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. Jamie Cahbrese '05, Amanda Soltzman '05, Mimi Albert '06, Katie Chabalko '06, There are three main reasons mation to identify the author of Cassandra Hyland '06, Lindsay North '06 for why we are making this those statements. change. First, it is clear that the For serious offenses, we will Forum restrictions put in place at be able to convey this information From QP's to TVinity Exchange: Are We Really Communicating? the end of the summer do not to the police or a court of law. For reflect the wishes of the Trinity less serious violations, we will Last semester saw the introduction of Trinity Exchange (affectionately dubbed T-Rex) to College community. Students have the ability to block those replace the old Quick Post system. After nearly three months, students should have become have overwhelmed us with feed- users from using the Forum again used to checking the website for campus news. Yet this system is not working smoothly. back in the Forum, by email, in in the future. Based on our expe- The general consensus is that students are finding it much more difficult to keep informed person and in our end-of-semester rience with similar setups on about events and happenings. With the old QP system even the most lackadaisical members survey. At the Town Hall meeting other Daily Jolt sites, the high of the Trinity community were forced to glance through the subject headings of e-mails as on September 24 students and level of accountability of this they deleted their QP's. Now it is much easier to delete the twice-daily Trinity Exchange e- faculty expressed frustration that setup will effectively deter abuse mails without ever glancing at the contents. they had not been included in the of the Forum. There is no decent excuse for students who make no effort at all to stay informed, Many decision process for changing the Third, we believe the new interesting things happen all over campus on "a daily basis, and most of them are advertised at Forum and many emphasized that setup will piomote a more open least in a limited way on Trinity Exchange. The students who make a concerted effort to stay messages on The Jolt were more a exchange of ideas and opinion! abreast the latest happenings are often foiled in their attempts by Trinity Exchange. Even pro- symptom than a source of prob- than the setup that has been in fessors have noted a marked change in attendance at department-sponsored events, where lems on campus. place for the last several months. attendance was never very robust to begin with. In October, the Student As stated in the Trinity Tripod The most common complaints are about the website itself. A first glance let's you know Government Association voted board editorial on October 1, that the site is not visually appealing. With no graphics, it is easy to load on even the slow- by a wide majority to endorse a "[Trinity College is] an institution est browser, but the lack of visual distinction also leads to easily confusing or overlooking less stringent Forum setup. A few that should be dedicated to and information. It is difficult to navigate; the pages are disorganized and the information is ran- days later, 51 faculty members openly encourage the free domly entered into nonsensical sections. Students are encouraged to personalize the pages, signed and submitted a petition to see JOLT on page 5 but most students - who have been using the Internet since grammar school - complain that the personalization isn't sensitive enough. The categories are not well defined, so students who wish to specify the things they receive are afraid they will miss something that actually Student Survey Gives Accurate Results interests them. To the Editor: was the result of very hard work The e-mails themselves are also a source of frustration. Unless you are running aPC with done by the members of my com- fully updated software, the e-mails are often garbled. True, you can change the format in You reported my committee's mittee: Danforth Dougherty '06, which you receive e-mails under the preference section of the website, but this still does not survey results in the December 10 Amy Laurenza '05, Andrew guarantee satisfaction. issue of the Tripod (see "SGA Aydin '06, Max Riffin '04 and It is obvious that the system is not widely trusted. Offices from Career Services to the Polls Students"). Your assertion Eugene Hsu '04 (none of whom Office of the President still send individualized e-mails to students that do not run through that the results were "in the end were acknowledged for their Trinity Exchange. This indicates that, at least on some level, important information is not best ambiguous" was completely inac- work in the article). disseminated through the website. This frustrates many students, who believe that we should curate; and, frankly, such an aside either choose to use Trinity Exchange exclusively or revert back to the QP system. was quite unprofessional. Sincerely, Most of the advertising for Trinity Exchange claims to finally have "Tamed the QP As the student leader of that Beast." It is true that we were all experiencing QP overload, but eliminating the QP system survey, 1 would like to assure all Jake Schneider '04 was not the only option. A stricter posting policy would have aided in limiting the number of who took interest in its results Former Chair of the QP's sent daily. For example, a system that did not allow a person to send multiple copies of that they were as accurate as pos- Elections, Recruitment and the same e-mail, send e-mails with no text in the body, or to send more than a specified num- sible. They do indeed reflect the Communications Committee, ber of QP's per day would drastically reduce the number of e-mails flooding inboxes. In addi- views of our peers. The survey SGA tion, a more defined policy about what is "appropriate" QP material - notices for events rather than Summer Job Pick of the Day - would also curb eager e-mail users. Receiving seven e- mails in a single day about a lecture is not going to persuade a reluctant student to attend, but neither is hiding the announcement in the nether regions of a web page. With the beginning of a new year comes a new outlook for PT. 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The editors of: the Tripod reserve the right-to edit all letters for clarity or brevity. " music and buy more beer, more food. Letters may be submitted via: .. • •:.•••• , , MLK Celebration A* 'snt it supposed to be a national holiday? •Campus Mail Box 702582 E-Mail: [email protected] fl Aren.t we supposed to get the day off? JANUARY 28, 2003 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD OPINIONS PAGE 3 Segregated by Our Media Replacing Education Americans Blinded by Their Own Ignorance of World Affairs Cultures, not Race SARA BROWN experiences in our lives. We are should be renamed the "corporate OPINIONS WRITER usually startled by these connec- government." tions, suddenly the images before If Americans can't see the NATE BAKER moviegoers are often irritated Time and again my friends us don't translate as well into effects of our economically driv- throughout the films by the loud OPINIONS COLUMNIST return from international travel reality. Actors are much fatter in en lifestyle and foreign policy as exclamations of their black coun- with reports of varying degrees of real life. You can't see the detrimental to the global commu- This topic is somewhat old terparts. As the article points out hostility toward Americans— Golden Gate Bridge from every- nity, then we can't really hear news by now, but as we were all (or at least claims), this quality is immediately after September 11, where in San Francisco. Often, anything when we are told about sadly on a Tripod-ixQt winter typical of black Americans, who American students studying when people get shot at, they die. these effects, and we certainly break when it became news, I still find that employing verbal abroad were instructed not to feel as if it were worth discussing. expressions enhance their speak in public for fear of betray- And while it has nothing to do moviegoing experience. This is ing their citizenship through their Corporate America and our govern- wjth the content of a Hartford juxtaposed to white moviegoers accent. Courcmt article last week con- who prefer to enjoy films in ment are so intertwined that they should cerning the segregation of silence and, as mentioned above, There are reasons why schools, the topics are compara- find such outbursts annoying. As Americans are hated in other be renamed the "corporate government." ble. So blah. such, the white moviegoers have countries. American foreign pol- icy since World War I has been both economically and militarily One million dollars is a lot of can't tell the corporate govern- Many Americans are more pro-segrega- oppressive and imperialistic money, even if it can fit in a suit- ment to stop. toward many other nations, par- case. If money is the root of all tional than they realize. ticularly those now seen as Television has blinded us evil, then the ruling class in sources of potential terrorists. with false images. It has stunted America has used the mass-media Increasing corporate globaliza- our development—we are like to disguise the influence that As you all better be aware of, ceased to attend the cinemas due tion has uprooted the infrastruc- children who can not understand money has on all forms of deci- a couple weeks ago Senator Trent to the vexing shouts of black ture in many nations in the name the consequences of our actions. sion making. We are like the Lott royally screwed himself with moviegoers. These white people; of progress. The War on Drugs We have false ideals based on a monkeys covering our eyes, ears what has been interpreted as a of course, are practicing segrega- has caused international turmoil false sense of reality. and mouth to keep ourselves pro-racism comment. In particu- tion. But they are not racists: and devastation, particularly in Just as we are blinded by tel- blissfully ignorant of the evil that lar, I enjoyed the papers' assault they are irritated not by skin color is being done in our name. As on Lott for his association with but by personality traits, which in long as Britney Spears keeps put- Strom Thurmond and his pro-seg;- this case happen to be universally ting out albums, and Friends is on regation presidential platform in possessed by members of a spe- every Thursday night, then we 1948. Now like every (perhaps cific racial group. But the white know all must be right with the brain-washed) American, I am of people would be irritated by this world. course opposed to segregation, quality in any person; the racial especially in the sense that factor is irrelevant, though not Unfortunately, this is not the Thurmond intended in the 40s. incidental. case. However, I'm disappointed in the Money is constantly used to Another example, though determine the value of tilings that way the media portrays and more about culture shock than Americans conceive segregation; can not be quantitatively meas- segregation, is the recent issue of ured. Monetary value is attached that is, it is completely synony- Arab treatment of women. Many mous with "bad." to education, food, shelter, land, people in our country who claim (which is more economically At this point those among you to be and are liberal thinkers feel viable—a mall or a forest), even of a lesser intellect will think this irritated by what they see as the human life, (the cost of saving means I support segregation. But oppressive treatment of Arab versus destroying). since we're all supposedly intel- women by their men, irritated to Right now, we are on the lectuals here, 1 urge you to keep the point where they believe it is verge of entering a war primarily in mind that, as is typical of the their responsibility to interfere to ensure American access to epic "race" issue, segregation is a with Arab culture by "liberating'' Middle Eastern oil. This is vital- compLex topic. .And just like how Arab women. In other words, Central and South America. evision, the radio has deafened ly important to the coiporaie gov-. most Americans deny the fact that they are understanding of other Americans consume more us. Popular music has taken over ernment, whose power lies in they live in a racist state (despite cultures as long as that culture's than any other country, likewise the airwaves and polluted our maintaining the American pub- the fact that their supposedly pop- beliefs coincide with their own. we create more waste than any consciousness with a false con- lic's dependence on oil-driven ular government could get away A third example, the one that other country. We are responsible cept of success. Pop princess energy consumption. The Pro- for more deforestation, erosion, prostitutes sing about sexual free- War movement has given a strong global climate change and ozone dom while raking in dollars for argument, stressing the violent Incidents of student-on-student assault depletion than any other country. white, male executives. Young treatment of the Iraqi people More than anything else, we are black rappers talk about empow- under Saddam Hussein. This is a go largely ignored. resented for our hypocrisy. We erment—through the right car worthwhile sentiment; Saddam flaunt our ideals of freedom, (the Lex), the right jewelry Hussein is undoubtedly a cruel equality and democracy while not (preferably with ice), -cash and and self-serving dictator. with rounding up hundreds of is most pertinent in this case, is employing these ideals in our Arabs after 9/11 and hold them on our own campus, where most actions toward the international for questioning without probable students are preaching a segrega- community. An educated populace is far more dan- cause beyond their skin tone), I tional approach concerning rela- Americans are deaf, dumb gerous than an armed one. believe that many Americans are tions with the local denizens of and blind. We are hated by the more pro-segregational than they Hartford—specifically, we want world over for our ignorance. to keep them the hell away from realize. But unlike Helen Keller, who hoes. The mass-media system is However, the reality is that this us. Our rational reasoning for By now in America it is through the miracle of teaching designed to uplift and exemplify a will not be a humanitarian war, if this is that the above-mentioned agreed (though not as universally was able to reach great heights, few while actively sedating the such a thing exists. It is a war denizens are mugging and as we'd all like) that racism is we don't have an Anne Sullivan majority. Most popular music is driven by the economic,reliance assaulting students. But at the bad. We all believe that people to guide us. Like Keller, we were not art, it is corporate advertising, on oil. same time, part of integration is should be judged not by the color not born with these defects—they designed to convince people to taking the good with the bad. Money should function as the of their skin but by the content of are instilled in us at a young age. buy into their consumer-driven And oddly, incidents of student- means, not the end. Right now, their character. However, the Helen Keller was stricken with vision of success. we have the means to end this reality is hardly so cut-and-dry: on-student assault go largely meningitis at 19 months which Not only has the mass media war. One of the first steps should left her permanently blind and blinded and deafened the be ending our reliance on fossil deaf. For most Americans, these American people, it has also fuels. There is a strong opposi- Some cultural groups foster qualities in afflictions start at an early age but taken away our voice, leaving us tion in the corporate governmefit individuals that grate against the qualities their effects accumulate over a dumb. Media conglomerates to any investment in sustainable lifetime. have bought out independent energy sources, because this of other groups. Americans are given enter- media sources, silencing dissent. would mean a change in the tainment instead of education. The FCC has restricted college money source and therefore, a We are like children left in front radio broadcasts over the Internet. shift in the power structure. If that is, one's character is often, ignored. of the television—whether the Money rules all. Those with green energy becomes wide- and sadly, partly affected and But back to Trent Lott, Strom TV has a V-chip or not, it is an money have the voice, and those spread, accessible and affordable determined by the color of one's Thurmond, and segregation: I equally numbing experience. We without have to listen to it. to the public then what will hap- skin.To put it less circumvently, don't know (and admittedly are mesmerized by the images The mass media has a vested pen to all those oil mines? every racial culture possesses doubt) that Thurmond had really It is in the corporate govern- qualities that other groups don't thought out all the implications ment's best interest to keep.circu- like. While we may all be accept- and ramifications of the issue Americans are deaf, dumb and blind. lating money through the military ing of people regardless of their when he proposed his pro-segre- and away from the schools. An race, the fact of the matter is that gation platform in 1948 (which is We are hated by the world over for our educated populace is far more some cultural groups foster quali- a complicated way of saying I dangerous to them than an armed ties in individuals that grate think he did it for truly racist rea- ignorance. one. Education opens people's against the qualities of other sons). However, as integration eyes and it forces them to listen. groups. has become more of a reality in It empowers people to speak for the 50 years since his campaign flashing before us; be it a soap interest in America's short atten- One example of this has been themselves. Education dispels we've all learned some of those opera, game-show or the ten tion span. Both the government documented in a couple sociolo- o'clock news, they are all abstract and large corporations have a fear, and fear is what the corpo- ramifications for ourselves. And rate government thrives on. gy articles over the past few while segregation can hardly be in respect to our everyday exis- vested interest in the mass media. years. One in particular recorded considered a good thing, it is not tence. Corporate America and the America, open your eyes. how at movie theaters in newly- entirely bad, either. Only rarely are we able to American government are so Open your ears. Then open your integrated neighborhoods white connect the images before us with intertwined that this ruling class mouth. PAGE 4 OPINIONS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - JANUARY 28, 2003 War in Iraq? I Will Enlist After Jenna Bush Does

