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Trinity Tripod, 2003-01-28 VOL. CI NO. 12 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 JANUARY 28, 2003 TMNITYCELEBRAIES MAKON LUIHERKDSTG JR. DAY Cold Explodes Pipes Flooding Results in Extensive Damage EDNA GUERRASIO rather than trek across campus_ to MANAGING EDITOR the library, or the excuse they have been looking for to order The start of the New Year takeout from City Pizza rather brought record low temperatures than bear the cold on the way to to Connecticut residents that had- Mather Hall. n't experienced in "quite some Although the cold tempera- time. For the past 2 weeks the ture has been a mild discomfort average temperature has been in for most students, for some it has the mid twenties during the day brought broken heaters, frozen and has dipped down to single pipes, damaged property and digits at night. With wind gusts about 2 to 3 feet of water. ranging from 10 to 30 miles an Since the start of the new hour, the windchill factor brings semester residence halls across the temperature even lower, con- campus have been experiencing sistently hitting negative double their own bout with Mother digits. Nature. For the most part tins sudden Over the last week there have drop in temperature has given stu- been six teportcd cases of floods dents the extra reason they need and water damage clue to mal- to stay in bed and watch a movie see MULTIPLE on page 7 Descatur Potier '03 leads members of the Trinity and Hartford communities in the annual "March for King" as part of the remembrance of King's life and work. See article on page six. Flake: Education Needs Change LlBBY SUCHER we are all Americans." He con- However, according to Flake, NEWS EDITOR tinued his opening by discussing the reverse happened and the how America is changing race- uality of life foi African- On Tuesday, January 21, wise. <*By the end of the tfeeiffifg;*' Reveiend Floyd Flake delivered a Anglo-Saxons will be the largest "Integration may not have lecture about change in America minority," Flake said. (African- been the Utopia we thought it and its affects on education. Americans will be the third high- would be," Flake commented. Flake is the president of the est race and Asians will be the This is because it has riot brought Edison Charter Schools, serves as fourth.) Although this seems like about the level of equality that the senior .pastor of the Allen a large change for America, Flake people assumed it would by this African Methodist Episcopal believes that in reality the white point in time. The schools for the Church in Jamaica, Queens in population will continue to black community did not penalize addition to being a Senior Fellow remain on top of the economic students for errors, but instead at the Manhattan Institute for hierarchy, with Asians, Latinos, drove students to believe in them- Social and Economic Policy, and and African-Americans follow- selves. When the schools were as a columnist for the New York ing. Despite the many changes in segregated, the high level of Post. With his unique stance on America, our reality is that people expectations that students were education, Flake is a controver- who are at the bottom of the heap previously accustomed to disap- sial public figure. In his lecture, are there because of a lack of edu- peared because people based • Flake discussed change in leading cation and opportunities. assumptions of ability on skin Water damage in the basement of Mather, ROBERT lavrnx minorities, America's lack of Flake believes the key to color. unity, and today's youth. recreating a sense of oneness and How should we reshape this Flake's main topic was that unity is to shift our focus to edu- standard? According to Flake, it Augmenting Diversity we are living in the midst of cation and spirituality, preferably has become social and political, changing paradigms, which he combined in the sense of faith- and not what Martin Luther King believes must shift from a social based schools, much like the Jr. envisioned it to be. Flake Faculty Meeting Probes Multiculturdlism and political focus to one that is Edison Charter Schools that segued from faith-based schools more educational and spiritual for Flake runs. into government-funded pro- ALEX GORDON studies showing that "besieged America's best interest. Flake Flake focused on faith-based grams. NEWS EDITOR minorities" had overwhelmingly began his lecture by speaking schools and the effect that they "Government programs do negative and embittering college about the unity of Americans. He have had on their pupils. He also not give people true freedom or A day after the holiday com- experiences. She then launched declared, "In reality we all start discussed school systems found- independence," Flake declared. memorating Martin Luther King, into a critique of Trinity's- from a basic grounding and that is ed by former slaves, claiming that He believes that these programs Jr.,'s