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OCTOBER 3, 2006 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY VOLCII, No. 4 Crmit$> Cripob COLLEGE SINCE 1904 www. trinitytripod.com Faculty Protests Closure Library Hosts Illustrated Sheet Music BySARAYOO band. According to the Knapps, the time. Some of his works on ARTS WRITER these covers helped promote the display are "Beale Street Blues" of Hamlin Successfully sales of the music and also boost- and "Yellow Dog Blues," as well By JAMES KUKSTTS Henderson, Associate Professor For anyone with a penchant ed the popularity of individual as his most popular favorite, NEWS WRITER of Legal and Policy Studies Renny for all things retro, "You're the songs by reaching the audience's "Saint Louis Blues." The illustrat- Fulco, and Associate Professor of Top" Illustrated Sheet Music of eyes as well as their ears. ed cover and music for "Memphis Hamlin Hall, which served History Jack Chatfield, organized American Popular Songs from The first of the eight com- Blues" is a copy personally dedi- primarily as the faculty dining themselves to find a way to re- World War I to the 1940s is a posers showcased is William cated to Abbe Niles, a Trinity hall, was closed last spring and is open Hamlin. * blast from the past and a feast for Christopher Handy, better known Alum and graduate of the class of slated to re-open Oct. 11. It was a "I was initially disappointed the eyes. The exhibit, curated by as W.C. Handy, and fondly 1916 who went on to become a financial decision based on a with the closing of Hamlin, but I Peter J Rnapp, the Special referred to as the "father of blues" successful lawyer and jazz critic. growing increase in faculty and didn't really understand the full Collections Librarian and College because of the influences he drew Many of the pieces on display are staff health care premiums. The impact of the decision until class- Archivist, and Anne Knapp, from African-American work actually donated from Niles' own decision's effect was not felt until es started," said Henderson. Professor of Political Science at songs and ballads to compose his this semester, when faculty mem- "I think we agreed that we the University of Hartford, is heavily blues-flavored favorites of see CLASSIC on page VJ bers came to the understanding needed to let President Jimmy being displayed until Dec. 15 in that their common place, sepa- Jones know why we thought it the Trumbull Room at the rate from students, was now gone. was such a bad idea to just close Watkihson Library. Last year, the College was it at the end of last semester with- On display is a collection of forced to make many decisions to out giving us the opportunity to decades-old sheet music complete get finances in order. In order to try to have a more limited lunch ;with original" illustrated covers cover as much of the healthcare selection so that we could still from eight of the most popular premium increase as possible, keep it open, understanding the composers and musicians of the subsidizing lunch for faculty constraints," said Fulco. time, such as W.C. Handy and members was forced out. The "[Jones] responded quickly George Gershwin, to name a few. health care increase ^covers the and sympathetically to our con- This specific interwar period in entire faculty, over 780 people, cerns but maintained the need American history was when print- but only a small percentage of for fiscal responsibility," said ed images in media came to pro- the staff took advantage of the Henderson. "As I have done since liferate, and it helped popularize benefit of Hamlin. Most of this coming to Trinity, I turn to peo- the contemporary music through small percentage, though, was ple smarter than I am — in this the medium of illustrated covers. understandably upset by the deci- case to Secretary of the College The covers featured colorful art, sion to close Hamlin. [Scott] Reynolds." design and font and usually had Three of these professors, insets of glamour shots of either Erin Caner Professor of ^Chemistry David see HAMLIN on page 4 the singer or the performing A collection of vintage 1940s sheet music is currently on display at the Watkinson. emocracy Brings Beinart to Trinity Decrease in Crime Rate By JOANNA HECHT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Evident in Annual Report Peter Beinart, editor-at-large for The New Republic, spoke elo- By BILL COSGROVE pared by Director of Campus quently last Wednesday in the STAFF WRITER Safety Charles Morris, Associate Washington Room about his. Director of Campus Safety Chris book, The Good Fight: Why The Department of Campus Lyons, and Administrative Liberals — and Only Liberals — Safety recently released the 2005 Assistant Jorge Lugo. The report Can Win the War on Terror and Annual Campus Safety Report is comprised of information from Make America Great Again. for Trinity College. The report Campus Safety reports, informa- Beinart's argument — that con- contains crime statistics covering tion from other administrative servative ideology cannot provide Jan. 1 through Dec; 31, 2005, and offices, and the Hartford Police the U.S. with a sustainable policy for the two previous calendar Department. Daily records kept — is based on a contrast of the years. It includes institutional by Lyons result in monthly Cold War ideology of conserva- policies concerning campus safe- reports compiled regarding all tives like William R Buckley with ty, alcohol and drug abuse, crime crimes on campus, fire alarms, the liberalism of thinkers like prevention, the reporting of sick and cared for reports, alco- Reinhold Niebuhr, the latter of crimes, sexual assault, and other hol and drug violations, towing, and other information. whom Beinart described as "the Sam Lin matters that members of the Kevin Bacon of Cold War liberal- Political journalist and author Peter Beinart addressed students last Wednesday. Trinity community should be "The Campus Safety report is ism — he connects to everybody." aware of The report also provides helpful to the members of the Beinart described the conser- cy as "a finish line we've crossed," could grow stronger as a society statistics from the Hartford Trinity College community vative ideology in terms of the but as an ideal that needs to be because its government can solve Police Department that disclose because it advises the community underlying assumption that "the reaffirmed through the nation's difficult domestic problems crimes on public property that of incidents that occur on cam- great threat to America was we actions. There were two impor- through the democratic process, took place near the College over pus and can advise the communi- don't believe enough in our- tant mechanisms for this in the which the totalitarian regime of the past three years. ty of arrests made on campus selves." For conservatives, moral Cold War liberal mentality: inter- the U.S.S.R. lacked. In today's The information in the report with Campus Safety and HPD," relativism would mean losing to national institutions and domes- terms, we can not effectively pro- is provided in accordance with explained Lyons. Campus Safety the U.S.S.R, so the U.S. had to tic efforts. mote American ideals abroad, Connecticut General Statues 10a- does its own investigations to stand by its convictions and not International institutions like, Beinart said, quoting a Jordanian 55a and United States Public Law keep a record of activity reported crumble against the self-confi- the United Nations establish a journalist, while we are "compla- 101-542, the "Student Right-to- to the department. Reports are dence its enemies exuded. "moral standard of behavior that Know and Campus Security Act written by the officers and Neibuhr and his contempo- is above and beyond that of a sin- see BEINART on page 14 of 1990." raries, on the other hand, operat- gle country," Beinart said, again The Annual Report is pre- see STUDENTS on page 4 ed under the basic premise that contrasting this ideal with Bush — Inside _ America's greatest strength is self- administration policy. America doubt. Beinart described it as "a should not demand democracy constant struggle against our own from the rest of the world, and Crescent Street Safety Trin's Owp "Pledged" Editorial 2 News 3 then say "we ourselves will define capacity for injustice," a struggle A student who witnessed the Andrew Bryson sorts fact from fic- Opinions 7 the nation had to fight in order what that standard is by our recent attacks against students tion in a commentary on the treat- Features 11 to preserve democracy and win actions," he said. offers suggestions for increased ment of new members in Trinity's Arts 15 the Cold War. Beinart said that The second component, security on campus. Greek organizations. Announcements 19 unlike President George W. Bush, domestic efforts, is rooted in the Sports 24 Americans cannot view democra- Cold War idea that America page 7 page 11 The Trinity Tripod Letters to the Editor Student Says Local News bling a football dynasty perhaps a and underscores his weakness as a Crtpfcr Inaccurate, Sensationalist little misplaced in the face of our critic. Also, the observance that, c sliding rankings? Is it more impor- "The people who were into it Joanna Hecht 07 Katy Nolin '08 To the Editor: tant for the school to be recog- seemed to all be personal friends EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR On Sept. 26, I was asked to nized "for excellence in as obscure of Fox" has nothing to do with give an interview for Eyewitness an activity as NESCAC league the music, and underscores the NEWS EDITORS OPINIONS EDITORS triviality and small-mindedness San-Eou Lan '09 Emma Bayer '07 News 3, a local news station, football or is it perhaps more pru- Alec MacColl '09 Joe Tarzi '08 about attacks that occurred at dent and a greater goal to strive to which detract from Rendeiro's Trinity College. As a senior, an improve our academic ranking review. With a campus of only FEATURES EDITORS ARTS EDITORS active member of the Trinity com- first and foremost? What would 2000 students, I would assume Lizzie Brown '09 Lauren Turlik '09 munity, and a concerned student, President Jones have to say to that Jon Fox and Scarella would Katie Daily '09 Daphne Hallett '09 I agreed to do the interview in this? Aren't the falling rankings of have known many of the people SPORTS EDITORS PHOTO EDITORS hopes that I could get a positive the college in USNWRs rankings in the crowd. The article's greatest Jon Simonian '07 Edwin C. Pratt '07 message across to the Hartford a poor reflection on the efficacy fault is that it does not ask the Ashley Bell'08 Sam Lin '07 community. The interview consist- of his tenure to date? I'm sure the important questions of "why" and ed of probing questions in regards football team doesn't complain "how" the events surrounding the ANNOUNCEMENTS EDITOR DESIGN EDITOR Griha Smgla '09 Chelsea Nafielberg '09 to the attacks and what I felt that their games are officiated by Fall Concert transpired. I imagine should be done in response to referees who apply the same rules that had the reporter asked any- COPY EDITORS BUSINESS MANAGERS them. In every question I attempt- to all the teams'they officiate. We, one in OCL "why" or "how" Gwen Hopkins '08 Nikunj OH '08- ed to put in my plug of how too, should realize that the Trinity College chose this trio of Jackie Sparks '09 Clay Smith '08 much Trinity, and the students USNWR rankings may be imper- bands he would discover that the CARTOONIST CIRCULATION MANAGER who attend it, do for the commu- fect but that they are applied uni- final decision had been made in Emma Bayer '07 San-Eou Lan '09 nity out of a personal vested'inter- formly to all colleges. Maybe, like conjunction with students. est. I stated that all students at the football team, we at Trinity "Planet Fails to Impress as Fall ONLINE EDITOR Trinity are also residents of the •should stop making excuses (com- Concert Strikes a Boring Chord" David Pietrocola '08 Hartford community. Yet there is plaining about the rules) and, does not belong on the front page. It is more suitable in the STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER often a misguided stereotype of instead, start trying to win the Editorial section or even Mr. Nick Ryan '07 students as unconcerned, snotty game. C'mon Coach Jones, let's individuals that may be heralding get going! Rendeiro's personal blog. •STAFF WRITERS these violent and aggressive reac- DAVETENNEY MARKDURNEY William Cosgrove '08, Kate Grelle '07, Jenny Moor '08, Griha Singla tions from other residents of PARENT OF A TRINITY ALUM CLASS OF 2008 '09, David Pietrocola '08, John Rendeiro '09 Hartford, and I reiterate that these Editors' Note: The front page of the SENIOR EDITORS stereotypes are far from true. After Tripod Editors Need To Tripod is composed of articles from multi- Chase Anderson '07, Adrienne Gatrhey '07, Juliet Izon '07 a 10 minute interview with this Be More Diligent ple sections, not exclusively News. The arti- reporter, I felt that I had done a cle mentioned above was an Arts review. good job in getting my thoughts To the Editor: Address to Freshman Girls and feelings across. It was not Please don't forget that as Editor, The Definition of Perfection until this morning that I saw the one of your prime functions is to Wrong on Many Levels As the Trinity campus strug- Instead of running from their news clip on their Web site, that I edit your contributors' articles. To the Editor: gles with the football team's imperfection, they embraced it, saw how, sadly, my thoughts and That includes actually reading In my first attempt in reading recent loss to Williams College, and valiantly played their hardest. feelings were not conveyed at all; them. I don't read the Tripod "An Open Address to Freshman resulting in the end of Trinity's One lost game can never take instead my comments were twisted word for word, but when not one Girls," I couldn't make it past the 31-game winning streak, I find away the pride we feel in our and cut up to help this news chan- but TWO grievously misspelled first paragraph because I was so myself contemplating, yet again, team and in our players. nel in creating further scandal out words show up in a headline, it outraged. Certainly, the afore- the meaning of perfection. Trinity needs to follow the of a terrible situation that could catches my eye. To wit: "Football mentioned article can be read as To many on our campus, the football team's example. Faced have led to change for the better, Shalacks White Mules with satire, but because these "guide- football team was the embodi- with overwhelming obstacles — a for both Trinity and our sur- Defense and Timley Big Plays." lines" reflect an attitude largely ment of perfection. They won 31 budget deficit, over-enrollment, a rounding community. I hope that How about "shellacs" and "time- followed throughout campus con- games straight: they met every lack of housing, and a long laun- this message is the one that will ly?" I'm embarrassed that any insti- cerning levels of superiority, this challenge, they defeated every dry list of other problems — we remain with those that read it, as tution of higher education, let article should not be taken lightly. foe, they were, in short, unstop- must rally together. It is what we well as one to not always believe alone my alma mater, would actu- At first, my reaction con- pable. Now, several questions do with our time here that is what you see on the news. ally let stuff like that get out. A cerned the position in which first- remain. Can one loss take away important. Perfection comes SOSENA LEMMA simple spell-check would have year women were placed — as sub- that perfection? Can one misstep from the bonds we make, the CLASS OF 2007 revealed the errors. Please don't servient to- all. ojder women. As I erase a tradition of excellence goals we attain, the obstacles we lose sight of the fact that correct Enhance Trinity's took a closer look, I realized that and pride? overcome, and not from a score- usage, spelling, grammar and punc- I should also be concerned with Perfection is unattainable; no board, an exam grade, or a rank- Academic Reputation First tuation are all part of good jour- the use of "we" throughout the matter how close you get, you ing. To the Editor: nalism, especially at a school of article, which makes me, as a "sen- are always one step^one loss External rankings (like that of I write in response to Mike Trinity's caliber. I do expect better ior girl" complicit in every atti- away from failure and imperfec- the U.S. News and World Report) Robinson's recent entertaining from the Tripod. tude that was articulated. I was tion. True perfection is to recog- should have no impact on our opinion piece "U.S. iVews Ranks GARY A. SMITH not asked what my opinion was nize your own imperfections and personal definition of perfection. Trinity, Blind to School's CLASS OF 1972 concerning first-year women,, or if to live in spite of them. Instead, we should focus on our Quality." With the recent Negative Articles Do Not I had an opinion, so I take a per- The Trinity football team strengths and our own problems USNWR rankings showing Trinity sonal offence to the assumption proved itself to be perfect this rather than concentrating on the to have slipped still lower again Belong In Tripod that my opinion of first-year Saturday. In the face of a 25- views of others. Once we appre- this year, isn't it time that we stop To the Editor: women is degrading and dehu- point deficit, a disheartened ciate the perfection of our dear ignoring the proverbial 800- John Rendeiro's "Planet Fails manizing. In no way is it permis- audience, and a long-standing ol' Trin, we will undoubtedly pound gorilla in the room and to Impress as Fall Concert Strikes sible to say that we will "take fresh- tradition of victory, they rose to receive recognition from beyond acknowledge Trinity should strive a Boring Chord" reflects the sen- man girls on as pets." I didn't the challenge and fought their our campus. for higher ground instead of quib- timents of only a fraction of the think that the senior class was in way to the end, never giving up. -KN bling about the metrics that show student body that attended the support of indentured servitude; I a widening gap in quality of its fall concert, and represents the thought Wai Mart had the market The Trinity Tripod is published every Tuesday, excluding vacations, by the education and that of its general shortcomings of an edito- cornered on that. students of Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. NESCAC peers? We may object rial staff that went to print with Certainly, freshman women The Tripod office is located in the basement of Jackson Dormitory. »to some of the criteria used to Address all correspondence to: The Trinity Tripod, Trinity College such a hideous misrepresentation should learn from our mistakes #702582, arrive at our progressivly worse of the news. The fact of the mat- (especially concerning the attitude 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106-3100 ranking, yet as a group those cat- ter is that this article contained of hierarchy and death threats pre- Visit our website at www.trinitytripod.com egories are, by and large, objective Subscribe to the Tripod: $20 for 11 issues (1 semester), $35 for 22 issues less journalistic merit than the reg- sented in this article), but not in a (1 year). and comprehensive measures that ular AT column. It lacks the thor- way that presumes that the senior Editor-in-Chief Business Office when taken as a whole reflect an oughness, accuracy, fairness, and . women have a mature understand- (860)297-2583 (860)297-2584 accurate picture of what a future transparency that make for good ing concerning our behavior at Trinity student could expect to Letters to The Trinity Tripod must- be received by 5 p.m. on the Friday before journalism. Additionally, I suggest this institution. Perhaps the publication. Letters should be addressed to the Editor, not a particular individual. encounter on^ campus. I think Letters over 300 words in length and opinion submissions over 800 words in length Rendeiro waits until he has greater writer's next article in the features that instead of quibbling with will not be published, though exceptions may be made at the editors' discretion under music review credibility before he section should be. in support of special circumstances. No unsigned or anonymous letters will be published. details, President Jcnfis, and However, names may be withheld at the author's request. The Tripod will not pub- begins making such disparaging returning the college to its state in Trinity as a whole, should look at lish any letters deemed by the editors to be an attack on an individual's character or remarks against his own class- 1968, before women were admit- personality. Otherwise, all opinions expressed wii! be given a forum. the larger picture and ask what we mates. The comment about All letters are sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the ted. views or opinions of the Tripod. The editors of the Tripod reserve the right to edit all can actually do improve as a col- "cheesy saxophone solos thrown ELIZABETH MOORE letters for clarity and/or brevity. lege. Are our priorities in assem- on top" doesn't make much sense, Letters may be submitted via: CLASS OF 2007 Campus Mail Box 702582 E-Mail: [email protected] The Trinity Tripod

