mRGTuB DECEIVED MAR 3 1988

TRINITY COLLEGE-HARTFORD-CONNECTICUT

Female Assaulted Seepage In Jones Shower Damages exactly what happened, failed to live up -By Cynthia Woosnam- to its promise. Instead, it merely reiter- Assistant News Editor ated Security's warnings about report- Mather ing suspicious individuals. The advi- sory specifically failed to address this -By Sean Dougherty- On February 18 (Thursday of Open incident, as it provided no further infor- News Editor Period), a sexual assault occurred in the mation other than that a suspect had been Jones Dormitory at 11:50 a.m. Accord- apprehended. Mather Campus Center has been hit ing to Security, a call was received from Although this rendition may seem 1 ike by a two-fold problem of water leakage. an out of breath student who had been a complete story, there are many rumors The first, and more important problem, chasing the perpetrator. The student which would not be confirmed by the is that of water seepage from the Wash- reported that she, along with two other Dean's office, and many questions ington Room is rusting out the support males, had been following the suspect, which have been left totally unan- wires of the false ceiling in the SAGA but had lost him around Jackson. Imme- swered. The administration's refusal to dinning hall. The second problem in- diately, Security began patrolling the admit that the perpetrator was a student volves leaky pipes in the SAGA kitchen CPTV area and Ferris. also precludes any revelations a.s to the causing a constant drip down by the After the initial chaos, Security talked nature of the discipline handed down. phones in the basement. to the victim who stated, "that she had In addition, the administration would The more difficult problem to address been in the shower and someone had not comment on whether a similar situ- is drip into the basement. "I believe it's touched her from behind." According to Continued on Page 4 Abandonned Wiggins dormitory. from the kitchen above," said Siu-Chim a student who lives next door to the bath- Chan, director of Buildings and room, "You always hear people scream- Grounds. "The kitchen has a lot of pene- ing and goofing around; you never know trations [intentional breaks in the surface when to take it seriously." However, she Wiggins Renovation Stalled of the floor, such as pipes] which could said that when, "the victim screamed be leaking. Somehow we have to iden- 'no' twice," she knew that the plea for everything is A-Ok just because we the cost of fixing Wiggins over that of the tify which penetrations are leaking and help was for real. -By Sean Dougherty- don't have the money to fix it. Some other larger buildings on Crescent street. seal them up. It's not a simple problem. Laterthe witness who had given chase News Editor remedial work would have to be done The construction business in the Con- The floor is made of two different mate- came in to view some photographs, but before students could move back in. It necticut area is booming, making quality rials. The floor is masonry, but the pipes no clear identification was made. Also, Wiggins Dormitory, whose renova- would be minor compared to the total companies perpetually busy. "I feel that are metal and the temperature changes two students who happened to see the tion was to complete the rebuilding of renovation [we had planned]. I'm not may have helped cause the higher rates," have an effect on the situation as well," suspect running through Jones ap- Crescent Village, will not be renovated sure what direction we're [the admini- said Pedemonti. said Chan. Until B&G can identify the proached the Dean of Student's office to this year, as scheduled. stration] going in on that." Inflation and higher cost to construc- leaky pipes, the phone drip will con- aid the description and identification The total price of the renovation came Chan added that while the buildings tion materials such as sheet rock have tinue. process. in at over $1 million. The College only do not violate any of the Hartford build- also contributed to the high projected The leakage from the dinning hall to In connection with the Jones incident, allotted $700,000 in the budget to pay for ing codes, they are not up to Trinity's price tag. The sheet rock for all of Robb/ SAGA, while inconveniencing far more there were three different instances in the repairs, according to Trinity Director standard. "A meal a day won't neces- Frohman cost $50,000. The price quoted people, is an easier problem to solve. which a man matching the description of of Finances, Bob Pedemonti. "We don't sarily keep you from starving," said for Wiggins was $44,000. Unfortunately, the solution may be to the perpetrator was seen loitering in have a million dollars, and even if we Chan. The use for the $700,000 allotted to the cease holding parties involving the mass Little. He was identified by the cleaning did, I couldn't recommend this project to "We would love to do [complete con- Wiggins project has not yet been finaliy serving of beverages in the Washington lady. In the first cas'e, the man was seen the trustees at that price," he said. struction on] Wiggins, because that determined. "We have a quite a few Room. "That room is just not built and on the third floor (an all women's floor) There are only twenty beds and a would be the final phase of Crescent projects on the drawing board, including designed for that kind of party. It's de- and fled as soon as he was spotted. The mentor's apartment in Wiggins, which Village," said Pedemonti. Many ex- a new telephone system for the offices signed for more of a three-piece suit type second time he also ran out. According means that average price of renovation penses have contributed to pushing up across campus," said Pedemonti. of party," continued Chan, "If you want to Security, the third time, "the cleaning per bed would be in excess of $44,000. a beer party, you should go to the field lady saw him use the combination to get Even accounting for the fact that the house or the Cave." in." At that point, "we didn't know if it apartment holds more value than just a The wooden floor in the Washington was an outsider, a person staying with a single bed, the cost per bed would still be Seniors 'Job Sear chOn Room is only glued on to a concrete student, or just a student rummaging around $30,000. Beds in Little and interested in and then allocate their points surface. Water from spilled beer and around." They began to patrol, and ac- Frohman/Robb went for about $14,000. -By Toh Tsun Lim- accordingly." soda easily soaks through the surface cording to Biaggio Rucci, Director of "Wiggins represents a loss of 20-23 News Editor The only problem with the bid system and into the concrete. The concrete is Security, "an hour before [the incident beds. Inasmuch as we are gaining 125 is that, "student are operating in a vac- "tight" enough to hold the water for in] Jones, the suspect was seen coming beds in the new Vernon Street dormi- Over the past two weeks, the Career uum. They don't know how much to bid several days and used to dry out by the out of Little." tory, we should be able to meet our Counseling Office has been swamped on a company," says Butt. "The impor- next party. Apparently, the amount of The final chapter in this very bizarre undergraduate housing needs, even by seniors who are in the process inter- tant thing to remember is it's not how spillage is increasing to such a degree saga is that the perpetrator was caught without Wiggins," said Kristina Dow, viewing with on-campus recruiters. much you bid but how much you bid in that the concrete doesn't have time to dry over a period of two or three days, and director of Residential Services. From February 1 through March 4, The relation to other students." between parties, and is dripping into the apprehended for internal action. Ac- "The interior of Wiggins wasn't ar- On Campus Recruiting Program allows The recruiting system at Trinity has room below, the dinning hall. cording to Dean Zannoni and the Dean ranged the way Residential Services seniors to 'bid' for interviews as a sup- added flexibility over most other schools "People might not think they [the of Students office, "the incident was would like," said Siu-Chim Chan, direc- plement to their own independent job because it is based on five weekly cycles. seepage problems] are related to spilling handled very quickly; students and Se- tor of Buildings and Grounds. Residen- search. If students miss an interview one week drinks, but they are," said Chan. He curity did a wonderful job. All I can say tial Services wants more common bath The program has been shortened they still have all theirpoints to bid on the continued to say that, "We need to re- is lock your doors and be careful." Both rooms and living areas, to prevent stu- from ten weeks to five weeks this year to next week's batch of recruiters. In addi- build the floor so it won't leak. It's an Security and the Dean of Student's Of- dents from encapsulating themselves allow students a chance to interview tion, the system allows students to inter- expensive thing, there is no doubt about fice refused to admit that the perpetrator and seeing only their roommates. "The with more firms in a condensed period view with a number of firms in different that." was a student, though the lack of Hart- structure needs a lot of attention. The of time. The shortened recruiting sea- fields as they become available. "Our The water damage also causes the ford Police involvement and the internal whole building is just run down." Chan son allows students to interview with as system allows students to reorient them- wood floor to buckle up. The constant handling of the incident suggest no other also noted that the last group of students many companies as possible before selves as they go through the process. At buckling and sagging of the floor will alternative. who lived in Wiggins did intentional accepting a job offer. "With the previ- other schools you bid only once and I'm eventually destroy it. The school has at- In terms of prevention, the combina- damage to the building, because they ous extended program, we were con- concerned about that," says Burt. tempted to stop the leakage problem by tion locks to both Jones and Little were heard it was about to be torn down and cerned that we were creating problems Whi le most seniors already know what buying a tarp and placing it over the floor changed. Security Alerts providing the renovated anyway. "They probably for students," says Rozanne Burt, Di- job market fields they want to enter a around the serving area of the Washing- basics about the assault were posted, thought they were doing us a favor," said rector of Career Counseling. The im- there are others who have a change of ton Room. Chan feels that the tarp is in according to Rucci, "within an hour of Chan. plementation of the new program will plans as they go through the recruiting no way an adequate solution to the prob- the incident." A Security Advisory, When asked if students could live in hopefully allow students to explore all process. "Students must know to listen to lem. "First of all the thing is really which was intended to clear up a great Wiggins before renovations take place, possible job offers without fear of a their head as well as their gut," continues heavy," he said, "it would take four many of the rumors regarding the inci- Chan responded, "I don't think so, it missed job opportunity at a later date. Burt. The flexibility and openness of the people just to get it up there dry, let alone dent by briefly notifying the students of needs work. We can't just suddenly say Approximately fifty percent of the Recruiting Program allows for an accel- take it out after it has been soaked with senior class uses the On Campus Pro- erated maturation process as students beer. Secondly, even the tarp leaks if you gram as a means of interviewing with investigate the type of job opportunities spill enough on it." He also doesn't feel companies. Seniors use a bidding sys- available to them. that the problem of spillage is as local- tem to choose their interview and are While the program is an excellent ized around the serving area as those Williams Ransacked allotted 1000 points to which they can means of getting interviews with compa- who advocate the use of a tarp assume. on Williams' second floor, they en- allocate as bids on company interviews. nies the Career Counseling Office urges "We had to replace the ceiling in the -By Biaggio Rucci- tered that room and removed, from "The bid system is designed to allow all seniors include independent job inter- Mather Dinning Hal!. The wires that Special to the Tripod open desks and forced drawers, vari- fair and equal access to the limited views to extended their range to other job hold up the false ceiling were rusted out. ous pieces of light electronic equip- number of interviewing opportunities opportunities not affiliated with the pro- It costs a lot, but it isn't the cost that's the Sometime on Sunday morning, af- ment (calculators and a recorder) and on campus," says Burt. Seniors bid on gram and smaller non-profit organiza- main concern. If you have acar accident, companies at the beginning of each ter an internal Security patrol of the a unit for viewing video tapes. A tions which typically do not recruit at Continued on Page 4 Williams and Downes buildings, but round-trip air ticket to California was week in whatever way they choose to college campuses. presumably before 10:15 that morn- taken also, as well as smaller, less allot their points. The top thirteen bid- ing, one or more people broke into valuable, objects. Apparently, keys ders for each company are then granted Williams through a window over the left on desk tops were used to open interviews. public telephone booth in the Wil- some of the office doors. "Some employers prefer to operate Inside: liams/Jarvis Archway. The actual The Hartford Police have launched independently from the Recruiting Pro- break-in was discovered by Mr. Pede- an investigation, though they are ex- gram, in which case interviews must be monti early in the afternoon. pected to have little success. From the handled differently. However, we en- Sports Quiz It appears that the theif or theives small evidence found afterwards, and courage employers to use the bid sys- investigated possibilities in Williams from the kinds of items taken, it is tem," says Burt. The employers gain Three Decades For Chatfieid and actually at some point stopped to apparent that the thefts were per- some recognition through the program heat items of food for themselves on formed by young people who were fa- as well as allowing it to be a student the microwave in the Williams Staff miliar with the campus. The stolen selected process. "The bid system Comedy of Errors Review Lounge. By picking or forcing the objects will most likely be sold on the works well because it adds student in- lock to the large Development space street for quick cash. terest into the equation. The student has to decide which interview they're more PAGE 2, THE TRINITY TRIPOD, MARCH 1,1988 Op-Ed Student Body Contest Sexist To the Editor, dard? If it's all fun, why couldn't there ventional role. The basis of the humoris' What if last Thursday's (Feb. 2) sen- have been female contestants? an inversion of the "norm." To laugh at Editorial ior class funs-raiser had been a Miss Since our society primarily chooses that inversion, however, is implicitly to Student Body contest? Almost everyone women for its sexual victims, a female support the status quo. "Isn't it funny to answers that question with: "The version of this physical display would think of men as sexual objects?" Thaf- Women's Center (a convenient refer- have been politically explosive. Politi- common reaction promotes the gender- ence for anyone who objects to sexism) cal caution—if not "correctness"— ap- specific victimization which plagues our Activists Hypocritical? would have raised hell." I think that's parently went into the decision to ex- society. Thus, women who were The season for political activism on the Trinity College campus, as true. Another question: Why shouldn't clude females from participation. There amused at the thought that male sexuaj< anyone who is not completely comatose has surely noticed by now, is anti-sexists raise hell in this case, over seems an awareness of feminist sensi- exploitation concomitantly legitimated at hand. the Mr. Student Body contest? If the bilities here, since women were not their own. [sic] The joke was on them. hypothetical female contestants were staged, they were not presented as ob- The activists have brought sincerity and determination to the sexually exploited, how is it that the jects for the heterosexual male gaze. Yet Sincerely, . causes they espouse, but not every activist has always been aware of males who actually participated were the production was, in fact, fundamen- Laura Vozzella '88 the sensibilities of others, nor have they always been consistent in not? tally anti-feminist. their campaigns. Most people have a difficult time tak- The sexism becomes manifest when The actions by a small group in sending anonymous letters ing this issue seriously given that the one considers the character of such a Styrofoam through the campus mail to a selected number of those supposedly in contest was a fund-raiser (from which a contest; overwhelmingly, people de- need of education on racial equality has been the subject of a previous quarter of the student population will scribe it as "funny." Promotional mate- Tripod editorial. Determinations of moral guilt have no more place benefit) and intended to be fun. The rial promised that the audience would Committee in a democracy than do anonymous racial slurs tacked onto a contestants were volunteers, and they find itself "rolling in the aisles." Cultur- presumably enjoyed the opportunity for ally, it is funny to put men on display as student's door. This applies not merely to the Trinity community, but exhibitionism. But why the double stan- sex objects because that is not their con- Successful' to the entire society. To the Editor, The Trinity administration was thoughtful enough to schedule Last semester, ConnPirg's Commit-, various cultural events to coincide with the national holiday honor- tee on Styrofoam ran an education cam- ing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. As reported in a recent edition of this Elections A Disgrace paign on the hazards that styrofoam paper, at least one event was the forum for an argument claiming candidates names and also the procedure poses to the environment, including To the Editor, drinking water and clean air. Over 50& there was a single group responsible for certain problems they felt I would like to pose a question to of voting. As I understand it, as students voted they were also told to sign their students signed a petition addressed to exist in America. Anyone not giving the right answer as to who these SG A as they have given me the opportu- the Marriott Food Service stating that people were, was either chicken, dumb, or both. The group in nity to (re: Tripod Issue 2/2/88). What name on a piece of graph paper. What a unique system that allows some students they recognized the potential harm to the question was, of course, all who are white, male, and Protestant. has the SGA done? environment caused by their use of styi What a tragedy to associate such sentiments with the memory of Dr. The election process of Dorm Repre- to even walk away from the ballot box without even signing in! I say, "As I rofoam. We would like to thank Bob King, who gave his life for the principle that one should not be judged sentatives and Freshman Class Repre- Schondelmier of Marriott for his prompl sentative on Tuesday, February 2,1988, understand it," because I was not able to by color, sex, or religion, but rather an intrinsic worth. This paper vote since voting closed even before assistance in investigating alternatives was a sheer disgrace to any democratic to the products that had been offered is rejects out of hand such a litmus test, no matter who is presuming to society. I am appalled by the procedure dinner started. I wonder how many be aualified to administer it. others wanted to vote but could not. the Cave. The drinking cups now of- that was used. Freshman students were fered do not contain Chlorofluorocar- There is currently a campaign to ban the CIA from recruiting on not notified of the open class representa- SGA should be embarrassed to have bons, which cause air pollution when campus. The proponents are spreading the word that the CIA is little tive position until four days before elec- sponsored such an election. After the styrofoam is incinerated. Burned styro> better than the Mafia. The activists, of course, have every right to feel tion day; not much time to begin a cam- implications of the freshman presiden- foam still produces toxic ash, whicn as they choose, though not one single Presidential candidate from paign. The elections were not adver- tial election one would think that the must be contained as hazardous waste, any party would come close to agreeing with them. tised so in effect those members of the SGA would do everything in its power to and styrofoam in landfills takes up to Amazingly, many of those who are in the forefront of defending freshman class and boarders at the re- make sure that this election was as fair 500 years to decompose. Marriott i| the controversial Margaret Randall appointment at Trinity are also in spective dorms did not know that they and accurate as it could be. I guess I was waiting for FDA approval on a less toxic were suppose to vote. I would love to wrong! product. the forefront of the ban the CIA movement. know how many people actually voted. Thank you for allowing me the space The following is a quote from a recent letter of support for Ms. A few other interesting points to men- to voice my opinion. ConnPirg is working this semester™ Randall which appeared in the Tripod. "The SG A's vote in support of tion are the huge sign posted on the a municipal bill banning styrofoam in Margaret Randall is a clear and strong statement of the student ballot box announcing only two of the Anonymous by request the city of Hartford. Anyone interests! body's support of the freedom of speech and beliefs, especially in a in getting involved can write to box 6000 community of higher learning." or call 247-2735. Thanks again, Mam- One wonders now strongly a vote of confidence it was for Ms. For Whom Bells Don't Toll ott Bob. Randall when considering some unusual circumstances. The vote To the Editor, We continue to learn and practice. When Sincerely, was 12 in favor, 10 against, and 8 abstentions. It does seem obvious In a February 9 editorial you sug- you hear unsteady rhythms and wrong Blair Miller, Chairperson that the cherished vision of freedom of speech has caused myopia in gested more frequent ringing of the notes, it's probably one of us! Committee on Styrofoam ,, the eyes of some. If you agree with someone's point of view, then by chapel bells, specifically at the begin- In the past, I'm told, a larger number all means send out a cheer for free speech. But if you disagree with ning and end of classes. As explained to of committed students permitted the someone else, simply do not let them come on campus. me by the carillonneur, Dan Kehoe, the Trinity Guild of Carillonneurs to keep a Jan, Not Janet How is that for a democratic view of freedom of speech? college's present policy is to permit the regular schedule of lunch and dinner ringing of the bells during lunch and performances. We could do it again with To the Editor, . M.G.M. dinner hours and on the weekends, pri- enough interest. I was gratified to see your coverage ot TRINITY COLLEGE' HARTFORD'CONNECTICUT Vol. IXXXV1I, Issue 14, March 1, 1988 marily due to the chapel's proximity to You're right — the chapel bells do the Margaret Randall case on the firs! administrative offices. Another point add something special to Trinity's at- page of the February 9 issue. As your TH r needs to be made — it takes people to mosphere. If more of us would take up reporter noted, I do feel that Margare. play this carillon, even to chime the hour the challenge and experience the fun of has made a very remarkable contribution lR[NITY lRIPOD or classes. playing the carillon, it could become a to Trinity. I am also personally delighted The recent sign you referred to down- way to share and serve, a living, ringing at her victory. stairs in Mather turned out a good-sized symbol of the community. I do want the Tripod to know, now. ditor-in-Chien group. After a brief visit to the practice Come join us Tuesday evenings from ever, that the Dean's name is not Janet Roheti E, Cockbuut room, they all climbed the tower via its 5:30-6:30 at the chapel. See what you but Jan Cohn. narrow circular staircase. The associate can learn and contribute! " Managing feditpr carillonneur put on a fine show of the Sincerely, instrument's versatility and amazed the Sincerely, Jan Cohn Qma M Letelttyr visitors with the dexterity required and BethEliason IDP Dean of the Faculty physical energy expended. Several stu- Ne\vs Editors, Production Editor dents were surprised that the bells were Richard A pwing not electronically controlled and pro- Arts Review Insufficient grammed. Though all thought they'd have a better appreciation for the chapel To the Editor, musicians were excellent, and in perfect |'pQrt$ Editor Business Manager bells in the future, no one expressed an I am afraid that I have to complain harmony with the actions of the actors.' interest in learning to play. about a few things that occurred in the Matihe\\i G, Mfy *• Jim Wakh last issue of the Tripod. This is specifi- thought the script was very entertaining. Last fall, five or six students re- and for once somebody was able to sen" sponded to a similar sign in Mather. cally directed to the Arts editors for I sAfts Editor' have to say that there is something lack- out a message about Apartheid witnow World Outlook Editors Two of us have continued free once-a- beating us over the head with it. Anyo* Alex^indi a But Ice , 1 week lessons, and even progressed to the ing in their presentation. I was very e William disappointed with the review of the "San who saw this talented group will n°P r point of being invited to participate in fully agree with me on these points, per- Photo^a'ph? Editor the carillon preludes to the Ceremonies Francisco Mime Troupe" for I feel that ! of Lessons and Carols before Christmas. they deserved a lot more credit for the haps the author of the review simply aw SueMuik not like the troupe, but I still think the, Features Editors hard work they put into their show. The Advertising Manager deserved more than three measly paw Wendy Rawlitigs graphs. . Ti. Michelle f$i a(f{ Missing Microphones I then have a suggestion for me i' To the Trinity College Community, stolen equipment will necessarily be pod: Would it be possible to list » Letters Editor Announcements Editor taken from Spring Weekend funds. bands, singers, etc. that perform in ««• Tonya Rousmaniere» ...... Peter,Bergwall It seems rather pathetic that yet an- Another issue is at stake here, that of Cave and the Underground? Some o> other letter of this nature should have to Trinity' s declining reputation among the these groups are really good, m w (U L be written. Once again the actions of a professional community. Rest assured was very surprised that The Ghot NOTE: The Tripod accepts and prims