is Harry's happy admirer, although sources reveal that the Goodwin Thearter Tri-Delts are being questioned. Nov. 2nd through 4th 8:00 p.m. The Music Department's annual Musical-Theater Revue "Wagine.WiM'" will Jws playing U* $ Directed by Gerald Moshell and choreographed by Julia Strong and Ryan Moore General $8/Discount $5 Lockwood, like everyone else, had a party Monday, Nov. 20£h 8:00 p.m. I Friday evening. Unfortunately, some really bright The Department of Modem Languages and the Center Artists Series presents an one-woman show by Reine- I brother left the taps flowing a bit too long. Half a Marguerite Bayle. She captures the essence of Paris—the only city in the world where our dreams are never disappointed keg later, the basement was filled withbeer. Next by reality. .. •. • . •;•;. ;; .. • ' -. ."•'•"•• ' . ' • .. •••• •' • ..'/•;« I week Lockwood will be holding real boat races in I &eir basement. ;:.-.: '••••,•• ., ••? vX-.';" ' • :•• :' Speaking of taps, the following evening, in the Washington Room, Elmo purchased too CINESTUDIO taps...forthe Washington Room, Not only was thisa brilliant display of crowd control, but the feature Once were Warriors Tue 7:30 p.m. presentation of how not to tap a keg kept the (New Zealand, 1995) Director: Lee Tamahori. Screenplay by Riwia Brown, based on a novel by Alan Duff: Cast;Rena crowds soberly entertained. Around Trinity won- Owen, Temuera Morrison, Taungaroa Emile. Relegated to exotic extras in films from The Piano to Rapa Nui, New Zealand's ders whether tapping a keg is the first thing you indigenous Maoris come to center stage in a new film set in an urban housingdevelopment." Jake and Beth Heke and their forget when your fratrenity fizzles. five children are a family in crisis, dealing with the social problems they have inherited as their fading culture, of warriors turns self-destructive. In a powerfulperf ormance that has been compared to the work of early Brando, Temuera Morrison plays Jake as a man whqse violent outbursts threaten to destroyed his family. In contrasts, Rena Owen's Beth is a force Now We Get It! of hope engaged in a battle to rescue her children from a dead end life, "Scorching!" Janet Maslin, The New York Times. "Stunning!"RichardCortiss,Time.l02min. \ : •Around Trinity has finally figured out the administration's policy on drinking— they're try- Kids Wed - Sat 7:30 p.m. ing to keep the school in line with the national (1995) Directed by Larry Clark. Screenplay by harmony Korine. Cast: Leo Fitzpartrick, Sarah Henderson, Choloe norm and thus encourage binge drinking. More Sevigny. Larry Clark's Kids is the next film in a proud cinematic tradition of shocking the hell out of adults by showing parties occured this last weekend than the whole them the face of next generation (See Rebel Without Cause, The Bhckboard]ungle, River'sEdge). Of course, times have changed beginning of this year. Hopefully Trinity students since Rebel, and today the kids' casual sexual contacts are haunted by the specter of the HIV Virus. Clark, an accomplished got their fill of alcohol as it's not likely that a still photographer, has created a controversial and unjudgmental portrait of a group of teens in the skateboarding weekend like this will ever come again. AT would subculture, as they live through one hot summer's day in Manhattan. The script by 19-year-old Harmony Korine feels like to suggest that the next time every social scarily authentic, and Leo Fitzpatrick, in his first film, gives a chilling performance as a boy whose mindless plan to seduce organization on campus decides to throw a party virgins turns tragic. Although Kids is not rated, it's recommended for adult audiences. 100 min. they talk to one another and pick different week- ends to do so. Clueless Fri, Sat 9:35 p.m. (1995) Written by Amy Heckering. Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy... More than just windowdressingfor the latest Aerosmith video, Alicia Silverstone show her stuff as a skillful comedic actress with a flair Fishy for teenspeak in the new film by Amy Heckerling. (Fnsf Times at Ridgemant High) Clueless is the other side of the moon from the East Coast angst of Kids, as its Southern Cal teenagers spend their time going to school, driving around in expensive /irauni/Tmn'fygotlqstonthewaytoElmoand cars, and dealing with Very Important matters of Fashion. In addition to Silverstone's goofily charismatic Cher, Stacey ended up in the PIKE house Saturday night. De- Dash is impressive as "Black American Princess" Dionne, and Justin Walker is right to target as a self-titled "Streisand- spite people in pickups trumpeting the party on kickin' friend of Dorothy." Let us not forget Julie Brown in a cameo as a suitably butch gym teacher. 97 min. bullhorns across campus, ATdidn'thave to waitin anything evenremotely resembling a line to get to Bandit Queen Sun 2:30 p.m. &Mon 7:30 p,m. the tap. Unfortunately for those of you who did, (India, 1995) Director: Shenkar Kapur. Screenplay by Mala Sen. Cast: Seema Biswas, Nirmal Pandey, Rajesh Vivek. the band who played the party, New Brown Hat, Banned in India for its graphic content and anti-authority stance, Bandit Queen is the incredible true story of Phoolan Devi, was well worth the loneliness. One Trinity stu- leader of a gang of thieves and a heroine to millions of poor and "low-caste" Indians. Inspired by her diaries written in prison, this unique film begins as Devi married off at age 11, only to run away from her abusive husband and be jailed as dent who fronted the money to bring the band to a prostitute. After surviving gang-rape and prison, she joins up with and eventually takes over a gang of outlaws, whom campus, and who is now out over $600, is a little she uses for her own agenda, including famous instances of swooping into villages to stop marriages of child brides. Unlike less sure of that. AT is sure that if you ask Elmo most Indian films, Bandit QueenXells the often brutal about women's lives in its countries while celebrating the life of one really nicely they'll donate some of their profits. woman whose outlaw existence brought her. freedom. A Hartford Premiere.. 119 min. ..'.• V; October 31, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD ANNOUNCEMENTS Page 11 LECTURES ALT. BE Thursday, Nov. 2nd 4:15 p.m. Library Electronic Resources Tuesday, Oct. 31st Biology Department is sponsoring a lecture titled Trinity's Reference Department will be offering 5:30 p.m. CHORAL EVENSONG In the tra- "DNA Replication and Packaging in Herpes Simplex weekly workshops on Wednesday, Nov. 1st, and 8th at dition of Oxford and Cambridge Virus" given by Dr. Sandra Weller, Associated Profes- 4:00 p.m. in the library on the New CTW Catalog in the Chapel. sorof Microbiology of University of ConnecticutHealth System UNICORN and on electronic resources for 7:00 p.m. GET DRUNK WITH SGA in the Center. This lecture willbe held in Life Sciences Center particular disciplines. Cave. Watch how alcohol effects 134 with refreshments served in the LSC Library at 3:45 the reflexes of your Student Gov- p.m. ernment! Class of 1999 Elections 8:00 p.m. SENIOR CLASS BEER TASTING Thursday, Nov. 2nd 12:15 p.m. Petitions to run for '99 class office are due on in Hamlin Hall. Seniors Only! Monday, November 6 to Karen Isgur. Do not mail Taste beers from around the globe! Sarah Raskin, Assistant Professor of Psychology Petitions! Petitions must be dropped off at 79 Vernon is giving a lecture on "Can Childhood Sexual Abuse Street. Please call Karen at x2406 if you have any Thursday, Nov. 2nd Lead to Measurable Brain Dysfunction?" in Women's questions. Elections will be held on Wednesday, No- 7:00 p.m. "BLACK WOMEN AND SELF Center, Mather Hall. vember 15 in the Mather lobby. ESTEEM" in Terrace Room B. A workshopsponsored by TCBWO. Monday, Nov. 6th 4:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. MUNCHIES WITH "MUST SEE Starter Seminar: Planning for the TV" at in the Cave. Eat your fill The Trinity College Engineering and Computer with "Friends", "TheSingleGuy", Science Department presents "Engineering and Sci- Future for Sophomore A two part seminar sponsored by the Career "Seinfeld", "Caroline In the City" ence in Space: an Astronaut's Perspective" with Astro- & "ER"! naut Michael Gernhardt, Ph.D. in McCook Audito- Counseling Office will be held on Nov. 16th and 13th in rium. Dr. Gernhardt was a mission specialist aboard Seabury 45. Class size limited to 15. Must register Friday, Nov. 3rd Space Shuttle Endeavor (STS-69), which launched on before Nov. 1st. For more information call x2080. 8:00 p.m. "TOOTSIE'7'MRS.DOUBTFIRE" September 7,1995. He will display specta cular still and & "SWITCH" in the Washington motion images from space and discuss current chal- Senior Portraits Room. lenges. A photographer will be on campus Tuesday, No- 10:00 p.m. GENDER BENDER BALL in the vember 14 through Friday, November 17th to photo- Cave. Bend your gender and Tuesday, Nov. 7th 12:15 p.m. graph Seniors for The Ivy yearbook. Call the Ivy SAVE! $3 in drag, $5 w/out. editors for more information: Heather x2934 or Sonja 10:00 p.m. THE BISTRO HAS BEER! CEL- The Women's Center is presenting "Feminism or X3246. EBRATE WITH KARAOKE and Anti-Feminism?" a lecture by Janet Bauer, Associate sing the night away! Professor of Area Studies & Women's Studies. This 2:00 a.m. GOBOWLINGINDRAG! Shuttle lecture will be held in Women's Center. The Computer Show leaves Mather. On Nov. 8th and Nov. 9th the Civic Center is Wednesday, Nov. 8th 12:00 p.m. holding a computer show with for computer hardware, Saturday, Nov. 4th software, networking, communications and internet 6:00 p.m. GOSPEL JAMBOREE in the A public hearing to examine gender fairness in solutions and with representation from industry lead- Washington Room. Rejoice with the federal court system in Connecticut is held at The ers, For more information call 561-3250. the voices of the Gospel Choir and. Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, New Haven. This friends. - effort isbeing initiated by the Gender Committee of the 10:00 p.m. MAIN STREET QUINTET in the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial and Eth- Bistro. Enjoy good music while nic Fairness. To register please call 275-8200. Send Your Announcement to • eating.- '" ••'." .• 10:00 p.m. ANYTHINGFORMOrvfEYmthe Thursday, Nov. 9th 7:00 p.m. ***« Tim JHpod—Box 702582, • Cave. Lower Long Walk Society The Firsr-Year Program is sponsoring a panel sponsors a DJ from 95.7! discussion on "Equal Educational Opportunity: the Significance of Sheff v. O'Neil" in Washington Room Or the Announcement of Mather Hall. This school desegregation case, cur- rently before, the Connecticut Supreme Cpurtj acjldrijss "equal education opportunity" in public schools. eariesday, Nov. 1st 12:00 p.m. Roman Catholic Mass Crypt Chapel 5:30 p.m. Carillon Guild Daniel Kehoe, College Carillonneur Sunday, Nov. 5th 1:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist The Rev, William Stare, Chaplain 5:00 p.m. Roman Ca tholic Mass Friendship Chapel Elm Theater - New Britain Ave. next to Shawmut Bank Pr. Raymond Smialowski Prices: $3.50 adults; $2.75 matinees before 6:00 p.m. For more information call 232-2820 Classifieds Jade (R) 7:15, 9:40 Scarlet Letter (R) 7:00,9:35 University Students Great 1 BR apartment only minutes from campus. Call Jennifer or Bridget for details at 233-2618. 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After this Beginning in Newark New Jer- step, we analyzed and categorized the sey, none of us could have expected artifacts according to their time, era, such a wild adventure. Even Indiana and possible use. Jones had to come from somewhere a Three times day, we made our lot neater than that. That wouldn't way to the kibbutz cafeteria. For break- stop us, though. We were ready to dig fast we had a choice of kosher yogurt, dirt and soak up the rays in Caesarea, kosher corn flakes, some cucumbers, Israel. andbreadthatthecafeteriabirdspicked A band of seven Trinity students, at while weate—thebirdsactu ally lived along with our beloved, prized, and in the cafeteria, flying above us. They praised, Dr. Hugh Elton had a mission: truly created quite an ambiance. to unearth the past in one of King Lunch was our most substantial Herod's warehouses. Sounds adven- meal, consistingof schnitzel, schnitzel, turous, huh? That's not even the half of and more schnitzel. There was an abun- what we got to do, my friends. dance of veggies at lunch, too. For LEIGH OEALEY Our average day: Rise and shine those who don't know, schnitzel is a Morgan Rissel at the excavation site, Caesarea, Israel at 4:45 a.m. Breakfast at 5:15 a.m. In form of mea t, either breaded turkey or went on Northern and Southern tours including two Trinity credits! It's a field by 6:00 a.m. Here's the hard part- chicken. It was difficult to decipher of Israel and spent a weekend in Jerusa- chance to meet people from other col- wepickaxed,shoveled,hoed/and trow- which one it was, but the schnitzel did lem. leges and to explore your own inter- elled to our little hearts' content under eventually grows on us (not literally...) The Mediterranean Sea was the ests, whatever they may be, within the source of our daily reprieve: we frol- field of archaeology. icked in the waves, got stung by jelly- Some Trinity students who The Mediterranean Sea was the source of our daily re- fish, and indulged on Israeli ice-cream particpated in this five week program prieve: we frolicked in the waves, got stung by jellyfish, bars, which were filled with whole are Mary Davis '97, Morgan Rissel '98, chocolate bars in the middle! Sara Farnum '96, Ray Hale '96, Amy and indulged on Israeli ice-cream bars On our much awaited free week- Zubko '98, and Leigh Dealey '96. end, we explored the city of Caesarea, If you're interested in next the hot Israeli sun. We rounded out the day with dinner. its aqueducts,bath house, hippodrome, summer's trip to Caesarea, contact Pro- While unearthing one of King Dinner usually alternated between a and other features of King Herod's fessor Martha Risser x 2386 in the Clas- Herod's warehouses, we sifted on the choice of pancakes or crepes, some in- palace and grounds. sics Department or Professor Hugh shores of the Mediterranean, discover- teresting egg concoctions, and veg- Caesarea is the place to go if you Elton x 2230 in the History Depart- ing shards of glass, shreds of pottery, etables. So, if you're into schnitzel, this enjoy hard work with great rewards, ment. jewelry, bones, and coins. After the is the trip for you. excitement of finding all these exotic, A little weary about the food and ancient items, we took them back to wondering what the experience was our lab on the kibbutz, where we lived, really like...we assure you it wasn't all and got to clean them. work. Weekends were for play. We n Reasons why- Halloween Is Cool At Trinity: and save. 10. What's a holiday without a little pepper gas? 9. Making kids cry and getting away with it. 8. Smashing Pumpkins more than a band. It's an all-campus event. 7. Ticket night in Mather. 6. Daisy Dukes! Daisy Dukes! Daisy Dukes! 5. "Baby, leave the mask on... please!" 4. When else is there more than one party in a given weekend? Come to any Timberland® store from now until May 31,1996 and show us your student ID. We'll not only 3. Yes, the Incredible Hulk can let you in, we'll give you 15% off the price of everything in the place—boots and shoes, clothing and accessories. drink you under the table. The Timberland store neatest you: Westfarms Mall, 203-561-1887 2. How else could you find out that Ronald McDonald has a sick right hook? Timberland 1. Nothing like doing the 'Walk of Shame'in drag. October 31, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD FEATURES Page 13 1845 bp Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. "Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store, Eagerly I wished the morrow;- vainly I had sought to borrow Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster From my books surcease of sorrow- sorrow for the lost Lenore- Followed fast and followed faster rill his songs one burden bore- For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore- Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Nameless here for evermore,. •, ' ', Of 'Never- nevermore'." And the silken sad uncertain tustiing of each pin pie curtain But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling, Thrilled me- filled me with fantastic terrors 'iw"\ er ti It before; Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door; So that now, to still the beating of my heart 1 .stoixl repeating, Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking "'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at m\ chamber door- Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore- Some late visitor entreating errtratweat my ctumbei doofc- What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore This it is, and nothing more," - Meant in croaking "Nevermore." Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing "Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;. To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core; But the fact is I was napping, and so g?nt!y you came rapping, , This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at xny chamber door, On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, That I scarce was sure I heard you"- here IOpened wide the door;- But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er, Darkness there, and nothing more, She shall press, ah, nevermore! Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,"' Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, "Wretch/' I cried, "thy God hath lent thee- by these angels he And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenoro!" hath sent thee This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "LenoreE"- Respite- respite and nepenthe, from thy memories of Lenore! Merely this, and nothing more. Quaff, oli quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before. "Prophet!" ^uU I, 'tiling of evil!- prophet still, if bird or devil!- "Surely," said I, "surely that is sometliing»aj^^^indow lattice: Whether Ti-mr- IL-I t.ent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this rnysfery explore- Desolate yet ;.U undaunted, on this desert land enchanted- Let my heart be still-ainbment and this mystery explore;- On this hi imo by horror haunted- tell me truly, I implore- •»*« *M ' *Hs the wind and nothing more." Is there-1- thcie balm in Gilead?- tell me- tell me, I implore!" the.Haven, "Nevermore." Open hero 1 flung thu shutter, when, with ninny a flnt and fluttei, In there stepped a stately raven of"rhe saintly days of'ydrt^; ,* j-v«, - Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he- ove us- by thaf God we both adore- But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door- TPII this soul with sorrow^Seij if, witliin the distant Aidenn, Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door- It Midi! djpp A -minted, nuiicteri whom the angels name Lenore- Perched, and sat, and nothing more. rUisp ,1 ciu: and radiant rnaideit'Mi'hoin the angels name Lenore." Quoth the K.»v This Week's Amazing Question Is..., Charles Saundcrs '99 KenHalberg'96 Edgar Allen Poe "Being in 'Along The "Spending another seven "This whole 'Raven Long Walk/" years here/' Society' thing - it scares me.rr Spring 1996 Instructor(s) Course ID Course Title/X Listings Credits Type Department: COMPUTER SCIENCE CPSC 287-01 COMBOS, LOCKNETICS, THE WORLD 1.00 SBM TBA XList: ECON 249-01 XList: MATH 305-01 This course will integrate combinatorics, probability and dumb Muck as we attempt to decipher the master combinations. We will seek to determine which system is supe- rior: combination locks or lockne'tics or whether we are all simply better ofjj with individually equipped with the Alien Stun Gun from Marathon. Extra credit will be awarded to each student who successfully hacks into the Pentagon. Department: ECONOMICS ECON 116-01 SNAPPLE, SNAPPLE MATH 1.00 Sadik-Khan, Karim I. ; XList: MATH 153-01 XList: PBPL 119-01 XList: SOCL 183-01 Snapple™ is a phenomena. Do not taunt Snapple™, This course will seek to justify campaign promises from a year ago in purely convoluted economic terms. No prior mathematics or economic experience is necessary. This course is necessarily Structured as a lecture, as no one will be able to get a word in edge-wise. Department: ENGINEERING ENGR 153-01 WHAT YOU CAN'T DO WITH LEGOS 1.00 SEM Wooley, John What do these letters mean to you: A, X, P? The Crow House? NO MOREii! Concurrent registration in ENGR 154-01 is required. ENGR 154-01 LABORATORY 0.25 LAB The fundamental philosophy motivating this laboratory is trial and error. Students will be encouraged to explore opportunities for destruction. Previous attempts have included the High Rise elevator and the honors thesis of AXP fraternity house. Potential research opportunities this year include McCook, Life Sciences, and Austin Arts. , Department: ENGLISH V ENGL 295-01 SPEECH WRITING 1.00 SEM campanella, Linda, Rljrera, Margarita, and Derby, K. Michael As we embark on the 21st century, the ability to communicate effectively is mcye important than ever. To this end, this class will read such past greats as Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech, and Tom Gerfty's Inaugural Speech. The final project will be to compose an appropriate commencement speech for a newly-inaugurated president of a small New England liberal arts dpdlege. Only one A will be awarded. ENGL 276-01 OBJECTIVE NEWS REPORTING 1.00 SEM The Trinity Tripod 10:00 - T: 7:00 XList: PHIL 235-01 XList: LING 220-01 XList: MDLG 242-01 Prerequisite: CPSC 115-01 What comprises a 'news' article? What are "facts'? Students will motivate aj arking understanding of these basic concepts as they produce a weekly 'tabloid' newspa- per. The emphasis is not so much a finished quality product, but attendance of utmost importance. Department: PHILOSOPHY PHIL 104-01 DRUGS AND INSIGHT 1.00 SEM Staff XList: RELG 104-01 1 How do different combinations of narcotics and hallucinogenic substances contifcute to that "moment of insight ? We will trace the history of philosophy from Aristo- telian 'ether' to Descartes' 'cogito ergo sum' to Kant's 'noumena.' Concurre: i registration in PHIL 105-01 required. PHIL 105-01 LABORATORY 0.25 LAB The aim of this laboratory is to examine the effect of drugs on insight. Cleaily those with greater insight will succeed. Spring 1996 Course ID Course Tit-le/X Listings Credits Type Instructor(s) Department: PHILOSOPHY PHIL 379-01 INTRODUCTION TO ONTOLOGY 1.00 SEM ' Main concern = Being-in-Itself. However, Being --> Curious Problem. Verbs? No good, because meaning from two sources (God or other such sources) BIG PROBLEM! Thus, discussion quite arduous. Necessarily seminar course. Department: PHYSICS PHYS 255-01 PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT II 1.00 LEC TBA XList: ENGR 255-01 This course will seek to bridge academic and social life, by answering the question, "What can fly from the top of High Rise?1 Previous research projects have included dogs, watermelons, and Whitters. Department: PSYCHOLOGY PSYC 469-01 WOMEN: RESEARCH,DESIGN,ANALYSIS 1.00 SEM Staff, Psi-Upsilon XList: WMST 469-01 NOTE: This course fulfills the requirement of a 'Senior Research Seminar' fo£ the History major and is open to all brothers. •••'••-• • t Department: PUBLIC POLICY PBPL 284-01 COLLEGE MNGMNT IN THE 21ST CENTURY 1.00 SEM Dobelle, Evan S. | TBA XList: ECON 384-01 XList: POLS 384-01 f We will explore the economic and political considerations necessary to run alpollege effectively. Emphasis will be placed on adapting mayoral skills to a college campus. Concurrent registration in PBPL 285-01 is required. f PBPL 285-01 LABORATORY 0.25 LAB \ Each student will be required to find, interview and hire a new vice presided Extra credit will be awarded to successful purchasing of surrounding neighborhood. T' Department: SOCIOLOGY SOCL 221-01 LABORING THE EXTREMES ' 1.00 SEM Small, Jonathan andjsice, Al Prerequisite: Enrollment in an approved meal plan. This course will examine the fundamental labor law concepts: contracts, unionization, hiring and firing. What are fair terms for labor contracts? Department: STUDENT-TAUGHT COURSES * STGT 104-01 KEGS _ARE_ IMPORTANT 0.50 SEM Nardelli, Michael and Epstein, Jonathan Three years of intensive collegiate-level study is culminated in this student-taught course. We will focus on the question 'Are kegs important elements of dormitory life at Trinity?' We will also study the adverse effects of banning alcohol Consumption such as drunk driving and increased drug usage. Final presentations will be compiled and given to the trustees. l Department: WOMEN'S STUDIES WMST 115-01 DRINKING AND HOOKING UP 1.00 SEM Cardena, Etzel XList: PSYC 169-01 XList: PHED 269-01 As this is an introductory course to the Women's Studies Program, familiarization with key women's studies principles is crucial. Hands-on experience will be empha- sized as we explore key concepts. As a culmination of our study, each student will be expected to engage in an individual research project in conjunction with the professor. Such topics may include altered states and hypnosis. Class size is limited (36-24-36) and thus permission of the instructor is required. WMST 232-01 A DIFFERENT VIEW 1.00 SEM Trial, Marty This course is especially recommended to newly-matriculated freshmen who are looking for a course to fulfil that 4.0 credit expectation. Trust me, academic probation is not a concern here. Hours are flexible. Page 16 FEATURES THE TRINITY TRIPOD • October 31, 1995 Sacrificing Oneself On The Altar Of Higher Learning BY VANA PIETRONIRO morning proved to be cold and gloomy. ration, all the stress, would be in vain. I lecture hall — two seats away from their Features Writer I tried to wash the deep dread out of my refused to be late. nearest neighbor. bones with a hot shower, but the water Pulling into the parking lot, I pan- My identity was verified by a woman The time had come. For as much bounced off my stiff shoulders like hail icked briefly. There were few cars and with a plaster smile more menacing than as I wanted to deny it, the day finally would. even fewer signs of life. Did I have the the fiercest scowl; she couldn't possibly arrived. Three years of preparation. Thoughts and strategies swirled wrong day? The location? Maybe my take pleasure in this dehumanizing pro- Three calendars filled with scribbled around, blending with the smell of fresh watch was really fast and I was extra cess ... notes, numbers, appointments, exams brewed Java... wear comfortable clothes, early. I turned the car off, grabbed my I tried not to squirm in my seat as I and other tests of character. the day will be long and tiring; remem- bag full of identity and locked the door. waited for the clock to click on to the First, there was Antonio, all sul- ber what you've read, don't panic if they try and bare; then Ansel Adams, to pullanypunches;workquicklyand care- I glanced at my watch, unconsciously accounting for the promote peace and perspective. Last fully — don't waste valuable time... year, The Far Side hung on my wall in I dressed methodically in the still extra five minutes I gained by setting the watch ahead — a valiant effort to revive my oft-absent cool air, having timed the process just if you arrive late, they turn you away. All the prepara- humor. Now, in my fourth and final right. In the kitchen, I poured coffee into year, I have been reduced to a pocket my scratched travel mug, breathing in tion, all the stress, would be in vain. I refused to be late. planner. My whole life is written in the warm vapors. I checked and re- this little leather bound book; I cannot checked my bagbefore leaving: two forms Halfway up the cement steps I realized I appointed hour. Ten minutes. Seven. function without it. of identification; two photos, head and left my coffee in the car. I had to go back. Five more . . . Ninety seconds . . . The shoulders only; three pencils, and the I needed the stimulating jolt especially second hand swept on, my heart pound- Today's box is filled with three this early in the morning. Running back capital letters and a grimace ... I was card with my future printed all over it. ing out each last second. Then, like an My orange Datsun chugged a little to my car, I noticed a few more cars unwelcome alarm clock, the too-pleas- really hoping to avoid this whole thing. pulled in. I was no longer alone. But they found me: my card arrived in slower than usual in the fresh fall air, ant woman addressed the group. Making my way back towards the "Good morning. My name is Karen, toweringbrick building, thoughts of what and I will be administering the Graduate I was really hoping to avoid this whole thing. But they would happen afterwords ran through Record General Examination in just a found me: my card arrived in the mail like a bad omen... my head, taunting me with their peace . few moments and later this afternoon, . . It would be many hours before this the subject tests, to those of you taking ordeal ended. the mail like a bad omen, the envelope mirroring my own hesitance. I glanced both today." slightly torn in the lower left corner. I at my watch, unconsciously accounting On the door was a sterile piece of She was looking right at me. followed the instructions, met all dead- for the extra five minutes I gained by white paper with three now familiar, but "Please place all personal belong- lines, fulfilled all requirements. setting the watch ahead — if you arrive still frightening, capital letters. A soli- ings underneath your chair and follow And now the day had come. The late, they turn you away. All the piepa- tary arrow directed me inside; the heavy along as I read the instructions. Educa- door slammed behind me with a bang of tional Testing Services requires that I metal and glass. read these instructions exactly as they Others were there already, others are written, and I must not deviate from like me. about to sacrifice themselves on them in any way..." the altar of higher learning. We stood in The empty circles on. my green an- line, making nervous jokes as we waited swer sheet began to blur, and I noticed for confirmation that we were, in fact, the second hand on my watch slow con- who the card said we were. siderably. October 14th: it was time for One by one,1 watched those ahead me to take my G.R.E.'s. It was going to be of me find a lonely spot in the large a long day ... No\ember 2,1965... „ „ ,^ „„, „„,„„ , Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Ceo before having gone local) was k penalized because a senior brother had a girl stay the night! The Inter Fraternity Council with approval from President Albert C. Jacobs told the fraternity that "No women of any age will be allowed in the fraternity house or on the property thereof." The IFC felt that DKE had violated college regulations by permitting women in the fraternity house. The 'suspension' was to be amended the following term once it was determined how DKE would make amends for the situation, Monday Night Football Special in response to the suspension, DKE released the following statement A realm is governed by ordinary acts, - $3 Pitchers A batt/e is governed by extraordinary acts, Best Special In Town! - No Cover The world is governed by no acts.,at all. ; And how do we know? Tuesday & Wednesday Pint Night Tnis is how we know. $1 16 oz. Drafts, $2 16 oz. Drinks Act a/ter act prohibits Everything but poverty, 10 til close - No Cover Weapon a/ter weapon conquers The Funk Is Back Every Thursday Everything but chaos, Business a/ter business provides CTs Hottest Funk & Cover with A craze o/ waste, . : Soul Bands College ID law after law breeds A multitude of thieves. • $1 Drafts All Night Therefore a sensible man says-. Every Friday - DJ Jams If I keep from meddiing with people, , they take care of themselves, + Bar Biego Win Drinks/Prizes If I keep from commanding people, they behave themselves. All Request DJ Spins New Dance And If l keep from preaching at people, Alternative Music - No Cover they improve themselves, If l Keep from imposing on people, they become themselves. Saturday - Trinity Night October 30,1983... Only $2 COVer Dance Percy SGA passes motion to create Trinity College Activities Council. In hope Alternative Music of involving students more directly in the creative planning of their $116 oz. Drafts social life, SGA voted in favor of the new Trinity College Activities Council. TCAC was designed to revolve around a ten member board $2 16 oz. Drinks All Night consisting of class representatives, a RC rep, a Cultural rep, IFC rep, at large rep, SGA rep, and a President. The purpose of the creation was to Just 3 minutes off campus. allow for coordination and smoother scheduling of the diverse and Trinity shuttle available upon request. numerous social activities on Trinity's campus. COMPILED BY WHITNEY POMEBtOY October 31, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD FEATURES Page 17 Internships: Complementing The Academic Experience BY WHITNEY POMEROY nating seminar, all of this culminating in here is always very supportive, and that The legislative internship program, Features Editor the final research paper." Trinity is lucky in this respect. Not as which is run through the Political Sci- The highest amount of credit a stu- many schools are so anxious to support ence department is one way in which This semester, a total of 122 stu- dent can get through an internship is something of this nature - mis kind of students can take advantage of living in dents are enrolled in some kind of an through doing an "Open Semester," "untraditional learning," as she called it. a capital city. internship. Sophomores through Se- which involves doing a full term's Internships offer something differ- There is an informal reception at the niors are normally allowed to take in- amount of work which is supervised and ent that we are not able to get simply beginning of the semester where stu- ternships during the fall, spring, and evaluated by a member of the Trinity through classes. Internships are aca- dents and legislators meet. summer semesters. faculty. Four credits are generally demic, students are doing research and Kelly Collis '96 participated in a leg- This term's interns are made up of awarded for this. Students may live on often doi rig reading and writing, but they islative internship in the Spring of 1993. 