Cripotr VOL.XCVIINO.17 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 MARCH 16,1999 Students Adjust To Gallows Hill Changes to be more in touch with stu- BY ROLAND RIGGS dent needs, the Bookstore Com- News Writer mittee has opened a dialogue with the student body. Students When the new management have always had an SGA repre- took over control of the Book- sentative on the committee, but store, they implemented what there are more direct means for many students saw as contro- students to make themselves versial policies. While the man- heard. At the start of each meet- agement has tried to be ing, time is set aside for students responsive to student demands, to voice their opinions on any- particularly those brought be- thing related to the bookstore. fore the Bookstore Committee, Next fall, additional methods students feel that there are some of dealing with student con- issues with which a formal plat- cerns are scheduled for imple- form is simply not equipped to, mentation. According to the deal. chair of the committee, April Many students were particu- Brown-Carthen, any student larly concerned when the new who wants to be a member of ANDY SHEPARD management removed the Out- the committee will be able to do The Human Rights Lecture Series so, provided he or she is willing The Human Rights Program continued its lecture series last Wednesday evening post Culture section from the store. This complaint was to put in the time and effort that with a presentation by Martin O'Brien (left) and Rose Styron (center) who is a mem- accompany such a position. ber of the HRP Expert Advisory Board. O'Brien and Styron discussed the role of hu- brought before the Bookstore man rights in Irish politics in a lecture entitled "Northern Ireland: Taking Stock of the Committee, and the manage- Although Wally Swist, man- Peace Process." ment quickly put the section ager of Gallows Hill, declined to back. This is one example of the be interviewed for this article, Bookstore Committee's record other members of the commit- of being fairly responsive to stu- tee saw the changes as a step for- Verdict Delivered On The dent concerns. Larry Gal, man- ward for both students and ager of the Trinity Bookstore, management. Gal noted that a uled the addition of CDs to the \v\der range ol u\put from stu- Status Of Reading Week store a* auoiher example of dents, sh.puId make manage- *^ "tfith a Vtfcaifon* Examples In- '• safhrfacfletfi'of'tfre trustees' 'rhariagenie'ritS wilTfrigri^ssTo Merit "even more aware of BY DAN BERMAN elude increased coursework They include keeping students comply with student prefer- student needs Features Editor over the break, laboratory ses- on campus, having a special ences. However, there are, some is- sions and projects which can Reading Week assignment as Gal noted that students are so sues which the committee is ei- In an effort to curb the abuses only be done outside of the class part of two-thirds of all courses, demographically significant ther unwilling or unable to of Reading Week, the Board of schedule, and educational trips each First-Year Seminar or com- that management has little address. Carly Geeza,'99, once Trustees passed a sweeping re- to museums, businesses, etc. parable freshman program cre- choice but to take student con- a regular at Gallows Hill, says form plan at their Saturday, According to the Reform Plan, ating a required Reading Week cerns into account. "[Students] she will not go back until the March 13 meeting. The plan al- "the challenge now is to employ activity, and creating manda- are the customers," said Gal. old atmosphere is restored—an lows for a one year trial period, them more widely across the tory review/problem sessions "We have to be aware of what issue with which a committee after which the Curriculum institution, so they will affect for all freshman-level math- thecustomerwants,or we're not is ill-equipped to deal. Committee and Interim Dean of significantly larger numbers of ematics and science courses. going to be very successful." Likewise, Shannon Greaney Faculty Miller Brown will students." see READING on page seven As part of an ongoing effort see GALLOWS on page eight evaluate its success. If the re- In addition to increased pro- forms are not successful, the gramming during Reading Board of Trustees is committed Week, the Reform Plan also to abolishing Reading Week at calls for first-year students to Board Of Trustees Meets To their Spring 2000 meeting. meet with their faculty advisors Formed by the Curriculum to, "develop a formal plan of aca- Discuss Academics At Trinity Committee and based on the demic activities that they will spaces for faculty and students." Helen Lang's acceptance to the findings of the Reading Week carry out." This plan must be BY RENAY SMALLCOMB The Board of Trustees then re- Institute of Advanced Study in Task Force, the "Reading Week filed with the First-Year Pro- News Editor convened Saturday morning, Princeton, NJ. Dobelle con- Reform Plan," which was gram office as well. The reasons and the session commenced cluded by proposing a motion adopted, is a last-ditch effort to for this step are to encourage This past weekend, Trinity with President Dobelle's Report to award Former First Lady save Reading Week. The Trust- new students to "think seri- College's Board of Trustees con- of the President, which offered Rosalyn Carter an honorary ees adopted the report from the ously about Reading Week," and vened for their quarterly meet- Board members a broad over- degree in the upcoming gradu- . Task Force and the Curriculum also to.provide a record to the ing. Trustees addressed a range view of Trinity's recent accom- ation ceremony; the proposal Committee in a nearly unani- committee monitoring Reading of issues, including campus plishments. Do belle mentioned was passed unanimously by the mous vote, with two Trustees Week reform. However, the Cur- construction, the future of the opening of the Boys and Board. voting against it and one ab- riculum Committee plan failed Reading Week, and next year's Girls Club, the recent successes The focus of the meeting then staining. to mention specifics or mini- budget. of Trinity's athletic teams, as shifted to student enrollment as Most of the course-based re- mum requirements for first- On Friday afternoon, the well as Philosophy Professor see BOARD on page six forms specified by the Curricu- year students, so there is no Board of Trustees heard a report. lum Committee have already formal guideline which stu- from Trustee Dan Raether, head been adopted by faculty and dents must follow. of the Physical Plant Commit- students. A concerted effort was In order for Reading Week to tee. Raether's presentation to made in October and February survive the 1999-2000 aca- the Board focused on the plans to use Reading Week effectively demic year, there are a series of for the construction of a new and show its potential as more goals which must be met to the Admissions Building along the Chapel Quad. The Board then proceeded to unanimously pass Inside This Week's Issue a motion approving the con- struction, jim Mullen, Execu- News pg. 6 In the Features section, tive Director of Project 2002, Opinions. pg. 2 DevinPharr explores the pains spoke about the proposal with Arts Pg-10 and motivations of dating enthusiasm, stating, "The new building, which will house Ad- missions, Financial Aid, and In the Arts section, editors Features Career Services, will be an ex- share their picks for the up- Announcements pg.18 citing building that will offer On Saturday morning, Board Members RENAY SMALLCOMB coming Academy Awards Sports - pg.24 start of the art conference prepare for their quarterly meeting. Ceremony. THE TRINITY TRIPOD —MARCH 16,1999 PAGE 2 OPINION

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR trinity "EtTu, TCAC?"SGA Member Responds To the Editor Comparing the student turnout of Ian Lang *99 Jennifer Antoniazzi '99 TCAC social events to the turnout EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR On February 1, the Student Gov- of SGA elections to determine the ernment Association passed a mo- validity of either organization does nothing to help either groups' NEWS EDITORS BUSINESS MANAGER tion to make the Trinity College causes. We are not in a competition Kristen Bums '02 Renay Smallcomb '01 Rocio Herrera '99 Activity Council (TCAC) account- able to the Trinity community. In for the support of the students, nor response to complaints from the are we trying to usurp the power of FEATURES EDITORS BUDGET DIRECTOR students about TCAC not accu- TCAC. We were trying to give the Dan Berman '01 Devin Pharr '00 Chad M. Bennett W rately representing them, we de- student body more power in mak- cided to have the leader of TCAC ing decisions that directly affect chosen by the entire student body them. OPINION EDITORS SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER in a campus wide election. In pre- Ever since I came to Trinity, SGA James Griffith '99 Andreiv Weiss'01 Andreio Pearl '02 vious years, the president was has been under attack. We were elected internally by only TCAC called the "future bureaucrats of America," and described as "shady." SPORTS EDITORS • ONLINE EDITOR members. Although our intentions were good, the manner in which we For some reason, students have a Colin Ruane '01 Stark Townend '01 John Akin '01 Owen Tripp '01 went about creating a more demo- negative bias towards SGA, an orga- cratic system for TCAC was wrong. nization working for them, not ARTS EDITORS ANNOUNCEMENTS EDITOR Our actions understandably in- against them. Our purpose is to al- sulted them. Blinded by what we low students' voices to be heard by Beth Gilligan '01 Virginia lacefield '00 Katherine Kimber '02 thought was a fool-proof plan and representing the student body's views, and at every meeting we PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS in a rush to enact our decision, we neglected to include TCAC. Since work toward this goal. When stu- Katie Bryant '01 Andreio Shepard '01 SENIOR EDITORS: Ernesto C. Anguilla '99, Julianna Bogdanski '99, Jason Gabriele '99, Lisa Last week's article insulting the Harrison '99, Katie Kurz '99 competency of SGA was a slap in the COPY EDITORS: Brian Price '99, Terry Rijkin '99, Justin Smith '99 face because we had the impression that TCAC supported the agreement.

