Trinity Tripod, 2006-11-28
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NOVEMBER 28, 2006 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY VOLCII, No. 10 COLLEGE SINCE 1904 www. tr imtytrip od.com Trinity joins Tradition at Wadsworth Campus Gathers to For First Time in 33-Year History, Atheneumss Annual AddreSS Racial Incidents Holiday Display Will Feature Trinity Christmas Tree lrinity's involvement in this Hartford tra- By MOLLY DINCE FEATURES WRITER dition is nascent. After viewing the exhibit last December, Mrs. Jones came up with the idea to donate a Trinity tree and urges others As most members of the Trinity commu- to undertake this project in the future. She nity are well aware, this College is teeming also expressed her hope for the project's evo- with traditions. A function of the College's lution into an annual Trinity tradition: "I long history and the dedication of its stu- kept the project small this year since it was dents and administrators to impart these tra- our first one, but it is a totally doable proj- ditions to future generations, there are numer- ect, arid I encourage anyone on campus, any ous customs practiced upon matriculation, at organizations or clubs to take on the project Commencement, and countless times in in coming years." between during a student's life at Trinity. Due to the initiative of Jan Jones, wife of President The students who helped make some of the ornaments and decorate are Emily Jones, Director of Community Relations Sam Lin Jackie Mandyck, and several Trinity students, Santiago '10, Lindsay Nyce '10, Adam Wright Junior James Murphy (left) waits to voice his opinion at the Campus Forum. this year marks the beginning of a new Trinity 10, Emily Witt '09, Trish Cipicchio '10 and tradition: the creation and donation of a Brett Jackson '09. Staff from Buildings and By BILL COSGROVE Jones opened by saying, "We Trinity Christmas tree to the Wadsworth Grounds, the President's office, Alumni STAFF WRITER have, in recent days, witnessed a Atheneum Museum's annual exhibit. Relations, Communications and Print pattern of behavior that threat- Services were also integral to the success of An open forum was held on ens to undermine the core of Presented by the Women's Committee of this project. the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Wednesday, Nov. 15 in what this College community As the pioneer of this project, Mrs. Jones' the Festival of Trees and Traditions will be on Cinestudio in response to recent ought to represent." He then modesty doesn't bestow the extensive credit display from Dec. 2 to Dec. 10. The event, incidents of racism and racial apologized to "students, staff, she and the students involved fully deserve: which is in its 33rd year of existence, will insensitiviry on campus. The pur- and faculty who may have been the tree is absolutely magnificent. exhibit adorned trees and wreaths, and will pose of the forum, according to the victims of harassment or who feature other forms of entertainment, includ- Clad with blue and gold ornaments and President Jimmy Jones, was "to may, in recent days, have felt iso- ing arts and crafts activities, gift drives for other Trinity emblems, the tree stands for tra- help the community to under- lated and unsupported because homeless shelters, readings from local dition and, according to Mrs. Jones, is "a stand the issue before us and to of the bigoted actions of a few authors, and jazz concerts. Although Trinity great way to represent Trinity." Once trans- begin the process of identifying and the apparent indifference of is the first college or university to donate a ferred to the museum, a foreword with solutions." It was at times con- many." A guiding principle of tree, this annual tradition functions to assem- descriptions of all the ornaments will accom- tentious, conciliatory, and heart- the forum, said Jones, would be ble the Hartford community, to display the pany the tree. Featured on top of the tree is breaking - making for an experi- "to listen eloquently" to every- creativity of its residents, and to raise money the Bantam, the College mascot since 1905, ence that those who were there thing that was said. for the museum with an auction at the end of will probably never forget. Derek Chase '09 was the first the week. see BLUE on page 14 On Nov. 2, Jones notified the student to speak. He immediate- Trinity community in an e-mail ly apologized "for the insensitivi- that someone had written "nig- ry and indiscretion that I dis- ger" on the whiteboard of a black played on Saturday, October student. On Nov. 10, Jones wrote 28th, when I dressed up in an another e-mail saying that a stu- offensive- costume for a Dancers Shine in Spirited Performance dent had attended a Halloween Halloween party." Chase had By