86 students from the Class of '96, 31 campus and do their open semester here are doing more than that. They enhance Ms. Collis gained a lot from this experi- from the Class of '97, and 4 from the in Hartford, or may travel off campus academic studies by going out into the ence: "Being from Washington, I took the Class of '98. Trie students involved are somewhere else. real world and getting to see how some- first opportunity to do an legislative in- representing almost every department Will Bishop '96, opted to partake in thing they learned in class is applied. ternship when I was a sophomore. I in- on campus. The more "active" depart- anOpenSemesterlastfall. Heworkedat Although the credit that the student terned with Senator Eddes, the then ments seem to be: American Studies, the Antiquarian Landmark Society in Economics, History, Psychology, and downtown Hartford. Some of his duties Sociology, however these majors also included: helping to maintainlandmarks Internships offer something different that we are not able happen to be the larger ones on campus. in the area, cataloguing items in houses to get simply through classes. Internships are academic, There are different kinds of intern- and doing research in them, creating ships and most of us are familiar with guides of the homes for the tour guides students are doing research and often doing reading and the exploratory and integrated intern- of the homes, and helping to close down writing, but they are doing more than that. ships (.5 and 1.0 credits respectively). the houses for the winter season. The integrated requires more academic Mr. Bishop said that his internship receives is for the academic component minority leaderof the Republicans... Since work than the exploratory - papers, re- "...was a change of pace from the class- of the experience, the student is getting doing the internship, I have remained search, and reading in conjunction with room of Trinity. It was a great experi- not just credit out of the internship. Not involved in Connecticut politics from the field hours. This work is supervised ence." only does an internship enhance the re- the people I met, and I have become and graded by a faculty sponsor. Ex- Aside from the hours put in at the sume, but they are learning what the real more aware of Connecticut politics. Af- ploratory internships seem to be more internship itself, Mr. Bishop wrote a 50- world is like. After graduation, our safe ter graduation, I hope that my job will be about the hours on the field, and per- 60 page paper to fulfill the academic haven of Trinity is no longer going to working in Washington in politics." haps keeping a journal or writing requirements that is needed for the grant- exist, and taking part in an internship Certainly there are more internships shorters papers: students involved in ing of four Trinity credits. gives the student a taste of what life in available that simply what is in the in- an exploratory internship also are re- The idea of "an internship" started the workplace is going to be like. ternship book. Ms. Utz said that it is quired to have a faculty sponsor. over 25 years ago in the late 1960's as a Ms. Utz also said that an internship perfectly acceptableforastudentto chose Other students opt to do a pro- kind of "experimental education," or can be helpful in a number of ways: i t can one's own internship; she said that this gram titled "CityTerm." CityTerm is a "learning by doing." It wasn't until 1980 help a student in trying to decide on a happens often in fact. Sometimes faculty major or on what kind of field they wish have connections within the community What distinguishes this internship experience from others to pursue after graduation. It can also and they get students internships in this show a student what they might NOT manner, or the student might go out and is that student s are able to integrate field work with want to do. find something on their own. As long as academic discussions in the coordinating seminar, all of A student who chooses to do an placement is approved by the Internship internship in TV, for example, might find Office, than the student is free to begin this culminating in the final research paper. out that it is not all as glamourous as they their internship. -Professor Adrienne Fulco had thought that it would be. Or they Something new which has been might find the reverse true, that it is implemented is that of an on call shuttle specialized program open to twelve jun- that it became the program that it is now. exciting and something which they wish for the purpose of getting to one's intern- iors, and seniors. II is usually done lor It was at thta time thaj, ^ gniW. jnj^yj,, l .. J.§hjp..The internship shuttle program two credits and involves placement of faculty approved program. career. began lastspring, and runs from 8 a.m. to the student in an urban organization. Anne Lundberg Utz, the Internship The point is that internships as sim- 6 p .m. Monday through Friday and serves CityTerm started in the fall of '93. Coordinator in the Internship Office said ply a means of testing out career choices, as a kind of taxi service. Along with fieldwork, there isa required that it has always been supported by the and fields of possible interest for gradu- Theshuttle will drop off and pick up coordinating academic seminar. The facul ty and continues to be. Facul ty mem- ate sludy.Also, due to the geographical any studentdoinganinternship within a seminar is taught by Professor Adrienne bers are involved each semester as the location of Trinity, there is a plethora of ten mile radius of the campus. Ms, Utz Fulco of the Political Science Department. sponsor, or the academic overseer to the available internships. points out that this is another example of Regarding the benefits of CityTerm, student. As Hartford is the capi talofthestate; the colleges dedication to the internship Professor Fulco states, "It is often a stretch There are 53 faculty members spon- it is the hub for many corporations - at program. The shuttle needs half hour for students to integrate what they are soring students this semester from a wide both a national and international level. notice and can be reached at 1-800-789- doing in a field...What distinguishes this array of departments. Ms. Utz said that, Many pre-eminent brokerage firms and RIDE. internship experience from others is that in recent years, there have been any- legislative offices are located in the down- Instructions for registering a Spring student s are able to integrate field work where from 50 to 70 faculty members town area. Hartford is also rich in the 1996 internship are found in front of with academic discussions in the coordi- involved. Ms. Utz said that the faculty media and the arts. Schedule of Classes - November Edition. WE NEED PEOPLE FOR: The Blind Date Restaurant Review!! The Tripod is looking for adventurous, outgoing people who are willing to go on a blind date and review a restaurant. In exchange for a witty, informative article that reviews the evening, The Tripod will pay up to $20 per person for a meal at one of many restaurants in the Hartford area. Participants are responsible for their own transportation and must be able to pay for the meal with a credit card (in order to be reimbursed). The dinners will take place on Wednesday evenings and will be at a restaurant of The Tripod's choice. (We are more than open to suggestions.) We want to hear about the restaurant and the food and, of course, the date. If interested, fill out the following information and return it to Box # 702582. Name Box# THE TRINITY TRIPOD Extension. Class Year. FEATURE'S SECTION Male Female # 702582 Page 18 ARTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD • October 31, 1995 Spike And Mike: Sick, Twisted And Interesting BY KAREN WALTER tures of a pretty smart, under When he emerges the faces in ever seen. It's your basic dog serious films, one entitled "Bri- Arts Writer appreciated dognamed Gromit. the window shrink away. living with eccentric inventor tannia" and another, very deli- "The Village" is a savage Another of the characters owner, dog threatened by pen- cately rendered in color and For anyone unfamiliar with but realistic portrayal of human likes to take out his hoard of guin house guest, penguin drawings, called "The Monk and the whole Spike/Mike concept, nature. The plot centers around gold coins and sift them through supercriminal uses inventions the Fish." The first of these films it is this: an array of outstanding the inhabitants of a medieval his fingers, but the gold casts a and naive owner to steal huge was a pretty obvious criticism short cartoons, diverse in style village, all of whom live in the light a bigger stronger guy sees gem, dog involves penguin in of British imperialism, por- and genre, which together form fantastic chase on living-room trayed by a huge bloodthirsty a couple of hours of entertain- toy train ride then finally sends dog wearing necklaces of con- ment. The sick and twisted versions focus on a him to jail, story. It has to be seen torted human beings who is The sick and twisted ver- single main theme, sex, while the more tame to be believed, and was very eventually turned into a poodle sions focus on a single main funny. and laughed at by one of the theme, sex, while the more tame animation festivals are a collection of vague Other memorable funny same people he abused. animation festivals are a collec- social commentary, humor, and political films included "Bob's Birthday," The second was more subtle tion of vague social commen- by Alison Snowden and David but no harder to figure out; a tary, humor, and political sa tire. satire. Fine, in which a wife's elaborate monkspends all of his time chas- Spike and Mike's Festival attempt at throwing a surprise ing the traditional Christian of Animation '95 falls into all of same building— a circular struc- from his window, which leads party for her husband com- image, a fish, through aque- thesecategories. As usual, some ture with windows facing into a to trouble for both of them. The pletely flops; "The Little Beat," ducts, deserts, mountains, of the 15 cartoons were moder- courtyard. overall view is that of an ex- concerning censorship; a car- steppes, and rivers before finally ately funny while a couple Most of the people in the tremely paranoid, bored, self- toon about the trials faced by losing the desire to catch the seemed serious; one or two were village, especially an evil old involved society, where every- women who take out personal fish, at which point they float off exceptional, and one completely woman, spend their days look- one has secrets and the atmo- ads in the paper; and a story together into heaven. mystified the audience. ing out the windows spying on sphere of a potential witch hunt about a guy who works for God. Although many people The two best films in the theirneighbors. The village holy pervades everything. Apparently he forgot to turn off may be turned off by the idea of collection were "The Village" man crosses the courtyard ev- "The Wrong Trousers" is the rain one day when painting cartoons, Spike and Mike and Nick Park's "The Wrong ery morning, goes into en en- much less cynical; it sought ba- Mars red (it took two coats), proved to be a unique movie- Trousers," which was set in En- closed area in the church, and sically to entertain, and did so which explains the great flood. going experience and it appears gland and concerned the adven- slurps down a bottle of booze. better than any action movie I've There were two especially regularly at Cinestudio Eric Anderson: Re-released Album Of Folk Tradition BY ELIZABETH PERRY mainstream with "Ghosts Upon tice among folk musicians is to Browne...Anderson often writes •• some as having a tinge of coun- Arts Editor the Road." use each others songs and to as if he had just invented po- try, soul and rock in his music. Anderson has been re- pass them along. It is a sign of etry." These kind of poetic lyr- He draws from many genres to Eric Anderson is a name viewed and given high praise respect to have someone sing ics are typical of folk music and create a sound that is appealing that first became known in the by well-known magazines like your music. Many well-known are the reason it is often so beau- to a wide audience. 1960's and has reemerged in the Rolling Stone, Details and Bill- artists such as Peter, Paul and tiful and captivating. On the album cover, Rob- 90's. Anderson is a musician board. He has been considered Mary and Judy Collins have Anderson will be touring ert Palmer writes a blurb about and poet that started his career a part of the folk tradition and sung Anderson's songs. this year and is going to b e in the Anderson and his music. He almost 30 years ago. One of his has been grouped with Bob With the re-release of the North East for most of Novem- tries to stay away from the la- albums, "Ghosts Upon the Dylan, Joan Baez and Jackson album "Ghosts Upon the Road," ber, visiting New York, Maine, bels that have been given to the Road," whichwas first recorded Browne. "He stands with his Anderson has once again been Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, singer, and tries to focus on his in 1988 has been re-released and contemporar ies as one of the few recognized for his soulful style Vermont and Connecticut. For individual style "In 'Ghosts is attracting a lot of attention. remaining pioneers of the 60's and influence on the musicbusi- those of you who want to catch, Upon the Road/ Eric smgs about Anderson was born in siriger-s-otigWriter movement • ness'. • De'ta'Is-'aescribed Ander- ' him when he is Tiere'lfi Con- resisting 'the need fo grvfiW- Pennsylvania and grew up in continuing to do important son as "the missing link between necticut, he will be in Canton on ery thing a name/ and we would Amherst, NY. He spent two work," states his press release the smart-ass New York folk- November 4 at the Roaring do well to take the hint and for- years in college, and then went from Plum Records. rock of Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs Brook and in West Haven on get folk, rock, pop and other West to pursue music with the After listening to the album and the gentler, more romantic November Sat the University of labels This is great American rest of his contemporaries of tha t I could see why he was com- yearnings of the West Coast's New Haven. music from one of the masters. generation. He played in coffee pared to Bob Dylan and some of Tim Buckley and Jackson Anderson is described by And it's about time." houses in San,Francisco where the other folk icons that came he was discovered and invited out of the 60's. His music had to New York to write songs. In the mellow tone of some of those the 60's and 7Q's he recorded musicians. It is not music that several albums with different makes you want to get up and recording labels such as Van- dance, but more the type you guard Records, Warner Broth- study to, or listen to when you ers and Columbia Records. need to relax. It is typical of folk Many people collaborated on music in the poetic lyrics and these records with him, includ- soulful tone. ing, Janis Joplin, The Band and The folk tradition has a the Grateful Dead. particular feel to it. The music is ' His first big hit was "Blue a style that has spanned many River," released in 1972. In the generations and has lasted 1980's, he went to Norway and throughout the various trends recorded a few independent al- in current music like rap and bums. . He reappeared in the heavy-metal. A common prac- STUDY ABROAD Take the Syracuse Advantage! Internships Extensive Professional & Liberal Arts Courses EUROPE • AFRICA • ASIA Scholarships & Grants Division of International Programs Abroad Syracuse University, 119a Euclid Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-4170 i-800-235-34 72 • i)»'[email protected] Eric Anderson has a recently re-released album entitled "Ghosts Upon the Road" FILE PHOTO that has become newly popular. October.31, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD ARTS Page 19 Life Of A Political Activist Trinity Alumnus'Band; New Captured In Poefs Work Brown Hat Plays At 94 Vemon BY ELIZABETH PERRY ing during the Spanish Civil War in the Arts Editor 1930's and working for the Soviets in Moscow. She conti nued in this fashion, How do a talented poet and a until she died in 1942. It was officially former political activist and Hollywood stated that she died of a heart attack at actress from the 1920's come together? 