BRIAN DUTT Most people today equate who do, or who are still on the House on January 7 to fix the dis- (because Canada won't be taking OPINIONS WRITER being a hippie with smoking pot, fence, to think about that word, proportionate numbers of poor new citizens this time). Maybe saving the whales and driving "enlist." Has anyone? The guy and minorities in service, and hearing Godsmack in an Army I am not a hippie. 1 am not a painted Volkswagen vans. While behind the desk in the oval office many have signed on to his commercial gets you pumped up. communist. I am not a tree hug- I think these are all great activi- sure has...and he got C's in col- efforts. That could mean a draft It isn't enough for me though. ger. I don't wear Birkenstocks. I ties, stereotypes usually tend to lege. Maybe you have thought that takes kids out of small New Green isn't my color, and I don't don't play hackey-sack. I don't be more deprecating than endear- about enlisting, but then decided England colleges to fight along- want Gulf War Syndrome. The even really like the Grateful Dead ing. that you would leave the fighting that much. I am your typical I marched with over 200, 000 to poor southern boys who ride binge-drinking, Comedy Central- others in Washington on January tractors, and young inner city Watching, Abercrombie and Fitch 18, and 1 would say that it would high school dropouts who need wearing college student with a be impossible make a sweeping the military to show them disci- pline. You would stay in the states and use your college educa- Gulf War Syndrome is a lot worse than tion to get you a job on Wall Street. Then from your one room the hangover you had last Sunday morn- studio apartment on 1st Avenue, ing. you could watch Smart Bombs blow up hospitals on CNN, but it's okay because you wear a yel- couple of exceptions. I think Ice generalization about the crowd low ribbon supporting your Hockey is the best sport on earth, that could be used against it. I troops. and I'm against a war in Iraq. met college students in J. Crew You might be willing to live The word hippie today means Uniform, teachers, businessmen, with the hypocrisy of supporting something entirely different than musicians, grandmothers, people a war but not fighting it yourself, it did in the days when your par- of all cultures, and yes a couple of but this time the government ents were experimenting with "hippies." The crowd's responses might not let you get away with drugs and casual sex (face it - it to the half dozen Young it. Despite the fact that there is Protestors in Washington, D.C. BRIAN DUTT happened). During the Vietnam Republicans brandishing "Go only one Congress member who War, the anti-war movement that Home Hippies" signs were scat- has a son enlisted in the service, side the poor population that has Gulf War was a successful war as eventually, contributed to the tered middle fingers and a chant Congress still wants a fair draft, always done the fighting. far as battle goes. There were war's end was brought by college to "enlist." should a draft be necessary. If you are a male between the about 150 casualties for the allies, students! But today, being a hip- I don't hate people who sup- Representative Charles Rangle ages of 18-22, you should imag- compared to over 100,000 Iraqi pie isn't as coo! as it used to be. port the war, I just ask all of you (D-NY) introduced a bill to the ine yourself on a battlefield see WAR on page 5 TRINITY V. DAILY JOLT, INC.

News Item: April 2000, members of this community Here is the administration's wouldn't it be useful to post - chose to accede to Trinity's (Mecca, Saudi Arabia) The crave dialogue, and the Jolt was •argument: this place isn't just appraisals (akin to our campus- demands rather than fritter government lias closed do\vn a one of the few places — nay, the about academics; it is about wide Course Evaluations) with- away its meager profits on legal woman's Internet Cafe on the only place — where people could morality. Not my individual out fear of retribution? Why was fees. This entire campus has grounds that it is a threat to engage in an ongoing communi- morality, not your peculiar moral- it the case that certain untenured methodically walked through "morals." The reason given by ty-wide discussion of the things ity, but someone else's particular faculty expressed verbal agree- the molasses-like process of the authorities for shutting that mattered to them most. As an morality. (Is that idiosyncratic ment with the stand I and 49 other redressing the overreaching of down the Cyber Cafe is that the active participant of the former morality the consensus of this faculty took against this hew e- the administration - we've all said cafe served "immoral purr Jolt, I can say that this electronic place? Is it what the SGA wants? muzzlement, but declined to sign played along with the niceties poses" in the Muslim holy city. forum served a purpose unparal- - or does that really matter?) Here a letter of dissent? Because in this of tow. fi hall.s and petitions, qf 1 is how it goes: our goal is to cre- new campus environment, people persuasion and op-'ed pieces, all ate a certain kind of educated cil- are just plain scared. to no avail. We now live, study, and work in an izen, and we must conduct our- Yes, scared. Because we now But the jig is up. Recently, environment of crude intimidation, and selves according to a moral stan- live, study, and work in an envi- a student simply went over to dard which inculcates the follow- ronment of crude intimidation, Yahoo and started an unfet- the tyranny of the politically correct. ing lesson - you should be held and the tyranny of the politically tered, pseudonymous chat site personally and identifiably correct. This morality-based devoted to Trinity College responsible for anything you say tyranny may benefit you and your (simply go to . People ask me why I and leled on this fractious campus: the in the community. That way you group today, just as certainly as it groups.yahoo.com/group/trini- others have made such a big Jolt was a place where people will learn how to be a responsible may not tomorrow. But once arbi- tydailyshock/join). Here's a deal out of the policy questions could discuss love and life, peace and civilized person. trary intimidation — all in the simple lesson for any college raised by our ongoing Daily and war, societal ills, and profes- Last time I checked, Trinity •name of some idiosyncratic administrator or dictator in Jolt controversy. After all, it sorial and administrative success- College is situated in the United •vision of good citizenship — China or Saudi Arabia or Syria seems that very few campus es and foibles, all with the assur- States; not Syria or Saudi Arabia. creeps into a society or a commu- who thinks he can "take care of users are still using the Jolt. ance that if one chose, one could As a microcosm of our larger nity of learning, all is lost. Just this Internet problem." The And in the face of the incessant do so in anonymity, without fear society, we ought to respect and ask Internet users in Damascus, Internet is so porous, and struc- claim that the old Jolt was an of possible retribution. abide by the laws, liberties, and Mecca, Singapore, or Beijing — tured so democratically for the immoral cesspool of racism, This is how the Jolt is used on responsibilities of our land. That or Bob Jones University. exchange of information and sexism, anti-Semitism, and over 100 campuses across the is not an idiosyncratic moral homophobia, why would I or country. I encourage people to argument, but a widely accepted anyone ever want to reopen a visit other Jolt sites to see the liberal civic argument. Nowhere No one asked for this brouhaha. But forum for those evils to be kind of spirited and constructive else but in my workplace — a here it is, and we will not let it stand. promulgated on our campus? discussions that can occur when a place of ideas, supposedly — am Fair question. Let me try to chatroom is unfettered by admin- I subjected to the whims of Not without a fight. answer. Not a single one of the istrative diktat. moralistic thought police who supporters of the re-unleashing Put simply, we believe that a either shield me from someone of the Jolt under its former College campus should be an else's anonymous opinion or con- This preposterous situation ideas, that you simply cannot guidelines of "open and uncen- open marketplace of ideas, and strain me from expressing my has festered long enough. For the gain control of it. Simple as 1- sored" posting intends to sup- we believe — along with the own. moment, the forces of darkness 2-3. port the re-emergence of majority of Justices of the "The decision in favor of and ignorance have triumphed in Trinity College v. The uncivic and intolerable hatred. Supreme Court — that opinions anonymity may be motivated by a place that is supposed to pro- Daily Jolt, Inc. may be one It is a fundamental mis-charac- can be voiced both in one's own fear of economic or official retal- vide light and knowledge. The thing, but Trinity College v. terization of our position to name, and also anonymously. iation, by concern about social administration has threatened Yahoo, Inc. & Shareholders is impute such motives to our The Trinity administration ostracism, or merely by a desire legal action against any entity — quite another. And word has it effort. The lie that the Jolt's pri- insists that pseudonymous post- to preserve as much of one's pri- students, the corporate leaders of that The Daily Jolt, Inc. may mary reason for existence was ing is inappropriate for a place of vacy as possible" - so said the The Daily Jolt - which refuses to unilaterally defy the con- to provide a venue for hatred learning. We have learned this Supreme Court in 1995. Given accede to its construction of temptible "conditions" for its has been repeated so often that past semester that the administra- the unequal power relationship acceptability. Insulting our intelli- presence on the Internet as laid now most people think of the gence, the administration puts down by the administration. former Jolt as something akin forth a predictable facade of Lawyers, get your fax to an Aryan web site. As a microcosm of our society, we delay-and-stall tactics: encourag- machines ready! Tuition pay- Yet I defy anyone on this ought to respect and abide by the laws, ing contrived and lopsided "dia- ers, watch your checks flushed campus to prove that racist, logue," town hall meetings, facul- down the drain on legal retain- homophobic, and sexist post- liberties, and responsibilities of our land. ty discussion groups, announcing er fees. Trustees, brace your- ings constituted anything more the creation of yet unformed fac- selves for the College to than a tiny fraction of total ulty committees - all for the pur- become the national laughing- postings. I also defy anyone to tion believes that engrained prin- between administration and pose of wearing down the propo- stock of cyberspace. nents of a free Internet and there- show me a racist, homophobic, ciples of free speech need not employees/students, why would- No one asked for this by settling the matter. or sexist posting from the last 3 apply to the e-life of the College. n't I crave for the possibility of brouhaha. But here it is, and we years that was not immediately In its tendentious reading of the anonymity to protect me from The sham has worked - so will not let it stand. Not without challenged and excoriated by law, Trinity is a private organiza- overzealous protectors of "the far. Initially, the student managers a fight. another poster in the open mar- tion not governed by the princi- moral good"? of Trinity's Daily Jolt site were ketplace of ideas, or simply ples of American free speech leg- If a student wanted to ask scared shitless by the hint of law- Ronald C. Keiner excised by editorial fiat. islation, and can insist on limiting during Drop-Add Period about a suits. Initially, The Daily Jolt, Inc. Associate Professor of It is fair to say that most e-speech with impunity. given instructor's abilities, why - a fledgling e-commerce start-up Religion JANUARY 28, 2003 _- THE TRINITY TRIPOD OPINIONS PAGE 5 Paying for Oil or Paying for War Anonymity on Jolt

continued from page 4 is what you hear everyday, that him with that. He may be a hor- deaths. But the years after the they might have weapons of mass rible person, but he is not stupid. Given Another Try war have not been so good for the destruction, key word "might." In the end, I guess our United States. UN weapons inspectors left Iraq President is pretty smart. A suc- continued from page 2 College campus. Our conversa- in 1998 after having eliminated The war was fought in a cessful war on Iraq will gain the exchange of ideas. It is only tions have focused on devising a 90-95% of Iraq's ability to pro- chemical nightmare of pesticides, U.S. control over the country with through this exchange that stu- solution for the Forum that will duce chemical and biological insecticides, experimental med- the second largest oil-reserves in dents can become intellectually be best for the Trinity College weapons and the International ication given to GIs, depleted ura- the world (after Saudi Arabia). prosperous and live up to the mis- community. Although President Atomic Energy Agency certified nium used in ammunition to Halliburton Enterprises will gain sion of Trinity College." Hersh does not endorse the cur- that Iraq no longer had a nuclear some profits, some executives pierce through hard surfaces, as As anyone who watched the rent course of action, we hope will get better stock option pack- that our conversations will con- ages, it will be a lot easier to Forum this fall can attest, requir- ing users to display their identity tinue and that both of their voices Green isn't my color, and I don't want afford the gas for a Hummer and will be heard in the next two the U.S. will increase its political next to every message discour- aged this kind of open exchange weeks as we evaluate this new Gulf War Syndrome. leverage over countries like Japan setup. and Germany that depend on Iraqi on The Daily Jolt. One of the The Daily Jolt was created oil. main goals of The Daily Jolt has always been to give students an four years ago by a couple of well as smoke from burning oil weapons program. But in the Bush gets all this, and during open environment to exchange sophomores at Amherst College fields. While the actual cause of worse case scenario, Saddam has the war, everyone will forget how Gulf War Syndrome is still a couple of weapons that he man- Bush drained the Social Security unknown, the combined effects of aged to hide under his bed. surplus and turned it into a The Forum restrictions put in place at the chemicals present in the Iraqi However, possession of weapons deficit, and sat idly by as Enron, war-zone have been responsible does not authorize a pre-emptive Global Crossing and others slow- the end of the summer do not reflect the for about 10,000 deaths and thou- strike. Because if it did, the U.S. ly dragged the economy down wishes of the Trinity College community. sands of other disabling condi- should also go after France, from its already dismal position. tions. Gulf War Syndrome is a lot Israel, England, Egypt, Russia Everyone will forget about high worse than the hangover you had and Taiwan. Oh yeah, the U.S. unemployment levels and Bush's ideas, opinions, advice and even who wanted to make something last Sunday morning. Still want must also then launch a pre-emp- dividend tax cut that only helps nonsensical ramblings. A change that would be truly useful to to enlist? tive strike against itself. the wealthier proportion of the themselves and their friends. That population. Everyone will forget is necessary for the Forum to live If you do, then make sure you George Bush must have got- up to this ideal. remains the ultimate mission of know what this war is about, ten really wasted the night he how he didn't know the President The Daily Jolt at Trinity and else- of Pakistan's name, or how he The new Forum setup will because I'm not suie if I do any- found out that North Korea was undoubtedly spark continued dis- where - to be a student-run net- more. I remember the CO of our building the bomb and said they tried to wave to Stevie Wonder work that is useful, fun and free. during a concert, how he called cussion about the role of anony- country assuring us on national would use it if necessary. It's a mous speech at Trinity College. When The Daily Jolt succeeds, it television after September 11 that lot more difficult to justify a full- Africa a "nation," or how he can't is an accurate reflection of the eat a pretzel without choking. The Internet has introduced an we would "go get those folks." I scale attack on a country like Iraq immediacy to anonymous speech campus'community it serves. It is guess this is why I'm confused. that might have weapons when All it will cost him is money that has forced many to question a place where students can learn Which folks was it we were after? you simply use "foreign diploma- that we don't have, the lives of whether it is such a good thing about the diversity of people, I remember a guy named Osama cy" to deal with a country like American men (on and off the after all. groups and activities on their Bin Laden (who was trained by North Korea that admits it is arm- battlefield) and a couple of those Anonymous speech has a campus, a place where they can the United States in the 80's to ing itself. smooth poses he's become so long tradition in American socie- offer and seek advice, a place bring down Russia). What hap- There is also the thought that good at. When you support the ty, from the Federalist Papers to where they can relax, inquire, pened to him? Isn't this a war Saddam has used chemical war, remember that Smart Bombs our current mail and telephone debate and laugh. against terrorism? I think 15 of systems. It is a complicated issue We hope that this change the 19 terrorists on the flights worthy of thoughtful debate. Our reflects the wishes of the Trinity were from Saudi Arabia, but no Being against war doesn't necessarily decision to return a level of community. But we cannot be one wants to kill them. make you a hippie, it makes you human. anonymity to The Daily Jolt sure unless we hear your feed- So why Iraq? It must be Forum reflects our belief that back. We have set up a second because Saddam is "harboring" anonymous speech is essential to Forum called "Forum Feedback" terrorists. But organizations like the protection of the right to free where we invite all of you, stu- Al Qaeda are Saddam's oppo- weapons in the past, However, he aren't that smart. They Jcill thou- speech and necessary for promot- dents, faculty and staff, to say nents and he has jailed many used them on targets the United sands of children. Before you ing the open expression of ideas how you feel about these Islamic extremists. Osama wants States would never protect enlist, or support a war that will and opinions. changes. If you believe in the Iraq to replace Iraq's secular gov- (Iranian troops and the Kurds). force other people to enlist For those who are concerned changes or in what The Daily Jolt ernment with an Islamic one like Saddam has been very meticulous because of your support, think that the setup of the Jolt Forum is stands for, let your voice be heard Iran's. I don't think Saddam in making sure he did not attack about what you would really be not restrictive enough, it is worth in these next two weeks. If you would like that, so why would he or threaten the United States or its fighting for. Remember, being noting that our new setup is more think we have made a mistake or give weapons and power to Al allies. Saddam is a dictator who against war doesn't necessarily Qaeda? wants to maintain his power and make you a hippie, it makes you I guess the problem with Iraq attacking the U.S. would not help human. Anonymous speech is essential to the protection of the right to free speech.

