r WWW.TRINITYTRIPOD COM VOL. C NO. 5 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 OCTOBER 26, 2004 Accidentals Play The Chapel Donation Empowers EMILY EISENBERG ARTS CONTRIBUTOR Students with Funds I am a huge a capella fan, so I usually try and make it to per- Tutorial Program Given $25,000 Grant formances when I have some spare time. Having already seen EMMA BAYER be." One of the stipulations of the the Red Sox win the ALCS and NEWS WRITER grant is that the expenditure of having had a midterm pushed The students of Tutorial the $25,000 is to be determined back because of said ALCS, I fig- College have received a $25,000 solely by the students of Tutorial ured it was the perfect time to grant to be spent on community College; professors will act in a take a break and go see a concert service efforts, with a stipulation purely advisory role. featuring our, _ very own that the projects must be entirely Tutorial College itself is self- Accidentals and the planned and executed by stu- governing, a kind of school-with- Merimanders, an all-female dents. in-a-school. The faculty is very group from Bates College. Abi iVIoidover "Both aspects are exciting, involved through weekly meet- The Merimanders had con- The Accidentals sang a set with guest group Merimander. but the student self-determina- ings and seminars, and Lloyd tacted the Accidentals through cold on the way over. ed with Jennifer Paige's "Crush," tion is the true adventure," said calls the "camaraderie between their Web site and arranged a The chapel provided an inti- and although the backup was Professor Dan Lloyd, director of students and faculty" one of the joint concert. The Accidentals mate setting for the concert, with great, and maybe because the Tutorial College. benefits of Tutorial. host one or two concerts with vis- about 50 chairs set up close to the backup was great, I had trouble The grant was given to Matt Reed '07 feels that stu- iting groups each year. In the performance space and the audi- hearing some of the lyrics. This Tutorial College by Harry dents "really have the capacity to past the William & Mary ence overflowing into the pews. was not a huge problem though, Solomon of the Figure make a change" with this project. Accidentals, the Smith The Accidentals opened with and their other songs, like Norah Foundation. Solomon lives in Reed and Nick Bazin '07 are • Smithereens, and the Amherst "Some Kind of Wonderful", an Jones' "Don't Know Why," Maine and sought out Trinity working as the facilitators for the Blue Stockings have visited obvious crowd favorite, and one sounded incredible. College - Tutorial in particular - project; they will encourage dis- Trinity. The Accidentals have of mine as well. You'll notice I said that they with his idea of this grant. cussions and organize and pres- also visited other schools to meet Afterwards, they introduced seemed more vocally timid. Solomon was attracted to ent proposals. The fund has been and sing with their a capella the Merimanders to a very happy Their last song was dedicated to Trinity's "effort to foster commu- in development since last Spring groups. "It's one of the best parts audience. The Merimanders had the men in the audience: the nity partnerships in Hartford and and was finalized on Thursday, of collegiate a capella," said choreographed their songs - noth- the region," and felt that Tutorial Ravin Ratan '05, a member of the ing too extensive, but it did make see GUESTS on page 18 College "is what college should see TUTORIAL on page 8 Accidentals. "You sing with a their performance look more for- group, and then just hang out the mal. They seemed more timid whole night." The conceit was vocally than the Accidentals are, held this past Thursday night in though, and there were a few Trinity's Women Mobilize the chapel, and did not disappoint times when the backup singers those brave enough to face the drowned out the lead. They start- SARAH SPIEGEL FEATURES WRITER "Do you want to stop having er to Head sex?" read one of the signs made by a corps of concerned Trinity students and held up outside of Mather on Thursday, Oct. 21. New Orientation This date marked National Young Women's Day, a day dedicated to ABI MOLPOVER sophomore year Dr. Jones came women's rights of choice, stand- PHOTO EDITOR in as president and he became ing up to violence against The Quest Program is a dra- part of the orientation program as women, and supporting economic Abi Moldover matically expanded, optional pro- well. I graduated in 1999 with a equality. Other signs carried by a Students hold posters in support of a woman's right to choose. gram for incoming first-year stu- degree in English and