45, but many say that she was a victim They are coming to Trini ty next week in of political assassination. a poetry center presentation that in- Margaret Gibson wrote her poems volves a reading, book signing and slide about Modotti supposedly using day- Margaret Gibson wrote her poems about Modotti sup- posedly using daybooks that she wrote during her last few years in Mexico City. The books were about events and memories from her past as a political revolutionary and her time in Mexico. show. books that she wrote during her last few years in Mexico City. "Gibson has Margaret Gibson is a poet from New Brown Hat performed Saturday at 94 Vernon's Halloween party. FILE PHOTO Connecticut who was once the poet in succeeded in internalizing the facts residence here at Trinity. She has writ- gained fromresearch; these poems have BY AMY SHACKELFORD People drifted in and out of the view- ten five books of poetry in her career the edge of personal truth to them," Arts Editor ing area, but the sounds of the band which include Signs: Long Walks in the statesKathleenNorris. Thebookswere could be heard all over Vemon Street. It Afternoon, Out in the Open, Memories of about events and memories from her New Brown Hat performed Satur- added some variety to the weekend to the Future: The Daybooks of Titta Modotti, past as a political revolutionary and day night at 94 Vemon Street in an effort have a band from off campus perform. and her most recent book, The Vigil: A her time in Mexico. to attract an alter-Elmo crowd. Cos- Unfortunately, the efforts to draw a Poem in Four Voices, The poems are a series of stories tumes were optional, beverages were crowd at 94 Vemon were no t as success- On Wednesday, November 8 at 4 about Modotti's life, and "give us the plentiful, and a ttendance was, well, slim. ful as.the residents hoped. Offering stu- p.m. in the Rittenberg Lounge, Gibson reflections of a woman whose intensity Nonetheless, the band took the stage at dents a "hayride" over to the house and will be reading poetry from Memories of and vision, evident in her own photo- approximately 11 P.M. and played with a $250 prize to the best costume did, the Future, which won the Melvin Cain graphs, are matched by the depth and roaring intensity for the majority of the however, create a fun alternative to the Award in 1987. In addition to reading breadth of her experience and personal evening. annual mass of students attracted to the from this book, she will show slides of transformation in times of deep social The crowd did grow as the night Washington Room. Tina Modotti's photography and will and political upheaval" as the cover of went on, and everyone seemed to be One audience member, outwardly be signing books after the presentation. the book states. enjoying the music. Their style was a enjoying himself listening to New Brown Tina Modotti is an interesting fig- The presentation next week in hippyish rock with a slight tinge of folk. Hat, even remarked how unfortunate it ure with a life that involves political- Rittenberg Lounge will look into The lead singer, Julie Prunie', was ener- was that more people were not there. activism, acting and photography. Modotti's life as well as demonstrate getic and strong, as were the other all The lack of people did present a great .Modotti started as an Italian actress in the talent of Margaret Gibson. The male members of the band. Having a atmosphere in which to dance and relax, Hollywood inthel920's. Shemeta man photographs that will be displayed by female lead singer added a certain di- but a majority of the student body missed named Edward Weston and went to slide arc being shown presently at an mension to the band which seemed to a chance to preview a talented, up and Mexico with photographer. The reading is open'to the eritire'Trih- The other band members were Craig New Brown Hat is releasing an al- At the same time, she began to get ity community and is an event not to be Woertz on keyboards, Frank Kovac on bum this November and they play regu- involved in revolutionary causes; nurs- missed. lead guitar, SellHerdigonbass, and Kyle larly in the area. Keep an eye out for Young on drums. them around campus in the future. Tales Of The LostFormicans Author Speaks To Students BY AMY SHACKELFORD stories about her life as a playwright. She mense capability to empathize with a Iwouldliketo thank Arthur Feinsod Arts Editor was delightfully down to earth and genu- play's characters, and Congdon's mate- for inviting Connie Congdon to Trrnity inely interested in what the students were rial, Karter's direction, and the actors' and to speak to the students. It was an For anyone who did not have the .writing about and their questions about talent sets these emotions up beautifully, honor to have her as a guest and to hear, pleasure of viewing Josh Karter's pro- being, or becoming a playwright. but somehow I was conscious that the first hand, what motives and ideas were duction of Tales of the Lost Fonnicans, you She spoke a great deal about the scenes that brought tears to my eyes behind a play that was being produced missed a terrific show. Not only was it creation"of Tales of the Lost Fonnicans, were actually based on her own experi- right on our campus; it was a truly rare well directed and acted, but the material Basing the story on her own father's ence. opportunity for us all. itself was unique, funny, and touching. struggle with, and finally death, from Constance Congdon, author of Tales Alzheimers, this material had a great of the Lost Fonnicans, was kind enough to personal arid emotional tie to her own New Focus In Studio Arts Adamant on not writing a "disease play"...Congdon succeeded in not making Tales of the Lost Formicans Major Includes Architecture BY ELIZABETH PERRY one course in architectural drawing of- only about death, disease, and depression; there was a Arts Editor feredbytheEngineeringdepartmentas greater message of human nature, society, and genera- well as a number of classes in Studio The Studio Arts Department re- Arts. The senior year exercise will in- tions. cently announced a new "focus in archi- volve a creation of art that looks at tecture" addition to the traditional stu- architecture as either a theme or a theory. visit Trinity last Thursday and speak to life. Several years after her father's dio arts major. The curriculum for the In addition to the courses, it will be several playwriting students about the death, Congdon made the decision to department has been revised, and ap- possible foistudents to use the CityTerm creation of her play. write about it as somewhat of a coping proved by the college, internship program towards the major. She currently teaches playwriting technique, and also a confrontational tac- A studio arts major consists of sev- This would count as the urban themes at Amherst College and she has written tic. enteen classes and is considered aninte- part of the major. three other plays to date: No Mercy, Adamant on not writing a "disease grated major, as it requires study in The major is good for those stu- Losing Father's Body, and Casanova, play", Congdon created another world three different fields. With the "focus in dents who want to find a direction for Somehow I was surprised when I in which to set this action. By making the architecture," the major will require their artistic interests. It also gives bud- met Ms. Congdon; she was not at all world composed of aliens, the story line eighteen classes. ding architects an artistic and creative what I expected. I am not precisely sure revolving around Cathy and her father, Students will take courses in Stu- basis for their structural work. what I was expecting, but due to the fact Jim, takes on a very unique quality. dio Arts, Art History and one other field Robert Kirschbaum, Director of that Congdon is a well recognized play- Congdon succeeded in not making Tales chosen by the the sIndent. The "focus in Studio Arts said "architecture is an art wright and that Tales of the LostFormicans of the Lost Formicans only about death, architecture" is designed to help those form, and this new course of study is a has been produced all around the world, disease, and depression; there was a students who are interested in the field good 'fit' with the strengths of our I figured that she would have a deserved greater message of human nature, soci- of architecture to get an artistic back- faculty.., Adding the strengthof Trinity's air of superiority about her. I could not ety, and generations. ground in the subject. offerings in art history, engineering and have been more incorrect. Just by listening to Congdon speak This new focus involves three thenow-evolvingUrbanCurricular Ini- We all sat in a circle and Us tened and about her motivation for this play, I felt a courses in the history of architecture, tiative, allows us to offer this unique asked questions while Congdon enter- certain connection to the material while two courses dealing with urban themes, option within the major." tained us with humorous and insightful watching it. An audience has an im- Page 20 ARTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD • October 31, 1995 Miller To Thrill Audience With Endless Winter BY MATTHEW PRINCE ter. Publisher Most of my east coast friends who are nonskiers can't "Millions of years ago when understand the appeal of a ski the earth began to cool the tem- film. And I must admit that perature leveled off in exactly watching the pre-released ver- the right place. If it had cooled sion of it alone in the middle of Off another three or four degrees Hartford, CT is not the same as whatever blemishes the earth in a packed theater in Utah. might have would be covered InUtah, the audience is elec- with a perpetual blanket of ice tric. They spend the morning and snow. For some of us this before the film waxing their skis, wouldbeideal because we could even though the first flake of "• : : enjoy our favorite way of life all snowhasn'tyetfallen. And then year long. We would have an they sit in their seats waiting for endless winter." Miller to announce that the skier People ask me all the time we see drawingperfectly formed n what I miss most about Utah. I turns through a snowfield is at WARREN ANNE KRAUSE 9 Eight of the world's best freestyle aerialists perform at the Nissan Aerial Exhibition in Warren iyilLLER S Miller's Endless Winter. The film will be playing at The Bushnell Friday, November 3rd. three and I can still remember skiing — man's desire to fly, to lions on amountain of dirt where my first chair-lift ride. And al- float, to be free and almost god- they've created a ski run they though I've been skiing for like. But how can a film ever call "Low-IQ." nearly eighteen years now, I'm hope to capture such a feeling? "They get points for dis- still amazed to watch other ski- A. J. Kite, one of the best tance, points for style, points for always answer that it's the Alta, or Snowbird, or making ers crank perfect turns down downhill racers in the world and survival, points for stupidity, mountains and everything that fresh tracks in the back country the side of a mountain. a member of the United States points for stupid tricks," Miller goes along With them—the ski- of the Uinta Mountains. With Skiing is like an addiction, Olympic team, might help ex- announces as the dirt-skiers fall ing, the amazing views, the sense that the room explodes — the and, as Miller argues at one point plain it when, talking about his flat on their faces trying to sat- always, no matter where you ski season is almost here, and in the film, "Once you take that own specialty, he says, "There isfy their addiction. "The sur- look, that there is something the mountains are waiting just first lift ride, your life will be are two perspectives on down- geon general's going to require grander and more magnificent outside. messed up forever." hill racing. Number one is the that a warning label be put on than you could ever be, But even alone in Connecti- There's something almost Around this time each year, cut, Miller's vision of an Endless mystical about it. Even people "I think that one of man's basic desires is to, back when I was growing up Winter is able to send chills who have never skied before beneath the Wasatch Mountains, through my body and make me are awed by the visions that be able to fly like a bird, or be able to dance my father and I would go eager for winter. Miller's films produce. The per- godlike on water. Isn't that what we're doing through a rite of passage into Ever since I can remember, fect, clean, white, enormous winter. We woulsihead. to High- j^lignjge'r&put foer^sldin-g?, Dancing with „.. land High School's gymnasium bridge the gap between the best carvinga thin, curved line down its face. At one point. Miller's the mountain? Dancing on frozen water?" "We snowriders are the most fortunate people narrationstates/T think thatone — Warren Miller of man's basic desires is to be on this planet earth because we get to spend . able to fly like a bird, or be able racer's perspective — that's pi- skis — they can be hazardous to an endless winter on the side of a mountain to dance godlike on water. Isn't lot, the seat, in control, throt- your health." that what we're doing when tling down the hill. The other The whole movie is set to somewhere on whatever we enjoy most — a we're out here skiing? Dancing perspective is the spectator. an outstanding sound track fea- pair of skis or a snowboard. Sliding on some- with the mountain? Dancing on "I've played both those turing such artists as Counting frozen water?" roles, and I'll tell you what — Crows, The Samples, Charlie thing that never changes, yet is never the Noel Lyons, a self-de- it's a lot more scary being the Sexton Sextet, TraciLords and a scribed mild-mannered land- spectator thanitis being a down- new band out of California same. Something as simple as a blanket of scape gardener/extreme skiing hill racer. I've stood on the side called Water whose song "A — Warren Miller champion, explains her love of of a course and watched guys Moon's Afterlife" complements snow. skiing at one point, "There's no I compete against go by me and the final scene of the movie. and sit among thousands of skiers in the world and the rest other sense of freedom I've had think, man I can't believe that "When the darkness overrides, other fanatical skiers to watch of us. While Endless Winter as in skiing. And be it your I do that, there's no way I'm and the world seems too bright. Warren Miller's yearly ski film. shows John Tremann jumping skills or mountains nothing's doing that, it's way too fast, it's Winter comes and I belonghere. In 1949, Miller borrowed a flawlessly from a cliff the height ever the same. Everything way too dangerous." Come on down to my place. movie camera and filmed his of a nine-story building, it also changes — you can never go A friend of mine, who We'll hollow our wheels to- first ski feature, Steep and Light. shows beginning skiers strug- down the same run making the doesn't ski, watched Endless night." Forty-six years and over 46 mov- gling to get off the lift for the same turns the same way." Winter with me. After it was Endless Winter concludes ies later, Miller ushers in the first time. And so that helps to ex- over she looked at me and said, with Miller declaring, "We 1995-96 season with Endless Win- I started skiing when I was plain the inherent pleasure of "I'm exhausted." The brilliance snowriders are the most fortu- of the film is its ability to take nate people on this planet earth you on a journey.. We go from because we get to spend an end- the opening scenes with their less win ter on theside of a moun- harsh music, showing the diffi- tain somewhere on whatever we culty and challenge of skiing, to enjoy most — a pair of skis or a the final scenes illustrating the snowboard. Sliding on some- peace and freedom of the sport. thing that never changes, yet is The image of a skier falling, never the same. Something as his ski sliding out of control off simple as a blanket of snow." a cliff begins the film. The im- If the cold weather of fall is age of a lone sno wboarder like a already making you dread the speck on the side of a mountain, coming of winter, Endless Win- choosinga perfectpath between ter will be playing at The cliffs and over drifts of snow, Bushnell Friday, November 3rd ends it. We are given Miller's at 8:00 p.m. and is sure to make impression of an endless win- you enthusiastic for the first ter, and travel everywhere from flakes of snow. Tickets are $12.50 Ischgl, Austria to Chac Al Taya, and available through Ticket- Bolivia to experience it. master or The Bushnell Box Of- Along the way, Miller is fice at 246-6807. • »y' .T1 '•.-<- .'.' able to keep even a nonskier As an 'additional bonus, interested with his quick witand anyone attending Endless Win- humor One scene near the end ter Will receive a free lift ticket BRADVANCOUR details a bunch of Canadians so good at Bretton Woods, Can- John Tremann, extreme skier, skis the Canadian Rockies at Whistler-Blackcomb in British addicted to skiing that: in the non, Loon & Waterville Valley Columbia in a sequence for Warren Miller?s latest sld film, Endless Winter, summer they hold ski competi- ski resorts. October 31, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD SPORTS Bantam Runners 1994-95 NBA INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Run NESCACs SCORING FREE THROW PCT. continued from page 24 FT FTA PCT. though these key runners re- Player, Team G PTS AVG Player, Team 226 242 .934 turned to racing, neither was O'Neal, ORL 79 2383 29.8 Webb, SAC running at full strength. Before 148 162 .914 Olajuowon, HOU 72 2005 27.8 Price, CLE he was sidelined, Lavigne was 347 386 .899 Trinity's top runner, consis- Robinson, S A 81 22 38 27.6 Barros, PHI 383 427 .897 tently placing in top positions Malone, UTAH 82 2187 26.7 Miller, IND this year. At the Quinnipiac Bogues, CHA 160 180 .889 Invitational, Lavigne captured Mashburn, DAL 80 1926 24.1 first place overall. This week, he placed fourth among the Trinity REBOUNDS PER GAME 3-PT FIELD GOAL PCT. men and 71st overall. 