restrictive than the message should be doing something differ- boards on Yahoo, AOL or ently, speak even more loudly. MSN.com. In fact, it is also more For this to become a true restrictive than the Forums on the reflection of the community, we Trinity Tripod website or the need to hear from all perspec- Trinity-focused "Yahoo Group", tives. If you believe The Daily named 'Trinity Daily Shock" Jolt has the potential to be a uni- (http://groups.yahoo.eom/group/t fying and positive force on cam- rinitydailyshock/), a page that pus, then we invite you to join us other Trinity students recently set in running the Jolt. We want The up in protest of the restrictions on Daily Jolt to be truly representa- The Daily Jolt. tive of and responsive to the If you believe that anony- Trinity College community. mous speech on the Internet In an interview with the should be restricted, your focus Tripod last fall, President Hersh should be on those who set the was asked about the new alcohol standards. Eliminating anony- policies on campus. He respond- mous speech on The Daily Jolt ed, "If you don't like my solution, will only send people to other engage me in dialogue and let's more anonymous destinations come up with something we can

If you believe that anonymous speech should be restricted, your focus should be on those who set the standards.

that will offer no accountability all - as a community - agree on." and will be less concerned with We could not have said it better the well being of the Trinity com- ourselves. Please contact us with munity. any questions, comments, con- Since the beginning of the cerns or suggestions at summer, we have engaged in an [email protected]. ongoing and constructive dia- logue with President Richard Chris Herron, President, The Hersh and Vice President Sharon Daily Jolt Herzberger regarding the role of Pernell Reid, Jolter, '03 The Daily Jolt on the Trinity Dan Picard, Jolter, '03 PAGE 6 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - JANUARY 28, 2003 Trinity Hosts Forums to Discuss King, Current Events Dialogues Unite the College and the Surrounding Communities in the Continuing Civil Rights Struggle ALEX GORDON amongst other societal ills. He also scorned was killed on a day where he was rallying Fernandez maintained that the civil for garbage workers both black and white. rights movement would have occurred NEWS EDITOR Trinity as having a "materialistic" student body and faculty that care less than they Like all those who spoke, she had the same without King's presence and emphasized Numerous conversations about racial should about their peers and students, than underlying message: the struggle for equal- that he was "no more spectacular than equality and diversity issues began last they should. Williams referred to the aspect ity and justice must continue. many other preachers," a sentiment that semester, sparked by an abundance of divi- of King's civil rights activism that involved The speak-in ended in a fashion not would be echoed by others, including fel- sive issues including hate speech on the measures beyond just discussion, such as seen at most liberal arts colleges: with low panelist Lorenzo Jones. Tying King's Daily Jolt and alleged racial profiling by civil disobedience. those present grasping hands and forming a initiatives to modern issues, she noted that Trinity students, Campus Safety and the He went on to prescribe a strict regi- circle for prayer. he spoke out against the Vietnam War and Hartford Police Department. Coupled with men of "active recruitment [of minorities], Immediately after the speak-in was the felt that it was "spiritual death" for a nation pressing national and international issues, high standards and a nurturing environ- "March for King," in which many students to spend more on its military than it did on such as President George W. Bush's objec- social aid. tion to elements of the University of Jamal Lacy wasted no time getting into Michigan's affirmative action admissions contemporary comparisons to King's policies and his desire to remove Iraqi ideals, first lamenting the lack of dialogue President Saddam Hussein from power, the occurring around the nation after 9/11 and annual commemoration of King's life came then commenting on the widespread usage at a time rife with discontent and discom- of King's words to support any cause. He fort on the part of people around the world cited President Bush and Attorney General and here at Trinity. John Ashcrofts' employment of King's The first event, a speak-in, began short- words as prime examples. Such multitudi- ly after noon in Rittenberg Lounge on nous application of King's prose led Lacy Monday, January 20. With local news to question the country's sincerity about channel WFSB 3 in attendance, Trinity King and the causes he supported. President Richard Hersh addressed the Principally, Lacy accentuated King's assembled group of students, faculty, staff ' faith in zealous individuals to make and Hartford residents following an intro- changes, and underscored that progress duction by Descatur Potier '03, does require unwavering passion and Coordinator of the Multicultural Houses, enthusiasm. and a video clip about King's life taken Following these remarks, members of from A&E. Hersh began by mentioning the Trinity professors discuss King and civil rights issues. the assembled group began exploring the recent national racial issues, such as the ment" to transform Trinity from its current and members of the Hartford Community widespread perception of King as a larger aforementioned University of Michigan state, further chastising the institution as participated by walking from Trinity's than life figure. Jones noted that in affirmative action case and now-infamous unwilling to "confront how things operate campus to Park Street. Chicago, where he grew up, King was seen and former GOP Senate Majority Leader on campus." Additionally, he charged that Also that afternoon, a documentary as a common figure, not even a leader, Trent Lott's statements last December at the school is not serious about diversity. about "the 1960's movement to secure though he was favorably viewed as an former senator Strom Thurmond's 100th In closing, Williams hotly exhorted black voting rights in Mississippi" showed emotionally and physically tough person. birthday party. students to "Protest. Don't go to class. Let in McCook auditorium. Confirmation followed that this view of Invoicing King's words from "Letter [the campus] know how upset you are." The most discussion-oriented event, King is rather prevalent in other areas of from Birmingham Jail," Hersh's comments According to Williams, change wrought at entitled "In the Spirit of Struggle - Where the nation, though not in Hartford. centered around King's notion that "the Trinity will spread outward in a ripple Have We Been, Where Can We Go?," was From the lofty ideal of one of the ulti- time is always right to do right." He spoke effect to change the larger societal group- that evening at 7:30 PM in Terrace Room mate civil rights leaders that King has against the "silence of good people" when ings around the campus. B. become, those assembled mused that there faced with the suffering of others, With this Carmen Green, a freshman, followed in The five-member panel, consisting of could be "1000's of King's out there," : -muted manner, speaking to the History professors Johanna Fernandez and Lacy put it. Valocchi then suggestecf""'" the communities of Trinity and Hartford inspiration he has received from King's Dario Euraque, Sociology Professor organizers working with diverse groups •' t must continue to fight as a whole against work and praising the Student Integrity Stephen Valocchi, Trinity Center for associated by commonalities would be injustice. Contract as a positive step toward fulfilling Neighborhoods community organizer more effective than single, "heroic" figures Jessica Filion '03, president of Trinity's mission statement to make stu- Lorenzo Jones and Student Government in securing further advancement of civil Trinity's La Voz Latina, spoke next. She dents "civically responsible." Association Vice President of Multicultural rights. noted that the struggles of Latinos and Finally, Professor of Political Science Affairs Jamal Lacy '03, along with mem- Many concurred, and further assented Blacks frequently overlap, and stressed the Brigitte Schulz reflected on her own "life- bers of the Trinity and Hartford communi- that the crux of the civil rights movement "commonness of humanity" in getting long love affair" with Dr. King. She too ties, ruminated on King's life and various was an honest critique of American society groups of individuals to; help each other encouraged all to speak out against injus- issues surrounding his activism. at its deepest levels, which continues to this with their respective struggles, "influence tice "no matter who it affects." Schulz also The beginning comments made by the day from Trinity's campus to the rest of the someone's life in a positive way," said speculated on what King would be doing if panelists concerned Dr. King's achieve- world. Filion as she further urged those in atten- still alive today, hypothesizing that he ments and their own experiences with "I think that last Monday can serve as a dance to universally embrace those who would be fighting against "weapons of racial issues and King's work. starting block from which Trinity College live in the community, be it at Trinity or mass destruction." Professor Euraque remarked on his can grow," observed Lacy. "It was appro- society at large. This category, which is usually associ- childhood as an immigrant to the U.S. in priate to have a balance of both reflection Quickly altering the mood, Professor ated with nuclear weapons and the like, 1968 from Honduras, while Professor and anticipation. Dr. King's work is far of Sociology Johnny Williams commenced Schulz redefined as issues such as hunger, Fernandez went on at greater lengths about from over and it is important that we learn his remarks by describing Trinity's "long disease, and economic and social injustice the civil rights movement and King him- from our past so that we can move forward history of racism, classicism and sexism," of all kinds. Indeed, she noted that King self. with hope and faith in a better tomorrow." Reverend Calls for Shift in U.S. Educational Standards continued from page 1 cation, a topic that he is strongly against. "How do we close the gap?" he asked. and, according to Flake, young people obvious barriers, but nothing more substan- "Special education is the first step to "You cannot support a community with today have lost this outlook. tial than that. incarceration," he rhymed. He believes rental homes," Flake said, reinforcing his In reference to being able to accom- "This is not an argument against affir- that once students are taken out of the point that one needs to own real estate, for plish anything, Flake discussed how he got mative action," Flake stressed, heading off classroom, they rarely make it back in and safety reasons and also because home own- his doctorate while he was serving a term several controversial questions. "We must that too many young people are in special ership has helped define America. in Congress from January 1986 to challenge students not only to rise to the education classes. Moving from home ownership to dis- December 1997. standard level of expectations, but to rise He compared prison to a job enterprise cussing young people, Flake compared "There is no section on tests for lan- above the standard," Flake said. Flake observing that, "without prison then there today's youth to his youth. Flake grew up guage that is not consistent with the pointed out that when people have been wouldn't be any jobs available." The in the Vietnam era and when there was a world," Flake said, referring to young peo- held back, they work hard to make sure school that Flake and his wife started took draft, the same kids who are in gangs today ple's slang. "You do hip-hop after five, but they never fall behind again. in former special education students and were sent off to war. from nine to five you are working. Young "I have the ability to overcome any because of the enforced discipline and the In Flake's view this was an advantage people cannot afford the luxury that they educational barrier, and jobs come after raised level of expectations, the students for them. According to Flake, one benefit can do less than their best," Flake said. me," he asserted in reference to the current were successful. to the draft was that these kids realized for 'The new paradigm has to be education job market and his success. "Every kid is important and every kid the first time that the world is larger than with excellence, not mediocrity," Flake "You need to create enough options for can learn," Flake said. their neighborhood.The second benefit to said. "This is not about slavery, but about yourself with the skills you have available After re-focusing on education going to war was the GI bill, because it what happened during segregation when I and do things in such a proficient fashion and spirituality, Flake recommends looking gave the soldiers the opportunity to buy a drank from the colored fountain and sat in that when it is done, or before it is done, at the.gaps in the system and trying to home and get an education by the age of the back of the bus. When we racialize someone else is offering you a job," Flake move people to a new economic plane as a twenty-one. everything, we lose our ability to tell our said, as he went through his extensive job second step to uniting America. Flake did note that in reality the draft people that it is about race." The lecture history. "If you know you have a plan for "Education opens the door," Flake did do damage to the black community, but ended with a question and answer session life and you prepare appropriately, then declared. He offered the statistic that sev- he also pointed out that more African- that went well, with several questions you can make it, despite your race," he enty-two percent of white Americans own Americans die in gang wars than in real about affirmative action and the president's added. homes whereas only forty-two percent of wars. The soldiers came back with the atti- current stance on the subject, which Flake Flake moved on to discuss special edu- African-Americans are homeowners. tude that they could accomplish anything fielded well. JANUARY 28, 2003 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD NEWS PAGE 7 Multiple Ruptures Upset Dorm Life During First Week Students Who Seek Respite from Excessive Dorm Heat Incite Disastrous Flooding, Personal Discomfort continued from page 1 On Sunday, January 19, at the water. Buildings and Grounds The Office of Residential ing chaos as much as possible. functioning heaters, drainage sys- 2:30 in the afternoon, the finished cleaning up later that Life suggested that closing the The College does keep a cer- tems and pipes. Hartford Fire Department evening and the following day. windows when you are not in the tain number of "emergency After investigating each of responded to a fire alarm in the On Sunday, there was a flood room and during the evening will rooms" in reserve for students these incidents, college officials Park Place dormitory. A heating reported at the Lockwood House help to prevent freezing pipes. who cannot spend the night in report that the main source of the pipe in a first floor room had located at 137 Allen Street. A problem is freezing pipes. burst from the extremely cold burst pipe was spewing water into On January 18, at 10 PM a temperatures. the house and onto the street from Neither the College nor[ORL] can be heating coil broke in a third floor The water came out of the a second story window. held... liable for any damage... due to room of Vernon Place dormitory baseboard radiator and flooded A plumber was called to turn and caused the heating system to the room and the basement. A off the water and crews were severe weather..," - Student Handbook malfunction. The broken heater plumber was called to turn off the brought in to clean-up the mess. flooded both the third floor room water and the Hartford Fire On Monday, January 27, at and two rooms on the floor Department worked to clear the approximately 10 AM, a pipe Unfortunately, since room tem- their rooms. These rooms have below. water out of the room. broke on the fourth floor of the peratures at Trinity can soar to 80 come in handy with these recent Buildings and Grounds was Buildings and Grounds Summit East Dormitory. The degrees or higher, students feel floodings and the widespread called to clean all three rooms arrived later that day to finish water that spilled out from the that closing the windows is not a damage. that were affected by the flood. cleaning the room. pipe affected not only the fourth viable solution. In each of these cases, The residents who had not yet At 7:30 PM, the Hartford floor room, but also the rooms A sophomore student who whether it be through a broken returned to campus, were notified Police Department and Fire directly below it on the third and lives in one of the rooms that was drain, malfunctioning heating coil by the college about the flood and Department responded to a fire second floors. flooded and wishes to remain or burst pipe, water damage to any damage that was done to the alarm on the third floor of The flooding occurred after a anonymous states, "Since most either personal property or school room and their belongings. Wheaton. radiator pipe burst from the cold students are unable to control the property is the end result. In the Later that same evening at A frozen heater pipe burst and weather. The fourth floor room heaters in their rooms and the Student Handbook, Trinity College states that it will not be 11:20 PM, a student called flooded the room with over a foot suffered extensive damage; stereo temperature can get to be 85 held responsible for any property Campus Safety to report a water of hot, murky water. As the hot equipment, computers and other degrees, it is unreasonable for the that is damaged during such an leak in a third floor bathroom in water flooded into the baseboard, electronics were ruined. The school to ask us to close our win- event, Jarvis. steam took over the room until flood was so extensive that the dows all the time. room on the third floor also suf- She continues, "If I shut my "Neither the College, nor the fered a great amount of water window, my room gets to be a Office of Residential Life can be "...the temperature can get to be 85 damage. Buildings and Grounds sauna. I think that the school held directly or indirectly finan- degrees... If I shut my window, my room was called to help in the clean-up needs to have the pipes checked cially liable for any damage or effort. more regularly and have old pipes loss of property due to the actions gets to be a sauna." -Anonymous Shortly after many of the replaced so that floods like these of students, undetermined vandal- floods occurred the Office of do [not] happen." ism, fire, facility failure, theft, severe weather, or other acts of Apparently, one of the show- the fire alarm went off, The water Residential Life) sent out a warn- In addition to the burden nature." ers in the bathroom had a dam- reached the adjacent room and ing to students via the Trinity placed on Buildings and Grounds, aged drain and leaked water to the leaked into the second floor room Exchange to close their windows. and the individual students affect- Therefore, if you are looking second floor rooms. below. Many people believe that ed, a large responsibility falls on for someone to blame for your Buildings and Grounds was Again, a plumber was called most of the flooding problems the Resident Fellows. broken computer, or to pay for the called to clean both the bathroom immediately to the scene to turn that have occurred are a result of With every incident, the rug that was ruined along the way, and the second floor rooms that off the water and the Hartford the persistently cold tempera- Resident Fellows must work to Trinity College is not offering to suffered from water damage. Fire Department worked to clear tures. minimize the damage and result- foot the bill.

