Trinity Tripod, 1989-03-14
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TRINITY COLLEGE • HARTFORD • CONNECTICUT Vol. LXXXVI • Issue IS • March 14,1989 RIPOD Trinity Loses Vice President Constance Ware Dies at 57 member of the public relations staff and became assistant director of de- velopment in 1970, She was named associate, director of development in 1974 and director of development in 1977. becomine vice president in 1983. Ware was active in the Greater Hartford United Way. She also served onthe fundraising'committees for the Institute of Living in Hartford, for which she was a corporate, and the Hartford Symphony Society. She had been vice president of the society's auxiliary group. Ware established a .$250,000 revolving fund for the Hartford Archi- tecture Conservancy, which she had THE HARTFORD COURANT, sei'ved as vice president, and started a THURSDAY. MARCH 9—Con- benefit event thai provides a conser- stance Everett Ware, vice president vancy scholarship fund. for development at Trinity College, She had been president and died Tuesday at Hartford Hospital. chairwoman of the ways and means Ware, who was active in civic committee of the Hartt Opera Theater affairs and would have been 58 Guild and was a member of the trus- Wednesday, had homes in Bloom- tee development committee of the field and Newport, R.I. Convent of the Sacred Heart School At Trinity, Ware was respon- in New York City. sible for fund raising activities. Under Ware was also a lecturer at the her direction, the $42 million Cam- Hartford Graduate Center and served paign for Trinity fund raising effort as vice president of the Coordinating reached its goal last fall, eight months Council of the Arts. ahead of schedule. The Campaign She received the outstanding was launched in 1986. fund raising executive award from Trinity President James F. Eng- the Connecticut chapter of the Na- lish said Wednesday "Connie was a tional Society of Fund Raising Ex- person of truly remarkable energy, ecutives in 1988. She was honored by wit and courage. The success of The the YWCA Women in Leadership Campaign for Trinity, which has program in 1970 and was given a exceeded its goal by a substantial United Way volunteer recognition margin, is largely the result of her award in 1980. professional skill and intense dedica- Services for Ware were held tion to the college." Kurtz Slams one home in the Bantam's 70 triumph over Rhode Island College in the EC AC New Saturday, March 11, The cause of England Division III championship. Photo by Richard Messina/Tte Hartford Courant Ware joined Trinity in 1964 as a death was not released. Student Artwork Stolen From Mather at the time whether the artists them- Alumna Pam Boulton's draw- Gushee, along with past Artist- dents are willing and wanting to selves had personally removed the ing had been given to Artist-in-Resi- in-Residence Elizabeth Tracy, estab- exhibit their work," Gushee assessed. -By Patricia Pierson- works from the area, thus delaying dence William Burk last year in ap- lished the Art Space as a forum for Regarding her decision, Gomes Copy Editor any immediate inquiries into the preciation for his instruction during sharing the considerable amount of said, "That was hard for me. At first, thefts. her time at Trinity. student artwork with the student body Ididn'twanttoriskit." Nevertheless, "We've never had a theft in the There is no photograph of and with the community. Gomes selected the Art Space as the Two original works of student history of Mather Art Space. There Boulton's work available, but a pic- Tracy explained that, in the past, site for her upcoming exhibit because art were stolen from the Mather Hall was an incident...of a kind of vandal- ture of Gomes' piece is being distrib- ".. .students h a ve res pected their peers' she believes "It's really the best space Student Center in the days prior to ism to some of the artwork, but there uted on the campus in hopes that it works.," and that this sense of respect for my work." open period. was just one case of that," explained .will be recognized and the drawing had been very reassuring to the art- "I was really, really upset when, The drawings, an oil pasjel on Curator of Mather Art Space Kath- returned (see photo). ists. "To have that undermined by this I found out [about the theft]. Obvi- paper by Julie Gomes '89 and a draw- leen Curry. "I have no sense if it is a student theft is really disenchanting," Gushee ously, its an original work*and no ing by" Pam Boulton '88, were re- Curry described the disappear- who has taken the artworks...The first observed. matter how many similar ones I make, ance of Gomes' drawing as "most time I noticed it I thought the students Gushee further