3FG 3FGA PCT Player, Team G TOT AVG Player, Team Junior tri-captain Rob 89 170 .524 Rodman, SA 49 823 16.9 Kerr, CHI Johnson finished first among the 93 181 .514 Trinity men, and placed 34th Mutumbo, DEN 82 1029 12.5 Schrempf, SEA 197 425 .464 overall. He was followed by O'Neal, ORL 79 901 11.4 Barros, PHI Josh Olsen '97 and Baker, who 131 288 .455 Ewing, NY 79 857 11.0 Davis, NY also had strong performances. Stockton, UTAH 102 227 .449 Lavigne, Ben Appley ard '98, and Hill, CLE 70 765 10.9 Shanon finished fourth, fifth and sixth among the Trinity men. ASSISTS PER GAME STEALS PER GAME The Trinity women placed Player, Team G STL AVG seventh overall and defeated ri- j Player, Team G AST AVG Pippen, CHI 79 232 2.94 val Wesleyan by 50 points. Stockton, UTAH 82 1011 12.3 "We ran well," said co-cap- 80 200 2.50 72 680 9.4 Blaylock, ATL tain Kathrin Phelan '96. "[Due Anderson, NJ 82 204 2.49 to the conditions] nobody ex- 62 578 9.3. Payton, SEA Hardaway, GS 82 194 237 pected a personal best. It was a 64 562 8,8 Stockton, UTAH Strickland, POR 165 2.06 mental race; it was about who 8.7 McMillan, SEA 80 could deal with the mud better. Bogues, CHA 78 675 It was how cross-country ought to be." BLOCKS PER GAME FIELD GOAL PCT. AVG Phelan dealt with the mud FGA PCT Player, Team G BLK well on Saturday. She finished Player, Team FG 82 321 3.91 first among the Trinity women, 512 .633 Mutumbo, DEN Gatling, GS 324 72 242 3.36 and 12th overall, earning her O'Neal, ORL 930 1597 .583 Olajuowon, HOU all-NESCAC honors. Liz Wor- 82 274 3.34 Grant, ORL 401 707 .567 Bradley, PHI thy '98 finished behind Phelan, Robinson, SA 81 262 3.23 29th overall. Worthy was fol- Thorpe, HOU-POR 385 681 .565 77 225 2.92 lowed by Jill Romano '97 and D.Davis, IND 324 576 .563 Mourning, CHA Merrideth Minerd '96. Women's Soccer Post-Strike, Baseball Re-Visits Splendor Of October Finishes 6-6-2 J 7 goosebumps seeing a full Yan- division" ' • s ha'-d classi-<-—•c- pennan~ ™tt nonntt jusiusti personalitiesnersonalities? WatchWatch- goosebumps seeing a full Yan- continued Ji vm page 24 Qctober is hack. ing playoftbasebali giveaus that kee SbSiimJiv.on ,tele vjscwu -B ven quality opportunities on net. Yes, there was an October races, and the fans were slow to on the tube, I could feel the elec- get excited by the new wild- chance. It is refreshing to see However, neither team was in 1994. The leaves were turn- egos checked at the door, team- tricity in the place. able to convert and the game ing color, the temperature was card chase. Whether on television or the But when October rolled mates genuinely pulling for each ended in a 1-1 tie. dipping and football was in the other, and emotions, both posi- radio, I was afraid to miss an On Saturday, Trinity air. But for baseball fans, it was around, the game came back to inning for fear of losing out on a life. All of the elements that tive and negative, be emitted traveled to Middlebury for the spontaneously and freely. The potential lifelong memory. final game of the season. Af- make playoff baseball special I studied for a math test with were once again present. ups and downs of the game ter a well played first half, the are on public display. Game 1 of the Yankees-Seattle Bantams were locked in a Every pitch, every Mariners Series on the radio in play, and every But not only scoreless tie with the Panthers the players thebackground. Istayed awake However, in the second managerial deci- until 2 a.m. to see Jim Leyritz's sion in October are affected half, things really fell apart in this way. home run win Game 2.1 almost for the Bantams. After are made cried after watching Ken Griffey with a sense No televi- Middlebury scored once to an empty month. s i o n Jr. score the winning run to beat break the gridlock, there was There wasno Major League of ur- the Yanks in the deciding Game g enc y. drama a letdown on the part of the post-season. c a n 5. There was little difference Trinity team. Middlebury The so- between what I was like at age This year, the playoffs have called " take a capitalized and put the game returned. Despite what any of paacrate 21 and what I would have been out of reach by adding two 'little like when I was, say, 10. us may think of the players play- things'—t h e viewer insurance goals. The result of ing the game, or the people who on as Though the series turned the game was especially dis- fundamentals out bad for the Yankees, it was run the sport, October baseball that don't usu- wide a heartening because it eradi- was as fun and exciting as ever. range of great for baseball. Probably the cated theBantam's chances for ally appear in game's bestplayer (Griffey)and The. World Series, is back, box scores—are e m o - a playoff spot and it marked too, and just in time. America tions as mostdominatingpitcher (Randy the end of the seniors' careers. crucial. This em Johnson) were on display. Each was starting to forget about the phasis allows fans to watching "Itwas really disappoint- beauty of the national pasttime; their team in a team had numerous ing/' said Lally. "Jenny see things they don't playoff game, opportunites to win every game, • how it brings families together, often get to see. Pitchers playoff game [Rogers], Mo [Concannon], how it links the present with the I got this feeling for the first time but neither could break through and I were disappointed in start on three days rest Starting since I was seven this year, as on the other's home field. The past, and how it makes a grown pitchers pitch in relief, and clos- how we played." man, or even a college kid, feel my New York Yankees ended a series helped set the stage for a ers go three innings or more. 14-year post-season draught. World Series in which five of six like a little boy again. Power hitters attempt sacrifice WOMEN'S SOCCER In case you've forgotten, the This was a special post-season games were decided by one run. 1995 RECORD (6-6-2) 1994 baseball season was cut bunts. for me, as my favorite team, the It was almost enough to put the short in mid-August by a play- At the core of baseball, Yankees, were involved for the ill feeling from the labor dispute EASTERN CONN. 1-1 (T) though, istheone-on-onebattle ers'strike. Eventually, the work first time since I was seven. I aside forever. Amherst 3-0 (L) stoppage became the longest in between pitcher and hitter. Almost, but maybe not was watching these postseason Conn. College 3-2 (W) baseball history. But it also Didn't everyone want to see how games with the emotional bias quite. The game still has its claimed another dubious dis- Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux, problems. There is still no Bates 2-0 (W) of a 10-year-old. Nothing was Nichols 3-1 (W) tinction, Itbecamethefirstwork and Tom Glavine would fare more important to me during commisioner. There is still no stoppage to wipe out a WILLIAMS 3-1 (W) against Cleveland's power- the week that the Yankees were labor agreement. George postseason. The World Series house offense? These match- alive in the playoffs than each Steinbrenner and Marge Schott SMITH 3-1 (W) was not contested for the first ups, intriguing as they might still own teams. COLBY • 1-0 (L) time in ninety years. night's game. have been in the regular season, I1 wrotwrotee iin anotheanoinerr campulam^uas But there is something else Clark . 1-0 (L) Many fans had seen enough canbe absolutely heart-stopping publicationnot too long ago that the game has once again, some- Tufts 2-0 (L) at that point. When the 1995 in October. I was too old for a Yankee cham- thing that almost by itself can Mt. Holyoke 4-1 (W) season finally commenced, a How often are fans able to pionshiptomeanasmuchtome make us forget about all the BOWDOIN 2-1 (L) month late, most franchises suf- view multi-million dollar ath- as it would have a decade ago. I negatives, both in the game and WESLEYAN 1-1 (T) fered a significant, extended letes, especially the crybabies found out that I could not have in our own lives as well, drop in attendance. As the sum- that Generation X seems to be been more wrong. I got Baseball has October. Middlebury 3-0 (L) mer wore on, only two of six creating, as human beings and Page 22 NBA PREVIEW THE TRINITY TRIPOD • October 31, 1995 Window of Opportunity New Faces Likely To May Be Closing On Knicks Determine Sixers' Fate lowed (95.1). This year, Nelson Starks averaged 15.3 points per BY JOSH FREELY Rounding out the middle BYCLAYSIEGERT wants to improve the Knicks' game and shot 35.5% from three- News Editor will be center Shawn Bradley. Sports Editor scoring output which produced point range. He also led the Last year, the 7'6" Bradley av- only 98.2 points per game a year NBA in three-pointers made After several poor seasons, eraged 9.4 points, 8.0 rebounds When Patrick Ewing ago. with a league-record 217. the Phladelphia 76ers are andl.7blockspergame. Buthe missed a layup at the buzzer The centerpiece of the Another player whoshould poised to claw there way back was hurt by his low body against the Indiana Pacers in the Knicks' offense will againbe all- benefit from Nelson is power into playoff contention. Since weight, which allowed him to Conference Semifinals last sea- star center Patrick Ewing. forward Charles Smith. Al- the trade of Charles Barkley in be dominated by bigger play- son, the New York Knicks lost though Smith averaged 12.7 1990, the ers. This past more than a pJayoff series. The points last year, he was criti- Sixers have off-season, team may have lost its last cized for passive play. In endured poor Bradley has chance at an NBA title. Nelson's system, Smith will play seasons. But been involved In what may be their final the low-post opposite Ewing the 76ers are in an intense attempt to win the champion- and should have more open ready to re- weight-gain- ship, the Knicks have made only court to work with. verse this ing program to trend with the improve his one major acquisition to their Directing the team at point selectionjerry stamina and aging roster for the 1995-96 sea- guard will be 12-year veteran Stackhouse in strength. son. The team has hired veteran Derek Harper. Harper is a the 1995 NBA head coach Don Nelson from Ewing, a 10-year veteran, is con- steadyplayerwhoaveragedll.5 Off the the Golden State Warriors. sidered one of the top three cen- points and 5.7 assists per game Draft, Stackhouse, along with bench, the sixers will sport a Nelson is a knowledgeable, yet ters in the league. Last season, last year. Along with Ewing, 'larence Weatherspoon and number of potent weapons. strict coach who should work Ewing averaged 23.9 points Mason and Starks, Harper Shawn Bradley, will form the Richard Dumas, signed as a free well with New York's seasoned (sixth in NBA), 11.0 rebounds helped the Knicks lead the NBA young nucleus for the up and agency from the Phoenix Suns, players. (fourth inNBA) and2.01 blocked in opposing field goal percent- coming Sixers. should providing a scoring Nelson became available shots (eighth) per game as the age (.437) last year. The two hottet new addi- boost. Willie Burton, who seta team record with 53 points in after an unfortunate situationin Knicks' featured low-post Off thebench willbepower tions are in thebackcourt, where one game last year, averaged Golden State last year. He player. This year, Nelson wants forward Charles Oakley and college all-American 15.3 points and 3.1 rebounds clashed with some of the team's to lessen the dependence on guard Hubert Davis. Oakley, Stackhouse will team with the per game in a limited role last younger players, most notably Ewing and take advantage of who played in only 50 games explosive Vernon Maxwell. season. stars Chris Webber and Latrell the offensive abilities of other last year because of injury, aver- Stackhouse joins the Sixers by Sprewell. Under intense criti- players. aged 10.1 points and 8.9 re- way of North Carolinia, where Entering his second full year as Head coach/General cism, Nelson was forced to re- 1995 NBA Sixth-Man of the bounds. Davis averaged 10.0 he had a stellar college career. Manager, John Lucas has sign. Year, Anthony Mason will be points per game and shot 45.5% Maxwell brings with him a worked hard to turn the team The Knicks hired NeJson featured at Nelson's "point for- from three-point range, making questionable attitude, butloads around, pairing veteran free because of his past success. ward" position. Mason, who 131 treys. of ability. With the Houston Rockets, Maxwell both helped agents with a core of young Nelson, whohas 817career wins, averaged 9.9 points, 8.4 re- Without a pick in the June's the Rockets win a champion- draft picks. In acquiring play- is the sixth winningest coach in bounds and 3.1 assists per game NBA Draft, the Knicks have no shipandassaultafan. Since all- ers, Lucas has made an effort to . NBA history. He has lead his in a reserve role last year, will new faces on the roster. Previ- star Dana Barros (20.6 ppg) give troubled players a second teams to nine 50-plus win sea- seehisroleincreasedinl995-96. ous number-one picks Monty signed a free agent contract with chance. Both Dumas and Max- sons and seven division titles. At 67" Mason will be asked to Williams and Charlie Ward Boston, the Sixers lack a true well are talented players, but Nelson succeeds Pat Riley, now control the ball, shoot more and played limited roles with the point guard. they have checkered,histories. the head coach of the Miami distribute the ball to his team- Knicks last season. Besides a 23 fffh^ , Heat.' •• - , „ mates. .Me i8-also«am«©vitetaiicU, S fnt-court fea- Nelson wants to create a ing defender who can guard played in 41 games, averaging tures higigh scoring forwar- d Sixers success remains to be more wide-open offense in New opposing centers and forwards. 3.3 points. Ward (10 games in Clarence Weatherspoon. Last seen. York and change the team's fo- One player who should 1994-95) will get more playing season, the 6'7" Weatherspoon If gambles on Dumas and cus from defense to offense. Last flourish in Nelson's open court time now that point guard Greg averaged 18.2 points and 6.9 Maxwell pay off, the Sixers will season the Knicks finished sec- game is the erratic, yet explo- Anthony has signed with the rebounds. He will be teamed be an improved team. If ond in the league in points al- sive, John Starks. Last season, expansion Vancouver Grizzlies. with either veteran Scott Will- Stackhouse can assert himself iams (6.4 ppg 6.4 rpg)or second as a rookie and Bradley can fi- • « 9 year power forward Sharone nally live up to his potential, O'Bannon Is A Positive Wright (11.3 ppg 6.0 rpg), the the Sixers willbe a playoff team team's 1994 number-one pick. this year. Addition To Troubled Nets FINAL 1994-95 NBA STANDINGS BYBENGOLAS this season Coleman may be averaged 1.43 steals per game. Sports Writer hamperedby an irregular heart- Several young players will EASTERN CONFERENCE beat. The condition, which was need to step right into the start- W L PCT. GE This season, the New Jer- diagnosed during thepreseason, ing line-up and produce. Yinka Atlantic Division sey Nets can only hope.to im- has kept Coleman out of action Dare, a seven-foot center out of Orlando 57 25 .695 — prove upon a' miserable 1994- and forced him to be on medica- George Washington spent most New York 55 27 .671 2 1995 season, With a lackluster tion. oflastseasononthebench. This Boston 35 47 .427 22 30-52 record, the Nets ended up The 6' 10" Coleman is big season, Dare should see some Miami 32 50 .390 25 fifth in the Atlantic Division and enough to play with centers, but substantialplayingtime. Dare's New Jersey 30 52 .366 27 out of the playoffs. it is his speed, agility, and soft presence will allow some pres- Philadelphia 24 58 .293 33 The Nets' chances for suc- touch that makes him one of the sure to be taken off of Coleman, Washington 21 61 .256 36 cess in 1995-1996 are invested in lea gue's bes t players. Last sea- who is constantly targeted for . a combination of all-star veter- son, Coleman averaged 20.5 double coverage. If Coleman Central Division ans and untested players. For points, 10.6 rebounds, and 1.68 can draw more one on one situ- Indiana 52 30 .634 — New Jersey to vie for the play- blocks per game. ations, he will decimate oppos- Charlotte 50 32 .610 2 offs, the all-star tandem of Der- ing defenses with his combina- Chicago 47 35 .573 5 rick Coleman andKenny Ander- tion of power and finesse. Cleveland 43 39 .524 9 son will have to combine with In the NBA lottery last year, Atlanta 42 40 .512 10 the young talent of Ed New Jersey acquired forward Milwaukee 34 48 ,415 18 O'Bannon. In the past three sea- O'Bannon. O'Bannon, the Nets' Detroit 28 54 .341 24 sons, the talented combination top draft pick (number nine of pointguard Kenny Anderson overall), was the key compo- WESTERN CONFERENCE and forward Derrick Coleman nent of the UCLA Bruins march- Midwest Division has not been enough to make to the NCAA championship last San Antonio 62 20 ,756 ,— the Nets serious playoff con- Kenny Anderson, in his year. O'Bannon, with a six foot Utah 60 ' 22 ,732 2 tenders. fourth yearoutofG eorgia Tech, eight inch, 220 pound frame, can Houston 47 35 ,573 15 DerrickColemanwillbe the is a swift footed point guard shoot, drive and pass. The brio Denver 41 41 ,500 21 key to the Nets success this sea- with great court sense. As a of Coleman, Dare, and Dallas 36 46 ,415 18 son. WhileColemanhasfeuded point guard, Anderson has the O' Bannon could compose a solid Minnesota 21 61 ,256 41 with team management and ability to lead the fast-break, run front-court in 1995-96. been a distraction in past sea- the half-court offense, and score In the 1995-1996 season, the Pacific Division sons, he seems focused for the points. Last season, Anderson New Jersey Nets can make the Phoenix • 59 23 .720 1995-96 season. If Coleman is dished out 9.4 assists (2nd in the playoffs if their young players Seattle 57 25 .695 2 able to resolve his differences league) and scored 17.6 points can quickly adjust to the NBA. L.A. Lakers 48 34 .585 11 with the front office and con- per game. Anderson is also a If the positive attitude of Portland 44 • 38' .537 15 centrate on winning basketball tenacious defender with the abil- O'Bannon rubs off on Coleman Sacramento 39 43 .476 20 games, the Nets could become ity to generate turnovers and and