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The Future of Technology Finding the Summer Job of Toy? Dreams Careers fllumni Panel with Caroline ffiagulre '97 Want tips on how to find a What's happening in the technology field today? . great summer job? Come meet alums and learn more. Wednesday Come meet LUEDHESDW February 5, 2003 Caroline Maguire, a recruiter who will offer February 5,BQD3 8:00 PM-9:00 PM c suggestions and advice to fl:aa- i:DQ PFTI At Career Services land that summer job of your dreams. at Career Seruices PAGE 8 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - JANUARY 28, 2003 Professors Convene to Work on Trinity's Race Issues continued from page 1 International Studies Professor sity on campus is deterred by English Professor Milla Riggio don at the lack of coherence in into the discussion phase, though Vijay Prashad introduced four ignorance and lack of discourse also supported more arts funding ideas and tactics mentioned, urg- it did contain numerous sugges- members from his International between students. and backed Professor Euraque's ing that the faculty must speak tions for initiatives to improve Studies 300 Racism class last Haron Atkinson '03 support- support for more TOP positions to unanimously in saying, "certain diversity on campus, such as the semester that had compiled a ed Carter's plea for faculty assis- be created and filled so that the behavior is not acceptable," after continued support of the then- report on racism at Trinity enti- tance. In addition, he questioned membership of the faculty would which ways must be found for newly created Office of tled "On Zion." Their report, what elements of Trinity's atmos- reflect Trinity's commitment to students to observe their profes- phere allow people to feel that diversity. sors acting on their unanimous they can make the racist state- Sonia Lee, Professor of declaration. ments that he has encountered Modern Languages, expressed Dean of the Faculty Miller during his tenure on campus. her disagreement with the Brown endorsed Hersh's position, At this point the students left P.R.I.D.E. Orientation program exhorting the faculty to work the meeting and Perkins, along that occurs for minority students together. While he noted that the with Psychology professor Sarah before regular pre-orientation. ideas discussed during the meet- Raskin, began the participatory Lee remarked that she felt it ing were good, they were too portion of the meeting by leading would be better to include the "piecemeal" and broke the larger a brainstorming session for short minority freshman with the other Trinity community down too and long-term goals for improv- freshman as opposed to allowing much. ing multiculturalism and accept- them to be differentiated from the In the wake of these adminis- ance on campus. rest of their peers before they trative comments, approximately Fred Pfeil, an English profes- even meet them. an hour and a half into the discus- sor, advocated the use of 'study "I'm not hearing the word sion, a number of faculty mem- circles,' groups of 6-15 people 'compulsory' enough today" bers began to leave, many with that would gather to discuss diversity issues. Modern Languages Professor Naogan Ma "[the Trinity community] doesn't need also voiced her support for study ROB€RT LeiTZeU to reinvent the wheel to go further than circles, having been a participant Harort Atkinson '03 addresses the faculty. these dialogues." -Dario Euraque copies of which were available in one in the past. In response, Multicultural Affairs and methods for faculty review, found that one faculty member asserted that for integrating elements into the Trinity was indeed lacking in for all she heard about lack of observed Music Professor John pensive expressions and furrowed curriculum. diversity. Furthermore, they dis- diversity, she did not know how Platoff as he advocated more brows. After a few more last- Among these recommenda- covered a "iack of data" pertinent to work on it within her primary required events to educate stu- minute comments, the meeting tions, the one initiative empha- to diversity issues during their medium of communication with dents about a wide range of diver- came to a close. sized by Euraque was the Target research. students: the classroom. sity issues. Though the members of of Opportunity Program (TOP), Sarah Carter, a freshman She exasperatedly asked for One proposal that received a FARA who began the meeting which he would like to see con- invited by English professor and concrete information on "how smattering of applause and made requested that there be another tinued and expanded. FARA member Margo Perkins, I've failed [the students] and how with the recognition that it was follow-up meeting later in the The TOP was created to give followed with a passionate appeal I can make it better." quite hackneyed was to reevalu- spring semester, it has not yet tenure track positions to minori- for faculty support in her and Jeffrey Walker, director of the ate the Greek system on campus been scheduled. ties and thus increase the number other students' attempts to work Austin Arts Center, encouraged because of its more exclusive and However, many • of the sug- and diversity of faculty members. on increasing diversity on cam- more focus on the Arts in order to insulating nature. gestions brought up during the The comments by faculty pus. bring faculty and students togeth- President Richard Hersh meeting are likely to surface in were followed by remarks from She echoed Professor er to discuss and reflect on the- interjected in the middle^ of the discussion concerning the ongo- several invited students. Fernandez's statement that diver- ater, dance and exhibitions. session, expressing some frustra- ing curricular review.^,, ;"

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA JANUARY 28, 2003 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD ARTS PAGE 9 Trinity Students Worked Hard to Make the Musicals a Success

BAILEY TRIGGS Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart makes his entrance on his hands (Kari Ann' Sweeney '03), John ARTS WRITER (Scott Troost "05). When Salieri and knees, playfully chasing his Hinckley, the attempted assassin was young, he prayed to God to soon-to-be-wife Constanze of Ronald Reagan (Christopher While you were still home make him a famous composer. Weber (Emily Fleisher "03). Simpson '06), and Lee Harvey sleeping in 'til one, enjoying non- Although he gained recognition Troost is hysterical as the frivo- What do you do when no one Oswald, the assassin of John F. Chartwells dining, and watching as he grew older and was favored lous and often silly Amadeus, will listen to you, wh*en you did- Kennedy (James Bisbee '05). Trading Spaces marathons, for by Joseph II, the Emperor of with his high, piercing laugh and n't get the job you wanted, when This easy solution is presented to some of your classmates work at Austria, (Matthew Williams '04), his proclivity towards baby talk the movie star you're obsessed these assassins by the founding Trinity had already begun. While when the young Amadeus broke with his wife. As the show pro- with won't return your calls, or father of all assassins John Wilkes gresses and the petty betrayals of when your tummy hurts? Kill the Booth, the assassin of Abraham Salieri begin to take their toll on president, of course! That's the Lincoln (Brendan Padgett '04). The real strength and force behind Amadeus, Troost captures the easy solution presented to the The musical is narrated by a true heart of Amadeus by show- likes of Charles Guiteau, the Balladeer (David Constantine Amadeus is found in the acting ofLerner ing his passion for his artistic assassin of James Garfield '03) and is set in a sort of limbo ideas. Although most think him and Troost. an idiot savant, Troost is able to show that Amadeus is passionate you were getting back into the into the scene, Salieri immediate- about making art that is for the swing of things at school, enjoy- ly recognized his talent and felt people. ing the light work of the first threatened enough by it to work Despite his obvious talent, week of classes, and partying to sabotage Amadeus' life and Amadeus' lack of social graces every night, some of your class- career. and all the work Salieri does mates were going through the Amadeus is not a musical, but behind his back, Amadeus is driv- toughest week they'll have at rather a play about music. The en into poverty. Fleisher is strong Trinity all semester. Who are only actual musical performance in her roll as Amadeus' wife who these workaholics, these gluttons is by Emily Forman '06 and struggles along side him to get for punishment? Who else but Brendan Padgett '04 who play him appreciated in the music Trinity's musical theater kids. opera singers performing world. In the end, Salieri visits These dedicated, these few, Amadeus' pieces. The real the near-mad Amadeus and con- worked (with the help of musical strength and force behind fesses that he is not the dear theater guru Professor Gerald Amadeus is found in the acting of friend Amadeus thinks he is. Moshell) to put on four musicals: Lerner and Troost. Lerner, the Amadeus dies soon after and Amadeus, Assassins, Birds of narrator of the story, is convinc- Salieri is left to live into old age, Paradise, and Nunsense II from ing as the tormented Salieri who watching as his music is forgotten Friday, January 24 to Sunday, had the power to know great and Amadeus' music is finally January 26. music when he heard it, but was revered by the public. In a last forever doomed to mediocrity. ditch effort to make his name go The Assassins pose forthe camera. JAMieCALABRESe Lerner skillfully plays both the down in history alongside (Matthew Williams "04), Leon where the assassins hang out, old Salieri who is narrating the Amadeus', Salieri begins spread- Czolgosz, the assassin of William swap stories, sing and dance story mere hours before his death, ing the word on the street that he In my high school's philoso- McKinley (Benjamin Fordham together. Each assassin's story is and the young Salieri who was responsible for the death of phy club, one of the questions we '03), Guiseppe Zangara, the told in turn, beginning with John befriends and betrays Arnadeus. Amadeus. Salieri dies believing discussed was: "Would you rather attempted assassin of Franklin Wilkes Booth's and moves for- Though Salieri is a despicable that his mission was successful. die and be forgotten, or be Roosevelt (Kevin Keating '05), ward in non-linear time. The character driven by ego, Lemer The Two Venticelli (Kristina remembered; and hated?" The Samuel Byck, the attempted show switches back and forth was able to show Salieri as a DePeau '04 and Peter Votto '04), lead character in Amadeus, assassin of Richard Nixon (Sasha from the comedic to the serious. pitiable character who would live the purveyors of gossip and infor- Antonio Salieri (Ryan Learner Bratt '03), Lynette "Squeaky" While, initially, the subject of and die knowing he was less than mation throughout the show, '03), is adamantly in favor of the Fromme, the attempted assassin assassinating the president is the best. inform the audience that no one latter option. For those not famil- of Gerald Ford (Brie Schwartz treated lightly as a cure-all for believes Salieri's story and he iar with the story, Salieri was a As Amadeus, Troost is both '06), Sara Jane Moore, the other life's woes, as the musical devel- dies forgotten. composer during the time of enchanting and tragic. Amadeus attempted assassin of Gerald Ford see MUSICALS on page JO