TCAC is an umbrella organization dents were upset about the meal Reading Week: A Result, Not The Cause of SGA, we just assumed that they plan, we worked with (and still are would agree that this change was working with) Marriott to develop The Board of Trustees' recent decision to give Reading Week a "stay of execution" beneficial to everyone. more choices and better prices. represents Trinity's reluctance to implement substantial reform. Though the Board's At the next SGA meeting on Feb- When students objected to the book ruary 8, we took back our motion store's policies, we worked with decision seems to recognize that Reading Week's current failure to provide an intel- and apologized for our carelessness. ConnPlRG to create the Book Swap. lectual academic atmosphere, it doesn't place the week's failure in its proper context. My fellow SGA members and I are In addition, we are also working very sorry for the way we excluded with many, other organizations at To remedy this situation the Board, at the behest of the Curriculum Committee, Trinity, such as the Office of Resi- has adopted a plan which they believe will, "invigorate Reading Week by eliminat- TCAC. For the past month, we worked with TCAC by having sev- dential Life, the offices of the deans, the First Year Program Office, the ing its abuses, preserving its positive features, and opening the way to innovative new eral meetings and discussions to means of tumrng,itto good educ;ationa\ account" Of central impprtan<^&}|ihj^P^^ campus shuttle, etc, to improve the »g Tfves of sWctents/'So when students is the effort to schedule mandatory course and academic related work over Reading SGA voted to accept the compro- complained to us about TCAC, we Week. In addition optional crips, lectures, and symposia will provide further aca- mise. took action. The problem is that we demic rigor,an d eliminate the current conception of Reading Week as merely a holi- Although saying TCAC betrayed are just 27 students who, like every- us is a little melodramatic, last one else, have the ability to make day. Ultimately supporters of Reading Week argue that these events, whether required week's article insulting the compe- mistakes. or optional, will force people to remain on campus while at the same time providing tency of SGA was a slap in the face activities that serve as "valuable components" in fostering an intellectual environ- because we had the impression that Sincerely, ment on the campus. The Board is.requiring first-year students to meet with, their TCAC supported the agreement. . Meghan Monsour'01 advisors in order to prepare a, "formal plan of academic activities," that they will fol- low during Reading Week, in an effort to provide faculty guidance for freshman ! See more responsesfrom SGA on page 5. —eds. The Board's solution to the problem of Reading Week fails to delve beneath the sur- face and deal with the root of the problem. By forcing people to remain on campus and providing intellectual activities, the Board believes they can transform Reading Baker Was A Problematic Dean Week into an important component in the intellectual growth of students. However To the Editor; the larger institutional structure of as the poor student attendance at the Liberal Arts Symposium this past Reading Week the College. He failed to maintain Although 1 believe that many the integrity of the office of the demonstrated, such efforts are usually unsuccessful. Furthermore, forcing students faculty were relieved to see Dean of the Faculty, making him- to remain on campus only means that they will drink here instead of at home, and Raymond Baker removed from of- self privy to gossip, both listening thus create a distraction for those few students who actually study during Reading fice, 1 write to express on 1 y my own to it and repeating it and acting on views. In his tenure as Dean he it. He operated as Dean by building Week. started many good projects and ad- up a network of insider trading, pri- The use of Reading Week is not the problem, but instead is a manifestation of the dressed a number of important is- vate deals and patronage that was lack of academic rigor that is commonplace here at Trinity. In a footnote, the Cur- sues. While 1 supported him on not only unprofessional by the stan- those matters and hope that his dards of his office but destructive of riculum Committee wrote, "if a Trinity education is to become significantly more work in these areas will continue to procedures, many of them quite rigorous, that will require action in many areas of College life, not just the reform of move forward, I also think that the democratic, at the College. Reading Week." Thus the Board's decision, and the recommendation of the Curricu- problems that he brought to the of- As a member of the faculty and fice of the Dean of the Faculty, and Chairwoman of the Philosophy De- lum Committee, though well intentioned, will have little effect since it addresses the through that office to Trinity Col- partment, 1 personally experienced results and not the causes of the problem. Though there is no doubt that Reading Week has failed to provide intellectual growth, ultimately it is merely part of a larger He often failed as Dean of the Faculty to problem. Until the powers that be address the lack of academic rigor, the changes in support intellectual projects or Reading Week will have little or no practical effect. accomplishments outside his own personal interests. The Trinity Tripod is published every Tuesday, excluding vacations, by the students of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. The Tripod office is located in the basement of Jackson Dormitory. lege, made his continued tenure in all of these failures in my dealings Address all correspondences to: The Trinity Tripod, Trinity College #702582, office impossible. 1 list here some, with Raymond Baker during his 300Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. although not all, of those that were tenure as Dean of the Faculty. 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Lang •CAMI>USMAII.:BOX702582-E-MAIL: [email protected] . the Faculty, he did not seem to grasp Chairwoman • CAMPUS NRTWORK: General Resources/Docex/Tripod the situation of that office within Department of Philosophy MARCH 16,1999 — THE TRINITY TRIPOD OPINION PAGE 3 Why Is The Neighborhood So Scared Of Trinity? A Different was sitting on the porch when I BY JAMES GRIFFITH from Trinity's perspective, is to came home and he said some Opinion Editor create an infrastucture of a safe guy stopped here and was ask- neighborhood through the Reflections Of A ing how many families were liv- Learning Corridor. On 32 Colonial Avenue, ing in the bulding. He said, 1 If that is so, then why are the Katherine Warner lives with told him how many families.' Warners so scared, founded or Pro-Life Academic her daughter, Arthea, and That was all and he left. My not? Lacey thinks the problem Arthea's twelve-year-old son. grandson told me he was from is that "there's not enough lead BY DAVID CRUZ-URIBE, SFO Their apartment is on the first Trinity." Admittedly, the staff working full-time on this Assistant Professor of Mathematics floor of the three-floor building, Warners do not know anyone thing. This project, it all falls on the window facing the gray hur- personally who has lost their my shoulders for the commu- I am pro-life. Those three words create a chasm between my- ricane fence, just out of view home because of Trinity, but the nity. It all falls on two or three self and many of my colleagues, especially those liberals and from the window is a wooden school bought and tore down shoulders for Trinity and the progressives with whom I otherwise have much in common. The sign about eight feet high from the abandoned buildings next SINA institutions." purpose of this essay is to consider, through a series of vignettes, the City of Hartford, explaining door and across the street with Trinity is a monster what it means to be pro-life in an environment which is reflex- that the owner of the building little to no warning in their bouldering its way down the ively pro-choice. I hope to highlight what Washington Post col- is officially a negligent landlord memory. hill into Frog Hollow. The umnist Mark Shields (who is himself pro-life) has called "the and says to send complaints to Fear of an overbearing insti- name "Trinity College" is loneliness of the pro-life liberal." Michael Natitus at a post office tution is never a solitary fear, it slapped onto every project in But first a definition: what do I mean when I say that 1 am pro- box. The apartment.is four springs up from a general com- the neighborhood. Trinity is life? 1 believe that human life has an intrinsic dignity and worth rooms and the living room is munity feeling of sustained and the visible power taking all the which must be upheld, and this dignity is continually threat- crowded with toys and two enforced ignorance. As Edie credit and flack for revitaliza- ened by a world which seems to have embraced a "culture of couches. In December, the bath- Lacey, chair of the Frog Hollow tion. For the neighborhood, death," in the words of John Paul II. I believe that society has a room was "torn down," accord- South Neighborhood Revital- says Lacey, "Because Trinity is positive obligation to protect and uphold this dignity, especially ing to Althea, and the landlord ization Zone and co-chair of the big and visible, it is going to be for the poor, the marginalized and the voiceless. So in defense of had yet to come and fix it by Inter-Neighborhood a bully. The big visible person human life 1 oppose (among other things) militarism, the death December. The Warners had Collabortive, says, "This whole is always the bully." penalty, punitive welfare policies, euthanasia and abortion. had electrical problems which neighborhood revitalization Were my concerns restricted to the first three items on the list, Natitus also failed to fix and Let us not forget the astonish- thing and the Learning Corri- I would find myself in the mainstream of academia. But because which were fixed by members ing coincidence (or is it?) that dor and the institutional input, 1 have followed my beliefs to (what I see as) their logical conclu- of Althea's church. The third Trinity was founded the same and all the changes that are sion, I part company. More than that, I find myself holding views floor apartments are not al- year the Monroe Doctrine was happening, they take which are regularly ignored, vilified or caricatured. Understand, lowed to be occupied, legally. passed, 1823. If Trinity wants to everybody's breath away. Is avoid looking like it is expand- I am not claiming to be oppressed or persecuted; but my isola- The Warners are practically there suspicion in the neighbor- ing into the neighborhood to tion, now mostly self-imposed, is still uncomfortable. Let me a poster family for the Learning hood? Damn right there is. Is it fulfill its Manifest Destiny, highlight this with the following episodes: Corridor. Two generations of founded? 1 don't think so yet." communication obviously * I regularly receive solicitations to join the ACLU.solicitations single mothers (I know nothing The Warners are afraid that needs to be improved between to which 1 do not respond, though I am often supportive of their about the fathers) and a grand- they will be kicked out of their the college and the individual work. Unfortunately, these solicitations regularly paint me (at son with a typical twelve-year- building when and if Trinity members of the community. least generically) as an "anti-choice fanatic" who is not only op- old's harmless attitude problem. buys it, but Lacey says that on There is a genuine fear in the posed to legalized abortion but a threat to every kind of consti- Both Katherine and Althea Vernon Street, "We, meaning the surrounding community that a tutional liberty. I realize that the rhetoric of the abortion wars work. They are the kind of fam- community, Trinity, S1NA prop- Trinity representative will has often been intemperate, and [und-raising literature is par- ilythat we all chjnk; of when we erty, we relocated everybody. some day walk in the door and ticularly prone to this vice. Nevertheless, 1 am forced to conclude cau up the Images of tine down- Nobody was left out." say, "We need the space: Get'" that to right-thihkingcivfl libertarians, my views are beyond the on-their-luck. These are the However, neighbors of the out." That is not Trinity's goal, pale. (The experiences of Village Voice columnist Nat Hentoff, people the whole neighborhood Warners in another building on but it needs to tell the people who describes himself as "a Jewish, atheist, civil libertarian pro- initiative is ostensibly helping. Colonial were offered $2000 by that, not just committees. lifer", only serve to reinforce my own experience.) So why are the Warners scared Trinity to move out. As Arthea Arthea, talking about Trinity's * Like many college professors, 1 cover my office door witl\ to death of Trinity? says, "That's, what, a month's communication with the news-clippings, cartoons and fliers in support of various causes. , Mainly because they do not rent? 'Cause you've got to get in Warners, says, "I never had any- Here at Trinity and at other institutions I have seen a smattering feel like Trinity is communicat- (by paying a security deposit)." one come and ask anything of pro-choice cartoons, cartoons which over-simplify and dis- ing with them. People have Is Trinity attempting to about do we need any help. tort many of the issues involved. As a postdoc at Purdue, I once come to their building, claiming gentrify the neighborhood? Ac- Nothing." put up a bumper sticker stating my opposition to abortion (as to be from Trinity, taking pic- cording to Vice President/Ex- well as to war and the death penalty). The sticker was first van- tures and asking how many ecutive Director of Project 2002 *SpedalthankstolanLangand dalized and later destroyed. When I mentioned the incident to a people live in the building. Jim Mullen, no. The neighbor- Ann O'Conndl jar their re- colleague, I was excoriated for creating "an environment hostile Katherine said, "My grandson hood revitalization project, search help. to female students." (In fairness, I must add that as a graduate student at Berkeley, my office door was vandalized for my pro- life views, but that time it was an anti-death penalty poster which was stolen.) ' * When Serrin Foster of Feminists for Life came to campus to speak (a talk which I regrettably had to miss) I ran intoa demon- stration against her in Mather Hall. From the demeanor of the students and the contents of their posters and fliers, I realized again that not only did they oppose her views (and mine—I have been a member of FFL for years) but they regarded them as inde- fensible. This is not unique to Trinity: during a visit to Vassar, someone left an anonymous note on my windshield, thanking me for my FFL bumper sticker and for having the courage to ex- press views (s)he was afraid to voice. * During his first term, President Clinton appointed Joycelyn Elders as Surgeon General. Her appointment was controversial and she was eventually forced to resign. In academic circles she was generally perceived as being on the side of angels, not least for her outspoken defense of abortion rights. As part of that de- fense she lauded the eugenic aspects of abortion, since it pre- vented the birth of genetically undesirable children, such as those with Down Syndrome. Children like my son. (Parenthetically, 1 would add that my pro-life views long predated his birth. He merely caused the political to become the personal.) Once, I tried to raise this point in opposition to her. 1 was met with an embar- rassed silence, the sort of silence which greets the r.evelation that a respected member of a gentleman's club had committed a so- cial faux pas. The topic was quickly changed, and my point,. I suspect, as quickly dismissed. Since this last episode occurred, 1 have mostly been silent on abortion and other pro-life issues in academic circles. Perhaps if, I had the courage of my convictions I would, as St. Paul put it, "proclaim the message and, welcome or unwelcome, insist on it.' It might be better to bring the fight into the open, but I am not by nature, a confrontational person. I only chose to write about it today because (to the great credit of the editors) this column has become a remarkable vehicle for open debate, and so it seemed the best vehicle to question the pro-choice orthodoxy which dis- misses me when I say: I am pro-life. 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PAGE 4 OPINION THE TRINITY TRIPOD —MARCH 16,1999 Golden Gophers' Tarnish It's Time To Return No Surprise For D-I B-Ball Civility To Government standout, and current Presidential can- BY ANDREW WEISS didate Bill Bradley. However, Bradley is Opinion Editor however, may win in the short run after just that, an exception. BY MATTHEW SCHILLER all. Congress very well might be produc- I'm not trying to argue that Division 1 Opinion Writer tive over the next two years, but prima- Amisc all of the hoopla of this years college athletes are not smart, but big rily due to self-preservation. House NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament sports schools, such as Minnesota, are in Imagine this. Dick Gephardt is outside Republicans are barely holding on'to a comes a not-so shocking story about the the business of recruiting to what on his portico, chef cap, apron and all, five seat majority. They are desperate to University of Minnesota Golden Go- amounts to professional athletes for their flipping burgers and cooking dozens of show the American public that they are phers. No, it wasn't that underdog sports teams. Universities need to recruit hot dogs. Meanwhile, several feet away, not just the party of impeachment. Ex- Gonzaga beat them 76-63 in the first top high school athletes to keep their Henry Hyde and Barney Frank are pect real attempts for reform from both round of the tournament, because it is teams competitive. Getting to the field gracefully displaying their athletic abili- House and Senate Republicans attempt- well know Big Ten teams traditionally of 64 in the NCAA tournament is more tiesduring an intense badminton match. don't fare well duri ng tourney time. The than just pride for schools, it means na- real story is why Minnesota, a seventh tional exposure and big money for pro- Ted Kennedy is attempting to describe seed in the West bracket, fell to the 12th grams. the previous night's reception, which he cannot totally recall. On lawn chairs, seeded team form Washington. It wasn't With such h uge amounts of money in- the poor play of any of the players, rather Bob Barr and Barbara Boxer are laugh- volved universities are continuously cut- ing together recalling the weekend sport it was due to the poor decisions four of ting the corners to ensure that athletes them made off the court. As a result of a scores. meet academic standards so they can A likely scene? No way. But for years published report by The St. PaulPioneer continue to play. For example, as re- Press, two starters, Kevin Clark and Miles this was how Washington operated. ported by The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Politicians, although ideologically sepa- Tarver, along with two reserves, A ntonie Minnesota has six academic counsleors rated, had one thing in common. Mutual Broxsie and Jason Stanford, were sus- on call in their athletic center at all respect. At the capitol, Republicans and pended from the first round game for al- times, these counsloers were supposedly leged academic dishonesty. At a early involved in writing papers for the bas- Democrats were opponents. Their pri- morning press conference on March 11, ketball players in question. What it vate lives were a different matter. In an comes down to is that athletes are re- age where it seems that our nation's capi- cruited to play-not study. tol is filled with lying, vindictive, hypo- critical "leaders," it is safe to say that the It's important that these "big time" picnic is over. Due toa variety of reasons, ing to make up for their severe blunders sports programs are able to contiue to our current generation of leadership, in though out 1998. Meanwhile, Demo- run with out debilitaing restrictions. both political parties, has been ushered crats, and in particular President Money that is generated by these pro- into office by declaring war against lead- grams benfit other lesser known sports Clinton, willbe trying to reaffirm some and the rest of the university. While the ers such as Bill Clinton or Newt of his stature, trying to leave a positive ACCUSATIONS OF Gophers' basketball and football teams Gingrich. stamp on American history. ACADEMIC FRAUD get most of the press, the income pro- Instead of focusing on issues such as Washington has been severely blem- duced these sports is used to other such health care reform, social security, wel- ished by recent events. Make no mistake endeavors, like less lucrative women's fare, defense spending and a wide vari- however, there are plenty of genuinely sports which are guaranteed by Title IX. ety^of other issues that will in some way nice, thoughtful, moral, productive lead- www.pioneerplanet.com Furthermore, the prestige that the team touch American livelihood, it appears ers in both the federal and state govern- that politicians have turned their focus ment in both parties. Still, character the University of Minnesota announced creates helps state universities, like Min- that there was "prima facie evidence" of. nesota, to keep the smart students in NCAA ru\es violations. Infractions of state. In college sports sometimes two ft is our Job, as our country's next geft^tion, to which the four Minnesota boopsrers are and two equals five, a little disonesty assume leadership roles and change Washington. suspected include improper use oi now might be benifica! in the long run. 4 school tutors and turning in several pa- While some people might scoff at this, and insist that it is time to clean up the into personal attacks regarding sexual does count. Most politicians are leaders pers that were written by others. Perhaps affairs, book deals, and a vast array other greatly concerned with the welfare of the most shocking revelation in this NCAA, they miss the simple, but obvi- ous, fact that trying to make everyone improprieties. These personal attacks both the country and their constituents. whole ordeal are the reactions of people are not only uncivil, but they demean Both Republicans and Democrats have surrounding the case. This is big-time honest under the current rules would be like trying to mop up the ocean. the American system of government in a deep admiration, respect, and love for NCAA Division I basketball, next time which so many Americans sacrificed America. Unfortunately, partisan battles something like this happens don't be so While making everyone honest is im- their lives to preserve. How can Ameri-. throughout recent times have taken such shocked. ' .. possible, there are some simple changes cans expect anything to be accom- a personal turn, hard feelings still remain 1 would think that ever since the point that can be made to NCAA rules. For plished in a Republican majority. on both sides. Leaders have let their ide- shaving and game fixing scandals at starters, the NCAA can forget about Congress with people such as Larry ologies and differences separate them- regulating the size of the players' shorts Long Island University (LIU) and City Fly nt offering millions of dollars to pub- selves from their common goal, to and make some rules that make sense. College of New York (CCNY) during the licly disgrace Republicans, in office and improve America. early 1950s people would realize that For example, let players take jobs to help out, for previous indiscretions. And yes, Politics is a wonderful,-exciting, vi- NCAA rule violations are the norm and prevent money making schemes like it works the same way for Republicans, brant field. It takes tremendous dedica- riot the exception. In reality, it's more throwinggamesorshavingpornts. Next, who have been obsessed with reversing 'likely that most Devision I schools are give athletes some official academic lee- tion, work and labor to make a difference two national elections, attempting to in the political arena. Our generation grasp anything they can possibly find must learn from our predicessors' mis- against Bill Clinton. [ would think that ever since the point shaving and takes. Hate, personal attacks, and lying Fortunately, America spoke out in the are not what leadership and efficient game fixing scandals..Juring the early 1950s people governing is about. This is what too would realize that NCAA rule violations are the norm many people feel politics is though. It is and not the exception. our job, as our country's next generation, to assume leadership roles and change Washington. We have the ability to do breaking the rules i n one way or another. way. For example, instead of leaving tu- this. Lead through action, not words. Recently there have been other inci- toring up to the schools in an ad hoc Recognize that although both Demo- dents involving either academic or legal manner, where corruption can and does crats and Republicans in Congress may improprietiessurrounding other college run wild, the NCAA should sponsor tu- have different ideological viewpoints, basketball programs. For example, just toring centers to stop egregious viola- they both believe in productive solutions. this summer several former members of tions. These solutions may be complicated, Northwestern University's basketball When you mix the big bucks and ex- slow coming, and frustrating at times. team plead guilty to shaving points and citement that college baskeball gener- But folks, this is what the American sys- throwing games in return for money ates for universities there are no set of tem is all about. We are all different in from gamblers. Furthermore, it is widely rules or assurances that will stop so many ways. Yet, we all consider our- known that certain coaches, like Jerry curruption. Let those who are at college selves Americans. Take an honest look at Tarkanian of Fresno State, recruit play- to study, study and those who are there what an opposing viewpoint may have ers with histories of trouble with the law. to play sports, play sports. In a way, to say today. You may still disagree. It Not to mention the many programs, like recuited athletes are getting their educa- 1998 election. Both Washington and the may seem incredibly frustrating that The University of Nevada Las Vegas tion by playing sports and the rest of the media got a harsh slap in the face. The this person, or this article might not be (UNLV), that remain under strict NCAA student body is getting theirs by going Republicans lost two House speakers what you think is right. But understand sanctions for recruiting violations. to class. and Bill Clinton became only the second that this person, or this article, or this The common thread in each of these If the NCAA wants to make some real president in the history of the United viewpoint may not be so very different scandals at such places as UNLV, LIU, changes it should loosen up some its States to become impeached. Out of all from your own in the end. Simply agree Northwestern, and Minnesota is the de- rules and abandon the notion of the stu- of this, has America gained anything? to disagree, then work together as Ameri- struction of the myth of the student ath- dent athlete. We can no longer hold onto 1 Has our system been purged? The an- cans to solve the problem. Differences are lete. In "big time ' college sports the romantic notions of an innocent time swer is a resounding no. There is still not bad. In fact, many times they help student athlete sirn ply does not exist In passed that was never more than a fan- hate in Washington. Republicans still create better, more effective solutions, i.e. fact, it would be hard to believe that he tasy to begin with Most of all, don't get hate Bill Clinton's arrogance and the fact the Constitution. That is how America or she ever existed. wrapped up in the mythic notions of the that he has survived their attack. Demo- became the great country we know, and Sure, there are exceptions, such as student athlete, so don't be so shocked crats still hate Republicans for their of- live in today. This is what I hope we con- former Princeton and New York Knicks the next time another scandal breaks. ten times hypocritical actions. America tinue to practice in pur future. MARCH 16,1999 — THE TRINITY TRIPOD OPINION PAGE 5

