Trinity Tripod, 2019-10-22
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
The -Established 1904- rinity ripod T T Volume CXV “Scribere Aude!” Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Number V Board of Chartwells EAC Barnyard Hosts Trustees Annual Trintoberfest BRENDAN CLARK ’21 Employees Protest Over the past weekend, pretzels, and other festive MANAGING EDITOR Trinity College Entertain- foods to commemorate the The Tripod spoke Food Outsourcing ment Activities Council month of October. Pictured page with Board of Villegas, the in-house pro- (EAC) Barnyard hosted below is several mem- JAY PARK ’22 Trustees Chair duction can, and has been its annual Trintoberfest. bers of EAC Barnyard, NEWS EDITOR Cornelia Thorn- providing these food items The event had beer, who planned the event. burgh ’80 to During the spring se- with the same level of dili- discuss their fall mester of the 2018-2019 gence concerning allergens. 4 meeting. academic year, Trinity Villegas spoke with the College’s dining services Tripod and contends that provider—Chartwells—an- the real reason behind What is nounced their intention to Chartwells’ outsourcing outsource the production is in the interest of “sav- of their “Grab and Go” op- ing money,” which comes the Hunt? tions (otherwise known as at the expense of Lo- “Outtakes”) to New Jersey cal 217 Union members. GILLIAN REINHARD ’20 and New York. Outtakes is Villegas has stated that EDITOR-IN-CHIEF the brand of pre-made food the union has negotiated products, such as sand- “in good faith” with Chart- page The Tripod looks wiches and salads, sold in wells to keep the produc- at the Chadian the Bistro, the Cave, and tion in-house because “the phenomenon of Mather Hall. Unite Here quality of the product was Trinity students Local 217, the union which better in-house.” Villegas in New Jersey counts many employees of continued, noting that the ALI ODERMANN ’21 each October. Trinity Dining Services as union is “trying to keep 7 production here because it EAC Barnyard (members pictured above) planned members, has objected to this decision, claiming that is faster and not made in the Trintoberfest event. Joker these products have been another state” and because produced in-house for over “the students deserve 15 years without issue. freshly prepared food.” Review The union indicated Despite continued Death’s Brother that Chartwells made this union objection to their MACIEK J. PRADZIAD ’23 outsourcing decision be- proposal, Chartwells out- STAFF WRITER cause the New Jersey and sourced production in late Shown at Austin Arts New York facilities can September of this semester. Joker: does it live ly Diaz ’21, Nayantara better assure that their The department of page up to the hype? Ghosh ’22, Kayla Killieb- products are allergen-free. Theater and Dance pre- The anticipated rew ’23, David Marottolo However, according to Lead sented Death’s Brother film of the season ’22, and Nicole Saltzman Union Steward for Local (A Hair Piece) adapted is analyzed. see CHARTWELLS on page 3 ’22, featuring stage man- 217 at Trinity College Nene from Death of a Sales- 10 man by Arthur Miller. ager Jingpei Wang ’22 The show, directed and assistant stage man- Trinity Rowing Takes by Mitch Polin, featured ager Cameron Cortes ’22. Caroline Bacon ’23, Me- Congrats to all students Head of the gan Bodmer ’23, Daish- involved in this production! Charles Head of the Charles MATEO VAZQUEZ ’21 SPORTS EDITOR Trinity men’s and page women’s crew partic- ipated in the Head of Charles race in 12Boston, Mass. Also in this week’s issue.... Opinion:Opmliollll: Honglfllong KongKollllg !llllldand Clhma,China, ~~ pagepages 5 Women at the Swmmuit:Summit: WGJRACWGRAC L.............__....,._.-;;___ --------.;_,__ _ _____.._.........__,___, JOHN ATASHIAN/OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS lffistory,History, page 7 TRINITY COLLEGE ATHLETICS Men’s rowing performed well at the Head of the Death’s Brother at Austin Arts Center is based, in 'fillyTiny DesksDesb Concerts:Collllcerts: All1lAn part, on Arthur Miller’s play. Analysis,Amallysi.s, page 10rn Charles in Boston. Story on the back page. Published weekly at Trinity College, Hartford, CT TRINITYTRIPOD.COM 2 OCTOBER 22, 2019 The Tripod Editorial Trinity Tripod A Note on Anonymity in the Tripod Established in 1904 Throughout recent olent retribution, great ethical practice and all as- “Scribere Aude!” years, many students care and editorial discre- pects of running a news- have reached out to the tion is required in the con- paper. They set a stan- Editor-in-Chief Tripod asking to submit sideration of its publica- dard for how an incoming GILLIAN M. REINHARD ’20 articles, typically opinion tion. The Tripod’s decision staff can operate as well pieces, anonymously. The to run this anonymous as a guidebook