NEWS October 3, 2006 Big Changes in Trustee Governance Evident in Latest Meeting By DAVTO PIETROCOLA. tion of the College's financial the better over the year with peo- Planning and Budget Committee Students Fred Alford, and a stu- STAFF WRITER problems by President Jimmy ple taking responsibility for their to change the campus' methods dent forum where students can Jones in December 2004. budgets. The College was able to of budgeting. bring to light issues they feel The Board of Trustees contin- According to Secretary of the close the books in early August, The Trustees formed working Trustees should act upon. Any ued implementing new changes College Scott Reynolds, one of finishing the fiscal year with a groups in October 2005 to make hot topics are then brought up across their entire governance the biggest differences in recent small operating surplus. This recommendations on changes to for discussion at the Board's structure Sept. 15 at the first Board meetings has been a finan- year also started with raises for Board meetings, Trustee commit- Saturday business meeting and a meeting since the academic year cial report presentation by Vice faculty and staff put back into tee structure, and relations with plan of action is determined. has gotten underway. President of Finance Early Reese. the budget after being temporar- constituents and the campus One of the most recent actions The modifications, which As many individuals in the ily shelved last year to rein in community. Indeed, since that attributed to this student outlet affect the Board's function and Trinity community blamed the overspending. time the governance and busi- was the Trustees' decision to involvement from financial over- Trustees for their shortfalls in In conjunction with Reese^s ness of the Board in all three of divest endowment funds from sight all the way to relations with financial oversight - an area in presentation is a these areas have corporations known to be doing campus group, stem from recom- which boards usually thrive - it report by the "There have been seen dramatic business with the Sudanese gov- mendations made by the Special comes as no surprise that the big Board's newly enormous strides changes. "There ernment to protest the ongoing Committee on Institutional priority is and will remain minted Finance made in the past have been enor- genocide occurring in Darfiir Administration and Governance money issues. "Until finances are and Planning couple years ... mous strides This time around, first-year launched by former President not at the top of the list, that Committee, cre- made in the past Everything they said students and a few upperdass- Boarder Painter in the spring of [Reese's financial reports] will ated in January to couple years men were invited to discuss the 2004, as well as an involved self- continue," said Reynolds. replace the they were going to herei" noted topic entitled "Settling In: A study initiated by the Trustees Reese told Trustees that the Finance and do has happened." Reynolds. Student Point of View on the immediately following the revela- budget culture has changed for Budget "Everything they First Few Weeks at Trinity" dur- Committee. - Secretary of the College said they were ing the forum. Composed of 10 Scott Reynolds going to do has Zach Lusk '10 was part of a Illegal Downloading has Trustees, the happened." group of four first-years to voice committee has From a cam- their opinions. "It [the forum] the financial pus perspective, was very professional," he said. Increased on Network oversight and approval over a notably visible change seen "Everyone was listened to and it By DANIEL ZAUDERER suit, Trinity plays no role. strategic planning, budgeting over the past couple Board meet- was practical and useful." The NEWS CONTRIBUTOR "Trinity College has never been and facilities, and will make rec- ings has been increased interac- Trustees were essentially trying accused of anything and does ommendations to the Board tion between Trustees and stu- to get feedback and varying Illegal downloading of music not arrange representation for prior to the opening of each fis- dents as well as faculty and other experiences on why students has increased on campus, insti- the accused," Adams said, cal year. At the latest meeting, campus groups. Although a transfer from Trinity, he said. the committee reported that gating roughly five complaints explaining that Trinity's status Trustee's Friday/Saturday sched- Echoing similar sentiments financial affairs were benefiting per week, according to the latest as an educational institution ule is packed with Board and was Brett Jackson '09, a Quest grants no amnesty to offenders.. from "three very positive sources figures from the Computing committee meetings, a group participant during his first year "There is no excuse for willful of momentum": the leadership Center. Such complaints have meets with students twice on and a leader this past summer. been filed by a variety of promi- disregard of the rights of oth- of Reese, ability to balance budg- Friday: a morning breakfast with ers." nent companies within the ets, and the efforts of the students selected by Dean of see TRUSTEES on page 5 music and movie industries. The suits often result in set- "The complaints come from tlements. "Settlements are steep: the RIAA [Recording Industry fines on illegal downloading Association of America], normally start at five thousand a Plans Underway to Knock Down LSC Paramount, Sony, MPAA [Movie year and then soar," said Trinity By KRYSTAL RAMIREZ really long-term project." "Building scientific facilities Picture Association of America], President Jimmy Jones. NEWS CONTRIBUTOR There were two main reasons is one of the most costly things and a variety of software compa- Although the Computing why Draper said the science fac- a school can entertain," Jones nies," said Associate Director of Center staff encourages students Plans are currently underway ulty wanted a new facility. said. "Some of our competitors Systems and Networking Bryan to refrain from illegal download- to destroy the Albert C. Jacobs "Because we're in separate have recently opened science Adams of the Computing ing, venues for such download- life Sciences Center and in its buildings right now, it's really facilities that have cost more Center. ing are not blocked on the net- place build a new integrated sci- difficult to collaborate some- than $70 million, and one of The network from which stu- work. "We have always believed ence complex, which will be times, both in terms of how we our sister institutions is con- dents download belongs to that the user is responsible for connected to the Mathematics, teach, [and] in terms of the structing a science facility that Trinity, but complaints are his or her actions," said Adams. Computing, Engineering research we do," will come in at directed at the "operator of the Jones echoed Adams' senti- Center. she said. 'It also over $100 mil- computer engaged in the distri- ment of personal responsibility: "Like many of our sister means that "On one hand, we lion." bution of copyrighted material," "I think at the end of the day, institutions, Trinity is faced with when, say, biolo- have two major build- The money said Adams, "and in the past this comes down to issues of something of a conundrum gy and chemistry ings: [LSC], built at will be raised this has only involved students." when it comes to science facili- need the same an unfortunate time mainly through If-a complaint develops into a see TECHUB on page 6 ties," President Jimmy Jones piece of instru- a capital cam- said. "On one hand, we have mentation we in American architec- paign. two major buildings: [LSC], tend to get two ture (to be generous), "The devel- built at an unfortunate time in of them so that and Clement, an out- opment office American architecture (to be there's one over standing aesthetic does fundraising generous), and Clement, an out- there and one structure that became by contacting standing aesthetic structure that over here alumni to outdated..." became outdated for the pur- because when we donate money," poses for which it was erected use instrumenta- Draper said. "I years back." tion for research - President Jimmy Jonesthink a lot of According to Jones, changes you need it right campuses bor- in the sciences have made the there and walk- row money, too, facilities incompatible with new ing across campus isn't feasible and it remains to be seen advances. "Ergo, the spatial sometimes." whether that is something that needs for doing and teaching Renovating LSC was consid- Trinity can do or will want to science have changed consider- ered, but ultimately it turned do. I think at this point, ably, and so will Trinity," said out not to be a plausible solu- though, we're trying to be opti- Jones. tion. mistic that we'll be able to raise So far, the plans for the facil- "It would cost so much the money." ity are in the preliminary stages. money to renovate [LSC] to the There is still no definite "The Trustees have approved point of it being a good, mod- timeline for the project to be the programming phase, which ern science building that it completed. means that the College is on turns out to be essentially "So right now I'm sure every- board, so it's not just something cheaper to build something body knows the next thing [will] that we're kind of dreaming of," new," Draper said. be the Seabury/Jarvis project," Students use programs such as myTunes and Iimewire to download mp3 files Alison Draper, Director of the Erecting the new facility will onto their iPods. Administrators warn that much of the downloading is illegal. Science Center, said. "But it's a not be inexpensive, however. see LONG-TERM on page J Students Remain Skeptical of Safety Improvements on Campus continued from page 1 as assault and sex offenses. When dents of motor vehicle theft thinking about those, statistics reported to Campus Safety. 2005 Violations records are kept daily at the pale because one is too many." Despite those numbers, there has i Residence Hails 160- Campus Safety office. There were six reported inci- not been one auto theft reported I Campus The report indicates a decline dents of forcible sex offenses, on campus since the end of 140 - • in the number of alcohol and drug which is any sexual act directed August. "I attribute this to high 120 - n violations that occurred on cam- against another person in 2005, visibility of the Campus Safety 100- pus last year. There were 166 alco- forcibly and/or against that per- staff and HPD," said Lyons. 80 - 9 hol violations in 2005 (compared son's will, or not forcibly or "However, we are always aware 60 - 181 to 191 in 2004) and 44 drug viola- against the person's will where the that auto theft problems can reap- 40 - H tions last year (compared to 68 the victim is incapable of giving con- pear at any time. Campus Safety is 20- previous year). The vast majority sent. As of this past June, there currently working with HPD in an 0 - s of those violations took place in have been six forcible sex offenses aggressive manner to limit auto Alcohol Burglary Drugs Motor Robbery Sex residence halls. Most violations on campus reported to Campus theft activity on campus." Lyons Vehicle Offenses did not involve arrest. The report Safety. also noted that last month HPD Theft states that: "Trinity strictly One area where students are reported 67 car thefts in the two Type of Incident enforces federal and state laws gov- always concerned is motor vehicle neighborhoods in which the col- erning underage drinking and drug theft on campus. Haley Kimmet lege is located, and none of those some areas on campus that are less smoothly and the work load for use, and its enforce- '08, who has thefts took place on campus. "We safe than others. "As a female on the beginning of the school year ment efforts, have received parking all must realize that this can Trinity's campus, I do feel pretty has kept the officers busy on all been intensified. We 'Being young I natu- ci(:aticins torn change at anytime and must take safe. However, there are. certain three shifts," he said. "The officers have made it clear rally believe that I am Campus Safety and steps to try to prevent this," he locations on campus that I tend to of the Campus Safety staff are ded- that the College will invincible, although whose car has been said. avoid going alone at night," she icated to trying to make the cam- not condone under- vandalized while Most students the Tripod said. "One prime location is the pus and the members of the age drinking, the use sometimes I've known parked on Summit spoke with said they feel safe on Lower Long Walk at night. I think Trinity College community safe all of illegal drugs, or to feel a little uneasy Street, was surprised campus and believe Campus it is an area of high vulnerability year round." Campus Safety the negative environ- patrols the campus by vehicle, libraryto learn how many Safety is doing a good job. "Being [because] there is usually no one ment created by the . cars are stolen each young I naturally believe that I am around and nowhere in particular foot, and bicycle. Escorts of stu- to dents are done on campus, to abusive use of drugs my dorm at three in year on campus. invincible, although sometimes to go." and alcohol. This the morning." "I'm a little irritated I've been known to feel a little At least one person agreed. medical appointments5 and to and proactive and aggres- uneasy walking from the library to "Unfortunately, the Long Walk is from the Connecticut Culinary - Claire Haley '08 to find that while sive stance is reflect- Campus Safety offi- my dorm at three in the morn- no different [from] any other Institute. ed in the substantial cers always seem to ing," said Claire Haley '08. "It's block in the city; a drunk female Campus Safety officers have number of offenses recorded in pull through on parking tickets good to know, however, that there walking alone at night is an easy received formal security or police this year's statistical summary." and [towing cars], cars are disap- are almost always at least 14 [call] target, regardless of where [she is] training, and are also trained in There were 10 reports of bur- pearing under their watch," she boxes within a three-foot radius at walking," said another student first aid and CPR They have no glary on campus in 2005, which is said. any given spot on campus." wished to remain anonymous. "As formal arrest powers and may less than the 13 reported incidents Statistics from the Annual One student, who preferred to long as you consider Trinity's cam- carry only defensive equipment, in 2004, but more than the nine Report point to a decrease in the remain anonymous, said, pus as being part of the city, you including handcuffs and a pepper- incidents reported in 2003. number of cars stolen at Trinity "Campus Safety does the best they are less likely to be a target. I feel based spray. A Hartford Police When asked if there were any over the past three years: In 2003, can, given their limited manpower. safe [because] I know how to han- sub-station, with round-the-clock statistics that jumped out at him, there were 21 reported incidents of Most safety issues, such as better dle myself in a city at night." staffing, is located two blocks "Dean of Students Fred Alford said, motor vehicle theft on campus; 17 lighting and a more secure perime- Lyons is confident that his from campus. Campus Safety is "The most troubling crimes are reported in 2004, and 13 in 2005. ter, are-beyond their control and staff is doing all they can to make staffed with 20 full-time officers, those that involve physical and However, from January of 2006 to lie with the school to solve." the campus as safe as possible. three full-time dispatchers, three emotional injury to a person such this past June there were 15 inci- Kimmet believes there are "Campus Safety is running part-time dispatchers, and a large contingent of student workers. Campus Safety interacts daily HamlinaVil with the Hartford Police continued from page 1 "It quickly became clear to Department to keep track of local me what an important role it crime trends in the area, and this Reynolds met with played in the faculty's interac- information keeps all members of Hendersonj Fulco, and tion across departments. It also the staff apprised of what is hap- Chatfield, as well as Chartwells' plays a vital role in student-facul- pening near the College. Hartford main representative at Trinity, ty interaction," said Henderson. Police are called to document Ed Taraskevich. Reynolds is . For the past 16 years, crimes that occur on campus close to finding a solution that Chatfield and Fulco have held when the victim wants to do so will allow Hamlin to re-open; "Friday Table" in Hamlin, where and there are many times when serving lunch,a without the they meet with a group of polit- Campus Safety makes police noti- annual drain on the operating ically involved students. They fication of incidents to protect the budget. eat while having discussions College and the Trinity communi- "I was very disappointed regarding politics on all levels. "I ty- ' . ' think students value it enor- with the closing of Hamlin; Lyons provided some tips for mously," said Fulco. "Since however, I must say that the students to help make Trinity a school has started, I have gotten administration has responded safe place and prevent crime. He three e-mails from three alumni very quickly and sympathetically said students should never walk mentioning having had lunch at once the faculty made their feel- alone and that if anyone feels the Friday Table." ings known," Henderson said. "I unsafe for any reason to call think we will have a positive out- "I have long been an advo- Campus Safety and request an come from this." cate of schools having common Will Cyphers escort. Students should never "President Jones very shrewd- spaces everywhere possible Hamlin Hall will re-open this month, serving lunches to faculty and their students. share their room codes with any- ly and astutely asked Reynolds because we need physically and one, including close friends. to assist us, and he did a stellar aesthetically appealing spaces in that they were not consulted understand is that I came close Locking your dorm room and job," said Fulco. which to gather," President about the decision leading to to touching the Holy Grail with- keeping valuables and money hid- The need to re-open Hamlin Jones said. "Hamlin is of course their lunch being taken away. out adequate preparation." den out of sight are also ways to is vital to fostering a sense of one of the most physically and "What we were objecting to, I In the opera, if one touches prevent crime. community among the faculty. aesthetically appealing spaces think, was perhaps the people the grail without adequate pro- Lyons stressed that not letting Having that resource has been Trinity has." making the decision not under- tection, he will turn to ash. "I strangers into a dormitory is not essential to the staff members "For those of us who use it standing how important it was, got fairly close, I think, in hind- rude and "if a mistake is made, who utilize it. as a place to meet with students and had there been communica- sight," he said. apologies can be offered later." "Since I have been here ... on an invited basis, it was just a tion I think it might have just Chartwells has officially con- Lastly, students should never pull [Hamlin] has been the place that way, I think, to share common allowed for a solution sooner firmed that Hamlin can open a fire alarm unless there is-a valid I've met many of the people I've interests with kids in a very nice rather than later," said Fulco. on Wednesday, Oct. 11. A small reason. come to know as colleagues as environment," said Fulco. She Jones understands the frus- working group of faculty and Campus Safety is located at 76 friends," said Fulco. referred to Hamlin as, "a com- tration, but is relieved that the staff assembled by Dean of Vernon St and can be reached at "I always see Hamlin as a munity space that is different process toward a solution pro- Faculty Rena Eraden and extension 2222; The 2005 Campus place where faculty, staff in the and separate from all the other ceeded with both faculty and Reynolds has achieved the re- Safety Report is published online broadest sense can go, have spaces that students dominate." administration ifIvblvment. opening of Hamlin at lunch and is available in hard copy form lunch, and often have meetings ,She went on to explain the fac- Comparing the right decision to time on a basis that will preserve at the Campus Safety office and at there. Business gets done, deals ulty's frustration. ' the' Holy Grail; in Wagner's benefits of association while the Dean of Student's office. are made in Hamlin," she said The faculty was more upset opera Parsifal, "What I did not resolving the financial deficit. October 3,2006 Trustees Open to Student Copiments Trustees Timeline continued from page 3 invited. the Advancement, Physical Plant, One faculty member who Strategic Planning, Strategic Gift; "Students expressed a wide range attended this past dinner and and Student Affairs committees of views on the problems they others, and who wished to in January, the charter commitr Fall 2004 - Board of Trustees reviews governance commit- felt they had experienced com- remain anonymous, said the tees now address specific issues. tee structures after faculty governance realignments under ing into Trinity. The Trustees events have, among other efforts, The committees are established President Boarder Painter. were very open to our comments helped improve the understand- by the Board based on "hot top- and offered insight from their ing between faculty and Trustees. ics" or important issues and December 2004 - President Jimmy Jones reveals college own college experiences and "The recent dinners have been a essentially work on them inde- financial problems and operating budget deficit. Board of were genuine in their caring for success to reduce the amount of pendently toward a report or rec- Trustees hire Richard Chait from the Harvard Graduate School the well-being of first-years/', he anxiety" between the two ommendation to the Board. of Education as a consultant. Chait allows Trustees to undergo introspective self-evaluation. stated. groups, the professor noted. Once their work is completed, Participating Trustees later Although the dinner was the group is disbanded and a February 2005 - Chair presents recommendations to the reported to the quite informal in new topic is taken up for the Board. Board that pro- "Students expressed a conversation, same process. grams like Quest wide range of views the professor The four initial charter com- October 2005 -Trustees form working groups to make rec- and athletic said the main mittees established in March are: on the problems they ommendations on Board meetings, Trustee committee struc- teams are con- topic of discus- Capital Campaign, Master Plan, ture, and relations with constituents. structive early felt they had experi- sion was Community, and Marketing. activities that enced coining into Trinity's recent Out of the four, Capital January 2006 - Finance and Planning Committee and Audit improve the qual- Trinity. The Trustees ranking drop in Campaign will last the longest as Committee created. Advancement, physical plant, strategic ity of the early were very open to our the U.S. News the Development Office contin- planning, strategic gift and student affairs committees abol- freshman experi- comments and and World ues its preparations for a massive ished. Executive, committee on the Board, investment and aca- ence. They noted offered insight from Report. In addi- fundraising campaign in the demic affairs committees restructured. Agreement to create that when dissat- tion to these coming years. Community, charter committee structure. Recommendation made to create isfaction occurs their own college events, the facul- which is addressing Trinity's city a Trustee Code of Conduct. Ideas and discussion to plan events in the first two experiences ... ty member said relationship ties, and Marketing, during Trustee weekends involving faculty and student interac- months, it's often Cornerstones which is working to define a tion with Trustees. attributed to dis- "-Brett Jackson W helped give fac- cohesive college identity and appointment ulty ownership niche, are expected to run until March 2006 - Trustee Code of Conduct accepted by Board; with the intellec- over the future May. • • outlines set of responsibility and mutual expectations stan- tual environment at Trinity. of the College and that profes- The master plan committee dards for members. Four initial charter committees estab- Reynolds commented that sors are being kept "in the loop" was involved with the work to lished: capital campaign, master plan, community, marketing. lunch is often dedicated to meet- now more than in the past. As a create a new master plan intro- Open student forum agreed to be added to iist of events dur- ing Trustee weekend. ing and learning about the vari- result, the professor said rela- duced in the spring and is ous campus groups. Trustees tions have "improved 100 per- expected to disband by September 2006 - Charter committee work progressing •most recently met with the cent in the past three years." December. They most recently well. Financial reports continue. Multiple interaction events Raether Library staff, while other met with faculty from the sci- In addition to the Finance with faculty, students, campus groups. occasions might center on par- and Planning Committee, ences and fine arts about plan- ticular academic or administra- groups that fall under the "over- ning for their new facilities. tive departments. sight" category include a new Debate over the style of renova- In terms of faculty interac- Audit Committee, the existing tion for Seabury is ongoing. tion, members of the Board in Executive, Committee on the town by Thursday night host a Board and Investment commit- specific group for dinner. In the tees, and a restructuring of the Long-Term Project to Connect Dept. past, student groups have also Academic Affairs Committee to continued from page 3 a small campus, so if you think will be where, none of that is been organized for these dinners. align with changes in faculty gov- through the timing you're talk- clear at this point," she said. However, this time around 10 ernance over the past couple Paula Russo, Vice President for ing about five or six years at the It seems that most of the current faculty who also call