PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 Senior Class Protests SGA Composer Visits Trinity... Senior Week Budget Cuts BY IAN LANG The problem started when senior class had to cut corners News Editor the Senior Class committee re- in order to finish the budget in worked their budget from the enough time to get funding for previous year. "Last year Eric the senior budget, and that is Last Tuesday, at their weekly Decosta was in charge of all were the problem came in." meeting, the Student Govern- class budgets, but this year the The main discrepancies arose ment Association Budget Com- seniors decided to change around the issue of how much mittee voted unanimously to things around" stated Nardelli, money should be budgeted for cut the funding for this years' "I recommended that they cre- things like alcohol and enter- Senior Week. The Senior Class ate a budget which would be in tainment. At one specific event Committee had presented a effect from March first on." It is the Senior Class asked for $5,500 budget asking for in excess of this new budget which was dollars for a band, a number $20,000 dollars, but the com- brought before the budget com- which Nardelli felt was too mittee found the budget to be mittee Tuesday. high. "Last year the band at se- "greatly inflated," according to Senior class President Brian nior week only cost $2,500 dol- Budget Committee Chairman Gordon, however, disagreed lars. There is no reason it should Mick Nardelli '97, and awarded with Nardelli's assertions. "We cost more this year," said the Senior Class a budget of were under the impression that Nardelli. In addition he felt that $13,800. we had a set amount of money, the senior budget often asked "It is important to note that I didn't know that the budget for inordinate amounts of the committee's decision didn't was subject to Budget Commit- money for both kegs and hard eliminate any events, only cer- tee review," said Gordon. bars. tain aspects of these events," The new budget just did not According to Nardelli, Gor- said Nardelli. To demonstrate add up according to Budget don attacked the committee's this Nardelli pointed out that Committee member, William decision on the grounds that the the senior's had asked for $8,000 Mahoney '99. "Their was a lot sophomores and juniors did not Stephen Sondheim addresseda full JAV1ER CMACW for club night, an event which of stuff that didn't work right, understand what it meant to be house at Cinestudio last Sunday. He according to Nardelli could be the numbers just weren't true," a senior. "Following the deci- gave a personal inflection into his many funded for $3,000 less said Mahoney "I believe that the sr'eSGA of i pag? 8 musical theatre compositions. Savoring Senior Year gartizers Hope To Create Dialogue On Racism BY SARA MERIN namely each other-and their Francisco Sunday Examiner dreams for a multicultural soci- and Chronicle, the director of Announcements Editor ety. The end result of this dia- this film, Lee Mun Wah, spoke logue is an emergence of of all of the members of the dia- A screening of The Color of understanding and trust be- logue group and Americans as Fear, a film by Lee Mun Wah, tween the men. a whole when he said, "If you and a workshop will be held A crucial part of the film in- don't have any kind of image of this Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to volves a monologue by Victor society where people of color 5:00 p.m. in the Washington Lewis, a black 36-year old vio- come together as one, it's abso- Room. This event, which is lence prevention worker who lutely healthy and correct if you sponsored by the Student Ac- believes that "racism is essen- are afraid; what 1 wanted to tivities Office and the tially a white problem." He goes show in the film is, people can Multicultural Affairs Council, on to state, "For.youto'undert:;: >sjii};vive:.angeiv;tha.f anger is a will create a dialogue about rac- stand what racism is about," Jne'cessary-partqFthisprocess.as ism. The goal of this event is to you're going to be so uncomfort- well as grief." He also stated that bring value, understanding, and able, so different from the way a key point of the film is "that celebration to diversity. you see yourself now, there's just racism in America begins with The Colo r o/Fear, a full length no way for you to get it from the idea of white supremacy, documentary, is about nine where you're sitting." and expressions such as black men: two Mexican-Americans, Later on in the film, he says, separatism are accommoda- two Chinese-Americans, one "There is no American tions to it,.not discrimination in 1 ; ; Japanese-American, two Afri- ethnicity, and you throw away ;reverse. ':•,:•.:-:' :" -v---- :.'• • can-Americans, and two Euro- your ethnicity to become li: This film has been shown pean-Americans, who spend a American.... You give upwhpJ across the United States as a weekend putting their racially , you are to become American means of diversity training in motivated feelings of pain and and you can pretend it's OK be- corporations and the govern- anguish into dialogue. As the cause you're white. When we ment, and in 1995, The Color oj film progresses, the men each give up who we are to become Fear was awarded the Gold reveal the pain that racism has American, we're dying from it. Apple Award for Best Social Studies Documentary by the caused them, how they deal You're dying from it, too, but National Education Media Net- with that pain, how they deal you don't know it, necessarily." Tanya Jones and Steve Sone pause for a see ISSUES on page nine photo-op during last Sunday's annual Senior Brunch. with people of other races- In an interview with the San Pick the winners of News b Is there a higher "Sunday in the Park the division one Opinion 2 rate of smoking at With George" by men's basketball Features 7 / Trinity than else- iephen Sondheim. NCAA tournament Arts 76 where? See the "Read the whole re- on 20 Announcements ;. 14 survey on... 8 view on 17 Sports 21 THE TRINITY TRIPOD - MARCH 11,1997 PAGE 2 OPINION Yearbook Opinion To The Editor, lowed to look sideways at, I fail Selling Sentiment to see how yearbook funding is If you've ever wondered why a issue. On Monday morning, sealed letters on nice paper from Presi- nobody will take a college stu- For starters, the yearbook is dent Dobelle were sent out to every senior. The letters encour- dent seriously anymore, you only issued to seniors, so this is have SGA to thank for that. really a one-time expense for all aged the recipients to make a two-year commitment to a The most recent irrelevant involved. Second, this method contribution to the Senior Class gift. Many seniors were left with crusade taken up by the Spoiled of paying for the yearbook is Griper's Association is the standard operating procedure the feeling that they had imposed upon their parents at various world-threatening crisis of for some private high schools, times in their college careers when calling home for the first time funding for the yearbook; spe- and they print up yearbooks for cifically, that seniors will be hit every class, not just the seniors. in weeks; the parents are understandably excited to hear from up for $100 out of their activity Finally, at least for most of us, their child until they learn that the real purpose of the call is to fees to cover the production it's not our money. We're not costs. Flyers have been handed backing this adventure, our par- ask for money. Not unlike this certain type of phone call, Presi- out and posted asking "Does this ents are. They're the ones who dent Dobelle "called home" for the first, and perhaps only time, piss you off?" Budget Commit- should be complaining. tee member Bill Mahoney has SGA is beginning to turn into to ask for money, leaving seniors somewhat disappointed and gone so far as to say "that the the Causeheads from the movie let down. Just as our parents expect to hear from us and be reas- administration is double-cross- PCU they find some major sured of our well-being, seniors might like to hear from the col- ing the students" in the process. cause and run with it really This whole routine does piss hard for a short period of time. lege for other reasons besides its financial needs. me off, because it's the biggest It's making me wonder whether bunch of sensationalism this or not 1 really want a yearbook The college, as a savvy, money-raising organization, seemed to town has seen since the special when I get out of here, to remind be taking advantage of the high level of sentiment felt by seniors news reports on the OJ verdict. me of all the insanity I had to Since my attention is usually put up with in an attempt to after they had brunched and reminisced with their classmates drawn to much larger prob- make a better life for myself, the previous day. Although soliciting soon-to-be alumni is a cru- lems, such as crazed gunmen and whether or not SGA has wandering onto the observa- outlived its usefulness.