Trinity Tripod, 1995-05-02
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BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID HARTFORD, CT PERMIT NO. 2159 Vol. XCIII No. 22 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 May 2, 1995 Despite Cold Weather Bands Played Lif escience Quad BY PAUL ESPANOL latest album Blowout Comb. By Thurston Moore assaulting their News Writer the time Digable got towards axes with screwdrivers and the end of their one hour set, drumsticks, are gone, Sonic Spring Weekend is often more couch ridden students Youth took the stage in the face considered to be the highlight arose to be part of "Nickelbags of a cold light rain and launched of the year as the school cel- of Funk" and their retrospective into an uncompromising set ebrates the weather and the end closer "Rebirth of Slick (Cool starting with "Self Obsessed and of classes with a weekend long Like Dat)." Sexxee" a song about social party, culminating in a concert After Digable Planets came climbing that appropriately on the Life Science quad.This Sonic Youth. Since Sonic Youth's ended with the chorus "Party, year's brilliant and eclectic band last performance at Trinity, party, party, party all the time." selection consisted of Digable which was a benefit for the For their next song, "Bull in the Planets and Sonic Youth. "Notes from the Underground" Heather," drummer Steve Jarrett Rushmore '95, series during the summer of Shelley broke out the maracas former President of TCAC, 1992, the legendary band has as Kim Gordon wistfully sang stated " in the past the bands released two albums, Dirty and the lyrics that left many in an have been more widely antici- Experimental, Jet Set, Trash, and uncontrollable bounce. pated, these bands serviced a No Star, toured the globe, gar- Sonic Youth's set consisted different sector of the popula- nered more critical appraise than of material from their most re- tion." the Capital Campaign, and also cent album along with classics Digable Planets, accompa- added a fifth member, Coco from albums pastlike "Candle," nied with a full band, brought Haley Gordon-Moore, the ten "Schizophrenia," and their their hybrid act of hip hop, funk, month-old daughter of guitarist closer "Kotton Krown." They and jazz to campus. Neo Beat Thurston Moore and bassist Kim also played "future ear candy" poets Ladybug, Doodlebug, and Gordon. from their upcoming album, Butterfly provided some bump The band's spring tour with their eleventh LP, tentatively and grind to warm up the crowd REM was postponed due to Bill called Washing Machine, whose in the cold weather. The audi- Berry's aneurysm so the band cover will show the band in a ence was also treated to DJ Jazzy accepted dates for a mini tour, tumble cycle. Joyce. their first in two years, in prepa- The songs from the new A cool groove overtook ration for headlining this year's album depict the always fresh those wanting to dance as the Lollapalooza. ingenuity of the band as it con- MATTHB* PRINCE Sonic Youth, one of the two bands which played Spring Digables performed "Dial 7" tinues to break new ground Although their earlier days, Weekend. The concert was interrupted by rain, but the through its music. and "9th Wonder" from their with guitarists Lee Kenaido and crowd kept on cheering. FumFair Held On Campus BY CAROLINE MAGLHRE necticut Department of Higher Neivs Editor Education BY CAROLINE M/ -. G'JIRE I.'-., pite the three deadbolts suspect's jeans. The Hartford While Community Out- Neivs Editor on M cKeigan's outside bed- Police and Campus Safety be- Saturday, the Trinity Col- reach at Trinity has a widely roorr door, the suspect broke lieve that due to the shape de- lege Activities Council, TCAC, based student support, the fair On Tuesday April 25th at dovvt the outsidebedroom door scribed by MacKeigan and the held the annual fun fair, host- is an opportunity for numer- approximately 3 AM, the Alpha •with a shovel. MacKeigan was actions of the suspect, that he ing neighborhood and area chil- ous campus organizations to Delta Phi, AD, fraternity was confronted by a white male ap- was in fact, armed. get involved, said Bennett dren for a day of activities. The broken into, a student was proximately 5 '1" in height, Johnson had previously fair is part of the Community The fair, which usually robbed and suspects attempted claiming that he had been hit by picked up MacKeigan's wallet Outreach program and is part draws approximately 600 area to extort funds from the victim a rock and needed to call Cam- and demanded cash. I of an ongoing effort to work children, had a lower turnout through a series of threatening pus Safety. The male was later MacKeigan claimed his wallet j with the local community. • this year with approximately phone calls. Campus Safety, identified as Joseph Johnson, 27, was empty, though it