years. Planning, Administration, and minimum before those other Trinity community has a posi- Trinitv their alma mater were Following the abolition of Affirmative Action, said. projects are done." tive outlook on the project and "Dorms and offices will be There are no concrete ideas is looking forward to the closed, and there will be renova- on what the new building will change. tions, but that will happen, and look like yet. "One of my goals is to see Campus Safety Report when that's finished, the next "If everything goes accord- that Jacobs is replaced by a first- project will be the new arts cen- ing to schedule, we wouldn't rate facility and that, some years October 1 At 2:14 a.m. Campus Safety ter," Russo said. She went on to even begin to hire architects from now, Clement will meta- was called to Funston to explain that, after renovation for until next year, so drawings are morphose into a radically differ- At 12:43 a.m. a student sitting observe a room because of the Austin Arts Center was com- probably 18 months to two ent space for the faculty, staff, in front of Cleo fell down and; the smell of marijuana. pleted, it would be time for a years away," Russo said. and students of the future," hit her head. She was trans- Campus Safety found a party ported to Hartford Hospital. there with alcohol but no mar- new science building. She fur- Ultimately, Russo said, the main Jones said. ijuana. The alcohol was confis- ther commented that balancing thing is that planning is under- Furthermore, despite the fact cated. all these projects would take way. that LSC will be torn down, not At 12:43 a.m. at Psi U a non- time and work. "At the end of the day the everyone will be sorry to see it student at the Tropical party science departments will all be go. fell down. He was treated by At 3:05 a.m. Campus Safety "Also, you can't have too ambulance and transported to was called to Funston and many of these major projects located near each other, but "I'll be sad to see it go, but the hospital later. found a party going on with taking place at the same time on what it will look like, and who the building is not very user- loud music. The alcohol at the friendly, especially the class- party was confiscated. rooms, since they're so closed At 12:43 a.m. a student was in," Dr. King-fai Tam, Associate reported sick and injured at Mather Hall. She was cared At 4:22 a.m. a student in High Professor of Modern Languages for by ambulance and taken Rise fell down, hit his head, and Literature and International to Hartford Hospital. This and was transported to Studies, said, "It's difficult to event was the only one of the Hartford Hospital. get students excited over any- night that had nothing to do with alcohol. thing in there." At 5:54 a person tried to get And it is not only professors into Psi U using a fake ID. It that feel this way. At 1:50 a.m. Campus Safety was noticed and the fake ID "I have lots of bad memories was called to COOK because was confiscated. from there, so I wouldn't care if of loud music, and found a it was torn down," Jeff Sullivan party with empty beer cans c and bottles of alcohol. The October 2 08 said. "Plus it looks like some alcohol was confiscated. sort of galactic fortress." At 12:47 a.m. A student in Overall, the sentiment about Elton was burning popcorn in LSC seems to be a negative con- At 2:18 a.m. a male student at the dorm room, and the fire sensus. CC1 was reported sick, and alarm went off. The Hartford was also transported to Fire Department did not "From all the people I've Hartford Hospital. respond. heard speak about it," Russo Will Cyphers said, "it isn't something that will The life Sciences Building, a building many students and faculty find unattractive be missed very much." C/5 J-* • cr r-1 cr 1 ^ OK? 3 ??g* H-. O O Under New Management! We Mver to pan* of ^ ft B' 2 g O3 I" B sr > '» a- •+, a p en . B a- y ^ B n O B to » " U 8 s Wethersfield, Ncwington rf" T3 rr en 5. 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OPINIONS October 3,2006 One Student Vividly Recalls Recent Assaults on Crescent Street By ANONYMOUS began yelling at the Trinity stu- At this point, I was stuck out- I fall down to the ground. As I a multiple pronged approach OPINIONS CONTRIBUTOR dent and got out of their car, side alone with the assailants with look up quickly I see the young designed to assuage the local slammed their doors and no place to go. Because the dor- man strike my friend with an authorities' concerns. The few On Saturday Sept. 23 between punched the victim to the mitories on campus have recently even nastier blow. We took her complaints we received from stu- 11 p.m. and 2 a.m., three female ground. Once the victim feE, the been changed to resident-only to the hospital because she suf- dents were centered upon punish- Trinity students were assaulted in assailants began to kick her. The access and because I live on the fered a broken nose and bruised ing the "masses" for the stupidity the Crescent Street area in two attack took place just 15 feet north side of campus, I was eyes." of a few and having to endure the separate incidents. In both cases, away from where I stood and last- locked outside. The attackers The victim told me her views inconvenience of calling to have the assailants were individuals not ed for about a minute. knew I had witnessed the assault on Trinity's response to the inci- someone let friends in." DeBaun associated with the college. I wit- My first impulse was to call and one of them shouted, "That's dent, saying, "Besides my outrage also said that she and Dean of nessed the assault that occurred Campus Safety, so I called them the girl! That's the girl! Let's get resulting from an unprovoked hit Students Fred Alford will at 1:30 a.m. while I was waiting and told an officer that an assault her!" as she pointed to me from from a man, I am extremely dis- "rethink this policy since the outside for a ride from Campus had just occurred on Crescent just 15 feet away. Luckily a friend appointed in this campus's lack Crescent Street dorms seem to be Safety. I am writing this article to Street. I also described the car of mine was on Crescent Street of security on public streets. It is a place of concern." This is a explain what I saw and why I the assailants were driving; it by this time. He had come out- quite upsetting on many levels step in the right direction. think the administration needs to stood out to me since there was side upon hearing the commo- what happened to The - new make safety in the Crescent Street no model trademark on the back tion and let me into his. building us Saturday dorm access poli- area a top priority. of the car as there usually is. By Under this new poli- after hearing the girls shout at night." cies are not a log- the time I got off the phone with cy, there are no safe, As I waited on Crescent Street me. He deflected attention away The victim of ical solution to Campus Safety, a young man had for a ride from Campus Safety, I from me by shouting back at the the attack I wit- locked off areas to go the problem of helped the victim up off the saw a white Toyota Camry speed assailants, saying, "I saw what you nessed also told to other than your prank . fire ground and taken her to her down the road. Just as the car did and you're going to get in me her views on alarms. Granting dorm. The victim leaned on the own dorm. I would was about to turn the corner, a trouble for it!" The attackers how the adminis- access to resi- female Trinity student crossed the young man for support as she like to see the dorms shouted back, "You don't know tration is dealing dents only means road just in front of the car. The walked away sobbing heavily and on Crescent Street the situation! We'll be back!" with the issue of that non-resi- two girls in the Camry then holding her head in pain. Then they shouted racial epithets safety on have open access for dents will simply and drove away. I fear that if my Crescent Street. all Trinity students in need to wait out- friend had not been there, I too She said, "No one the interest of safety. side to be let would have been assaulted. seems to really be into dorms that The first attack occurred listening. One of are not their own around midnight when a group the deans said that there will be in order to pull prank fire alarms. of female Trinity students were an officer on Crescent for about This is not difficult to do on the approached by a group of four a week, but that they cannot do weekends because residents leave men in a car. One of the men much more. Obviously, this is and enter their dorms frequently. persistently asked the girls if they greatly frustrating to those of us Instead, as evidenced by my expe- would like to hang out, but the who had to go through such a rience last Saturday night, the students declined the invitation. traumatic experience. I know new dorm-access policy creates a One of the victims described the that I will have to live with this danger. Under this new policy, rest of the incident in an e-mail fear for a very long time." I LIKE there are no safe, locked off areas WHAT to me. Having an officer stationed at to go to other than your own VOUk "I suppose he [the assailant] Crescent Street for only a week is dorm. I would like to see the {UNIQUELY A felt embarrassed in front of his not enough. More needs to be dorms on Crescent Street have IRONIC friends so he tries to burn me done. open access for all Trinity stu- T-SHIRT REBEL! with a cigarette. My friend The Director of Campus Life, dents in the interest of safety. shouts at him to fall back. I turn Amy DeBaun, says of the current Perhaps it would be best to poll around to try to get my friend dorm access policies, "Closing the students in the Crescent from him as they began to yell at the halls to residents only is one Street area on this issue first, one another. That is when he step towards keeping the commu- punches me in my mouth/nose. nity vigilant and was only part of see CRESCENT on page 9 Tripod Has No Right to Write Negative Reviews of Student Bands By TIM SCARELLA although I might not have school, in front of the people he classmates who were trying to do concert than the one created by OPINIONS CONTRIBUTOR enjoyed it, there were probably shares his life with every day. a good thing for their school. Rendeiro last week. I would like thousands of other people there Perhaps Rendeiro does not real- To drive home my point that to thank all the hard-working I was one of two Trinity stu- who had an amazing time. ize all of the hard work and plan- Rendeiro's criticism of his -peers people who made last Saturday's dents who played in the fall con- Rendeiro also complains that ning that goes in to a simple 45- is inappropriate, I present this show possible: the stage, sound, cert with Late Night Uproar, and the school is foolish for spend- minute performance like ours, analogy. What if I were to attend and lighting crew, who were pro- I am not so much angered by ing so much money on bands but among other things, it a performance of an on-campus fessional, helpful, and treated a John Rendeiro's negative com- that few people have heard of. included the time of six students performance group - for exam- student band as if they were the ments about the quality of the However, his suggestions for who came from schools as far ple, the Movable Joints, Trinity's headliners; the countless volun- performance as I am disturbed bands are equally away as the improvisational acting group. teers from Trinity's student body by his lack of support for an unknown. The University _ of For me to write an article in the who helped- set up the dressing event planned and executed by fact is that the Rendeiro talking dis- Richmond, Tripod that referred to their act rooms, set up and clean up the his fellow students for the enjoy- school cannot paragingly about the Skidmore, and in a negative way would be venue, and publicize the events ment of the Trinity community. choose from any concert is akin to me Emory, not to wrong, not because I am not members of the Trinity College Rendeiro is allowed his opin- band they want writing a negative mention count- allowed to not enjoy their per- Activities Council, the Student ion about the music that was- for these shows. less hours spent formance, but because to nega- Government Association, and played at the concert. However, I am sure that review of an 'N Sync writing and tively critique a group of stu- the Office of Campus Life for he is wrong to assume that TCAC would concert; although I rehearsing the dents providing a service to the their assistance in planning and because he did not like it, the have loved to might not have songs they play. campus community is out of carrying out the event; and, concert was a failure. In fact, book the Rolling enjoyed it, there were To talk about the line. The same would apply for finally, all the students who did many people attended the con- Stones for $500 probably thousands performance as a review of an a capella group; show up for the concert, cert and had a great time. A for the concert. he did belittles could you imagine a writer in whether they came just because well-rounded review of the con- In reality, the of other people there the hard work the Tripod complaining that a they were friends of Jon Fox and cert would have included opin- school is limited who had an amazing put in by the group was out of key, or that the I or because they love The OC. ions from many different people, both by its budg- time. members of this song selection was boring? All of these people worked very not just the writer. Personally, I et and the avail- student band, Members of a campus communi- hard to put on an event solely believe that everyone has a right ability of bands. who did all of this while simulta- ty should support each other in for the enjoyment of Trinity stu- to their own tastes, as anyone Although I am not a regular neously dealing with their aca- their artistic endeavors instead of- dents, and I respect those efforts. who knows me knows that I am member of the band Late Night demic and other responsibilities. claiming their own personal I know that I had a great time, very opinionated when it comes Uproar, with which I played, I To critique a professional band tastes as defining standards on and I only hope that next time, to music. Rendeiro talking dis- consider the opportunity to play is one thing, but to talk about the entertainment value of any the Tripod can open its mind a paragingly about the concert is with them a very special one. one's peers like that is unneces- one thing. little bit and provide a fair and akin to me writing a negative Not every day does one get to sary. Rendeiro shows a complete Personally, I would like to appropriate * report of campus review of an 'N Sync concert; play a concert event at his own lack of support for his fellow put a more positive spin on the events. 8 The Trinity Tripod __ ^_^_ President Dear Jimmy... Jones Answers Tripod Should Be More Responsible Students' By BRETT JACKSON involved, empower them by con- not trying to justify violence, oi Questions OPINIONS CONTRIBUTOR centrating on them. Making a blame victims. However, it does' What do you see Trinity accomplish- joke of things that are legiti- take effort on both sides. When ing in the next Sve years} Every week, I really enjoy mately harmful to this commu- one chooses instead to refuse to picking up a Tripod and finding nity (such as hazing, voyeurism, respond, rather than allowing a As usual, the Tripod editors have insightful, interesting journal- and simple cruelty) legitimizes surge of emotion to fuel the sit- not been demure with throwing me ism. Good journalism is rare them. If people see their behav- uation - a balance between pas- hard halls. This question is certain- nowadays, and, at its best, The ior in AT, they laugh and cele- sivity and aggression - a physi- ly one of the broadest I have been Tripod challenges the adminis- brate "making it into AT," which cal conflict is less likely. asked in the last two plus years. I tration and student body to ana- simply justifies further behavior. The attitude that everything would divide the answer into a num- lyze and adapt their own behav- What's more, publishing arti- is the fault of locals is exactly ber of categories, starting with the iors. Many political philoso- cles like "An Open Address to what makes people think they most basic of all theoretical con- phers will tell you that the flow Freshman Girls" perpetuates' a can get drunk, yell obscenities structs about schools - academic of information, i.e. good jour- Mean Girls ethic, in which peo- and argue back and forth with excellence. Because of the prowess nalism, is absolutely crucial to ple are valued based on their people they don't know. The of the various search committees the functioning of a state. appearances, the clothes they response to this is frequently here at our college, Trinity continues to hire talented individuals to join our Having said that, I feel the flow wear and the people they hit on. what decides the outcome. We faculty. Many of the youngest members of our faculty walk in the prover- of information on campus has Even if taken as satire, it legit- are not perfectly safe on cam- bial door with challenging research projects they wish to see brought to been somewhat imizes and pus, we cannot have perfect rela- fruition: many come with publications right out of graduate school. Such irresponsible Columns like empowers this tionships with Hartford resi- faculty expertise keeps Trinity's flag flying on every academic mast not only lately. I write in "Around Trinity" per- attitude. It sets dents, but responding to aggres- in the United States, but also abroad. I am certain that we can continue to response to two petuate an extremely- in motion a sion with assertiveness is the recruit excellent faculty to join those who have served Trinity so well in the specific atti- unhealthy ethos on cruel downward first step to defusing a potential past. Our task now is to provide every possible opportunity for the faculty tudes. spiral in which it situation. to do the kind of work in and out of the classroom that they can effect. Most impor- campus. By focusing becomes increas- As we already know, walking Therefore, we are trying to raise a great deal of money for endowed chairs, tantly, The our attention on ingly difficult to home alone at night can lead to and so far we have been remarkably successful. Dean of Faculty Rena Fraden Tripod has lately debauchery and live, especially in a dangerous situation. Being should have a number of endowed professorships at her disposal in the years taken a tone that unhealthy behavior, an American belligerent, however, can almost to come. We also must make available to the Dean sufficient funds to sup- deeply disturbs we empower a Camp society in which certainly guarantee one. Many port the work of each faculty member to the hilt. And here too, in the past me. Columns people are girls I know will say that they month or so, we have been remarkably fortunate. One new member of our like "Around Trin-Trin mentality in taught by their feel more comfortable walking Board of Trustees made a pledge of $300,000 at the last board meeting, Trinity" perpetu- which social activity peers and by the home alone at night than being payable not over years but by December of this year, in support of faculty ate an extremely comes before media to judge in certain Vernon Street institu- development. These are incalculable gifts for our Dean of the Faculty to unhealthy ethos academics. each other in a tions. have at her disposal. on campus. By superficial, off- If we are to move forward as Direcdy attached to the state of faculty support funds is the state of focusing our base manner and a community, if we are to care academic scholarships. We have already witnessed the success of the facul- attention on debauchery and to have dangerously, harmfully for each other enough to draw ty's initiative to recruit superior students to the student body. And the exper- unhealthy behavior, we empower low self-esteem. Articles like this the line, if we really value this iment, like what transpired last year with the Trinity College Fund and the a Camp Trin-Trin mentality in undo so much progress made to college and each other as peo- Senior Gift Program, far, far exceeded anything I had originally thought pos- which social activity comes help empower women. ple, rather than as labels, the sible. Because we have hit a rough patch on our finances, we have had to before academics. I am not try- Second, Campus Safety's atti- Tripod must take a more active spend less money on scholarships than any of us would Eke. We simply must ing to stand on a moral pedestal, tude in their reports and safety role in pushing forward an ethos find ways fo have far more dollars in restricted endowments to support the denounce drinking, or say any- advisories seems to suggest that of intelligent behavior, of real fine work of the Admissions and Financial Aid staffs as they continue their thing about people's personal the outside world is a threat to caring, and of journalistic task of finding and then recruiting the best possible classes. We know also choices. However, self-destruc- be avoided, or defended against, integrity. that attempts to diversify student bodies depend in large measure upon an tive behavior is a very important that dangerous situations are Journalistic freedom is institution's ability to provide financial aid. Trinity, like all our sister institu- problem. In a school known for entirely perpetrated by outside important, but at a certain tions, wants to recruit the best, however one defines that descriptor. And in its free flow of alcohol, we must forces. Admittedly, in a conflict point, journalistic responsibility order to recruit the best, we simply must have more financial aid to offer. draw a fine line between having with Hartford residents, the first must take a front-seat. I've seen a One of our major campaign goals is to raise almost $100 million for finan- fun and damaging our bodies aggression frequently does come lot of great writing come out of cial aid. and minds. Things like AT, even from the outside. However, it is the Tripod, and I know it can do Third, I would posit that we must do a better job of stewarding our if they embarrass people rarely entirely their doing. I am better. campus facilities. One of the ways schools make financial ends meet is to decrease the annual expenditures made for deferred maintenance and cam- pus improvements. Short-term solutions to immediate financial problems, Virginian Senator Makes Fatal Mistake however, often lead to long-term problems of increasing magnitude. Many By KATE GRELLE next day's Washington Post, nials in Central Africa's Belgian institutions, some as prestigious as Yale, for example, have found themselves STAFF WRITER Allen singled out a young man Congo for the native popula- where Trinity finds itself today. Here too, we have to.redirect some of our of Indian descent while giving a tion." It is also a variation of financial resources to making certain that we care for the buildings on this As the November elections campaign speech, announcing to macaque,_a genus of monkey. beautiful campus. We have been bequeathed, in the truest sense, some stun- loom ever closer, many of the his audience: "This fellow here, Neither meaning can be con- ning spaces: the Long Walk, the Raether Library, the Quad, even newer facil- candidates have traded in their over here with strued as any- ities like Summit or Hansen. But being bequeathed stunning spaces implies the yellow shirt, thing other than mud slingers for paintball guns. "This fellow here, an obligation to make certain that we care appropriately for those spaces. Fortunately, the elections are macaca, or what- derogatory. And here too, we must do a better job in the future. I hope Trinity never less than a month away, since ever his name is. over here with the When ques- again