Trinity Tripod, 2004-03-02
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VOL. IC NO. 16 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS or: TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 MARCI I 2, 2004 National Body Awareness Week Observed on Campus ideal beauty standards, causing should be thin." SARAH SPIEGEL over 90 percent of all College According to the information STAFF WRITER females to diet. Wiseman gave to the audience at With Trinity's observance of The shift in the perception the lecture, 91 percent of college National Eating Disorders projected by the media from fifty females have been on a diet. She Awareness Week came discus- years ago to today has changed also went on to say that at any sions and lectures about body drastically, with the size of mod- given time, 50 percent of the image, some of which were els shrinking each year. As of women in America are on a diet, organized by Redefining Ideal today, 32 percent of actresses are and 85 percent are unhappy with Beauty Standards, a student underweight, in comparison to their bodies as they stand. group focused on educating col- the three percent that are over- "Thin sells, even if it's unat- lege students about body aware- weight. Magazines in the fifties tainable for the average ness. Last Wednesday, Feb. 25, carried an article about weight Americaa," stated a slide in the Professor Wiseman of the loss and dieting about once a presentation. However, it is not Women, Gender and Sexuality year; now, one can find two or only women who are affected by Department conducted a lecture three articles per issue of maga- this skewed view of weight and to present research and informa- zines discussing dieting and exer- body size. tion she had gathered concerning cise. Although 95 percent of eating the media's impact on the way Wiseman stated, "In the disorders are suffered by women, people in the U.S. view their bod- 1950s, people still had over-con- men can fall prey as well. ies. Wiseman's presentation trolling parents, they still had a lot Wiseman stated that sometimes showed that over the last 50 years of pressure at school, but we did the cases in males are far more Chuck Pratt the media has significantly not have this constant pressure Paper tee-shirts displayed healthy body images in Mather. impacted women's' perception of from the media making us feel we see EATING on page 9 Orchestra and Piano Cultural Houses Boost Diversity EILEEN FLYNN Sound in Hamlin Hall MANAGING EDITOR Cultural houses add an impor- JOE SCALA Moshell, a Trinity Professor and tant aspect to the educational ARTS CONTRIBUTOR Chair of the Department of value and social lifcof •*he I showed up just in time for Music, and Naomi Amos, a for- College. These institutions, the last seat in the house. Hamlin mer Trinity Administrator. The located at the bottom of Vernon Hall was packed with students, two were seated side by side at a St., house organizations such as faculty, and members of the single grand piano, and together Hillel, Imani, La Voz Latina, and Hartford community. There were played "Sonata in D Major" the Asian-American Student four pieces on the program for the .(1772), a Mozart composition, Association. These groups spon- night, including compositions for "Debussy's Petite Suite" (1889), sor dinners, parties, and lectures four hands on one piano by and excerpts from "Slavonic on campus open to the entire Mozart, Debussy and Dvorak. Dances" (1878), an Antonin school. But could this possibly be what Dvorak piece. Professor Moshell With budget cuts affecting brought everyone here on a described the difficulties of play- most College departments and Saturday night? The magic words ing these four-hand composi- many debating over available were "Rhapsody in Blue," the tions, including 'turf wars' over funding, students and faculty are Ghuck Pratt famous George Gershwin compo- the pedals and the middle of the beginning to question where such Roni Zacsh J04 knits at Hillel Sunday, Feb. 29. sition, a piece that purportedly keyboard, as well as the necessity organizations receive funding zations are open to all members College funds and national organ- married jazz and classical music for a handy spray-bottle of from and why that monetary of the Trinity community, and aim izations. in 1924 when it was first per- Binaca. Another peculiarity source is not available to pro- to increase diversity awareness, Hillel, for instance, has sever- formed for a New York audience occurred during the Dvorak grams in danger of position elim- each of these houses also serves al outside sources of funding, at Aeolian Hall. piece, when the help of a special- . inations and/or major changes. as a haven for students of their however the organization still The. first half of the perform- While these cultural institu- particular ethnic audiences. The receives a large sum of money ance featured two pianists, Gerald see BETWEENon~p^ge 19 tions and their respective organi- funding for each organization is from the school, representing a obtained through several sources Kevin Sullivan Honored by APA including private donations, see TRINITY on page 6 1 •V'"1!1'••••.'• ': •'.•:'•-!•,•'•-.• leadership by pushing to make children, establishment of parity li^ililiiii KENDALL CHURCH ; : :i Connecticut the first state to for health insurance coverage of ••'.• ':•.':•.. '' -.:•[ • -.'•'•'•'. -;.. .;;-; ;".. ';'•• •:'•••.. .' ' [• .'• CONTRIBUTING WRITER broaden its law from partial pari- mental and physical illnesses, and :: •• • :: :'••'.',•• '• ;. •..: ."• '-.'•• ''•': ''•". : ..•. -': .' ••' •t' ':'T»'' ;- •'• ~i "~'"-Y% '" :i••"• '• ' •••-••'•••••'• •' Kevin B. Sullivan, the Vice ty to full parity for mental health the creation of a strategic invest- "rlr .•-' f p f*< ~tmf* ri' r*'! 1^f\ ' '' 'j • • *: President of Community and coverage." ment fund for community mental Institutional Relations, has been Sullivan is grateful for his health. li'fi'f:•fri&YVf^Q'f •'''•'':; •• •'•'•'•; i : ] : :: chosen by the American recognition by the APA. "Mental A major step in state mental ^',-i \'": : '/':'•'• ;.,}-\ •;'' '•,:'•'•••'• '•': '•'C',<h-,',-- --''-'-'' '-'--- ::'"-•' Psychological Association to health treatment saves lives, health support was a bill co-spon- receive the 2004 State Legislator saves families, and saves money. sored by Sullivan in 1999 that y ! of the Year Award. A Class of Yet far too many children and requires group health insurance ' •-.•'•':• r- '-. '•:•':'• '•}•-'."-'.':•; '--••;. :",:;:•• ':'••:•• -!':•••••::.• i" '=: ii '•?''•• ':•'•''• '.;•''•••: ::•'• • •>'.<'.'•• :•••••'• .••'•,"• •:'•-.,•:;'.••• .•!-..'••": 1971 alum, he was appointed in adults still face mental health policies to provide benefits for out student opinions\c<M(:i. fSgtifiiau 1996 by the College to oversee challenges that go undiagnosed the treatment of mental, nervous XiMjxiSt Trinity's expanded community and untreated in Connecticut and conditions, or substance abuse engagement. Mr. Sullivan is also in the nation." disorders that are at least equal to i|i f|e; ^assj|nl|fli§ a state senator representing West Over the past several years, coverage provided for medical : : %^$frim0Si0$&Jl"::wil |:;(3piS|Ss;^ Hartford, Bloomfield, Sullivan has introduced and co- and surgical conditions. In 1997 Farmington, and Burlington. sponsored bills concerning men- Sullivan also co-sponsored an act • yj':- -•','• •'••'•U :.",• : .-.'•=!."':'.'••--.' • j'v.-'""•' •'••:-1.;l1 '.•.' % : : :';.. <*l~: '••.•"/". '.•":'':• •• •' .:•:'. •.'•/,'•• ". \".", i.M'-'^T - prohibiting discrimination in cov- ii i i 1 1 1 i i: tal illness. Such bills have includ- /:,-,.":. ' ;; . ;- . 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