Trinity Tripod, 1990-12-04
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Five Students Arrested in Unrelated Incidents Charges of Patronizing Prostitutes and Theft of Supplies from School approximately 2 a.m. Thursday was told by police that he would brought to the attention of the iBy NICOLE MORETTI morning when a prostitute ap- be charged with resisting arrest • By T.M.ZAHAREVICHand Hartford police and were subse- Managing Editor proached them and initiated con- after he refused to look" in the MARK RUSSELL quently arrested. Their arraign- versation. One of the males, who camera. ment was scheduled for Decem- Three Trinity College stu- was "very intoxicated," began to The students spent eight When Campus Safety arrived ber 5. dents were among die twelve men joke with the female and intro- hours in jail before being released. at Williams Memorial last Tues- '"We don't think that this ac- arrested for patronizing a prosti- duced himself to her. As leaving, None of them has any previous day night after receiving a call tion was premeditated," said As- tute late Wednesday night and the student then commented, arrests. suggesting that they come over, sistant Dean of Students Mary early Thursday morning after "We'll come back later when we Posters of the article printed they were surprised to find out Rosenstock. "It sounds like they Hartford police ran an undercover have a car." The other two stu- in the Hartford Courant were that two students had broken into just thought it would be a good operation. Dan Waterman '91, dents did not speak to the prosti- posted in Mather Hall on Friday the Central Services Office and idea [to try the theft]." Charles Moll '93 and Christopher tute. by anonymous hands. The group were in the process of removing Sources have indicated that Dros '93 were accused of offering According to the spokesper- spokesperson expressed anger and supplies. the two students, both freshmen, money for sex to an undercover son, a police car caught up with resentment towards the act call- Campus Safety reported that may have been drinking previous female officer posing as a prosti- them about a half block later. ing it "slander, harassment, and the anonymous call came in at to the theft. tute in the area of Broad and "They didn'tread us our rights or uncalled for...Some people read 11:28 Tuesday night. The pair of After learning of the incident, Vernon Streets. tell us what the charge was," stated things in papers and just assume students had entered the building the Dean of Students Office found According to one of the stu- the student. it's true. People are innocent until with a forced entry through a this action serious enough to sus- dents, the arrest was unwarranted. Reportedly, the students were proven guilty." basement window. When the of- pend each student for the Spring The spokesperson stated that he then driven to a parking lot where The group will meet with a ficers arrived they found the stu- Semester. and his companions were walk- Polaroid snapshots were taken of prosecutor later this week. They dents removing a small amount of Dean Winer, noting that dis- ing towards Campus Pizza at them. As recounted, one student expect all charges to be dropped. paper supplies from a storage area. ciplinary action has so far been The paper was taken from handled just between his office the storage area in the Central and the students, reminded them Services department. Included that a student has the right to a were a few reams of paper, one of formalhearing.Ifthe students wish which was Trinity letterhead, and to appeal their punishments, they some envelopes. could bringtit to the Board of In- The two students were quiry this week for review. Freshman Dies of Bacterial InfectioWhile at Darien Highn School •By HUGHM.M, ANDERSON Ryan had been the editor in chief Design and Production of the award-winning student newspaper, co-chairman of the Trinity freshman Thomas J. annual human rights day, and vice Ryan Jr., of Darien, Ct. died early president of activities. At Trinity Wednesday morning, November he was a disk jockey at WRTC and 14, of a massive bacterial infec- was interested to starting an alter- tion of the bloodstream. He was native newspaper to the Tripod. 