Anderson, this young team Golden State 26 56 ,317 33 serious contenders. However, steals. Last season, Anderson could be exciting and explosiv e. L.A. Clippers 17 •'65 .207 42 October 31, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD NBA PREVIEW Page 23 New-Look Celts In For Long Season BY PETER GUINEY Also returning is second drive the lane. But inconsis- Bullets Looking For Sports Writer year center Eric Montross. tency has hurt him over his ca- Mon tross, a seven-footer, started reer. Throughout the history of immediately as a rookie last sea- Brown is joined by point Breakthrough Year the National Basketball Asso- son and averaged 10 points and guard Sherman Douglas, who BYJONOLENZNER& defensive player, but has a lim- ciation, the Boston Celtics have 7rebounds. To endure the grind has been rumored to be on the JON DUGAN ited offensive game. Wallace been the league's most success- of playing against NBA-caliber trading block. Douglas, a 6-1 Contributing Writers will serve as the Muresan's ful franchise, boasting 16 cham- centers on a nightly basis, point guard, averaged 14.7 backup for the start of the sea- pionship banners which now Montross employed an off-sea- points and 7.8 assists a game last On paper, the Washing- son, but should step in as a hang from the new Fleet Center. son weight lifting program. season. Douglas, who has been tonBulletshaveavery talented starter by season's end. In 1995-96, however, the Celtics The 6'10" Smith is a four- nursing a sprained ankle for team. Yet this team posted a The trade for veteran AU- probably will not be adding to year veteran who will serve as most of the preseason, will be dismal record of 21-61 lastyear. Star Mark Price gives the Bul- the Fleet Center's rafters. With Montross' backup. Forward relegated to a backup role for This year, the Bullets have lets what they most need—a many new players, the team will the Celtics because of the addi- added team be hard-pressed to even reach tion of Barros. rookie leader at the playoffs. lnthis year's NBA Draft, Rasheed point This past off season saw a the Celtics picked Eric Williams, Wallace guard. lot of changes for the Celtics. a 6-10 forward from Providence, and vet- Swingman Chris Ford, the Celtics coach for and Junior Burrough, a 6-10 for- eran Mark Calbert the past six years was fired, de- ward from Virginia. Burrough Price to the Cheaney spite leading an average team is a finesse player, who has the mix. These (16.6 ppg) into the playoffs. Dominique ability to shoot from outside. moves will is a fine Wilkins and Xavier McDaniel, Williams is more of a grinder drastically shooter, who combined for 26.4 points Rick Fox is a solid player who and rebounder. Both rookies improve the Bullets and make but has yet to become the star per game last year, have left the averaged 8.8 points per game will be asked to contribute this them a force in the NB A's East- that many though he would be Celtics to play in Greece. And last year. year. ern Conference. as a number-one pick from In- Doug Smith and local product In the backcourt, the Celtics The Celtics are in a stage of The Bullets traditionally diana University. Dana Barros were signed as free are improved by the addition of rebuilding. Barros is a solid ac- have fared poorly in the draft. A key to the Bullets suc- agents. Barros. Barros, an all-star at quisition, butthe Celtics still lack For example, in 1985 the Bul- cess will be the contributions The Celtics have a solid guard last year with the Phila- the talent to compete for the lets selected the diminutive from its talented bench. Doug group of players returning for delphia 76ers, grew up in Bos- playoffs. M.L.Carr, Celtics'gen- Muggsy Bogues ahead of all- Overton is a deadly shooter, the 95-96 campaign. In the front ton and played at Boston Col- eral manager and new head NBAerKarlMalone. But in the who shot 42% from three point court, the Celtics are ledby Dino lege. Last year, Barros led the coach, will be tested in his first past two years, General Man- range last year. Guards A.J. Radja. Radja is a low-post 76ers with 20.6 pointsper game. year of coaching. The Celtics ager John Nash has drafted English and Robert Stack, ac- player, who has vastly improved - The Celtics also return sev- are a long way from being a well, selecting Michigan quired from Denver for Don since coming to the NBA from eral players. Dee Brown, a 6-1 contender and will likely be lot- standouts Chris Webber (F, MacLean, will solidify the Bul- Crotia. Last season, the 6-11 guard, enters his sixth year with tery team this year. This posi- 20.1 ppg, 9.6 rpg) and Juwan lets' backcourt. forward was second to Wilkins the Celtics. Last year Brown tion will allow them to add an- Howard (F, 17 ppg, 8.4 rpg). Head Coach Jim Lynam in scoring with a 17.2 average. averaged 15.6 points and 4 as- other quality player through the This young duo should de- must hope for an improvement He also averaged 6.7 rebounds sists a game. Brown is an ath- draft next year and rebuild for velop into one of the premier of team defense to couple their per game. letic player, who can shoot and the future. front courts in the conference. obvious offensive potential. The addition of 6'11" Also the Bullets will have to Wallace (4th pick overall) will replace their mascot "Hoops," Magic Eye Return To Championship provide additional size and who was fired for sexual ha- rassment of female spectators. BY K. MICHAEL DERBY Hardaway is one of the best all- making 179 treys. scoring ability to a team that Senior Editor round players in the game. Last Shooting guard Dennis lacks a true dominant center. Ultimately,barring injuries, the season, heranked in thejeague's Scott is also a three-point threat,. 77" center GheorgheMuresan Bullets will make a strong run "X^ Although the Orlando top fifteen in scoring (20.9 ppg), In addition to shooting 42.6% (1.7 blocks per game) is a top through the playoffs. Magic have only been in exist- assists(7.2),andsteals(1.7). Like from the arc (11th in the league), . they are one O'Neal, the 24-year old Scott averaged 12.9 points per of the premiere *te?rrlS*sir<«-*the>-, Hardaway is an all-NBA player game. Riley To Lead Heat NBA. Through unbelievable • whohasstillhasnorreachedhis Reserve guard Brian Shaw luck in the NBA draft lottery prime. (6.4 ppg, 5.2 assists) also pro- BY MARK MENTONE & season. Rice shot 41% from and shrewd free agent signings, While O'Neal and vides the Magic with help in the CLAYSIEGERT three-point range, sinking 180 the Magic have assembled a le- Hardaway grab most of the backcourt. Guard Donald Royal, Sports Editors threes. Against Orlando last gitimate title contender. Last headlines, a number of excel- who averaged 9.1 points per year, he exploded for 56 points. season, the Magic reached the lent supporting players helped game last year, started several After reaching the playoffs Another talented player is NBA Finals, but were swept by the Magic the leading offensive games last year because of an two consecutive years, the Mi- forward Billy Owens. Owens is the Houston Rockets. This sea- team in the NBA. Power for- injury to Scott. The Magic ami Heat failed to reach that a versatile player who can excel son the team expects to win its ward Horace Grantprovides the guards led the league in assists goal in 1994-95. In order to get both at the shooting guard and second straight Eastern Confer- last year. back to the second season, the small forward positions. Last ence Championship and- earn Head coach Brian Hill, who Heat risked tampering charges season, he averaged 14.3 points, another berth in the Finals. enters his third year with the to acquire the services of new 7.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per However, their goal could be Magic, should lead the team to coach Pat Riley, who has never game. jeopardized by an injury to another 50-win season. finished lower than second in At the other forward is 6'9" Shaquille O'Neal, who will be But to improve this season, his coaching ca- Kevin Willis. Willis out until December. the Ma gic need to become a bet- reer. Riley, who > is a great low-post Shaquille O'Neal, who led ter road team. The Magic had has won four player (17.2 ppg) and the NBA in scoring last season Magic with intangible qualities, an amazing 39-2 home record NBA champion- fiercerebounder (10.9 (29.8 ppg), is the Magic's star most notably defense, rebound- last year, but went only 18-23 ships,represents a rpg). Willis is enter- player. At 23, O'Neal ranks with ing and leadership. Grant, away from their home court. new beginning ing his twelfth year Patrick Ewing, Hakeem signed as free agent in 1994, av- They also need to improve on for this franchise in the league, but Olajuwon, and David Robinson eraged 12,8 points per game last their free throw shooting which which has a num- should still be able to as one of the best centers in the season and was among the top hurt them in a number of close ber of talented provide a presence game. Besides being the Magic's twenty in the league in rebound- games last season. The team young players. under the basket. primary offensive threat, O'Neal ing with 9.7 a game. After help- averaged over 110 points per Although Riley had a year In thebackcourt along with is also an excellent rebounder ing Chicago win three champi- game last year while often hold- remaining on his contact with Rice, returns Bimbo Coles. Last (11.4 rpg, third in the league) onships, Grant brings playoff ing their opponents to 103.8. Atlantic Division rival New season Coles averaged 10 points and shot blocker (2.4 blks/ experience to the young Magic. While the Magic will be York, the Heat still courted him. and 6.1 assists as a starter. Also game). But O'Neal will be out Swingman Nick Anderson without their star player for the For their pursuit of Riley, the returning is Kalid Reeves. for two months because of a is one of the most underrated first part of the season, they have Heat were forced to surrender a Reeves had a fine rookie cam- hand injury suffered in a pre- players in the NBA. Like great reasons to be optimistic first-round pick to the Knicks. paign averaging 8.9 points and season game against the Miami Hardaway, Anderson is a fine for the coming season. With While Riley was successful in 4.3 assists. He should push Coles Heat. all-round player. Last year, the two of the best young players in New York, his overbearing for thestartingjobatpoint guard Looking to fill the void of six-year veteran averaged 15.8 the game in O'Neal and coaching style wore thin with this season. Rex Chapman, a O'Neal will be a number of other points, 4,1 assists and 4.4 re- Hardaway, Orlando will again the Knicks, His departure from seven-year veteran, was ac- talented players. 67" point bounds per game. He also shot be a championship contender New York is fortunate for the quired in the off-season. He is a guard Anfernee "Penny" 41.5% from three-point range, when the playoffs start in April. Heat because Riley is exactly good shooter and athletic player. what Miami needs to become a Although the Heat reached contender. the playoffs faster than other See page 21 for Riley will have a fine com- expansion teams like Orlando pliment of young players to ,§nd Charlotte, they have not en- work with in Miami. Leading joyed the others' level of suc- 1994-95 league the Heat's offensive attack is cess. Based on his past record, seventh-year proGlenRice. Rice Riley will help Miami get back leaders is a lethal long-range shooter, to the playoffs and eventually who averaged 22.3 points,last build the team into a contender. Page 24 SPORTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD • October 31, 1995 Winless Final Week Ends X-C Wades Through NESCACs BY JOSH WATSON have preferred. Much of the course Sports Writer consisted of trails through the wood Women's Soccer Hopes and tight cut-backs, giving the Trinity Tough competition and wet condi- runners problems with traction on the BY BEN GOLAS As Alyson Guild '97 and a Wesleyan tions highlighted the NESCAC cross- slick terrain. Sports Writer defender converged on the cross, the ball country championships held at Con- "It was a tough course made even popped loose and Guild kicked it toward necticut College. In their previous race worse by the rain," said tri-captain The women's soccer team entered the'net with her head. The Wesleyan at the Allentown Invitational in Allen- Etienne Shanon '96. "This was not the the last week of their season needing goalkeeper made a swift move to snatch town, Pennsylvania, the Bantams raced ideal course for our style of running. We consecutive victories to earn a berth into the ball out of the goal mouth. the ECAC tournament. But Trinity Any advances that Wesleyan made played to a 1-1 tie with Wesleyan and towards the Trinity goal were thwarted "It was a tough course made even worse by the rain. dropped a disappointing 3-0 game at by the defensive efforts of Ashley Hull This was not the ideal course for our style of running. Middlebury to close out the season. The '99, Colleen McGlynn '98, Courtney tie and the loss dropped Trinity's record Glenn'99,andJenSummergrade'97. On We prefer a more open course where we have more room to 6-6-2 and knocked them out of conten- the few situations where Wesleyan strik- to maneuver. —Etienne Shanon '96 tion for a playoff berth. ers were able to get shots off, keeper "There will be no playoffs for us," Lally was there to make the saves. through heavy rains on a course that prefer a more open course where we said tri-captain Sue Lally '96. In the second half, Wesleyan got off included muddy trails and unplanned have more room to maneuver." On Tuesday, the traditional rivalry to a quick start by immediately pressing water hazards. This week at the Although the Bantam men did noi that exists between Trinity and Wesleyan the Trinity defense. Wesleyan got on the NESCACs, conditions were very much fare as well as they had hoped, the com- University lived up to its reputation as Scoreboard first when they converted an the same. petition was fierce. The race was won b) the two schools squared off in a close offensive opportunity into a goal. With Despite the slick conditions, most a Williams runner who, despite th« match. When two overtime periods 33:28 remaining in the second half, a of the Bantams were able to keep their weather conditions, nearly set a course could not decide the game, the Bantams Wesleyan striker received the ball at the footing, record. were forced to settle for a 1-1 tie. top of the box and proceeded to blast a "We were prepared to run in the The overall team performance was In the first half, the Bantams recov- shot into the upper left hand corner of rain after the Allentown Invitational," aided by the return of Eric Lavigne '9S ered from a slow start to apply tremen- the goal. said tri-captain Charles Baker '97. and Shanon, both of whom were previ dous pressure on the Wesleyan defense. "The ball was crossed and [the The course at Connecticut College ously sidelined with shin splints. Al- It took the Bantams some time to adjust Wesleyan striker] was running down the was not what the Bantam squad would please turn to page 21 to the stiff wind that was blowing into middle of the field and she shot it," said their faces in the first half. Lally. "I got my hand on it, but it was a "It was really windy," Lally said. clean shot." Trinity Sailors Get Frostbite "We opted to go against the wind in the The Trinity squad responded to the first half and it was a key factor." goal by aggressively attacking the BY KEN LYONS boats sail in the Frostbite regatta's, with Once the Bantams became familiar Wesleyan defense. Trinity's unrelenting Contributing Writer each fleet of boats separated at the start with the wind conditions, they began to pressure on the goal paid off when by four to five minutes. attack the Wesleyan goal. Trinity first midfielder Jenny Rogers '96 volleyed a For members of the Trinity Sailing The boats sail a triangular course, tested the Cardinal defense when for- ball past the Wesleyan keeper to even the Team and sailors in Essex Connecticut, starting first with the one person Lasers. ward Jen Martinelli '98 intercepted a score at one. In the remaining minutes of fall foliage, dropping temperatures and The Lasers are followed by the Vanguard Wesleyan goal kick. Martinelli quickly the regulation, neither team was able to turning the clockback, all mean one thing. fleet, that usually numbers twenty to tapped the ball back to Mo Concannon score and the game was sent into over- Its time for Frosfbi te. twenty five boats. Followed by the Van- '96, who was wide open along the left time. This past Sunday ,the Trinity Sailing guards are the fleet of Blue Jays, with the sideline. In the .two overtime periods, both Team competed in the second of a series J3's bringing up the rear. Concannon hit a high, floating cross Trinity and Wesleyan had a handful of of Fall Frostbite Regatta's hosted by the The team made its first Frostbite into the heart of the Wesleyan defense. please turn to page 21 Essex Yacht Club. appearance last March in the Spring se- Trinity raced four boats in the Van- ries and was invited back by the Essex "gttafd 'fleet", -with skipper Benjamin Yacht Club to sail this Fall. The season Forman and his crew Chris Elia, finish- began on Sunday October 22 and will Trioity Package ing best for the Trinity contingent. Winds continue well into the cold weather until on the Connecticut River were shifty and the final