'.. JBDDb ' < 49B^ ' ' -! Sift' JfittttNflflBfe j^l&~"t^ Agm^ca^ctnocuu AD^dt fflft1 ^^^^BttW^tf^U. tf^ftC k^^MV^^Vlfti^x From Ireland to France ELIZABETH WELSH See Eminem act! 8 Mile is his quasi-autobiography, the story ARTS WRITER of a kid named Jimmy trying to Who needs "stadium-style thrive (or at least survive) in 8 WOMEN Jan 27-28 seating" when you've got a bal- Detroit. Like Eminem, he finds (France, 2002) Directed by Francois Ozon. Screenplay by Ozon and Marina DeVon, based on cony? After spending part of his escape in writing and per- the play by Robert Thomas. Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emtnanuelle Beart, Fanny your break shuffling between the forming hip-hop. But can it help Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard. same few multiplexes, isn't it Jimmy to literally escape, and Eight of France's most fabulous actresses grace the screen in an old fashioned, Hollywood style nice to know you can finally see finally get out of Detroit? murder mystery on a country estate. Among the stars in this highly amusing diva-fest are Catherine the great Polish film you've Trinity]s own Martin Grzyb Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant and octogenarian Danielle Darrieux - each of whom gets always wanted to? And if you founded the Greater Hartford to perform a song on screen. When the man of the house turns up dead during the Christmas holi- missed seeing 8 Mile, or know Film Festival, which kicks off days, each and every woman in the house is a suspect, from the elegant widow (Deneuve) to the someone who did, Cinestudio's this Sunday with two movies. insolent chambermaid (Emmanuelle Beart). The young and gifted Franfois Ozon celebrates his got that too. All in all, it's more First is The Career of Nikos assemblage of extraordinary women with a delectable lack of reverence. This program was made movies than you'll know what to Dyzma (Kariera Nikosia Dzymy). possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry do with. It tells the story of an average guy of Culture (CNC) 110 min Tuesday night's your last (Nikos, who works as a gravedig- chance to see 8 Women (8 ger), who, after inadvertently BLOODY SUNDAY Jan 29 - Feb 1 Femmes), which stars all of making a brutally honest 'remark (Ireland/Britain, 2002)Director: Paul Greengrass. Screenplay by Greengrass, based on the book France's best-loved actresses. It's to the Prime Minister, finds him- by Don Mullan. Cast: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard McSorley, Kathy a murder-mystery with musical self being rewarded in ways he Kiera Clark, Mary Moulds. interludes, which tips its hat to never would have expected. It's a Brutal state oppression of ethnic minorities doesn't only happen in the Middle East, as shown in the classic, classy (and yeah, hilarious depiction of what it real- a devastating new film set in the six British-ruled counties of Northern Ireland. Paul Greengrass has often cheesy) movies of the first ly takes to get to the top. brilliantly recreated the events that led up to "Bloody Sunday", when British soldiers fired on a half of the twentieth century. If Promised Land (Ziemia group of peace marchers in Derry. Through the eyes of Ivan Cooper, MR (James Nesbitt), we see you can imagine a happy mar- Obiecana) is based on a classic. the hopes of Irish Catholics, inspired by the civil rights movement in the States, as they turn to dis- riage of Gosford Park with Polish novel. It's the story of a illusionment and militancy. (Bloody Sunday happened this week, Jaquary 30, in 1972.) Winner, Moulin Rouge, 8 Women is the Pole, a German, and a Jew who Golden Bear (Best Film), Berlin Film Festival. 110 min movie which would result. disregard their differences and Sometimes it's hard for a lot come together to successfully run 8 MILE Jan 31 - Feb 1 of us, as Americans, to fully a factory. It's set in the 19th cen- (U.S., 2002) Director: Curtis Hanson. Screenplay by Scott Silver. Score includes music by understand the North Irish con- tury, when factories such as this Eminem, Macy Gray, Rakim, Nas, Jay-Z. Cast: Eminem, Kim Basinger, Mehki Phifer, Brittany flicts between Catholics and one all over Poland contributed to Murphy, Evan Jones. Like Elvis Presley before him, Eminem is the white kid from the wrong side Protestants. Bloody Sunday industrialize the country, which in of the tracks who loves black music and sends grownups running from the room. But unlike Elvis, depicts the events that led up to a turn helped to make Poland the massacre of peace protesters on Eminem has made it to the screen with all of his menace and rebellion intact. His gritty first film is modern country it is today. Sunday, January 30, 1972, which pretty close to a roman a clef. Jimmy Smith (Eminem) lives with his pill-popping mother in a Detroit Salma Hayek worked for were perhaps first immortalized trailer park, working by day in a metal stamping factory, but dreaming of hip-hop salvation by night. years to bring the life of artist in U2's "Sunday, Bloody Frida Kahlo to the big screen, and 8 Mile is not only an impressive acting debut for its star, it boasts the best soundtrack out there today. Sunday." The movie focuses in 110 min it shows. Frida is a vibrant, hon- particular on Ivan Cooper, a est film, the story of a woman Protestant member of British PROMISED LAND Feb 2 who lived life to the fullest, Parliament representing a through the good and the bad, (Poland, 1974) Director: Andrzej Wajda, Based on the novel by Nobel laureate Stanislaw Catholic district. It's the Reymont. Cast: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn. "I have nothing, you have Hayek plays Kahlo, a Mexican Catholics who are protesting their artist who is best known for her nothing, and he has nothing; that means together we have enough to start a factory," says an impov- treatment at the hands of the erished Polish nobleman to his Jewish and German partners. This newly restored film by the great epic, surreal self-portraits. Frida Protestant government and exposes the person who created Andrzej Wajda (Kanal, Ashes and Diamonds) captures a unique moment in place and time (19th cen- majority, and the events which tury Lodz), in which ethnic differences took a back seat to the capitalist ambitions of a new class. the art, a woman who surrounded followed directly contributed to herself with interesting characters 140 min the religious tensions pervasive in and fought to be exactly who she For more information, please contact Martin Grzyb at (860) 297-2811 or (860) 224-1194 Northern Ireland to this day. truly was. PAGE 10 ARTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - JANUARY 28, 2003 Versatility of Trinity's Musical Theater Highlighted

continued from page 9 quirky sense of humor, and has to show Wood a song from the mother, Marjorie (Alicia Ditta blown up picture of the writer on ops, the audience begins to under- just enough cheesy musicalness musical he's been working on '03), dated Wood in high school a stick) to help them get through stand more clearly the very seri- to make it loveable, not annoying. (inspired by Anton Chekov's The and was hoping to rekindle that opening night. Dave takes over ous feelings of frustration and It's just what Trinity musical the- Seagull) performed by Julia romance when he reappeared in the lead role and at the musical's impotence that underscore the ater does best. Birds of Paradise (Anna Vognsen '06). Wood loves town. Marjorie is disappointed close, it looks like the play will be decision to become an assassin. is the story of a small amateur Homer's work and suggests that when a romance instead seems to able to go on without Wood. While "Squeaky" Fromme theater group, the Harbor Island the Harbor Island Players put on be kindled between Wood and (Schwartz) and Sara Jane Moore Julia. Marjorie is not the only (Sweeney) provide a comic light- one to be disappointed about that ness to being an assassin in their relationship; Homer has been in Nunsense II: The Second use of KFC boxes for target prac- love with Julia all along. While Coming is the hysterical follow- tice and the roll-on-the-floor Homer has been busy pining over up to the musical Nunsense. You brawl they have before their Julia, Hope, a depressed feminist need not have seen the first to attempt on Gerald Ford's life, and former star of Dave's A Diva appreciate the second, the entire performances like Fordham's for December (Leslie Waters plot of the first Nunsense is neat- portrayal of Leon Czolgosz, the '06), has been pining over Homer. ly summarized in the first musical immigrant factory worker who While Julia loves Wood and number: nuns in need of money to was forced to work under inhu- Homer loves Julia and Hope pay for the burial of people killed mane conditions for little pay, and loves Homer, Dave, poor Dave, is by Sister Julia Child of God's Bratt's powerful Samuel Byck in love with Hope. Keating cooking perform on stage to raise who talks into his lape recorder to shines as the comically bumbling money for the convent and end up famous people and feels that no and tragically lonely high school adopting a nun with amnesia who one listens to him, add emotional music teacher who only wants to turns out to be a country singing depth to the musical. The final be written a love scene. star and wins the Publisher's scene is the most powerful, with The highlight of the show Clearinghouse, saving the con- Padgett as the eloquently manipu- was the number "Penguins Must vent. This time around, the nuns lative Booth, aided by the rest of Sing" featuring Keating, Waters, are giving a thank you show for the assassins in convincing and Bisbee dressed as penguins all the good fortune that came to Bisbee's compellingly conflicted JAMie CALABRESG jumping around stage trying to fly them because of the first show. Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate Student actors performing in Birds. and singing about the sad luck of They receive a telegram notifying John F. Kennedy. While this Players, that gets a visit from- Homer's musical with himself as a bird born without the ability of them that there is a talent scout in moment was very powerful and Wood (Benjamin Fordham '03) a the director and star. flight. Not surprisingly, Wood, the audience and go all out to put moving for the audience, it dis- professional actor and brother of As the group begins working solved into a song that was remi- Andy (James Bisbee '05), one of on the production of Homer's niscent of the lighthearted atti- the members of the theater play, tensions rise when Wood tude taken in the beginning of the • troupe. Wood is looked up to and drastically cuts Homer's script The highlight of the show was... musical that felt out of place in revered by the small town players and begins rewriting parts of it. the context of the recently serious "Penguins Must Sing" as a big theater star. When Wood Aside from the artistic battle turn the musical had taken. appears on the scene, the players between Homer and Wood, the are rehearsing a musical written other tension in the musical who throughout the play worried on an impressive show. While BOrcbyof by Dave, a high school music comes from the complex relation- that the other actors thought he they are working to entertain the teacher (Kevin Keating '05), ships each of the characters has was somebody special when he audience, they get a phone call entitled: A Diva by December. with each other. Stella, the lov- was really a nobody, leaves the from the Franciscans insisting Wood sits in on the rehearsal and ably geeky secretary of the play- production to take a job on that Sister Amnesia is a Birds of Paradise is quintes- deems it a poor man's copy of My ers (Shannon Fillion '05), and her Broadway. Stuck without a direc- Franciscan and the prize money sential Trinity musical theater. Fair Lady. Homer, the aspiring mechanic-cum-actor husband tor or lead on opening night, the the nuns won in the last musical is It's relatively unknown in the composer and writer of the group Andy (James Bisbee '05) are hav- remaining cast calls on the spirit theirs. As the musical progresses, musical theater world, has a (Douglas Goodman .'06), offers ing marital problems. Homer's of Chekov (as embodied by a

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LUCAS DUNLAP that others might consider strange. JOE STRAMONDO funny movie. ARTS WRITER Adam Sandler's character Barry is ARTS EDITOR Adam Sandier was not emotionally driven throughout the story to collect mas- screwed up in his usual "ha-ha-ha, I better Paul Thomas Anderson has a history of sive amounts of pudding. Because of a It's hard to believe that I am going into take a bathroom break before I have an making some pretty strange films. His special offer through Healthy Choice and my fifth semester at Trinity and this past accident" sort of way. It was more like a debut "Hard Eight" gained him enough American Airlines, Barry can redeem the Sunday was the first time I saw a movie at "this is scary because Sandier just used his attention to make his second film "Boogie proofs of purchase for frequent flyer miles. Cinestudio. Certainly, I'd recommend the Bobby Boucher voice during a serious Nights," a story about a burgeoning (and Although this strikes many people as a theater to everyone, a work of art in itself romance scene" sort of way. we all know what that means) pom star. bizarre and crazy scheme, 1 can personally and a fine escape from its more common, There are so many comedic opportuni- This earned him critical acclaim and the say that if I found an offer that awarded me multi-screened, overcharging modern ties that could have been realized. Toilet type of Hollywood clout to produce one million frequent flyer miles for buying counterparts. However, I can't say the plungers? Seven sisters? Phone sex? Come "Magnolia," an overblown, self-conscious, $3,000 worth of pudding, I would do it. same for the film I saw last Sunday after- on! three hour epic complete with the star- Anyone who says they wouldn't is either noon, Punch Drunk Love. • Instead of being funny, Punch Drunk power of Tom Cruise and Julianne Moore lying or stupid. The only valid reason anyone should Love is busy developing characters that ending with frogs falling from the sky. Sandler's subtle (yes subtle) treatment have for seeing this film is that they are on were too eccentric to be interesting and "Punch-Drunk Love," the story of a of his character reveals Barry's campus two days before their classes begin symbols that were too odd to be meaning- social pushover (Adam Sandier) lack of pretension that allows him and want to make themselves feel bet- ful. falling in love and beginning a to see things the way they really ter about spending the previous / Sandler's character, Barry relationship with a beautiful are. night reading Nietzche because Egan, wears a blue suit to the woman, is Anderson's most In an intimate love scene they were able to find a syllabus warehouse where he sells recent film. with his romantic interest Lina, on their prof's web-site. */ plungers and stores the many Don't get me wrong, I hated Barry says to her. "I'm sitting Happy Gilmore, The 7*, i~*\ plastic cups of Healthy "Boogie Nights" and here looking at your face, Waterboy, Big Daddy ... this is "} *** Choice pudding that he "Magnolia." I had never seen '•, and I just want to smash it." what I expect to see when I go to / C^ bought in order to obtain fre- movies that tried so hard to appeal "'*- J I can't even count the number an Adam Sandier movie. After / i quent flyer miles. to the "artistic" sensibilities of a non- of times I've wanted to say that to women. last weekend, this is what I WANT y*S Sandier shares the screen artist audience. His perceptive nature seems to be exactly to see when I go to an Adam Sandier with Emily Watson, playing the part of The extremely contrived anti- what Lina latches onto. movie. I had a bad feeling when the com- Lana Leonard, a blonde woman with a Hollywood feeling of "Boogie Nights" (not There still are some problems in ing attractions rolled and I was clearly the slight British accent who somehow fails in to mention the subject matter) made it infi- "Punch-Drunk Love" that seem to have youngest person in the theater - only one of love with the plunger monger. Drew nitely appealing to high school boys and carried over from Anderson's earlier films. a handful that were under forty. Obviously, Barrymore still outpaces all of her compe- Quentin Tarantino fans alike. "Boogie Some of the attempted symbolism doesn't this was not the same crowd that would tition as Sandler's most annoying co-star, Nights" (save a good performance from exactly pan out in the end. The car acci- come out for Billy Madison. but this Watson woman has potential. John C. Reilly) sucked just like "Roller dent and Harmonium from the opening This is not to say that my taste in As far as symbols, the movie begins Girl." sequence are never really explained, creat- movies is limited to bathroom humor or with a taxi dropping a miniature organ-like Despite my opinion of "Boogie ing a troubling loose end. People were that I loved every Adam Sandier movie that musical instrument on the curb in front of Nights," the film was hugely successful heard in the lobby after the picture to say has graced the silver screen. The Wedding Sandler's warehouse. After looking at it and gave Anderson a platform off of which "what the hell was that?" and "why did I Singer made me want to hurt myself and with an apprehensive curiosity that is not to launch his audience-isolating failure just waste my time?" others, but that was more because Drew shared by the audience, Sandier carries it "Magnolia." This movie is a step in the right direc- B anymore needs to learn how to act with- inside and sets it on his desk where it reap- "Magnolia" trumped up the star power, tion for Anderson. He seems to be return- out sounding like she is completely stoned. pears throughout the film. I was left wait- the scope and the concept of any of his pre- ing to his roots by telling this intimate However, it would take an act of God to ing for something to happen that would vious films. A conglomerate of several sto- story about one man instead of trying to salvage Mr. Sandler's carrier, not an artsy- give this meaning. nes riddled with half-hearted (or not very tackle a more complex narrative. His use fartsy love story that all the professional Unfortunately, it symbolized nothing more than the idea that pbeudo-imellectual tiling to hit theaters since ffioward The film critics will always go crazy:'8r#r a'-' "Punch-Drunk Love" rights every wrong Paul Duck. movie if it has zero entertainment value. I The plot was just simply bizarre. could be wrong. If someone who has seen Thomas Anderson has made in any of his previous Sandier plays a psychologically unstable this movie could take the time to explain toilet plunger salesman who finds that fate the organ symbolism to me without talking films. has steered him into a relationship with a out of their ass, I would sincerely appreci- co-worker of one of his seven overbearing ate it. sisters. What bothered me the most about this well thought out) symbolism and terrible of pastel lighting in "Punch-Drunk Love" This star crossed relationship is almost movie is that it tried too hard to be art. Its dialogue. hints at an aptitude for composing beautiful thwarted by the fact that he is being threat- unconventional script and cinematography "Punch-Drunk Love" rights every pictures that should be the envy of most ened, robbed, assaulted and generally annoyed me rather than delighted me. wrong Anderson has made in any of his painters. abused by three blonde brothers who were Some scenes were dizzying without any previous films. Like "Hard Eight" (which The script is funny, inspired and truth- sicked on him by a phone sex scam. real purpose. far outshines both "Boogie Nights" and ful, and creates a world where the actors Salvation only lies in the strength he finds The dialogue and motion on the screen "Magnolia" in every respect except flam- can effortlessly place their characters. Paul within himself, allowing him to vent his spiraled out of control leaving me to pon- boyant wasting of money), "Punch-Drunk Thomas Anderson has created a film that psychotic rage on his assailants with a der not the message of the film, but why Love" is an intimate story about the adven- will speak to the lovestruck for years to crowbar instead of inanimate objects like anybody would choose to create such a tures of one man. Anderson seems to have come and, in doing so, finally realized the restaurant bathroom stalls. The message: horrid menagerie of sensory stimulation. realized after "Magnolia" that breadth in balance between star power and good writ- you can mess with me, but don't mess with This attempt at an artistic presentation is scope does not make more poignant cine- ing. my girl. Somehow, the plot of Punch almost as annoying as the characters being ma. Anderson has really hit on something Drunk Love has managed to be both out- developed. One thing Anderson has consistently with "Punch-Drunk Love" and has at last landish and cliche'. If you are looking to see a non-main- done well throughout all of his films is achieved his career goal: making a really It's as if Paul Thomas Anderson made stream film that has depth and still keeps encouraged the audience to relate with good movie that people will want to see for this movie as an attempt to astound viewers your attention, rent Memento, I Am Sam, or eccentric characters. "Punch-Drunk Love" a long time. with his skill at taking a funny actor and Life Is Beautiful. Stay away from this 105 certainly forces us to examine things we do funny subject matter and making a very not minutes of torment. Successful Winter Musicals Showcase Trinity Talent