contained Sarah Bennett '96, presi- 300 participants. The lower working in conjunction with the whose last known address was approximately 60 dollars in cash. dent of TCAC, commented on turnout Saturday was partially Hartford Police Department, ap- Wethersfield, Connecticut. "He began screaming and due to the less visible publicity the day, saying "aside from prehended the suspects within MacKeigan, suspecting yelling for more money. He this year, than in the past. rather cool weather, it was ob- 24 hours of the robbery. The fowl play, allowed Johnson to also told me he was going to kill vious that everyone involved The insufficient incident is the first personal use the kitchen phone to call me a couple of times," stated j enjoyed themselves im- publidty,as well as the inclem- crime which has occurred at Campus Safety. MacKeigan was MacKeigan. j mensely. Rarely do weseeTrin- ent weather may account for Trinity in over a year. However, aware that Johnson was not in Johnson attempted to make j ity students andHartford Area the lower turn out, stated some students say the incident fact dialing Campus Safety, but away with MacKeigan's laptop children having so much fun Bennett. In the past personal- makes them feel vulnerable, and hoped to keep Johnson from re- computer. As the suspect working together at a Trinity ized messages to elementary suddenly aware of the area sur- entering his bedroom area grabbed for the computer, event." schools have proved to be an rounding Trinity. where he had valuables stored. MacKeigan, in a split second The individual booths effective means of publicity. Daniel MacKeigan '95, was Johnson, then requested move, managed to slide the com- were sponsored by campus or- Despite the weather and a living alone in the AD house, that MacKeigan allow him to puter across the room. Frus- ganizations. Pepsi Cola Com- lower turnout the day was con- asleep on the couch, when he leave his name for Campus trated by MacKeigan's resis- pany and Sam's Convenience sidered a success by many. heard a knocking sound on his Safety. When MacKeigan tance, Johnson pushed the stu- stores, donated food and prizes "I think the students had bedroom window. Believing turned his back to the suspect, dent into the bathroom, where to the event. The event repre- at least as much, if not more the disturbance to be caused by Johnson pushed MacKeigan to MacKeigan kneeled while sents a campus wide effort to fun, than the kids. It's things a fellow brother, MacKeigan the floor and stated that he was Johnson fled. benefit area youth. like this that make you realize ignored the noise. Shortly after armed. Though the firearm At 8 AM the next morning, Recently, Community that our location is really a MacKeigan fell asleep, he was was not held on MacKeigan, MacKeigan began receiving Outreach was honored for its plus," said one student at the again awakened by a prying there was a visible appearance phone calls from another anony- consistent service by the Con- fair. noise. of the shape of a gun in the pleast' mm /<> page 5 NEWS: ARTS: FEATURES: SPORTS: Math Center Frontiers Of Finals Thoughts Stross/Leary Logo Hope On The Year Fair or Foul? SGA Elections Professor Baznroff Jones Sailing, Rugby. 60s Conference Alejandro Spring Weekend Crew News Briefs Senior Poetry Spades Best Athletes... Page 2 OPINION THE TRINITY TRIPOD • May 2, 1995 Editorial Trinity Students Deserve More A Case Against Freshman Housing Respect Than They're Shown irth Campus is a heinous place to live. I know because I spent my BY BRYAN SATTER defend the academic integrity of the stu- Sports Editor dents at Trinity. I don't feel I have to do freshman year in room 103. Quite frankly, there was nothing that, as our collective accomplishments about 103 itself that was horrid. The room was rather large. Itwas Last week, during the final meeting can stand on their own. clean, compared my room in Jarvis today. And since the renovation, I of a class for the semester, my professor While I realize that the example understand that North Campus is actually quite nice. One basic problem asked if anyone had any ideas on how which I mentioned above does not impli- remains, however — it is a freshman dorm. the class could be improved for the next cate the majority of the faculty, I simply The idea of freshman dorms has not been around long at Trinity. This time it was taught. One student recom- want our mentors to know that Trinity year's seniors were the last to have the choice to live in "upper-class mended that journals and papers, in- students are worth their salt. We should housing." I did not have that choice, and I would contend that I am the stead of being turned in before we had not be criticized for our perceived apa- finished discussion of that particular text, thy, but instead we should be lauded for worse because I did not.