has to wake up to the brutal fact that we have let buildings like Seabury the next weapon upgrade would He's with my yellow shirt, macaca, tioned, Allen did and Jarvis fall into disrepair without the funds to care for them in a proper most likely be hand grenades. opponent [Jim or whatever his name what any good fashion. For those readers who, like Webb]. He's fol- politician would lowing us is. He's with my Finally, I would suggest that Trinity has to be a good neighbor to the me, find that both Lieberman's opponent... Let's do: he feigned city of Hartford. While the future will undoubtedly not see a replication of and Lament's ads trigger severe around every- ignorance, saying the College's efforts on a scale such as the Learning Corridor, Trinity's geo- acid reflux, it may be time to where. And it's give a welcome to that he made up graphical position in a major capital city requires the College to take a dif- turn our attention away from just great." macaca, here. the word "maca- ferent slant on our location than some of our peers that may be situated in Connecticut. According to Welcome to America ca" and was rural environments. And this position is critically important. For the first While Lamont and the article, his and the real world of unaware of any time in history, largely because of demographic shifts in India and China, Lieberman have engaged in their audience Virginia." of its meanings more human beings live in urban environments than in non-urban environ- ongoing slugfest, Virginia has laughed at the or connotations. ments. Those of you in the student body today are going to have to lead been the unlikely center of yet remarks. "After In terms of societies, in this country and abroad, tomorrow. What better opportunity another contentious Senate race. saying that - Sen. George Allen the "welcome to to learn first-hand about how to live in an urban environment than spend- The re-election of Sen. George Webb was rais- (R-VA) America and the ing four years in a College located in a city? Our urban-international empha- Allen, a Republican, was virtual- ing money in real world of sis coming from the Cornerstones project will inform how Trinity progress- ly assured until six weeks ago. California with Virginia," Allen es in the future. On Aug: 14, Allen made one of a 'bunch of Hollywood movie offered the explanation that he There is no Harry Potter wand store available to us. The only way we the biggest political gaffes of his moguls,' Allen said, 'Let's give a was simply welcoming Sidarth to can proceed is the hard way: consistent work by capable individuals who are career and, in less than 30 sec- welcome to macaca, here. the world "outside the Beltway." trying to move Trinity forward. Many outside the College are watching how onds, managed to seriously jeop- Welcome to America and the He claims that he in no way we move forward. Just last week, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation voted ardize his otherwise secure real world of Virginia.'" meant to offend the young man, to provide Trinity with funds urgently needed to move our urban-internation- Senate seat. Not surprisingly, the young and was sorry if his comments al focus to the next step. Trinity has much momentum at the present time, Allen was attending a cam- man, S.R. Sidarth, was less than were taken the wrong way. and we will continue to do everything we can to make our goals realities. paign rally in southwest thrilled. . Now, I may be in the minor- Virginia, not a region one-would Wlkipedia describes the term ity on this, but if a speaker sin- Please send any questions for President Jimmy Jones to describe as "racially idiverse." "macaca" as "a dismissive epi- [email protected] According to an article in the thet used by francophone colo- see 'MACACA' on page 10 October 3, 2006 'Gallows Lounge' a Huge Crescent Dorms Should Be Left Open continued from page 7 pus in addition to providing visi- officer is assigned." bility through patrols on cam- , Mr. Lyons's points are well Success for Tiin Students however, to make sure they are pus." taken. Increasing the visibility of ByJOETABZI a student union. part of the decision process. Last Tuesday night I was in Campus Safety Officers in the OPINIONS EDITOR Gallows Hill Lounge is a dif- Chris Lyons, the Associate the Crescent Street area and there Crescent Street area will take ferent kind of entity. For one, Director of Campus Safety, was an officer time, effort and As a Tripod staffer, I was very the allure of free coffee (for as described what is currently being stationed in the Safety in the Crescent financial support. surprised to have not seen one long as people keep donating) done about the Crescent Street parking lot on Street area needs to I hope that stu- letter decrying the closing of draws just as many faculty and attacks. "Campus Safety per- Crescent Street be a top priority for dents, parents, Gallows Hill Bookstore, In fact, staff as it has drawn students, forms vehicle, foot and bicycle when I arrived at and alumni will it seems that relatively few peo- making it an ideal replacement patrol on Crescent Street and in around 11. Later, the college. Violence be vocal about pie actually miss the bookstore „ for Hamlin Hall, which was all other areas of campus because when I left at in this area is nothing this issue and now that it's gone, which proba- never meant to serve students visibility of the uniformed securi- around 1a.m. to new. What needs to respond to this bly explains why it closed in the unless they were invited by a pro- ty force does deter crime. To go to the library, happen to make the article in a way first place. I recall asking myself fessor. supplement Campus Safety we however, the offi- administration take that sends a clear are hiring a Hartford Police cer was gone. I message to the last semester how the place Until now, we have never had notice? could possibly make a profit a single place that all the mem- Officer during evenings from 6 contacted Lyons administration when so few people actually bers of the Trinity community p.m. to 2 a.m. as an added deter- to ask about this that safety in the made use of it. could claim as their own; it has rent. Weekend days are very busy and he explained that "the police Crescent Street area needs to be a The plain and simple fact is even been suggested that for Campus Safety. On all three officer assigned spends most of top priority for the college. that the bookstore was on life- President Jones hold a monthly shifts we are performing dozens his/her time on Crescent Street Violence in this area is nothing support for at least the two years "Coffee with Jimmy" as a chance of escorts to members of the but is also asked to patrol new. What needs to happen to that I've been here. I can only to converse with students about Trinity College Community on Summit Street and the Ferris make the administration take imagine that Gallows Hill was student concerns. campus and to CCI on parking lots because of recent notice? With the new hockey opened to compete with Yale Gallows also benefits from Sigourney Street, Hartford. We vandalism to vehicles incidents in rink opening in that area in the and Wesleyan, both of which not being a study lounge - peo- also respond to all calls for serv- both locations. We are trying to winter, these issues will be exacer- have large downtown bookstores. ple can and do study there, a lot, ice and assistance including the get the most coverage for campus bated. The time to make changes Gallows Hill, by contrast, was but there is no need for com- investigation of crimes on cam- during the time that the HPD is now. secluded not;On]y_far away from plete silence (people can still go downtown but in a little corner to the library for that). As a of campus. The location was meeting place, one can look Along the Long Walk simply not well-suited for a around on a weekday afternoon bookstore; I have no doubt that and see, among other things, What was the last song you downloaded it would have been far more four students studying, three profitable had it been combined administrators administrating, with the campus two girls-a-gig- from myTunes? bookstore and I think that this place gling, and a par- put into a build- tridge in a pear ing on Broad has seen more visitors tree. "A song called 'TSMM' by Perpetual Groove. Street or New in one week as a Trinity' is Awesome song." Britain Avenue. lounge than it had in actually doing As we all a semester as a. book- right by this Nick Lazarus •know, Gallows store. This is the space. Mather is CLASS OF 2008 Hill Bookstore is a pit of despair, now gone and kind of place that was the library is for has been sorely missing on studying, and replaced by campus. with all the Gallows Hill : dorms locked Lounge (or "The out (yes, I'm still Gallows Lounge," as some peo- harping on that) people have less ple have taken to calling it ... space than ever to spread out. kind of sounds like a 1940s The fact that events, like Friday "I actually don't use: it. I heard about it recent-1 nightclub). Working at Gallows night's massively popular Hip ly, but i've been too lazy to get it." J Hill Lounge for the past week Hop 101, can be held here is just . I've noticed a few things. I think the icing on the cake. Hanako Justice that this place -has seen more vis- Gallows Hill is becoming CLASS OF .2010 itors in one week as a lounge what Vernon Social Center than it had in a semester as a should have been - if it were bookstore. actually a social center and not This is the kind of place that just a party barn that otherwise was sorely missing on campus; sits vacant all day. (Great use of rather than being made into just money from the genius who The Pirates of the Carribean soundtrack!' a study lounge, the lounge is thought that one up - it's too turning into more of a meeting small for the bigger TCAC par- Alex Bacon place. I've even heard several ties and nobody goes to the CLASS OF 2008 people exclaim upon entering, smaller ones.) "We finally have a student I guess it was nice that union!" Trinity had a bookstore, but it This brings to mind a ques- was just sitting there. With the tion: why hasn't Mather become advent of Amazon.com (not to the campus center we all want? mention a better Barnes and First, the vast majority of Mather Noble right down the road), the "Jessica Simpson - 'A Public Affair.'" Hall is occupied by dining halls; small bookstore is coming to an nearly the entire ground floor is end everywhere, not just at Anna Borchert closed at all non-meal times. Trinity. CLASS OF 2007 The Cave has its share of Trinity should be commend- couches and is open all day, but ed because instead of leaving the it still feels more like a restaurant space to rot when Barnes and than a lounge. The Noble left (cough, CPTV, Underground Coffee House is cough) they actually took the too small and loud to serve as a room and did something good general lounge for students and with it. The fact that students faculty. are also actually using the space The upper floor of Mather is is very impressive and only "A lot of Afro-pop and some Coltrane." dominated by meeting rooms serves to prove the need we had and the basement is dotted with for such a space on campus. Carrie Edwards special purpose lounges. Also, The opening of Gallows Hill CLASS OF 2008 Mather simply closes too early. Lounge was a step in the right Mather may be a student center direction for Trinity ... Now if in that everyone has to go there, only they'd open the dorms but no part of it could be called back up. 10 The Trinity Tripod sMacaca' Not a Term of | Israel Wrongly Blamed For Conflicts By JORDAN FISHER the unruly Middle East, politically, make painful concessions for the OPINIONS CONTRIBUTOR economically, and socially. As a guarantee of security. When Israel Endearment in Virginia result, the world sees few scientific has a willing partner (like Egypt or continued from page 8 Allen has alluded on more In a letter to the editor last and technological inventions and Jordan), negotiations are successful than one occasion to presiden- i week, student Fatima Jafri attempt- little economic prosperity coming and peace is achieved. The gled me out from the crowd and tial aspirations. Taking that into ed to convince you that Israel's from the Islamic world, but a great Palestinians, however, continue to referred to me as "macaca," I account, his ambiguous com- recent two-front war between amount of violence, tyranny, and prove to the world that they are would be offended, even if I had ments, and the motivation Hamas and Lebanon-based poverty. Instead of making the nec- not ready for peace. Under the no idea what the word meant behind them, are even more of a Hezbollah was not due to the kid- essary changes that could end cul- Oslo Peace Process of 1993, Israel (which, incidentally I didn't mystery. Surely those are not napping of Israeli soldiers, that tural barriers to modernity and built an administrative infrastruc- until this story broke). Just the the words to use if you are plan- Arabs are unfairly held responsible development - such as fundamen- ture for future Palestinian self-rule tone in which the word is spo- ning to be the leader of a coun- for the aggression, and of course talism, fascism, polygamy, gender in addition to building schools ken implies try in which long that Israel is "eliminating the apartheid, patriarchy, and tribalism and hospitals. Israel armed and trained Palestinian police and sup- that it's not If a speaker singled ingrained racial prospects of a viable Palestinian - many Arabs have preferred to meant to be a tensions have not state" by the usurpation of land subscribe to the cult of victimiza- plied water and electricity grids. compliment. me out from the yet dissipated. ! and rights - all views that are spec- tion. The Palestinians rejected the pro- In addi- crowd and referred Sidarth, the | tacularly wrong. Where there is totalitarianism posal and responded with waves of tion, Allen's to me as a "macaca," object of Allen's "Hamas and Hezbollah's abduc- together with soaring unemploy- terror and incitement. At Camp explanation of I would be offended, remarks, offered tions of Israeli soldiers represented ment, no economic growth, cor- David/Taba in 2000, Israel offered: his "welcome even if I had no idea his own interpreta- acts of war according to interna- ruption, illiteracy and no freedom 97 percent of the West Bank and to America" tional law and were undoubtedly whatsoever, dictators, jihadists and 100 percent of Gaza to the what the word tion to The comment is, Washington Post. the trigger of this conflict. Even Muslim clerics for years have Palestinians, East Jerusalem as the let's face it, meant. "I think he was prior to these events, Hamas and always blamed Israel. They also try new capital for the Palestinians, pretty lame. doing it because Hezbollah had collectively fired blaming the U.S., whose military and a sovereign Palestinian identity One needs only to watch the he could, and I was the only per- thousands of rockets deliberately saved Muslims in Kuwait and in exchange for peace. video of the comments on son of color there, and if was j targeting Israeli population cen- Kurdistan in the 1990s. Even Unfortunately, Arafat refused the YouTube to gather that the useful for him in inciting his ters. In one day alone, Hezbollah though Israel had been giving the offer and continued to endorse ter- words spoken by Allen and his audience ... I was annoyed he had fired 240 missiles into Israel. Palestinian Authority $50 million a rorism and the same creed of vic- explanation of their meaning are would use my race in a political Many try and suggest a "moral month in taxes, timization that completely incongruent. Allen context." equivalence" between the actions "they did it to us" The fact that we see in Jafri's stuck his foot in his mouth so It's sad, really. Supposedly of terrorist organizations such as is an easier justifi- Holocaust survivors letter. far that the sole of his shoe may this is the time of year that Hamas and Hezbollah and the cation for the cur- transformed an arid, While I do have to be surgically extracted. politicians should be showing us defensive response of democratic rent condition of criticize the mili- Allen's words were not mere- precisely why they deserve to Israel. However, Hezbollah terror- most Islamic undeveloped desert tary strategy that ly imprudent; they may very well represent their constituents. ists take their own country hostage states. It turns out into a successful... Israel used this have been an act of political sui- Paradoxically, they frequently | by launching their rockets from that victimization nation without the summer in cide. Thanks to the miracles of resort to some of the most I densely populated civilian areas is the sobriquet help of oil revenues Lebanon, I also I and hiding in mosques, hospitals, modern technology, words have demeaning, insulting, ethically for most of the irritates many nearby support Israel's a lasting resonance. Particularly questionable actions in order to | and behind human shields. Only Middle East. Muslims, who feel that inherent right to in the blogosphere, mistakes like do so. the morally obtuse cannot distin- Jewish people defend itself when Allen's are recirculated over and Call me crazy, but there just guish between a terrorist group have lived in the their land and honor attacked or when over and over and over and, seems to be something inherent- that targets civilian populations historic land of have been stolen. Israeli soldiers are well, you get the point. ly wrong about that. i with indiscriminate weapons Israel, including abducted. When ' designed to maximize civilian casu- Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) Mahmoud Abbas put diplomacy alties and a democratic country for more than 3,700 years. Even and pragmatism before suicide The that seeks to prevent terrorism by many Muslims recognize that bombings, confidence-building Tripod Mini-Feed dropping warning leaflets and Palestinians had only been in the measures intended to help reshape using smart bombs designed to area for about 1,000 years. Jews are relations -are made possible, such On a scale of minimize civilian casualties. voluntarily returning to places as Israel's release of 500 Palestinian the end of a nearly four-year winning streak Terrorist organizations such as where they had once lived before prisoners from Israeli jails in Hamas and Hezbollah - as well as being expelled. As a matter of pol- February 2005. However, there will to, well, anything* their supporters (i.e.: Amnesty icy, Israel does not seize private be no peace in the Middle East International and the United land for the establishment of set- until Arabs accept Israel's right to *with the heartbreak of losing to archenemy Williams being a 1, and Nations) will have you believe that tlements and does not displace exist, renounce terrorism and the memories of all of our triumphs being a 10 the war is over land. However, Arabs Irving in the territories; the develop true constitutional govern- falling leaves: 9 despite these claims, Israel's multi- vast majority of settlements have ments, free institutions and open front war is not just about land. been built in uninhabited areas. To markets. MF was once told by a particularly enthusiastic tour Hamas and Hezbollah fired rock- say that settlements have been It is not surprising that, accord- guide that you could see Trin's school colors in the ets from Gaza and Lebanon well built on "confiscated land" is illog- ing to a letter written to the New blue of the sky and the gold of autumnal leaves on our after Israel had withdrawn from ical since the territories-never legal- York Times by James Bennet, more beloved quad. Poetic, but MF really just likes crunch- both places. If Arab land was ly belonged to either Jordan or than 80 percent of Palestinians ing leaves on the Long Walk. A cautionary note, by the indeed the driving force of this Egypt and certainly not to consistently choose" Israel as' the Palestinians, who were never the way: Falling leaves are pretty, but falling acorns hurt. whole war in the Middle East, then government they most admire I would surely expect Syria to be sovereign authority in any portion because they can see the flourish- attacking Israel over the occupied of Palestine. The legal right of set- ing democracy and the plethora of rainy Sundays: 3 Golan Heights, hi addition, Cairo tlement in the West Bank (per rights that it bestows on its Arab Yes, the grey day made MF's room seem extra cozy, remains the epicenter of anti-semi- U.N. Resolution 242) is equivalent citizens - all 1.3 million of them. in every way to the right of the but she did not enjoy braving the deluge for Sunday tism and Egyptian terrorist organi- Israeli Arabs are full citizens with zations such as Jamaat al-Islamiyya local population to live there. brunch waffles. Perhaps campus sailing could replace equal rights to vote, protest, and and Islamic Jihad vow to destroy The fact that Holocaust sur- purchase land, as well as receiving campus golf next time the floodwaters rush down Israel - even though Israel relin- vivors transformed an arid, unde- social and financial services. Arabs Vernon. quished the Sinai Peninsula to veloped desert into a successful, hold several positions in the 120- Egypt in 1982. sophisticated and industrious seat Knesset and have held various small woodland critters: 4 Many people hoped that nation without the help of oil rev- government positions such as: As cute as they are, MF feels that critters belong out- Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon enues irritates many nearby Ambassador to Finland, Supreme doors, not in the Tripod office (or on pants). City in 2000 and Gaza in 2005, coupled Muslims, who feel that their land Court Justice, Director General of with the Lebanese and Palestinian and honor have been stolen. the Ministry Interior, and the Mouse, Country Mouse was one of MF's favorite child- elections, were moves toward a last- Under this creed of victimization, deputy mayor of Tel Aviv. To say hood stories, but some of her co-workers were not ing peace between rational demo- it is easy and logical to scapegoat that Israel discriminates against its such big fans when city mouse scampered through cratic entities. Some hoped that, Israel for the self-induced failure of Arab citizens or Arabs in general is Monday night. Ditto to last week's cameo from a simi- with Israel's return to the 1967 bor- the Palestinians and the Islamic a gross inaccuracy. larly brazen Trinity squirrel. ders, her Arab neighbors might states. However, the true reality is The day that Arabs renounce elect moderate leaders who would that the impediment to peace is terrorism, recognize Israel's right denounce terror and get on with not the existence of settlements to exist, and end the pathetic creed hoodies: 8 establishing functional, practical but rather the Palestinians' refusal of victimization is the day that Hoodies pretty much make MF's world go 'round, and economies and governments. But to accept a state next to Israel their future begins. The impedi- this is the perfect weather for sporting your favorite this confidence presumed a funda- instead of one replacing Israel. ment to Palestinians is not Israeli comfy-cozy Trin gear (even if your favorite Trin teams mental change in the Arab mental- We have seen time and time policy, but the unwillingness of a aren't winning). Now if only the gear wasn't made in ity. That has not happened. again that Israel has always been totalitarian, fascist leadership to committed to peace with her give up terrorism and abandon an sweatshops. In the last fifty years, globaliza- tion has passed by the majority of neighbors and is always willing to ineffectual hatred of the infidel. The Trinity Tripod