continued from page 10 Cunningham '04). Filling out the features of the show was its it turns out that the Franciscans ranks is the endearingly flaky reliance on audience participa- are not Franciscans at all but a falling crucifix survivor Sister tion. health inspector angry and bent Amnesia/Mary Paul (Shannon When the audience walks in on revenge because his son was Fillion '05), the ever-peppy phys; the door everyone is given Bingo expelled from Catholic school. ed. coach in search of the spot- cards and when Sister Amnesia The nuns beat up the imposter light Sister Robert Anne (Alicia leads the group in a game of and keep both their prize money Ditta '03), and Sister Mary Leo Bingo, amazingly, at least half the and Sister Amnesia. (Caitlin Mehner '06) the ballerina audience jumps up and yells In this musical, the plot hap- turned nun who only wants per- 'bingo' at the same time. In pens off stage and is incidental. It mission from Mother Superior to another scene, the nuns lead the is the characters and performanc- dance in a tutu instead of a habit. audience in a sing-along about es of the nuns that makes this The musical is run like a tal- Franciscans locked in a church musical so funny and endearing. ent show, showcasing not only lavatory. Sister Mary Regina (Jamie the beautiful voices of the actress- Even the less-than-full house Tracey '06) is the prim and prop- es, but also their brilliant comedic of the performance I attended was er (and former circus starring) timing. The eagerness of each hooting and hollering with laugh- Mother Superior of the convent. character to show off her talents ter and applause when the show Playing off of Tracey's comically was endearing and the jokes that was over, and I think it's safe to stiff Mother Superior is the sec- would normally have fallen fiat say our collective cheeks hurt ond in command Sister Mary were all the funnier when deliv- from smiling and laughing for so ered by nuns. One of the greatest long. wsmmTrinity women play at being nuns. eiL££N FtYNN Hurbert (the hysterical Norja PAGE 12 ARTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - JANUARY 28, 2003 Good Acting Can't Save Spike Lee's Latest Work

GREG POLJN ratted him out to the police. He decides well, you have to take into account 9/11. tion of someone who destroyed himself. However, the link is weak and never really ARTS WRITER whether to face his jail term or not. Why? I don't know either, but for some Nothing surprising. Nothing amazing. reason this entire film is overshadowed by developed leaving you guessing why 9/11 The 25th hour, the latest joint by veter- The minor characters and their subplots an director Spike Lee is great for its comic really add nothing to this film experience. factor, its display of acting, and for its zeal. Phillip Seymour Hoffman plays Norton's However, make no mistake: The 25 th Hour friend who is a dorky high school teacher is not a great film. In fact it's probably lusting after one of his students. Lee's worst, and most likely Ed Norton's Norton's other companion, played by worst as well. It's just terrible. Barry Pepper, is a Wall Street investment At certain points in the film I was more banker who is suave, greedy, and a bit of a interested in peeling off the dried gum a misogynist. previous filmgoer decided to stick on the It took me about half the movie, until back of the seat in front of me than what we learn of Hoffman's lust for one of his was happening up on the screen, but I'm students, to realize that the two friends getting ahead of myself. aren't a gay couple, but that's another story. The film stars Ed Norton as a convict- This would all be fine if the character ed drug dealer. He's going to prison for development, the philosophy of the film, seven years, but was apparently granted and the message of the film were strong bail and gets one day before his sentence and interesting. starts to seal up every loose end. The Unfortunately, the dialogue is as thin as movie has two conflicts. Calista Flockheart. The characters never One is whether Norton should accept discuss anything! They just sort of almost his sentence, kill himself, or try to run. The talk about Ed Norton going to jail, but never really do. second is sort of a mystery: Who was it Edward Norton played the lead character in 25th Hour, set DAVID Lee that alerted the police to Norton's stash of The only interesting parts of the script narcotics? The general impression at the are the standard Spike Lee monologues in post 9-11 NYC. opening of the picture is that it is his long where the character talks to him/herself. In the fall of the towers. is in the film at all. time girlfriend (played by Rosario this particular movie, Norton talks to him- The opening credits are shown in front Finally, I suppose it's worth a sentence of video footage of two lights being shown 'or two to discuss Lee's directing skills. I from the WTC site. Then there is the fact don't know if he was drunk, cracked up, or that Norton's friend's apartment overlooks just didnt care, but this is probably worst It was laughably bad It was... I Just can't express the site. So what is the point one might edited film I have ever seen in my entire how horrible the editing was. ask? Where is the connection between 9/11 life. It was laughably bad. It was... I just and a guy going to jail for seven years for can't express how horrible the editing was. dealing drugs? If I had the choice between seeing the In truth there isn't one. The entire tan- movie again or having a needle jammed Dawson). self in mirror and insults every ethnic and gent seems forced into the movie, as between my fingernail and my finger, I The plot moves in a pretty linear fash- social group in New York and then takes it though the script was written before 9/11 or think I might choose the latter. ion. We meet Norton. We discover the ten- all back. simply without it in mind and then Spike Don't see this film. Yes there is decent sion between him and Dawson. We find It's interesting to see, and yet, it's Lee felt the need to comment on the acting, but you know what, there are thou- out that his drug partners are throwing him rather long. So long in fact that I actually tragedy. sands of better movies that have decent act- a going away party that night. We meet his felt the need to look at my glow in the dark The sought after connection is that ing. friends and father who have their own watch half way through and clock it. because terrorists, accidents, and the like As; for those few, poor, lost souls who unimportant subplots. The two friends get Afterwards I'm really only left with the can come down in foul swoop and kill us don't heed my warning and still want to see together. impression that politically correct films are without hesitation we shouldn't waste time the movie then let me tell you this: It's not Eventually Dawson and Norton show destroying this country. destroying ourselves. his girlfriend who turned him in and he up. They go to the party. We find out who As for the philosophy of "25th Hour, Norton's character is the personifica- decides to go to jail. >,A- iforf Su&mid&Umi, jo* tUe *I*inihf PopeU "1o tke Student*, o^ 'Jnlniiy GoUeae:

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Bush, the President of usually encompassing behavioral in a cup in the corner of the base- a shotgun and well, you can pened to me as I began the second our country, and therefore interactions between two college ment in Psi U during a Beirut imagine. semester of my senior year at arguably, like, the 3rd most As the world mourned and Trinity: important politician in his politi- / call this behavior...the "I'm a dick different sets of my "friends" 1) I have become exceedingly cal party, actually showed interest used their 8th grade yearbooks as charming and great looking; in an issue that effected me. He 'cause life sucks" syndrome. outlets of grief, I became con- 2) Because of my new-found said, and I quote, "we need to cre- fused ('Kurt R.I.P. 1967-1994' charm and looks, members of the ate jobs." Yes! Right! That's and 'Nirvana is God' were the opposite sex now find me exactly how I feel. For once, a age persons. See if you can game, accidentally throw the ball most prevalent and ironically, the extremely attractive and can't politician and I care about the choose the one that I made up. in the cup, and then keep playing most accurate because, you know, keep their hands off of me; same things. Well actually, "There is nowhere to go on with the ball, Then I made out in a way Nirvana is, at least, 3) I realized, that, "Oh crap, instead of "jobs" I'd be happy if this campus except one pathetic with him." where God's supposed to live). I'm gonna need to get a job he just created "a job." For me. If bar with a sketchy owner and the A lot of you readers are, at Why did someone with so much soon." he did that, then I'd have no Little dormitory basement." this point, probably thinking one success and power choose to end Okay, so, to be completely choice but to consider George W. "Daddy's firm is overrated, of three things. One: at least this their life when they seemed to be honest with you, it's really only Bush to be a genius. Goldman Sachs in only offering guy's articles are consistently at the pinnacle of their career? me low six digits and I can barely dreadful, two: I don't understand The only possible explana- drive my BMW in the snow. I any of the big words he uses and tion other than severe dementia I've come to realize that the term "lib- knew I should I have gone to he obviously doesn't either, or with highly inflictive suicidal ten- Rollins. " three: this is not the sports section eral arts degree" actually means, "no dis- dencies is something that I see "This school sucks now, I'm or the Intramural Insider. almost everyday in a variety of cernable skills what-so-ever." not getting a job and I just bought My response to this is to beg behaviors at our lovely institu- that girl seven shots of tequila at for you the reader to let me tion. I call this behavior self the bar and she went home with explain my psychologically inflicted, pressure-based despon- the one thing. But it is an impor- That's right, you heard me. A that guy who checks our IDs." based, sociologically verified dency or, more commonly, the tant thing. genius. "You didn't have sex with her explanation of the current trend "I'm a dick 'cause life sucks" You see, I've realized that To create a job for me will not after the second hook up and being perpetuated at small liberal syndrome. come next May, either I'll end up be easy, though. You see, when you're still talk to her on the arts schools across the nation. It is People everywhere, especial- getting a job someplace, or I'll one graduates from Trinity, he has phone? Hang up dude, you can't a little something that I have ly during the depressing, grey have no choice but to move back earned what some people call, a marry a girl like that!" christened the 'Kurt Cobain' phe- winter months, mope around this home to my parents. And, honest- "liberal arts degree." I've come to "Hey fellow party animals, I nomenon. campus talking fondly of the time ly, wasn't that the reason we did realize that the term "liberal arts just wanted to say that I support As most of us that were privy when Trinity College was the that whole college thing to begin degree" actually means, "no dis- both your choices of abstinence to a media outlet in the United 'fifth rated party school' and how with, to get away from our par- cernable skills what-so-ever." and your decision to remain rela- States in the early to mid 1990s much 'life sucks', how there's ents? I know I didn't move up to What's worse, "English major" tively coherent by not 'shooting' know, Kurt Cobain was the 'nothing ever to do' and how the Hartford for the weather, or the means "even less skill." Some of mass quantities of hard liquor. grunge rock star from the teen campus administration 'no longer fine neighborhoods. my friends who went to other col- Would it not sound like fun if depressant band Nirvana, an iron- buys hard liquor for the entire Making sure that 1 don't end leges can now, as graduation maybe we ventured over to the ic name that alludes to the land of college campus'. up back home is important to me, nears, say things like, "I've Vernon Social Center for some paradise or Heaven. Is this what college life has learned how to fly commercial light hearted dancing and delight As fate would have it, the come to? Is college no longer a if on\y because no guy has ever v airp\anes or"VvelearnedhoW'to on the tab of Tririity College? If morcsuccessfuI!'theMrid:bec'arrie, * social institution tHat invokes ber and saying, "Just remember design a house." all goes well, perhaps I will find a the more depressed Kurt grew. see STOP on page 15 not to call too late, my mom Me, my only skill is that I can doesn't like it when the phone write 8 pages worth of paper in rings after 10:00." which I pretend, for all 8 pages, Wow, do I need a job. that I'm actually interested in The Trinity College Polish Club presents: Perhaps my need for a job is John Milton, or for that matter, why I've taken a sudden interest that I ever understood what the SUNDAY in politics, I can see how you heck he was talking about. This would think that the two have skill might be impressive, but it nothing to do with each other. But doesn't seem at all to be one that FEBRUARY 2,2003 wait. Let me explain. Normally 1 potential employers are looking Greater Hartford don't really care what the politi- for. It's not really something that cians are saying because what I can put on my resume or that'll POLISH they are saying rarely, if ever, has help me in the interview process. playing at J»M any effect on me. This isn't to say that I would- And I'm not alone in my feel- n't make a good employee. Much (Films are in Polish wkh English subtitles) ings of apathy towards national to the contrary, I'd make a great FILM politics. Recent studies suggest employee. In fact, if you know that less than 20% of college-age someone who's looking to hire a FESTIVAL I'd have no choice but to consider 2*30 P George W. Bush to be a genius. Promised Land students actually vote in national college graduate with no real dis- elections. Of those 20%, another cernable skills, give him my num- (Poland 1974 -140 minutes) 10% show up drunk on election ber. Please, please give him my Director Andrzej Wajda day, and find it hilarious to throw number. Tell him that I'm smart, "t have nothing, you have nothing, and he has nothing; that means together we have enough their vote away on some made up willing to work hard, and (gener- 1 person, like Micky Mouse, Ralph ally) clean. Sure, some (or all) of to start a factory/ says an impoverished Polish nobleman-turned-industrialist to his jewish Nader, or I. P. Freely. Also, by that might not be true, but some- a«d Carman partners. Set in Lodz at the ersd of the nineteenth century, Promised land now 90% of people who read this times you have to tell a little fib to captures a unique rnomene irs which ethnic differences took a back seat to the capitalist article should be able to tell that get ahead in life. And the thought ambitions of a new class ofXctdzermmsdi," Sased on the oovei by Nobe! laureate StanisSaw 1 I'm making these numbers up. of what it would be like to live at Reymont Normally, our national politi- home again has driven me to take cians blather on and on about top- extreme measures to get a job. ics that will never have a direct By now, in order to secure a effect on my life, such as the so- position that got me out of the 7:30 P.M. called "environment." But every house, I'd almost be willing to time I call my congressman to take a job that made me work 365 suggest policy on the issues that days a year for next to nothing. Career of Nikos Dyzma most concern me, such as my Even on holidays. (Poiand, 2002 -10? minutes) suggestion that he draft a bill to Well, except, of course, if the Director: jacek Brontski "Get Dick Hersh to lighten the holiday is All Hot Chicks Must hell up" or my idea for a national Make Out With Brian Nanos Day. An incident of apparently no significance becomes a turning point iri the career of Nikodem holiday entitled "All Hot Chicks In which case, I'd be busy. Dyzma, a funeral eulogist Once he embarrasses the hated Vice Prime Minister, his ife Must Make Out With Brian Editor's Note: For those who changes dramatically as he rises up the political ladder to become a favorite hero arnong Nanos Day," I get the feeling that may have a grudge (::cough:: politicians and thei r bored wives, he's not taking me seriously. Cancers) Brian is Mystical Bob. , Tickets: $7 genera! admission / $$ students, faculty JANUARY 28, 2003 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD FEATURES PAGE 15 Bantams Alorooiel For those of you too young to remember, Around Trinity is the per- onification of the ever present rumor mill of Camp Trin Trin. AT is always everywhere, looking out for those odd, quirky moments and events that leave you looking to your buddy saying "I can't believe that just happened!" Or, even better, just hanging your head in shame, the S€M€ST€R IN LONDON R€CAPP€D next time you're at a party and think that you should take Nelly's that I don't know anyone who was talking about elementary advise and take off all your clothes, or that no one will notice you walk- LORENE DELSON FEATURES WRITER owns a gun. One of the most school. I said "college" and they ng home at 4 PM dressed in the floral bikini from the theme party the common questions I was asked thought I was talking about A night before, just remember that everyone featured in these pages My dad loves to remind me of was, "Is high school just like Levels, which is equivalent to hought that at one time too. what I told him the night before 1 American Pie?" I was amazed to eleventh and twelfth grade. When left JFK airport to spend the fall learn the extent to which talking about Trinity, I had to call semester (or "term" as they say in Hollywood had affected their per- it "uni." Sneakers become, train- Bluto, Flounder, Hoover, we need you! the UK) at King's College ceptions of America. ers. Underwear became pants. London, part of the University of The tube (the London sub- The list is endless. Fortunately, In AT's long and illustrious career, AT has been to many, many par- London. Apparently I told him way) was a part of my daily life, one of my American friends in ses. Never in said career has AT ever seen a sorrier sight than that of that I was afraid to go because 1 with a half hour commute from London stumbled through the bur obviously freshmen men standing in the middle of the vast, echo- would be homesick, the academ- the campus where my hall was to language differences as well, ng, and (most importantly) utterly empty Party Barn at Saturday ics would be too challenging, and the campus where my classes resulting in several embarrassing night's Toga Party. Correction: the sorriest sight AT has ever seen was because I'm not good at making were. It made me feel like a real situations. One time she said to heir one friend wearing a toga at said party. friends. He loves to remind me of city girl, with all the hustle and me, "Do you think people notice that conversation because, like he bustle. Did you know that flash that I wear the same pants every initially told me, I was complete- photography is forbidden on the time we go out," just as a couple Wow, that was a freaky big squirrel... ly wrong. of British girls were walking by, Of course there was a home- who gave us odd looks. You don't AT stumbled out of AT's room Sunday morning to find a certain sick day here and there especially hook up with a guy or a girl, you well known bearded member of Camp Trin Trin's undergraduate com- around Thanksgiving. Although I "pull" him or her. One embarrass- munity scavaging empty bottles and cans from Saturday night's activi didn't get to spend this holiday ing dinner conversation occurred ies. Whether the cash earned from such collections will be used fo with my family, I got to spend it when the people in my dorm, 1 charity or for some much needed razors is unclear, as the fuzzy thie cooking a full Thanksgiving meal mean hall, made me explain the shrieked like a small child and scampered out the door and into the a turkey with all the trimmings base system to them. They had bushes. AT feels immense pity for the roommates who must clean ou for a dozen of the English stu- heard of it, but since they don't the sink should he decide to go clean shaven. dents I lived with. It was their play baseball over there, didn't first Thanksgiving. However, not know what it was. Its fun explain- Now we're even for the milkbones... all firsts are as pleasant as that. ing what second and third base Never before had I directly are to people you just met. Trust me. We learned some interesting Blearily enjoying the Super Bowl at one of Camp Trin Trin's fim encountered racism. I had never had to hide the fact that I'm tidbits about each others' cul- fraternal abodes, AT was surprised to answer the door to find a bright tube? I found that out the hard tures. eyed young pre-frosh standing in the light snow. It seems admissions American. I had people tell me to way. was unable to find a host for this young lady, so she ventured out on he my face that Americans are stu- One thing I expected when I I was very fortunate to be own, somehow finding a student to drop her off where, so she wa pid, that Americans don't care went out on the town in London placed in a dorm with great peo- informed, the fun would be happening. When AT left two hours later, about the environment, that was to be served. One thing I did ple. Most of them were British, she seemed to have gotten the hang of Beirut passably well, assuring Americans solve all of their prob- not expect was to be carded. but there was one other her a long and successful career here at Trinity, providing she doesn' lems with bombs. Some of these Although, it was amusing to American, one from Germany, end up being chased by an angry student body... encounters resulted in calling watch the bouncers get flustered and one from Malaysia. It was an Mom crying hysterically because because the dates on our driver's interesting mix, and we all (»,iiHsei-t.uJiandiing an oar" joke here...) 1 £clt ,|Q upw^cjjrne in the coun^ ^ licenses are written in a different learned a lot from each other try, others resulted in fairly heat- "order from theirs. I was lucky to about our different cultures. I def- ed conversations in which I was go to a school that had its own initely learned more outside of "Boatracing" took on a new meaning for AT at a gathering Friday able to make the ignorant people student union pubs and clubs. the classroom than inside. I could night Who knew you didn't need oars? One of the odder moments o who said those and similar com- They are cheaper than regular have easily taken the same class- the evening would be the appearance of what looked suspiciously like ments reconsider their views. places, and you don't have to deal es in Hartford as I did in London a piece of exercise equipment; AT was too involved in getting to know The most common miscon- with old creepy guys trying to and gotten just as much out of the younger members of the team to ask from whence it came. AT was ception that the British have buy you drinks. them. also far to "dignified" to partake in any contests of physical fitness and about Americans, 1 found, is that One unexpected obstacle was So go abroad not solely for drinking prowess, but the ensuing display was quite impressive. EVERYONE owns at least one or terminology. Its amazing how academics and the opportunity to two guns: one for the rkdside two countries" that both speak experience a different educational Run home, Jack! table drawer, and one for the English can at the same time system (although I should proba- glove compartment. My friends speak a totally different language. bly encourage you to study if you AT was left very confused Sunday night when walking through thi were astonished when I told them I said "school" and they thought I go) but also for the people you'll Cook arch. The snow changed from its normal white to a much warmer and fluffier black interspersed with many other colors. Eithe an entire athletic team ate something immensly foul at Mather and Resolutions for the Whole School couldn't run home, or it was the leftover remains from the food fight in "Hook." AT knows where to go to get some more insight on this... JENNY DUNN Everything that follows is merely who take heavy painkillers before OPINIONS EDITOR my humble (but important walking across campus. enough to be published) opinion To work on those random I'm not a big fan of New of what the majority of Trinity hookups—resolve to keep them Years, and not just because I tend students should have resolved to under a certain number, maybe. STOP BITCHING, not to have someone to make out do this year. Here they are, my Ten? Fifteen? Is that unreason- with when the ball drops. I don't fake, imposed, Trinity resolutions able? If we all work together, we like the pressure of finding some- for the new year: can put an end to this "Trincest" thing spectacularly fun and origi- To eat more (girls, you know outrage. (By the way, I'm still START PARTYING nal to do, which is why this year I who you are) and drink less. All upset that I didn't coin that term.) gave up and settled for some that drinking on an empty stom- To stop making fun of the continued from page 14 another chance to become embar- friends, some wine, and box sets ach can't be good for you, and if Hall, which has been unfairly tar- pleasurable memories of time rassingly intoxicated, pass out in of Felicity and My So-Called you get ulcers I won't be a bit sur- geted in previous Tripods and by past and instead, now known as a the hall naked and have no one Life. prised. Trinity students in general. We breeding ground for the growing even bat an eye. You will never be I'm pathetic. I've accepted it. To quit trying to fit into really should all be more compas- social discontent and cynical able to get so close to so many Moving on... places that are simply not made to sionate and understanding behavior so ubiquitous within our people in such a little amount of I like the idea of starting accommodate half of the student towards our fellow classmates. age group? Will future genera- time. Your office will probably anew come January 1, but let's body; namely, the Tap, Psi U, and After all, addiction is a disease. tions look at college as something not grant you spring break. And face it, in reality all that "It's-a- the gym at four o'clock. When And what did I resolve to do of an arduous task, done only out you certainly can't hope to make brand-new-year-and-a-brand- people are driven by claustropho- this year? - • : of necessity to further their selfish out with 60% of the people at the new-you" bulls*** is only a pipe bia to jump out of the Tap win- To publish only, what is true, monetary interests? office Christmas party .without dream. New Year's resolutions dow, there is something very, and to keep in mind that there are My solution, as they usually expected repercussions worse are really only good for breaking. wrong. Maybe they should stop other perspectives out there other tend to be, is undemanding and than a walk of shame. But, amidst the hundreds of letting in all those people with than my own. relatively simple: Stop complain- ' So, with that all said, why horribly awkward and forced fake ID's. To avoid making anyone real- ing. don't you join me at the Tap, get "How was your break?" conver- To wear clothing that is even ly, really angry with me as a result Seriously. rejected from the Hall and then sations that I've engaged in dur-: remotely weather-appropriate. of something that I'-ve wri tten. You are not going to ever crowd into the deep and dark ing the past week, some with peo- I've seen enough people wearing To get through an article have another time in your life recesses of a Psi U late night. ple whose names I'm not even flip-flops in five-degree weather without mentioning Psi U. when all you have to do is work It's not like there's anything completely sure of, I took the lib- to make me wonder if our admis- • And to have someone to three days a week for two hours a else to do. erty of asking what they resolved sions department made a few mis- make out with next New Years. day. You are never going to have to accomplish or to avoid in 2003. takes somewhere along the way. I think I'm doing damn well Okay, so I didn't ask them. That, or there are some people so far. . PAGE 16 FEATURES THE TRINITY TRIPOD - JANUARY 28, 2003 Rule #1: Don't Touch Me M AtTHEw HERMAN this chick are kinda seeing each other". First of all, neither was true in my case. FEATURES WRITER Second of all, I hate it when people say Summit For my 21st birthday I got a lot of that. Just tell the truth — you smell and are things. Most people gave me alcohol, probably overbearing. Then she started some people gave me money, a lot of girls asking me about my educational back- AO-UAPJUS Ceo gave me a kiss on the mouth, and one fam- ground. I told her I went to Trinity. She - PE&ft-UAay 18 Oucy 23 - AUGUST 22 ily gave me a certificate redeemable for a said, "Yes, OK. Trinity."Yeah right. No massage at Coco Spa, I waited for a stress- one's heard of Trinity. Not even some of J-loW disappointing! You couldn't Wen You may be king of the jungle, but that the freshmen who go here. ful time in my life to come, and then head- make it to your birthday Without breaking doesn't make you exempt from the conse- ed over to the spa. She was running low on questions and your New year's Resolution, failure is quences of breaking your resolution. It's Many people will say things about couldn't understand my answers. I felt as completely un-American, so yen Will try simple. You wiLl became allergic to alco- and compensate by going to .Switzerland hol in all forms. Nah, We're just messing No one's heard of Trinity. Not even some of the to investigate their stockpile of bio-chem- With you, that's too mean. E>ut you Won't freshmen who go here. ical weapons. Watch out for those guardsl be abLe to stomach frat beer (not that you I hear they're reaL tough. can anyway).

massages like: uncomfortable as you could possibly feel "Oh my God, massages are the greatest while being caressed with scented oil and thing ever!" having your face nestled in a fluffy pillow. PfSCGS "I didn't want my massage to end!" I took some initiative and asked a question 20 AUGUST 23 - "I can't believe they let me take all my of my own. "So where are you originally from?" clothes off!" \VoW, net only am I disappointed that you Pue to your extraordinary lack of seLf-con- My purpose today is to argue that mas- "I'm from Korea." couldn't keep your resolution, but now all trol (I mean, really, that's just gross) you sages are a waste of money. Mine was $85 "Oh really?" and I'm told this is the norm. If you are "Yes, you have heard of it?" of New ELngland haies you. The conse- have angered the entire country outside of tempted to have one and have never done I had, but didn't really think it would quences far your action are dire. You have \-os Angeles. I almost don't Want to teLL so before, then I hope this article will per- be appropriate to discuss our current sentenced the tied 5ox to another 64 y»u this, but I have to. The Lakers are suade you to instead spend your money on nuclear standoff with them. I went with years Without winning the VorLd .Series. now, because of you, going to Win the next something more worthwhile, like a CD something less substantial. "Sure, that's E>ut they probably Wouldn't have Won any- \O NE>A Championships. £>oWyour head in player that won't skip when you run, or 85 where they had the World Cup last summer, way. shame! tubes of Chapstick. right?"