to default Managing Editors most common reason we opinion is not made light- on when questions of ano- BRENDAN W. CLARK ’21 see that students wish to ly. Rather, it is the sum- nymity, as here, come into ALEX W. DAHLEM ’20 write without attaching mation of countless dis- play. As the Tripod begins their name to an article cussions with the author work on this process, we is fear of being associated of the piece and a thor- invite all comments and NEWS EDITORS SPORTS EDITOR with an especially contro- suggestions from mem- KAT NAMON ’22 MATEO VAZQUEZ ’21 ough vetting of their rea- versial opinion. Because bers of the community to JAY PARK ’22 ERIN KARCZEWSKI ’20 soning for anonymity that of this, our official editori- resulted in the ultimate provide stability to the al policy is to never accept decision. This is not an process of printing our Opinion Editors A&E EDITORS anonymous opinion piec- paper for years to come. DANIEL J. NESBITT ’22 LIZ FOSTER ’22 arbitrary decision either: es, unless an extensive, This week’s anonymous AIDAN TUREK ’20 HUNTER F. SAVERY ’20 we exercise journalistic legitimate explanation prudence in deciding what piece is about a sensitive is provided. What con- to publish. Exceptions are topic, written by a stu- FEATURES Editors Business Managers stitutes this “legitimate dent genuinely concerned AMANDA SCOPELLITI ’20 DIVYANSH GAUR ’22 rare, precisely as the lit- explanation” is at the for their safety in their CHRISTO TOUB ’22 eral definition suggests. home country. To make STAFF WRITERS discretion of the Editori- The policies that dic- certain that all opinions MACIEK J. PRADZIAD ’23 al Board. For this week’s tate newspaper publica- can be heard on campus, CONNOR STRUYK ’20 issue, the Tripod chose to tion play an important run an opinion piece on role in how a newspaper is we wanted to give this the Hong Kong/China cri- run, and the Tripod is no student the opportunity sis, and took the author’s exception. However, with to contribute their voice assertion that, as a Chi- a constantly changing to ongoing political con- nese citizen, he and his staff as well as complete versations on a topic of family would potentially turnover every four years, importance to all. In the be put in danger if a name it can be extremely diffi- coming months, we would The Trinity Tripod has been published by the students of Trinity Col- was attached to the piece. cult to decipher and de- love to see increasing- lege since 1904. Its staff members are committed to the reporting This is one of the few cas- cide what policy and rules ly different and varying and distribution of news and ideas that are relevant to the College ideas represented in our community. The Tripod is published weekly on Tuesdays during the es where the Tripod has are set in stone for the pa- opinion section, and truly academic year. Student subscription is included in the Student Ac- allowed an anonymous per. In coming years, the tivities Fee (SAF). For non-students looking to subscribe, a one-se- opinion piece and the deci- Tripod aims to move in encourage everyone who is mester subscription costs $10.00 and a one-year subscription costs sion was made on the crux the direction of peer pub- inclined to write and pres- $20.00. Please address all correspondence to: of this question of safety. lications such as The Bow- ent an argument to sub- While the policy of a doin Orient and The Wil- mit to the Tripod. It’s as 300 Summit St. Box 702582 “legitimate explanation” liams Record, which have easy as sending an email Hartford, CT 06106-3100 to [email protected] or Phone: (860) 297-2584 may turn on the whims of established extensive pol- the extant staff, its spir- icies available on their re- going to trinitytripod.com. Opinions expressed in Tripod editorials represent the views of the it attempts to transcend spective websites. These Tripod editorial board, unless otherwise signed. Those opinions do that limitation. When an editorial policies cover not necessarily reflect the views of all contributors to the Tripod. Ad- opinion enters the realm how meetings are run, ditionally, writing expressed in the Opinion section belongs to the of inciting potentially vi- how corrections are made, -GMR·G:MJR writers themselves and are not affiliated with the Tripod in any way. The Trinity Tripod is always looking for student contributions in pho- tography, writing, and graphic design. Anyone interested in joining the Tripod can email [email protected]. Additionally, all mem- bers of the community are invited to our meetings, which are held Sundays at 7 p.m. at our office in the basement of Jackson Hall. Wcmnt t(O) write f(O)Jr the All requests for advertisement placement in the Tripod can be Want to write for the found by consulting the newspaper’s business manager at tripo- [email protected].