18. Funeral Masses were held Ryan, who had no history of Saturday, November 17, at St. medical problems, had com- Thomas More Catholic Church in plained of ilu-like symptoms Darien, and Sunday, November Tuesday before going to the in- 18 at the Trinity College Chapel. firmary around 5 p.m. A nurse there found his temperature and INSIDE THE vital signs were normal and re- Asolemn moment...Theflagflewathalf-mastfordays inhonoroffreshmanTom Ryan. Photo bjUsaDtiuij leased him back to his dormitory. His roommates called nurses and TRIPOD security around 5 a.m. Wednes- D The future of Open Biller '91 Called to Active Marine Duty day and he was rushed to the Period and Spring one reason for joining the reserves Hartford Hospital. He was pro- Thanks to Trinity's aid, he will nounced dead at 6:51 a,rn. Col- Break. Page 4. • By NICOLE MORETTI receive credit for all classes this was to earn money for college, he Managing Editor also stated thathehas always been lege physician Dr. Mark Izard semester, leaving him only one reported thatRyan diedof menin- semester short of graduation. patriotic. "Ibelievepeople should giv esome kind of service, whether ogococcemia, a common winter- H Parking Proposals Cameron Biller '91 joined the "It'll be tough not to graduate time infection which proves fatal Marine Reserves in the spring of with my friends," pronounced when, in rare cases, it enters the fromtheS.G.A. Page his sophomore year. As of today, Biller. "Hopefully this will just Please see Student, Page 4 bloodstream. he is an active duty combat Ma- be a little bit of an adventure for rine preparing for a tour in Saudi me...it'll be an experience." Arabia. Biller says he's known he Students Demand Space "I don't think we should fight would be called ever since the D Nancy Sweeney ex- for oil," said the 21-year-old lance Persian Gulf crisis began. "It's plains herself. Page corporal. "SadaamHusseinisvery just been hanging over my 6. much a threat...If I had to go head...at least now I have some for Organizations tomorrow, I'd be scared but I'd do sense of knowing what's going to with President Tom Gerety. Ger- it because I've found a reason happen. Now I know my next • By MARK RUSSELL ety was in the Smith House to within myself ...I have a duty," he step and I can concentrate on my Editor-in-Chief hold a student leadership confer- U The Soviet Theater explained inan interview last Fri- mission." ence luncheon. Symposium. Page 9. day. To mentally prepare, Biller It would be hard to find any- In the middle of Gerety's Biller's regiment, in Provi- stated he's put on his "tough face." one at Trinity who believes that question and answer period, dence, R.I., was ordered Sunday, "It's not like I'm turning into the there is enough space for them. Deborah McBride '93 stood up H Say good-bye to Mar- November 25, to desert training in Terminator or anything, but I can't Many people just accept the fact and began reading a three page garet Thatcher. Camp Pendleton, CA. be worried abouthome or school. that one of the limitations of the statement explaining the issues Biller knew what he was get- I just need to concentrateon doing urban campus is that very little regarding space for student Pages 10 and 12. tin into when he chose the Ma- the best I can." room to expand services exists at groups. Included in the group's rines. "Of all the reserve groups, In his career at Trinity thus Trinity, concerns was thefailure of Mather the Marines are the first to be far, Biller, a political science Some students have not ac- to be a student center and the ffl Everything you ever called in," stated Biller. "Being in major, has been involved in foot- cepted thatfact, however, and they need for a central location where the combat reserves just increases ball, basketball, and the Trinity have chosen to fight to get it, students from all groups could wanted to know about those chances." College Children's Community About 40 students marched have office space. the NBA...but were Biller begins his 180-day tour Center where he was a day-care into the Smith House November McBride indicated that the afraid to ask. Page today with the probability of re- volunteer. 13 determined to get a hearing student groups needed a place 13. newal immediately following. Although Biller stated that about the issue of student space Please see Space, Page 4 Page 2 • The Trinity Tripod • December 4,1990 Opinion EDITORIALS WRTC Questions The winds iround campus blew a bit colder the day we learned of . Our gaze cast downward as we tried to reason how it Marriott Policies Tom Ryan's deat is that even in oi own castellated abbey, where we are pxivaleged to a cerrtaii n superficia safetyjafety, we are still not impervious to life's tragedies. That Tom yan could be snatched from us without warning^ and, To the Editor: ott. Therefore any Cave event is just-free even worse, without recompense, is almost too much of a local reminder Although we, the Board of Directors advertising for Marriott and it brings in a that, indeed, we i re all only human.