elaborated that, I'll never have the same one," ex- ported missing from the Mather Art plained Gomes. "I would love it if Space and the Alumni Room, respec- disappointing" in that Gomes had had taken it home to show their fami- "there are lots of people in this build- lies," noted Director of Mather Hall ing every day. Once launched, many there would be,someone all the time tively, on Friday, February 17. intended to include the work in her watching theart. I've had other things Mather employees were unsure senior thesis. Anne Gushee. people come to see the exhibits. We are on the calendar of events. This stolen, but never a piece of artwork, building isopen24hours a day; people and that's the most personal thing. I' have access." m always going to be worried. I don't even know how to react to it. I'll have Two Students Trash Cars Regarding the identity of the to put it behind me...I'm going to be perpetrators, Gushee said, "I choose nervous," related Gomes. dents were walking behind him. covered a security guard assessing to think that someone admired the -By David Gerber- Rather than confronting the two, he the shattered rear windshield. It was drawings and chose to have them in Both Curry and Gushee stressed that their objective is to retrieve the Asxistcmt News Editor decided to inform security that the not until the next day that a guard their rooms.! don't think it was mali- vandals would be passing by Mather informed Spikes that they "had caught cious. We don't know who it was." 1 ost art and not to seek punishm ent for soon. When it became apparent that the two.students." Despite the potential risks. thetheif. , Two unidentified Freshmen the students had gone into Cook in- Spikes, who lists Trinity as "one Gomes decided Friday to stage her As Curry insisted, " We'd most were apprehended at approximately stead, security casually searched the of my top choices," claims that she senior exhibit in the Art Space. of all appreciate the return of the 3:20 a.m. Sunday morning after dorm. does not believe that the incident is "I'm very pleased that she's work," adding that the drawings may be anonymously replaced in the Art throwing trash cans through the win- "We went to Cook, and we indicative of Trinity student behav- choosing to do that, because I think dows of two automobiles parked in ior. "The incident was disillusioning, that's <rstatement of faith and the Space .or deposited at the Special couldn't find them. But when I was Events Office in Mather Hall. the visitor's parking lot by the Chapel. walking out, I looked in an open room because from, my own experiences, intent that that is a place where stu- Moments before a student re- and saw the kids talking with their- even before I hadheard aboutTrinity's ported the incident, the perpetrators girlfriends. I told security that these great reputation, t found Trinity stu- were overheard claiming, "We did were the guys we were looking for dents to be so friendly," said Spikes. Inside about $5,000 worth of damage, and and they came, called their supervi- "My parents knew that there was a no one is going to catch us." sors, and asked the kids some ques- bad element in the surrounding area, "As 1 walked past the" new dorm; tions," reported Moorhouse. but a bad element within Trinity itself I saw two kids throwing a trash can, According to Moorhouse, upon was something that they wouldn't What if you were Salman Rushdie? and then they ran through the Downs being questioned by security, the have expected." Arch. I assumed that they were just students responded, "We aren'tgoing Spikes said that "the security Corrected Curriculum throwing trash around," said Jon to say anything until we speak with guard said that the kids were braggi ng Moorhouse "89. "When I had passed our lawyers." • about the incident." them, I looked back and saw them One of the vandalized cars be- Monday morning the students Manley Breaks Assist Record pick up a trash can and smash the rear longed to prospective student Sarah met with Dean of Students David window ofadifferent car in the Chapel Spikes who was visiting a friend for Winer. Though the case "has not A Most Excellent Adventure parking lot." the weekend. At approximately 3:30 been resolved," Assistant Dean of Moorhouse noticed that the stu- a.m., Spikes went to her car and dis- Continued on Page 11 Page 2 • The Trinity Tripod • March 14,1989 Op-Ed "Liberal" Editorial Typifies Editorial The Stilfing of Discussion To the editor: reality, and the process of erasing it If we are to attempt to change an In 1964, Austin Arts Center was biiiit to house the Departments of Music, In you r editorial of March 7 yo u and its effects from our society is entire society, questions such as those.