letters to the editor and longer opinion articles. We accent few insensitive and immature people that performers and agents are becoming Shirts, who performed in the Cave n | submissions in the following popular formats: typed and double spaced hard copy, or on computer disk have managed to have a detrimental ef- even more reluctant to deal with Trinity. too long ago were never mentioned, (Maantostipreferred,VlMPC,AJ8iTorcompatibleandkp[s\cl[seriesformatsalsoaccepted).Anysub- fect on the entire community. As many Anyone with information concerning think that if you could list the days an« missions generated on tlte Hallden Vox computer may be mailed directly to REWING on VAX1. Although of you may be aware, four microphones the whereabouts of the stolen micro- times that such groups are P'^'K there It no limit to length, the editor reserves the right to condense letters of more than 250 words. All letters were stolen at the Otis Day concert on would help them gain some wen- phones should contact Security or the 1 1 must have a personal signature to be printed, although anonymity will be honored, if desired. All letters Friday, January 29. Stealing is a crimi- Dean for Student Activities. Informa- served recognition as well as S ^ "? ll( submitted by Wednesday, 12 noon will be considered for publication. Letters can be brought to thefrlpod nal offense and the Production Com- student body an easy way to rina u office (Jackson basement) or placed in campus mail, Box 1310. Submitted computer disks will be returned tion can be given anonymously. pany, as well as the College, have every Bottle rockets, beer and now stealing. about them. iftlie author's box number is included with the submission. If there are any further questions, the editorial right to prosecute the individual o"r indi- What's next? board can be reached at 246-1829. viduals involved. If the microphones are Sincerely Yours, not returned, the money to pay for the Trinity College Activities Council Jane Margesson, '88 MARCH 1,1988, THE TRINITY TRIPOD, Page 3 Op-Ed Taking A Stand On CIA Recruiting v Dear President English, C.I.A. was involved in a cover-up of the *J The charter of Trinity College, Reso- 1985 murder of Dr. Hugo Spadafora, a lution VII states "...none of the standing political opponent of Noriega. rules [of Trinity College] shall be incon- These three examples are only a few sistent with the Constitution and laws of of the many illegal activities which have the state, or with the Constitution and persisted throughout the history of the laws of the United States." C.I.A. Trinity College's sanctioning of With this in mind, we find it necessary C.I.A. recruitment needs to be reevalu- to comment on the inadequacy of current ated in light of this. There is also a need " rules governing organization which are for the Trustees of Trinity College to allowed the privilege of recruiting on- review the current recruitment policy campus. Current policy requires that and to consider revisions concerning the organizations that wish to recruit only lawfulness of recruiting organizations. sign a statement, "to the effect that they Without a written policy to this effect do not discriminate on the basis of race, there is no official method by which the ethnic origin, sex, and so forth." While college can determine whether its own Mh* we fully support the necessity of these bylaws are being violated by unlawful „> criteria we do not believe that the current organizations. policy lives up to the standards set by the Recruitment by a private or public Trinity College Charter, and therefore organization is not a right; it is a privi- the Constitution of the Unites States. lege. This privilege must be regulated to Our concern focuses on organizations insure that laws of Trinity College, the which do not operate in accor3ance with state of Connecticut and the United international and national law and yet States are being followed by a recruiter. L are allowed to recruit at Trinity. Specifi- • cally we are referring to the Central Sincerely, Intelligence Agency which is recruiting John O'Loughlin THE at Trinity on Friday March 4th. We Progressive Student Alliance I/Ik _ would like to bring to your attention the •< following events involving the unlawful actions of the C.I. A. On June 27, 1986 the World Court , found the U.S. guilty of violating inter- Workers Deserve Respect *• national law for 1.) training, arming and financing the Contras in violation of To the Editor, woman, who works in the Cave was It really isn't too difficult to show Admitting Chapter 4 Article 18 of the Organization I'm writing in response to the letter taking a large cart of garbage bags, our some courtesy and respect to these which appeared in the Tripod several garbage, through the Post Office area. people who do a generally commend- of American States; and 2.) mining the One of the bags fell off the cart and rather able job. They are earning a living, while 9 j. harbors of three Nicaraguan ports and weeks ago, criticizing the policy of Se- curity not giving rides off campus. It than simply bending down to pick up the we enjoy our four year vacation. Yes it is imposing an economic embargo during bag for the woman everyone stood true that these people are paid to do their Racism s peacetime. The CIA. played an impor- seems obvious that criticism of this pol- icy is unwarranted. As the editorial in around and did nothing but wait for the job but I'm not asking that we do their tant role in all these operations. woman to pick up the bag. A second job. Rather, all it takes is to show some ,? In violation of its own charter the last weeks paper said, we are lucky to have any sort of escort policy at all. example occurred in the Mather Dining appreciation and respect for these people Existance C.LA. has also interfered with the rights Hall the other day. As the mad rush whether in the Cave, MatherDining Hall of U.S. citizens. C.I.A. operation MK- Most schools do not. Furthermore, there are public transportation systems avail- converged with their trays towards the or Security. They certainly deserve ULTRA, in the 1950's, conducted drug busing area, the woman in charge some acknowledgement and recogni- „ experiments on numerous unsuspecting able in the city of Hartford which will To the Editor, take you virtually anywhere for the mere dropped one of the trays. Not one person tion rather than constant criticism. Over the past few weeks the issue "'citizens in hopes of finding a "truth offered to help clean up the mess, but drug" for use in espionage. Drugs in- fee of seventy-five cents. Unless there is of racism has become a major focus an emergency situation, Security should instead stepped on the glass and went on Sincerely, on our campus. We are quite happy at cluding LSD, heroine, PCP, and amyl their merry way. > nitrate were administered to U.S. citi- not be responsible for chauffeuring Trin- Richard Fogarty this, for it is a deeply important issue zens, some of whom have died as a result ity students around. the resolution of which merits a tre- of these experiments. This attitude of taking certain benefits mendous amount of attention, in- Recently, information has surfaced for granted is prevalent on this campus, formed discussion, and education be- rather than showing appreciation for If At First You Don't fore it will ever be solved. Unfortu- < linking the C.I.A. to Gen. Manuel Nori- " ega of Panama, who is currently under services which we are lucky to have. It nately, we are most happy that the indictment by U.S. Justice Department also shows up in our treatment of other more attention the issue gets the more on drug trafficking charge.s. A former employees of the college. For example Succeed.. .Try Again confused people seem to become. the other day one of the women, an older , advisor to Noriega disclosed that the would be nice if we could all take the First, we should begin by stating t To the Editor, that the issue of what racism is and the Let me try one more time. Institu- blame equally and just start loving each difference between it, prejudice, and tional power in this country is in white, other. But as long as white people hold discrimination is indeed an important Using Job Networks male, heterosexual, protestant hands. the institutional power in this country, one that transcends mere semantics Look at who runs this school and at who Mr. Ewing's rationalization will allow (as some have claimed). The To the Editor, right out, do some book store, and buy a runs this country. This is a very simple, us to do nothing and perpetuate system- Tripod's editorial, as well as Mr. few copies. clear truth. Consequently, only whites atic racism. I do not wish to "distribute Ewing's response to Ms. Recently asked to read the Business are able to take their prejudices and en- culpability" but rather to take it on my- McCormack's letter, clearly illustrate .section of The Stamford Advocate for Although I certainly do not possess force them with power. This systematic self as a white woman. just how confused people are. It is this my internship, I stumbled across an ar- aspirations as high as the man 'network- backing of prejudice with institutional I would also encourage Mr. Ewing confusion which will help to hold us ticle which is all too relevant to my life, ing' in Silicon Valley, that networking power is racism. Blacks (and women, and anyone else who is interested to back in the fight against racism. Be- as a second semester senior in DESPER- word has been haunting me since Sep- and homosexuals, and many others) are attend a SOAR discussion on some of fore we can end racism we must iden- ATE search for a job. tember, when I first entered the Career not able to take their prejudices and give these issues. We meetevery Thursday at tify its real cause, organize against The article by Jim Collins is entitled Counseling office. Yes, I admit, I am one them this backing of institutional power. 8:00 pm in the Women's Center. this cause, and destroy it. Although "Let's Do Lunch: Networking up the of the people who laughed for three What goes on in Mr. Ewing's barber most social change originates at the corporate ladder". In it, he puts this 'net- years as I opened my box and found a shop is prejudice. It is also probably Sincerely, individual level, racism will not dis- working' thing into perspective for me. Career Counseling Newsletter. How "plain stupid". But it is not racism. It Bridget McCormack appear because we will it to. Rather, He says: could I possibly conceive of giving my direct organized action on a personal, / am always amused, and a bit dis- 'valuable' attention to something that social, and political level is necessary mayed, by calls from people who want to would not be relevant until May, 1988?? if we ever hope to live in a society that ^.'network'. I recently received such a Anyway, now that I am finally facing Earthweek Notice: accepts and embraces all human call. I didn't recognize the voice on the reality, I have done it all - The Alumni beings. other end of the phone, but he sure network, the Friends Who Have Re- Successful Due to an Arguments of semantics and re- . seemedto know me. He told me his name, cently Graduated network, the Kansas verse racism are not the important is- Jhen said, "Jim, I'd like to network City network (that's where I'm from), To the Editor, unavoidable delay sue. So what is? How can we most '' with you." and the Friends of my Father network. On Friday, February 5, 1988 constructively direct our energies in 'I beg your pardon?' I replied. So how many job offers have I had? ConnPirg's Earthweek Committee in the publication order to confront racism head on? Ad- "You seem like someone who is really NOT ONE!!! I am not at all knocking the sponsored a letter drive to Congress- mittance of the real existence of ra- well connected, so I thought /'d give you advice of Career Counseling, for I have woman Nancy Johnson to protest pesti- of the paper, cism is the first and most important -"' a call. I'm building my network of con- made some important contacts and ac- cide contamination in our groundwater. step we can take to eliminate it once nections in Silicon Valley, and you're on quired very resourceful information. I I would like to thank the 94 students who Letters to the and for all. There is no reason why we my list." must, however, identify with the writer took the time to write letters expressing should be afraid or embarrassed to of this article which I have quoted. their concern for our drinking water. 'Let me get this straight,' I answered. The fact that in a little over two hours, Editor will be admit that the institutions which ' 'The reason you're calling me is be- There is more to this contact stuff than nearly 100 students stopped to write let- white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant cause I have contacts in the valley and meets the eye, and it certainly involves ters disproves the oft-heard, sweeping accepted until Americans created and which we all you want me to tap into that network?' more than a few phone calls!! generalization that ALL Trinity students now perpetuate are at the core of '"es, Jim. You know that's the way As an unemployed person about to are apathetic. 5:00 p.m. racism's existence. Nor should we be * business works- contacts, the good old graduate, I obviously do not have the hesitant to admit that our race is the hoy network and all that. Would you like answers. All I know is that there is The ConnPirg Earthweek committee Saturday. We enemy or the victim. In fact, It is only to do lunch?" something to be said foe the tact in this will be running similar events through- this admittance that can join all of I' wondered what it meant to "do" matter, tact which Mr. Silicon Valley out the semester. If you would like to be us—enemies and victims—together lacks in a BIG way. So, seniors, as the involved please call 247-2735. Thanks appologize in the fight to end racism. "'lunch. All kinds of images ran through again for your support Trinity. my mind, but I guess it must be similar to job saga continues, don't get too dis- doing phone. It is probably recom- couraged and DON'T mention connect- for any Sincerely, Sincerely, mended in books with names like ing yourself in Silicon Valley. inconvenience. Christine Quinn r'" Lunching Your Way Up The Corporate Lisa Alvarez-Calderon Ladder" and "Achieving Success Sincerely, Cindy Burns '90 Through Business Tennis." I'll rush Stacy Stamper Earthweek Chairperson PAGE 4, THE TRINITY TRIPOD, MARCH 1,1988 News Hunger Clean-Up Life On Other Planets by community business. Funds raised -By Anne Bennett- will be donated to Food Share, a local Special to the Tripod Colgate: The Colgate Maroon re- nal design. That design included, a field the spotlight of Amherst life, and is po- food distributing center and to the edu- ported on the front page of ils February house, a natatorium, an activity and sup- tentially damaging to Chi Psi's charter. cational and relief efforts of the Na- 16 issue that a Colgate junior, Scott port building, and the existing hockey On Sunday, April 17, Trinity students tional Students Campaign Against Young, had been arrested and charged rink. Holy Cross: The office of College will be participating in the Second An- Hunger. with second degree assault of his girl- President John Brooks erupted in flames nual Hartford Hunger Clean-Up, a The Clean Up is a national event friend. Young assaulted the younger UMass: Minority students at UMass two weeks ago, only three weeks after community service event sponsored by which will take place in 80 cities. Last student and confined her to his apart- have taken over the Afro-American the same office had been flooded by a ConnPlRG in conjunction with the Na- year over $50,000 was raised nation- ment. He was summarily suspended by house there and are holding a sit-in until burst pipe. The turpentine used to repair tional Student Campaign Against Hun- ally to which the Hartford Clean-Up the college and criminal charges were demands are met. UMass has been the water damage caught fire, according ger. Students from Hartford area was a strong contributor. Our local pending at press time. Young's lawyer plagued recently by racially motivated to the Worcester Fire Department. The schools and other community groups effort ranked 9th out of 67 participating insists that the woman's injuries were violence, including six white students water from the aging sprinkler system wil! volunteer three hours to work at cities on a basis amount of money sustained in a fall inside Young's apart- attacking two black students and one of apparently did more damage to the wood sites in the area. These sites will include raised and amount of volunteers in- ment and that Young only restrained her the student's white girlfriend. The Black and paper work in the office than to the soup kitchens, shelters, day care cen- volved. from leaving the scene because he Student Union (BSU) is demanding: 1. fire. Water seeped down through the ters, and parks, where the volunteers This project has been endorsed by wanted her to hear what he had to saya Prosecution of those involved in the at- floor into the records vault below. The will either aid the hungry, or clean, Mayor of Hartford, The City Council of The woman laterverified Young's story, tack mentioned above. 2. The establish- seepage resulting in several damaged paint and renovate. Hartford, and the Governor of Con- and insisted that she intended not to ment of a minority cultural house in the files. Brooks praised the fire department The volunteers will each try to raise necticut. This exemplifies the pride press charges. existing New Africa House (said to be for saving his building. individual sponsorships and prizes will which this project can develop in all economically unfeasible by the college). be awarded to those who raise the most involved. To get involved call Susan Colgate's Capital drive has been suc- 3. A system of accountability for secu- Compiled by Sean Dougherty. money. The project will also be backed Dinan at 247-2735. cessful, overshooting its $75 million rity officers, who had recently been ac- goal by S10 million. The campaign total cused of harassing black students. 4. was the third largest gain ever for a small Tougher penalties for racially inspired liberal arts college. Colgate received campus violence. 5. A statement from donations from 75% of their living the president of the College on racism, Randall Lectures On alumni. (from The Amherst Student) Wesleyan: Condom machines have Amherst: The Chi Psi fraternity is Women After Revolution joined laundry machines in the still reeling from allegations that a Wesleyan laundry rooms, located inside woman student was served grain alcohol show of support to women made by the daycare and job training were provided. dorms. Each condom will cosl fifty without her knowledge at a (rat party -By Eric Schlossberg- government was more important in a Women were able to find work with cents, some of which will be donated to there January 22. The student requested Special to the Tripod propagandist sense than in a legal one. their newly acquired skills. AIDS research. The installation of the alternative beverage the first lime she Few lawsuits over the code were filed. In Nicaragua the disastrous eco- machines was initially delayed because ordered, bul when she asked for a re-fill Margaret Randall, Visiting Professor Education, in two distinct forms, also nomic situation (40% unemployment of questions regarding the quality of the her drink was spiked by bar-tenders who of English, spoke Thursday on the posi- played a major role in social reform. and an earthquake which killed thou- brand of condoms ordered. A more assumed she wanted an alcoholic drink. tive effects of (he Cuban and Nicaraguan First, women were encouraged to study sands) forced the women's organiza- suitable brand was researched and or- The woman was obviously unaware that Revolutions upon the women's move- areas and to enter fields previously open tions to adopt a different approach. In- dered following an investigation. Stu- she was drinking alcohol and became ments in their respective countries. only to men. Only three years after the stead of training women for nonexistent dents can still receive a certain number violently ill after several more of the The most striking point of the discus- government began its effort, nearly 50% jobs, they formed strong labor unions in of free condoms from the health office. same drink were served to her. Her sion was the governments' expedient of higher education students were order to improve existing working con- friends described her condition as, "loo role towards bringing about equality for women. ditions. Think Trinity is expensive? (Don't drunk to vomit in the toilet without women. In Cuba, the "family code" was The second educational approach to- The majority of the discussion was worry that's normal, it's incredibly ex- help." Debate regarding the issue has established which said that men should wards equality was training women al- focused on basic factual history of the pensive) Well, Wesleyan will soon be brought several anti-fraternity groups to do 50% of the work in the home. The ready in "disadvantaged roles" in the country. Randall failed to elaborate in raising tuition even higher than ours. A skills necessary to obtain better jobs. great detail on her personal observations 7.5% increase in tuition costs will put the The situation for women in Cuban cities, of Cuba, where she and her children big figure at $17,942 a year. in which the number of prostitutes lived for ten years. ranged in the tens of thousands, was One experience she did describe oc- Some of that money will probably go horrendous. Also, according to Randall, curred during Randall's first days in to sorting out the mess that has become women doing domestic work in the cit- Cuba. While visiting a hospital she of the Wesleyan field house. The new ies were in such a position of "slavery" asked a cleaning lady what the Revolu- gym doesn't meet Middletown stan- that it was considered a tremendous vic- tion and subsequent changes towards dards for sewage dispersal, and a lack of tory when they were given a ten hour social and economic equality had meant funds has stalled construction. The work day. to her. The woman, who previously buildings are not in line with existing In order to help these women, other could not afford to raise her children sewer pipelines, and changes in the plans women's organizations established alone, replied "I can leave my husband need to be made to correct the problem. "farms" outside of the cities in which and remarry, this time for love." The city zoning board isn't certain that a complex of the intended size can be allowed in the area anyway. In addition, cost overruns have forced the budget McCormack Named committee to make cuts from the origi- Mather Volunteer Of TheYear teer and charity work since high school, -By Bob Vincelette- when she was involved in several pro- News Writer grams run by her church. Before she Damage came to Trinity, McCormack had al- Continued from Page 1 ready worked in shelters for the home- and I say 'I'll pay you' it doesn't take About six years ago, the Promotions less and soup kitchens. She even spent a away the inconvenience of having to Department of the Hartford Courant year in Haiti, teaching English and help- have your car in the shop," Chan went began its Volunteer Recognition Pro- ing to build a school. on, "Even with careful scheduling, re- gram. The purpose of the program is to "Whatever's happening, I just end up pairs are still going to disturb usage of Bridget McCormack received recognition from the HartFord Courant for community bring attention to area people who have service work at Trinity. Photo by Judi Stoddard getting involved in it." She's not kid- the dinning hall. Right now we need contributed their time, energy, and spirit ding. Bridget has been involved in Trin- someone to assess the total damage and in any of a wide range of organizations ity Community Outreach since the first then get it fixed." and causes. Each year, the Courant pub- semester of her Freshman year, and she Director of Mather Campus Center, Pike Hosts North licly names people in several age catego- has been running it for the last two years. Ann Gushee, had no comment on the ries; and this year, Bridget McCormack, She is also Vice-President of the Student situation except to say that she wanted to senior at Trinity, was named in the Government Association this year, and wait until the exact nature of the damage twenty-one and under category. is a very active member of Trinity SOAR was determined before she made any Atlantic Regionals McCormack's recognition is largely (Students Organized Against Racism). judgements. "Obviously, I'd hate to lose in response to her role as Coordinator of In conjunction with SOAR, McCor- nard '87, was officially initiated into the the Washington Room for student func- -By Biaggio Rucci- Trinity Community Outreach program, mack was responsible for organizing tions. It is really only one of two places fraternity. Also, short seminars were but her volunteer work and community American Pictures. Recently, she on campus we can schedule dances. Special to the Tripod conducted on such topics as Alcohol service do not end there. As Coordinator Awareness, Scholarship, and Pledge helped to bring both Dr. Charles King Losing it would really hurt the students," of Community Outreach, McCormack and Don Kao to Trinity to address the she concluded. The Sheraton Hotel in downtown Education, and Hazing. explained, her job is to, "make sure that Hartford was the sight for the 1988 Pike The conference was brought to a subject of racism. each of our projects is organized and McCormack is double-majoring Po- North Atlantic Conference. Out of fif- close with an awards banquet on Satur- going strong." Projects that the Commu- teen Pike chapters represented at this day evening. It appeared that chapters litical Science and Philosophy, she nity Outreach program is currently in- wants to continue her education eventu- Jones weekend's conference, Trinity's Epsi- from RPI and UMass were going to volved in include Tutoring programs at ally, but not right away. After gradu- lon Alpha chapter was recognized for "sweep" the awards, until Newberg and area schools, an Adopt-a-Grandparent excellence in several fields. The awards the Trinity chapter were presented with a ation, McCormack hopes to travel. She program, the Literacy Volunteer pro- has applied for several fellowships, in- included: Most Improved Chapter, series of four final plaques. gram, and quite a few other projects at Attack Scholarship, and Best Advisor. "I'm presenting this award to a chap- cluding the Watson Fellowship. If she area hospitals and shelters. Continued from Page 1 Epsilon Alpha was also acknowl- ter I'm very proud of," said Dr. Larry recieves the Watson, McCormack will "I'd rather be doing the volunteer spend a year travelling in Sweden, Is- ation which took place last semester in edged for its efforts in sponsoring the Lunsford, regional president, as he work myself," she commented, "But this the Mather women's room could be at- 1988 conference. Eric Newberg, presi- granted Epsilon Alpha with the Most rael, Haiti, and Irelend. She will be job has to get done, so I end up stuffing a studying the ways in which religion ar- tributed to the same person. In that in- dent of the Trinity chapter, received a Improved Chapter recognition. lot of boxes and mailing a lot