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Trinity Tripod, 1998-04-14 VOL.XCVINO.20 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 APHIL 14,1998 Neighborhood Ralph Reed Stirs Campus Controversy Revitalization tian Coalition, focusing instead BY DAN BERMAN on political and economic is- Progresses News Editor sues. At the beginning of his speech, Reed introduced "three Trinity Boys and Outside the Washington trends transforming the way we Girls Club To Room last Tuesday evening, sev- live, our culture and our politics, eral students protested some of then three key issues that will Open In June the controversial views Reed set our agendas as we move into and the Christian Coalition pro- the 21st century." % BY ELIZABETH PERRY mote, including those on birth The first of these trends was Senior Editor control, sex education and ho- the end of the Cold War, which mosexual rights. This rare dis- "ultimately gave us the big gov- Most students are aware that play of student activism ernmentwehave today." Speak- Trinity is involved in a $200 occurred last week when right- ing along political lines, Reed million revitalization project in wing activist Ralph Reed spoke said to watch for smaller gov- at Trinity. The former Executive the Frog Hollow and Barry ernment, and a decrease in the Director of the Christian Coali- Square neighborhoods. Most percentage of money going to tion, Reed spoke to a full Wash- the government. students do not know, however, ington Room on the subject of what that initiative entails, who The aging of the baby boomer politics and values heading into generation was the second it will affect and how it is being the 21st century. implemented. Discussion con- trend Reed noted. According to cerning the project has been Beforehand, students walked Reed, this, trend affects the poli- relatively quiet throughout the with signs and handed out leaf-, tics of health care, entitlements year. lets to people entering the room, and education. "The aging of COLLEGE REPUBLICANS baby boomers is creating a more The Cityscape initiative is Fmr. Executive Director of the Christian and the protests were not dis- Coalition Ralph Reed addresses a full house ruptive to attendees or Reed. morally conservative nation," actually a combination of ef- said Reed, adding that the baby forts put together by the in the Washington Room last Tuesday. The protesters were a random group of students, who did not boomers are concerned about Southside Institutions Neigh- represent any on-campus group "traditional moral values" when borhood Alliance (SINA). Trin- dents in the local area, as well can actually be built, the former or club. Anhoni Patel '98, who it comes to educa tion. ity is a member of SINA, as are as to students from other dis- site of the Connecticut tricts. President Dobelle is op- Company's bus garage has to be helped organize the protest, The third trend mentioned Hartford Hospital, the Institute said, "We're herebecause we dis- of Living, Connecticut Public timistic that up to 50% of the cleaned. This process will cost was the switch to an mforma- Television and Radio awd**] qpifyg y balition has done ana wh&t Connecticut Children's Medical munities surrounding Trinity. that the state has taken over. Reed predicted that small busi- they stand for. We believe in our Center. Trinity College is the Other aspects of the Once the site is cleaned and nesses will begin replacing big right to protest for what we be- most visible of the institutions Cityscape initiative include a cleared, it will be turned over to business, and that the most im- lieve." Jeff Harris '98 added, involved in the initiative be- Boys and Girls Club, a jobs cen- the city of Hartford and the portant grass-roots political "We're not protesting that he's cause it has taken the lead in ter, a streetscape campaign to Learning Corridor. Contrary to force will be similar to the small here, we're protesting what he implementing several of the improve the physical appear- what most believe, Trinity does business association. In the fu- stands for." . specific projects. ance of the neighborhood and a not own the land located at the ture, Reed believes that politics In his speech however, Reed The initiative consists of sev- housing component designed corner of Vernon and Broad will be concerned with lower did not address the more con- eral parts. The most central and to upgrade the housing stock Streets. It will be city property. taxes, less,government, less troversial stances of the Chris- visible change that will take and increase the rate of owner- see PROJECT on page seven. see REED on page six place in the neighborhood is the occupied homes in the neigh- Learning Corridor. Because it borhood. will be a center for learning, The planning stages for the Trinity has been the most in- initiative, while never com- Wilbur Rich Addresses Urban