commitment to civil rights, attempts to foster multicultural- because of the trials and tribula- give people tools' that only get members of the faculty came ism. While conceding that diver- tions they endured as slaves they them beyond history and the together in McCook auditorium sity has improved "in numerical INSIDE understand see AMERICA'S on page 6 for a special meeting to continue terms," Fernandez maintained Because the power of equal the discussion on diversity that that it has been hindered by a lack of "real, honest intellectual dis- See Opinions, page two, for a education. Because of segrega- began last semester. cussion." letter from the Daily Jolt, Inc. tion, they had to take care of During the fall the Trinity discussing anonymity policies. themselves and did so, building campus came head to head with Dario Euraque, another mem- their own homes and creating issues of hate speech, racial pro- ber of FARA and a History pro- Flip to Arts, page nine, for jobs and communities, which filing and a perceived lack of fessor, followed by remarking scintillating reviews of all four were strictly segregated from the multiculturalism by some stu- that the conversations from last January Musicals. white community. This was to dents. semester were a step in. the right change with the verdict of Brown direction, but "[the Trinity com- Check out Features, page fif- The special meeting, while vs. Board of Education, the high- munity] doesn't need to reinvent teen, for the triumphant return added to faculty's regular sched- ly controversial Supreme Court ule of meetings, was intended to the wheel to go further than these •of Around Trinity. Case that deemed school segrega- be "official yet informal." dialogues," He went on to intro- tion illegal. Johanna Fernandez, a history duce a report submitted to the page 6 now-defunct Planning and News "When this case passed professor and a member of the page 2 Priorities Council by its Diversity Opinions through certain legislation, it new Faculty Anti-Racist Alliance page 9 Critical Issues Team in February Arts seemed that the open-door (FARA), began by asserting that a page 14 of 1998. Features process would allow for blacks to diverse student body is funda- page 17 Announcements receive the same quality of. life," mental to the creation of a rich The document never made it page 20 Sports Flake said. Floyd Flake ROBCRT LerrzeLL learning environment and cited see FORUMS on page 8 PAGE 2 OPINIONS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - JANUARY 28, 2003 ILIETPTJ TMIE IE]D)IT(D)M A Message From Daily Jolt Incorporated New Policies in Support of Free Speech Waptto To the Trinity College the school's administration urging Community: a similar change. Finally, there have been numerous board edito- Abigail P. Thomas '03 Christopher Baker '03 For the next two weeks, The rials, opinion pieces and letters to EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Daily Jolt will try a new Forum the editor that have appeared in setup that will allow anyone who the Trinity Tripod addressing The Edna D. Guerrasio '05 has registered and confirmed a Daily Jolt and free and anony- MANAGING EDITOR "trincoll.edu" email address to mous speech on campus. Based post anonymously once they have on this information, we have NEWS EDITORS OPINIONS EDITORS logged into the site. This is a come to the conclusion that we Libby Sucher-Jacobson '04 Alex Gordon '05 Kristin Powell '03 'Jennifer Dunn '05 change from the current setup have not been serving the general because it means that users of the wishes of the community. ARTS EDITORS Forum will not be forced to pub- Second, we believe the new FEATURES EDITORS licly disclose their identity each Eileen Flynn '05 Rebecca Fowler '05 Joe Stramondo '04Eliza Saywzrd '05 Forum setup will work to deter time they post a message. and hold accountable any individ- We will retain the ability to uals who might be inclined to use SPORTS EDITOR ANNOUNCEMENT EDITOR the Forum to hurt others. If any- J identify the author of every mes- Peter Seals '05 Nick Riho 0€ Daniel Scollan '05 sage, allowing for full accounta- one chooses to use the Forum to bility for any illegal or inappro- harass, threaten or make libelous PHOTO EDITOR ONLINE EDITORS priate use of the Forum. We statements about another person, Robert Leitzell '06 Chris Silverman '03 Jim Nadzieja '04 believe this setup will effectively we will have the necessary infor- balance the interests of accounta- bility and free and open expres- BUSINESS MANAGERS siom At the end of this two-week Lydia Potter '05 Elizabeth Welsh '05 test period, we will reassess the Forum based on your feedback SENIOR EDITORS and make whatever adjustments are necessary so that the resulting Shane Early '03 Patrick Marinaro '03 Brian Nanos '03 Lissy Woodhams '03 setup is an accurate reflection of the general consensus of the COPY EDITORS Trinity College community.
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