of letters." stance, a female student who was study- plaque of recognition for his role in coor- The highlight of the evening came fects the most powerless people in a In many schools, McCormack's posi- given culture. ing late in SAGA, walked downstairs to dinating the event. when Dr. John Williams, Classics Pro- tion is held by one or more full-time the bathroom. She had been in there no The conference attracted some three fessor at Trinity, was honored as Best faculty advisors. McCormack has al- more than thirty seconds when a man hundred Pike brothers from six states in Advisor. Williams was recognized for ready met with the Board of Fellows in walked in. She fled the bathroom and the region. The weekend began with a over ten years of service to the fraternity. hopes of providing for at least one fac- Submit Personals returned upstairs. Ten minutes later, the mock initiation ceremony, in which Mr. The Pi Kappa Alpha chapter at ulty advisor for next year, after she incident was repeated and subsequently Robert Esnard, Jr., Deputy Mayor of Villanova University will sponsor the graduates. To Box 1310 New York City and father of Roger Es- reported to Security. conference in 1989. McCormack has been doing volun- World Outlook U.S. Should Give Arias Peace Plan A Chance tra aid or the Arias peace plan? Sandinistas at the negotiating table. included. rity of its neighbors. The Soviet Union -By Mark Sommaruga- The interests of the Central American In El Salvador, two opposition leaders Conversely, the Contras have been a has stated that it does not desire (and Special to the Tripod countries as a unit can be defined as the connected with the rebels, Guillermo dubious proponent for democracy. cannot afford to desire) a base on the following: preservation of territorial in- Ungo and Reuben Zumora, have re- Twelve of their thirteen field command- American mainland (in our "back- In the heated battles in Congress con- tegrity, national security, an end to vio- turned to the country and seem eager to ers are former members of the hated yard"). Why can't the United States, cerning funding of the Nicaraguan con- lence and instability, and a chance to lake part in internal political life. Such National Guard of overthrown Dictator with honesty and strength, take up this tra rebels, a new factor has recently en- pursue social and economic develop- participation would greatly expand the Anastasio Somoza. Furthermore, the matter with the Sandinistas? The United tered the equation: the Central American ment. In Nicaragua, the economy has range of alternatives and legitimacy of Contras have been guilty of large-scale States surely cannot be threatened by Peace Plan that was authored by Presi- come to a standstill, thanks in large part democracy in El Salvador. These atrocities against civilians. Thus, popu- Nicaragua, since it has the means to dent Oscar Arias of Costa Rica. On Au- to ten continuous years of war (first the moves, which have come in the after- lar support for the Contras in Nicaragua eliminate any threat. gust 7, 1987, the presidents of five Cen- Sandinista revolution, now the Contra math of the peace accord, should be lias never materialized. Many respected In conclusion, the raison d'etre of the tral American countries (Azcona of insurgency). The need for national re- encouraged by a show of support for the leaders within the Contras, such as Ar- Reagan Administration's Contra aid Honduras, Duarte of El Salvador, construction is urgent. The pain and peace process. turo Cruz, Eden Pastora, and Chamorro, plan has vanished. The Sandinistas have Cerezo of Guatemala, Ortega of Nicara- human suffering from the war cannot The Reagan Administration's stated have left the rebel forces, claiming that agreed to negotiate with the Contras. gua, and Arias of Costa Rica) signed the continue. concerns about Nicaragua (to be be- the Contras vvere never a suitable or The Sandinistas have pledged them- Arias plan. People from all ends of the political lieved at your own discretion) come credible force for democracy and free- selves (by treaty) to reform and democ- This accord called for democratiza- spectrum state that the need for democ- from two sources: I) a desire for democ- dom in Nicaragua. ratization. The Sandinistas have agreed tion within the countries; the guarantee- racy and freedom in Central America is ratization and freedom in Nicaragua, As for the concern regarding U.S. na- and are willing to discuss with the ing of political and human rights; the also essential. This point cannot be and 2) a concern for national and re- tional and regional security, there is a United States any security concerns that granting of amnesty to all political pris- refuted. Yet, according to Nobel Peace gional security that is being threatened much more effective, intelligent, and we may have. oners; the beginning of a reconciliation Prize-winning Amnesty International, by a Soviet military presence. humane vehicle to alleviate such con- Let us take up the challenge of Oscar process within each country between the Sandinista government of Nicara- The first concern is slowly but surely cern: direct U.S.-Nicaraguan negotia- Arias. Let us put the Sandinistas and the government and opposition political gua, along with the U.S.-backed "demo- being eased by the Arias plan. The tions aimed toward a mutual non-ag- other regional governments to the test of forces; and an end to subversion within cratic" governments of El Salvador, United States can and should encourage gression and security pact. Nicaragua maintaining their treaty promises. We each others1 borders by the both the Honduras, and Guatemala, has been through economic influence the growth realizes that the United States will not have a viable and verifiable peace plan parties involved in the accord, and out- guilty of various human rights viola- and stabilization of real democracy and tolerate advanced or offensive Soviet available. Let us not miss this opportu- side forces. tions. justice in all of Central America, allies weaponry that could endanger the secu- nity; let us work hard for peace! Since the signing of this accord, un- However, those people who are con- even but steady progress has been made cerned about democracy should be en- by all the parties involved. With Contra couraged by developments since last the aid being an explosive issue in the Arias plan was signed last August. In The SNCC and the Freedom Elde United States, special attention has been Nicaragua, former Contra leader Edgar In Boyton v. Virginia, the Supreme end of the Freedom Ride meant the paid to the activities of Nicaragua's Chamorro has been able to return freely. -By Gregory Poitras- Court extended the ban on segregation in triumph of segregation over the Sandinista government. Should Con- The opposition press is again function- World Outlook Editor interstate travel to the restaurants, Constitution. The Freedom Ride fol- gress approve further aid to the Contras? ing. The government has reached an restrooms, and other facilities in inter- lowing Anniston had become the focus What are the interests of the Central understanding with the previously rebel- state terminals. Federal enforcement of of a sympathetic America, and the gov- ling MiskitJo Indians. Furthermore, "On the bus I noticed some of the American countries'? What are interests students writing notes, boys writing this decision was meager at best. The ernment was alert to the crisis. The of the United States? What course of Contra leaders are meeting intermit- Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a Freedom Ride had to continue. tently with representatives of the notes and putting them in their pockets, action better serves these interests: Con- and girls putting them in their brassiers. I civil rights activist group, wished to Enter SNCC. Diane Nash of the went across the aisle to find out what it change this. James Farmer, director of Nashville Student Movement recruited was. They were writing names and ad- CORE, hit upon the idea of a feedom the relief force that would fuel the ride to Learning Valuable dresses of next of kin. They really had ride. On May 4, he would organize its end. not expected to live beyond that trip. But groups comprised of blacks and whites The Freedom Ride continued with ten it was something they had to do, and they and leave aboard buses through the seg- SNCC members, seven men, three Lessons From History were determined to go" regated south to New Orleans. By delib- women — eight blacks and two whites, -James Farmer, May 24, 1961 before- erately violating segregation laws of the leaving Nashville aboard a bus bound restraints manifest themselves, the cost southern bus terminals, CORE wished to -By Michael IVfurphy- of projecting our military force in such tlie Freedom Ride left Montgomery, Ala- for Birmingham. Thses students were bama far Jackson, Mississippi. create a crisis that would force the Fed- promptly arrested upon approaching Special to the Tripod places as South Korea and the Persian eral government to enforce the law as Gulfwill become prohibitive. Although Birmingham for violating the Jim Crow defined in Boynton. CORE expected a laws and were dropped off at the Ala- our military strength has been far from When one studies the civil rights violent reaction from the south, and The United States and the Soviet Un- overpowering in the post-WWII era, we movement of the 1960's, a few promi- bama state line. Returning to Alabama, ion have been the bilateral superpowers hoped that the headline news attention it and joined by even more SNCC recruits, still like to believe that we can promote nent names and events come to mind: the would draw wouId embarass the govern- of our age. Having been born in the mid- and protect democracy around the globe 1963 March to Washington, Martin Lu- the Freedom Riders were refused by sixties, college students today take the ment into dissolving the Jim Crow laws Greyhound a bus to Montgomery. At- with military potential. As we head to ther King and his "I Have A Dream" of the south. present political structure for granted. the turn of the century, our military pres- speech, the Kent State killings. The torney General Robert Kennedy called Why shouldn't we? It is all we have ence will have tighter, more pragmatic credit for much of the success of the civil The group first met violence in Rock Greyhound's president and convinced known. We only read about the struggle measures. rights movement, however, belongs to Hill, South Carolina where they non- him to let the bus roll. of World Wars I and II, and Korea. Viet the less publicized individuals who violently absorbed the beating of several The escort of Birmingham's patrol ' Nam is just a distant memory of Walter united to destroy the segregationalist white hoodlums. This event was just a cars and police plane overhead vanished Cronkite and 'the way it was' after Ses- We are living in the early stages of a harbinger of violence to follow. At bus shifting political constellation. With policies of the south. The leaders of the as the bus nearcd Montgomery, Gover- ame Street. The driving force for the movement provided the inspiration, but terminals in Annislon and Birmingham, nor Patterson of Alabama had ordered U.S. in the post WWII era has been world history predisposed to a fluctuat- Alabama the Freedom Riders were as- ing balance of power, we are presently it was the effort of thousands of indi- the protection, but it had dissappeared. matching the Soviet peacetime strength. viduals, black and white, old and young, saulted by dozens of white southerners The Freedom Riders were met by hun- Why shouldn't we beii ve that the present moving from a bilateral to multilateral wielding bats and pipes, Pol ice provided political structure. As Japan has illus- that created change. Democracy had dreds of frenzied racists who clubbed political hegemony will continue failed to end segregation as of 1961, yet protection after the thourough beatings and beat most all of them upon pulling throughout our lifetime? trated, strength will not be measured of the riders. Birmingham's Chief of solely in terms of missiles and fighter the powers of democracy awaited the into Montgomery's bus station. Sensing efforts of those who would change that Police, Eugene "Bull" Connor emerged the need to finally act, President Ken- planes. The door is open for secondary as a model of the bigotry desplayed by HISTORY: We need only look back powers to ascend through economic fact. The heroic civil rights activists nedy assembled 400 federal marshals at at the last geopolitical domination, by never ebbed in their determination to the racists of the south. When asked by an air base outside the city and awaited domination. Consequently, there is also reporters why his officers were not at the European nation-states, in the nine- great potential for expanded tensions this end. The Student Non-Violent Co- Governor Patterson's resolve to protect teenth century to recognize the continu- ordinating Committee (SNCC), nick- bus depot to stop the brutal violence the Freedom Riders. around the world as countries jockey for against the Freedom Riders, he replied ous shifting balance of world power. tier one status. We must recognize the named "Snick" was a group of such Dozens of SNCC members flooded With Europe's control over global af- heroes. Far from a comprehensive his- innocently that most were off visiting Montgomery to join the ride. They were evolving political structure and the in- their mothers for Mother's Day. fairs and the growth of imperialism, did herent friction of a multilateral balance tory ofSNCC, I would like to write about ready to fill Mississippi's jails to break they believe their supremacy to be as of power. SNCC in its finest hours — its participa- The CORE ranks of the Freedom Rid- Jim Crow. The Alabama National interminable as we perceive ours to be? tion in the Freedom Ride of 1961, ers was decimated. To James Farmer the Guard, finally called out by Governor If so, they were rudely awakened by the Patterson, lined the route of the Freedom Franco/Prussian, World War I, World Ride into Mississippi where the duty War II, and the rise to international was assumed by the Mississippi state power of the U.S. and Japan. U.S. and Bettting On The '88 Candidates police. Entering the "white-only" termi- Soviet .superpower status rose from the nal facilities, they were promptly ar- rubble and political chaos of post-Euro- rested. The Freedom Ride ended in '• pean supremacy. History reveals that -By Matthew G. Miller- basis of exuberance, but won't get it. Hugh Hefner as Vice Presidential run- Jackson, Mississippi, but the riders had ning mate would encompass all shades geopolitical power is in constant flux. Sports Editor accomplished theiraim. Scores of other Ted Kennedy - Would get 100% of of religious spectrum, but still unlikely Freedom Rides followed the first, and vote in Massachusetts. Win any state pick. Long shot. ECONOMICS: The U.S. and Soviet "Matt," says my long-suffering room- the jails of Mississippi eventually held mate, "it's 2 A.M., have you been down where relatives are majority of popula- up to 300 members of SNCC, but the tide economies are sputtering while the eco- tion, but lose everywhere else. Long "My God, Matt, everyone's a long nomic growth of Japan, China, Hong at the teletrack again?" had turned. Attorney General Kennedy "Yeah, but I haven't been betting on shot. shot. This could mean we'llwind up petitioned the Interstate Commerce Kong and Singapore signals a shift to the with no President." East in the economic balance of power. the ponies; now that the state elections Committee to issue rules banning segre- The drastic reforms of Peristroika are a are over, they've started a pool on the The Seven Dwarfs - Have spent entire "Don't be silly. I've got a sure-fire gation within interstate bus terminals necessary, but unchartered, gamble to presidential election." campaign searching for something bad candidate. Listen, how about a man according to the Boynton decision. The push the Soviet economy. Conversely, "Isn't that illegal?" to say about Fidel Castro and good to say who's been a banker (for balancing the ICC concurred, and its favorable ruling the stability ofToyko during the October "Since when did that matter in poli- about any person or nation to the right of budget), a lawyer (to deal with Con- went into effect November 1, 196!, fol- tics—look here at the tip sheet." Jane Fonda. Collective long shot. gress), a president (for prior lowing the Freedom Ride summer. • Crash revealed the level of confidence in experience), and already lives in a white the respective markets. After the market house. SNCC had succeeded in securing the dropped over five-hundred points in Democrats United States government as an ally in Mario Cuomo - Doesn't believe in Republicans "Matt, you're a genius. President New York, analysts looked to the East English of Trinity would be a perfect the civil rights movement. Students no r capital punishment. Doesn't believe George Bush-Too liberal for Repub- older than we here at Trinity had guided expecting a similar or even greater crash licans. Too conservative for Democrats. pick, except for one thing." (wrongly believing that Toyko was still he'll run worse in Nebraska than he does the civil rights movement around the in New York. Long shot. Long shot. "What's that?" turning point. Segregation was not dead a function of New York). Toyko held off "He did go to Yale, you know." the pressure of the volatile Western mar- , yet with the Federal government com- Bill Bradley - Nice guy, nice image. Jack Kemp - Hair too long in front and "For an astute mind like President mitted to its eradication, Jim Crow • ket with underlying strength. The slow- too short in back. Long shot. English, that would be no problem. He ing of our economies juxtaposed with Worst public speaker since the sphinx. slowly was meeting his end. The SNCC Long shot. could pull an Abe Lincoln." conference from April 14-16 here at the rise of Japan and the East leaves the Bob Dole - Came across as TV heavy "What do you mean?" uneasy feeling that we are losing control Trinity will focus upon events such as Gary Hart - Recent slump in quickie as Gerald Ford's running mate. Long "Weil look at all the political mileage • of our own economic destiny. the Freedom Ride. I believe the confer- sales indicates yuppie influences fading. shot. Lincoln got out of overcoming an infe- ence will be a valuable lesson and inspi- Long shot. rior education! 1 tell you, he's a sure ration for all who attend. ECONOMIC/MILITARY REALITY: Jesse Jackson - Deserves nomination on Pat Robertson - If he would choose thing. As the economy slows and budgetary PAGE 6, THE TRINITY TRIPOD, MARCH 1,1988 Arts Women And Swados Delivers Music In Excellent Concert VIctorlanEra by Delmore Schwartz. It was a moving -By Sandy Burke- story of a woman who had waited for a Arts Editor child for ninety years put to music that -Press Release- was haunting at times. Said Swados, Last Tuesday night, February 23rd, "I've always tried to be accessible to Austin Arts Center was host to Elizabeth many kinds of people and to be true to the A concert entitled, Women and Music Swados, a much lauded composer (as poetry (that I set to music)". She has in Victorian America will be performed well as author and professor) whose pro- accomplished this with great style and by the American Music/Theatre Group ductions have seen stages on and off wonderful musical talent. on Wednesday, March 2 at 8:15 p.m. in Broadway. When Swados walked out An interesting pan of the program Garmany Hall of Austin Arts Center at on stage she said, "I'm going to take you which left one with a very strong impres- Trinity College. The public is invited to on a journey." This amazing journey sion was a group of selections from Dis- attend free of charge. took its audience through many of patches, a musical about the horrors of Performers will be mezzo-soprano Swados' works, fascinating in their di- Vietnam composed by Swados in the Martha Hanen, sopranos Mary Ann Lin- versity and all emotion-filled. late 70's but not produced by anyone iak-Bodwell and Penney Kimball with For those of you not acquainted with because, according to Swados, "it pianist Naomi Amos (faculty grants co- Elizabeth Swados, perhaps a brief intro- wasn't in style back then." It is now on ordinator at Trinity). They will perform duction is in order. Born in Buffalo, Broadway and touring, because, "it is music by American women of the Victo- New York in 1951, and a graduate of now in ," to compose works about the rian era reflecting social and political Bennington College class of 1972, politically explosive Vietnam War. The concerns of the period. Neely Bruce, Swados began her career at the age of few selections from Dispatches left a founder and director of American Mu- seventeen. She has composed and di- deep impression. "Oh war is good for sic/Theatre Group, will narrate this pro- rected several productions including you - you can't take the glamour out of gram. Nightclub Cantata,Runaways, that....oh what a laugh....," these were The event is co-sponsored by me Dispatches, The Haggadah, Alice in just some of the lyrics which came Women's Center and the American Concert and others. Swados has also across powerfully in a cynical statement Studies, Music, and Women's Studies conceived programs for CBS, scored against the Viet Nam War and its atroci- Elizabeth Swados performed very well in her concert last Tuesday. departments many films for television and authored a ties. number of books and a novel, Leah and The musical even touches a nostalgic Lazar. Swados is the recipient of a and wistful side to Vietnam — one Bob Englehart: DrawnTo Satire Guggenheim fellowship, three Obie which in today's films and plays rarely Awards, five Tony nominations as well seems to get notice — in a ballad in zette. In 1975 he joined the staff of the television show The Honeymooners— as many other honors. She has taught which a character told of the Vietnam -Press Release- Dayton Journal Herald as editorial car- head down and handkerchief in hand and lectured at numerous universities before the war, the "Paris of the East, toonist. with Gleason's cap next to her on the and now teaches at New York Univer- pearl of the Orient." It ends, "if you've kitchen table. . sity. found a pearl you 've got to keep it." The Englehart has won award from the Englehart's work has appeared in Hartford, Conn.—"Drawn to Satire," last in this series of selections was a U.S. Industrial Council, the U.N. Popu- Elizabeth Swados' works make state- a retrospective of original drawings by Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, blues tune sung by a soldier who la- lation Institute, the Overseas Press Club ments. The music and the words reach award-winning editorial cartoonist Bob The Washington Post, The Philadelphia ments, "Oh man this war gets old....and and the John Fischetti contest. He was a out to you with ideas and make you feel Englehart, is now on display through Enquirer and Playboy. He is the author I'll never get no younger...I'm old and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1979. and see the message she is trying to Friday April 22, in the Widener Gallery of two books: Never Let Facts Get in convey. The variety of her songs is as- soon they'll put me under." It was a Perhaps the greatest testament to his the Way of a Good Cartoon and A beautiful but disturbing condemnation of the Austin Arts Center at Trinity Col- tounding. She has set music to biblical lege. popularity came last June with his car- Distinguished Panel of Experts. of the "fight to save democracy in the toon marking the death of actor Jackie passages, poems, as well as her own Englehart has been editorial cartoon- The exhibit at Trinity is open to the world." Gleason. More than 2,600 readers re- words and writes of historical, biblical, ist of The Hartford Courant since De- public free of charge. Gallery hours are The program had a more upbeat side quested copies of that cartoon, which and fictional characters, of places, is- cember, 1980 and is the first full-time 1 to 5 p.m. daily. For more information, to it with two whimsical numbers from depicted Alice—Gleason's wife on the sues, whimsical situations and wrongs editorial cartoonist in the history of that call (203) 527-8062. that must be righted. Swados' production Nightclub Cantata. These two numbers were hys- newspaper. His work is syndicated by The evenings program was more of a the Copley News Service. jam session between old (and talented) terical, particularly the second duet with a ventriloquist and a dummy arguing A resident of Middletown, Englehart friends. Her cohorts were people whom is a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He Rainbow Sounds she had worked with in concert in 1984. over "billing". Equally funny was the medley from Alice in Concert. It was a attended The American Academy of Art The style of the performance was easy Chicago's Mexican ghetto, as well as a playful and enjoyable end to the in Chicago on full scholarship and after and relaxed, and it seemed more atten- new book, My Wicked Wicked Ways. evening's program. leaving the academy in 1966 became a -Press Release- tion was paid to the message in the words staff cartoonist (and sometime editorial A graduate of the Iowa Writers Work- and simply having fun than to technical The interesting thing about Elizabeth shop, Cisneros currently teaches at Swados' works is that they range from cartoonist) at the former daily newspa- exactitude. Any mistakes made in the "Rainbow Sound: Women Poets Chico State University in California. the humorous to the politically explosive pevChicago Today. process were inconsequential and easily Read at Trinity College" will continue wl11 b to deeply moving personal trials, all with Englehart left Chicago Today in Preceding Cisneros' reading £ overlooked. on Tuesday, March 1, with a presenta- equal power and visible musical talent. 1972 to start a free-lance art studio in his Caicedo, a native of Colombia, South One of the first pieces of the evening tion by Chicano writer Sandra Cisneros, This was a highly entertaining and hometown and to draw editorial car- America. A widely published poet, she was the sorrowful lament of the Biblical a National Endowment for the Arts Fel- memorable evening. toons for the Fort Wayne Journal Ga- won the 1986 first prize for poetry from character Sarah set to music from a poem low and prize-winning poet, and poet The Third Woman. She is a member ot Rosario Caicedo, a native of South the board of directors of EL TALLLK America currently living in New Haven. L1TERAR1O, a journal of Hispanic art- Admission to the reading which will ists and writers in Connecticut. . , begin at 8:15 p.m. in Rittenberg Lounge This series is sponsored by Trinity, of Trinity's Mather Campus Center, is The Connecticut Commission on the free. A book signing and reception will Arts, The Hartford Artists Collective, follow the event. Readers Feast Bookstore and t,L Cisneros is part of the surge of His- TALLER L1TERARIO. It was organized panic women authors that has been oc- by author Margaret Randall, a visiting curring for the past ten years. She is the professor of English at Trinity. author of an award-winning 1983 vol- For more information, call the p ume entitled The House on Mango relations office at Trinity, (203) Street which is about growing up in 3151, extension 370. Submissions Are Notv Being Accepted For ThcTrlnltyEevlew