FEATURES October 3,2006 The Good, Bad and Ugly of Pledging Passionately Pink Shabbat By ANDREW BRYSON evening. In one instance, sisters of ter, I'm down. FEATURES CONTRIBUTOR a particular sorority, armed with a "While we can assume that megaphone and female aggression, there is similarly ridiculous behav- Raises Cancer Awareness During the week of Sept 18, screamed at soon-to-be pledges to ior going on at many of the frater- members-of the sophomore class, "Get outside!" and told them to nities during pledging, they seem ByJORDYNSIMS welcome at Shabbat and there is some awkward, others more confi- crawl along the Long Walk and ... to be much more adept at hiding FEATURES WRITER an incredibly supportive, family dent, wandered out of their dorm hump trees. Oh dear! Our beloved it from the rest of the student atmosphere. Following religious rooms to try to hold their own at elms! body. I'm sure these public scenes Each Friday night, Trinity services, which last for approxi- Fall Rush. Depending on the Students in the Boardwalk / are not the reputation the admin- Hillel hosts Shabbat services and mately an hour, there is dinner time, one could see various groups Park Place area of campus wit- istration desires, but why not? dinner at'Zachs Hillel House on where everyone chats comfortably, walking together, hoping to nessed similar pledges marching Trinity used to be known for both Vernon Street This past Friday again creating a wonderful family become a member of one of with their underwear outside of its strong academics and its intense night's Shabbat was particularly atmosphere. Trinity's fine Greek Organizations. their clothes, chin-to-chest, up and partying. Now, with our academic important as it was the Shabbat In honor of the Passionately The organizations hosting rushes down fire escapes. All the while, reputation going down the drain, between Rosh Hashannah and Pink for the Cure theme, every- included Delta Psi (The Hall), the sisters screamed things at them why not embrace the drinking and Yom Kippur, a day intended for thing was pink at this week's Alpha Delta Phi (AD), Alpha Chi that shall remain unmentioned in debauchery of our past and making New Year's resolutions for Shabbat. All of the decorations, Rho (CROW), Psi Upsilon, Sigma The Tripod A group of male become a "Rollins of the North?" the Jewish New Year. For Molly the plates, the bowls, the utensils, Nu, Ivy and Kappa Kappa spectators stood watching and Perhaps, when we finally get our Goodwin '09 and the members of the balloons, the tablecloths, and Gamma, while Cleo Literary repeating the inappropriate state- endowment up to par, we could Hillel, one of this year's biggest even the punch, were pink. The Society will host rush at a later ments made by the sisters. There install a moving walkway on the resolutions is to promote breast breast cancer awareness themed date. are a lot of words that can be used Lower Long Walk to make our cancer awareness, among other Shabbat was inspired by the organ- Rush events - ""-•• to describe such a mass transit to and from Vernon community service related goals. ization, Sharsheret, that contacted were, to many "... sisters of a particu- site: humiliating, Street more efficient. As a first step to fulfilling this res- Goodwin over the summer. people's surprise, degrading, even Now this isn't to say that the olution, Goodwin, the social chair Sharsheret, which means "chain" lar sorority, armed with alcohol-free, appalling, but let's only thing fraternities and sorori- of Hillel, along with her commit- in Hebrew, is a not-for-profit which aside from a megaphone and be serious... it was ties do is drink and do weird tee members, Alyssa Simpson '10, organization started by two young the legality of it, female aggression, nothing short of things to pledges, but it does Ali Schwartz '10, and Olivia Merns Jewish women who had been vic- did have some screamed at soon to be hilarious. You appear to be somewhat of a strong '10, organized the Passionately tims of Breast Cancer. The two p o s i t i v e s . Pink for the Cure Shabbat. were struck by the lack of support pledges to 'Get out- really can't make part But if you speak with any Namely, it up stuff that's this pledge they will tell you there's a Shabbat serves as a day of rest for women under 45 with breast allowed for the side!' and told them to good. lot more to it then alcohol. They'll for the Jewish community. Here cancer, and therefore started members of the crawl along the Long The sight of give you the whole, "it's about at Trinity, Shabbat provides stu- Sharsheret. According to their organizations to Walk and... hump the, groups of forging lifelong friendships with dents and faculty with an opportu- mission statement, Sharsheret is view sober trees. Oh dear! Our pledges heading members of your pledge class and nity to relax and take a break from "Dedicated to addressing the across campus at classes and work, as well as to prospects instead beloved elms!" upperclassmen," which is most of an overly- rather random likely true. After all, in order to be reflect on the week. Everyone is see THINK PINK on page 14 friendly mass of times has become eligible to become a pledge you idiots. Basically, awkward people quite commonplace. However, on must be in good academic stand- and alcoholics alike were out of Sunday, at the end of the Rush ing with the school and many of luck. At the end of each night the week, one group of students trav- the organizations have mandatory look on students' faces ranged eled over to Vernon before noon study halls. So I'm sure that once from excited to completely over- only to drunkenly return later in those girls got the kitty Etter out of whelmed. the day covered in what appeared their hair, they went right over to After the first few scheduled to be a pleasant mixture of condi- the library like everyone else and nights of rush were over, fortunate ments and kitty utter. Reports studied all Sunday night. students began to receive call-backs began to develop about a girl, who Fraternities and sororities are primarily in the form of invita- I suppose had attempted to show- an extremely important part of tions in mail boxes. By Thursday, er, wandering naked around her Trinity in that they do offer many many of the organizations had floor's bathroom amid a trail of positives other than drinking to made their decisions and it was as vomit For the sake of the clean- those who decide take part, while if Maurice Sendak's Wild Things ing staff, let us hope she managed also providing the rest of us a had been let lose on Trinity's cam- to get most of it in the toilet and place to drink and dance like com- pus. That night, hopeful male and shower. Now, this odd scene does plete morons. My advice to some female students were told to stay in appear to be both disgusting and of the organizations is to, maybe, their rooms and patiently await a appalling, but personally, I'm a bit try and keep your activities (I will pickup while "brothers" and "sis- jealous. I wish I actually had an not say hazing) a little more private ters" prepared the evenings events. excuse to get hammered on a if you want to avoid all this public- Sunday morning, and if it takes Some students were lucky enough ity. To those who don't care at all: Courtesy < covering myself in mustard and lit- to witness the pick-ups of the good, you shouldn't lisa Kassow (far left) gathers with Shabbat participants before services and dinner. Psi Upsilon's Annual Tropical Party: Always a Splash at Trinity By COURTNEY CREGAN college parties in the early 1990s • FEATURES CONTRIBUTOR by the prestigious Playboy Magazine, it's easy to see where the Upon walking into the party, rumor would have originated. the smell of sunless tanner and •• Tropical is an annual, party beer hits me. I see a girl, apparent- thrown by the brothers of the Psi ly having submitted to complete Upsilon fraternity, or Psi U. intoxication, being carried out by Because of the cold temperatures two of her friends, and shorts, and the tropical attire requirement, skirts and tank tops everywhere, intoxication is a student's only despite the freezing temperature. hope to stay warm, but students Suddenly I hear a girl scream, have to be 21 in order to get a "Seven girls on the wall at all drink, so many students try to get times!" I turn around to see a fel- drunk enough for an entire night low party-goer had toppled off the of partying in a single pregame. wall she had been dancing on, This leads to complete chaos. causing her to break her sorority Students jumped onstage to grind sisters' mandate of seven pledges with the DJs, and the pool was on the wall. She quickly scrambled never without screaming students back up and continued dancing as intoxicated enough to find swim- though nothing had happened: ming in cold temperatures to be a Whether or not you believe that Edwin C. Pratt Tropical was ranked one of the top see SPEEDOS on page 12 A sea of sweaty students dances away the last "summer night" of the year on the sandy shores of the Psi Upsilon Beach Club. 12 The Trinity Tripod Women, Gender and Sexuality Eager to Continue Expansion By MARIA DKON Corber, received his Ph.D. in FEATURES CONTRIBUTOR English Literature, yet all of his research and books are rooted in On Sept. 27 in the Alumni, the intersection of Queer Studies, Lounge of Mather Hall, the American Studies and Film Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. In regards to the pro- Department hosted'a reception to gram's future, he expressed his bring together the new and old contentment with consolidating faculty involved in the program, the strengths of the program. For Also present were students partic- students not familiar with the ipating in the program and Laura Women, Gender and Sexuality Lockwood, the director of the program, Corber explained the Women's Center. Joan Hedrick, uniqueness of the interdiscipli- the founder of the program, was nary aspect. Students have the present and excited to share the advantage of taking a variety of history of what is now the courses in Modern Languages, Women, Gender and Sexuality Anthropology, Educational Department. In the 1980's there Studies, Sociology and English was only a minor in Women yet still have a clear focus on Studies, but in 1992 it became a Women, Gender and Sexuality, major. In 2002, it was reshaped to This allows for a broad range of include queer theories and studies interests, which is not common in and given its current title. Vast all majors here at Trinity. The changes were made to the core professors engage in a variety of curriculum at that time. Those issues and concerns for women, who are connected to the pro- sexual minorities and gender and gram are thrilled that other sexuality. Courses range from the departments have hired new facul- History of Sexuality, taught by ty who will be Corber, to teaching courses "Students have the Women in that are cross-list- advantage of taking a Music and ed with Women, variety of courses [in Gender and Sam Lin Gender and Education. Janet Bauer and Robert Corber, former and current directors of the program respectively, mingle at the WMGS reception. many disciplines]... yet Sexuality. The Janet Bauer, reception ' was a still have a clear focus the director of Bauer was eager to mingle with Fulbright Scholar from India for the same purpose of creating welcoming envi- on Women, Gender and the program last the new extended faculty at the taught for the department. The a community between the facul- ronment designed Sexuality." academic semes- reception. Bauer explained that grants also allowed for a Women ties from all the different depart- to bring together ter, was also pres- due to budget cuts, the program in Islam initiative. In hopes of ments. Although it may be small, a group of faculty ent. Bauer elabo- has had less opportunity to pro- bringing the faculty together the Women, Gender and from diverse backgrounds united rated on the cross-listing of cours- mote its information and more often, there is a pedagogy Sexuality Department is overflow- with a common interest in es explaining that while there is a research. They are making an seminar in October and a Women ing with enthusiasm for their mis- women's studies. core faculty, Women, Gender and effort to include more of their Studies writing progress group for sion of the education of women's The current director of the Sexuality has an extended faculty courses at study abroad global, the faculty to share their research studies and gender, and sexuality program, Professor Robert of sixty to seventy professors. sites. Due to grants last year, a and writings. The reception was issues here at Trinity. Top 10. Speedos, Sand & Summertime, Oh My! continued &om page 11 and found it not worth the Tropical was a success. Things to Bring Back From entrance fee. "It was crowded, over- Annie Fazio '0? agreed, "This good idea. "At the high point of priced, and cold/' he said. year's Tropical lived up to the hype Home After Trinity Days the party, there are close to 1000 But what's so great about yet again. It was great seeing the 10. Black light... see if your roommate was getting lucky in individuals on our property," said Tropical is that it brings a lot of whole community get dressed up your bed while you were gone. Psi U president, Alex Knote '07. the Trinity community together, and have so much fun together. But the drunken madness is even though that may only The guys did an amazing job of not what makes this party worth include students who enjoy the decorating, with all of the sand 9. Your younger sibling... he / she is better than any pledge. the 15 dollar entrance fee. Sand Greek life. It even attracts students and making the pool that so many covered the entire backyard of the from other schools. Although people ended up in. I loved it and 8. The inside of your family s fridge ... come Late Night, Psi U house, and a huge hole had some students disagree, the general can't wait for next year!" Neither been dug into the ground to create opinion by partygoers was that can the rest of the Trin campus. you'll appreciate those leftovers way more than they will. a pool. A lifeguard sits atop a recently placed chair overseeing 7. The next installment of your monthly allowance courtesy the mass of swimming students. A DJ had been hired to get the stu- of (and unbeknownst to) your beloved parents. dents dancing, and a dance floor (covered in sand of course) with a 6. Those cowboy boots / bangle bracelets / red lace leo- tent over it holds the hoards of stu- tards you thought you'd never wear again. There will be - dents not old enough to drink and thus not old enough to hang out plenty more Saturday night theme parties to show them off on the patio. at. . ' • • Because of a new Connecticut law regarding underage drinking 5. Febreze, SwifFers, Tide ... or all of the above. Your com- on private property, the Psi U mon room is bearing way too close of a resemblance to the brothers set up a kind of "beer gar- den" on their patio, which separat- basement of Psi U. ed students 21 and over from underage students, and required a 4. Your "vintage" (brand new) Barbour jacket ... pretty fly blue wristband to get into. for a Trin guy. Although this separation was mandatory, many students felt it created a division in the partygoers 3. Your older brother's / sister's / father's id ... in that that hadn't been there before. Barbour jacket you could pass for mid 40's. "Tropical was fun, but I didn't think it would have the 21 and over section. I think the section 2. Your best friend with benefits from high school ... the isolated people, because there were Late Night scene just hasn't been all it's cracked up to be. the people in that section, and then there was everyone else on 1. The head of a certain purple cow from Williamstown on the dance floor," said Quentin Reynolds '10. Steven Vallimarescu a platter. ratt '09 didn't like it for otl efr reasons A Psi U pledge / lifeguard oversees the crowd, making ciowdsurfing safer for all. October 3, 2006 13 Senior Spotlight: Jared Hoffman Horoscopes By KRYSTAL RAMIREZ AQUARIUS January 20 - February 18 FEATURES WRITER So sick of Mather, the cave, the bistro and anything to do with Chartwells? Aren't we all. Wherever you Originally hailing from "a real- decide to order from, stay away from Coyote Flaco ly small town on the eastern shore - eight legged critters have been found in their food. of Maryland," as he puts it, Jared TV Show to Try. Desperate Housewives - guys too! Hoffman is what you could call a modern Renaissance man. His PISCES February 19 - March 20 many and diverse interests set him This weekend, you get to escape New England's apart, and make him an interesting Rising Star. That means you can shop somewhere individual. other than the Forever 21 at our beloved Westfarms. He claims to "listen to a lot of This astrologer expects hot, trendy, and overpriced different stuff/" musically speak- H outfits when you all get back! ing. "I really like Vortex, Cursive, TV Show to Try. Two-a-Days and just kind of the indie / noise music, I guess," he said. As for ARIES March 21 - April 19 hobbies, one could call Hoffman Calling all nail biters and procrastinators! This week an extreme sportsman. you are feeling motivated with all of the midterm "When I get the chance I like pressure, so try to use this extra energy and kick to go camping," he said. "I like T those nasty habits. lots of outdoor kinds of sports, TV Show to Try. Heroes like whitewater rafting, spelunking, hiking. My next thing that I want TAURUS April 20-May 20 to do is go skydiving. I like the Take that big risk that you have been milling over more high adventure" stuff." this week. Whether it is dumping that lame boy- / Hoffman is majoring in girlfriend, switching your major to something other International Studies with a than Econ, or getting a drastic new hair-cut, remem- Middle Eastern focus. "I guess I ber that change can be oh-so-refreshing! just kind of stumbled into it," he TV Show to Try. Full House said. "I came to Trinity thinking of Courtesy of Jared Hoffman anthropology at first, but I really GEMINI May 21-June 21 like languages, so I started taking a very good member lately, tour guide while I was here last Make that much-needed phone call this week. Arabic and then also started taking though," he said. year, too, and applied for the job, Whether you're phoning home, the grandparents, or courses about Middle Eastern his- In addition, Hoffinan is heavi- and got it. I also work for the an ex you wish to get reacquainted with (keep it tory and politics and kind of went ly involved with the Women's Underground Coffeehouse." PG!), you never know how much those few minutes with it." Center. "I work there, so I'm there Hoffinan says he has seen big can mean to someone. Hoffman has studied Arabic a few hours a week," he said. Tm changes in himself over the three TV Show to Try. South Park for two and a half years; however, just generally involved helping out years he has spent at Trinity thus he is not taking it this year. "I'm with the events, like Take Back the far. "In general I've grown intellec- CANCER June 22-July 22 not continuing because I don't Night, and I helped with the first- tually and just kind of my own per- Start being smart about your money this week. A have enough time," he said. year orientation In the Dark and spective on things has really few dollars here and there can really add up. Taking This may be because Hoffman just greeting first-year students, so become my own and is not as some time for your financials can ensure that you is involved in so many extracurric- just different odds and ends." mediated by what you're told in have enough to last through the upcoming holiday ular activities at Trinity. For one Hoffman helped put together class," he said. "I really feel like I've season. Start by curbing your three-a-day Iatte habit. thing, Hoffman is a brother of Pi the Sexual Assault Response Team developed my own critical think- TV Show to Try. Law and Order Kappa Alpha. Web page in conjunction with ing and really come up with a par- K "I became a brother the spring another person. This year I do ticular approach to things, or LEO Jury 23-August 22 whatever you want to say. It's kind of my sophomore year, and right more soft leadership," he said. Major disappointments are a part of life. Watching of more in line with my own now I'm not doing much of any- Aside from all the organiza- that girl / guy you have been scamming on go home understanding of things and not thing [with it]. I'm on the risk tions Hoffman is a part of, he also with someone else is just a character test. Reevaluate necessarily kind of a general mass committee, and we make sure that has a thesis he is working on for things this week and you will be better for it. understanding, which I mean, is parties are safe and all that, but next semester. "I'm doing some TV Show to Try. The Simpsons I've just been so busy," Hoffman preliminary work with that for my not to say that I'm hypercritical, but I guess it's been good." said. "I was rush captain for Pike minor seminar in Women, Gender VIRGO August 23 - September 22 last year, though." and Sexuality," he said. Hoffman has also noticed Take that giant leap this week. Whether you can get Hoffman is part of the new Hoffman also boasts an changes in Trinity as a school. up the courage to finally speak to, or at least poke, activist group on campus, impressive 10 to 12 hours of com- "Just kind of the general ethos I that hot crush you can't stop thinking about, your Requiem, too. "I wasn't one of the munity service per semester. He think has really changed, although TCP efforts won't go unnoticed. first people to come up with it, he has also had numerous on-carnpus there are always points where it TV Show to Try. Blind Date said, "bui I think I've been really, jobs. almost seems like a- complete really excited about being an "On campus I used to work at regression, but I think that really LIBRA September 23 - October 22 activist here and doing a lot with Trinfo Cafe, which is a really good in general the student body has Can't figure out a way to get all the sand out of it, just helping coordinate a lot of asset to Trinity," Hoffman said. changed such that it's a much your bed, your clothes, and your room in general? the events and the discussions." "It's a really important thing to more diverse place and not just in We may be going out on a limb here but purchase EROS has benefited from have, I think. I no longer work terms of your diversity like race, a vacuum - Target has some great deals. sexual orientation, religion, or Hoffman's participation as well. there, but I do work at Admissions TV Show to Try. Grey's Anatomy "My sophomore year I was presi- as Student Admissions Associate, soeioeconomic status, which is dent of EROS," he said. so I interview [prospective] stu- important, but just general per- SCORPIO October 23 - November 21 Also his sophomore year, dents. I started as a tour guide the spectives and politics on macro Trinity Days call for some fan plans away from cam- Hoffman was co-head of the spring of my sophomore year and and micro levels, I guess, and with pus. Going home is overrated, pack up some of Interfaith Council. "I've not been worked over the summer. I was a that I think there's a lot more your fav Trin Campers and head off for a road trip intellectual engagement because to one of your high school friends college digs and people actually have different view- have a great time. points and they're interested in TV Show to Try. Prison Break I.>I vi I.ICB: actually talking about them instead of ignoring them or getting SAGITTARIUS November 22 - December 21 angry about it," he said. With midterm fast approaching you might be regret- As for Hoffman's plans after ting all those late nights out on Vernon. Don't for- test! graduation, they are still a bit get to buckle down this week with some Peter B's in Test your skills and new knowledge fuzzy. "I'm thinking of going out the libs - your final grades will thank you. That's a with a practice test to be held on: into the Bay Area and getting promise. involved with workers' rights and TV Show to Try. Studio 60 Saturday, October 7 then graduate school in a year or From 10-2pm two possibly. I'm not sure exactly CAPRICORN December 22 - January 19 what I'm going to do," he said. All the rain getting you down? Stay dry this week, MCEC 270 "With graduate work there a few. bundled up in bed. For you and the roomies try an different venues, a few different old High Rise classic: Mean Girls. This taste of -. - Contact <^JBer-services@,tancoll.eduto RVSP for your spot? options, but I definitely plan on Lohan is sure to cure your Capricorn blues. doing the rounds and finding my TV Show to Try. Entourage niche." 