volved in planning and imple- pletely finished, have come to a menting the project. close and the groundbreaking Economic Development The Learning Corridor, will for the Learning Corridor took future development of two local thoughts on their respective cit- consist of a Montessori Elemen- place in the summer of 1997. BY COLIN RUANE cities. Professor Rich is re- ies and create a single book. tary school, a .City of Hartford While most of the changes are News Writer searching and writing about the The subtitle of the lecture, Middle School, a High School not visible, several projects have present and future state of "The Crisis of the Post-Indus- Resource Center and a Health been started over the last 6 Providence, Rhode Island and trial City" effectively summa- and Technology Center. All months. On Thursday, April 9, the Po- Professor McKee is writing rizes his view of the present schools will be available to stu- Before the Learning Corridor litical Science Department wel- comed Professor Wilbur-C. Rich about the present and future condition of American cities. to Trinity, to deliver the 1998 state of our own Hartford, Con- He believes that today, cities are Mead Lecture in Political Sci- necticut. Both pr.ofessors will facing a serious crisis. Rich be- ence. A Political Science profes- combine their analysis and see RICH on page eight sor at Wellesley College, Rich's lecture was titled, "The Politics of Urban Economic Develop- ment: The Crisis of the Post In- Inside This Week's Issue dustrial City." Professor Rich has an exten- Jewish Studies major established sive background in the field of News pg. 9 urban politics. He is the author of three books on the subject entitled, ThePoliticsof Minority Should the Second Amendment include handguns? Coalitions, Coleman Youngand Opinion pg. 3 DetroitP6litics,and The Politics of Urban Personnel Policy. The Vagina Monologues Professor Rich has a signifi- Arts pg. 10 cant and exciting connection to Trinity, but more specifically, Lectures, Performances, and Alt. Bev. for all Trinity faculty. Currently, Pro- Announcements............ ,.......pg. 14 fessor Rich is co-authoring a book with Professor Clyde McKee of the Political Science Features examines Glamour Girls at Trinity Department here at Trinity. The Features...... pg. 16 two authors are taking anlnter- By June, this construction site will be the AUX PECK esting approach to writing their Womens'Lax undefeated and ranked #J in the nation new site of the Boys and Girls Club on forthcoming book about the is- •Sports .,.,..,..................;.. pg. 24 Broad St. across from campus. sues and concerns facing the PAGE 2 OPINION THE TRINITY TRIPOD - APRIL 14,1998 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Expanding Our Minds and Our Reputation Censorship is Un-American To the Editor: enough. If people at the Tripod The fall semester of 1998 will usher in many changes to the Trinity campus, are going to use that excuse and the newly announced Jewish Studies major has the potential to alter the I think most people would than stop asking people to con- agree that censorship is bad. All tribute to the paper. No one will face of the Trinity community. Despite years of effort, Trinity is still not im- censorship is. Two Live Crew care if you print humping cows mediately recognized by the masses as a nonsectarian school. The Jewish Stud- should be able to rap anything because you are a private news- ies major will reinforce our lack of religious affiliation as Trinity's name they want. Besides "Me so paper! Are people going to stop becomes known worldwide. Horny" is a damned funny song. buying it? Trinity offers a tremendous number of courses which focus on Jewish cul- Freedom of Speech is one of our No, its free! Why do you care? most coveted amendments and Will anyone get offended? No, ture and civilization, and it is time we receive recognition for this. We provide anyone who does not agree with all of us talk and think about a a constructive atmosphere for learning about Judaism, both in the religious me should get in their time ma- lot worse. and cultural senses, which is second to none. The fact that this is offered by a chine and go to Stalinist Russia. Some might say that hump- school named Trinity is something that deserves attention. Take Tipper Gore with you! ing cows has no journalistic in- Why bring this up Derek? tegrity and does not deserve to Prospectives are not the only group effected by this new major. It has the Have you been censored re- be in the paper. Well, if your go- potential to inject more life into the campus Jewish community, and more im- cently? Why yes I have. It was ing to print an article docu- portantly, the major will provide yet another outlet for interdisciplinary stud- at the hands of the Trinity Tri- menting the features editor's ies.
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