Please Send Short Stories, Poetry, And Artwork To Box 4000 Be- fore Spring Break MARCH 1, 1988, THE TRINITY TRIPOD, Page 7 Arts "The Comedy of Errors "Provided Humor And Entertainment -By Sandy Burke- his own bondsman named Dromeo. The perfectly puritanical and did a great job comedy arises when, by chance, the two as Adriana's supportive sister, Luciana. Arts Editor Antipholuses and the two Dromeos end Dave Barone and his regal stature made up in the same town and there are innu- a very authoritative Duke of Ephesus. Two jugglers, slinky prostitutes, a merable cases of mistaken identity be- Other memorable performances were pushy fruit vendor, and an obnoxious, tween the two sets of twins who don't those of Hope Weiner as the greasy typical "tour bus type" couple, were the know that the other exists. At the end of kitchen maid, Chris Andersson as introduction to the modem interpreta- the play, they finally meet each other and Angelo the Goldsmith, William Halver- tion of "The Comedy of Errors" which also both of their parents who had also son as Pinch, the Texas style conjurer, was performed in Garmany Hall on been separated this whole time, and for and Erica Hall as an adorable little girl. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Al- those of you who are holding your The actual performance ranged from though it was a modern interpretation breath, there is a happy ending. moments of total hilarity to some rather which took place in present day long speeches, but overall these mo- Greenwich Village, the actors spoke in Andrew Blume and Frank Connelly ments balanced out into a good perform- Shakespearean English and their pro- were perfectly cast and both were fantas- ance which incorporated timeless hu- nunciation of many long, tongue-twist- tic in their roles as Antipholus of man emotions, old style English, and ing phrases was admirable. Syracuse and Antipholus of Ephesus. endless humor. As Sally Porterfield, the I really enjoyed The Comedy of Errors, John Solie and Chris Carbone were hi- director, said, "In this earliest of but for those of you who didn't get a larious as the modern day bondsmen Shakespeare's comedies are the seeds of chance to see it (three of the four shows dressed "a la Miami Vice." The role of the reunion, reconciliation, and resur- sold out), here is a brief summary of the Adriana was played by Phyllis Ellis, a rection that pervade his final works. play. The Comedy of Errors is a play newcomer and a very welcome addition "The Comedy of Errors", an often ne- about two sets of identical twins who are to Trinity theater. Ellis' emotional por- glected work, reveals abundant riches to separated at birth. The outcome of this trayal of Adriana made her an outstand- those who seek them," and those of you separation is that each Antipholus has ing member of the cast. Bee Hughes was who didn't, missed a great performance.