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR How I Learned About The The Truth About The SGA And TCAC Uselessness Of Education story began to take shape. could help the fact that they To the Editor: determine the specifics of these cri- Bv GEOFFREY STEVENS Opinion Writer Weeks later, while they had were raised to look for a work- teria for their organization. All that long since been fired for steal- ing class job, not a white collar It has been argued that the Stu- the SGA wished to accomplish dent Government Association through this move was to increase ing company supplies, they had one, and subsequently gave (SGA) has no right to interfere in the the level of communication be- I would like to talk about the continued to occupy my little merit to academics. Given inner workings of a club at Trinity. tween the other elected students at experiences which I had, and thoughts, for much the same the chance, they could probably First of all, this is one of the main Trinity, and to hold the President of the subsequent philosophies reason that you watch Real prove themselves to be of responsibilities of the SGA, to en- this organization responsible to the that I developed over one sum- TV—because there is nothing greater intellectual merit than I sure that each club or organization whole Student Body. Afteramonth mer. Having taken a job as a better on at three in the morn- originally thought. But, still, is upholding its constitution. How- of deliberation at the wishes of Janitor at Moore College of Art ing, and it would be too difficult my classist tendencies pre- ever, the Trinity College Activities TCAC, SGA voted last Monday to in Philadelphia, primarily due vailed, and I felt little remorse. Council (TCAC) holds a particu- have an SGA-TCAC liaison elected to do anything else. They did, to my opinion that further suf- however, begin to occupy a dif- In the past, prejudiced beliefs larly unique position under SGA. by the general student body, en- fering would give me an edge in have focused on a deep seeded According to both the TCAC con- titled the Vice President of Activi- ferent place in my mind than stitution and the SGA constitution, ties. This election will serve the any upcoming theological stud- the one which they held when I belief that one group of people SGA has the right and responsibil- purpose and reach every goal as the ies, I was soon immersed in a was inferior to another. Me and ity to act when TCAC is not uphold- original proclamation by SGA; the world which sharply contrasted my friends definitely believed ing its requirements to the student only difference is that the name of my experiences at college. My that we were somehow above population. According to the TCAC the position is not President of memories would eventually these people. But, in reality, how Constitution, TCAC is a branch of TCAC. contribute to what is rapidly much less qualified to do that the Student Government Associa- One of the roles of SGA is to su- becoming my library of opin- job were my co-workers? Did it tion and as such is subject to the pervise the numerous clubs (more ions. The job which I was as- really matter if I had a better SGA Constitution. Likewise, in the than 90 this year) which exist at signed was, essentially, to do the education than they did? SGA Constitution, The SGA and its Trinity. We do this through the al- Internal Affairs Committee shall tasks which were deemed by Knowing the difference be- location of their budgets. Each club the rest of the physical plant as have the power to review, amend, or is required to uphold specific stan- tween Sartre and Camus might create a new constitution, when the dards to maintain theirstate of good too menial for half the hourly be great if you're going to teach SGA agrees by a two-thirds major- standing. To date, TCAC has been salary. Simply put, I worked French Lit, but outside of that, ity that its present document is no given certain privileges that other with a couple of "Grade A mo- it matters very little. The union longer providing for the general clubs do not have because it is a rons" over the summer who, plumbing job which they were welfare of the Trinity College stu- branch of SGA. One of these privi- while blessed with the thought considering after high school dent body. Clearly, SGA had the leges is the fact that it has a budget capacity to accomplish menial will, in all likelihood, payjust as right, even the obligation, to act which is larger than any other club, tasks, certainly didn't make it much as any job which I will get known to those around them, out of college, so, why the preju- primarily displaying a vocabu- dice? Perhaps, the future, when Requiring that the entire student body elect lary range characteristic of social stature is not linked to the president of TCAC guarantees a most household parrots. was in direct contact with them. land or family reputation, but greater amount of legitimacy for this I had long since realized how on the ability to adapt to the After becoming convinced of much 1 had looked down upon coming information age, the position. the intellectual ineptitude of them, simply because I had per- discrimination will not be my co-workers, through the ceived them as being unintelli- about race, gender or ethnic course of several conversations gent, and had been dealing with when it determined that TCAC was which includes the monies they re- group, but about education and not being held accountable to the ceive for Spring Weekend. The ac- with them, 1 began to draw a the emotions relating to this self intellect. Perhaps those who greater student body. tion of requiring that the entire mental picture of their day to realization ever since. Even will be seen in the future as the The SGA voted on February 1, student body elect the president of day lives which, it became in- more to my surprise, was the lower class will be those whose "\ 1999 to change to status of the P^resi- TCAC guarantees a greater amount creasingly clear, were quite dif- recollection of how eager my occupations were left behind by dfentof thfe'TCAC The driving force of legitimacy for this position in the ferent from mine. Along with Quaker school-educated high the computer boom. But just behind this movement was to truly future. this image, came faces and per- school friends were to laugh at establish TCAC as a branch of SGA. I leave it up to you to make the how grounded is that prejudice? sonalities to go along with their my impersonations of my co- In reality, how much better off There are a number of subsidiaries decision as to whether or not SGA stories of their friends. As this workers which, needless to say, which fall under direct advisement acted in a just and correct manner. is a plumber than a computer Each student elects their leaders mental picture became more highlighted my conception of consultant? Were my feelings of SGA. These include the Budget complete, I began to dread each them. I realized that, had my Committee, under the leadership of during the spring of each year. towards my co-workers simply James Valerio, the'Multicultural Af- These elected students have a re- morning. I would have to en- impersonation focused on, say, a a way of creating my own caste fairs Committee, under the leader- sponsibility to represent their con- dure more conversations on particular ethnic group, I would system in order to justify my stituents. If not, then there is a clear ship of Russell Fugett, and TCAC, their latest misadventures with have been ostracized, labeled as continued education? The fact under the leadership of Daniel course of action which can be taken various narcotics, firearms, etc. racist and banned from group to ensure that your rights as voters of the matter is that their lack Gianoli. The ultimate leader of each As I began to feel more and more events. But in reality, what sepa- of education will not really hurt of these organizations, except for are recognized. In keeping with this uncomfortable around them, rated my stereotype from any TCAC, is elected through an all- hierarchical structure of govern- them in the long run. ment, the SGA deemed that the ul- my mental picture of their life other? It's not as if these people campus election during the Spring timate head of an organization of each year. which receives over one-quarter of On February 1, 1999, the SGA the yearly Student Activities Fund moved that the president of TCAC should be held to the comparable FDIC Wants To Invade Privacy be involved in the SGA Executive standards of office. Having heard Board election from this day for- all of the facts concerning this issue, "Know Your Customer"Proposal Assumes Guilt Before Proof ward. This would improve the in- you are now capable of making the volvement of the entire campus in knowledgeable decision concerning normal and expected transac- one day changes from that habit this organization and clarify the the constitutionality of SGA's ac- BY BENJAMIN DAVIS tions and report any suspicious and withdrawals an extra hun- lines of communication between tions. Opinion Writer this group and the rest of SGA.Just activity that deviates from the .. dred dollars, then with this new like SGA, there are a few criteria customer's norm. This new law law, the government could in- concerning the eligibility of indi- Sincerely, , Let us take a little time to pay would be effective April 1,2000. quire why and how you are viduals to run for these leadership William M. Mahoney, Jr. '99 homage to our very own super It has been created with the spending the money. The cus- positions. We proposed to leave it Student Government Association, hero, the American govern- hope of helping catch money tomer could be put under sus- up to the TCAC Executive board to President ment. Granted, the government launderers, drug dealers, and picion of drug dealing or money is no Inspector Gadget. I do not other delinquents. laundering. Of course, these even think the government pos- So how could this law work? new laws are created for our sesses the same good intentions If someone goes to the bank own protection. Even though Inneundo as the Inspector does, however, with a $500 gift from a family this seems to violate the found- This past week was full of ups and downs that gave us all kinds it is here to protect our rights. of room for puns. Some gave their all and came up short. Some With the government consis- If someone goes to the bank with a $500 showed their all and showed themselves short. At any rate, the tently creating new laws and gift from a family member, the teller could quad will never look the same, nor will Reading Week.in a little policies, is it possible that these while...maybe...rnaybe not. laws could overstep themselves interrogate the customer as to how, where, While you were wrestling na- and infringe on our rights? One and why they got the money. ked on the quad, the Bishop policy that our over-protective- super-hero has recently tried to member, the teller could inter- ing motto of our country, "Inno- Seniors Brunch wasn't pointing, he was laugh- ing. So were Cinestudio's cus- institute is the "Know Your Cus- rogate the customer as to how, cent until proven guilty," and tomers. tomer" rule. What is exciting where, and why they got the the Fourth Amendment, it will about this proposal is that it money. If the bank does not ac- provide us with a modest Falling just a little short of ex- Baskeball's loss to Conn would basically create a low cept the customer's reasons as to amount of protection. What we cellence. The pattern contin- level spy network among banks how they received the money, must consider then, is if we are College ues.... and private finical corpora- the government would be noti- willing to exchange this for our tions. It-would force banks to fied and the customer's ac- privacy. determine the identity of its counts and assets could be Reading Week's Probation ^ "And this time we mean it!" For more information regard- customers and then determine frozen. A similar situation ing this issue, check out http:// the customer's sources of in- could occur, if a customer devi- www.defendyourprivacy.com/. come through work, social secu- ates from their regular pattern. This site provides information rity, and investments. This law If for instance, a customer regu- and allows you to contact your TCAC MardiGras Party Jt Maybe SGA has the right idea. would then force banks to cre- larly withdrawals $100 from local senators. Be careful out ate records of the customer's their account every Friday and there, they are watching YOU. PAGE 6 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD — MARCH 16,1999 Cooper Lecturer Discusses Westward Expansion University of Colorado Professor Compares Westward Expansion in US to European Colonialism of native peoples to live and hunt in na- L$>f BY ANDREW WEISS tional parks. '- Opinions Editor As a result of her proposed theory, Limerick asserted that America's past is On March 11, Professor of History at not as ideal as some people perceive it to the University of Colorado Patricia be. "[The] claim for America Nelson Limerick, a noted author and his- exceptionalism is thin," commented torian of the American West, lectured on Limerick. hei controversial theories about the Limerick's theories about the "con- settlement of the American West. Lim- quest" or "colonization" of the American erick argued that the settlement of the west are the basis of an upper level his- American West was done in a similar tory class that she teaches at the Univer- fashion to that of the colonization of Af- sity of Colorado. Frequently during her rica, India and Southeast Asia. This lecture, Limerick referred to her class opinion stands in stark contrast to both and the many reactions of students in the traditional and current widely held her lecture to her theories. beliefs about how the West was settled, Students, Limerick stated, fell in a few or "won," by white Americans. Limerick different general classifications; those went on to define her role as shedding who refused to believe that the United light on these misconceptions States' expansion into the West could be Despite Limericks controversial view Professor Patricia Nelson Limerick presents a comparison of KATIE BRYANT classified as colonization, those who point, she used historical facts and cur- American expansion and European colonialism. used Limericks' theory to support their rent attitudes to effectively support her indicated that placing natives in charge shaped the West as well as French poli- own notions of American imperialism, argument. The similarities that Limerick of native populations was actually a cies in Algeria. Moreover, the issues sur- and finally those who occupied a pointed out between the American west- common practice in the colonies of Af- rounding cattle were present in both middle ground. Limerick sees her class ward movement and European coloniza- rica. Kenya and the American West. Limer- as an important way to get people to tion were striking. The most relevant In addition, Limerick asserted that the ick also pointed to past and current atti- view the westward expansion in a new support of her argument was the ten- economies of the West were modeled in tudes as contributing evidence to her light. dency of the United States government the same way as many African colonies. assertion that the West was colonized. Limerick concluded by expressing her to place American Indians in prominent For example, the dream of turning a na- Limerick held that the forest service in confusion regarding the fact that people ruling positions in newly created Indian tive society into an "agrarian dream" can South Africa, much like the US forest ser- today continue to deny the colonial as- settlements and reservations. Limerick be found in Jeffersonian beliefs that vice, has completely ignored the rights pects of westward expansion. Board Convenes At Trinity continued from page one istration commit to the creation of an Christopher Small, Vice President for "academic pledge" for Trinity students, On The Beat Enrollment Management, discussed re- and advocated reform of the current ad- cent advancements in Admissions. vising system at the college. Smali presented the Board with an opti- Interim Dean of Faculty W, Miller mistic picture about the incoming fresh- Brown addressed the Board, concentrat- Soda Machine Gets A JOLT! man class, stating, "Wehave every reason ing on issues of academic quality and to beWeve that trie incoming/freshman rigor. Brown stated, "There has been a On March 7, a soda machine in Vernon Place was found knocked over, There were no damages, and a suspect has not been found.- class will be the strongest yet...2O4 stu- concerted effort by the faculty to address dents have committed to attend through the academic atmosphere at Trinity. We •••/r* early decision, and we will be accepting want students to be embedded in the Stop That Bicyclist approximately 1,600 in regular decision." academic matrix of the college twenty- Several Board members questioned the four hours a day." Brown commented On March 5, a student reported his bike was stolen from the High Rise academic strength of students admitted that the shortening of the Add-Drop pe- laundry room. The bike was locked with a cable that was found cut. The bike is early decision.and Small replied that the riod has improved rigor at Trinity by de- initialed HAL on the handlebars. The value of the bike is unknown. average SAT score for a student admitted manding greater commitment on the early decision was thirty points higher part of students to their courses. Park At Your Own Risk than the average student and that the Brown also cited the work of the Com- number of students ranked eight or mittee on Academic Affairs and Excel- Several cars in the Ferris parking lot were broken into on March 9. In the above on a scale of one-to-ten has in- lence and their progress on researching morning, $4.-5 dollars was stolen from a 1992 Chevy S-10 Pickup. Later that day, creased. Trustee Raether concluded the issues such as grade inflation, class at- change and cassettes were taken from a green Explorer. Around the same time, discussion on admissions by comment- tendance, and academic dishonesty. ing, "We should not be mystified with a Pontiac Station Wagon was found missing a car phone, and the windows of a Brown stated, "Trinity is one of three silver Acura Legend were smashed. the numbers." most rigorous liberal arts colleges in Professor Gerald Moshell, Secretary of grading," and added that Trinity cur- the Faculty, then delivered a report on rently hands out lower grades than com- It's Official: Lower Long Walk Is Dangerous the progress of the current search for the parable colleges, a sign of low grade new Dean of Faculty. He stated that a inflation. Brown concluded by saying, A robbery and assault occurred on the evening of March 9 when a senior was search committee composed entirely of "We can do far better, and we will, but attacked on the Lower Long Walk. Around 8:45 PM, two males in their late faculty will soon be assembled to create we are hardly as badly off as we sus- teens approached the student and struck him in the face, knocking him to the a list recommending one or more candi- pected." ground. The assailants stole the victim's black Avrex jacket, his electric orga- dates to Dobelle. Moshell added that it The focus on academic rigor at Trin- nizer, and his wallet. The Hartford Police responded, and the victim was treated is now too late to appoint a permanent ity continued with Trustee Cassandra by TCERT. The Hartford Police Department is currently investigating active Dean of Faculty for Fall of 1999, but the Henderson Carney's presentation of the leads and promised to keep the Trinity community advised of progress in the administration aims to have the position Report of the Academic Affairs Commit- case. filled by summer of 2000. tee. Carney introduced Exhibit I, the pro- Discussion then shifted towards the posal to revise Reading Week which was Three Strikes- You're Out Target of Opportunity Program (TOP), a recently passed unanimously by the minority faculty recruitment plan de- Academic Affairs Committee. She out- Around 12:30AM Friday morning, Campus Safety stopped by the St. Elmo signed to increase diversity at Trinity. lined its main points, which include fraternity house and warned students to lower their noise level. A couple hours Moshell acknowledged that the TOP pro- changing the name officially to later, a noise complaint for the same address was reported to the Hartford Police gram had recently "hit a snag" when a "Midsession" and requiring freshmen to Department. Hartford police arrived and arrested three students for breach of TOP position was awarded to a nonciti- consult with their faculty advisor in re- peace, disorderly conduct, and obstructing free passage. The case has been zen of Asian descent. The TOP program gards to their plans for the break. referred to the State of Connecticut Community Court. If the students are found had previously focused on recruiting Af- After passing the Reading Week pro- guilty, they will be sentenced to community service. rican- and Latino-American faculty, and posal, the Board addressed the inclusion of Asian-Americans was a next year's budget. Dobelle proudly Campus Safety Aids Sick Freshman subject of contention among the Board noted Trinity would continue its trend members. Moshell stated, "As one in- of operating with a balanced budget volved with minority faculty, it is unfor- After midnight on Friday evening, a first-year student was found vomiting while offering its students the lowest tu- possibly due to excess consumption of alcohol. The student was treated by tunate that a program recommended by ition in many years. He also commented the faculty has hit this snag." However, Campus Safety and TCERT and was transported to Hartford Hospital for that the budget would provide for the evaluation before being released. he added, "The two TOP positions autho- creation of a new position, Dean of rized this year are a great step towards Multicultural Affairs. diversifying education." The Board of Trustees then entered Nice Try, But No Car SGA President Bill Mahoney '99 then closed session for the remainder of the presented the Report of the Student Gov- afternoon. Trustees heard several more Two cars parked on Summit Street were recently found with damaged ernment Association to the Board. reports, including Trustee Pedemonti's ignitions, the result of attempted break-ins. On March 13, a 1984 Jeep Cherokee Mahoney discussed SGA's recent involve- presentation on Risk Management and parked in the Summit B parking lot across from Jarvis and Northam was broken ment with Reading Week and the recent Litigation. The Board then adjourned to into during the afternoon. The following day, a Chevy Caprice was broken into change in TCAC governance. He then lunch with Parents' Association Direc- late in the evening and could not be started due to ignition damage. recommended that faculty and admin- tors. MARCH 16,1999 — THE TRINITY TRIPOD NEWS PAGE 7 Decision Reached On Future Of Reading Week continued from page one Midsession will remain in place, ing Week. brought to the college." two years," adding that "any de- The emphasis on reforming and be subject to biennial re- In a letter to Trustees, Brown Brown's efforts and lobbying viation from that, and there Reading Week came as a result view by an ad hoc body of the wrote, "as the College's chief on behalf of the Reading Week won't be any sense in coming of the long-standing concerns Curriculum Committee created academic officer, I will take pri- were so strong, that one Trustee back to us." that it is "little more than a for that purpose. The Trustees mary administrative responsi- jokingly suggested it be re- "I will not support any varia- thinly disguised vacation," ac- reserve the right to revisit the bility for seeing that all parties named "Miller Time." tion of this proposal coming cording to the Curriculum issue at any time and abolish - faculty, students, administra- There was some question as back to the Board," added Committee plan. Secretary of Midsession if the ad hoc body tors - make a good-faith effort to faculty approval of the plan Dobelle. the Board of Trustees Douglas finds that it is still ineffective. to put the reforms into effect and whether the faculty would However, the ambiguous na- Tansill said, "Reading Week has In order to ensure faculty par- and to achieve the specific goals be allowed to amend the report. ture of the faculty's approval led become a signal to our students ticipation in Midsession, the articulated in the plan." However, because the faculty at RaymondJoslin to abstain from and their parents about the lack Curriculum Committee will Trustee Tansill, said that de- their December 1,1998 meeting voting. "If the faculty is going to of academic rigor at Trinity." ask the Faculty to adopt a "sense spite his reservations, "I will directed (by a 98-0 vote, with have another whack at it," said While the Curriculum Com- of the meeting" resolution sup- vote for the proposal, given four abstentions) the Task Force Joslin, "I don't think its appro- mittee hopes that the reforms . porting the plan and affirming Miller Brown's support." and Curriculum Committee to priate for us to confirm it." will change these perceptions, their responsibility in its imple- President Evan Dobelle said draft the report and present it to The Board also noted that there was fear that the name mentation. The Curriculum that, "Reading Week deserved the Trustees, this was judged a Saturday's meeting was the last "Reading Week" has been for- Committee believes that the the opportunity to fulfill the moot point. Indeed, the Board chance to alter the calendar for ever tainted. Therefore, the Re- constant threat of its abolition goal set for it years ago. The was adamant that the plan re- the 1999-2000 academic year form Plan calls for the name of should ensure student and fac- Board voting in favor of these main the same. Chairman Tho- and if the faculty revisions were Reading Week to be changed to ulty efforts to use Midsession in proposal demonstrates their mas Johnson wanted to ensure not satisfactory, it would be too "Midsession," effective in Fall a proper and responsible man- confidence in Miller and the that the plan was a "one year late to abolish Reading Week 1999. ner. level of leadership he has stay of execution, rather than altogether. However, midsession may not Midsession should provide be a part of the Trinity lexicon "an alternate educational expe- 1999 Senior Brunch for very long if the reforms are rience... to reach out to students deemed ineffective. The Reform and provide them the occasion Plan states, "it is essential to em- to do things they would other- phasize that the reforms de- wise not have the chance to do," scribed... must be implemented said Brown. "This proposal will during the coming academic help it reach its potential." Aca- year (1999-2000). If the goals set demic Affairs Committee forth... are not substantially met Chairperson Cassandra during the first year of reform, Henderson-Carney said that "if there is a strong likelihood the used correctly, [Midsession] Trustees will decide to abolish adds something to the educa- Reading Week effective with tional experience that would academic year 2000-01. Thus it not be gained by simply adding behooves all those who value a week to the semester." Reading Week to make every There was strong sentiment effort to ensure that the reform among the Trustees and admin- measures are energetically put istration members present that into effect and that they pro- the Reform Plan should be duce the desired results from adopted as a sign of support for the outset." Miller Brown, who has labored Sue Kemalian and Parin Zaveri join their classmates KATIE BRYANT If the reforms are successful, long and hard to reform Read- at the annual Senior Brunch. AIbanians and United Stares failed to convince that it will not challenge the might hurt the Justice a tribunal but China will prob- the ethnic Albanians to sign the transactions, having concluded Department's pending antitrust ably oppose it on grounds it in- Serbs Prepare peace plan. That undermined that neither the merger nor the case against Microsoft, which terferes in Cambodia's internal To Continue American efforts to pressure alliance violate the antitrust has argued that the deal proves affairs, diplomats said. Negotiations Milosevic to sign or face NATO laws," the government said in the high-tech industry is fast- Experts have recommended airstrikes. the statement announcing it changing and highly competi- that an international tribunal PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (CNN) In a public statement Friday had closed its investigation. tive. be convened, such as those cre- — Members of an ethnic Alba- on Albanian, Hashim Thaci, a The purchase of Netscape by Under the proposed deal, ated to try suspects accused of nian delegation, are due to ar- key KLA figure and the chair- AOL, the world's largest online AOL would acquire Netscape's genocide, war crimes and rive in Paris to resume man of the delegation, said the service provider, would create a pioneering Navigator browser crimes against humanity dur- negotiations with Serb leaders rebel command was "holding its single Internet company that software, which was intro- ing conflicts in the former Yu- Monday. However, five mem- closing session" on whether to may challenge Microsoft Corp.'s duced in 1994 and helped popu- goslavia. Cambodian Prime bers of the Kosovo Liberation accept the plan. He hinted that dominance in key areas. larize the Internet, The software Minister Hun Sen has ruled out Army serving on the delegation they would accept it. "I am glad Microsoft's Internet software is now used by millions of an international tribunal, say- have been charged with murder, that the agreement is being un- people to access information ing the U.N. Security Council is and Serb officials hinted that derstood correctly by a large online. divided on the issue and it they might try to serve arrest part of the Kosovo Albanian would take too long to organize. warrants if they try to approach people," Thaci said. "I hope the Fate of Senior Friday in Cambodia, Na- the Pristina airport. opinion of the headquarters Khmer Rouge tional Assembly president Last month, Yugoslav au- will be acceptable and in accor- Leader Debated Prince Norodom Ranariddh thorities barred three KLA del- dance with the public opinion called for international help in egates from leaving for the first in Kosovo." UNITED NATIONS (CNN) - his country's trial of a captured round of talks in Rambouillet, Following a meeting Friday Secretary-General Kofi Annan Khmer Rouge army chief, Ta France,but relented underpres- with Russian Foreign Minister told Cambodia's foreign minis- Mok. "If the government wants sure from the United States and Igor Ivanov, Milosevic said he ter Friday that the Cambodian a trial inside the country, I the five European powers — would send a delegation to talk national judiciary probably would not mind. But 1 would France, Britain, Germany, Rus- about self-rule for Kosovo but competes directly against cannot meet the "minimal stan- like to have cooperation from sia and Italy — who convened not the presence of 28,000 Netscape's, and its Microsoft dards of justice" for a trial of the United Nations, for example, the talks. Those first talks broke NATO-led troops, Without a Network online service is a ri- Khmer Rouge leaders. The min- in sending a judge from outside up inconclusively after 17 days, guarantee of NATO to protect val to AOL although it has been ister, Hor Nam Hong, responded the country," he said. with both sides saying that them, it was unlikely the ethnic far less successful. by saying Cambodia was will- Ta Mok, known as "The while they agreed in principle Albanians would accept the Netscape's shareholders are ing to discuss assistance from Butcher" for his alleged brutal- to the political aspects of the deal, which calls for the KLA to scheduled to vote on the deal international experts to help a ity, was captured a week ago proposed peace plan, they were disarm. Wednesday. national court in Cambodia and faces 20 years to life in not ready to sign it. AOL-Netscape Jim Whitney, an AOL spokes- conduct the trial. prison if convicted under 1994 With a second round of talks man, said the company was The exchange took place dur- legislation that outlawed the set to begin Monday, leaders of Merger Is pleased with the government's ing a meeting between the U.N. Khmer Rouge. the KLA rebels met Friday for Approved By announcement and was look- chief and the minister to dis- Hor Nam Hong repeated his what they said would be the Government ing forward to the vote by cuss the findings of a U.N. panel government's position that a "decisive round" of discussions Netscape shareholders. The pro- sent to Cambodia to assess the national trial with interna- on whether to sign the plan, ,' . WASHINGTON (AP) - The posed merger faces no other prospects for trying leaders of tional assistance was the best which grants Kosovo autonomy justice Department has cleared regulatory hurdles. the Khmer Rouge, responsible way to try the Khmer Rouge. but not independence from the way for America Online's The alliance could pose dra- for the deaths of as many as 2 He noted that Cambodia's con- Serbia. Ethnic Albanian politi- proposed $4.3 billion merger matic new competition for million people during its 1975- stitution doesn't allow its citi- cians say they are ready to sign with Netscape Communica- Microsoft, which has been sued 79 regime. zens to be extradited for trial once the rebels agree. About 90 tions Corp. In a statement Fri- by the federal government for Annan's spokesman, Fred abroad, stating, "We cannot ex- percent of Kosovo's 2 million day, the department's antitrust alleged antitrust violations. Eckhard, said the report of the tradite a Cambodian to a foreign people are ethnic Albanians, division said it also would not That trial, which began in Oc- panel would be submitted next country to be tried, therefore we and sentiment for indepen- challenge an alliance proposed tober in U.S. District court, is on week to both the U.N. Security have to try these former rulers dence is strong. between AOL and Sun a month-long recess. Many in- Council and the General As- in Cambodia, under Cambo- The negotiations last month Microsystems, Inc. dustry observers believe the sembly for their consideration. dian law, with international as- were suspended when the "The division has decided planned Netscape-AOL deal The United States is pushing for sistance." PAGE 8 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD — MARCH 16,1999 Reaction To Gallows Hill: NEWS FROM Changes Reconsidered OTHER SCHOOLS SQA Candidate UMinn Athletes Receives Racist Charged with Threats At U of Ala Academic Fraud (U-WIRE) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - (U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Student Government Association Presi- University of Minnesota officials Thurs- dential candidate Fabien Zinga received day morning declared four men's basket- a threatening phone call loaded with ra- ball players ineligible to play pending the cial slurs last week. conclusion of an investigation into alle- Zinga said he believes the University's gations of academic fraud. The an- underground fraternity-based organiza- nouncement effectively ended the tion known as "the Machine" was behind college careers of seniors Kevin Clark, the threat. "The Machine," a select coali- team co-captain Miles Tarver and Jason tion of traditionally white fraternity and Stanford, as well as sophomore Antoine sorority members designed to influence Broxsie. campus politics, hasa long history on the University President Mark Yudof said University campus. In 1993, presidential a reputable law firm or experienced pri- hopeful MindaRiley was attacked,alleg- vate investigator would likely head the edly by a member of "The Machine," re- investigation. Yudof said University of- sulting in then-Vice President of Student ficials have had only 48 hours to respond The chairs at Gallows Hill Bookstore remain empty while ANDYSHEPARD Affairs Harry Knopke's shutting down to the allegations, and they need more students adjust to the change in atmosphere. the SGA. time to evaluate the situation. continued from page one involved with the Bookstore Committee, Chris Strong, one of Zinga's oppo- McKinley Boston, Vice President of '99 says that some of the new policies said that he believes both students and nents, received several phone calls Student Development and Athletics, re- implemented by the management have Gallows Hill have reached a compro- threatening physical harm three weeks iterated that Haskins had no knowledge made her feel less comfortable at Gallows mise. "Students have realized that some prior to the start of campaigning. of the alleged cheating incidents prior to Hill and she refuses to go back into the of their demands were unrealistic, just as Amandajarrell, Strong's campaign man- the Pioneer Press report. He added that store. Both Geeza and Greaney are well Wally has realized that he must adjust ager, also said she was threatened. he had told Haskins that if the allega- aware of the difficulty involved in ad- his management style to meet their University President Andrew tions are true, the reputation of the Uni- dressing an issue as vague as "atmo- needs. However, I do believe the focus of Sorensen criticized the threats, but said versity and the men's basketball sphere." the problem lies with the store, and it talk of shutting down the SGA was pre- program are at risk. "I understand [the committee] brought needs to address the concerns of the stu- mature. "It's tragic whenever anybody Jan Gangelhoff, the woman who back Outpost Culture," said Geeza, "but dents." has a threat made against them. I would claimed to write the players' papers, that wasn't my primary concern." Other Essentially, the Bookstore Committee take the issues seriously and regard it stated Haskins never directly paid her, a students who complained about the new is seen by many as taking positive steps with absolute gravity and seriousness." statement contrary to the original pub- atmosphere blamed recent policies for student-management relations. "I thought that when the SGA was dis- lished report. She did say that a staff implemented by the new management. However, there are some issues which are banded several years ago that all this member from the basketball program It is unclear, however, what could be done still unresolved, primarily the change in would come to an end," Strong said. "Un- whom she trusted gave her the money, to restore the old atmosphere short of atmosphere at Gallows Hill. The com- fortunately, threats are just one of the claiming it was "from Haskins." changing all the policies back to their mittee may or may not be able to deal political parts of running for office on The academic enrollment status of the original forms—something the new with these issues. For now, students'best this campus." Strong added that he four players is still in question. "They will management would presumably be re- course of: action is to attend the hopes the culprits do not push the mat- be punished according to the rules of luctant to do. committee's meetings and make their ter so far that trie administration is their college," said Mark feotertbergj the Patrick Gavin '99, a member of SGA voices heard. forced to abolish the SGA again. University's general counsel. Legends of The Alumni Office The