Music and line of students bore slogans such economic justice to end violence which denies the use of federal dents that will take them through went to California for a year but as "Ten minutes to vote, nine against women," says the Medicaid money for abortions. the Canadian wilderness for 17 then went back to Kalamazoo as months to wait." Hampshire College Web site. The issue raised by Trinity stu- days. the Associate Director of the Kate Mortensen "05, an Jimenez was unable to get the dents last Thursday was the con- Andy Miller was recently Outdoor Program. intern for Planned Parenthood, proper money for an abortion hired to be Quest's planner and TT: President Jones brought helped organize the event. She because of the Hyde Amendment, see ELECTION on page 12 facilitator. Originally from you to Trinity to head up the commented, "It was exciting to Kalamazoo College in Michigan, Quest program. Tell me a little see how many people on campus Miller hopes to bring his ideas about the program and what you really care about getting the word and experience to the new Quest hope to accomplish with it at out on choice. This issue is one Program. Trinity. How is it different from that concerns both men and Emm Ml the sordid Trinity Tripod: So tell me a our current freshmen orientation? women and has come up in all of details about itie 80s;• little about your background: A.M.: Well the Quest pro- the presidential debates. It's an dangs and whyindsie where did you go to school, when gram will last for approximately issue that divides the country and students am on a Bre did you graduate, how did you 17 days; we'll take them out in will most likely never be agreed end up at Kalamazoo? the woods, preferably somewhere upon, and therefore needs to truck inside Features ; Andy Miller: I grew up in in Canada, for rock climbing, remain in the forefront" -onpage11.•: ;; -; mid-Michigan, an hour away from canoeing, sailing, and some solo Begun 11 years ago when a Kalamazoo. When I got older I time to reflect in the end. The woman named Rosie Jimenez chose Kalamazoo over the students will be split up into died from complications from an student intetes't in American s oaf the'review^ of Osaka in West University of Michigan because I groups of eight with student lead- unsafe abortion, National Young was attracted to the intimate liber- ers and a have a preplanned Women's Day is recognized Jump: to page S to learn hoWjeam- S Find out which iadjle-rockers are al arts setting. I took part in the route. across the country, as different pus Greekliauses'ajje we groups stress a variety of issues college's outdoor orientation pro- We are shooting to have overcoine stereotypes t; • gram as a freshman and felt that it about 50 student participants in pertaining to women's rights. was a great introduction to the the first year and then grow from "For 11 years, young people Opinions college. I served as a leader of the there to eventually have about 20 across the country have mobilized program from my sophomore around issues of reproductive and Features :• through my senior years. My see FIRST-YEAR on page 7 sexual freedom, and racial and PAGE 2 OPINIONS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - OCTOBER 26, 2004 Abu-Ghmib Scandal Not Worst Atrocity To the Editor: bers and rape rooms run by Cripoti Saddam and his cronies. The On Oct. 21, a group of pro- mass graves Saddam filled. The suicide bombers Saddam funded. Eliza K. Sayward '05 testers were re-enacting the scene Eileen T. Flynn '05 at Abu-Ghraib. While what hap- It seems to me that these actions EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR pened at Abu-Ghraib was unac- are slightly more horrific than ceptable, it was an isolated inci- anything committed by dent. It is unfortunate that it is Americans, and are more worthy NEWS EDITORS OPINIONS EDITORS covered more than the real atroc- of protest. Hannah Hurwitz '05 Joanna Hecht'07 Maggie Downing '05 Daniel Scollan '05 ities of this war, like the kidnap- ping and beheading of people like Sincerely, FEATURES EDITORS ARTS EDITORS Nick Berg. The torture cham- Jenny Dunn '05 Juliet Izon '07 Greg Polin '05 Evan Norris '06 Alex Spurrier '07 80s Party Mishandled; Apology Requested SPORTS EDITORS ANNOUNCEMENTS EDITOR Benjamin Leong '06 Will Yang '06 Kristen St. Martin '06 To the Editor: told to go home. While Campus Safety and the bouncers turned PHOTO EDITORS ONLINE EDITORS It's our favorite party. into the Gestapo, TCAC represen- Abi Moldova '05 Chuck Pratt '07 Scott Baumgartner '07 Melissa Kotulski '05 Freshmen through seniors, we put tatives looked as helpless and on our stupid clothes, dance to neutral as Switzerland.