YOU ONLY GET TO MAKE A FIRST IMPRESSION ONCE Phyllis Ellis and Bee Hughes in "The Comedy of Errors." Photo by Sue Muik TO DO IT RIGHT, CALL Hartford Arts Calendar RESUME RIGHTER, INC Bloomtield, CT. THEATRE Mar. 6 Food Fright - A presentation dealing with eating disorders. Washington Room of Mather Campus Center, Trinity College 286-4232 7:00 p.m. Discussion to follow. For info, call 527-3151.

Mar. 10-13 Iolanthe by Gilbert and Sullivan. Directed by Gerald Moshell. Goodwin Theatre at Austin Arts Center. Trinity College. For more information call 527-8062.

Free Introductory EXHIBITIONS

Lecture on Meditation NOW- W.C. Handy: Father of the Blues. Audubon Room, April 11 Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library. 8:30 a.m. to and Yoga 4:30 a.m. Mon. - Fri. Part of Black History Month at Trinity College.

NOW- Drawn to Satire - a retrospective of original drawings by award- April 22 winning editorial cartoonist Bob Englehart. Alumni Lounge MCC Widener Gallery of Austin Arts Center, Trinity College. Thursday, March 3 For info, call (203) 527-8062. 7 PM MUSIC March 2 Music by American Victorian Women. Presented by the American Music/Theatre Group. Austin Arts Center at Trinity College. For more information call 527-8062.

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Ananda Marga March 1 Rainbow Sound: Women Poets Read at Trinity College. Readings by Chicano writer Sandra Cisneros and poet Rosario For More Info Caicedo, a native of South America. Rittenberg Lounge, Mather Phone 389-6583 Campus Center, Trinity College. For info, call 527-3151, x370.

1, PAGE 8, THE TRINITY TRIPOD, MARCH 1,1988 Spotlight Jack Chatfield: Three Decades At Trinity Last semester over 140 people Tripod; How has Trinity changed from The following interview is the crowded into Professor Jack Chatfield's the time you were an undergraduate in premiert or a new feature History 201 class on Colonial America. 1965 until now? which will profile interesting Chatfield's seminars are frequently Chatfield: Well...a very complicated and outstanding members of overpopulated and h is classes always fill question. Certainly the presence of the Trinity community. All rapidly. But aside from being one of the women on this campus is the most pro- interviews conducted by Jay hottest "draws" on campus, Professor found and evident change. Whether or Flemma. Chatfield is frequently involved in other not the social or intellectual climate has campus programs such as the SNCC changed I am not sure. It seems to me conference, lectures like "On Towards that Trinity is today very much as it was At A Glance Selma," and community service work. in the 196O's...the college could be a Age: 45 His unquestionable dedication to aca- little more intellectually intense than it demic excellence, his brilliance in the is. But this has always been Trinity's Marital Status: classroom and his charismatic charm set problem. Married, Barbara, with him head and shoulders above his peers. Tripod: What changes would you make two children The following is an excerpt from an to alleviate this problem? Julia: age 12, enjoys interview between Professor Chatfield Chatfield: I'm not suggesting Trinity is horseback riding and the Tripod, any different than any other college, Johnathan: age 15, pianist/ Trinity students just have to arrange musician and Deadhead their college lives to give a more central place to mere intellectual inquiry. Pre- Degrees: Tripod: How did you become inter- cisely how this can be accomplished, BA from Trinity, 1965 ested in Colonial History? What profes- I'm not certain. I'm inclined to think that MA from Columbia sors influenced you? What historians it's Trinity's self-definition that needs PhD will be received soon have influenced you? some alteration. SOME alteration, not a from Columbia Chatfield: I never took colonial history complete change of identity. when I was an undergraduate, nor when I Tripod: What gives you your greatest Teaching Career: was a graduate student at Columbia. I feeling of satisfaction? 1970-1977, Eastchester, only became interested at a later time in Chatfield: Years ago, I would have said N.Y., School District and my life because I was teaching it. I was without hesitation that my greatest satis- Watkinson School, Hartford assigned to teach it, and I had to do a faction came from my work. But I no great deal of work simply to teach it well. longer say that, despite the fact that my 1977-1988, Assistant Photo by A number of historians have influenced work is central to my life. I think my Professor Jack Chatfield giving his lecture, "On Towards Selma." jurfi sioddard Professor of History and me...to many really to name...but people deepest satisfaction comes from my re- life, my life as a father and my life as a life at another university or college at American Studies at Trinity like Edmund Morgan, Bernard Bailyn, lationship to my wife and family and husband all draw from the same moral this time. The reason I stay at Trinity is Gary Nash and others. The main point is despite the fact that I am emotionally and philosophical core and that I there- because I went here many years ago and Current Projects; 1 learned it in the classroom preparing divided between work and home, clearly fore bring a degree of harmony to my life I was able to compete for a position after Lecturer in Classical lectures. my home and wife are the most impor- which is exceptionally difficult to do in having established a reputation here. Magnate Program tant things in my life, the things without the modern world. I would like it to be Secondly, I'm here because my family which I could not live. But work at the said of myself that my intellectual life is settled here years ago. We have a house best moments is a matter of profound philosophically coherent, and that I will that we love, our children are in school satisfaction to me. never, never sever the intellectual life here, my wife has a job which she cher- Tripod: What is the one thing that you from the life of emotions. ishes, for all of these reasons, I am here. have done that no one else has? What is Tripod: Could you describe some of the It should be understood that the aca- is that makes you unique? projects you are working on outside of demic market is such that it is very diffi- Chatfield: One thing that I have done academics? cult to get academic positions unless one that no one else has, that is the thing that Chatfield: The main thing I've been has published and in some cases, exten- makes me unique, is that it's taken me 21 involved in outside of classes has been sively, which I haven't yet done. years to get my doctorate degree. I the organization of a conference to be suppose at Trinity, what makes me held in April on the history of the student Comments From The Community somewhat unusual is that I have up until non-violent coordinating committee of this point in my career, been an instruc- the 1960's. This is something that I've Greg St. Clair, '90: "He is extremely tor that has taught such a wide variety of been involved in with Cheryl Green- knowledgable in his area of study and courses, that I am best described as a berg, Jim Miller, Gail Waldu and others his sense of humor adds an entertain- generalist, not a specialist. And what and it's been consuming a lot of my time. ing color to the class room." makes this so unusual is that we are now That's the main thing, there are some living in an age which is even more given other smaller scale things that I've been Professor Dale Graden, History over to specialization than before. So I involved in. Dept.: "He is terrific in the classroom. suppose I am one of the only people on Tripod: With your credentials it seems I always enjoy sitmulating po- this campus that can say I am a generalist that you could teach at any institution fast becoming a specialist. litical dialogue with him and I have you desired. What keeps you here at great respect for his deep devotion Tripod: What is the thing you want Trinity? people to remember you for? What to community involvement." legacy do you wish to leave? Chatfield: It may seem to some stu- Chatfield: Well, I suppose, at the risk of dents that with my credentials that I John Kuloir, '90: "His reputation as being too abstract, that I would like to could land a job at other colleges, but it's a superlative professor is well de- feel, although I don't always feel this, not that simple. I'm fortunate to have served. He has the unique ability or that I'm living a life which is philosophi- gotten my full-time position here. I have communicating complex events in cally and morally and emotionally har- lived in the classroom, I am only now at history to his students without trivial- monious and integrated. That is to say the age of 45 finishing my Ph.D., I do not izing them." that I'm living a life which can be seen as have a list of scholarly publications. a harmonious unit rather that a series of Some people do not even consider me a Professor H. McKim Steele, History compartment or segmented units. I'd specialist in the strict meaning of the Dept.: "He is undoubtably one me term. 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1 at 8:15 pm in the Rittenbere Lounge EXHIBITS B Brazil," a lecture by Professor Anita ington Room, Mather Hall. A buffet written. They must be submitted to the Mather Hall. ' Novinsky, of the Trinity Tinker Founda- "Notable Gifts to the Watkinson Li- luncheon will begin at 3:30 pm, fol- Chairman of the Department before tion Fellow & Visiting Lecturer of Latin lowed by the fashion show from 4 pm to April 15. brary: 1977-1987," will be held from Navajo poet Luci Tapahanso, a profes- American Studies, will held on Apr. 5 at Feb. 1 to May 31, in the Trumbull Room 6 pm. General admission: $6 ; students: sor of English, women's studies and 4 pm in the Rittenberg Lounge, Mather S5. Box office: 527-8062. THE IRS IS WATCHING YOU. You of the Watkinson Library from 8:30 am American Indian studies at the Univer- Campus Center. Free admission. need to file a 1987 tax return even if you to 4:30 pm, Monday- Friday: 9:30 am to sity of New Mexico, will give a poetry FILMS are claimed as a dependent on your 4:30 pm, Saturdays. reading along with Bessy Reyna of Cov- "In a Different Voice: Recent Research parent's return if: a) Your unearned in- entry, Conn, on Mar. 16 at 8:15 pm in the on Women's Moral Development," a The film "Blade Runner" will be shown come =0 and your earned income is "W.C. Handy. Father of the Blues," will Goodwin Theatre, Austin Arts Center. lecture by Mark Tappan, visiting profes- inBoyerAuditoriumonMar. 15 at 8 pm. greater than or equal to $2,540, or b) The be held Feb. 1 through April 11 in the sor of psychology, and by Lyn M. Free admission. sum of your earned and unearned income Audubon Room of the Watkinson Li- MUSIC Brown, research associate at Harvard is greater than or equal to S500. Call the brary from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday- University, will be given on Mar. 3 at "The Passion of Joan of Arc," a 1928 IRS information number for more detail: Friday: 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, Saturdays. The American Music Theatre Group 12:30 pm in the Women's Center, silent movie, accompanied by a piano 240-4029. will perform "Women and Music in Mather Hall. Free admission. Bring your score by Patrick Miller, professor of Artworks by senior Susan Brady of Nor- Victorian America" on Mar. 2 at 8:15 pm lunch. music theory at Hartt School of Music, Will you need financial aid next year? wood, Mass, and senior Lisa Trocki of in Garmany Hall, Austin Arts Center. will be shown on Mar. 19 at 8 pm in the Will you be borrowing from the Guaran- Southbury, Conn, will be displayed Free admission. Fred Pfeil, author and assistant professor Washington Room, Mather Hall. Ad- teed Loan Program? Regardless of the through March 18 from 8 am to 10 pm in at Trinity College, will read from his mission: $5. type of financial aid you seek, you must Mather Hall Arts Space. THEATER short stories on Mar. 3 at 4 pm in the complete several forms which are now Faculty Club, Hamlin Hall. Free admis- JOBS available in the Financial Aid Office. Lisa Trocki a senior studio arts major "Iolanthe" by Gilbert and Sullivan will sion. Deadline for applications is Apr. 18th. from Southbury, Conn., will have an be presented by the Trinity College de- The University of New Hampshire will Note: If you received a grant from Trinity exhibition of art work from March 7 partment of music on Mar. 10 through A lecture titled "Computer Ethics" will offer a new course titled, "Undergradu- last year, you should have received an through March 12, from 1 pm to 5 pm Mar. 13 at 8:15 pm in the Goodwin be given by Deborah Johnson, professor ate Research in Marine Biology," dur- application packet in your P.O. Box. daily in Garmany Hall of Austin Arts Theatre, Austin Arts Center. Full staged of philosophy at Rensselaer Polytechnic ing the summer of 1988. This course is Center. with orchestra. General admission: $8; Institute, on Mar. 9 at 8 pm in Boyer open to students at colleges and univer- Tri Delta and Pike would like to express students and senior citizens: $5. Box Auditorium. Free admission. sities other than UNH. Those interested their appreciation to all those who A retrospective exhibition of original office: 527-8062. should contact Win Watson, zoology pledged them in their marathon softball drawings by Bob Englehart titled "Postcolonial Theory and Social Re- department, Spaulding Life Sciences game to support the American Cancer "Englehart: Drawn to Satire," will be "Foodfright," a cabaret combining mu- sponsibility: Third World Women Writ- Building, University of New Hamp- Society. They successfully raised $620 held in the WidenerGallery, Austin Arts sic, humor and personal narratives will ers," a lecture by Ketu Katrak, professor shire, Durham, NH 03824. Application with the help and generosity of the Trin- Center through Apr. 22 from 1 pm to 5 be performed on Mar. 6 at 7 pm in the of English at the University of Massa- deadline is April 1,1988. ity Community. pm daily. Free admission. Washington Room, Mather Hall. Free chusetts, will be held on Mar. 9 at 7:30 admission. pm in Boyer Auditorium. Free admis- The National Park Service is accepting Congratulations to the newly elected Melissa Winter, a senior studio arts ma- sion. lifeguard applications for positions in SGA members: Katryna Nields - Fresh- jor from Bethesda, Md., will have an "Yellow Fever," by R. A. Shiomi will be New York, Long Island, New Jersey, man Class Rep.; Peter Lyons - Cook exhibition of her art work from Mar. 13 performed by the Pan Asian Repertory "Intelligence - Artificial or Natural, but and Massachusetts. Information and Dorm Rep.; Juliana Ramirez - Smith through Mar. 19 from 1 pm to 5 pm daily Theatre on Mar. 17 and Mar. 18 at 8 pm Real," a lecture by Allen Newell, profes- applications are available by writing: Dorm Rep.. in Garmany Hall, Austin Arts Center. in the Goodwin Theatre, Austin Arts sor of computer science at Carnegie Surfguard Program, Gateway National Free admission. Center. General admission: $8; students Mellon University, will be held on Mar. Recreation Area, Floyd Bennett Field, ATTENTION FRENCH MAJORS. The and senior citizens: $5. Box office: 527- 10 at 7:30 pm in Boyer Auditorium. Free Brooklyn, NY 11234, or call 1-800- french proficiency exam will be given on POETRY 8062. admission. 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Box admission. 1053, Kings Park, New York 11754 Career Counseling News "Feminism and Post-Modernism," a lec- ture by Daryl Tress, visiting associate GENERAL professor of philosophy, on Mar. 17 at 12:30 pm in the Women's Center, The Ferguson Prizes in Government, Mather Hall. Free admission. Bring your founded in 1890 by the late Professor DearLSAT CAREER FORUM: Arts, Sports and Entertainment... check the bulle- lunch. Henry Ferguson of the Class of 1868, tin boards for a list of featured guests. The Forum will be held on Mar.9 are offered for the two best essays sub- lifesaver, at 7 pm in the Alumni Lounge. FASHION SHOW mitted for any undergraduate course, tu- torial , or seminar in the Department of (Excerpts from actual letters* Political Science during the academic Stanley H. 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Advanced prize will be awarded to the studen t whose paper is judged to be the best in any field registration required. of History. Papers should be at least 15 pages in length. MARCH 1,1988, THE TRINITY TRIPOD, Page 10 Features Feature Focus Food Fright: A Play, Not SAGA examines the pressures whic-->-:-ih- our cul1- rnmmncommon misconceptions connected ture places on all women to be thin. with eating disorders. The presentation -By Wendy Rawlings- is the first of many programs throughout FeaturesEditor "Food Fright dramatizes this cultural Wendy Rawllasgs pressure and shows how crazy it is," says Connecticut to educate communities as Lee. part of Eating Disorder Awareness "You can never be too rich or too Food Fright toured nationally until Week, April 24-30, as officially pro-, thin," is a phrase which we are not only claimed by Governor 0' Neill. The I spent some time travelling durin. ; our most recent hiatus from 1985, but it has been revived due to T J; familiar with, but see printed on mass- popular demand. Although our society show will be held in the Washington school, and unlike previousious" -tnps, I di<3 the majority of my travelling produced tee-shirts and stickers as well. Room on Sunday, March 6, at 7:00 p.m. Within the last fifteen years, the relent- has become more aware of eating disor- alone this time. Wnen sitting with companions on planes, one tends ders in recent years, Lee notes that there It is billed as a "cabaret," a collage of,., to block out the other passengers. They become nothing more than an less pursuit of thinness has become a scenes employing original music and national obsession, particularly for has been little reduction in the number of inconvenient elbow taking up an armrest or something that blocks women suffering from them. narratives in order to explore the general your view because they got the windowseat and you're stuck on an young women. In fact, eating disorders topic of why all women feel pressured to are the single most dramatic problem "Our culture causes women to feel aisle. pressured to be perfect in every aspect, be thin, as well as the more specific, among college-age women, according problems of anorexia nervosa, bulemia, Travelling alone, however, gives one the opportunity to meet new to Dr. Randy Lee, Associate College particularly around physical issues," people and really become engaged in conversation. The circum- says Lee. "Thinness," Lee continued, obesity, and compulsive eating. Counselor as well as resident expert on Lee, who lias seen Food Fright be- stances surrounding travel by plane can be viewed, depending on eating disorders at Trinity. "has become a measure of control for women. It is a mark of being powerful, fore, speaks highly of the presentation,. whom you have been seated next to, as either the best or worst of all As a way of addressing the issues because it, "captures the essence of what possible worlds. You must remain seated in one place - usually for at which surround this obsession with thin- effective, and in-control. The compli- cated cultural, psychological, and women experience and casts it in terms feast an hour - with bad food, expensive drinks, and little in the way ness, Trinity College, Hartford for that are humorous and easy to identify of entertainment. Often you're too nervous or excited about where Women, University of Hartford, and St. physiological factors involved in eating disorders quite naturally cause confu- with." A discussion period led by Lee,, you're going to even feign sleep, much less actually fall asleep, so Joseph's College will sponsor a unique the actresses, Hartford psychologist Dr. theatrical presentation called Food sion among everyone affected by them." your best option is to chat with the person next to you. Lee also went on to say that people often Alfred Herzog, and Associate Clinical Fright. Created and performed by four Director of the Eating Disorder Service Because I enjoy being by myself, I usually wait for certain signals women in part from personal experi- mispercetve eating disorders as tin issue before I begin a conversation on a plane. I don't want to invade of willpower. at Newinglon Children's Hospital, Dr. , ences and in part from extensive re- Margo Maine, will follow the presenta- anyone's privacy, and it's usually not hard to tell when a person search on eating disorders, Food Fright Food Fright clears up many of the doesn't want to be bothered, this person will put on a walkman, open tion. the boring complimentary airline magazine as if he/she actually intends to read it, or yanK a stack of papers out of a briefcase and begin sifting through them as if looking for something crucial. A potential talker, however, will sigh loudly, look out the window, check his/her watch three or four times, and finally come right out On The Long Walk and ask you some inane question like, "Was this flight supposed to leave at 7:52 or 7:54?" This is your cue to indicate whether or not you want to chat. "7:54," you answer, then ask, "Are you getting off at city X or city Y?" Within five minutes after this conversation begins, you can usually figure out whether you're in for a discussion which will pass the time or one which makes you wish you'd paid the lousy four dollars for the movie headset and watched a FG-rated Matthew Broderick movie. Since I've never seen a good movie on a domestic flight, I always take the risk and see what the person next to me has to say. Once I've The photos for On The By Laurie Carlson & committed myself to conversing, the question of travel etiquette Long Walk were taken arises. After twenty minutes of complaining about the delayed flight by Tom Chapman. Diane Manning and the airline's idea of a complimentary "snack" (small package of smokehouse almonds and a watered-down Coke), conversation inevitably turns to more personal matters. At this point, a condi- tioned danger signal always goes off in my head. The man next to me on my last night gave me and the man next to him his business card and wanted to go out for a drink once we reached our destination. Baird Johnson '88 We'd been having a lively conversation, but I could tell that neither of us planned to take our friend up on his offer. Maybe the fact that I' m "Cement the Quad young, female, and wide-eyed has something to do with my parents warning me not to go places with strange men, but the other business and Make it a a card recipient seemed to want to maintain distance from our enthusi- parking lot." astic friend as well. Travel etiquette, then, simply involves knowing what the bounda- ries are when meeting strangers on planes. Lasting relationships aren't the goal of even the most engaging long conversations on planes-if s lust a way to pass the time and make one's trip a little more colorful. You can learn a lot about someone in a few hours, but who knows how much of it is true? Part of the fun of travelling is the anonymity of it. For that period of time, you can be anyone, going anywhere, to visit anybody. That is, if you don't give out your business card.