BEST ACTRESS: BEST PICTURE: BEST ACTOR: Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth Roberto Benigni, Life is L*----.- --. Fernanda Montenegro, Elizabeth Beautiful Central Station Life is Beautiful Tom Hanks, SavingPrivate Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare Saving Private Ryan Ryan in Love Shakespeare in Love Ian McKellen, Gods and Meryl Streep, One True Thing Monsters Emily Watson, Hilary and The Thin Red Line Nick Nolte, Affliction Jackie Edward Norton, American History X BEST SUPPORTING BEST DIRECTOR: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: ACTRESS: Roberto Benigni, Life is James Coburn, Affliction Beautiful Kathy Bates, Primary Colors WWW.EW.COM/OSCARS98 Robert Duvall, A Civil Action John Madden, Shakespeare in Brenda Blethyn, Little Voice WWW.EW.COM/OSCARS98 Cate Blanchett may win an Ed Harris, The Truman Show Love Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Ed Norton remains a longshot Oscar for Elizabeth. Geoffrey Rush, Shakespeare in Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Love for American History X. Love Line Rachel Griffiths, Hilary and Billy Bob Thornton, A Simple Steven Spielberg, Saving Jackie Plan Private Ryan Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Peter Weir, The Truman Show Monsters Who Will Win Film snob James EC. Griffith Ryan, that would be myjob, too. '99 and Dr. Armageddon joined BG: This looks like a pretty Tripod Arts Editors Beth tough race, but I think Nick Gilligan '01 and Virginia Lace- Nolte will win the Oscar for his field '00 in predicting the win- harrowing performance in Paul ners of the 1998 Academy Scrader's bleak film Affliction. Awards. To find out how accu- VLianMcKellen. 1 haven't seen rate they are, you'll have totune the film, but I saw the trailer into the Oscar broadcaston Sun- and he looks pretty hot. day, March 21. BEST ACTRESS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Dr. A: Cate Blanchett because Dr. Armageddon: Robert Duvall she's a fox. because he loves the smell of JECG: Cate Blanchett, because napalm in the mornAng...so does she's a younger, prettier "virgin" trie Academy...umm...yeah? than judi Dench. ;,: James E.C. Griffith; Ed Harris BG: While f admire Gwyneth WWVUlZM.LUM.P.I.U.i' because the lead singer of for her taste in clothes and boy- Steven Spielberg's war epic SavingPrivate Ryan is the odds-on favorite to win Best Picture. Prodigy looks like him on crack. friends, I don't think she de- It makes the Academy look hip. serves the Oscar for this film. Beth Gilligan; I don't think there But she'll probably win anyway. are any clear winners here, so 1 VL Cate Blanchett. Who Should Win guess I'll go with Ed Harris in The Truman Show. BEST DIRECTOR The Academy has a long tra- looks like he's going to bust a graduation speech. Virginia Lacefield: Geoffrey Dr. A: Steven Spielberg because dition of snubbing worthy per- blood vessel in The Thin Red Rush for Shakespeare in Love. Dr. A likes Jaws. formers and rewarding those less Line and is better in Affliction. BEST DIRECTOR JECG: Spielberg because he's deserving. So we decided to JECG:Jeremy Irons in Lolita. Dr. A: Terrence Malick. He made BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Spielberg and it's the Academy. voice our opinion as to who BG: 1 wouldn't mind seeing Nick me not want to be a G.I.Joe this Dr. A: Kathy Bates because she BG: I'm going to have to go with should win the Oscar, including Nolte up at the podium. Ed Halloween for the first time in comes from new money. James on that one. some actors, actresses, and filmsNorton wouldn't be bad either. sixteen years. JECG:Judi Dench because Brits VL Peter Weir for The Truman that were not even nominated. And I thought that John Hurt JECG: Darren Aronofsky for Pi. are always more sophisticated Show. was totally overlooked for Love On a $5 budget he did a better than us. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR and Death on Long Island. job directing than James BG: A number of people felt that BEST PICTURE Dr. Armageddon: Ed Harris. Dr. VL: Joseph Fiennes in Cameron ever will. Judi Dench was overlooked last Dr. A: SavingPrivdte Ryan. A likes control freaks. Shakespeare in Love. I want to BG: Todd Solondz for Happiness. year for her performance as JECG: Private Ryan, because the James EC Griffith: Thomasjay eat him up with a spoon. The man is disturbed, but I like Queen Victoria in Mrs.Brown,so Academy loves long, egotistical Ryan in Henry Fool. It's one of his films. I think she'll wind up getting it films by directors that love two- the best movies to come out in BEST ACTRESS VLJohn Madden for Shakes" this year. dimensional characters. a long time. : Dr. A: Cate Blanchett. I'm pick- . pedre in Love, the only warm VL Judi Dench because she's BG: Toss together a bunch of Beth Gilligan: Thomasjay Ryan ing this one out of my as...ay ay and fuzzy movie in English. the only one I've seen. actors, give each of them an eth- was really good. Dylan Baker hey kids. nic stereotype and a cliched was also unforgettable as the pe- JECG: Christina Ricci in Buffalo BEST PICTURE BEST ACTOR speech to make, and you have dophile psychiatrist in Happi- '66. Every loser's dream girl (yes Dr. A: Thin Red Line or Life Is Dr.A:NickNolte the Best Picture Winner: Private ness. But then again, how do you I know what I just said). Beautiful JECG: Tom Hanks because if 1 Ryan. forget a pedophile psychiatrist? BG: Cate Blanchett because she JECG: Happiness got $20 million to save Private VL Saving Private Ryan. Virginia Lacefield: Geoffrey has that cool British accent. BG: Life Is Beautiful Rush for Elizabeth. VL: Meryl Streep in One True VL: Elizabeth (gorgeous set, Thing. 1 haven't this movie ei- great acting) or Armageddon BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ther, but she gives a damn good (just for kicks). Dr. A: Lynn Redgrave in Gods & Monsters because she's been through a lot lately. She's di- vorcing her husband for father- ing her daughter-in-law's baby. JECG: Christina Ricci for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (even though she was only in the film for about five minutes BG: Lisa Kudrow for her terrific performance in The Opposite of Sex. I still can't figure out why she didn't get a nomination. VL Tea Leoni for Deep Impact (whatever happened to that movie— it was way better than Armageddon).

WWW.MIRAMAX.COM WWWHAPPINESSTHEMOV1E COM Roberto Benigni could wind up with Best Actor and Best BEST ACTOR The brilliant, twisted film Happiness proved too controversial Picture statuettes for the hit Italian film Life Is Beautiful. Dr. A: Nick Nolte because he for the Academy's tastes. MARCH 16,1999 — THE TRINITY TRIPOD ARTS PACE 11 Hurlyburly Showcases Top Hollywood Talent