Regatta, which will be held on 219 New Britain Ave gusting up to twenty five miles an hour. December 3. The tricky winds reeked havoc on the Trinity will sail four boats every1 Hartford, Ct. 06106 Vanguard sailors, on a day that saw scores Sunday at Frostbite for the, cemainder of of boats capsize. The Trinity team held the season. At the conclusion of the last (203)547-0263 its own in the difficult conditions before regatta, the cumulative scores per boat the race committee, which usually runs will be tabulated, the boat with the low- six to eight races, ended the regatta early est overall score finishing first. WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU for safety reasons. The team completed the collegiate The Frostbite Regattas begin as the season with a regatta at the Coast Guard collegiate racing season ends. They Academy, on October eighth. The team From all of us at Trinity Package: present a unique opportunity for the team will hold its annual awards banquet din- to compete against some of the best sail- ner on the evening of Friday November ing talent in Connecticut. Four classes of 8. ',. . ' ' • ' Good luck on your scholastic year. Elbows Win Intramural Super Bowl BYALIYAGCI to the quarterback, the defensive lines Your years at Trinity are the years you will Contributing Writer averaged about eight sacks a game and took the opposition's running game remember for the rest of your life. Yet another exciting, fun-filled in- away. tramural football season has come to an The defensive backfield was made end with a single champion—The Bent up of this writer, John Karp '97, Tyler We also want to remind you, as a famous Elbows. Blackwell '97, and Josh Fitzsimons '97, While the Bent Elbows have come who completely took away the deep General once said: close to winning the championship the threat. Whitman, Ed Costello '97, and past two years injuries have stopped Tambiah subbed in for the backs. The "We fought for freedom, we died for freedom, we got them in the semifinals. This year things defense averaged three interceptions a were different. With a strong core of game and closed out the season with freedom. To keep it, is up to you." returning players combined with some five straight shutouts. new faces, the Elbows were uns toppable. The Super Bowl was played on the At quarterback, Matt Witman '97 main quad against a fast sophomore Your predecessors fought to have alcohol has a strong year for the Elbows. His team. The first half was scoreless, but speed on the roll-out as well as his accu- the Elbows marched down the field on allowed on campus, to keep it that way is up to rate passing frustrated opposing de- the opening drive of the second half. fenses. The starting offensive and de- When Witman reached the end-zone on you. fensive lines were the key to most of a 15-yard scramble, the Elbows had their wins. The offensive combination drawn first blood. of Justin Jarvis '97, John Hyme '97, and After this score the offense of the Respect property, respect others, respect Steve Marchlik '97 weighed in at an Elbows opened up a bit. Mid-way average of 230 pounds. The defensive through the second half, Whitman threw yourself. unit, consisting of Jarvis, Marchlik, and. to Karp, who made a sensational grab at Andrew Grammaticas '97, with John • the 10-yard-line. - On the next play, Tambiah '97 and Hyme providing spot, ; Witman once again connected with Karp J : : ; ; duty, was probably the strongestpart qf • for the touchdown. The last score came - ' ORINK RESPONSIBLY: : ; the team.. While, the offensive, line ..when'Witman hit this writer for-a,60- stopped the rush and gave ample time \, yard.touchdown.. .••; ••.; /;•> .• v. :•: _k October 31, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD SPORTS Page 25 In Soccer, Lally Truly Is Her Brothers' Keeper BYCLAYSIEGERT percentage and goals-against field. With their help, Lally has "While I could play basket- her play last year, especially in Sports Editor average. Her career record is also developed into a fine bas- ball with my brothers, it was the NCAA tournament." 24-22-10. ketball player. easier for me to play soccer in This upcoming season, This season, women's soc- "Sue stepped right in as "I also played pick-up bas- my town. In my neighborhood Lally will serve as team captain cer goalkeeper Sue Lally '96 tied freshman and she has been very ketball with my brothers at the there were kids everywhere and along with classmate Kara the school record for shutouts in consistent over the years," said local park in my town," said everyone played soccer," said Ryczek. Both players will be a career (15). She also owns the head coach Maureen Pine. Lally. "That is how I know all Lally. relied on to make up for the loss records for saves in a season "There is no question that she is my low-post moves." Lally was originally a field of all-American guard BJ. (207 in 1994), career saves (633) one of the better keepers inNew Lally, a forward, is a four- player, playing forward and Toolan. and shutouts in a season (6 in England." year letterwinner and a co-cap- halfback. However, upon the "That [the graduation of 1993). While Lally should be Last season, as a junior, she tain for the 1995-96 team. Last suggestion of one of her broth- Toolan] is a loss of 35 points a praised for her fine accomplish- anchored a 6-5-4 team that season, she averaged 6.2 points ers, she switched to keeper as a game, so everyone will have to ments, others deserve some earned an ECAC tournament and 5.2 rebounds a game as the freshman in high school. step up to score more this sea- credit as well. berth. This year, Lally was a Bantams finished with a record "My brother David was a son," said Lally. "I know I have Her three older brothers. leader of a young team that fea- of 21-4. For its efforts, the team goalie when he was in high to become more of a shooter." tured four freshman starters. earned a berth in the NCAA school and he influenced me to Because the soccer and bas- After an 0-1-1 start, her team tournament. become one too," she said. ketball seasons overlap, Lally is Sports started to gel, winning five In the team's NCAA first For Lally, the move to the involved with sports almost straight games. round game against Southern net was a good one. Her high year-round. Although it is rare Spotlight "It took us a while to get the Maine University, Lally played school team was the two-time that college athletes play back- feel for each other," she said. an important role in the Ban- Bay State League champion and, to-back sports, Lally has man- "We learned where to be on tams victory. With under 20 as a junior, Lally was a league aged to succeed.. passes and eventually worked seconds left in the game and the all-star. "Sue really seems to enjoy well together." Bantams leading by two points, After a stellar career at playing," saidPine. "She works The highlight of the season she was fouled in thebackcourt. Needham high school, Lally was hard and has fun with what she was Trinity's upset victory over "Everyone was all nervous recruited by several schools, but is doing. To play back-to-back Williams. In the game, Lally and the stands were packed with chose to attend Trinity because sports, you really need to do held the Ephs, ranked fifth na- people cheering for the other of the opportunity to play two that." tionally at the time, to a single team, " she said. "But I was sports. Despite her commitment to score. For Lally, the game ful- confident stepping to the line to "When I was applying to sports, Lally is also preparing filled one of her personal goals shoot." schools, I couldn' t decide which for her life after athletics. The for her final season. She promptly converted a sport I wanted to play so I came psychology major has aspira- "The one thing I wanted to clutch free throw to give the to Trinity to play two sports," tions to become a teacher. She SUE LALLY do during my senior year was Bantams a three point victory. she said. "It was the best deci- has been taking classes at St. "When I was younger, my beat Williams because we had The win propelled the Bantams sion I ever made because of the Joseph's College to earn her brothers would always play soc- lost to them my first three sea- into the second round of the success that I have had in both teaching certification to teach cer with me," said Lally. "In sons," said Lally. tournament where they were sports." elementary school. high school, they would take However, after the Will- upended by Wheaton. In that On the basketball court, "I love working with kids. I meoutinthebackyardand make iams win, the Bantams game, Lally scored a career-high Lally has worked hard to suc- get satisfaction from helping me dive for shots." stumbled, losing five of seven. 19 points. ceed. Although she has started kids learn." Her brothers' help has paid The team finished with a 6-6-2 While Lally is a captain in only a handful of games in her Lally has only one athletic off as Lally has had a stellar record and did not qualify for both sports, she has had greater career, Lally has been an impor- season left at Trinity. While her career at,Trinity. In her four the ECAC tournament. individualsuccessinsoccer. She tant player. brothers have hectic business years as a Bantam, she has With the conclusion of the attributes her ability in soccer to "Unlike in soccer, Sue has schedules, they, along with started every game except for soccer season, Lally has turned the neighborhood in which she had to earn her way in basket- Lally's parents will be frequent one. Besides holding several her attention to her other sport. grew up. In Needham, Massa- ball," said Pine, who is Lally's visitors to Ray Oosting gymna- school marks, she is among the Her brothers' arhleticinflu- chusetts, Lally's hometown/ soc- head- coach in both basketball, sium this season as the Ban tarns top three in categories for save ence goes beyond the soccer cer is the sport of choice. and soccer. "She really stepped makeanotherrunattheNCAAs. >ckey Finishes Regular Season At 8-5 Bantams Upend Cardinals 8 record, the Bantams were con- continued from page 28 final game of the season. How- fident in their chances to do so. of pressure on us, but we ever, the team could not main- But Trinity's stagnant offense stepped up and fended off the tain its momentum from the carried over from the Keene attack/' said Greg Open, '96. Wesleyan game, losing 4-1. State and the Bantams ended up "Inthepastwe'vehad aknack .Rainy weather caused major on the losingside of the 1-0 score. for giving up leads, but we problems for the Bantams, as For most of the game, the did a good job of taking ad- they were unable to put to- Bantams appeared poised to vantage of a good break. It gether any passes. score as they were constantly in was one of our best perfor- "Middlebury has a really Middlebury territory. But (hey mances of the season," soft field, and the rain made it were unable to convert scoring like playing in a puddle. The chances despite having many ball wouldjustdieinthemud," penalty corners. said Aucoin. The game was played in a Trinity was behind 1-0 al rainy conditions which were the half, and Middleb my scored reminiscent of last weekend's two quick goals in the begin- downpour that suspended the ning of the second half to seal Trinity's contest against the win. Cartin was able to Bowdoin. Hie field was full of score Trinity's lone goal, before the puddles deep enough to s top the defense gave up another the ball's momentum com- Middlebury goal. pletely. The inclement weather Middlebury entered the hindered both teams. game with a 10-1 record, with "We were very frustrated ZOLTOWSKI their only loss coming to Will- with our inability to score," said iams. Barkman. "You can always Since no senior had ever "They're as good as any make excuses about the field beaten Wesleyan, the win was team in New England. They conditions, but, when it comes especially satisfying. were deep, s trong, fast, and a ble down to it, both teams are play- "It was a good way to close, to put the ball in the net. And ing on the same field and they out the season. We had noth- they didn'tmake the mistake of both have to deal with it. It ing to lose and the pressure taking us lightly," said Orpen. didn't affect them more than it CUS ELLISON was on them. I wish we could Finishing with a 5-7-1 Ashley Knotvles '98 in action against Keene State affected us." have played that well the rest record, the Bantams did not Middlebury scored the of the season," said Greg Car tin qualify for any postseason tour- continued from page 28 the 25 yard line," said midfielder game's only goal onabreakaway '96. • nament this year. Although outpassed, and out-defended Katie Altshul '97. midway through the first half. Because the game meant the season did not meet the Keene State. Keene State em- The victory put the Ban- Trinity goaltender Kirstcn so much to the seniors, the un- team's preseason expectations, ployed a defensive strategy.to tams at 8-4 for the season and Skedd '98 stopped the Panther derclassmen also played espe- the players did take some satis- stop Trinity, by packing all of justified the Bantams ECAC se- shot, but the ball stopped in the cially hard. faction in beating Wesleyan. their players in the defensive lection. mud in front of the goal and a "We wanted to win the "The win was a brightspot zone. Amid the clutter, the Ban- Entering their next game Middlebury player tipped it in. game for the seniors since it 1 can't say that it made up. for tams had trouble connecting on against Middlebury, the Ban- Trinity, which has an 8-5 was their last home game," said the season. It was disappoint- their passes. tams were looking to secure record and is ranked fourth in Aucpin. ing that we did not do as well as "It was so hard to get off home field advantage for the New England, now is looking On, Saturday, the Bantams we wanted to," said co-captain any shots because their were so tournament. Since the Panthers forward to the ECAC tourna- traveled to Middlebury for their Kevin Kane'96. many Keene State players within entered the game with a poor 4- ment starting Wednesday. Page 26 SPORTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD • October 31, 1995 Nelson And Chick Will Be Missed By Coach, Teammates BY LIZ ALEXANDER captain for the second season in a row. hit her so hard so soon. be able to express their thanks to their Sports Writer She had fonder memories of this fall as Nelson was honored last week coach. "Coach has always been there for opposed to last. with The Coach's Award from Bartlett me," said Nelson. Added Chick, who Anne Chick '96 and Holly "Having someone else with me "She really kept the team plays under Bartlett during both the ten- Nelson '96, this past season's co-captains so we could help each other was a real happy," Bartlett said of her co-captain. nis and squash seasons, "She is like a of the women's varsi ty tennis team, have plus," said Chick. "Last year I was a "Her favorite saying was 'Happy Feet'. second mom." Assistants, team seen their time as team members has junior trying to captain an even larger Holly has been a good example of,when members and family also had a huge come to an end. Chick and Nelson both team. I learned how to hold the team you have a bad day and you're stressed impacton these players. "Besides Wendy had productive years with 5-5-1 and 7-2 together emotionally this year." out but you get through your matches I would like to thank my teammates, regular season records, respectively. In general Chick and Nelson well anyway/' especially Anne because I spent all three During their seasons they have also have thoroughly enjoyed diversifying Nelson expects to graduate in May of my years with her, Kelly the assistant, grown to be role models and helpful their academic lives with being members with a Bachelor of Arts in biology. She [former assistant] Dr. [Henry] DePhillips, of the tennis team. Both have made close will then return to her hometown of and my mom for driving me all over the relationships with players and coaches Akron, Ohio where she will spend a year place as a child to play in tournaments." which they will never forget. Each, either working in a hospital or doing Chick also took time to thank Dr. though, contributed in their own unique research. Nelson also has hopes of at- DePhillips who has always been of great fashions to the team and they came away tending medical school in the fall of 1997. help and support. spotlight being touched by different experiences. Chickwashonoredby her team- "I missed Dr. D. so much but Assis- Nelson is already beginning to mates by being voted the MVP. She is tant Coach Kelly was by far the greatest miss many things about the team and she known as being one of the hardest work- addition to team," she said. "She was ANNE CHICK & will keep the memories with her always. ers on the team. She will receive a BA in perfect and everything we could have "I will miss the closeness of the team, Psychology this spring. She plans to wanted in a replacement. The whole Friday team dinners, and always having return to Dedham,, Massachusetts, after team has had the biggest impact on my HOLLY NELSON a great time and laughing at everyone's month of fun in Europe. She is interested Trinity career, especially the the people I funny stories," Nelson said. "The New in sales and marketing and sees herself have been with the longest. Everyone friends to their fellow teammates. Englands will always have a place in my applying for jobs in that field. was just the greatest. I couldn't have Their coach, Wendy Bartlett, heart because it has always been the high The co-captains are pleased to asked for any better." believes that this year's team and past point of our season. I could be with my teams have benefited from the presence teammates 24/7andhaving a great time of Chick and Nelson. as well as supporting each other." "This year the team worked To Chick, the heat of battle will Final Four Finish Satisfies very hard," said Bartlett, "but they had be what she remembers. a lot of fun too and I think that can be "Basically one major thing that attributed to the captains, Anne and I will miss will be the excitement of play- Holly. While really concentrating hard ing on a competitive team for myself to Women's Tennis Team on their own games and being really win as well as contributing to a team BY UZ ALEXANDER The Most Improved Doubles Team great role models also had the team spirit win," she said. "This is so much more Sports Writer Award went to Abiah Folger '98 and and the fun aspect. They were really exhilarating than recreational play." Erica Mann '99. The duo finished the sensitive to everyones needs, and this Chick also cited the team dinners "The best thing about the season is regular season with a perfect 8-0 doubles respect showed in the award voting." and closeness with teammates as high how well we did in the [New England] record at the No. 3 spot. Folger and For Nelson, this was her first points. In fact, just about the only tiling tournament." Mann then made it all the way to the opportunity to fill a leadership role on she will not miss will be running around finals of the New Englands "before fi- the team. The No.4singles player felt the orange cones during agility drills. She is nally falling to the Amherst No.3 team.