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But this was all in the name of Children staff members were highly been one of privilege. I grew up in a com- helping these poor people, and I wasn't amused by my propensity for being bit- Is the old-time vision of students sitting around discussing not-yet- fortable suburb of New York with a dog going to let a few tired muscles get in my ten by mosquitoes. My entire face and a family vacation to look forward to way. I just fished out my trusty first-aid swelled up, and I couldn't stop scratch- scholastically-accepted philosophy, poetry, and politics in cafes and every year. I've always felt a little guilty kit, taped on my ouchless bandaids, and ing. bars dead? This model Has been almost beaten to death by the beats about that. I think everyone in my situ- slipped my swollen feet into my too After a week of this, I decided that the and their successors. When I go somewhere dark and drink coffee or ation can't help but wonder why it is that small tennis shoes. I continued on, me- village had been graced with my pres- wine and fall into a discussion I feel as though I am living a cliche, but we have basically everything we want, andering among the terraced rice pad- ence long enough, and I headed back to no matter how hard I try, the beer bash alternative offered by the while others around the world are living dies, being especially careful not to step Kathmandu. This time I found a porter mass of college students isn't merely as appealing. I tend to respect in mud huts, working hours and hours in the freshly planted (therefore, who was willing to carry my pack forthe people who go on random cross country trips, graffiti walls, and every day, just to eke out a meager exis- flooded) fields. And then it happened. 1 customary 40 rupees, and my feet had write letters to newspaper editors. tence. I know as a little girl I used to slipped and fell four feet down into the healed enough for me to walk without pester my mother about why we couldn' t next field. As I crawled out, I begged limping. So off I went, glad that my first In present day America, even though the government has severely adopt all those children I saw in adver- Sapana to splurge for the 100 rupees. village excursion had ended, but vowing cut student loans and grants, most everyone eventually goes to some tisements in People Magazine. "We She stared at my mud caked body in utter to myself to return and really do some- sort of school beyond high school, but there is a division between can't just send fifteen dollars a month, astonishment, and nodded in assent. thing. After eight hours of walking those who go to learn a trade or get a job and those who do not. Mom!" I'd scream. "We've got to really Seven hours later, the three of us ar- through a torrential monsoon downpour, Among the students who are not interested in training alone, there is do something." rived in Takukot tired, hungry, and I arrived in Gorkha Bazaar, where I was another division: those who have overarching purposes and inter- So this summer as I rode in a Save the needless to say, muddy. Durga, the to spend the night before catching a bus ests, and slobs who don't care. This is not an apathy vs. artists issue, Children vehicle down a bumpy, muddy education coordinator, greeted us with back to Kathmandu. I flopped my soak- but rather a question of self-interest and common sense: why would road in central Nepal, I felt like a dream an odd look on his face, and asked us ing wet body onto the bed at the Save the anyone who thinks want to slavishly copy old beat lifestyles or old had come true. I was on my way to why we had come. "Didn't you get my Children staff house and was almost Takukot, a village in the foothills of the message? We cancelled the meeting." asleep when I was suddenly jarred by a beer-drinking patterns? Himalayan Mountain range to attend a The two of us looked at each other and rumbling sound. Soon, the mosquito Perhaps the flip side of this question is another problem: can bored meeting on informal education, and I collapsed onto the ground in disbelief. I netting above my head started to ripple, and/or severely introspective individuals accomplish as much as couldn't wait to get involved in planning had come all this way to finally see and the bed to shake beneath me. Here I groups or sub-societies of people? There are already too many old a program that was really going to development at work and nothing was was, in the staff house alone, and I was men and women wandering the streets or locked up in rooms be- change these people's lives for the bet- going to happen. I was crushed. De- experiencing my first earthquake! After cause they think they are Napoleon. People like Andy Warhol, Tru- ter. No longer would my heart leap with feated, I crawled up to my room in the about thirty seconds, the shaking man Capote, and Gertrude Stein have fame and gallery space far guilt every time I turned on the television "guest house"—a typical mud house stopped, but I was unable to sleep the rest beyond their talent: they had famous lifestyles and controversial and saw Sally Struthers holding a hollow with a thatched roof. I was consoled by of the night. friends. cheeked child as I sat eating my choco- the fact that I would at least get to live At six in the morning, I walked bleary- Sometimes I get caught up in the fantasy that all my friends will late chip cookies. Here I was, ready to like the villagers for a few days and eyed to the bus stop, utterly thrilled by make a difference. really get a sense of the life they lead. the prospect of having the comforts of become hugely successful, and history will look back upon Trinity Little did I realize the ordeal that was Slowly, I thought through my situation Kathmandu back at my disposal. I College in the mid-1980's as a hotbed of intellectual and artistic to come just getting to the village. I and decided it wouldn't be that bad. squeezed my huge Made in America thought. Copies of the College View Cafe would spring up in college knew that Takukto was at least an eight Besides, I would still get to see the chil- body into a tiny Made in Nepal seat and towns all over the world, and interviews with my mother would hour walk from the end of the road, so, dren and hopefully bring some joy to prepared myself for the nine hour bus appear in the New York Times book section, with the quote, "Oh yes, planning ahead, I decided to wear my their sad little faces. ride. After about three, I felt queasy, but tftey all used to come to my house over Spring Break and set off soft, thick soled flip-flops because my Happily, I grabbed my soap and towel I attributed it to the incredible pot-hole fireworks until the police came." sneakers were a little small, and I hated and decided to head down to the local covered road. After another hour, how- I don't want to suggest that intelligent, fun-loving college students the way my toes jammed against the water tap to clean myself up. I grabbed ever, I knew it was the fateful case of in the present shouldstart a new movement like ice dancing in order front of them when I walked downhill. for the door handle, ready to breathe in food poisoning that I had been trying to At about ten o'clock in the morning, some fresh, mountain air, and pulled— avoid since my arrival in Nepal. I tried to to move society onward and upward in the future: we can all see Sapana, a Nepalese Save the Children hard. But the door wouldn't open. Out- bear the pain and kept envisioning the what happened to roller skating in the mid-1970's. However, al- staff member, and I headed to the center side the window I heard some children western toilet in my house in Kath- though I am alienated by the more stupid attempts to bond our gen- of the bazaar to find a porter to carry our laughing. It seemed that I had already mandu. But I was too far gone, and eration together, the most insidious threat is presented by those who packs for us. Immediately we were brought joy to their sad little faces. In before I knew it, I was begging the bus don't care at all about people and just want to do the coolest thing. surrounded by eager men who were all fact they were rolling on the ground in driver to stop, even though we were All the while that waves of college people attended and graduated willing to oblige us for the mere price of hysterics while the oldest boy in the going up a hill. I scrambled out of the bus wearing sweat pants and college t-shirts, sub-groups of more cynical 100 rupees. Although that only converts group held up a key for me to see. After and ran to the nearest bush. students spent time separating people who have funny hair and like to five dollars in American currency, it's spending two hours locked in my room, I As I looked up, I saw the irony of it all. it from students with an attitude problem. I don't doubt that insults an exorbitant amount in Nepal, and nei- was finally able to catch the attention of Here I was, the American, squatting in ther one of us wanted to be had, so we de- an adult walking by and explain to him in the mud on the side of the road while all perform a bonding function, but I would even go farther than this: cided to carry our packs ourselves. my stuttering Nepali, highly accented any new aesthetic theories that pop culture has now are being devel- the Nepalese stared at me through the oped in this way. Would-be hipsters who adopt catch phrases and So off we trudged. And trudged. And with huge hand gestures, my predica- window panes of the bus. It was a good trudged. We climbed straight up for ment, and he was able to free me. thing that I had come to Nepal to help theories without understanding the values behind them and the three hours straight, and although I had Thus, my first few days in the village these people. I don't know how they had people-dynamics that formed them are so hein: if imitation is neces- thought I was in decent shape, this just were truly of an unexpected nature. I made it this far without me. sarily flattery, then flattery just isn't all that desirable. STUDY FOR ONE YEAR OR LESS AT OXFORD Live And Several Colleges of Oxford University have invited WISC to VIA recommend qualified students to study under the tutorial system as Visiting Students or Associate Students for one Learn In year or for one or two terms. Upper Sophomore status is required, and graduate study is available. Integrated student housing, social activities, tours offered by PARIS PARIS WISC. A special summer session is directed by WISC. Past student evaluations available. Ail Exclusively French Educational INTERN IN Service For University Study WASHINGTON Flexible and Individually Adapted Program SUMMER 1988 Total Immersion Guidance and Support Pre-professional program: internships in Congress, the media, the White House, think tanks, etc. Related courses in Government or Journalism. Cultural Activities VIA PARIS will be on campus to meet with students and give a slide presentation on Tues. March 1st, 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. The Washington International Studies Center Room 713A, 901 Six Street SW Rittenberg Lounge Washington, DC 20024 (202) 337-9378/9379 U.S. Office: 6 Greenville Ave. Bronxville, NY 10708 (EO/AA) Tel. (914) 779-3373 I) PAGE 12, THE TRINITY TRIPOD, MARCH 1 Sports Trinity Wrestling Optimistic determined to finish well in the tourna- -By Eric Hammerstrom- strengthen a weakened program. Having done so much with seven ment. Sports Writer wrestlers, it is not hard to believe Amato Mark took 2nd place at the M.I.T. when he says, "We will have a winning tournament this winter, and inducing Trinity College's wrestling team has season next year." The team will only tournament records, he finished the finished its 1987-88 season with a 3-9-1 be losing two wrestlers to graduation, season with a 17-6 record. record. That doesn't sound too great, and Amato is very optimistic about re- Freshman Paul Harney, wrestling at unless you're the U.S. Olympic hockey cruiting for next season. "Sebby" has 167 lbs. won his first match of the team. But considering that this is a sent recruiting information to 100 ath- tourney, and was dominating Rainville wrestling team that went FOUR letes by mail and has had over 40 re- of Norwich, the #2 seed at New YEARS without a win, and had only sponses. Englands, in his second match. Harney seven team members, it is respectable if With the addition of Junior Andy nearly pinned his opponent, early on, not remarkable. Warren and Freshman Doug Butler as but lost the match 11-7. It was a season that saw the Bantam possible contributors next year, Amato Once again, an injury was the reason. grapplers lose to Williams 28-24, and to feels that he will field a strong team with Harney's neck was injured during the only five or six new wrestlers. "Twelve match, and he lost by default. Plymouth 25-15 on the last match of the Master Kim instructing the Trinity Tae Kwon Do Club. Photo by Elizabeth Rosanno meet. Forfeits were the cause. wrestlers is the average for New Eng- "Paul really did well," Amato la- "If we had one more guy we could land teams," stated Amato, "and it is a mented, "He destroyed the kid from have finished the season 6-7," Head fact that is we have ten to twelve wres- M.I.T, and he could have placed Coach"Sebby"Amatoexplained. The tlers next year we will have a winning highly." Unfortunately, Harney had his Tae Kwon Do Club former Canadian National team mem- season." The second-year coach was head "stuffed into the mat," resulting in ber felt that there was a point in mid looking to have an extremely strong a chipped neck bone. season that his team could have been showing at the New England Champi- Senior Eric Jacobsen (177 lbs.), Jun- over .500, and that they could even have onships this past weekend, but it was ior Matt Maginniss (190 lbs.), and So- Invites New Members started the season off 3-0. not to be. phomore Andres Buffoge (142 lbs.), Senior Captain Mark Weiland and Having hoped to send seven wres- each lost a pair of matches at the tourna- On Feb. 11, the founding club will be -By Chantal Bade- Freshman Joe Santa Lucia led the tlers, the Trinity ranks were diminished ment. undertaking Iheir first promotion test - team's efforts, finishing the season with when Freshmen Mike Kendricks and However, Amato felt that any one of Special To The Tripod from white belts lo yellow belts. Masler 10-3, and 6-1 records respectively. Joe SantaLucia suffered injuries. Ken- his wrestlers was capable of bringing Kim's mix of training, discipline, phi- Freshman Heavyweight Mike Ken- dricks injured his wrist and SantaLucia home a medal. In fact, he believed that losophy and attention to safety has re- dricks finished this year's slate with a 6- injured a rib, cancelling two potentially if SantaLucia and Kendricks had not The Trinity Tae Kwon Do Club is in sulted in a club that is self-confident and 3 record, while freshman Paul Harney high finishes at the New England Tour- been injured, the Bantams had hopes of full swing again this semester! The TKD optimistic about the upcoming test. finished the season with a 7-6 record. nament. Amato believed that SantaLu- placing as a team. Club is preparing to welcome any new Senior Eric Jacobsen and Junior Matt cia could have been in the top three of The biggest factor is confidence, and members from the Trinity community. Trinity Tae Kwon Do is co-ed and Maginniss both finished the year at 2- his weight class, while Kendricks had his wrestlers have gained a lot of it this The club is open to those with or without eager to welcome anyone interested in 11, while Sophomore Andres Buffoge the ability to finish in the top six as a season. martial art experience. Tae Kwon Do is joining the team. The club is arranged ended the season with a 1 -9 record. heavyweight. "We now say, Hey we can win this the traditional Korean martial art, liter- much like a team, and meets on Tuesdays On the last week of the season, the Mark Weiland was the highest fin- match!" Sebby explained, "and it is a ally "the art of fist and foot fighting", and Thursdays at 8:00 PM - without fail - Bants were defeated by Bowdoin and isher for the Bantams, placing sixth in great feeling to walk into a match be- focuses on self-defense, self-discipline, in the wrestling room of Ferris. Any Rhode Island College. But they went New England for the 150 lb. weight lieving you can win. Everyone does and on achieving concentration and body member of the Trinity community who is out on a winning note, defeating the class. Weiland placed 4th, and 5th in better." control. The instructor, Master Sang H. willing to make a commitment to them University of Maine at Orono, a Divi- New England as a Freshman and So- Better. That's what they became this Kim, is certified by the World Tae Kwon self and to the TKD Club is welcome to sion I school, 25-15. phomore, and was determined to place year. They've started to turn the corner. Do Federation and is a 6th-degree black attend. Show up dressed to work out, or All losses aside, it was a year of again this season. He did not place last And they are obviously confident that belt of Tae Kwon Do and a 6th-degree contact the Club President, Scott Sher- improvement as the Bantams began to year, and worked diligently all season, next year will follow suit. black belt of Korean Hap Ki Do. man.