BY LINCOLN HEINEMAN Arts Writer

Continuing its tradition of bringing "Hurlyburly" is defined in Webster's excellent older films to a modern Dictionary as an "uproar, or tumult," two venue, Cinestudio invites the Trinity wordswhich perfectly describe the emo- community to come and see tional instability of thecharacters in the Casablanca in its full 35mm splendor. Anthony Drazan's new film. This tu- You may never have another opportu- mult is not eminently visible in the out- nity to laugh and cry with Bergman ward actions of the characters in and Bogie, so swing by and take ad- Hurlyburly, but is instead a product of vantage of your $4 ticket to the stars! their tortured imaginations. Instead of Student theater strikes again! The being actualized in fiery car crashes and Studio 19 New Play Series proudly pre- searing gunfights, this hurly-burly is in sents The Dissemblers, written by evidence in the tortured mannerisms Noelle Nicholsen '00 and directed by and speech of the film's characters, es- Justin Ball '01. Judging from Ball's pecially those of the film's main charac- other excellent and highly creative ar- ter, Eddie, played by Sean Penn. tistic work, you won't want to miss his I very consciously refer to Eddie as the directoral debut this Thursday film's main character, and not as the evening. film's hero There are no heroes in this WWW.CEOCITIES.COM/HOLLYWOOD Lovers of Dance, listen up! On film, only confused and hurt human be- Sean Penn stars as Eddie in the film Wednesday night, the Studio 47 Series ings, trying to find meaning and reality Hurlyburly. presents. Amie Dowling, Tiffany Mills in a world of illusion. of Mills and Payne Dance, and a selec- The film presents the viewer with two PalminterOand a producer named Artie tion of student work in Seabury Hall. possibilities: either the world Eddie (Garry Shandling, in a subtle but well- Throughout the week, Donald Byrd knows is a result of his own delusions, acted turn). They talk mostly about and The Group will be in residence in or it is something he cannot control (his women. Austin Arts Center. Their visit will in- destiny). Eddie is a drug abuser: a At the beginning of the film, this talk clude several workshops and will cul- chronic cocaine addict and alcoholic is mostly degrading - they refer to minate in a performance on Saturday who uses marijuana as a way to relax af- women as "whores" and "witches," per- night. Come join us and get a little foot- ' ter he sniffs too much cocaine or drinks haps because they don't understand loose! too much. them. Later, when a violent event leads At first, I thought I'd seen this all be- to the demise of one of the friends, the The 1999 Spring Writer Series pre- fore. Here was the film, I thought, where women in the lives of these men become sents another reading this Thursday in the drug addict was going to meet his central, since they are their protectors Hamlin Hall by fiction author Eliza- ungainly and inevitable end as a result and saviors. Ultimately, Eddie is saved beth Nunez. There will be a reception of his chemical dependence. The impli- by a young woman (played by Anna with free food afterwards! cation was that he just couldn't hack it Paquin), the only person able to under- in reality, that he was going to self-de- stand what Eddie is talking about in his rants, Check the Announcements seetion for more details on all Editor's Picks,,, struct in his delusional world of drugs Tnd afc'oTioT; Ih trus scVrlarfoTgadifg "' Wri/Bufiy is'V'chattehgin"g~fflrft; drug abuse forms his delusional world, since it delves so intricately and deeply separating him from other people's "re- into the recesses of the human mind. It ality." very seriously analyzes the psychology A Powerful Journey But there can be another interpreta- of its characters, in much the same man- tion of the film. Perhaps Eddie's drug ner as Federico Fellini's 81/2. It also im- abuse is his way to cope with a world that plies that the constant drug intake of all at the Hartford Stage was delusional long before he ever ar- -of its characters, but especially Eddie, rived. This possibility is hinted at in the makes these characters more honest to willingness to support her husband but film, when Eddie obsessively analyzes each other, since these drugs force the BY LISA E. HARRISON everything and everyone around him, characters to forget the walls of inhibi- Senior Editor by the long-ago death of her infant son. Calmed intermittently through her trying to pick intellectual truths out of tion that they have built up around morphine addiction, Mary painfully the craziness that surrounds him. He themselves. The quips were endless. "Boy, 1 don't longs for the one thing which she will talks about how people shroud them- There is one scene in particular be- know if 1 can last three and a half hours." never have — a real home. selves in illusion, and no one says what tween Eddie and Phil (both of them "Did you bring a canister of coffee?" "I For the' two sons, the situation is no they really mean. This begs the question: heavily drugged), which is so honest it might have to leave during the second better. Hopelessness'has simply been is he a raying lunatic, or the only voice is painful. Eddie admits to his best friend intermission." passed down. Jamie (Andrew of truth in the film? Phil that he hates "everything" about As the actors were finishing their McCarthy), the eldest brother, a failure , The film's setting, Los Angeles in the Kim,. Eddie later says he was just kidding, makeup, most of the audience members" in the success-driven eyes of his father, present day, seems somewhat incidental thathe didn't really mean it, but the au- were gearing up for a long night at the has simply, given up and resorted to to the story, which is in reality a Freud-" dience can see that his first statement Hartford Stage — or more accurately, a drinking and frequenting whore h6uses.' ian, psychological introspection. Eddie was the truth. Perhaps the truth hurts, "Long Day's Journey Into Night." :' "Edmund (Rick Steaf), trapped by both is a casting agent who lives with his Busi-' perhaps it's painful and unpleasant. But Directed by Michael Wilson, Long the cynicism of his older brother, and his ness partner Mickey (Kevin Spacey). The isn't being outwardly truthful better than the psychological torment that can Day'sjourney Into Night is recognized as own desire to break free and carve his two host alcohol and coke parties for come from storing a lie inside, like Eddie one of play wright Eugene O'Neill's great- own path, is brought back to reality themselves and two of their friends, a does? est works. Set in the stark living room of when he is diagnosed with tuberculous. washed-up actor named Phil (Chazz a summer home on an August day in As the family interacts, for only one 1912, long Day's Journey highlights the day, everything — from overt bouts with tragic unraveling of a family — two boys the past to intricate emotional tensions in their late twenties/ early thirties and — surfaces in a dialogue broken only by Windows of Opportunity their parents — which, on the surface, bitter weeping or violent shouts. Blame, appears to be rather ordinary. Despite guilt, sympathy and anger consume the this perception, the characters, plagued . characters as they desperately try to un- by each other and the past, slowly and derstand themselves and each other as painfully disintegrate. well as their present situation in relation Unlike most plays, O'Neill's LongDay's to the past. Though there is certainly no Journey not only has no defining action neat conclusion, one thing becomes but there is no single hero or heroine; clear: to escape is impossible and to tri- there is no one persona that evokes the umph is out of the question. Open to you at the audience's sympathy or disdain. Rather Despite premature musings about the there is a sense of universality inter- three and a half hour running time, as TRINITY MATHEMATICS CENTER twined within the psychologically com- the lights went out on the final scene, MCEC172 plex characters; each merely represents most, eyes still glued to the stark stage, a part of the whole. had visible difficulty separating them- The father, James Tyrone (David selves from the trials of the Tyrone fam- Consultant Hours Selby), a washed-up actor turned real ily. ' . Monday - Thursday 2:00 -5:00 PM estate tycoon, is portrayed as a man Long Day'sjourney Into Night will run Sunday - Thursday 7:00 -10:00 PM whose ambition has transformed him through April 1. Tickets are on sale at the into a "miser" in the eyes of his family. Hartford Stage Box Office; to reserve seats Meanwhile, his wife, Mary Cavan Tyrone call527-5151. "StudentRush"raiesof$5 Come in Person - or - are also available on a first-come, first- (played in a riveting performance by Call us at our new HOTLINE 297-6270!!!! Ellen Burstyn) is plagued not only by her serve basis one hour before the show. PAGE 12 ARTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD — MARCH 16,1999 Analyze This FailureChildren's Theater Not BY GRAHAM THOMAS I, Just For Kids Anymore Arts Writer present to answer questions. BY VIRGINIA LACEFIELD Take Robert DeNiro, Billy Crystal, a A graduate of Brandeis and an ex-ac- Arts Editor couple of random cast members from tress, Sokoloff has directed nine produc- the TV shows Friends and Wings, and a tions in the last 2 1/2 years, including very boring plot line and you've got Ana- According to Marjorie Sokoloff, Babes in Toyland and Trumpet of the lyze This. Sure, it tries to be funny, and children's theater shouldn't be limited to SvranforHCT andAGi/io/Winterwith who can resist chuckling at Billy Crys- children. A guest director from New York Tada! in New York City. She was also in- tal, but it's hard to stay laughing when currently in residence at the Hartford volved with the world tour of a play you're trying to ignore what a poor job Children's Theater, Sokoloff is the mind based on the PBS Magic Schoolbusseries. DeNiro is doing of portraying a crying behind the world premiere of Summer of The process of adapting books for the gangster who's suffering from a panic my German Soldier, which opened last stage was a difficult but rewarding task attack. Friday in West Hartford. for Sokoloff, who is passionate about The plot is agonizingly simple. Ben Although most college students bringing serious literature to children's Sobol (Crystal) is a psychiatrist running wouldn't immediately be interested in theater. She says that Summer was a private practice out of his home in New attending a play adapted for young adults "daunting," largely because she loved the York. Most of his patients are less than from a book many of us were assigned to book so much and found it difficult to WWW.NYTIMES.COM/F1LM read in middle school, Sokoloff is ada- interesting, but that all changes when he Billy Crystal, and Lisa Kudrow star in retain the spirit and flavor of the novel literally runs into the right-had man of the gangster comedy Analyze This. mant that her work appeals to audiences in an abbreviated format. In later drafts, one of the most powerful gangsters in of all ages. She says that children's theater she abandoned her linear approach in fa- New York. After suffering a panic attack, and Sobol seems worked in at the last should not pander to children but should vor of a more surreal style, using a mini- Paul Vitti (DeNiro), the powerful mob- minute. It's a little hard to imagine the instead challenge and inspire them, and mal set and lighting effects which allow ster, is treated by Sobol for a variety of intelligent and sensitive Dr. Sobol mar- introduce them to difficult topics. the main character to step out of the ac- problems including stress-overload and rying ditzy Phoebe. Written by Bette Greene, Summer deals tion and comment on the situations in an Oedipus complex. Of course, as Sobol On a finer note, the montage is also with the abusive home life of a young which she finds herself. gets sucked farther and farther into the horrible. The move starts out with the Jewish girl living in Arkansas during the Sokoloff enjoys working with Hartford gang scene, his personal life gets progres- story of hew all the crime bosses from 1940's who befriends and hides an es- Children's Theater because Ithey] give sively more hectic. His wedding is inter- around the country came to meet out in caped. German POW. Through her rela- free rein, let me make my art the way I rupted twice by gangsters who kidnap some farmhouse to discuss the future of tionship with this soldier, she begins to see fit...rm respected here as an artist. him from the service, and he just can't organized crime sometime in the fifties. gain confidence and a sense of self-worth. There's a love for children's theater here." seem to keep the OCD(Organized Crime The meeting gets busted up by the cops Ultimately, the soldier is recaptured and She is considering returning with HCT Department) off his back. and all the fat gangsters get chased executed, and the girl is sent away to re- next season, although nothing has been Sure, this movie had the potential to around through corn fields. The problem form school. The ending, however, leaves finalized. She is also currently working be funny, and it's not a complete failure, created by starting with this scene is that the audience with the sense that she has on an adaptation of The Wolves of but overall, it's just not an exciting film. it doesn't tie into the movie at all. It's finally escaped the bonds of her child- Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken. It's predictable as hell and you can spot pretty much a background issue hood and can now begin a new life. Sokoloff's purpose for directing unusu- all the jokes coming from a mile away. throughout the film until the last fifteen Sokoloff revels in the fact that the piece ally mature plays for young audiences The acting was a disaster! Crystal minutes. Where do they come up with deals with many difficult issues. Audi- was clear. "I want to put pieces on stage plays his part as well as anyone could this stuff? Don't the producers know that ences will be confronted with racism, that inspire fuller, richer, lives and not have, but DeNiro just can't get a grip on you're supposed to start the film with prejudice, child abuse, labelling, and so- necessarily bigger people, but better the sensitive gangster concept. One something that's relevant to the central cial isolation, but Sokoloff says that it is people." Directors of drama for all ages minute, his tearing into some dude with plot-line? important to ,show children that there should follow her lead. an automatic weapon, and the next 1 can't really recommend this movie are "no happy endings or easy answers," Summer will be performed through March 21 in unless you just like Billy Crystal a lot. It's West Hartford. Call (860) Z19-7970for information minute he's crying into the shoulder of especially when parents or teachers are and tickets. Croup ratesarc available. his psychiatrist about how he never got not worth going to see if you like Robert a chance to love his father. DeNiro because he does a sorry job. I rec- Then there's the random appearance ommend waiting until it goes to the dis- THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH of Lisa Kudrow as Sobol's fiance. This count theater to see it. At least then you'll CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM pseudo-romantic relationship between be able to see it in its natural environ- announces the 1999 Kudrow's character, Laura McNamara,. ment, with all the other trash. ELEVENTH ANNUAL ALPHA DELTA PHI LITERARY PRIZE GIVEN BY The Turtle Speaks! THE PHI KAPPA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC. short story was told to give background $1,000 BY GILBERT GREEN on the music. The members of the group Arts Writer were great storytellers and it struck me For an original prose fiction or creative non-fiction manuscript by any that perhaps a musician should be. This currently enrolled Trinity College undergraduate or Individualized Intrigued by the posters I saw around is something that has been lost in most Degree Program student Prose drama is acceptable. campus, 1 arrived at Hamlin Hall last music today, or at least in the heavily- Saturday to experience The Voice of the marketed music. However, it was com- DEADLINE: Wednesday, April 7,1999 Turtle. 1 knew it was going to be world mon when musicians travelled from Eligibility music, something a little different than town to town and narrated stories to 1. Any woman or man currently enrolled as a Trinity College undergraduate a rock concert. As I waited for the group music for food and lodging. This tradi- or Individualized Degree Program student. No graduate student is eligible. to appear, the atmosphere in Hamlin tion is brought back in the music of such Hall confirmed my suspicions. It was a groups as The Voice of the Turtle, who 2. The prize may be won only once by any contestant. small gathering of maybe fifty people, consciously make an effort to retain the most of them older music and stories of the 3. No fraternity or sorority membership is required. The Alpha Delta Phi than me and from out- past. Fraternity will not participate in the screening or judging process. THIS side of Trinity commu- The songs were all beau- CONTEST IS NOT THE SAME AS THE ALPHA DELTA PHI LITERARY nity. There were some tiful, even and'especially COMPETITION. young faces, too: little when they were sad. The kids and even infants musicians played on a va- ENTRY PROCEDURES had been brought riety of instruments, many along by their parents. of which I had never seen, 1. Maximum length of any single manuscript: 5,000 words. It was nice to sit there, yet all which have existed 2. Manuscripts must be typewritten, double-spaced on 81/2 x 11" white paper, surrounded by the sounds of families. for centuries in this musical tradition. one side only, numbered sequentially. Do not submit original copy; submit only The atmosphere was relaxed, no scream- There was the oud, a largish mandolin- a duplicate. Photocopies acceptable. ing kids Cor adults, for that matter). In- type instrument with many more 3. Include a cover sheet with title, genre (fiction, non-fiction, or drama), your stead, everyone quietly and expectantly strings, than its Italian counterpart. name, campus box number, or address. Staple together with manuscript- awaited the entrance of the group. There was also the saz, a long-necked Manuscripts will not be returned, and the decision of the judges is final. The four musicians arrived and took Middle-Eastern string instrument. Also 4. The creative non-fiction should be of general interest and written for the included were several more well-known mature, well-educated reader who does not need specialized knowledge to enjoy their places at the front of the audience, it. Do not submit expository essays or annotated or footnoted work. where a large assemblage of instruments instruments such as the flute and bag- pipes. 5. You may submit as many entries in each category as you wish, but submit had been laid out for them. The Voice of your best work. Youmay submit the same entries to this contest thatyousubmit the Turtle performs Sephardic (judeo- The concert was a little over an hour to the other Departmen t of English contests. However, the same entry may not Spanish) music on the instruments of long and thoroughly entertaining. The win both prizes, although it is possible that the same person might do so. the time (900-1200 A.D.) when Jews muscians encored with the first piece 6. Place your entries in the large cardboard box labelled PHI KAPPA outside flourished in Spain, prior to the Spanish that they had ever played as a group as the door of Professor Lewis's office: Room 310, Department of English, 115 Vernon Inquisition. I hadn't known that there tribute to their twenty years of perfor- Street, no later than 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 7,1999. NO LATE ENTRIES had ever been a large Jewish population mance together. Hopefully they will WILL BE ACCEPTED. in Spain until I heard about this group continue to play, touring across thecoun- The winner will be announced on Honors Day, and the $1,000 Alpha Delta and the type of music that they were try and around world with the same Phi Literary Prize will be delivered to the winning contestant during the playing. youthful energy that they have had for ceremonies. Before they began to play each song, a the past two decades. . MARCH 16,1999 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD ARTS PAGE 13 Little Shop of Horrors Proves Quite Delectable

i BY KATE HUTCHINSON nation of voices blended per- * Arts Writer fectly in harmony. Especially talented was Michelle Kennedy '99, as "Little shop, little shop of hor- Sherelle. Her voice in the open- rors, bop she bop..." It's two days ing verse of "Skid Row" really later, and I've still got the "Little set the tone for the rest of the Shop of Horrors" theme song in show. She also possesses very my head. The annoyance of versatile acting talents and was having a song of which I only one of the few actors who know four lines stuck in my played multiple parts. head aside, I have to say that I Leading actors who played really enjoyed the show. more than one role truly blew The story: Mr. Mushnik runs me away. Peter Blair '01 was phe- a failing florist shop on Skid nomenal as Orin, the sadistic Row with his workers, Seymour, dentist, a portrayal above that of a sweet guy but a nobody, and Steve Martin in the 1986 film

Audrey, a nice girl with a rather version. Managing to inject hu- VIRG1NIA LACEFIELD sadistic dentist boyfriend. mor into your acting while play- Cast members of the musical Little Shop of Horrors assemble after the show. •Seymour is secretly in love with ing a sincerely evil role has got In the foreground are plant operators Charles Curtiss '01 and Javier Chacin '99. Audrey and hopes he'll get to be tough, but he managed to derful acting. His voice asserted was completely satisfying. of me trying to explain to their somewhere when his "strange be funny and mean at the same itself well to the audience main- Rohfritch's version made two seven year old looking and interesting" plant, the time. He was also quite convinc- taining Seymour's character Audrey too hold; 1 didn't feel like daughters what that was all "Audrey II," begins to attract ing in his supporting roles as a throughout the music. My fa- she was really a victim until the about (during intermission). Di- customers. The only catch is bum and as the sleazy florist's vorite Seymour moment: the bit violence between Orin (the den- rector Gerald Moshell's com- that the plant feeds on human representative trying to profit of in "Suddenly Seymour" where tist) and Audrey during the ment on the subject was: "What blood. the Audrey II. he tries to tell Audrey how he "Feed Me" number. Farrell's you see is what you get." Eventually, the plant begins Nathaniel Zeitz '00 was also feels and he whips off his character seemed a little too Overall, I liked the produc- to talk and convinces Seymour incredible as Mr. Mushnik, the glasses in a hilarious "Clark- contrived, however, Farrell tion, violence and sexual innu- to kill Audrey's boyfriend for "Jewish" florist. At first he Kent-to Superman" gesture. made the better Audrey, merely endo aside. The singing was food. Poof Seymour is then seemed to be overplaying his The most difficult part of re- because hearing her sing the very effective. Thursday night's forced to feed Mushnick to the part, but as I watched, 1 realized viewing this show would be the words "Rose Bowl" during "Call showing squeezed a few tears plant as well to quiet the truth. he provided a comedic back- fact that the part of Audrey was Back in the Morning" gave me out of me as Farrell's Audrey All Seymour wants is a quiet life ground for the struggles of poor double cast. On Thursday, I chills. died in Seymour's arms, and with Audrey, but the world is Seymour. Zeitz made Mushnik watched Suzanne Farrell '99 in One disturbing moment of Sunday night's finale really clamoring for he fabulous a truly lovable character even the role, while Sunday's matinee the production was the previ- pulsed with energy and lift. Audrey II. Then the plant at- though I think the script in- featured Elizabeth Rohfritch ously mentioned violence dur- There were a few mistakes tacks Audrey and Seymour tries tends him to be another bad '99. Audrey must be a hard part ing "Feed Me." I was not too here and there, such as the to kill' it, ending up as plant- guy. Zeitz truly has a knack for to play, Maintaining the amused watching Orin throw brooms dropped in "Closed For food himself. comedy, especially in his move- "Auwdree" voice constantly is a Audrey onto a table, grope her Renovations," and one Head- As Seymour is being digested, ments. The "Mushnik and Son" challenge, let alone trying to breasts and rub himself all too slap gesture that came over the a national florist's representa- tango, and Mushnik's dancing sing with it. Farrell and suggestively onto Audrey's sound system sounding like a tive takes clippings from the in the finale was hilarious. Rohfritch have beautiful sing- body, then shove her off. I blow from a two-by-four, but the plant, intending to sell little Zeitz also has a voice that can ing voices, although I found that thought that maybe I was being cast worked around them.refus- Audrey Us all over the country be comedic while carrying lt- they .both had a^ifficult time too sensitive until Sunday's ing to slow down the pace for -IAS maintaining" sthe voicew whlfe 1 'matinee, wheii'frfotfc^d about anything. Everyone on the cast 1 setf smoothly. He managed to than hula-hoops " This prompts switch from Mushnik into an- belting out "Suddenly a dozen and a half small chil- and crew obviously worked the cast to urge the audience other sleazy agent wanting to Seymour." dren in the audience. I felt really hard with great success. Kudos "Don't Feed the Plants" in the fi- buy into Seymour'splant flaw- Neither portrayal of Audrey bad for the two parents in front to all involved. nal song. lessly. His voice as Snip had Crazy as it sounds, Little Shop none of his previous accent, and is a well written show with it sounded as slick as the char- killer music by Alan Menken. acter. It is obvious that Zeitz Good Or A Cappella At Cleo This production really im- truly put his heart and soul into tonal quality. letic competition during that pressed me in a number of ways the show, saying afterwards "Of BY JULIA WYMAN Arts Writer The Accidentals took the song, but no one really thought and earns three out of four stars. all the shows I have done here stage next, with quite possibly they would actually do it. The The chorus specifically gets a at Trinity, this was the most en- one of their best concerts this skits continued with the theme gold star. On Thursday's open- thusiastic, exciting, enjoyable Last Friday night I wandered year to date. Singing old favor- song of "Mighty Mouse," when ing night, their dancing lacked experience. And you can quote with some friends down to ites like "Good Old A Cappella" the group literally thrustjunior a certain kick during the first me on that." Vernon Street to the Cleo house and "Lonesome Road", they also Nathaniel Zeitz into the air as number, Somehow, they seemed I developed a real soft spot for in search of good music. 1 was incorporated some new songs the heroic rodent. slow while the music had a Seymour, played by Ernesto not at all disappointed. The into their set. By performing the popular snappy beat. But they recovered Anguilla '99. Anguilla made Accidentals, one of Trinity's all Their latest venture, "In The Barenaked Ladies song "Hello and picked up the pace as the Seymour lovable, pathetic, frus- male a cappella group, were House of Stone and Light," City," the Accidentals brought show moved on ward. Their act- trated, scared, nervous, and hosting a concert with the showed that their frequent re- an old favorite back to the stage. ing and singing, however, had happy and his facial expres- Bowdoin Miscellania as guests. hearsals are yielding quality ef- By this point the crowd was no such flaws, and the combi- sions boosted his already won- 1 got there ten minutes before forts. Junior Andy Malick pumped and ready for any- the concert was supposed to soloed on that one, doing a fabu- thing. One female audience start, and the front room of Cleo lous job at holding the audience member was apparently so im- was already jam-packed with people. I was lucky enough to One female audience member was snag a seat on the floor, but many late comers were forced to apparently so impressed by Kris Matney's stand in the back, some even at solo that she threw him a token of her the doorway. The large turn out, appreciation in the form of purple lingerie. although not unfamiliar for an a cappella concert, was quite impressive for a Friday night captive, pressed by senior Kris Matney's concert. , And what is a good male a solo that she threw him a token Miscellania, Bowdoin's alHe- cappella group without some of her appreciation in the form male group, was up first, filling theatrics thrown in? The of purple lingerie. the air with a generally light, Accidentals certainly were rak- Overall the concert was thor- airy sound. Their set varied in ing in the charm on Friday oughly enjoyable. The setting of content from The Beatles popu- night. During the notoriously the Cleo house allowed for a lar "Revolution" to more serious, slow beginning song "Find The more intimate setting than the politically driven numbers Cost of Freedom", the boys traditional Hamlin Hall/Wash- such as "Song for Earth's Chil- broke out into a mock race, ington Room venue. It was nice dren" and "Penny Evans." The where freshman James Creque not only to hear one of Trinity's crowd was genuinely enter- ran in slow motion as the rest of groups, but also to enjoy new tained during an energetic ren- the group cheered him on. music and new faces with ANPYSHEPARD dition of Whitney Houston's Certainly one of the most bi- Bowdoin's Miscellania. "How Will I Know?" the diver- zarre events I have ever seen at The combo was quite tradi- Studio Arts majors Jocelyn Schneider '99 and Taylor Milne sity in song allowed for us to an a cappella concert, it was also tional with the Accidentals per- '99 have opened their second exhibition this year. After gain a good gauge of their tal- one of the mbst entertaining. forming to the crowd with their their success this past fall with the "womb room" at Zion ents with the brunt of ability Anyone who has been to an rich male ' voices, and Gallery, they have shifted their focuS to "Formed falling on harmonization and Accidentals concert recently Miscellania standing a little fur- Migrations." Their works are currently on display in the pitch. What they lacked in per- has probably been waiting for ther back with the lighter fe- Mather Art Space. cussion, they gained in overall them to break out into an ath- male tones. PAGE 14 FEATURES THE TRINITY TRIPOD — MARCH 16,1999