14 The Trinity Tripod Beinart Supports Liberal Resurgence Think Pink: Hillel Fights continued bom page 1 ized by Americans for Informed the speaker's position or his Democracy, which formed a ideas' application to other cir- cent about human rights at chapter at Trinity this year cumstances; none challenged his Against Breast Cancer home." through the efforts of seniors basic assumption. continued Horn page 11 breast cancer can increase a Beinart cautioned, however, Abigail Garrity and Kristen David Kimball-Stanley '09 woman's chance of survival a against turning inward too Hayashi. Garrity described the enjoyed the lecture: "Beinart unique concerns of young Jewish greatly. Of the 63 percent of severely in an increasingly inter- organization's purpose as "to made it clear that not only can women facing breast cancer." A women whose breast cancer was connected world. He does not raise awareness of increasing the liberal perspective still be large part of their mission is to detected in a localized state (the want Americans to leave the global interconnectedness." relevant and applicable to promote awareness about this dis- beginning stages), the survival rate experience of the current war in "As Americans, our actions today's problems, but that the ease among young women. is 97.3 percent. For those whose Iraq "thinking we have made our have an enormous global ideology used to solve these Over two million women in cancer was detected at a later stage, best effort at trying to create a impact, however few people are problems is no different from the United States are afflicted with the survival rates plummet. Yet, better world and we have found aware of this impact," she said. that of classic liberals like breast cancer. A woman's chances with mammograms and self breast the world wants nothing of us," "Additionally, the struggles of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and for getting breast cancer increase a exams, women can-detect, breast he said. He argued that by other countries negatively Harry Truman." great deal as she gets older - one cancer in time to be able to treat increasing Americans' "sense of impact our country." Joe Leech '07 was not as in 229 women aged 30 through 39 it effectively. security at home, they would be The crowd seemed pleased, pleased: "I thought he was really will get breast cancer, while one in Here on campus, there are more willing to look outward but also largely of the same ide- wordy. Perhaps it was because of 68 women between the ages of 40 many opportunities for young and invest more time and effort ological bent that Beinart sup- time constraints, but I don't and 49 will get breast cancer. It is women to be proactive now and productively abroad. ported. The questions posed at think he made a very good argu- not surprising, therefore, that the detect breast cancer early on. The Beinart's lecture was organ- the end were largely to clarify ment," Leech said. younger age bracket often gets nurses and doctors in the Health overlooked when it comes to try- Center can show you how to con- ing to raise awareness about breast duct a self breast exam, something Around Trinity cancer. However, breast cancer that young women should get in among young women is a very the habit of doing once a month, serious problem, particularly as early as possible. Argh! We SO Did Not Need Beer Assault: among young Jewish women of October is breast cancer aware- to See Your Rapier Just Say No Ashkenazi decent. For these ness month, which was another women, one in 40 carry an alter- motivator for holding the ation in the gene BRCA1 or Passionately Pink for the Cure AT understands that the whole premise of a While AT acknowledges the inevitable beer BRCA2, a main cause of breast Shabbat last Friday. All of the certain celebration of all things warm and spillage that comes with any Saturday night cancer, while only one in 345 women's organizations on campus island-y was to hold on to the last of that sweet, basement soiree, there is a fine line between women in the general population will be organizing events to raise summah lovin', but come on kids, let's try to "accidentally" spilling your beverage of choice carry such an alteration. awareness. The speakers at these and going out of your way to make sure that keep those more intimate interactions well ... In order to combat this lack of events will include medical experts your drink finds its way onto the head of your uhh ... more intimate. Though AT will admit to awareness among the younger age- and breast cancer survivors. If you innocent, random target of the night. Quick having been slightly under the influence of a bracket, Sharsheret asked are interested in learning more question to the mystery culprit: Have you certain pirate-worthy beverage that night, these Goodwin to organize an event to about Sharsheret or in donating recently had a iobotomy, or have you actually poppets certainly sobered-up quickly upon raise awareness among Trinity's your time or money, you can e- learned nothing from growing up in some- beholding the sight of one party-goer's timbers student body, particularly among mail them at [email protected], thing the rest of us like to refer to as civiliza- being shivered. Openly. In public. Though this Trinity's young women. Goodwin or visit their website, www.sharsh- tion? When the victim is a foot above the rest (dead) man's chest remained unexposed, anoth- said her goal for the evening was eret.org. er more illicit part of his anatomy was indeed of the crowd on a platform, there is no dis- to reach out to the college to pre- Please make an effort this unsheathed. AT has some advice for this Jack creet way to accomplish this act of pure evil, pare the women on campus for month to raise awareness among Sparrow's Elizabeth: don't be so eager to please you either have to scale the platform and then the realities of breast cancer. your friends and family. Together until your man has found your black pearl. mysteriously disappear into thin air, or you're "Keeping people informed is the we can help prevent breast cancer Okay, AT is embarassed that we just said that. the girl version of Ali G. best technique for early detection," by following Hillel's example and Goodwin says. Early detection of Instead of a Shotglass, Girls AT Issues the First Apology staying informed. Kicked Your Ass in the History of this Column

The feminist in AT would like to commend AT would like to issue a formal apology the female athletes whose main sport is foot- for one of last week's reports, faulting itself ball's drunker, more aggressive cousin. When for being too quick to judge the goings'-on their darling mascot was kidnapped from its within a certain Crescent Street residence. home sweet home, these ladies certainly did not Though AT was somewhat nervous initially give him up without a fight. Though the boys about the fact that they had peed (twice) in who stole the purple primate demanded a 30- . a bathroom in which a camera had apparent- rack of a carbonated beverage that does not ly been installed, we realized, in the sobriety rhyme with soda in return for the stuffed ani- that the next morning (usually) brings, that mal, the girls refused to play their game. Instead, the camera in question was indeed broken they played their own. Tackling one of the and unable to tape any footage whatsoever. abducters to the ground, the girls took him Phew! AT forgot (only for a second!) that the hostage saying they would only exchange the boys who were pulling the innocent prank boy for the mascot, two items apparently equal are winners - on and off the field. And sexy, in value. The two parties soon swapped and the too. It was also not AT's prerogative to pin - Courtesy of Hillel gorilla was at the girls' game the next day. Yay! point a location. Sorry! Our bad. The Hillel Social Committee gather in their pink dining room before Shabbat. Teach For Louis Drevfns Commondity Trader Program

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ARTS__" a October 3,2006 Temple of Hip Hop: David Calder, Changing Theater Scene By SARAH GARDINER Community. Both showings of the group are, Calder did not ARTS CONTRIBUTOR the play were given to a full hesitate: "There is a lot of per- New Campus Presence house. One of the more interest- formance that goes on at Trinity, By DANAE GOLDBERG This week's Artist Spotlight ing aspects of the play itself was but a lot of it springs directly ARTS CONTRIBUTOR takes a look at David Calder '08, a scene that has come to be from the faculty; there wasn't a a double major in Theater and referred to around campus as lot of completely student-driven This past Friday evening, Dance and French who has "the make-out scene." During performance going on. We were Trinity's own Temple of Hip Hop always been interested in theater. this scene, Calder's character looking for an opportunity to hosted its first show of the year, "I got good grades in. high leaves the stage and attempts to say to the students, 'What do featuring Amanda Diva, Read school and people would always make out with every person in you want to do? What are the Nex Poetry Squad, Self Suffice, ask me: you're so smart, why are the audience. The purpose of performances you want to see on along with some of Trinity's you doing theater?" David said this scene, according to Calder, campus?' So really our goal is to finest. with a chuckle before getting was to get people to think about find out what students want to There was a great turnout at more serious. "Theater just the performance and "break that do and then make it happen." Gallows Hill, given the small seemed more alive than anything fourth wall" that divides per- Dinner Games was a Jesters pro- space available, creating a close- else," he said. His parents also formers and audience members. duction last year. On the agenda knit crowd with people of all played a big role~ in his- early Calder smiled and commented this year is to facilitate more creeds and colors, mixed with interactions with the theatrical that, "People were talking, and it audience/performance interac- people who live hip hop everyday world by taking him to see per- was great to hear some artistic tion, to "break down that fourth as well as those who just recently formances at a very young age. dialogue." wall." Interactive theatre • events discovered it. Getting involved in theater Calder, who is from are an attempt to challenge the The trio that concocted and Nicholas C. Ryan on the Trinity campus seemed Columbia, MD, is currently the campus's ideas of performance. developed this event, Zee Break dancing antics at Gallows Hill. like a natural progression. He president of The Jesters, a theater Calder commented, "A lot of Santiago '09, Katie McGuigan has been involved with a number group on campus that is focused students ... have a very typical '09, and James Murphy '08, spent institution, students at Trinity of on-campus productions. One on student-driven performance. a lot of time and energy provid- who were "not only MCs, but of his most notable performanc- When asked what the goals of see CALDER on page 17 ing Trinity with the opportunity also work hard." es was in Dinner Games, a play to experience the lifestyle that is When asked for his opinions he wrote and co-directed. Dinner hip hop. "The "show-was Zee on the show itself, Adam Hill '08 Games, performed last spring, is, Santiago's brainchild, Katie commented, "I think that the in Calder's own words, an McGuigan was also one of the choice of space was better than "exploration and critique of co-organizers. It was a joint previous years [and] the turnout social and sexual relations under effort between the three of us, was amazing. Overall though, capitalism. It was an examina- but Zee ultimately deserves most the actual hip hop was only OK, tion of two bourgeois couples of the credit," Murphy said about [as] the DJing was overshadowed and how they interact with each the production of the show itself. by overly aggressive MCs who other. It is essentially an analysis "The purpose of Temple of rapped about the- same old of the bourgois family." Although this may seem like a Hip Hop is tob : ..-.„•. thing." very heavy and non-traditional show Trinity what One of the goals In 1996, KRS- hip hop really is," One started a topic for a college student to said Santiago. Santiago has for his society for the write about and then perform "People have a chapter of Temple of purpose of pre- for his school, Calder says he misunderstanding Hip Hop is to serving hip hop "couldn't be happier" with the Courtesy of David Calder of what hip hop "bridge the gap and organizing ! way it was received by the Trinity Calder (far right) works on his improv skills with the Moveable Joints last year. is due to [some] between Trinity's the underground racial constraints. hip hop resist- We want to pro- campus and Hartford ance to the main- Cinestudio vide an alterna- as a community." stream called the tive to Trinity stu- Temple of Hip dents who can't identify with the Hop. Trinity's affiliation with Boynton Beach Club mainstream social scene on cam- The Temple of Hip Hop began Oct. 4-6; 7:30 p.m. pus." last year when KRS-One gave the Oct. 7; 2:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. The artists that performed at right for Trinity students to start the first collegiate chapter of his Susan Seidelman gets women - and not just conventionally beautiful, nice, Hollywood heroines. Just Friday night's show were chosen think of downtown badgirl Madonna in Desperately Seeking Susan, the confrontational Roseanne Barr to fit particular attributes that national group. The goal of the group is to educate people on in She-Devil, and quirky Lili Taylor in Gaudi Afternoon. So it is no surprise that after listening to her Temple of Hip Hop as a group mother's dramatic stories of her Florida retirement community, Seidelman decided to make a bittersweet tries to represent. They wanted what hip hop is, as part of a cul- ture, not just an art form. comedy celebrating the lives of these still vibrant women. Brenda Vaccaro stars as a reticent widow who students who "embody the defi- is ushered back into the dating scene by a feisty Dyan Cannon, while Sally Kellerman uses (or cruises) nition of hip hop" and also coin- the bereavement club to find new love. - Wesley Morris, Boston Globe. cided with Trinity as an academic see 101 on page 16 Leonard Cohen: Tm Your Man Oct. 6-7; 9:40 p.m.

Cinestudio presents a special return engagement of the visionary film that sparked an enthusiastic response in Hartford's community of moviegoers. For neophytes, Leonard Cohen is the Montreal-raised poet, novelist, and songwriter whose work has provided the soundtrack to countless films {and lives) since the 1960s. Some of Cohen's biggest fans are musicians, as seen in this inspired Sydney Opera House concert by an eclectic group, including Nick Cave, Beth Orton, and Rufus Wainwright. Cohen, whose songs are a celebration of spirituality and Eros, left his Buddhist monastery home to be inter- viewed and to perform a deeply ironic rendition of "Tower of Song" ("I ache in the places where I used to play...") in a New York club.

49 Up Oct. 8; 2:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9-10; 7:30 p.m.

One of the most hotly anticipated films of the current New York Film Festival is 49 Up, the newest chapter to Michael Apted's unparalleled documentary experiment. The series began with 7 Up, in which Apted asked a group of British children of different social classes about their lives and dreams for the future. Curiosity (and an obvious affection) inspired Apted to return to film the original subjects every seven years. As 49 Up mixes present day footage with clips from the earlier films, we are privileged to witness the surprises, disappointments, and triumphs of children evolving into adulthood. - The 2006 New York Film Festival program. Nicholas C. Ryan See www.cinestudio.com for more. Zee Santiago and back up entertain a large crowd at Friday's Hip Hop 101. 16 The Trinity Tripod Fall Movie Previews Look Promising for Start of Oscar Season ByKATVNOIIN who wants to shell out $9.25 Man of the Year) to the biopic tow, Eastwood is sure to make a MANAGING EDITOR (not including your popcorn to the hypothetical. splash come awards time. Death and soda, which cost more than This month starts with a of a President is another contro- This year, critics and studio an average student ticket) to see bang as Martin Scbrcese releases versial political "documentary" execs alike have lamented the Tom Cruise or Kevin Costner in his gritty Boston crime drama that examines what would hap- cinema's lack of financial and a large-scale, generic blockbuster The Departed. Starring Matt pen if George W. Bush were critical success; forget the state when you could see Clive Owen Damon, Jack Nicholson, and assassinated, and the film has of the union, the state of the or Edward Norton in a well-writ- former teen heartthrob been making waves throughout box office has been abysmal. ten indie flick? Leonardo DiCaprio, the film the Bush camp -no word yet on The face of the movie industry So, in light of the lack of approaches the mob genre from how good it will actually be. is changing, and it's time for stu- decent movies thus far this year, an unusual angle, and it's My most anticipated film dio execs to catch on. Big is anything good coming to the- rumored that Scorcese's uber- this month would have to Babel, blockbuster films, while they aters this season? Studios have violent epic casts Nicholson in a from 21 Grams director earn big bucks, cost big bucks been saving their best films for whole new light. Alejandro Ifiarritu, starring Cate to make and too often disap- the dramatic finish of the Oscar Rupert Grint (of Harry Blanchett, Brad Pitt, and the point viewers and critics alike. qualifying race, so there are Potter fame) stars in Driving always-good Gael Garcia Bernal. Smaller, independent films are plenty of flicks to occupy your Lessons, a coming-of-age story The film explores' the impact made with low-budget stars and downtime. Political pieces are featuring Laura Linney and Julie that one misfired bullet has on a inexpensive production, general- key this fall, with studios releas- Walters (for the HP nerds tourist family, a nation, and the ly turn more of a profit and are ing different takes, ranging from among you, she plays Mrs. state of the world, and previews www.dvdrama.com simply more enjoyable. Plus, the comedic (Robin Williams' Weasley in- the films). The' trail- have shown it to be full of edge- Daniel Craig, brooding new Bond. ers look promising, but the film of-your-seat tension and a witty, is a must-see if only to see Grint subtle script. Stranger than Fiction, which away from Hogwarts. Come November, looks like it will be an intellectu- Augusten Burroughs' mem- Hollywood switches to comedic al and thought-provoking piece. oir Running with Scissors pre- mode, with several "mockumen- Co-starring Emma Thompson miers this month, starring taries" and indie comedies on and Dustin Hoffman, the film Trinity's own Joseph Cross '08 track for release. Comic Sasha has the acting talent to pull off in the lead role. The film is Baron Cohen's Borat is the serious comedy, and, provided embroiled in several lawsuits leader of the pack, in which the script has no gaping holes, it regarding accuracy, so hopefully Cohen takes his Kazakh journal- should be an interesting follow- it will not go the way of James ist Borat on a trip through er of Forster's brilliant films Frey. Thus far though, the pre- America "for make benefit glori- Finding Neverland and the views look hilarious (in a bizarre ous nation of Kazakhstan." award-winning Monster's Ball. intellectual way), and the killer Cohen's film has angered . Christopher Guest (of This is cast should make this film a Kazakh leaders and, most recent- Spinal Tap fame) releases yet small-theater success. • ly, the Bush administration, with another mockumentary in On the political side, this his antics, and the film looks November, bringing back his month sees the release of Clint like it will be a hilarious satire of usual cast of comedic geniuses Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, American culture. (plus British actor Ricky the inspiring story of the battle " Will Ferrell tries his hand at Gervais). For Youi www.elektronikgazete.com of Iwo Jima. With Oscar-win- subtle comedy (and not slap- Moore and Owen attempt to save the human race in Children of Men. ning screenwriter Paul Haggis in stick farce) in Marc Fbrster's see POLITICAL on page 18 Arts Happenings 101 Motto: Do Rap, live Hip Hop continued from page 16 Organization is open to all stu- group itself. Hartford Stage dents and strives to manifest a Another one of the goals that As KRS-One elaborates, "Rap true sense of community. It does Santiago has for his chapter of No Exit is something you do. Hip hop is not abide by membership guide- Temple of Hip Hop is to "bridge Oct. 12- Nov. 12 something you live." This motto lines and restrictions. Rather, the gap between Trinity's campus was presented several times at whenever its members can make and Hartford as a community." Take a comic trip to Hell! Trapped together for the show on Friday night, it to meetings and participate in Especially ^with our campus's cur- eternity in a locked drawing room, three strangers, enhancing the mood and pur- events is fme with the group's rent safety issues, Temple of Hip each with an illicit past, form a bizarre love trian- pose of the evening as a whole. organizers. The members want to Hop wants to use the genre as a gle. Jean-Paul Sartre's classic thriller is part psy- When Murphy first stated this portray their group as something medium to help alleviate the ten- chological drama, part farce. This stylish produc- motto, the crowd immediately more than just performances, rep- sion between our campus and our tion is set on a giant teeter-tottering floor, setting began to repeat it, and shouted .resentative of a whole sector of surrounding area. the stage for a maddeningly unstable world where in support of what the phrase society. Although its current The Temple of Hip Hop has the three inmates tango and tangle, literally fight- truly means. "Hip hop is meant membership is only 35, most of several upcoming shows on cam- ing to retain their footing with every step. to be a community of people, the group is comprised of fresh- pus, including its annual not just a one- man show," men, showing true potential for International Hip Hop Festival Related web site: www.hartfordstage.org Santiago added. committed membership and this spring. . Visit The Temple of Hip Hop as an cohesiveness for the future of the TrinityHipHop.com for more. Trinity Campus "Seabury 47" Studio Series: Avodah Dance Ensemble Sponsored by the Theater and Dance Department Oct. 4; 7:30 p.m. Seabury 47 Free Admission to All This Studio 47 Performance Series will feature the young,, exciting New York-based Avodah Dance Ensemble. Avodah is a modern dance company that reaches deep within the Jewish tra- dition, using dance, music, movement, and ancient sacred texts to create powerful, spiritually- based dances. Avodah strives to strengthen and further define Jewish identity. Reaching out through cross-cult ural collaborations Avodah, which in Hebrew connotes "service" or "wor- ship," builds bridges to the larger community.