phe Ultimate SPORTS QUIZ 7. Which is the loudest? y Bill Charest, Assistant Sports Editor a. the Chicago Black Hawks' fog horn, after they score a goal b. the Seattle Kingdome, when the Seahawks are driving for the winning score So, you think you know all there is to know about sports? Well, I've devised the c. the Houston Astros' uniforms Mowing comprehensive quiz to test your knowledge of the sports world. You have 10 minutes d. the New Jersey Devils' road uniforms i answer the following questions. Don't even THINK of cheating, for domestic spying is, e. Danny Ainge whining about a foul call appily, legal nowadays. Violators will be subjected to being locked in a closet with Mike f. Frank Layden falling down the stairs Vailace, Dan Rather and Sam Donaldson. Good luck! 8. The latest major sports figure to appear in a feature film is: . Complete the following quote: "We have nothing to fear but..." a. Jim Brown, in "The Running Man" a. fear itself b. Rafael Septien, in "Pretty Baby" b. life itself c. Joe Thiesmann, in "Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover" c. Bob Probert behind the wheel d. Dino Ciccarelli, in "Moonstruck" d. accidently misquoting Bobby Knight e. the New Jersey Nets, in "Less Than Zero" e. the bus you just rear-ended on the freeway turning out to be the Chicago Bears' team f. Larry Bird, Ralph Sampson and Dennis Johnson in a remake of "The Good bus returning home after a 56-0 loss. The Bad, And The Ugly" f. being attacked in a dark alley by the East German women's swimming team g. being attacked in a dark alley by the Swiss women's ski team 9. The winningest organizations is the NFL, NBA and NHL are: a. Miami Dolphins, Boston Celtics and Montreal Canadiens 2. The last person to achieve 50 home runs in one year was: b. L.A./Oakland Raiders, L.A. Lakers and Boston Bruins a. George Foster c. Rosenbloom, Rosenthal and Rosenburg, agents at large b. Mark McGwire d. Anheuser Busch, Coors and Molson c. Gary Hart e. The Columbian economy d. James Lofton e. Rafael Septien 10. The most disappointing event in the 1988 Winter Olympics had to be: a. Speedskater Dan Jensen's personal tragedy and failure to win a medal 3. NHL career penalty minutes leader Dave "Tiger" Williams surprised the sports world earlier b. The U.S. hockey team's losses to the Czechs and Soviets this year by writing: c. Dick Button's ability to singlehandedly ruin the artistic beauty of figure a. a cookbook skating with his crude, obnoxious commentary b. a complete sentence d. the $4.00 cover charge c. the best seller, "My Life With Liberace" e. there were no loop-the-loops in the luge track d. his latest book, "50 Uses For A Worn-Out Athletic Supporter" e. a how-to book, entitled "Macrame And You" 11. The most uplifting event in the 1988 Winter Olympics was: 4. The most exciting fight of the past year was: a. Brian Boitano's gold-medal performance in figure skatinc a. Mike Tyson vs. Larry Holmes b. watching the Jamaican bobsled team b. Larry Bird vs. Bill Laimbeer c. the appearance by the San Diego Chicken c. Pat Cummings vs. Rick Mahorn d. listening to Russian athletes try to put two words of English together thereby realizing that, yes, we can beat them at something d. Ralph Sampson vs. Mrs. Ralph Sampson e. Oh well, at least "Mr. Belvedere" wasn't on e. Dana Kirk vs. the IRS dere wasn1t oPeg8n y Fleming wiM bc rephl d f. Steve Howe vs. himself f ^SS " - 5. The most potentially hair-raising quote in all of sports is: lat e a. Tom Lasorda: "Whatta ya mean, 'Eating pasta causes nuclear fission?"' 12. The a ^portto be tested at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul is: b. Lawrence Taylor: "Buy me another beer or I'll hurt you real good." b. the blind chainsaw toss c. Bo Jackson: "Football? Those guys are a bunch of overweight wimps! They can't lay a hand on me! Besides, it's all fake!" distance, accuracy and style points) d. Charles White: "White lines? On the field? For me?" e. quarters e. "Hi, I'm Phil Rizzuto for the Money Store..." f. mooning 6. Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden recently lost his salary arbitration case. Instead of the g. Summer Biathlon (beer chugging, followed by power-belching) $ 1,800,000 he had asked for, Gooden was awarded: SCORING: a. $1,400,000 b. $1,000,000, plus incentives :, almost as smart as me. c. a suspended sentence \ the best way to watch ESPN is d. a Giorgio's gift certificate and a lifetime supply of Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco Treat e. a free spin, and the right to buy a vowel

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Squash Ends Regular Season At 13-7 -By Bruce A. Hauptfuhrer- Hopkins, David Confair, John Ralston, that his Tufts opponent created with his Sports Writer and Bill Monaghan. The victory was familiar antics. Rick Campbell, finally even more impressive considering that recovered from the flu, was able to dis- the Bantams were not playing at full pose of his opponent in four games. With only the national intercollegiate strength. Not only were Hopkins and David Confair turned in a truly inspiring tournament remaining on the men's Monaghan hampered by recent sick- performance in defeating his opponent squash team's schedule this season, it nesses, but Trinity's freshman star, Rick 3-2. Towards the end of the first game, has become evident that the Bantams Campbell, had to be lifted from the Confair suffered a temporarily debilitat- perform at their best when playing on lineup because of a severe case of the flu. ing "charley horse." Despite the extreme their home courts, in front of the suppor- The Bantams' next match would not pain, Confair courageously battled his tive Trinity galleries. During the month be for thirteen days when they faced opponent, and earned a hard-won vic- of February, the Bantams played some Princeton, a perennial power. The long tory in the fifth game. of their most inspiring squash of the layoff clearly hurt Trin, as they were Bill Monaghan, at the #8 position, season in defeating Williams and Tufts unable to take any individual matches was also able to score a significant five- at home, while struggling with Princeton from the Tigers. Princeton looks to be in game victory for Trinity. His relentless and Franklin and Marshall on the road. contention for a national championship volleying in the fifth game left his oppo- The Bantams were able to salvage a win this year, boasting a lineup that includes nent scrambling and out of position for on the road last week against Amherst. the two top-ranked U.S. amateurs in the most of the points. At the #3 position, co- Their dual match record for the season nation, as well as the Canadian national captain Bobby Hopkins defeated his stands at 13-7. junior champion. strong opponent by a 3-0 score. The key February 3rd was a date that Coach Trinity's next opponent was Franklin to this victory was certainly the rail shot, Sasha Cooke and his team had been and Marshall, the #2-ranked team in the which Hopkins hit with blinding speed eagerly anticipating since the beginning nation last year. About forty-Five min- and precision on both the forehand and of the season. It was on this date that utes into the match, the outlook for Trin- backhand sides. Marvelous Mark Lewis, Trinity would have its long-awaited ity was promising. All-American Chris after wallowing throughout the first rematch with Williams. Last year, Wil- Smith had played extremely well in games, displayed flashes of his liams scored a demoralizing upset of crushing his worthy opponent 3-0. Fur- extraordinary talent in the fifth game as Trinity that sent the Bantams into a late- thermore, the Bantams were up 2-1 in the he punctuated his punishing drives with season swoon. From the moment Trin #4 and #8 matches. The leads did not perfect placement of the shots to lake the took the courts this year, however, it was hold, however, and the Bantams failed to #5 match. John Ralston, despite his obvious that they would not be denied take any other individual matches. coach's warnings, used his crisp back- this time. The possessed Bantams After these two road losses, the Ban- hand reverse corner shot to gain a 3-1 milked the Purple Cows for a 6-3 vic- victory. At the end of the match, the final tams looked forward to some home tally was seven victories for Trin and tory. Posting victories for Trin were cookin'. February 20th, the Tufts Jum- The Trinity Men's Squash Team finished their regular season at 13-7. Photo by only two for Tufts. David Payne Bruce Hauptfuhrer, Chris Smith, Bobby bos strolled into Hartford, hoping for a repeat performance of last year's match. Last Wednesday, the Bantams closed Trinity's loss to Tufts last year, coming out their regular season with a decisive on the heels of their loss to Williams, 9-0 romp of Amherst. Leading the way Chicks On Course For New England's marked the nadir in their season. for Trin were Todd Hansen and Mal- colm Miller. Hansen closed out his -By Jocelyn Roland- Other top swims were by Andrea WPI, but there is always that element of Coach Cooke wisely decided to play Pimpinella in the 200 back and Karen fear of a DQ or false start. The Chicks to play the even numbered matches first. illustrious career with a typically hard- Sports Writer Leonard in the 50 fly. won however, and the Chicks finished He believed that Tufts was strongest at fought victory. His unbridled aggres- On February 13, the Amherst their season 4-6, seven out of those ten the #1 and #5 positions, whereas Trinity siveness and mental fortitude will be Women's Team, A.K.A. Dunbar's meets coming down to the wire. stacked up strongest at the #2, #4 and #6 sorely missed next year. Miller, also The past two weeks have been both Dames, showed the Chicks why they are There are 6 graduating seniors who spots. The reasoning behind his strategy known by his fans as "The Rock" be- trying and exciting for Chefs Chicks. one of the top teams in all of Division III. have contributed to the success of this was sound. After the first round of cause of his superb muscular develop- The final three meets of the season were The approach to this meet was similar to season, but with the excellent perform- matches was played, he envisioned Trin- ment, overpowered his opponent in the all difficult, and provided many more that of Tufts, knowing that a win would ances of all the team members, and the ity taking at least a 3-1, if not a 4-0 lead. fifth game to post a 3-2 win. If Miller opportunities for New England qualifi- only come through divine intervention. experience gained by the freshman, the With this winning momentum, he fig- decides not to opt for the professional cations. ured it would be easier for Trinity to take squash circuit next year, he should be a Well, Trinity didn't win, but once again future looks bright. big winner for the team. Trinity traveled to Tufts University on there were some great swims by the Thirteen women will be going to at least one or two of the odd-numbered February 10th to meet the Jumbos. One Chicks. Bowdoin for the championships: Deer, matches. This weekend Trinity takes a six-man of the fortunate aspects of swimming at Pimpinella qualified for New Roland, Scanlan, Voltmer, Ulrich, Sure enough, the Bantams went up 4- team consisting of Hauptfuhrer, Smith, Tufts is that they are always willing to Englands in her 50 backstroke leg in the Brainard, Divett, Stormer, Hull, Ewert, 0 in the individual matches. At #2, Chris Hopkins, Campbell, Lewis, and Confair run exhibition events so that swimmers 200 IM relay. Susannah Deer came out Steinhauser, Leonard, and Pimpinella. It Smith shut down his highly talented, yet to Princeton to compete in the national who are making their final performance of her recent slump to finish 2nd in the should be a successful weekend, espe- psychotic opponent in three games. The tournament. The Bantams hope to of the season can get the personal bests 200 free with a 2:05.12, 3 seconds faster cially for Deer, Stormer, Steinhauser win was especially gratifying for Smith emerge from this tournament as one of they have been hoping for. Tufts has than the qualifying time. That means she and the relay teams. because of the numerous distractions the top five ranked teams in the nation. been ranked either 1st or 2nd in New will be one of the top contenders at England all year, and had the knowledge Bowdoin in the New England Champi- that they were entering the meet with onships. Suzy Stormer won the 200 IM, personal expectations more in mind than and Deer and Becky Brainard finished 1 - anything else. 2 in the 100 free. Both Laura Ulrich and Another pleasant surprise was the Vivian Wilson finished strong in the 100 runs timing system and time display. breast. All the relay splits were taken off touch The final dual meet of the year was at pads (electronic timing pads that are WPI in their infamous and dreaded 20 exceptionally accurate) which gave not yard pool. Both the Women's and Men's only validity to times, but proved that teams were tested by the pool (it made Salt. It's responsible for <-het and Robin Sheppard have pretty Trinity's pool look Olympic in stature), a lot more than season- good watch fingers. (They have been but both came out victorious. It was accused of catching us at faster times exactly the way the Chick's wanted to ing your food. It can than we actually swam.) Chever Volt- finish their season—with a big win. also contribute to high blood mer had a good 50 fly split as well as Stormer and Justine Divert went 1-2 pressure, a risk factor for stroke Jocelyn Roland breaking her 27.0 bar- in the 1000 free, setting the precedent for and heart attack. It's a habit you rier at 26.72. Kate Scanlan and Jen Mo- the meet. Deer won the 200 free, with can't afford not to shake. ran both pulled through tough back- Leonard once again finishing 1st in the stroke legs. 100 fly, proving herself as an asset to the i •A,? e.xcePtional showing was by diver team. Unfortunately WPI was able to u^ fcteinhauser who won required dives pull their score close to Trinity's lead of American Heart Association and then lead the diving threesome in the 45-42 forcing the meet to the all-to- WE'RE FIGHTING FOR MDUR LIFE optionals, Alix Ewert and Margie Peskin familiar last relay race. The exception- Pholo by roilowing in 2nd and 3rd places respec- ally strong team of Roland, Brainard, Trinity skier leans into a gate during competition in the Giant Slalom. Leonard and Divert was no match for David Payne DONIZETTI'S PIZZA

1502 BROAD ST. IT'S FAST AND OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK CALL TODAY IT'S FRESH 246-7209 4:00 PM - 2:00 AM PAGE 14, THE TRINITY TRIPOD, MARCH 1 Sports Sudden Death The Chunks Arc For Real left the talented Massachusetts team on -By Kirk Brett- Senior Mark Jamilkowski has been another Bantam who has been relied the short end of a lopsided 73-39 score. Matthew G. Miller Sports Writer upon for consistent victories. Mark has With the campus relatively empty, due been outstanding this year in the to Open Week, the stunning upset was t cheered only by the women's swim team Were it today, rather than in 1933 when the famous song, Men's Swimming Team was nar- breaststroke events, and his personal rowly beaten by Holy Cross and South- best of 1:05.34 in the 100-yard which turned out to support the heroics "You Gotta Be a Football Hero", was penned, the second line eastern Massachusetts University. They breaststroke set a new pool record in an of their male counterparts. of the lyrics undoubtedly would be "To get on the Bob Hope attributed these defeats to the loss of emotional meet against Wesleyan. Al- After winning the opening 400 med-± TV special", rather than the original "To Get Along with the Ridge Cromwell, last year's MVP, who though the chunks lost the meet, Mark's ley relay, the rout was initiated by an Beautiful Girls." was due back this semester. Ridge performance is what is remembered, and electrifying swim by Trinity's Anthony elected to stay overseas, however, and the entire team still shares in Mark's Contessa, who wore down his Clark Make no mistake. Television rules the roost of collegiate big- the entire strategy coach Chet McPhee pride and joy. Sophomore Steve Mur- opponents with a relentless 11:15.78 in^ time sports. It was not to save electricity that Arkansas and had for the team needed modification. doch and Senior Jeff "Mr. Student the 1000 freestyle. Pete Ostrander and Houston switched their game time in the Astrodome from 7 The Chunks were no longer a small team Body" Kriebel have turned in fine per- Nick Clifford followed with personal p.m. to 11:30 a.m. on but five days notice in 1982. The reason full of first-place winners, but a larger formances behind Mark, always win- bests in the 200 freestyle, as did Frank was the check for $140,000 each team received, plus the team that needed to rely more on its ning the close race. Junior Kevin Scol- Monaco and Ian Feinhandler in the 50., depth. Coach McPhee has successfully lan, a newcomer to the team, has been freestyle. Chris Robbins and Mike Wil- $50,000 check each team in their conference received for converted many new swimmers into real steadily improving, and appears to be the liams went 1-2 in the 200 individual having the game on television. Little consideration, of course, competitors who have answered the breaststroker of the future. medley, and the Chunks were on their was given the thousands of Arkansas fans who had purchased needs of the team. With Cromwell away in London, the way. Clark battled back with first-place,^ Bants expected to be especially weak in finishes in Required Diving and the 200 tickets and who had planned to make the 440-mile junket from On January 16, the men traveled to the butterfly, but Ostrander and Robbins Little Rock and environs. six lane pool at Union for the first meet of the butterfly events. Another star fresh- man, Eric Estes, has provided strength responded with a 1-2 finish in the 200 the term. The strategy employed in a backstroke lo fire up the team again. The World Series at night, Monday Night Football in cold- larger pool such as Union's is somewhat for the Bants, however, showing heart ; weather cities, ESPN Thursday night college football, twilight different than that of a smaller pool. Vic- and ability in what is considered by Contessa and Clifford went 1-2 with college football in November in such havens of warmth as tory in a larger pool may only be many to be the most difficult of events (lashing, confident swims in the 500 Pittsburgh and South Bend, morning college football and bas- achieved if the bottom places are cap- for swimmers. Junior John Kantor, re- freestyle, and Mark Jamilkowski and ketball, and scenes such as the 1972 Olympic Basketball game tured. The depth Trinity needed was covering from a bout with salmonella Mike Williams then finished first and •> provided by some veterans and new- last year, has been feeling and looking second, respectively, in the 200 * between the U.S.A. and Russia starting at midnight, have comers alike, and the crucial third, stronger with each meet, steadily return- breaststroke to completely demoralize become so common as to be beyind notice or comment. fourth and fifth places went to Trinity, ing to his old form. the fading Cougars. Contessa, Kirk When Maryland beat Tennessee in the 1952 Sugar Bowl, yielding the first victory of the season. The loss of Jim Loughlin to the work- Brett, John Kantor and Steve Murdoch ^ each team took home $190,000. At the time, less than one Brandeis and previously undefeated ing world has left the men searching for put the icing on the cake with a convinc- person in 20 owned a television set. Today, when 98% of Fairfield both fell prey to the new look of new distance freestylers. Sophomore ing win in the final 400 freestyle relay to the men's swim team; losing to the Bants Anthony Contessa and Kriebel have complete the surprising Bantam domi- American households possess at least one television set, this in their respective six lane pools. answered the call and are beginning to nance. s year's match up in the Sugar Bowl meant an addition of $1.25 Junior Peter Ostrander has been one show true Bantam drive. Contessa has This past Saturday, the Chunks trav- million to each team's athletic coffers. An invitation to the of the few consistent winners, as he had victories in three of the past five elled up W.P.I, for the season finale. On Fiesta, Cotton, or Orange Bowl is also worth in excess of $1 stands undefeated in the backstroke meets, including a one - two finish with paper the meet figured to be a tight one, million to each team, all of which pales in comparison to the events. Peter is also relied upon to fill Jeff in the Trinity victory over Conn. but Trin still was riding the momentum . Ridge's shoes in the 200 freestyle, and College. Jim who? they generated on Tuesday night and it " $2.8 million each contestant receives for appearing in the Rose he has met with considerable success The men have also witnessed some wasn't even close. Bowl. Even such lesser games as the Ail-American Bowl and thus far. Fortunately Peter has remained considerable improvement from the di- The opening medley relay team of the Hall of Fame Bowl (quick, in which cities are these played?) healthy throughout the season, and for vers. Junior Mike Carney continues to Ostrander, Jamilkowski, Estes and . pay each team approximately $800,000 to $900,000. the second year in a row, Ostrander may dazzle judges and crowds alike, gaining Monaco breezed to a comfortable win,"" end up travelling to the Nationals held in tremendous height off the board that and the Bants never looked back. An- When Oregon defeated Ohio State in Evaston, Illinois beofre Atlanta to compete in the 100- and 200- allows him to flip and twist with grace thony Contessa cranked out a first in the 5,500 fans to win the first NCAA basketball tournament in yard backstroke events. and precision. Senior Kirk Brett has 1000 freestyle, followed by wins the 1939, both schools were thankful to take horn traveling ex- Freshman sensation Frank Monaco, been spending much of his time learning next three events by Ostrander (200 f penses and not much more (only 10,000 fans attended the although plagued by a shoulder injury, new dives to be unveiled in the upcom- free), Monaco (50 free), and Chris Rob- whole tournament). Today, a regular season game on net- has also been successful in his sprint ing meets, and should be ready to sur- bins (16001M). freestyle events. Frank has been tearing prise many opponents in the New Eng- Eric Estes and John Kantor were work television, and there will be almost 200 of them, is worth up his opponents around the league with land Championships. Likewise, Senior touched out in a grueling 200 butterfly, l" up to $100,000 per game. These figure do not include whatever blistering times in the 50- and 100-yard Tony Grossman has also learned a new but the Chunks quickly countered with a local televsion contracts schools may garner. CBS is paying freestyle events, and he plays a key role crop of dives, and seems ready to chal- 1-2 in the 60 freestyle by their great $55 million to televise the NCAA basketball tournament and in the pride of the team: the 400-yard lenge in the optional diving event. Div- sprinting tandem of Monaco and Fein- the 64 teams involved take home well over $30million of this freestyle relay. Senior Ian Feinhandler ing coach Mel Foy '85 has placed em- handler. Chris Robbins in the 200 back * competes alongside Frank, and the duo phasis on a positive mental attitude as and Mike Williams in the 200 breast money. have been outstanding with many one- much as she has on form, and the divers rounded out the meet and their college College sports are indeed big business. Michigan has an two finishes. Senior Nick Clifford is are excited for their last meets of the careers with impressive wins. season. athletic budget in excess of $15 million. The University of right on their tails, providing outstand- The men's swim team finished their * Alabama generates $7 million in athletic revenue, $6.5 million ing depth and an anchor to the medley In the individual medley, an event that regular season with a highly commend- of the for football, $500,000 for men's basketball, and virtually relay team. Rounding out the freestyle combines all four strokes in a single race, able 6-4 record, and have had 10 swim- events, freshmen Herb Thompson and senior Chris Robbins and captain Mike mers and 2 divers qualify for the New nothing for its other sports and has $17 million of athletic Chris Goodridge have been tremen- Williams have been battling for the England Championships to be held at *' profits safely invested for a rainy day, plus an alleged $41 dously inspirational to the entire squad, number one position. The two are so Bowdoin March 4-6. Eight seniors will million athletic debt. Penn State generates $11.5 million in an as they have shown the improvement close and so fast, and opponents have graduate this spring, having made great that hard work and determination bring. become accustomed to being left in their contributions to Trinity swimming. Our athletic revenues, $8 million of that from football alone. Both new swimmers have improved Colleges seem to believe in the old adage that you can't make wake. hats are off to Kirk Brett, Nick Clifford, ••<" their 100 freestyle times by over three Last Tuesday evening before a crowd Ian Feinhandler, Tony Grossman, Mark money without spending money. Penn State has started a $3.5 seconds, and Herb achieved victory in comprised mostly of confident Clark Jamilkowski, Jeff Kriebel, Chris Rob- million expansion of athletic facilities including a roof over its the 200 freestyle on Saturday against University fans, the team exploded with bins and captain Mike Williams. It has artificial turf practice field. Nebraska has a 13,300 square foot Conn. College in his first try at the event. a series of astonishing performances that been a pleasure to watch you perform! •» training facility valued at $5 million; Kentucky a $20 million athletic dorm; and the Universiy of Alabama is expanding its facilities and hopes to raise $30 million for the project. The -n University of Texas has just dedicated a $7.5 million athletic facility including a 70-yard football practice field on the roof Puzzled? and a 130-seat film studio so that its football players can view films of upcoming opponents in comfort. Coaching salaries are consonant witht he high-priced facili- o ™~ ^