The Freshman Sensation: The Top Ten Agenda Items From Expectations And Realities Last Night's SGA Meeting 0 10. Call to order. with people from all over the whole summer I had waited to Gather around boys and girls, it's time to listen to Bill! BY KAREN GROSSO world. Although I have to go to college. I wanted to blow Features Writer chuckle now, between all the out of my hometown, that 9. Quorum. Abercrombies and Northfaces seemed too small, where every- Karen Grosso '02 is from New seen here, appearances aren't all one knew everyone's business. I What the hell... Ashjord, Massachusetts. In this that different. Behind them are didn't really expect to miss my article, she shares her experi- the small distiguishing marks friends because there was al- 8. Attendance. ences of herfirst year at Trinity. left by the ways we all grew-up. ways e-mail and anyway after Low. Since my admission arrived four years in a high school en- Late-night conversations are early last year, I didn't give Trin- vironment it was time to depart. at the base of most college rela- ity much thought except as- I didn't expect to miss my par- 7. Approval of minutes. tionships. We sort and examine suming that it would all work ents or my bed. and prepare for the future, dis- out. I chose not to talk about it For the most part this was About five... ten if we get cookies. cussing anything from Monica for fear that I might begin to correct. I didn't miss people just Lewinsky and Hillary Clinton scare myself and possibly even . pieces.of that life, [missed what 6. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Discussion. to our ideas on ethereal matter talk myself out of going. I'm I didn't expect to: my space, my until one finally decides to go sure in the back of my head backyard, the. way I could de- write that paper that's due in fluttering about somewhere cide to go hiking and just walk 5. Burma Presentation. four hours. there were the normal fresh- outside and go, without Who cares? They don't give us money. man worries: had my school scrounging for some woodsy During one of pur many late- 4. Tripod Response team. night conversations discussion adequately prepared me for col- area. I miss the variation in el- turned to why we chose Trinity lege work? Was I as talented as evation, it almost appears flat Houston, we have a problem. here. But what I think I miss most is not having to explain Since my admission arrived early last 3. TCAC Discussion. myself. People at home knew Try to think of it as democracy in action. year, I didn't give Trinity much thought me and understood me. Here I assuming that it would all work out still have to prove myself, or when telling a story, back up to 2. Announcements. over all the other small liberal I thought I was? What if I had years before the event. I miss not Next weeks' top ten list will be funnier than this one. art colleges in America. She no future in my choice of ca- having to fill people in every said, "1 came to Trinity to get reer? What if this school wasn't time I talk to someone, whether 1. Adjournment. the one for me? Would I find catching a person up from away from the city." I had to If only we could be done at 9:30 on a Monday night.... laugh. I told her that I came to someone to sit with for my first home or setting the scene for a Trinity to experience living in a meal on campus? But these con- hall mate. It's tiring. city. I enjoy being able to look at cerns had to stay in the back of Coming here I was ready to the thing I miss most is people fling, but I am in the process of life from the differing view- my head if I was going to sur- experience the real world. I was knowing who everyone is. But I discovering their importance in points of my friends. This was vive the drive down to Hartford. sick of the fake high school en- am aware that this is mostly just life; and although it is good to also one of my motivations for Packing up all the things that vironment where reputation al- because now I am a "first-year break out of them when every- coming to school in a more di- were mine into a few green plas- lowed people to swindle their student" and that soon enough thing starts to feel comfortable, verse, environment; to explore tic bins, I was excited and, as ex- ways out of things. It is inter- I'll have a neat box to fit in also. there is something to be said the d^fe^es, to-become friends pected, a little nervous. The. esting then that, as I said above Before I only saw boxes as sti- forwalls...

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av BY WILLIAM M. MAHONEY three Trustee committees. Also, the SGA supervises each recognized organization. Special to the Tripod Each year, the SGA financially supports approximately 100 clubs and organiza- Bill Mahoney '99 is in his second year tions. These range in specificity from as President of the Student Government academic groups, to sports groups, to Association (SGA). In this article, he de- special interest organizations. Each fines the SGA, tells us what progress SGA SGA-funded group is required to uphold has made in student issues, and empha- its constitution and be active partici- sizes the importance of April's student- pants in the Trinity community. It is up wide elections. to the SGA to regulate these criteria. Besides serving as the ultimate over- It is time, once again, to elect your rep- seeing body for the various groups and resentatives to the Executive Committee organizations at Trinity, the SGA has of the Student Government Association been involved, at some level, in every de- (SGA). I would like to take this opportu- cision which has affected the student nity to educate all of the members of the body. I would like to take this opportu- Trinity community concerning the role nity to touch briefly upon a few of these of SGA on this campus, and the weight which have required a great of time and that your decision on April 8,1999 will effort over the past two years. The activ- have on the future of Trinity. Also, I ity for which SGA is most well known, At a recent meeting, the Student Government Association ANDYSHEPARD would like to briefly highlight some of as of recently, is the Book Swap. The examines the proposal to make the TCAC President fully the accomplishments of the SGA over Book Swap was created last Spring in co- accountable to the student body. the last two years to give everyone an idea ordination with ConnPIRG in response as to where we are moving. to student's complaints concerning the are not limited to the following. The munity. Considering these recent First, I will acquaint you with the du- outrageous prices at the Bookstore. The meal plan was changed at the beginning events, Trinity College is moving in the ties of SGA. SGA is the centralized, rep- Book Swap has now established itself as of the 1997-98 academic year into the right direction. The Office will also serve resentative body for student government a permanent fixture on campus at the "flex" system that we all know and love toaddress the lack of sensitivity and the on the Trinity College campus. It deals beginning and end of each semester, today. Admittedly, it is not perfect; how- racism at Trinity College. By fighting with a broad range of issues relating to braving the fierce cold under the protec- ever, it is much better than the old sys- this ignorance, the Office of student life on the campus and oversees tion of the new Northam arch. The Book tem and it will most likely be Multicultural Affairs can help Trinity every recognized student organization as Swap has been met with widespread re-examined again next year.. The maintain a supportive environment for well as its three semi-autonomous com- support from the students, faculty, and amount and value of faculty-student students of color, and thus truly become administration. mittees, the Budget Committee, the Trin- (more appropriately student-adult) in- an institution that can serve the interest ity College Activities Council (TCAC), . Another issue which has resulted in a ' teraction has often been a subject for of all members of this community. and the Multicultural Affairs Commit- large amount of student interest is the SGA. During my tenure as president, we The most popular and efficient sound- tee (MAC). ' possible elimination of Reading Week. have done everything from issuing fac- ing board for the SGA is pur semesterly SGA is currently comprised of 26 When presented with this possibility, ulty meal cards into Mathe r Dining Hall "Bitch at SGA" e-mail. We completely members. The President, Executive Vice students both directly serving on SGA for interested faculty to throwing spe- understand that students have numer- President, Vice President of Finance, and and those serving as student represen- cific gatherings aimed at improving this ous time commitments which restrict Vice President of Multicultural Affairs tatives on the Curriculum committee interaction. It has been observed that their ability to attend weekly SGA meet- (the four executive officers) are elected rose to the challenge and helped to students who have progressed into their ings. We also realize that many of our during the spring and serve a term ex- present the case for the maintenance of major have acquired a respectable level QP's, mailings, and voice-mails are dis- tending from the following September Reading Week. After this weekend's vote of this type of interaction, but that.it may missed without much notice. However, be lacking for first-year students and through April of the ensuing year. The by the Trustees, we will see whether or we wish to ensure that each student's is- ydl lh not we were-suceessfuL, ~ :..-*.:-±:..^.~. ^^,sophomores—Hf&ai&cxuxeMtlpsQliciting.. ., sues are recognized.and dealt with. In officers, and they are not required to be SGA has also received a fair amount of suggestions to combat this problem. response to this desire, we established previous members of SGA. Each class attention in the recent past concerning Over the last two years, the this way of reaching the Board without elects four representatives. Also, trie gem our interactions with TCAC. SGA voted Multicultural Affairs Council has truly leaving the comfort of one's room. When eral Student Body elects five.at-large to have the Vice President of Activities established itself on the campus, with a we first issued this e-mail last year, the members. Finally, there is one member be elected by the general student popu- sizeable emphasis being placed on this major complaints concerned the Meal from the Individualized Degree Program lation along with the other executive of- past year. The Multicultural Affairs Plan and the Bookstore. This year, after (IDP). These students work together to ficers of SGA. This was decided in Council is a united body which repre- our efforts with respect to the Book Swap address the issues of the College. This response to a need to legitimize the or- sents the Asian and American Student and the Meal Plan, neither of these issues Spring, for the first time, the general stu- ganization to the student body, an orga- Alliance, Hillel:. the Jewish Student Or- appeared in response to the e-mail. How- dent population will elect the Vice Presi- nization which receives approximately ganization, Imani: the Trinity College ever, the central issues of this e-mail in- dent of Activities, whose duties will a quarter of the Student Activities Fund Black Student Union, La Voz Latina, and cluded Reading Week and the alcohol entail serving as a liaison between SGA each year. This move guarantees that the The Trinity College Black Women's Or- policy. Once again, SGA focused our ef- ganization. The Council is excited about forts in those arenas. Consequently, the creation of a Dean of Multicultural when SGA once again solicited re- Besides serving as the ultimate overseeing body for Affairs who is expected to be hired by sponses to the e-mail, not only were the various groups and organizations at Trinity, the July 1999 with an Office of Multicultural Reading Week, the alcohol policy, the SGA has been involved, at some level, in every decision Affairs with a $220,000 budget. The Meal Plan, or the Bookstore not refer- upcoming announcement of the new enced, but there were no major issues which has affected the student body. Dean's Off ice, and of the five principles • .which will not be addressed quickly and concerning the cultural houses from the with relative ease ••.. head of this organization is held ac- PPC, will go a long way to making a long In closing, I would like to thank each and TGAC, As well, this person'will be over due public commitment to the legitimate leader of this organiza- countable to the students who give the and every one of you for allowing me to monetary support for their programs Multiculturalism atTrinity College. The serve you for the last two/years. Trinity tion, whose election will be decided by scheduled groundbreaking in Septem- the votes of each student in the upcom- through by the direct election of this in- has undergone a number of changes over dividual. ber for three new cultural houses (for the past two years. It has been a trying ing election. Hillel, LVL, and A ASA) will help to pro- Besides the ever-present issues of the time to serve in this position, but I have There are also a number of students vide better support services for these Book Swap and Reading Week, SGA thoroughly enjoyed the challenges who come under the guidance of the groups as well as serve as educational deals with a number of smaller, but no which arose each day while I have served SGA. These include 40 students who and social resources for the whole com-" serve on nine Faculty committees and less important issues. These include, but as President of the SGA. Along The Long Walk WHICH ACTOR/ACTRESS DO YOU THINK IS LEAST DESERVING OF WINNING AN OSCAR?

