Trinity Tripod, 1984-02-28
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The TRINITY TRL Vol.LXXXII, Issue 18 TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT February 28, 1984 SGA Overturns Questioner Funding by Floyd Higgins funded. Jennifer Wolfe, co-Edi- Senior Staff Writer tor, was present to bring an objec- tive voice (Barach being a member Following a 90-minute discus- of the Budget Committee, as was sion of the issues, the S.G.A. last mentioned earlier). Again, objec- Tuesday voted to overturn the tions were heard to the effect that Budget Committee's decision to student monies should not be fund the first issue of the new stu- spent on even one issue of a stu- dent newspaper, the Questioner. dent paper which was not open to The events leading up to this all students. Wolfe argued against decision began on Monday, Feb- this, justifying the expense by the fact that students would then have ruary 13, the first Budget Com- the privelege of reading the paper mittee meeting at which as well as of contributing to future Questioner funding was dis- issues. cussed. As co-Editor of the paper, Dan Barach, also a member of the The first motion made was to budget committee, presented his fund the first issue at a cost of case for funding. $275, contigent on the approval of From the reports of both com- the Observer's constitution by the mittee members and Barach (min- Constitutions Committee (still utes from the meeting were not yet pending at the time of the meet- ing). This motion failed 3-2. available), two major concerns Ogilby Hall is slated to house 12 women students beginning in the Fall Term, 1984. emerged during the following dis- The second motion made was cussion. The first was that the pa- to fund the first issue at a cost of per did not as yet have a $225, the editors promising . to constitution. Secondly, committee . raise at least another $50 in reve- Plans Made for Ogilby Dorm members were "uncomfortable" nue. Again, approval of the con- Services Kristina B. Dow ex- one of the wings would be given about funding a newspaper, the stitution was necessary. This by Cynthia L. Bryant motion passed 3-1. Contributing Editor plained that, since she assumed to members of the fraternity. Tra- existence of which was not gener- ditionally, use of the entire hall Approval of the constitution her position at Trinity in 1977, she ally known within the college has been given to Delta Psi. The came on Tuesday night, shortly After many years of contro- has been attempting to correct the community. agreement also states that any before the icgular S.G.A. meet- versy over the living, ai raiigcmcnis mage of Ogliby Hall, which has There were mention;, of com- rooms which cannot be filled by ing. At this1 point1; however, Bar- in Ogliby. Hall, the College has been in violation of a Title PC promise made in regard to the brothers of Delta Psi will be ach says that he had already finally reached a solution which is stipulation that comparable hous- matter of publicity. These in- turned back over to the lottery ordered the printing to begin. He in compliance with Title IX, and ing must be provided for men and cluded delaying the date of publi- system. Up until last year, no describes himself as taking "a yet does not violate the agreement women. The agreement the Col- cation a week, putting up posters women had ever resided in Og- risk," but was prepared to accept made wtih Delta Psi (St. Anthony lege made with the Delta Psi and soliciting contributions from liby. This year, because fraternity responsibility had the constitution Hall) when the property was do- Fraternity whein they donated the the entire community. In this in- members could not fill two rooms, not been approved. nated. Director of Residential - land and building to trie school stance, Barach expressed willing- was that preference for rooms on four women in the eating' club- ness to compromise. were allowed to live in Ogliby. However, committee member continued on page 3 Next year, Ogliby will become Bill Vasil expressed doubt that a more equally co-ed, housing week's time would be enough for Feature Focus twelve women and fifteen men. interested students to come up The College has decided that the with an article. Furthermore, r need to comply with Title IX can would new contributions be con- Students to Run in Primary no longer be ignored. The ques- sidered equally alongside other re- tion of who will fill the women's lege,"' said Nick Poiis of the State 92 acres of that (the fifth) district. • quested contributions? Barach by Joanne Mataen wing, however, is .still unan- Central Committee, who origi- What do those people know about insisted that he would not have swered. It may be available only Accusations of community ap-. nated the idea to seek candidates Trinity?" turned away any new contribu- to : members of the eating club, from Trinity. "If Trinity students Whether or not they are famil- tions. In addition, he made clear athy have long been hurled at stu- therefore retaining the Delta Psi get behind them they can win. If iar with the district, .the candi- that the intent of the Questioner dents of Trinity College. Yet, connection, or it may be open to there's apathy they can't." dates are very serious, and the was not to be exclusive but rather three Trinity sophomores are set- the entire female student popula- The students are running on a majority of the committee is very to -solicit ideas from all interested ting out to prove them wrong. tion through the lottery system. slate with three other candidates serious about them. According to parties. The meeting ended with a Elizabeth Heslop, Scott Mc- Unfortunately, neither of these from Hartford (including Kham- Polis, the only flack they are fac- motion to fund the second and all Lain, and Alan Winchester are solutions seems entirely, equitable. pha Sidavong, who came to the ing "is from the people they, are subsequent issues. This motion running for seats on the Republi- If the rooms are given only to United States from Laos in 1975) running against." . passed 3-2. can Town Committee in Hart- women in the eating club, the rest in an effort to upset the seven in- Heslop explained that there is The next meeting of the Budget ford's 5th Assembly District. of the female population does not cumbents of the fifth district too much intra-party fighting Committee was held on Sunday, What's more, they stand a reason- really have the "equal rights" they whom McLain reffered to as "do- going on with the present incum- February 19. At this meeting, the able chance of winning the elec- may have hoped to attain from nothings". It is also part of an bents in office. "And the Repub- Questioner again brought forward tion in the March 6 primary. "It the change. Of course, this may effort to open up the party to lican party is weak enough its request that its first issue be all depends on their peers at col- be in keeping with the fact that more equitable representation of already." ' • most of the males on campus do various interests. According to Discenza expressed hope that not have the right to live in Ogliby Polis, until five years ago the Re- the candidates could offer the city either. On the other hand, if the Biological Woman publican Town Committee was an "a fresh approach as compared to rooms are distributed through the "exclusive, self-endorsing club". the,old stagnant ways." lottery, Ogliby will no longer be Carlo M. Faienza, a member of The positions are non-paying, solely a Delta Psi-connected resi- lecture to be held the opposition slate, was quoted part-time offices and the commit- dence hall. Furthermore, if the in the February 23 issue of the tee meets once a month. Heslop .; Delta Psi • Fraternity admits HARTFORD, Conn.-- "The Bi- has been a member of the faculty Hartford Courant as saying, "I saw no problem in fulfilling the women at some point in the fu- ological Women: A Science Fan- since 1971. She has been awarded call them part-time politi- demands- of an elected office. ture, as the administration hopes tasy" will be the topic of the next major grants by the National cians...They don't live all year "The more you do, the more you it will, the arrangements may have lecture in Trinity College's Wom- Sports Foundation and the Na- round over here...They don't to be changed again to accom- en's Studies Lecture Series which tional,Institutes for Health for her really know the problems of the continued on page 3 modate both male and female will continue March 7. .The lec- work in genetics and has recieved district." fraternity, members. Since the ture, to be given, by Dr. Anne fellowships from the Pembroke Others would disagree. "We College holds the mortgage on an- Fausto-Sterling, associate profes- Center for Teaching and Research want to get rid of the idea that other fraternity house on campus, sor of medical science at Brown on Women, and the Wellesley Trinity, students are basically in- Delta Kappa Epsilon, and does University, is at 8 p.m.'in the sec- Center for Research on Women. different and isolated," said not interfere with its rooming as- ond floor lounge of Mather Cam- The Women's Studies Lecture Corrections McLain. "We are here for four signments, the co-educational sta- pus Center.