LAUREN TURLIK party dressed in "a highly offen- dressed up as a "scantily clad ARTS EDITOR sive costume." The president said hunter covered with brown body a forum would be held for the paint." A hunting .hat,' belt, Every fall, Trinity's Theater "entire campus community to underwear and pellet gun had and Dance Department showcas- come together to discuss issues completed his costume. es a series of dances choreo- of race relations, acts of harass- Photographs of Chase taken on graphed by Trinity faculty and ment, and socially offensive and the 28th had been posted on the guest artists. This year, the recital unacceptable behavior on our Internet by friends or acquain- celebrated "the Spirit in all of us" campus." tances of his, and several students and was appropriately titled Cinestudio was filled to and faculty members who saw "Expressions of the Spirit." It capacity with students and facul- the pictures believed that his cos- was performed in the Goodwin ty at the forum. It was so crowd- tume was racially insensitive and Theater in the Austin Arts Center ed that many people had to sit offensive to African Americans. and had a very respectable on the floor in the aisles because In his apology, Chase said he crowd, far better than most, to there were no empty seats. never intended to portray racial cheer on the performers. Jones took to the podium for stereotypes but had applied the The show opened with a loud, some opening remarks. Seated to brown body paint to conceal his pounding rhythm of drum beats his left were administration mem- identity only after feeling like his from offstage. After a short time, bers, including Dean of Students costume was too risque. Chase 19 students from the Trinity Fred Alford, Dean of Faculty and said he is "deeply apologetic and Samba Ensemble, led by Assistant Vice President of Academic remorseful for adding to the dis- Professor of Music Eric Galm, Affairs Rena Fraden, and Dean of comfort of those affected by my marched in, each carrying and Multicultural Affairs Karla conduct" and is "striving to playing • a different percussion Edwin C. Pratt Spurlock-Evans. The president make up for the damage I have instrument. They performed A member of the Avodah Dance Ensemble performs in "Expressions of the Spirit." would remain standing for the "Maracatu." Maracatus are groups entirety of the discussion. see FORUM on page 5 that parade down the streets in of the hips. It was a wonderful Northeastern Brazil in celebration piece to begin the show. Inside of carnival. It was a lively perform- The next piece was titled ance with all members on stage "Echoes from the Other Side" Opinions Puzzle Perfection Editorial 2 bouncing to the beat and siriging and was performed by Chloe News 3 along with Galm. About halfway Carlson and Visiting Lecturer in Ben Miller urges students to Chrismukkah comes early this year Opinions 7 through the musical number, Theater and Dance Lorelei demand an adjustment! of ' as your beloved Features section Features 11 dancer Gleide Sousa Cambria Chang, who also choreographed Trinity's priorities towards aca- delivers cheer with the best / only Arts 15 joined in. Her dance was very it. "This piece was inspired by my demics and social justice. crossword we've created all semester. Announcements 20 intricate, with sudden but deliber- Sports 24 page 8 page 12 ate twists of the arms and shakes see TRINITY on page 17 The Trinity Tripod Letters to the Editor As Opinions Editor, Taizi time to respond to that. ality is not an issue but reality. It Wtinitp Discourages Discussion As Opinions Editor this semes- is essential that those loyal to the ter, Tarzi has featured his own Greek system don't feel alienated Joanna Hecht '07 KatyNoIin'08 To the Editor: opLiion in a huge majority of in this conversation/We must for- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR Joe Tarzi has a right to an Tripod issues - by my count, all get for a moment loyalty or aver- opinion. However, so does every- but one. He spoke multiple times sion to all of the organizations NEWS EDITORS OPINIONS EDITORS body else. at the Open Forum at Cinestudio on campus of various letters. We San-Eou Lan '09 Fjnma Bayer '07 have the choice to unite or to get Alec MacColl '09 Joe Tarn '08 I didn't want to respond to where others barely or never got the content of Tarzi's opinions to speak once, and blatantly nowhere. Let's find out if we can. FEATURES EDITORS ARTS EDITORS because I don't think rants merit rolled his eyes and slapped his have a good time on a Saturday Lizzie Brown '09 Lauren Turlik '09 responses. It doesn't take that hand to his face when students night without excluding our fel- Katie Dally '09 Daphne Hallett '09 long to show some respect for like Zee Santiago spoke of Trinity low students from the fun.