PHILLIP SARAH TINA BERGER'99 NETHERCOTE '00 CHANDA'00 "Lezzie Lovenuts "Leonardo DiCaprio. "Robert DeNiro. inTigerLady.lt Too much press and I just don't like was a combina- not enough talent." him." tion of unconvinc- ing moaning and obviously faKing •it."-: • ; PACE 16 FEATURES THE TRINITY TRIPOD — MARCH /6,1999 When You Don't Really An Examination Of The Like What You Hear, It's Means Of Examinations Time To Ask Questions Why Papers Are Better Than Tests formation will not provide an accurate Dear Reader, 1 wish to let you know and strengthening ties with our sur- BY ETHAN KRAVITZ that I intended to write an article this rounding neighborhoods. However, it account of their performance in a week about where Trinity is headed. I doesn't necessarily address some crucial Features Writer course." planned an all-encompassing piece, problems at Trinity. Darrick Mello '01 has another opinion. _~ leaving no stone My questions start' where the Strate- With the introduction of computers "As an English major I believe that pa- 1.1 AN unturned, or, for the gic Plan ends. The problem with the into the educational world, essay and pers are a more fair assessment of what BFRM-\.N more militant, no stone plan is not the ideas and objectives in it, other paper writing has become much I've learned... I like papers better." mmmmmmm^m row unhurled. Quickly I dis- but the question of implementation. easier for students. With the reduction of Darrick's opinion may sound a little covered that my goal would be impos- Tbe plan does not necessarily spell out actual writing time due to touch-typing, revolutionary but he is not alone. Many sible, considering the vast disparity of how the ideas will be made reality. This spelling and grammar tools, students are students cringe at the cramming ses- ideas and beliefs at Trinity. Many differ- means that if the programs which draw now able to put more time and energy sions that go all night before their test the ent people have many different plans, upon the Strategic Plan are not ad- into writing a better organized and well next day. Cramming sessions are obvi- which means that there's always going equate, the plan will fail. This will leave thought-out paper. With most of the ous examples of improper organization to be someone who thinks Trinity is not us back where we started, and may even technical problems surrounding paper and time management by students. Dur- going in the right direction, even if oth- act as a psychological barrier to future writing out of the way, except for the oc- ing any given finals week, many stu- ers are perfectly content. change. casional computer crash, effort is focused dents stay awake for 24 even 48 hours Fortunately for me, the past few weeks Of course if it works, everyone will on quality of information put forth by the intervals and walk away after giving sat- have been instrumental in my thoughts take credit, leaving Trinity with a gaggle student. The level of his or her effort can isfactory effort on exams and with a full- about where Trinity is going. Allow me of wannabe leaders. Under that sce- now be more accurately ascertained. This blown case of academic and medical to share my observations. nario, I'm not sure which result is bet- leaves me with one question: If a student's influenza. These students also tend to best work more easily recognized in their complain about exams and how they are Strategic Plan: Anachronism or ter. paper writing, is there a need for tradi- more of a "pain in the you-know-what" Paradigm? Boredom: Anachronism or tional examinations?. than anything else. Thus the argument Anyone in the administration will Paradigm? I posed this question to several students of pros and cons sink to sophomoric and gladly tell you about the existence of a During Reading Week, soon to be in an informal poll. Jim Valerio '00 said, outright pitiful depths. plan which defines the future of Trinity called... Reading Week (do you really "examinations a very important in There seems to be a need for balance College and maps out the road ahead. It's want to call it Midsession?), I attended academia. To compare an exam to the between the paper and the examination called the Strategic Plan, and it's ob- part of the thrilling symposium: The SI NCAA basketball tournament, one true that teachers need to recognize. Many tained this mythic status right up there Liberal Arts College in the 21 Century. test of an individual's ability in a specific ' students do their best work on papers with the great works of American civi- The student panel was the most inter- area, is their poise and performance dur- because of the extra time they have to lization: the Constitution, The Emanci^ esting and engaging of the events, but ing high-pressure situations. This goes for organize their thoughts and write a few pation Proclamation, and The Cat and only six of my fellow students were in the final two minutes of a close basket- drafts before the final submission is due. the Hat. the audience. It didn't help matters that ball game or a final examination at the Those drafts in turn will be a true testi- Administrators refer to it all the time, the moderator treated the students' pre- end of the semester." mony to how much time and pride they saying that they're doing something be- sentations like second grade book re- Jeff Ginsberg '00 stated that "examina- take in their work as well as a measure cause it's in the Strategic Plan, explain- ports, with condescending comments tions are helpful to every student in of their dedication to academics. At the ing how because it'soutlined in the plan, regarding their imagery and anecdotes, academia if the test is based on theories same time, the two-minute drill we like it must be okay. That's all nice and good, rather than their criticisms or compli- rather than memorizing a bulk of factual to call exams prepare us for "real world" and I'm happy that there is a set plan ments of their liberal arts experience. information. A select group of peoplchas and situations we come, across that don't with objectives to better the. College, The day after the symposium ended, the ability to memorize tons of informa- allow us time to prepare. I'd like to spend such as an emphasis on global learning see ASKING on page 17 tion in their heads, other groups do not. more time on the subject but it's about Testing students solely on the memoriza- three in the morning and I have to study tion of exorbitant amounts of factual in- for my exam tomorrow I mean, today. The Office of Alumni Relations Needs YOU to be a HOST or HOSTESS to an alumni or faculty son or daughter Sunday and Monday, April 18 & 19 Please help us by hosting participants in the annual College Admissions Exploration Program, which invites high school juniors to Trinity to learn about the college admissions process and campus life. If you are interested in volunteering and would life further information, please contact: Nicole Tateosian, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, at ext. 2406 MARCH 16,1999 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD FEATURES PAGE 17 Love Hurts: Relationships Tragically Asking The Reflected In Lake Pessimistic Questions You see men, at least men like me, like every time I get out to shut the door I've must be constantly on alert for the grain pain. We like pain because it's how we been getting a shock. It feels like I'm pull- of truth in every fable, in th is case, scuzzy That Count remember our lives. It lets us save money ing a porcelain dinner plate out of a box men. To make sure none of those quali- on film. "Hey brain. Remember when we of forks. I dread every time I have to go to ties exist there must be a period of scru- continued from, page 16 7v~~ ••-—" fell off that bike trying Blockbuster but I keep going back. 1 need tiny which may or may not lead up to the Trinity Public Relations Depart- 1.JEVIN to ride cross-armed to use my car. I don't know what the hell and through marriage. So it becomes ment out a press release called: Liberal I4RR while holding a gallon I'm doing wrong. I just hope that one day obvious that the practice of dating is Arts College Vibrant and Relevant, of milk? Oh yeah. Man it stop or the bloody thing will kill me. perpetuated by ugly women. Say Experts A ttend i ng Na tional Sym- that hurt! Yeah I remember, wow!" You It would probably solve a lot of problems 1 think that certain people, like myself posium. I, for one, think that's fantas- add pain to the good stuff in life which if th is happened every time someone got for one, would have some serious objec- tic news. The liberal arts are relevant! is easy to remember and you're all set. All shot out of the saddle. tion to elimination of problem sources Hooray! you need is pain. But you see: pain isn't I love that phrase: getting shot out of around this cultural practice. Plus being Aside from the fact that the sympo- all you need. the saddle. It describes the effects of able to spend a lot of time with someone sium was a two-day affair for Trinity For some reason we also need to date. failed dating so well. Kind of invokes the special is one of life's wonderful perma- to proclaim itself the great new force Which you'd think without a logical rea- image of some cowboy being slowly nent pleasures. So instead of asking in the liberal arts, I was left with the son most people would avoid but can't dragged through town by his horse. To about prevention it makes more sense to opposite impression. 1 find myself ask- because we also have hormones. In their make matters more problematic we have wonder what we can do to keep the mis- ing the question of why we still need absence when the horrible tentacled made generalizations about this process. ery to a minimum? One way is to tell ev- to defend the liberal arts, and if we're creature called love shows up every cell, There are many I'm sure but two stick eryone you're not interested in who is not sure that they're worth defending, every atom in our bodies is begging us out because of their similar focus. The interested in you, that they're ugly. That then why are we trying to be at the to run for the hills. What has really per- first is 'all the pretty ones are taken.' (re- way it is made clear right off the bat, fu- forefront of the liberal arts? petuated our species are these damn ferring to girls) and the second is 'the ture generations will be desensitized to What would have happened if the chemicals, that work like anti-truth se- good guys are always taken' (talking the problem and we'll save a lot of time. experts and the students panned the rum, liquid Viagra and something that about guys). Together they form the in- There is always the risk that our society liberal arts and endorsed a University makes you very acutely aware of every- eluctable black hole of romantic rela- could develop into one almost solely system? Would Trinity have stopped thing you do and going on around you, in its tracks and started down another all at once. As this love-creature charges One way to clarify things is to tell everyone you're not path? To the extent that the conference and bears down on us they don't simply was coordinated as an endorsement, plant our feet but send us sprinting for- interested in who is interested in you, that they're ugly. rather than a true questioning, of the ward for a hug. liberal arts, I doubt that would- have Dating. It's truly painful. It is the rep- tions. According to the second phrase, all based on appearance. Ohhh! Nevermind, happened, but just the possibility of it etition that makes it so excruciating to the good guys are already in relation- it already has! Even before the activation makes me wonder. experience. You know what's coming ships. So all the men who are not taken of Plan A. In a best case scenario what The questions of how the great ide- and there's little you can do to avoid it. not only don't have a relationship but are would really happen is the de-bloating als of the Strategic Plan and the liberal Of course no one enjoys getting injured automatically scum. Girls on the other of distended egos, but we might expect arts are sown into the fabric of Trinity but in most cases it's an isolated incident. hand are actually at fault if they can't is that instead of the subtle repetitive College must be answered before we We are not stupid fuzzy rodents trying find a relationship because they're ugly. turndowns and shunning of certain go any further. Otherwise, we will be to grab a rigged food pellet and getting Certainly what every strong young people would be replaced by a daily defeating the very reforms we are electrocuted twenty or thirty times in a woman needs for a motivational tagline. putdown in a proclamation of their ug- counting on. row before figuring out it's probably a Some men might argue that the ben- liness. I don't think I could stand that. good night to order take out. People on efits of being labeled scum were pretty So I suggest an amendment to plan A, the other hand, if they put a na il th rough sweet and wouldn't make them that bad something that we used to do at summer sounds kind of silly to us but we couldn't ifek^WSJ-Oingto notice it hurts off. However, since no one wants to be camp.My counselor called it Three-Ups. deny that our advisors and the slams like hell, and will screw the hammer arid called ugly, (at least not until they be- The idea is every time you are inclined they were spewing at each other earlier buy a nailgun. It's not a complicated pro- come sadly accustomed to it after the to find fault with someone you have to on, by the end of the year had turned to cess. first fifty times orso) these poor girls are find something about them which is ad- slamming of another type. Of course At the same time what is special about running all over the planet looking for mirable. The plusses of this are that it that may have had something to do with relationships is their ability to fill our someone to match-up with in order to makes everyone feel better while swal- one of them being a total slut but the needs as humans. Let me give you an ex- have their own appearance reclassified. lowing a dose of an outside perspective. point is proven by them enjoying their ample. My car for some reason is con- At the very least in their own minds. At the same time I like how it makes ev- lives with the kind of pain that some ducting a lot of electricity lately and Meanwhile according to proverb they eryone take a second look at people. It people have to pay for.

\ MoRgaine's Mystical Taaot TI5CE.5 GEMINI VIRGO MAY 21 -JUN2O AUG25-5LTT22 Your cards this week show Great • The Hierophant represents the seven Either you're not seeing the big picture Others may think that you are at- Strength, so now's a good time to get vices and virtues of humanity. You are or you're ignoring it in favor of focusing tempting the impossible, but you know your life in order, especially if you've in a stable place,.enjoying social grace all your energies on one thing. You may there is always a.way. The Page of been stressed out recently. You're in a. and strong rewarding partnerships but think that it's a step you have to finish Swords will guide you if you use in- good place to finish up projects and weakness and snobbery are waiting on before moving on, but while your vision sight, intelligence and grace. Your pas- plan your next steps. You're on top of the other side. Pride leads to the dark side is narrow, the world is passing you by. sion and mental agility will allow you the world and if you work ahead, you of the force, so stay loyal to those who Step back and catch up with it. There's to run circles around doubters. Keep will stay that way. support you and be kind to children and Working: if anyone can figure out this small animals. puzzle, it's you. ARIE-5 : CANCER ?-W-* SEJT25-OCT12. -L CAPRICORN MAR21 -APR \? Although the dream world you've Time to get in touch with your softer XIN2I-JUL22 ''Kr^ been living in maybe pretty comfortable DEC 22-JAN I?. Oops! You're just now realizing that side. Romance is in the air and you're Your sense of justice will come into now is the time to face facts. You may not feeling a little sappy. If you're involved, like what you see, but the problem isn't you made a pretty bad choice in the play soon. When confronted with a game of love. This has the potentialof spend some quality time with your sticky situation weigh all information going to go away by itself. Even if the loved one. If you're single and stalking situation seems illogical and ridiculous being a major mistake, but there may before acting. If you are compassionate still be time to straighten things out if someone, take a chance and ask them and fair everyone involved will benefit, to you, keep in mind it may be impor- out...or they might just ask you! Just re- tant to someone else. Try using some tact you act quickly. If you suffer from in- use your creative Vide in other areas of decision, try listening to your heart in- member to complete what you begin your life as well to find a comfortable for once. While blunt honesty is admi- and you can't go wrong. rable, it's not always the best way to go. stead of your head. Just don't wait too balance of work and play. long or you just may lose it all. V Lxo ScoRno AQUARIUS APR 20-MAY 20 XIL25-AUGZ2 #># OCT25-NOV2I JAN20-PE15 IS Your fortunes are shifting and you're Achieving peace with those closet to See taurus. The spread is all about S-u-c-c-e-s-s. Savor the sweetness. falling into deb t. Stop charging up that you is sometimes difficult for you, Leo. money this week and according to the You have worked hard and shall reap credit card and pay off your phone bill! Your ultra-sensitive nature leads you to cards, no one seems to have any. Now is the benefits. Your accomplishments You may be envious of your friends' take innocent comments personally not a great time for you to be betting on will serve you well in school and that stuff, but instead of trying to keep up even after he other person wants to rec- basketball or you will be as upset as your summer job search. But don't get care- with the Jones, just spend a lot of time oncile. To enjoy lasting harmony, try to #1 team. The NCAA is notoriously fickle, less now. If you want something done with them or utilize the concept of a interpret things in a rosier light and if Check back in during pro playoffs. In the well, the best way is always to do it loan. AT&T and your credit card com- you are concerned, talk before acting. meantime, stay on campus and enjoy yourself. Shouldn't be a problem for pany will appreciate it. So will you Your loving nature will overcome in the some of the free entertainment provided you - you like being in charge, right? Grab when you get the next bill. end. by TC AC, A AC, and the Migrations Series. on with both hands and run with it.! Wte

PAGE 18 ANNOUNCEMENTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - MAKCH /6,7999 Dr. Armageddon: LECTURES KFORMAN Words To Live By Open Nerve TCCTR Lunch Lecture On Wednesday, March 17 at 7:30 PM, the Studio 47 Wlmt Imppened to Around Trinity? On Wednesday, March 17 at noon, in the McCook Li- Performance Series will present Tiffany Mills and Amie brary (McCook 201), Dr. Thomas Mitzel of the Chemis- Numerous People, All Classes Dowling. The raw experience of chaotic New York City try Department at Trinity will give a lecture discussing comes alive through a new dance work in Open Nerve organic chemistry. Mitzel's lecture, entitled "Organic by NYC-based Mills & Payne Dance. Amie Dowling's Do you hate Dr. Armageddon? Do you Chemistry - is it all wet or is it a ball of fun?" is part of solo work and a spirited student piece round out this miss Around Trinity? the TCCTR Newer Faculty Brown Bag Lunch Series. double-bill. The performances will take place in Stu- Everyone is welcome. Light refreshments will be pro- dio 47 on the third floor of Seabury Hall. Admission is It's Dr. A's opinion that Around Trinity vided. was a waste of space. Not to say that this free. column isn't, but just that there are better The Dissemblers things to do than laugh and point fingers at Collective Voices On Thursday, March 18 at 5:30 PM in the Women's On Thursday, March 18 at 7:30 and 9:00 PM, the Stu- one or two Trinity students. We would Center Lounge, Collective Voices presents "Women's dio 19 New Play Series presents The Dissemblers by much rather laugh and point figers at the Issues v Black Women's Issues." Dinner will be provided Noelle Nicholson '00. Justin Ball '01 directs this one- whole Trinity community, and hopefully at this discussion. act play about a woman who discovers her fiance is en- gaged to someone else. The performances will take move forward as a result. And although place in Studio 19 on the third floor of Seabury Hall. this hasn't always happened here in this Elizabeth Nunez Admission is free. column, Dr. A does his damnedest. On Thursday, March 18 at 4:00 PM, Elizabeth Nunez will read from her fiction. The reading, which is part Where are we, the Trinity community, at of the 1999 Spring Writers Series presented by the En- Donald Byrd / The Group this particular moment of time? We find glish Department, will take place in the Faculty Club On Saturday, March 20 at 8:00 PM in the Goodwin ourselves at this pivotal point, when the #5 in Hamlin Hall. A reception will follow the reading. Theater, the Center Arts Series presents Donald Byrd and his company, The Group. The performance ex- party school mentality is one of "days of plores questions and issues related to immigration to old" and our seniors are forced to reminisce "Gallery Talk" at Yale Art Gallery the United States. This unique project brings together about kegs in freshman dorms at senior On Thursday, March 18 at noon, Laura G. Einstein, world-class artists, Trinity teachers, students and people the assistant curator of Asian art at the Yale Art Gal- brunch. Dobelle's response to our number from Hartford's immigrant community to share and lery, will give a gallery talk entitled "Aesthetics of Chi- express insights through dance theater. In addition to five rating was always one of changing the nese Scholars' Rocks." The talk is related to the exhibit showing the works-in-progress developed from these subject: "Yes, Trinity parties hard, but we "Worlds Within Worlds: The Richard Rosenbaum Col- encounters, this performance includes a special stag- work hard, too." And with that tone, we, lection of Chinese Scholars'Rocks." For more informa- ing of Life Situations: Daydreams on Giselle from The the students here and now at Trinity, will tion, call (203) 432-0600. Group's current repertory. Tickets are $10 for general lay the foundation for the next millenium. admission and $8 for discounts, or free with Trinity ID. Angela Davis And Dr. A finds that terrifying because it Chanticleer won't be any different from the last one. On Friday, March 19 at 7:00 PM in the Washington Room, Angela Davis will give a lecture that will address On Monday, March 22 at 8:00 PM the Woodland Con- Shape up or ship out — there's no room for women, race and class in the criminal justice system. cert Series will present Chanticleer in concert. The Abercrombie and Fitch, party pants, white In 1969, Ms. Davis gained national attention after being ensemble's twelve men offer a unique seamless blend hats and the gossip columns of old. Let's all removed from her teaching position in the Philosophy of a capella music. The concert will be held at Department at UCLA as a result of her social activism Immanuel Congregational Church, 10 Woodland Street, realize the importance of our social and her membership in the Communist Party USA. In Hartford. General admission is $20 and student/senior responsibility and let's do something about 1970, she was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List I tickets are $16. For more information, call the Wood- it. Write in and tell us what you think. on false charges, and was the subject of an intense po- land Concert Series at (860) 527-8121. lice search that drove her underground and culminated iiv one o£ the most Carrions trial in US history. She was HSO POPS! Irish Celebration T woke up on the quad late Sunday. None of my acquitted in 1972. Today, Professor Davis continues to On March 19and 20 at 8:00 PM at the Bushnell, Irish t friends will tell me, but maybe you can — what teach and is the author of several books, including tenor Frank Patterson and the HSO POPS! will perform "Women, Race, and Class," and "Women, Culture, and happened? a St. Patrick's Day celebration. Patterson will sing Irish, Politics." A booksigning in Wean Terrace Room B will Broadway and popular favorites accompanied by the Bare Brian, 1999 follow her lecture. POPS!. Tickets are $15-$47 and half-price student rush tickets are available an hour before the performance. Well, it sounds to me like you particip ated For more information, call (860) 987-5900. in the Bacchanalian revel that is commonly known as Senior Brunch. I washard pressed to find a sober senior even on Monday who could recount the events. Yet, I found someone, and all Icansay is thatyou weren't naked alone on the quad. You were, however, the main attraction for a crowd from Cinestudio. And these were not just any moviegoers. On Sunday afternoon Trinity's favorite art house was CiNESTUDIO pleased to host a showing of Love is a Devil A SIMPLE PLAN (R) Wed, Thu & Fri, Mar 17,18 & 19 7:30 PM for the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Needless to say, you and your jock friends Sat, Mar 20 2:30 PM, 7:00 PM were admired and scoffed at from afar by (1999) Director: Sam Raitni. Screenplay by Scott B. Smith, based on his novel. Cast: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, (deep breath Trinity) homosexualsl Bridget Fonda, Brent Briscoe. One of the year's most fascinating premises asks: what would you do if you stumbled Scandalous indeed. across the ruins of a small plane, a corpse and a suitcase full of money? And after giving in to greed, how far would you It's nice to know, I suppose, that you go in covering up your actions? These are just some of the moral dilemmas facing Hank (Bill Paxton), whose decisions are made even harder by his partners-in-crime, including his not-all-there brother (Billy Bob Thornton) and his preg- and your friends have no problem waking nant wife (Bridget Fonda). Set in the relentless winter of Minnesota, A Simple Plan is an intelligent and quirky little up on a Sunday at 8:00 AM to go get trashed. thriller that is part Fargo, part Hitchcock, and all gothic nightmare. 120 min. Thank you for showing us both how truly mature and responsible Trinity's seniors LOVEISTHEDEVlL Fri, Mar 19 10:00 PM really are. Sat, Mar 20 9:30 PM