Nicholas C. Ryan Related web site: www.avodahdance.org Temple of Hip Hop staff members salute for the camera at the Hip Hop show at Gallows Hill Lounge last Friday night. October 3, 2006 17 Classic Album Covers Please Viewers Calder Tries to 'Break

continued from page 1 such as "Washboard Blues," "Two famous Benny Goodman and bis Sleepy People," and "Skylark" Orchestra. Down That Fourth Wall' collection. Niks wrote a foreward popularized by singer Bing A contemporary of Kern was for HanUy's autobiography, Crosby. The next set of Cole Porter, who began his career continued from page 15 Father of the Blues, which is also compositions comes from George composing for theatrical produc- on display. Gershwin, whose popular music tions. Porter is well-known for idea of what performance is." The next artist featured is came from more classical influ- shows such as Kiss me Kate and In a broader sense, Calder Irving Berlin, whose. career pro- ences like Debussy and Anything Goes. Some covers on views the Theater Department as duced over 3,000 songs, as well as Stravinsky. Gershwin's covers on display are "I Worship You," "I'm a whole taking that role within scores for dozens of Broadway display are "Sewanee," "Rhapsody Getting Myself Ready for You," the Trinity community. "I think shows and films. Some of the in Blue," "Embraceable You," and and "Thank You So Much, the role of theater on Trinity's covers presented are "Marie: "Love Walked In." Missus Lowsborough-Goodbye." campus is ... to challenge, to Theme Song of the Awakening" Next up is Harold Aden, who The exhibit itself draws its name draw attention," Calder said. "I featuring a picture is perhaps best from the song "You're the Top" think a lot of times theater ... has of the performer The illustrated covers known for writ- from the musical Anything Goes. sort of a bad rap at Trinity Vilma Banky; and End charm in their ing the score of The final artist on display is because our Theater and Dance "Alexander's The Wizard of Harry Warren, who spent the department puts out some very simplicity and reflect larger chunk of his 60-year career Ragtime Band, the songs they repre- Oz. Arlen com- experimental work, but I don't Blue Skies, and posed sound- writing songs for Hollywood think that's a bad thing at all. I Cheek to Cheek" sented: simple, unpre- tracks to many musicals. Some of Warren's illus- think at Trinity you can see the- Courtesy of David Calder which features the tentious love songs. other movies as trated covers displayed are ater that you probably don't get Calder is a recognized face around familiar dancing They lack the artifi- well, including "Would You Like to Take a to see at other college campuses Trinity's Theatre and Dance Dept. Walk?," "Lullaby of Broadway," duo Fred Astaire ciality of over-saturat- music for the because the professors and stu- and Ginger Rogers motion picture and "You Must Have Been a dents are willing to push the theater. "I'd love to write and ed media today. Beautiful Baby." on the cover. Also Here Come the envelope, and they're willing to direct," he said, "Someday. I on display is Abbe Waves which The illustrated covers find do theater that will entertain you might start my own theater com- Niles' review of an Irving Berlin starred Bing Crosby and Betty charm in their simplicity and ... but will also challenge you, pany. But in the shorter term I'd biographical piece in the New Hutton. Arlen also composed reflect the songs they represent- that will make you think, that like to go to grad school, study Republic and an actual letter that "Stormy Weather" for the 1933 ed: simple, unpretentious love will force you to question your theater and performance studies, Berlin wrote to Niles as a thank- picture Cotton Club Parade. songs. They lack the artificiality values and your conceptions of and keep writing." you to the positive review. Other covers on display are "It's that often results from the over- theater and performance. Even if Whether you are the "artsy Much of the popular music Only a Paper Moon," "111 Wind," saturation of media today, but they don't want to come to type" or not, whether you are still very elegant. With a on display is not jazz,- save for the and "Blues in the Night." Jester's meetings ... just thinking enjoyed Dinner Games or not, glance at these covers, one may jazz-inspired compositions of Another composer of songs about it is something." the work Calder has done on think that they were produced Indiana native Hoagy for musicals and films was Jerome One of Calder's personal campus in undeniably valuable. in an era of light-hearted fun, Carmichael, who also acted in Kern, who began his career at the challenges to Trinity students in We're all aware of the stigma but it is also important to keep movies. His headshot appears on beginning of World War I. The general is this: "People should , Trinity has as a homogenous in mind that these songs and the cover of "Hong Kong Blues," ubiquitous Fred and Ginger again see more theater; people should school of popped-collar jocks images helped many Americans which he composed and sang. make an appearance on the cover open themselves up to perform- and preps. Calder has challenged cope with the World Wars, the Carmichael also composed the ance more than they already do." that reputation and continues to of Kern's musical composition, Great Depression, and other well-known song ''Star Dust" per- Although Calder came to do so. We are looking forward Roberta. "Smoke Gets in Your hard times of the first half of formed by Glenn Miller and his Trinity as an aspiring actor, he to his next theatrical perform- Eyes," the featured song from the 20th century. orchestra, and others on display Roberta, was performed by the has moved on to other realms of ance. DVD Releases Click Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly are hilarious as the slightly off-color singing cowboy duo,, Dusty and Lefty. Kevin On the surface, Michael Newman (Adam Sandier) seems to Klme is a security guard who tells tne story. Maya Rudolph have it all, yet with all the demands forced upon him by his also appears as a pregnant stage coordinator. Contains some ungrateful boss Amrner (David Hasselhoff), Michael rinds mild sexually-oriented jokes. that setting aside time to spend with his loving wife, Donna (Kate Beckinsale), and two picture-perfect children. Ben (Joseph Castanon) and Samantha (Tatum McCann), has Reds - 25th Anniversary Edition grown increasingly difficult. When a frustrating bout with the television remote leads the overworked husband and father to Writing is the only escape for Louise Bryant until she goes a nearby Bed, Bath & Beyond in search of a universal remote to a lecture one night in 1912 and is mesmerized by a radical with the power to control all of his electronic devices, a curi- journalist, John Reed. She leaves her husband and goes to ous peek into the back room leads Michael into the compa- Greenwich Village with Reed where she keeps writing, covering ny of eccentric employee and talented inventor Morty the 1913 Armory Show of post-impressionist paintings from (Christopher Walken). It seems that Morty has created a Europe. Reed is so wrapped up in changing the world that device that will not only allow Michael complete control over Louise leaves him for a while and stays with a playwright, his television and stereo, but his entire life as well. As Michael Eugene O'Neill. She returns to Reed; he goes to Russia and discovers that the remarkable device has the power to muffle covers the 1917 Revolution. She never forgets Reed, the only the barks of the family dog, zoom himself past an irritating American to be buried next to the Kremlin wall. quarrel with his wife, and even allow him to travel back and forth through time to different points in his life, the rush of being able to skip straight to the good parts in life soon Over The Hedge leaves him feeling as if he's missing out on the total experi- ence. Only when Michael begins to realize that the he has Traveling raccoon con artist, EJ (Bruce Willis), arrives in a lost control of his life and the remote is now programming woods outside a human city in the Midwest, excited about the him does he finally learn that life is as much about the wonders that living near humans can bring hungry animals. moments he'd rather forget as it is the moments he will What he finds, however, is an Amish-like community that is always remember. deathly afraid of humans, after their leader, Vern the tortoise, has an encounter with human boys that terrifies him. Encouraged by RJ, however, the animals slowly venture over A Prairie Home Companion the hedge that separates them from the brand new suburban development that appeared over the winter while they were The movie is a celebrity version of Garrison KeiEor's radio sleeping, and what Kj shows them is a whole new world where show. It adds a slight story of the radio show ending as a new humans leave tin cans full of fish and other food in big canis- owner (Tommy Lee Tones) has bought the Fitzgerald theater ters, ripe for the taking. As they get closer and closer to that the show broadcasts from and is going to tear it down. humans, however, their comfortable fives in the woods appears Another fantasy element is thrown in as an angel (Virginia to be threatened... Madsen) stalks the theater to take one of the performers. Keillor plays the lead character, coincidentally called GK. Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep play the singing Johnson Sisters, with Lindsay Lohan as a suicide-obsessed daughter of Streep. From www.amazon.com. 18 The Trinity Tripod Political Pieces and Mockumentaries, New Trend in Fall Cinema

continued from page 16 ship between Mary and Joseph on the small screen rather than an unusual mix of 28 Days Later ages the talents of his two lead than the actual birth of Christ, at the box office, so this film (minus the zombies) and stars in such a dramatic film. Consideration tackles the world but expect a good deal of will probably do little except Casablanca, and the film could This fall, skip Rocky Balboa of Hollywood award shows, as it Christian imagery and not-so- publicize the illicit activities of definitely reinvigorate Moore's and The Texas Chainsaw pits three actresses against each subtle propaganda. the diamond trade in Africa. career. Massacre and opt for a smaller, other in the "Best Actress" cate- Not to be outdone, Mel Alfonso Cuaron's Children Matt Damon stars in anoth- independent flick. With A-list gory and watches the drama that Gibson is also releasing his latest of Men is another anticipated er politically-charged thriller this stars and directors going indie, ensues. The film is rumored to archaic-language film, be weaker than Guest's others, Apocalypto. After his Passion but the subject that it tackles of the Christ, which was a suc- should translate into box office cessful, fairly decent film, there success. is no guarantee on how this On the action side of things, Mayan epic will fare, especially the latest Bond flick, Casino fc after his recent drunken tirade. *. * * Royale, will be in theaters soon, The previews look visually stun- •s-Hi*vP"g and it looks like it will be the ning and Gibson is undoubtedly best Bond yet. The film has the master of directing war time caused great division among films (think Braveheart), so loyal Bond fans, as many feel there is a good chance that Daniel Craig will be a poor Apocalypto will score high. Pierce Brosnan successor. George Clooney stars in a Having seen the trailers, howev- nouveau film noir, The Good er, it looks like Craig channels German, with Cate Blanchett, the man himself, Sean Connery, who has several films out this in his debut, and the film's season likely to garner an Oscar retro-meets-modern feel should nod. German has received very make it one of the highest gross- little buzz and trailers are not ing films this season. In any out yet, but under the steady event, it is not to be missed. hand of director Steven As usual, December brings Soderbergh and with a talented the typical Christmas-themed supporting cast, this film looks movies, but with a handful of like it could gain Clooney that www.firstshowing.net potential Oscar-winners in the elusive Best Actor. Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou avoid fiery debris in director Edward Zwick's controversial film Blood Diamond. mix it should be a decent end to DiCaprio comes back in the cinematic year. Catherine December with his second seri- release, as the Harry Potter winter: Robert De Niro's The low-budget films look to be the Hardwicke's Nativity Story- ous movie of the season, the director returns to the independ- Good Shepherd. The film, a new blockbusters. Can't make it comes out in time for a controversial Blood Diamond. ent film genre that made him portrayal of the CIA and itsto the good theaters off-campus? Christmas release, and, with the The film is already worrying famous. Starring Clive Owen effect on everyday life through Cinestudio is following the brilliant Keisha Castle-Hughes African nations and the jewelry and Julianne Moore, the film Damon's eyes, also stars De indie trend: The Illusionist (by in the lead role, the film should industry, so it will be interesting explores a world where women Niro and the beautiful Angelina far the best film this year) and transcend the usual Christmas to see the response after its can no longer have children and Jolie. This is De Niro's second Little Miss Sunshine are coming schtick. It appears that the film release. Director Edward mankind has been thrown into time directing, and it will be soon, so there's no excuse to will center more on the relation- Zwick's success has been more chaos. Previews look fantastic, interesting to see how he man- miss out.

ttions for Trinity's Largest Interview Day and Career Fair in Boston are due From Summit Street to Wall Street: Friday, October 6th. leniaii'Jl You will not be aBIe to apply for interviews once Walk away from Trinity Days with the skills to land a job tkis deadline passes! To Kave an account created, in the competitive fiaancial world. Travel to New York Gfity to email [email protected]. meet with a Trinity alum and Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns Co. Inc. on October 9,2006 at 11 ajn. BeaA how to effec- tively land an interview at a bank or firm and how to be effective Then visit Jittp://larc.erecruitiii^.com to apply for joBs! at that interview with this interactive •workshop. Bob Benjamin will meet with students and challenge them so they know exactly what to expect when they interview for positions in the field. For more information, please visit littp:// To attend this event, RSVP to career- •www.trin coIi.edu/StiidentLife/CareerServices/ seryices(SarincoII.ethi by Thursday, October 5,2006. Students are students/RecProgs.htMa required to bring resumes to the event for practice interviews. Any questions can be sent to [email protected].

Life is calling. How far will you go? Peace Corps will fee on campus Oct. 5th. Come learn more and meet Peace Corps UConn Law School recruiter and former volunteer, Andrew, Peace Corps Office Hours Thursday, October 5th Prospective Law School Students: Career Services Beat the law school application increase; meet with the Assistant 12 pm - 3 pm Dean of Admissions of UGonn Law School over Trinity Days. Peace Corps Lion IWIeetincp Seniors and juniors are invited to join Dean Karen DeMeola at Thursday, October 5th the University of Connecticut Law School for breakfast, followed Career Services, Lobby by an exclusive look at law school admissions and financial aid. 5 pm - © pm In the afternoon., get the inside scoop on getting into the lay? Peace Corps volunteers work in 75 school of your choice, directly from a stiadent panel of Trinity countries around! the world. alums and current law school students, To date, SO Trinity College graduates have served in the Peace Corps. October^, 2006 10 a.m. —— tTGoHMHaw SteiiQol www.peacecorps.gov RSVPto eai»er-seirviees®triuBeoll.eda by Wednesday, Oetoker A October 3,2006 19 The Webster Theater — Chapel Happenings— Less Than Jake Catch 22 Tuesday, Oct. 3 The Loved Ones 6:30 p.m. Zen Meditation in the Crypt New Mexican Disaster Squad Chapel Oct. 4 9:30 p.m. Banquet service, Friendship 7 p.m. Doors Chapel Soilwork Darkest Hour Wednesday, Oct. 4 Mnernic Threat Signal 12 p.m. Roman Catholic Mass, Crypt Gunned Down In Glory Chapel Oct. 7 6:30 p.m. Trinity Kirtan (Hindu), Crypt 6 p.m. Doors Chapel Robin Trower Oct. 13 Friday, Oct. 6 8 p.m. Doors 12:30 p.m. Suicide Girls Burlesque Tour The Trinity community is invited to join featuring Tsu Shi Ma Mi Rae, and participate in Muslim prayers every Base 2, and Curtain Hits The Cast Friday in South Summit, SS100, Muslim Sponsored by the Gold Club Prayer Room. Oct. 15 7 p.m. Doors If you have any questions, please contact Muslim Chaplain, Sohaib Sultan, at [email protected]. Good Charlotte The Pink Spiders Young Love Sunday, Oct. 8 Oct. 16 5:15 p.m. Holy Communion, Friendship 6:30 p.m. Doors Chapel, Professor Borden Painter, Mustard Plug Against All Authority Westbound Train Bomb The Music Industry Tip The Van Oct. 17 —— Bushnell Events 6 p.m. Doors The 25th Annual Putnam County the Webster Theater Box Office Spelling Bee 860-525-5553 www.tickets.com In the Tony Award-winning new musical comedy, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups The Fred Pfeil Community - who barely managed to escape childhood Chinese Moon Festival themselves, learn that winning isn't every- thing and that losing doesn't necessarily Celebrating the end of the summer and begin- make you a loser. Spelling Bee has been ning of the autumn season, the Chinese Moon Festival is a time for all to come together, to hailed by the Wall Street Journal as "per- relax and have some fun. Like our own fect in every possible way - that rarity of Thanksgiving, it is a time for family and friends rarities, a super-smart musical that is also a to bond, a time to enjoy our own abundance bona fide crowd pleaser." This tuneful, off- and togetherness. There will be moon cakes and refreshments, an beat and at times heartwarming show outdoor BBQ, calligraphy workshops, Chinese offers audience members the opportunity board games, and more. (strictly voluntary) to become part of the Friday, Oct. 6 action as on-stage spellers. The New York 9 p.m. Times calls Spelling Bee "irresistible, Summit East Common Room riotously funny and remarkably ingenious - CoffeeHaus gold stars all around." Ticket Prices: $20-$63 Come to Summit East for an open mic night of Oct. 3-8 . music, poetry, and friends. While you're there, The Bushnell Box Office enjoy free coffee, tea, and espresso. 860-987-5900 Friday, Oct. 13 Summit East Common Room 20 The Trinity Tripod

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Volunteers: MAC Representative-Tara Valcimond, Kristen Chin, Allison Shean, Dulce Imbo, Ayesha Abdullah, Sandi Gollob, Anita Gooding, Gwen Hopkins October 3, 2006 21 Where Have All the Good Guys Gone Part II: Beyond Reggie Bush is just the latest causality, did during the very next stage SPORTS EDITOK we have seen a number of scan- expected that something was up. dals involving former heroes, However, that did not pre- A few weeks ago, I wrote an some of which include: vent the entire country, or those editorial about the current scan- Beginning after the Tour de who were paying attention at dal that New Orleans Saints' France in late July, Floyd Landis, least, to root Landis on tirelessly Running Back Reggie Bush is the 150-pound American rider not only because he is an embroiled in. The discussion of who miraculously made up American, but also because he Bush and the view generally held more than seven minutes of has a condition known as before Yahoo! Sports broke the time on leader Oscar Pererio osteonecrosis. Osteonecrosis story was that he was a "good during stage 17 after falling eight causes the ball joint in Landis' guy" in the sports world, with minutes behind the day before, hip to deteriorate because of SportsCenter unofficially dub- was investigated For having too constricted blood vessels which bing him "Saint Reggie." high a ratio of testosterone to cause restricted blood flow in However, this led me to epitestosterone during stage 17. the area. think about other "good guys" Any rational person who saw Nobody knew about his con- who have fallen from grace as of how bad Landis" looked during dition until the New York Times late. The truth is that, while stage 16, and then saw what he wrote about it while the Tour was underway and immediately www.ilovemarionjones.com Landis was chalked up in that Olympian Marion Jones' name was cleared of any wrongdoing a few weeks ago. most fabled of American icon categories - the "grind it out" Jones was cleared a few weeks Another sprinter, Justin hero. ago when her 'B' urine sample Gatlin, was given an eight-year Marion Jones was also under from the Track and Field ban from track and field because serious scrutiny after the US Championships showed no signs he had tested positive for Track and Field Championships of EPO. "testosterone or its precursor" in June when her primary 'A' In an interview with Sports after a race in April. urine sample produced a posi- Illustrated, Jones said, "I am Gatlin was given the eight- tive result for Erythropoietin absolutely ecstatic ... I have year ban as opposed to a life- (EPO). Jones, whose training always maintained that I have time ban because he cooperated partner/baby's daddy Tim never ever taken performance with the United States Anti- Montgomery was banned for enhancing drugs" and although Doping Agency. Unlike Marion two years in December 2005 for Jones has always appeared to be Jones, Gatlin's 'B' sample tested admitting to using steroids, has a stand-up character in a sport positive in July and his sentence always maintained her inno- where honesty is always in was handed down in August. cence throughout doubt, the question still lingers This is not Gatlin's first run- Montgomery's troubles, the about when all the accusations in with the USADA. During his BALCO trial - in which she was will catch up with Jones. years at the University of briefly involved but cleared - Since the Sydney Olympics Tennessee, Gatlin was found to and the recent steroids expose in 2000, where Jones won five have amphetamine in his system "Game of Shadows" - a book medals, the lack of any proof and while a ban was issued and published this past March by remains on the books today, it two reporters from the San that she has ever used steroids www.usacycling.org Francisco Chronicle. turned her into a hero who is The jury is stiil out on whether Floyd Landis won the Tour de France or not. truly just an incredible athlete. see REPLACING on page 23 Women's Tennis Takes Care of Babson jLongley Wins NESCAC By ALLISON DODEK Babson College and came out sure [of doubles] into attack." SPORTS WRITER with a tremendous win of 8-1. Tramont and Gould had The women are normally another impressive performance Individual Tide for Bants Trinity's Women's Tennis known for their strong single in doubles by defeating Babson continued &om page 24 had rained the night before, so team has shown amazing performances, however, the dou- players Courtney Farrell and the greens were softer and there improvement in their skills since bles performances showed that Lorena Becerra. with a score of 