- position to be a great learning experi- looking forward now to finishing off her Folger, the lone sophomore and last ence. varsity squash career this winter so she season's Most Improved Player, also Chick was thrilled to be named a ftthis finale summer practice appearei oaybii she finished 7-4 at No.3. The 1996 co-captains were an- Marines nounced Friday as well. Katie The Few, The Proud, The Marine's. Reifenheiser '97 and Carrie Birgbpjef* '97 earned the title. Reifer^giMerand MARINE OFFICER Birgbauer had^deittfcff 7-2 singles re£ord#itf tf^, which tied them with "Welson for best on the team. Freshman Courtney Swain was honored for her persistence and coop- erativeness with the Most Flexible ': J' This was the sentiment of women's Player award.,Swain was tKelast player tennis coach Wendy Bar flett's after com- on the,s team ladder this season, but pleting her 12th season a^headcpachoif •. fjaSti'ett was pleased with her the Bantams. Finishing fourth in the' 3o.9"player. New England Division pa .Champion-• "[Courtney] was just great," said •shipswa^indeed the highlight for this Bartlett. "I would say, 'Go practice team; ;bur':the steps that they took to your serve, your playing an eight-game reach this spot were memorable in their pro-set in this match, and now your own right. playing a two-out of three in doubles/ The combination of outstanding and I never heard one word from her." tiew players, .strong leadership, and While marking the end of the ca- team improvement made the 1995 sea- reers of Chick and Nelson, this season son one to remember, Their record Was a great start for the younger play- stayed at last season's mark of 7-4, but ers. Maloney finished her debut with a the Bantams finished in "the final four" 7-4 singles record, and should move up of New England. Many players de- theladdernextseason.Mannwillpress serve credit for the successful season.. foravarsity singles spotinl996,and try For her fine season, co-captain to duplicate her success with Folger in Holly Nelson '96 received the Coach's doubles! Veysey and Swain hope to Avvard from Bartlett. Nelson, a three- move up in the line-up next season. year le tterwinner, finished with a record This season will be remembered of 7r2 at No.4 singles. This mark tied for many things including an exhilarat- her for the highest record in the regular ing win over Brandies' and a tourna- line-up'. Besides her considerable ment win over Tufts, which avenged a achievement, Nelson was 5-4 regular season loss. It will also be complimented by Bartlett. recalled as the first season for Assistant "[ gave Holly the Coach's Award Coach Kelly Berry. ' • Summer Training Opportunities because she's always had a positive "Kelly's help this season was tre- attitude," said the coach. "She really mendous," said Bartlett. "Especially at Available. kept the team happy." the New Englands we could give atten- Underclassmen Welcome! , Fellow co-captain Anne Chick '96 tion to all players. It was'great to have has had the unenviable task of playing two of us out there always." No. 1 singles the last two years. Chick, Thefuture looks brightfor tlieBan- If you are interested in becoming a Marine Officer always one of the most dedicated play- tams. They again hope to improve their ers on the team, stood up to the tough- ranking and record next fall. Coach or want more information, see LT SENEKO at the est players in New England and fin- Bartlett has already beenreceiving calls Mather Student Union from.10' to 2 on Tuesday ished 5-5-1 this season. For these ef- for early decision and regular accep- forts, she was voted Most Valuable tance recommendations, which should the 7th of November, or call 1 -8Q0-255-USMC. Player. help ease the loss of Chick and Nelson. SUE LALLY IN THE WOMEN'S SOCCER RECORD BOOKS THIS WEEK IN (related story, page 25) BANTAM Most Wins—Career Most Saves—Career 1. Jeanne Monnes 1981-84 27 1. SueLally 1992-95 633 2. SueLally 1992-95 24 2. Jeanne Monnes 1981-84 397 3. Allison Bolk 1989-92 21 3. Allison Bolk 1989-92 311 Most Shutouts—Season Lowest Goals-Against Average—Season Ear 1. SueLally 1993 6 1. Allison Bolk 1989 0.48 | Wednesday, November 1st 2. Jeanne Monnes 1982 5 2. Sue Lally 1992 0.89 ECAC Field Hockey Tournament Jeanne Monnes 1983 5 3. Allison Bolk 1991 0.91 i Trinity @ Plymouth State Most Shutouts—Career Lowest GAA—Career I Saturday, November 4th 1. SueLally 1992-95 15 1. Allison Bolk 1989-92 0.79 Football @ Amherst 1:00 Jeanne Monnes 1981-84 15 2. SueLally 1992-92 1.20 I CROSS-COUNTRY v. WESLEYAN 3. Allison Bolk 1989-92 11.5 3. Jeanne Monnes 1981-84 1.25 12:00 Most Saves—Game Highest Save Percentage—-Season 1. Allison Bolk 1989 1. Allison Bolk 1989 .968 |Trinity 19, Middlebury 7 2. SueLally 1994 2. SueLally 1992 .936 I Trinity (4-2) 0 12 7 - 19 I Middlebury (2-4) 7 0 0 - 14 Most Saves—Season Highest Save Percentage—Career TEAM STATISTICS 1. Allison Bolk 1989-92 .931 Tri Mid 1. SueLally 1994 207 I First Downs 9 14 2. SueLally 1992 160 2. Julie Sullivan 1987-88 .915 I Rushes-Yards 50-137 47-163 I Passing 85 143 Kim Carey 1986 160 3. SueLally 1992-95 .909 I Punt Returns 4-51 0-0 4. SueLally 1993 155 Courtesy: Sports Information Department I Kickoff Returns 1-27 4-53 I Interceptions-Ret 1-14 3-13 Comp-Att-Int 4-11-3 15-30-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-1 4-28 I Punts 4-123 5-164 Drabowsky Is THvia Answer liaiikarct I Fumbles-Lost 2-2 4-3 I Penalties-Yards 2-30 8-51 MOE DRABOWSKY '57 was j Time of Possession 30:22 29:38 featured as the answer to ABC's trivia Honored I Second Quarter question during the network's telecast of Football linebacker and captain RYAN I M-Terence Bradford 6 run (Scott Dudley kick), Game 4 of the 1995 World Series last HANKARO '96 was named co-NESCAC 11:47. | Wednesday. I Third Quarter Defensive Player of the Week for his 8- jT-RayJones 3 run (kick blocked), 0:42. The question was, "What pitcher has tackle. 1-interception performance JT—Joe Mullanej 5 run (pass railed), 13:00. I Fourth Quarter two Saturdays ago. it I T-Mullaney 3 run (Jim DeMarco kick), 5:45. |A-1,234 Drabowsy struck out 11 Los Angeles was the second straight week be has srprvrouAL STATISTICS Dodgers out of the Baltimore Oriole been so honored, and the third time in rRUSHING^Tfiffify, Jot»cs J22-73, Mullancy 14-23, bullpen in Game 1 of the 1966 Fall Classic. his career. I Brian Byrne 4-13, Mike Ranferl 4-8, Tom Kaija 4-6, I Adrian Softie 1-{minus 10), Jon Golas l-(minus 11). Drabowsky was also known for The Bowdoin game marked the third I Middlebury, Bradford 23-66, Scott Pokrywa 18-39, whiffing hitters while a Bantam. He holds straight week a Bantam was chosen I Brad Gottfred 5-21, Colin O'Hagan l-(minus 16). the College's record for strikeouts per nine I PASSING-Trinity, Mullaney 4-9-3-85, Softie 0-2-0-0. Defensive Player of the Week, as I Middlebury, Pokrywa 15-29-0-143, Dave Frye 0-1-1-0. innings for both a season (12.3) and career RECEIVING-Trinity, Jones 1-60, Clay Siegert 1-10, linebacker MIKE POREMBA '97 was the Byrne 1-8, Matt DiFiore 1-7. Middlebury, Andy (10.1). On May 10,1956, Drabowsy tossed McPhee 4-63, Frye 3-22, Kevan Comstock 3-22, the fifth no-hitter in Trinity history against NESCAC's choice the week before Bradford 3-15, T. Brandenburger 1-17, Tadhg Wesleyan, striking out 16. Hankard's first selection. ICampbelll-4. College £ieto Cafe 's Famous me I RYAN H ANKARD '96 ly October 31, Although the sports editors named Hankard for the Tripod's highest honor just last week, we feel he deserves it again. Hankard 2nd Prfl^i^ anchored a defense which has allowed just over six points a game during the football team's four- game winning streak. This past Saturday, Hankard 3rd EpLze: $ 50 Cash finished with 16 tackles as the Bantams beat Middlebury by a 4th Prdze: score of 19-7, to improve their record I to 4-2. The all-American candidate lege has twice been named NESCAC defensive player of the week. fclue) The sports editors hope this is the last time they will be forced into Tuesdays $3.50 Pitchers* Thursdays $4.50 Pitchers* such a lack of creativity. s Best.l Crip % Vol.XCIV No. 7 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 OCTOBER 31,1995 Trinity Conies From Behind To Tame Panthers BY PETER GUINEY the sideline to the Middlebury Sports Writer seven yard line. Three plays later, Mullaney (4 completions With Trinity's football team 85 yards) rushed for his second. trailing Middlebury 7-0 at the touchdown of the day. The suc- half this past Saturday, theBan- cessful extra point gave the Ban- tams' three game winning streak tams the final margin of victory. was in jeopardy. Trinity had "Ray has had a big play in committed five turnovers and each of our games. This one netted only a single yard of of- was important because it pretty fense. However, just when it much sealed the game for us," appeared that the Bantams had said Mullaney. played itself into a hole, they With Trinity holding a 12- scored 19 unanswered points to point lead, the Bantam defense bea t the Panthers 19-7. The win held off two Middlebury scor- raised Trinity's record to 4-2. ing drives in the fourth quarter. "It took us a while to get The first drive was thwarted rolling, but once we got things when Ruocco intercepted a re- going they couldn't hang with verse pass by Middlebury's us," said captain Ryan Hankard. Dave Frye. "The biggest thing in the second MORGAN RISSEL "I was a couple of steps be- Bantam offense runs thorugh a play at practice before departing for Middlebury. half was that our physical play hind the receiver, but their wore them down." score was the only blemish for ent s tory as Trini ty's offense got ter a poor snap, Middlebury's player hung the ball up and I The game s tarted out disas- Trinity's defense in the first half. untracked. The Bantams, who punter was tackled by Trinity's was able to track it down," said trously for the Bantam offense, For the half, Middlebury's aver- benefited from three Ruocco on the Panther six-yard Ruocco. "After I caught it, I was as it gave the ball up to the Pan- age starting field positioning Middlebury turnovers, re- line. Following two rushes by looking for the end zone." thers three times in the first quar- was its 46-yard line. The Pan- bounded with three touch- Jones, quarterback joe Mullaney Middlebury's final drive ter. But Trinity's defense thers held the ball for more than downs and 158 yards of total '98 scored on a five yard jaunt was stalled at the Trinity 23- stepped up to hold the Panthers 16 minutes, including 10 min- offense. up the middle. yard line after successive incom- in check, despite allowing 70 utes in the first quarter. Despite The Bantams first touch- "The play was an option plete passes. first quarter yards. Cornerback these advantages, the Bantams down came after Brad Mannal left. The defense widened and Pezzuto finished with 10 Anthony Ruocco '96 and line- held Middlebury to 97 yards. '98 recovered a Middlebury so there was an alley up the tackles and Alibrio (9 tackles) backer Hankard each had three Defensive backs Craig Borsari fumble on the Panther 23-yard middle to the goal line," said had three forced-fumbles. Zeb tackles in the quarter. '98 and Aric Alibrio '96, and line. The Bantams moved down Mullaney. Andrews '96 tallied 8 tackles and Two minutes into the sec- linebackers Marc Pezzuto '96, to the Panther three yard line on On its third touchdown, J6n Golas '96 had 7 tackles and ond quarter,Middlcbury scored and Rob Norton '97 each had a 15-yard run by Ray Jones '97. Trinity put together an 80-yard three sacks. Hankard, coming the only touchdown of the half three tackles. Borsari ajsojctrcejd. drive,.highlighted by a 60-yard of£consecutiveNESCACplay.ex- after an interception of Trinity a fumble and Norton had a sack lies 79 yards) crossed the goal "screen* pass"from Mullaney to of-the-week honors, was stellar quarterback Joe Mullaney '98. for a nine-yard loss. line to make the score 7-6. Jones. On the play, Jones re- again with 16 tackles. Panther running back Terrence While the first half was a The Bantams'second score ceived key blocks from seniors This weekend the Bantams Bradford broke several tackles poor offensive display for Trin- was set up by a botched Jon Dugan, Tiger Reardon and travel to Amherst to face the 5-1 to score from 6 yards out. The ity, the second half was a differ- Middlebury punt attempt. Af- Clay Siegertas he sprinted down Lord Jeffs. EC AC Tournament Men's Soccer Damages Wes NCAA Hopes In Home Finale Awaits Field Hockey BY CAROLYN FRENCH BYADAMKURKJIAN knew we still had. a lot to look Sports Writer Sports Writer. forward to," said Raether, "That pretty much kept us from, The men's soccer team had •- ForseniorsMaliBarkman, concentrating on the fact that it notbeaten Wesleyan since 1989. Heather: Morgan, Vivian was our last home game." But this year's seniors wanted Chpng and Alexa Raether, Jory Waldman '97 gave to change that trend in their last Tuesday's field hockey game Trinity its margin of victory home game. against Keene State was their when she scored her fifth goal "We wanted to beat them last at home. It was their last of the season 9 minutes into the for two reasons. First, they are chance to play under the tow- opening half. The goal came are Wesleyan and second they ering presence of the-Trinity . after several shots from Trinity were looking for an NCAA Chapel amidst the College's forwards, Waldman came up berth," said Greg Franco '96. "It beautiful autumn backdrop. with a rebound and knocked it was great to win the last game. But the players did not past the Keene State goalie for It was also special because it have time to take in thebeauty an unassisted goal. gave us the most wins we have .of the surroundings. They "The goal was after a cor- had in the league." • were too busy on the field se- ner. There were a lot of shots The Bantams sent Wesleyan curing an ECAC tournament and one of the rebounds came back to Middletown on Wednes- berth with a convincing 1-0 out to the stroke mark. I hit the day wi th a 1-0 loss that knocked victory. The team's first-round ball into a crowd of people and the Cardinals out of the NCAA game will be against Plymouth it went into the goal/' said Division HI tournament. State in Plymouth, New Waldman, Freshman Jared Fernandes Hampshire. The 1-0 score was decep- tipped in his fourth goal of the "Since there is still the . tive as the Bantams outhustled, season off of a cross by Frank postseason and every thing, we please turn to page 25 Taylor, '97, only 1:04 into the game. It was Fernandes' fourth goal of the season. After the INSIDE . . . quick goal, the defenses took over, and the remainder of the game was scoreless. Toward the end of the Andy Hayes '99 tosses the ball into play against MORGAN RISSEL game, the Cardinals put more Wesleyan last 'Wednesday. pressure on the Trinity fense," said sophomore sweeper to the foot of Wesleyan forward backfield. But the defense, led David Aucpin. "We did well on Olin Lewin, But Trinity by Neil Zoltowski '96 held offense which is the best defense goaltender Craig Anderson '99 tough, preventing Wesleyan to because it kept the ball away was able to stop the shot in front score. Two freshman defend- from their forwards." of the near post. With the vic- ers, Mike Dudevoir and Andy Wesleyan outshot Trinity tory, Anderson recorded his 1995-96 NBA Atlantic Division Preview Hayes, stepped up, marking 12-9,but few were quality shots. third shutout of the season. Wesleyan's top forwards and The Cardinals best scoring op- please see pages 21-23 "There were parts of the preventing them from scoring. portunity came when a game when Wesleyan put a lot "We played tough de- Wesleyan header was deflected , please,turn to page 25