tered the year before. lona put up a good fight but, as usual, -By Sean Dougherty- 5. Feb. 20. Mike Murphy scores a hat- they didn't have the legs to keep up with News Editor trick against Suffolk College. Trinity for the entire game. The first 6. Feb. 24. At 10:10 of the second period period ended with the score tied at one Bob Loeber scores against A.I.C. and with Kevin Robinson scoring for Trinity Trinity Hockey has gone through a becomes the ninth player in the history and Peter Kiernan for lona. period of transition in the last three of Trinity College to score 100 points. In the second period Trinity put its weeks. Three players broke the 100 7. Feb. 27. Trinity defeats lona College superior speed to work and buzzed point barrier, the 8th, 9th, and 10th to do to reach the semi-finals of the E.C.A.C. around the lona zone for most of the first so. The team finished their regular sea- North/South playoffs. ten minutes. The pressure paid off as two son at 19-4, extending their division III 8. Feb 27. Keator assists on two goals, of the Bants' checking wingers came up winning streak to 54 games and pro- one by Bill Macartney, and one by Kevin with goals in close to the net. Dave ceeded to skate lona into the dust in the Robinson. Keator becomes the tenth Provost scored at 6:53 by digging the first round of the ECAC playoffs with player in the history of Trinity to score puck out of a pile in the corner, skating what senior Matt Keator called "a great 100 points. out from behind the net and stuffing it in team effort." Sophomore Steve Gorman 9. Feb 27. Kevin Robinson scores two the lower right corner. has emerged as the starting goaltender, goals against lona after having sat out 5 Just minutes later, at 10:20, Loeber and through it all, two young players games with a bruised kidney. was working the puck along the lona have emerged as stars of the present and For the first time in many a game, boards and went back to Steve Palmer at future. Trinity relied heavily on one line to do the point. Palmer stepped in and put a En route to the playoffs Trinity won 5 most of their offensive damage. A Trinity forward holds off an lona defender in the corner. Photo by Mark Tencrowia of its last 6 games. Wesleyan went down Trinity \s power was generated by junior 7-4, New Hampshire College 6-2, Conn. Jay Williamson, sophomore Mike College (their next playoff opponent) 5- Murphy, and freshman Larry Trinceri. I, Tufts 5-3, Suffolk 10-2, and, for the Coach John Dunham first used the line LeBrun Breaks Scoring Record; second year in a row A.I.C. ended against Assumption on February 6th Trinity's regular season with a loss. The and hasn't looked back. Since that game Bants gave up three goals in the first the line has been death to all opponents, Women Look Towards Playoffs period, going down 3-0 and ended up amassing close to 50 points, including losing 4-2. two games that Murphy didn't play due Trin, coming off a tough loss at Wil- to a shoulder injury suffered against ended at 38-21 Tufts, with Teresa Allen -By Matthew G. Miller- liams, was looking to put on a strong Some highlights: A.I.C. While Williamson's talents have scoring 8 points inside, and Kaufman Sports Editor performance against Tufts (4th in New 1. Feb. 10. Larry Trinceri, Mike been evident for all three of his years at hitting for 8 from long range. England) in front of a large crowd at Murphy, and Jay Williamson wreak Trinity he has never enjoyed the offen- Trinity shot a paltry 20% from the Comebacks come in many varying home. The first 10:00 was fairly even, havoc on the Wesleyan defense, collect- sive success he has had playing with field in the first half, and was completely degrees. Down by 5 points with 3 min- with neither team shooting particularly ing 13 points between them and being Trinceri and Murphy. Murphy (18 g, 17 outplayed. With only Leanne LeBrun (9 utes left is a comeback. Down by lOwith well. Trin, nonetheless took the lead, 10- involved with 5 of Trinity's 7 goals. a) and Williamson (18 g, 17 a) tied for pts.) and Karyn Farquhar (9 pts.) playing 15 minutes left is a comeback. Down by 9, and a beautiful pick and roll basket by well, there had to be a change in inten- 2. Feb. 16. Mike Murphy scores two the team scoring lead in the regular sea- 23 with 10:30 left is not a comeback...it's Leanne LeBrun, who was fed by Mary- sity in the second half, and the home goals against Conn. Col lege, leading a 5- son. a miracle, one that was pulled off by the anne O'Donnell. That seemed to wake crowd certainly expected one, and by no 3 win. The emergence of Trinity's Doom tenacious Lady Bants in their favorite up the Jumbos, though, who proceeded means was Trinity out of the game. 3. Feb. 18. Checking center Bob Loeber Patrol came at just the right time. Kevin haunt, the Ray Oosting Gymnasium. to score the next 8 points, and took a 17- surprises Tufts with two slapshot goals Robinson, who probably would have So naturally Tufts came out and Add that phenomenal win to wins versus 10 on aTracy Kaufman jumper, immedi- scored 10 of the first 14 points of the on one shift, giving Trinity a 2-0 lead won the team's scoring title had he re- Wesleyan (on the road, no less), Vassar, ately whereafter Coach Maureen Pine after goaltender Steve Gorman had mained healthy, went down with a seem- second half. But please remember the and W.P.I., and the Lady Bants look called a timeout. score at this point. 48-25. weathered early pressure by the Jumbos. ingly career ending injury to his kidney ready to become a force in postseason 4. Feb. 20. At 15:57 of the third period against Nichols on February first. He Tufts continued to roll, though, and Slowly the momentum changed. Far- competition. Only a loss to Amherst has took a 32-16 lead at the 2:13 mark, quhar hit an outside jumper. O'Donnell with Trinity leading Suffolk 9-2, Bill and junior center Trip Manley had pro- tarnished the last two weeks. vided Trinity's most devastating offen- before Kirsten Kolstad hit a 3 point play, then stole the inbounds pass and scored, Branson scores. He is assisted by Trip Further details on the Vassar, sive punch in the first half of the season. and Karyn Farquhar hit 2 free throws. and Farquhar hit another jumper. Tufts Manley, who consequently entered the Wesleyan, Amherst, and W.P.I, games Fortunately, the speedy winger was able Continuous, imposing inside picks by called timeout and changed from man exclusive 100 point scorers club, the 8th will be given in a future issue of the to return to action against lona in the first Tufts set the pace for a potent inside defense to a 2-3 zone. member to join. Reed Whitmore, Tripod, due to a lack a of immediately Manley's freshman year linemate, en- game of the playoffs. game, and Trin was forced to go to a 2-3 But it didn't seem to do much good. available statistics. zone with 2:00 remaining. The half Farquhar hit again, and Paula Murphy, who has blossomed into a the perfect 6th man drove to the hoop and powered in Men'sHoopEnds Dissappointing Season another bucket, forcing Tufts to take another timeout, with the score 56-43. A i n the first ten minutes. Trin shot a miser- out with 16 points and 10 rebounds. The -By Dan Sheehan- Manhattanville in the game. Lyon had Farquhar jumper made the score 56-47 able 33% from the field and turned the Bants fell just short however, and lost Sports Writer ball over 25 times. The Bants trailed 44- 13 for the Bants. at 5:21, with only flashy point guard 76-66. The score was not a good indica- The were several controversial calls Anne Marie Treadup playing well for 29 at the half and ended up losing 92-66. tor of the closeness of the game, but The Trinity Men's Basketball Team Nothing went right for the Bants. Don by the refs which could have gone either Tufts. Coach Sharon Dawley seemed to was optimistic going into their game considering that the Bantams attempted way, and two in particular which went in have no answers for Trinity's man press, Green's 15 points and 8 rebounds and only 2 free throws while Clark took 32, against Williams (12-8) two weeks ago. Michael Stubbs 12 points and 7 re- favor of the Bantams. Mahanttanville's and made a further blunder by moving Unfortunately, any momentum or confi- Trin's effort was commendable. dumbfounded coach and bench were Treadup to off-guard while stocky guard bounds were the only bright spots for the The Bantams would like to forget dence the team gained from its back to Bants. twice slapped with technical fouls in the Julie Burnell, moved to point, where back victories over Colby and Bates on what happened the next Monday when first half for using the wrong words in Trin exploited herobvious lack of speed. On the first Saturday of Open Period, they travelled to Cambridge,MA to face the previous weekend wasn't on the bus the Bants, hoping to get back on the their audible complaints. The Bantams The Tufts lead was trimmed to 5 which took the team to Williamstown to Suffolk, a team which had no right in were able to take advantage of both situ- points on a beautiful play, with LeBrun winning track, were looking to upset eeking out a 74-73 overtime over the take on the defending ECAC champs. visiting CIark( 15-6). Trailing 36-31 at ations, scoring 6 straight points on one taking a gorgeous pass from Farquhar to Playing in the new Williams gymna- Bantams. Glenn Kurtz pumped in 23 occasion, without Manhattanville make the score 58-53 with 3:17 remain- the half, the Bants managed to tie the points on 10 of 13 from the field, but that sium, the Bantams couldn't put the ball game with 4:00 to go. The Bants were in touching the ball. The tempo of the ing. Two LeBrun free throws made it in the basket and were unable to hold wasn't enough as the Bants had prob- this game from start to Finish. High scor- game was set early by the Bants as they 58-55, with Murphy following with an- onto the ball. The Bants led 4-1 early, but lems with turnovers, foul trouble, and ing Kermit Sharp of Clark was held to looked to run off rebounds and also other layup to make it 58-57 with 2:15 the Ephmen went wild, scoring 19 unan- execution on offense and defense. 24 points. Herb Lyon finished with 17 against a variety of presses that Manhat- left. By now the sizable crowd was in a swered points as the game was decided The Bants journeyed to Amherst to (3/5 from 3 point land). Stubbs fouled tanville threw at them. Some opportun- frenzy, and the Lady Bants were ready to take on the Lord Jeffs( 17-4) and the all- istic offense kept the Bants in the lead clear the final hurdle. After a Tufts name team forward, Yram Groff. Some- and at halftime Trinity led 48-44. timeout, the Lady Bants rebounded a one put a lid on the rims, as neither team In the second half, the pace quickened miss, and got the ball to LeBrun who could put the ball in the basket! The and Manhattanville tied the game at 48- layed it in to give the Lady Bants there Bantams trailed 21-17 at the half. 48 with two quick hoops. Trinity an- first lead since the 10:19 mark in the first Amherst pulled away in the second half swered as Joe Reilly spotted a streaking half. behind a game high 24 points from guess Ted Lyon and laid out a nice pass which who? Yram Groff. The Bantams shot a Tufts broke the Trinity pressure and Lyon converted into a spinning lay-up brought the ball down court, where faced miserable (16 of 49) 33% from the field while being fouled. The Bants never and attempted only 4 free throws. with intense Trinity pressure, was forced looked back as Lyon's subsequent free to put up a prayer. Lisa Shafer threw up Stubbs had 12andJoeReillyhad 10. The throw (8/9 from the charity stripe on the Bants could muster only 20 points in the the brick, which miraculously, after night) gave the Bants a 51-48 lead with denting the glass backboard, found its second half, and ended up losing yet 18:25 left to go. The Bants then pro- another frustrating game. Although the way through the hoop with 1:03 remain- ceeded to outscore Manhattanville 13-4, ing. O'Donnell brought the ball up court Bants defense held Amherst to a stingy giving the Bants a 64-52 lead with 12:12 36 points in the second half, simple addi- and was fouled by Treadup. She missed left. Glenn Kurtz had five of those points the free throw, but the rebound was tied tion puts the Bants on the losing end of a due to some good work on the offensive 57-37 final score. up, with possession going to Tufts. boards. Manhattanville came back be- O'Donnell, playing hellacious defense The Bants four game losing streak cause of Trinity turnovers, some inat- forced another tie up, with the alternat- came to an abrupt halt on Saturday night tentive defense, which left shooters ing possession rule giving the ball back when in the friendly confines of Ray open, and poor rebounding. The visitors to the Lady Bants. Trin inbounded and Oosting gymnasium, they defeated a cut the Bantam lead to 66-63 at the 8:14 looked for the good shot. Tufts played scrappy Manhattanville team 92-84. mark. very tough defense, and Trin could not Manhattanville came into the game with The Bants answered with 3 quick lay- penetrate. The ball fell into the hands ot a 14-9 record. The Bantams, with last ups off of long passes, first Green from Farquhar, about 18 feet from the hoop, in years blowout loss to Manhattanville on Reilly, then Reilly from Lyon, and fi- the right corner. She hesitated for a their minds, played one of their best nally Lyon from Reilly. After a Manhat- moment, then fired. There was never games of the season. Manhattanville, a tanville hoop, and a Trinity turnover, any doubt about. The ball swished much smaller team, (only one player Don Green got things going with a through the hoop with :04 remaining, over 6'3"), applied constant full court gravity defying rebound of a Manhattan- and bedlam ensued. LeBrun stole the pressure, continually changed defenses, ville miss. Unfortunately for Green, his inbounds pass, and Trinity had pulled or and did its best on offense to penetrate shoelace came untied, and while he the Miracle of '88. Trinity's tight zone defense. Anthony stopped to tie it he could only watch as a Hoop Talk: Leanne LeBrun broke Defnseman Bryant McBride looking to clear the Trinity zone. Montague, only a 6'2" forward, had 19 Pllolo by Mark Tcnei first half points and singlehandedly kept