8- cuts added to the squad this were just some pins that we had the beginning of the season, these players have worked hard 3 while their teammates, tri-cap- year. to go for," he said. which is evident in their record. and have become good at every tain Lindsay Ruslander and One of, the best qualities of This is the second year in a The women of the tennis team aspect of the game. Katherine Fielding, won their the team so far this season has row that a Bantam has won the have become a very close knit Trinity was able to win all match with a score of 8-5 and been that strength of the under- individual NESCAC Champio- family and work very well three doubles matches and Jean Gulliver and Lucretia Witte classmen players. nship and the second year that together on and off the court. Bartlett explains that they haye won 8-4. At the Williams Tournament, Bane has finished second. With Coach Wendy Bartlett is very- been working hard on their dou- The singles matches against both Brickley and Reid Longley the help of Longley's play, the proud at how this relatively new bles game and because of that, '10 played very well; Longley fin- Bantams finished in a first place team has become so driven, "they are able to turn the pres- see W. TENNIS on page 22 ished with a score of 153, only tie with Middlebury with the "they are all working so hard three strokes behind Boudria, two-day total of 618. However, and it is great to see it pay off." while Brickley finished with a Middlebury in the end captured Because of their strong bond 159. Alec MacColl '08 rounded . the NESCAC title and the bid to as a team, their record is an out the Bantams' top four with a the Nationals in a matching impressive 2-0. The women, 154. cards tiebreaker. who recently beat Brandeis with After a solid outing at "To lose like that is just a score of 5-4, are still going Williams, the Bantams geared something we have to deal with. strong with a great performance themselves up for the NESCAC I thought that we were one of at MIT and a dominating win Championships this past week- the strongest teams out there ... over Babson. end. [and] we always play better on Recently, some members of The Brunswick Golf Club in Sunday so I knew we had a the team traveled to Brunswick, Maine hosted the chance," Bouria said. Massachusetts to participate in tournament, with Bowdoin Boudria and Dave Anderson the Intercollegiate Tennis College as the host school. '10 both finished with a total Association Division III The big story of the weekend score of 156 to tie for 10th at Women's Regional Champio- was Longley who, after firing a Bowdpm while MacColl finished nships at MIT. During the 75 on the first day came back on with a 159 and finished in a tie match, sophomores Amanda day two with an even par 72 on for 19th. Tramont and Sarah Gould day two to place first overall, "I feel like we definitely did- defeated their first opponent, with a two-day total of 147, one n't live up to our potential as a Wheatoo, in doubles then lost shot ahead of Middlebury's team ... I think this is just the rip to Vassar in the next round. Harrison Bane. of the iceberg for us," Longley However, Bartiett was The Bantams were in third said. extremely impressed with the place going into Sunday and Up next for the Bantams is way the women played, "We Boudria knew that the team had the ECAC Division III New were not seeded, yet we were a really good shot at taking the England Championships begin- able to win over the top two tournament if they played well. ning Oct. 7 at the New England players in NESCAC." Edwin C Pratt j "I told the guys to play smart Country Club in Bellingham, On Sept. 26, Trinity faced The Women's Tennis team is riding high after an 8-1 victory over Babson. but to also play aggressively. It Mass. 22 The Trinity Tripod W. Tennis Football Eager to Begin New Streak at Hamilton continued from page 24 never happened." McGrath was intercepted on the Bantams averaged only 2.2 and Williams added a field goal second play of the Bantams' next the Ephs' dominance of the line Enthusiastic Going into the half, the before the third quarter was up to drive which Williams converted of scrimmage throughout the Bantams were down, but their make it an eight point game 24-16 into another seven points. The afternoon was a key factor in late drive gave them the confi- going into the fourth quarter. Ephs added a field goal late in their victory. For Future dence that they could climb back Trinity started the fourth the game to make the final score Coming off this loss, Trinity into the game. However, on the quarter with the ball and was able 41-16. will look to take care of the 0-2 continued £rom page 21 first drive of the second half, to get one first down before "Williams played a really great Hamilton Continentals next week Williams showed that they were Williams forced a punt. game ... most of the credit for the on the road before returning Babson were very successful. the better team on the day with a Williams came out onto the game has to go to them," home for a match up against the Captain Ruslander remarked on textbook 12 play, 80-yard-drive field and did exactly what Trinity McGrath said. 2-0 Tufts Jumbos. the single matches,, "I think we that ended up with Lucey com- had done so well for the past four The key stats of the game may Commenting on the have really great singles players pleting a four yard pass to tight years: go for the kill on the first perhaps be the fact that Trinity Bantams' outlook on the rest of and have great depth this year". end Jim O' Leary for a touch- play. Williams tri-captain Jon did not record one sack on the the season after this loss, Some of the highlights from down. With the extra point, the Drenckhahn caught a perfectly game and allowed Williams 131 McGrath warned, "If we execute singles were Witte defeating Ephs pushed the score to 21-10 thrown ball for a 67-yard-pitch rushing yards while the Ephs and play the way we can, nobody Babson player Heather Walsh 6- and never looked back. and catch that sealed the deal for allowed only 52 rushing yards. in this league should beat us ... 0, 6-3 and Gould defeating Trinity's last gasp came two the Ephs. The Ephs averaged 4.1 yards per [next week] you're gonna see a Babson player Lorena Becerra 6- drives later when McGrath engi- To further seal the game, carry for the game while the real angry Bantam team." 2, 6-1. Along with those impres- neered an impressive 10 play, 79 sive performances, Gulliver, yard drive for the Bantams' last Fielding, and Ruslander also score of the game, a six yard com- played well to help the team pletion to Casey Savage '09. come out with an 8-1 final score. Wiliiams was able to keep To keep up this impressive McGrath out of the end zone on winning streak, the team will the two point conversion to keep continue to practice their dou- the game at 21-16. bles game by fast reaction drills The Bantams' struggles in the and rigorous conditioning pro- rushing game were apparent gram designed By assistant coach throughout the game but were Reggie Schonborn. exemplified on this drive when The team's next match is Leo totaled negative three yards scheduled away for Oct. 12 on three carries. Leo ended the against Springfield. . day with a meager 44 yards and Until then, Ruslander is very the team had 52 total rushing excited for the rest of the season, yards to cap a very difficult day "We've had time to ease into the for the ground game. season this fall and really show "They did a really good job of everyone what we're about, so stopping the run early on," I'm really looking forward to our McGrath said. "They played a lot spring season when we'll have all of man coverage and had eight our NESCAC matches and be guys in the box the entire time ... really comfortable together as a [but still] we were always just one Edwin C. Pratt team." block away from a big play, it just The Bantams were unable to establish the running game against Williams and it ultimately was a big part of their downfall. 17 Things I've Recently Realized SPORTS IN BRIEF About Pro and College Sports Home games iaj|ij|l ByJAYACUNZO and paintball more frequently than pro- SPORTS WRITER fessional hockey games (go on, admit it, you don't really mind). In the past few weeks, I've had some I've realized that Byron Leftwich is Tue, Oct. 3 revelations that I'd like to share with Kenan Thompson's long-lost twin. Volleyball vs. Emmanuel College (7:00) you. First, my revelations about Pro I've realized that when an athlete Sports: says, "We gave 110 percent out there," he Wed, Oct. 4 I've realized Ray Lewis looks intimi- or she is really just saying, "I received no Men's Soccer @ VWstfidd Slate dating doing his spazzed-out "I'm so real college education whatsoever." pumped for this game I can't control my And now a few revelations about > body" dance, but if Peyton Manning Trinity Sports: Fri, Oct. 6 tried it ... well, okay, just picture it. I've realized that if the Red Sox had m Volleyball vs. Wesleyan (7:00) I've realized that the cheerleaders on lost a few more games or had a few more the sidelines of NFL games are ten times injuries this year, they probably would have called up Jeff Natale '06 Sat, Oct. 7 •>* '• more athletic than the kickers and pun- ters for whom they cheer (exception - I've also realized that if Jeff played Football («• Hcunifc&n . f% < . Adam Vinatieri). for a National League team, he'd already Field Hockey »*> Connecticut College I've realized that the ancient Greeks, be a starter. Men's & Women's Cross Countpy@ James Early who idolized athletes as physically god- I've realized that even despite the loss u invitational ((«* Westfieid State) like, wouldn't understand the idea of the to Williams, the football team could still CL Golf @ EC AC Championships backup catcher (see: Fasano, Sal). beat SUNY Stony Brook. I've realized that we probably won't I've realized that half of every Men's Soccer («• Connecticut College see another player like MJ. ... but we def- NESCAC school plays football. Women's Soccer i« Connecticut College initely won't see another I've realized that explaining what a Men's & Women's Crew @ Head of Housatonie player/mouth/ego like T.O. Bantam is to those outside the Trinity I've realized that "Manny being community is never worth the effort. Sun, Oil. H Manny" is just another way of saying Everybody already knows what a rooster Coli -1ECAC Championships "playing baseball stoned." is. I've realized that Greece, Spain, and I've realized that, if you tell your Argentina all have better basketball friends that out mascot is "Banty" the Mpn, Oct. 9 teams than we do ... but I refuse to Bantam, they will positively always ten's Soccer vs. Elms accept it. • laugh. I've realized that I really enjoy those I've realized that being the biggest failed dunk attempts where the players fan of a Division I athlete makes you one slam the ball against the front rim then of many, but being the biggest fan of a jerk back like they've just been clothes- Division III athlete makes you a stalker. lined. So I guess I'm saying I enjoy the This article was expanded from a post WNBA. on my blog. If you would like to make I've realized that ESPN broadcasts a comment or view my other posts, visit poker, Little League baseball, billiards, www.AllStarBlog.com. October 3, 2006 23 Replacing the Icons of Past with the Joes of Today Bants Learning continued from page 21 either their best moments, or their worst things when they were fine and well. We moments and very little in between. wanted to know that everybody, no mat- was not requited to be served because the Gossip magazines, while mostly altered ter who they are, goes through the same From Big Time amphetamine came from Gatlin's medica- photos and cheesy, obviously fake head- crap that each and every one of us goes tion for Attention Deficit Disorder. lines, show celebrities at their worst, in through. After the news about Gatlin's testos- stark contrast to the way we normally see The byproduct of this attitude is that Atmosphere terone-laced sample broke, his coach, them on the red carpet. everything gets blown way out of propor- continued from page 24 Trevor Graham, placed the blame on The Internet has hundreds of thou- tion with its respective relevance in the Gatlin's massage therapist, Christopher sands of web sites devoted to the demean- total meaning of stuff. benefit of competing against a large field Whetstine. Graham claimed that ing of others, be they famous people or So where have all the good guys gone? of Division I teams is that the Bantams Whetstine used a cream that contained just random schlubs that the web master They've left the building and they've have the opportunity to get acclimated testosterone. knows and despises. . . been replaced with their Average Joe alter to a big time atmosphere and race in a Graham further claimed, that neither We as an American public got tired of ego. different environment. he nor Gatlin were aware that Whetstine seeing only the good stuff and looking at "I think that Hunter and Sam felt was allegedly using this cream and that that after running this race they can go Whetstine's intentions were indeed mali- out harder and they are capable of run- cious. However, what Graham did not ning much faster," he says, "They were say is that eight of his athletes have either happy with their races but learned some tested positive for or received bans for important lessons in racing. By putting performance enhancing drugs. yourself in better competition you start Whetstine has denied Graham's allega- to believe you belong there." tions while Gatlin was relatively quiet Suitor is cognizant of the high-level throughout the entire process, possibly of competition within the NESCAC. He indicating his guilt in the matter. said, "Our league is the toughest in the However, beyond the mere pointing country. Our men are looking to run for at the scandals, I wanted to take a look at the title along with Williams, Bowdoin, where all the attention that we are paying Tufts, Amherst and Wesleyan. We will to these scandals is coming from. Years have to continue to improve as the sea- ago, in sports at least; the general public son goes on to contend for the title. The was uninterested in the shady backside of women will work hard to try and finish the game. Other than Pete Rose and the in the top eight." Black Sox, how many other major sports Next up for the cross-country teams scandals can you think of that occurred is the Early Invitational at Westfield State more than 10 years ago? Not many, I on Saturday, Oct. 7. Both the Men and bet. Women's teams will look to continue If we think beyond our realm of their winning trends at this meet. sports and look into our general culture Junior co-captain Matt Anderson is for a second, we can easily see where this looking forward to the meet. 'obsession' with the scandal and the sub- "I think the team will do pretty well sequent tarring and feathering or drag- at the Westfield State Invitational this ging through the mud has come from. weekend. A lot big New England schools The Reality TV show fad was, at its won't be there, so it will be a pretty good heart, the same concept as a scandal www.honewatson.com tune up for the second half of the sea- because Reality TV shows people at Justin Gatlin held the world record in the 100 meter dash until he tested positive for steroids. son," Anderson commented. 3 zni

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Inside Sports: Women's Tennis beats Babson, page 21 Get this week's sports schedule, page 21 ¥ .;•: >• porte The Trinity Tripod October 3, 2006 Williams Ends Bants' Four-Year Winning Streak with 41-16 Victory ByJONSIMONIAN Bantams let the ball bounce, thinking it field position, it only took Williams two goal to make the score 7r3. SPORTS EDITOR would go into the end zone for a touch- plays to get a touchdown to make the Usually, this is where the Bantams' back, but it took a Williams bounce and score 7-0 Ephs. defense would step up and give the offense Eventually, it had to end. Eventually, ended up going out of bounds at the two On the Bantams' next drive, they another shot to take the lead, but on this the Trinity College Football team's streak yard line. looked poised to strike back after quarter- day, the Bantams were unable to do that. of 31 straight wins had to be ended by After being pinned on their own goal back Eric McGrath '09 connected with Williams engineered a great drive that somebody. That's the problem with line, Trinity was unable to muster any Justin Holiday '08 for a 61 yard comple- resulted in another touchdown. The point streaks; eventually they have to end. This movement down the field. They went three tion. Two Trinity penalties after the big after was good to make the score 14-3 at past Saturday, the Williams College Ephs and out and Jeff Pratt '08 was forced to pass made it first and 22 and Trinity was the end of the first quarter. ended the Bantams' streak and made the punt out of the back of his own end zone. unable to get the yards needed for a first Trinity's first drive of the second quar- Bantams' road -toward a fifth straight Pratt's punt ended up only reaching the down on the next three plays. On fourth ter began as a result of an interception by NESCAC Championship much more dif- Bantams' 21 yard line and with the great down, Kevin Swiniarski '07 kicked the field captain Christian Allen '07, who picked ficult in the process. the ball off during the second play of the Perhaps even more shocking than the quarter. Again, in the past, one would fact that the Ephs' pulled off this upset expect Trinity to get a quick score after the was the manner in which Williams domi- interception, but in the end, Trinity could nated the Bantams on both the offensive not make it happen. and defensive side of the ball. It looked as if the Bantams were poised The Bantams' "first play from scrim- to get a quick strike when captain Chris mage was indicative of the tone of the Olenoski '07 caught McGrath's pass for 25 game as captain Genarro Leo '07, who has yards to put the Bantams in the red zone. been the Bantams' best offensive weapon However, after three straight incomplete for at least two years, was stopped behind passes, Trinity was forced to attempt a field the line of scrimmage for a four yard loss. goal which sailed wide left to leave the That play, however was ruled a No Play score at 14-3. because of a Williams penalty, but it was Trinity and Williams traded punts on very indicative of what would happen for the next three drives until the Bantams got the rest of the game. the ball back with 3:27 left in the half. Perhaps the most crucial moment of Trinity used its hurry-up offense to move the game came before the midpoint of the the ball 65 yards in eight plays for a touch- first quarter after the Bantams had stopped down to get back into the game at 14-10. Williams' first drive. Trinity had received McGrath was five for five on the drive two first downs off of penalties on their and the big play came when Olenoski first drive and Williams had gotten one caught his third pass of the drive arid first down on a 17 yard run by Williams' ended up in the end zone for a 20-yard- quarterback Pat Lucey, but failed to get strike. Olenoski accounted for 36 yards anything else going on the drive and .punt- with his three catches and ended the game ed the ball away. The Ephs were punting with seven catches for 91 yards. from around the 50 yard line and the punt ^3 Iwin C. Pratt landed close to the Trinity end zone. The Coach Devanney addresses a distraught Bantam team after their loss to Williams on Saturday. see FOOTBALL on page 22 Norte & Moorhead lead Golf Ties for First in NESCAC Tourney By GRIFFIN KEADY weeks ago, the Bantams traveled be played at Bowdoin. SPORTS WRITER to Williamstown, Mass, for the In last year's NESCAC XC to Win at UMass Williams Invitational Tour- Championship, co-captain By CHRIS MERCURIO NCAA on its website. Since the beginning of the nament. George Boudria '07 won the SPORTS EDITOR Wesleyan, ranked 14th, and season, the Trinity Golf team's The Ephs captured last year's tournament but the Bantams fin- Williams, ranked 20th, are the main goal was to win the NESCAC Championship and ished third overall. Given last Sophomores Hunter Norte only NESCAC schools ranked NESCAC Championship and going into their home tourna- year's success and the addition and Sam Moorhead paced the higher than the Bantams. thus secure a spot in the ment looked pretty strong so far of a group of talented freshmen, Trinity Men's Cross-Country The Women's Cross-Country Division III National this season.. The Bantams were a few of whom would be com- team to victory at the UMass- squad placed a very admirable Championships. eager to get a glance at their peting at Bowdoin, the Bantams Dartmouth Invitational on Sep. 10th at the UMass Invitational. After a very strong showing competition one week before the had high hopes for the outcome 16. The Bantams defeated 28 Led by junior captain Mandy at the CCSU Invitational three NESCAC Championship was to of the NESCAC Tournament. other teams, including Williams, the Bantams placed But first, the. Bantams were NESCAC rivals Amherst, Tufts, higher than 21 other schools. off to Williamstown and Taconic and Colby, who finished fourth, Williams said of her team, "I Golf Club, one of the most dif- fifth, and eighth respectively. think we've got a lot of poten- ficult and eagerly anticipated Brandeis College was second in tial on the team, but we're pret- courses the Bantams play in the race and Stonehill College ty young and the girls are still competition throughout the placed third. The men's squad getting adjusted to the training. year, where they finished very of six runners had an overall They're a tough group though, well over the two-day tourna- average of 26 minutes and one so if they maintain their positive ment. Boudria finished tied for second for the five-mile course. attitudes I think we can do pret- 15th with a total of 150, leading Norte had a dominating per- ty well." the team to a sixth-place finish formance, covering the course Last Friday, both the Men in the tournament. in 25:10 and placing second and Women's teams traveled to Saturday's scores were higher overall. Co-captains Nate Lehigh University to compete across the board for all the Gravel '07 and Matt Anderson against a field of predominantly teams and Sunday gave the play- '08 also ran well, placing 15 th Division I schools at the Brooks ers an opportunity to go low, and 17th respectively. Head Paul Short Run. The Men's which Boudria took advantage of Coach George Suitor was very squad ended up finishing 27th to card a 73 for the day. pleased with the performance of out of the 42 teams and the "Out of the all the schools his team. "We have a young Women placed 13th out of 27 that competed, we came in six team and it was nice to see them schools in the. open division. overall, but second out of the believe they can win and then Again, Norte and Williams NESCAC schools, a pretty solid step up and do it/' he said. finished first for their respective performance," stated George Trinity is currently ranked teams. Suitor reports that the Brickley, one of a few new tal- 25th in the country among "5am lift Division III schools by the see BANTS on page 23 The Bants' freshmen were instrumental in the team's second place finish at Bowdoin. see LONGLEY on page 21