Next weekin Dr. Armageddon: Dr. A's crack (Britain, 1998) Written and directed by John Maybury. Cinematography: John Mathieson. Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Cast: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton. To look at a painting of Francis Bacon is to stare into the face of tor- team of investigative reporters gets the ment: the distorted faces and decaying images dreamed up by one of Britain's best modern artists. Offering some clues inside story on the "hot dog" dealer. to Bacon's mysterious personality, Derek Jacobi portrays the painter as a man whose corrosive inner life reveals much about his hallucinatory art. The film begins as Bacon meets his longtime lover and muse: a small time boxer who breaks into Bacon's flat to rob him. "In confronting the demonic aspect of the human condition, Love is the Devil goes as Dr. Armageddon' controls the creative far and as deep as any movie has dared." Stephen Holden, New York Times. 91 min. content of this column; Andyou don't. CASABLANCA Sun, Mar 21 2:30 PM, 7:30 PM Dr. Armageddon answers the questions Mon & Tue, Mar 22 & 23 7:30 PM of the Trinity community weekly. If you (1943) Director: Michael Curtiz. Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein, Phillip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch Music by Max have a question for Dr. Armageddon, drop Steiner. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henried, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson, Claude Rains Sydney a line to [email protected], drop a Greenstreet. The one film that best defines "movie magic," Casablanca has the rare ability to cast a romantic spell on file to "General Resources/Docex/ each new generation/Humphrey Bogart is the ultimate existentialist-with-a-broken-heart, running a cafe in North Tripod", or send alerter to campus mailbox Africa that is a magnet for refugees, Nazi collaborators and resistance fighters. As Rick, he presides over the dailv hu man dramas with a coolly ironic eye; until one day, his long-lost love walks through the door (Ingrid Bergman) "I will #702582. Be sure to mark the document offer one urgent piece of advice; if there is any way you can see this movie in 35mm in a theater, doit" Roger Ebert 102 "Attention: Dr. Armageddon", and let us min turn around your sorry lives!: • ; ; V Compiled by Christine McCarthy McMorris MARCH 16,1999- THE TRINITY TRIPOD ANNOUNCEMENTS PAGE 19 AEBEV. Bonnets to Berets: 20th-century Hats This exhibition, which runs until August 15 at the Children's Book Sale Tuesday, March 16 Wadsworth Atheneum highlights women's hats of the The Trinity College Community Child Center will 6:00 PM Ballroom Dance lessons 20th Century. Women's hats have defined each era of the be holding a book sale to benefit its Scholarship Fund Washington Room 20th century, and this thorough yet whimsical exhibi- through Friday, March 19,11:00 AM - 2:00 PM in Mather tion features 60 vintage hats, made from every imagin- Campus Center Lobby. A purchase will not only ben- 7:00 PM "Ladies First: A Play" able kind of fabric, fur, and feather. The Wadsworth efit your children and/or grandchildren (or you can Washington Room Atheneum is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11:00 AM- enjoy the books yourself), but will also benefit children 5:00 PM. For more information, call (860) 278-2670. who need scholarship help in the Child Center. Please 7:30 PM Trinitones Spring come and show the children your support. Jamboree Birds in the Watkinson Library Hamlin Hall "Birds in Print: A Survey of Major Illustration Processes, HIV Prevention Planning Group 1500-1998," is an exhibit based on the Enders Ornithol- On Wednesday, March 17, the Connecticut HIV Pre- Wednesday, March 17 ogy collection at Trinity. The exhibit continues through vention Community Planning Group will hold its 7:00 PM Spanish Film Series Tuesday, June 15, and is on view at the Watkinson Library. March meeting at Port 'NT Starboard, Ocean Beach Park LSC Auditorium Hours are 9:30 AM-430 PM, Monday through Saturday. in New London, from 10:00 AM-3:00 PM. The public comment part of the meeting begins at 10:15 AM. The 9:00 PM Open Mike Night gathering is a chance for the general public to give the Underground Coffee Studio Arts Annual planninggrouptheiropinionson AIDS prevention. The House The Studio Arts Annual is a juried exhibition of stu- Group is a "grass-roots" community based group of dent works in drawing, painting, photography, Connecticut residents working directly with the Con- 9:30 PM Irish Music Night printmaking, and sculpture which opened Monday, necticut Department of Public Health to set priorities The Bistro March 15. The exhibit, which runs through April 11 is for federally-supported HIV prevention activities in located in the Widener Gallery in Austin Arts Center. The Connecticut. For more information, call (860) 232- 10:00 PM Movie Night Gallery is open 1:00-6:00 PM. 9224. The Cave "Formed Migrations" Praxis Project Thursday, March IS1 "Formed Migrations," a two-person art exhibition Praxis, Trinity's residence-based community service 6:00 PM Ballroom Dance lessons opened in the Mather Art Space, on the second floor of program, as one of its projects, will be accompanying Washington Room Mather. Works by Taylor Milne '99 and Jocelyn Schneider people from the Living Center, a community center for '99 will be featured in this exhibit, which is presented in people living with HIV and AIDS, to Cinestudio once a 9:00 PM Jonathan Chatfield conjunction with the Migration and Diaspora Series. week. This is a great and relatively easy way to get in- Jazz volved with the community and make some new Underground Coffee friends at the same time. Praxis is in need of more vol- House unteers for this project. If you are interested in this project, call Mike Wilson at ext. 2742. 930 PM Mike McGarry & Irish Chapel Happenings Friends The Bistro Girls Basketball League Alt. Bev. ID required Wednesday, March 17 The Southend Knight Riders Youth Center is look- 12:00 PM Roman Catholic Mass ing for volunteers to help coach a Girls Basketball Crypt Chapel League. There will be two leagues: girls age 11-14 and Friday, March 19 girls age 15-18. 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By COLIN RUANE sity of Texas-San Antonio, the Huskies Sports Editor faced New Mexico in the second round after New Mexico barely squeezed a win by Missouri, 61-59. Rolling on with the If you're a true sports fan, this past same high-level of performance that we weekend was heaven for you. If you saw in their previous game against Uni- weren't watching CBS all day, every day, versity of Texas, UConn prevailed over this weekend, then I would have to clas- New Mexico by a score of 78-56. But now, sify you as a non-sports fan. But that's the Huskies who have had an easy road alright, because there is plenty of time thus far, face an opponent in the next for you to catch up with another week round that came out of nowhere this of NCAA Basketball coming your way. year, Iowa. And as a tournament veteran, I can say Iowa breezed through the first round you're probably going to see enough of the tournament and then took part in great nail-biting games in one week than one of the many close and exciting you will see in the rest of your life. match-ups last week. They faced off Alright, maybe that's an exaggeration, against a strong Arkansas team and took but you're going to see college sports at them to overtime. The whole game was its best, and in my opinion, the greatest a battle between the teams, but Iowa display of competition and heart ever came out on top at the end, 82-72. televised, The biggest upset however, happened Even though Trinity basketball is Di- in the first round with the most unlikely vision III, we do go to school in Connecti- of teams, Weber State. Weber State was cut, and the University of Connecticut's matched up against one of the tourna- Huskies are the #1 seed in the West, so ments most experienced teams, Univer- what the heck, I'll be a UConn Huskie fan sity of North Carolina who is responsible for a week or two. Who wants to be a for some great moments in NCAA Tour- bantam anyway? In the first round out nament history. With the odds against in Denver's McNichol's Arena, the Hus- them, Weber State fought hard, and their kies completely dominated a weak Uni- hard work paid off, winning by two versity of Texas-San Antonio team, points, 76-74. This was the biggest up- Miami (Ohio) is among the underdogs who have served as WWW.ESPN.COM beating them 91-66. Even though it was set in the first round in NCAA Tourna- inspiration and entertainment this last week. too early in the tournament to make any ment history, and one of the most realistic, long term predictions, this inspiring sports stories of the year. The story of Gonzaga University, who underdog in the tournament. game was certainly an indication of the That's what the tournament is about, has somehow remained unbeaten in the Watching teams like Gonzaga and potential UConn has to proceed towards upsets and underdogs. No matter what tournament this year, sitting in the Sweet Weber State, who are usually written off the Final Four. team is your favorite, no matter even if Sixteen among higher ranked teams, by sportscasters and sports analysts be- It's not surprising for a #1 seeded team your own college is dominating the tour- shows how unpredictable the tourna- fore the tournament even begins, go on to win by a large margin in the first nament, there's always something that ment can be and how it can turn an al- to upset teams who have become almost round or even the second round because makes you root for the underdog. The most predetermined loser into the most institutions in college basketball is in- they're always set to play the lower fact that the story of David and Goliath watched team in the country. Gonzaga spiring to say the least. This last week seeded teams, but the caliber of play can be portrayed through a college bas- beat Minnesota in a shocker and then has stood as a testament to something which came out of the UConn team was ketball game is amazing and makes bas- went on to the second round where they that many people have said, and I will more than impressive. After winning by ketball fans, go .crazy, each year for the .achieved an unbelievable win over say again: theNBAis nothing,compared *more than twenty points against Univer- NCAA Tournament. • • . Stanford University, who typically is the to college Hoops. •''••• Men's Squash Ends Season With A Bitter Taste Bantam Squad Falls Hard In NISRA Championships, But Still Holds Team Title crown. In the end, however, it was not be one of the paramount figures in col- squash program. This is a victory shared BY STARK TOWNEND meant to be, as McNeely's superb legiate squash. by Head Coach Paul Assainte and all of Sports Editor athleticism and mastery of fundamen- While the individual glory that had his players, past and present, and it is a tals outlasted Quick's similar skills.- been shining on Cowie for the past two victory that will forever live in the his- • While things did not turn out as suc- Of the nine Bantams who partook in years did not shine on a Bantam this tory of Trinity athletics. cessfully for the Trinity Bantams this the event, the brightest beam of light campaign, the more important and pres- past weekend at the NISRA Individual came from first-year sensation Akhil tigious honor of the National Team STUDY IN Championships as things had at the Behl '02, who stormed into the tourna- Championship does in fact belong to team competition, the Bantams proved ment with a fiery drive that will most Trinity, and they are clearly more pleased that their stock on the national squash certainly put him among the nation's top with that as a whole. It will serve to aug- players in the years to come. Behl ignited ment the program even more in he fol- OXFORD scene is still at the pinnacle and rising. Coming off the school's first National the Pennsylvania crowd with his speed lowing years, and the allure of a national and agility on the court, and he was able Tide in any sport the previous weekend title winner will bolster recruitment of; Live with British in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the squad to outrun his competition until the semi- top players for quite some time. This is a was perhaps somewhat fatigued and still finals, where he fell to eventual runner- program that has endured countless dis- students in the very on a high from the amazing team victory up Wyant. In what was an upset, Behl appointments, while remaining a solid as they entered the University of being the number 4 seed and Wyant be- force in the squash community. They center of Oxford Pennsylvania's athletic complex for the ing the number 9, Behl simply lost as a have never allowed their close defeats individual matches. Though no one result of inexperience. As time moves stand i n the way of their drive to succeed, as an Associate player from Trinity wound up with an forward, however, Behl will undoubtedly emerging as the nation's top college Individual National Title to his credit, Student of a medieval these Bantams have nothing whatsoever One Stop Shop - All repairs and maintenance on all to hang their heads about in the wake of Oxford college. this spectacular season. vehicles... cars, trucks, 4x4's, imports, & diesels. Two-time defending NISRA Indi- Your Satisfaction Guaranteed! Summer and graduate study vidual Champion Marcus Cowie '00 did available. Since 1985, have a bit of trouble in competing against his quarterfinal opponent, Hillside Automotive Center students from 240 leading Harvard's Tim Wyant. 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Janine Thompson had the team gathered for a banquet to Women's Squash Team "Poi- only win for the team, quickly reminisce about the year and to soned the Ivies" by placing defeating Margaret Elias in give out awards. Randy DePree fourth at the team national three games 9-2,9-5,9-1. Karen '00 received the Chick award, for tournament the Howe Cup,and Heron's match went toan excit- being the toughest competitor. by excelling at the Individual ing and exhausting five games, Her coach Wendy Bartlett an- Tournament at the University while #5 Sam Lewins and #8 nounced Randy DePree's 41-9 of Pennsylvania. Randy DePree were each able to record and said "she just refused This year twenty-eight teams squeeze one game off of their to lose." entered the Howe Cup at Harvard opponents. Next, Betsy Paluck '99 re- Harvard. Trinity has one of the Trinity's final match was ceived the Spirit Award. This nation's top college squash against the University of Penn- award is given to the player who teams. They were ranked below sylvania. Although Trinity lost demonstrated the most enthusi- Princeton, Harvard, and the 9-0, the score did not reflect the asm and love for the game. Even University of Pennsylvania and extent to which the Lady Bants while Betsy Paluck was away in higher than Dartmouth,Brown, fought against their opponents. the fall, she never lost touch of Yale.andCornell. Placingthem However, a team led by the #3 the team, sending them letters among the nations top colleges and #4 best players in the col- of encouragement from and universities. legiate circuit ended up being Haverford, Pennsylvania. Nicole Trinity's first opponent was too much for the Bants to match. Hanley '00 received the award Dartmouth, a team who had A week after the Howe Cup, for the Most Improved Player for previously shared Trinity's #4 the Individual Tournament was all of her relentless efforts and ranking until the Women de- held at the University of Penn- hard work. feated them 7-2 in February. sylvania. #1 Janine Thompson Janine Thompson was Dartmouth was a much stron- '99, #2 Gail Davie '00, #3 Mollie awarded the Most Valuable ger team at Harvard than they Anderson '99, and #5 Sam Playerlor the leadership role she had been in February, with Lewins '99 each entered this has taken on as the team's num- more players and strong deter- competition. Janine Thompson ber one player. She exemplifies mination to regain the #4 posi- defeated Mary Hennessey from sportsmanship, hard work, and tion they had earned last year. Bates, Amalia Londono from finesse in her game. At #1, Janine Thompson '99 MIT, and Elise O'Connell from The team will lose four tre- decisively beat Laurie Sykes in Princeton and lost to Jessica mendous seniors this year at the three games while only losing DiMauro University of number 4,7,9,and 12 positions a total of four points. Gail Davie Pennsylvania's #2, in the quar- who have contributed so much ter finals. She placed between '00, #4, whojust recently recov- lh th to the success of this great 1998- ered from an appendectomy, 5 and 8 place in the tourna- 99 season. But, with the addition won her match in three games ment and is a First Team All of a new group of talented as well. 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3/21 vs. Bates @ Springfield 3/20-29 @ San Diego Invitational VOL.XCVIINO.17 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 MARCH 16,1999 Dream Season Comes To An End For Men's Hoops Connecticut College Cuts Short The Men's Basketball Post-Season Ride In A Nail Biter NICK FAINELLI point attempt. ' -* Sports Writer Trinity started the game ex- ecuting offensively by hitting 9 of their first 14 shots. At one The Trinity College men's point, the Bantams were up 24- basketball season came to an. 14. Then Connecticut started to end Saturday night when they find their offensive rhythm. A lost to Connecticut College, 73- 23-14 run helped them go into 70, in the elite eight of the the locker room at the half NCAA Division III tournament down by one, 38-37. in New London, CT. The Ban- The Camels fed off the mo- tams advanced to the regional mentum of their first half spurt finals by soundly defeating in the second half. They put Hamilton College Friday night, Trinity in the unenviable posi- 89-73. Trinity played well on tion of having to catch up. The offense and defense in the loss Bantams managed to regain the to Connecticut College(27-0) lead but could not maintain it. but they came up one shot short Co-captain Kevin Bednar '99 of the win. capped off his college career With four seconds remaining with an exceptional game. He in the game, forward John finished with 14 points, 12 re- Mulfinger '99,18 points, missed bounds, and 7 assists. After the a difficult three point attempt game he said, "We played like a that would have sent the game team, both on offense and de- into overtime. Down 62-49 fense. Everybody had their with 8:58 remaining in the head in the game. It's too bad we game, the Bantams began their couldn't pull it off in the end." heroic comeback. Guard Scott The Trinity defense held the Wallach '01,9 points, hit a three- Camels' 42% shooting from the pointer with 3:03 remaining to field. The Bantams played an put Trinity ahead 66-65. aggressive defense that consis- Trinity students packed the stands at the last game of the season. KATIE BRYANT Unfortunately the Bantams tently forced Connecticut into could not maintain their lead taking bad shots. A clutch per- Trinity's blistering shooting. and with 3:24 remaining, the him get some game time action." and they found themselves formance off the bench by Trinity shot a combined 56% score was 87-63. The large lead The Connecticut College down at the end of the game Connecticut's freshman for- from, the field. Forward Jason allow.ed Trinity eoaeh*Sta*»i •»gameTnai?ked*he>eiJidof thecol- and in need of a miracle shot. ward, Greenwich High School Levin '99,17 points, set the tone Ogrodnick to clear the entire legiate basketball careers of Mulfinger received an inbound alum Rich Futia, provided the early by scoring the Bantams bench. Mulfinger,3e.dn.ar, Le,TO,,Aftd pass from • midcourt and spark they needed. He led Con- first 9 points ...of the game. Players received valuable fellow senior Marcus Reilly and dribbled to the right side of the necticut in scoring with a field Wallach also had a big game playoff minutes. When asked J.B. Brokaw. This was the most three point arc where he goal percentage of 100%. offensively as he h it 8 of 11 shots about the Hamilton game, co- successful season that the launched his shot with his The Friday game was a from the field to finish up with captain Mulfinger replied, senior's have had. When asked defender's hand in his face. The match-up against NESCAC ri- 21 points. "When you see Scott Shnay in about what he will miss the shot clanked off the rim and val Hamilton College and con- Trinity went into half time the game their is reason to cel- most about playing at Trinity, Wallach grabbed the rebound. ference player of the year with an eight point lead 39-31. ebrate. He has been a great Mulfinger responded, "All those However, he did not have Michael Schantz. His 27 points In the second half, the offense cheerleader and practice player girls who would come to games enough time for another three were not enough to overcome was clicking on all cylinders all season. It was good to see just to cheer for me."

Hockey Fights Norwich Cadets Women's Squash Excells In Post-season The Bantams Struggle Against •#! Ranked Norwich BY JEREMY BROOKS tunately, Chisholm finished his a sense of great camaraderie on career as a Bantam off the ice, and off the ice. Beyond hard AND JEFF BLAIR watching his team struggle. work and improving their per- Sports Writers Faced with a five minute formance each week during penalty kill, the Bantams re- practice, Trinity also viewed mained poised giving up only team work as a great asset. Vi Trinity one goal.to the Cadet's lethal The seniors, Dan Sullivan, power play. The team was able Kirk "Eggs and Ham" Chisholm, ' 1.1 •