Sure I felt better than I did before, but I also feel bet- ter after taking a pee, and no one makes me pay to do AftJES 21- Af>ft.«_ 19 - OCTOftEfl. 22 that. Aries, you us«d to be so cool but now I'm sorry to say, you Will pay the maximum As a first-timer, I didn't really know "I'm sorry?" you've gone and pissed off the stars by price for breaking your resolution this year. what was going on. My masseuse asked "The big soccer tournament." breaking your New Year's resolution, You WiLl be forced to Live in tlartford for me, "What kind of massage do you want?" "I don't understand." 6adly for you, a fire alarm Will go off in the rest of your Life. Look forward to a "Huh?" "Soccer." your dorm, and you will be the onLy one total Lack of sports teams. E>ut Look on "Would you like a Shiatsu?" "Oh yes, yes." who Was not getting off in that time. E>ut the bright side, it is NeW tngland's rising 1 wasn't sure if that was a massage or a That was it for the conversation. She guess that's not so different from usuaL star after aLL rising Peath .Star that is. shiatsued me for the next 4Sjjgjjju|es, and Communication problems were the the series of forgettable, redundant strokes theme of the day. My masseuse didn't was over before you could say "acupunc- speak English very well, which in my opin- ture". ion, poses a major problem to the art of It went by fast, but don't get me wrong: massage. The innocuous "Can I give you a it was boring. I was happy when it ended. back rub?" sounds frighteningly similar to Sure I felt better than I did before, but I also APP.IL 20 - MAy 20 OCTO&EA. 23 - NJCA/EM&EA. 21 "Can 1 hit you in the back with a club?" feel better after taking a pee, and no one But to her credit, she tried her best to makes me pay to do that. 2003 just isn't off to a good start for You couldn't keep your resolution, and now make conversation. "So do you have girl- Paying $85 dollars for a massage is you. fcecause you broke your resolution, you Will suffer. You are going to be friend?" Now I felt weird, unsure if my simply not worth it. Women of Trinity, I for the rest of the semester you will look devoured by a giant scorpion (Like your answer would shape the course of the next promise if you give me a call, I will gladly out your Window and rejoice that Spring sign... the .Scorpio... it's irony., get it?) 60 minutes. "No." That was all I could rub your back for free. has arrived, because you Will forget that it right after you finaLLy seduce your profes- say. Some people are like, "I just came off And yes, this article is my cheap way is always \Vinter in New England. sor and get that well deserved C+. That of a long relationship" or, "Well, me and of trying to get a date. £>eWare of frostbite, or just stop Wearing happened to me once but I turned out ok. the flip-flops. Pude, I'm so drunk right now.

SAGrTTAGJUS o Superbowl XXXVII: MAV 21- Oui_y 22 NovGM&Eft. 22 - DECEM&EA. 21 &eing twins and all breaking your resolu- Repent all you want, but because you tion counts double (just couldn't keep out Were so bad and broke your resolution, you Estrogen Fest of those threesomes, couLd you?). The have to help ilersh Write a dry campus stars see you forced to dean out Psi U's Celine, 'Dixie Chich, ut .on the get full credit. Even your picture in the 10. Celine Dion at afootball game bright side, they'll actually let you in, for Tripod Jjersh is a sWell guy Like that. Yay once. for sparkling cider! 9. Oh, and Celine/ it's not your "home, sweet home" 8. Sapp's face during Celine's performance. Not a Titanic fan, huh? 7. Simeon Rice's institution of higher learning, aka, the School of Hard Knocks OUNE 21 - Out_y 22 DECEM&ER. 22 - OANUAOV 13 6. Gruden grimacing Ooh\ breaking your resolution has I Would tell you what WiLL happen to you, angered the stars so much that they but I'm Looking up at the stars and aLL I 5. The never-ending second quarter refuse, to ever give you a horoscope again. see is a 30 rack. &ut that's my present, 4. Shania's outfit - is she a Raider's fan or just E>ut they did tell me this. Mystical &ob not your future. You're on your own. retarded? Oh wait, same thing. is moving in With you. Just so you know, Cheers. 3. Cheerleader's pits in the camera. Shouldn't the onLy future he can read is his own: not it have been her breasts? getting any. 2. Madden's pen got more airtime than the Raider's offense 1. The fact that no one cared JANUARY 28, 2002 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD ANNOUNCEMENTS PAGE 17 Lectures -Lunch Human Rights Lecture Series Visions in Black Join the language tables for very informal and Trinity's Human Rights Program begins its Spring In honor of National Black History Month, all are invited casual conversation (all levels are welcome) over 2003 Lecture Series this Wednesday. The Spring pro- to the artist's reception for the art showing "Visions in Lunch at the following times in Hamlin Hall: gram is entitled "The Promotion of International Black." The showing will feature the works of Stuart Human Rights Policy: Is the United States a Party to Beckford, Pamela Dear, Loretta Eason, Cora Marshall, CHINESE: Tuesdays 12:35 PM it?" Wednesday's lecturer, Bill Frelick, will speak on Norma Munroe, Cecilia Payne, and Maurice Robertson. "Promoting Human Rights Abroad and in the United Jazz music will be provided by the Alvin Carter Project. States; Pursuing a Consistent Policy in the Post 9/11 Refreshments will be served. Located at Director's Gallery, FRENCH: Mondays 12:00 PM Era?" Frelick is the director of Amnesty International 2 Holcomb Street, Hartford. For more information, call USA's Refugee Program. He has traveled to refugee 543-8874. GERMAN: Mondays 12:00 PM sites around the world and has been widely published. Reception: Thursday, January 30 • 4:30-7:00 PM HEBREW: Tuesdays 12:40 PM January 29 - 5:00 PM • Terrace Room B Exhibition: January 21 • March 31 ITALIAN: Thursdays 12:15 PM "The Middle East After the Israeli Election" From the Same Cloth: Views From the Connecticut Tobacco Fields JAPANESE: Wednesdays 12:00 PM The above titled off-campus lecture is sponsored by the World Affairs Council and will take place at the The Charter Oak Cultural Center is sponsoring a moving Town & Country Club, 22 Woodland St., Hartford. collection of photographs by Andrew Buck, Phyllis RUSSIAN: Tuesdays 12:00 PM John T. McCarthy, a former Ambassador to Tunisia Crowley, and Lucy Sanders Sceery. The gallery show is on and Lebanon with 55 years of experience in the State exhibit thru Saturday, February 8 daily Monday thru SPANISH: Thursdays 12:30 PM Department, will speak on what new roles the U.S. Friday from 12:00 to 5:00 PM. Admission is FREE. For can play in the Middle East peace process and what more information, contact the center at 249-1207. progress can be accomplished following January 28 Israeli elections. The lecture, beginning at 12:45 PM, is FREE for students to attend. For more information, call 594-4100. Miscell Lincoln i January 31 -12:45 PM-22 Woodland St., Hartford sceiianeous Check out this pep band with a imoethie. Wed. -/an. 29-9,30-1 1:39PM January .Study Ay/ay 6asslons m Sherhf and the All Stan Jrerlerlormancet s Enjoy this talented Southern Roth ALL students pLanning to study away this upcoming and Bluet band. David Dorfman Dance summer 2003 or during the 2003-2004 school Thun.-Jan. 39- 9:39-12:30PM year are required to attend a one hour Long Workshop in Sponsored by The Austin'Arts Center Guest Artist Series, the Office of International Programs, Located in the David Dorfman and fellow members of his New York basement of the C/oodwin-\voodward dormitory. Come dance company will perform this Friday. Dorfman is widely to Lsarn about Trinity's study aWay process and regula- renowned for his athleticism, wit, and playfulness. He has UND tlons before the N/|arch 15 deadline, hlo sign-up is nec- ERG been honored with seven prestigious New York Dance and ROU Performance Awards. Trinity welcomes a special sneak pre- essary, but students are recommended to show up 5 ND... view of his new work "See Level." The show explores minutes before the start of the session. January's Last empathy, perspective, and communication. Workshop WiLL be heLd this Tuesday, January 28. The Navigators

January 31 • 8:00 PM • Goodwin Theater, AAC The Underground Coffeehouse presents the taL- Invitation for A Conversation on Race ented band,The Navigators, who are returning to Auditions for Spring Production of "Faust" Trinity after an exceLlent performance in the faLL A Conversation of OZace WiLL gather a group of 12 Students are welcome to audition for the spring produc- participants from a Variety of ethnic, gender, age, and Thursday. January S>O - 9,00 Phf tion of the faculty-directed play "Faust" this week. Sign up for a ten minute audition slot on the list located in Austin academic backgrounds for a open discussion on person- Arts Center room 311. Auditions will be held from 7:00 al experiences and strategies for action on race rela- to 10:00 PM on Wednesday, January 29, and Thursday, tions. ELach participant WiLL attend five, tv/o-hour ses- January 30 in Seabury 19. No preparation is necessary. sions on Tuesdays from february 4 to March 4 from For more information, contact Professor Mitch Polin at 5:00 to 7-.00 PM at the lliLLeL llouse or Wednesdays JVliscellaneous? etc. x4006. from February 5 to March 5 from 330 to 530 PM. If interested, contact Debra Bwrero Via Trinity email or Ri!sU«ntiaL Assistant Applications Mideast Musicians Sound a Note of Peace x5!70 by Friday, January 31. The Office of Residential Life is now accepting A musical program demonstrating a commitment to har- applications for Resident Assistant/Resident mony amidst discord between Jews and Arabs in Israel. An Coordinator positions for the upcoming 2003-2004 Chess Club Organization Israeli-Arab pianist, Saleem Abud-Ashkar, and an Israeli academic year, for more information, contact 3am Jewish cellist, Inbal Megido, will perform a concert of clas- Johnson, Assistant Pirector for Programs and sical music. The program will feature the music of ALL interested in reactivating the Chess Club at Judicial Affairs at 6amueUohnson.l<§H:rincoLLedu or Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Bach. Abud-Ashkar has Trinity are encouraged to contact Robert Cohn Via x2305. performed at Carnegie Hall and Megido has performed at Trinity e-maiL IncLude information regarding when wouLd Lincoln Center. Tickets are available at the Jewish be a good time to hoLd an organizationaL meeting for Community Center front desk for $ 10 per adult, $8 per you and whether you WouLd Like to take responsibility senior, $5 per student. For more information, contact Asaf ^usk Lessons Add/Prof Period for a board position in the cLub. ALL skiLL leveLs are Ron at 23 I -6324 or by e-mail at [email protected]. The Welcome. Regular inVob/ement in the cLub is not concert will take place on Tuesday, January 28 at 7:30 Music Lessons have an extended registration peri- required. Professor John C^eorges has agreed tenta- PM in the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center, od, ending Friday, January 31, which alLoWs students 335 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. tively to be cLub advisor, W\OLC 225, x2288. to add 0.5 credit to their 6pring schedule.. Individual Information sessions With the MU5'C Lessons Coordinator, Pat klennedy, X5I22. in Austin Arts Center ro^m 226 aLL this Week thru Friday, January 31, from.noon to 1:00 PfV|- Prerequisites include Music 101-01 and its Practicum. \J\,uslc \0\-2D, which Tuesday - January 28 Thursday - January SO may be taken concurrently With Lessons. 9:30 PM BANQUET - Main Chapel 6:30 PM ZEN Meditation - Crypt Chapel

n Wednesday - January 29 Friday - January 31 12 Noon Roman Catholic Mass - 12:15 PM Muslim Prayers - Crypt Chapel Pastoral Counseling 0" Crypt Chapel 5:00 PM Carrilon Lessons Sunday - February 2 Interim Chaplain, the Reverend Canon Robert J. 6:00 PM Change Ringing Lessons 4:15 PM Holy Eucharist Miner, has established Weekly office hours on cam- 5:30 PM Roman Catholic Mass pus for pastoral counseling. This Week, his office hours Will he held 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Monday - February S Thursday, January 30. All are WeLcome to drop by 5:00 PM Roman Catholic Mass - during these hours or make an appointment by caLling Feast of St Blase - Main Chapel happeoiogs x2OI3. ALL correspondence is kept confidential PAGE IS SPORTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - JANUARY 28, 2003 Bants Capture Tide Williams Sister Reign Supreme Continued from page 20 pounds, respectively. MlMI ALBERT The player in the top ten who No one is going to deny the most measures up to the Williams exciting aspects of the women's Heart, the Trinity Wrestling team Trinity defeated Southern SPORTS WRITER has been perfect. In the next three Maine in their first match 35-6. In sisters in strength is world num- tennis game. Anna Kournikova's matches Trinity earned victories the second match the team defeat- The Serena Slam is a prophe- ber four Kim Clijsters. Clijsters outfits, Jennifer Capriati's come- over MIT, Williams and ed Rhode Island College 24-16. cy fulfilled, so can the Williams showed her physical abilities by back, and Martina Hingis' atti- Worchester Tech. Connell pinned Against Rhode Island College, sisters ever be stopped? The taking the first set of their semi tude. But how exciting is it to all.three of his opponents, includ- the team got big wins from senior French Open, Wimbledon, and final match. However, she failed know who is going to win the ing his MIT opponent, in just 174-pounder Lucas McKittrick the US Open all ended fie same to close it out and Serena pre- tournament before it even begins? forty-five seconds, to lead the and Romeo. way and the Australian Open vailed. There is no doubt that In the men's game there is Trinity College Bantams to a In the semi-finals, Trinity would be no different. Clijsters has the finesse, strength, never a guarantee. Number one sweep in a New England College came from nineteen points down As the world's number one and placement to beat the Lleyton Hewitt was taken out in Conference Wrestling to come back and defeat the and number two players, Serena Williams', however she is miss- the second round, Andy Roddick ing one thing- the belief that she Association (NECCWA) quad Norwich University Cadets. The and Venus Williams will always made it to his first semi-finals, will win. match at Ferris Athletic Center. Cadets took the First four match- only meet in the final of a tourna- and last fall Pete Sampras did ment. For the last four tourna- After a scary first round what some saw as impossible by ments that are exactly what hap- match against Emily Loit of winning the US Open. The best " Winning the duals was a great accom- pened: each time little sis Serena France Serena commented that part of the men's game is that plishment. " -Michael Doros came out the victor. The sister act the thought of losing "never enters there-rs never'any way to predict has undoubtedly shown its domi- her mind when she steps on the the outcome of a match. Until the nation of women's tennis in the court. In Serena's mind every 'Williams sisters retire can the same be said for the women's Trinity improved it's ranking es, but our Bantams rebounded to last two years. They have cut match is hers no matter what the game? to No. 2 in New England with the win the next five matches and a back on unforced errors and have score is. victories and improved to 10-2 25-19 victory. The victory was shown incredible strength and for the season. The wins sent highlighted with pins by Connell maturity on and off the court. Trinity to the NECCWA Dual in the 165-weight class, and soph- Controversy has always gone Meel Championships in good omore Matt Webster in the 197- along with the sisters. A brash, spirits. The team had won three weight class. overbearing father who has no straight and knew that the Duals In the championship match, shame when it comes to inter- were a major proving ground. the Bantams were too much for a views, and the supposed rigged The team definitely stepped up to tough Bridgewater State team. matches between them in the the challenge. The Bantams won Getting off to a strong start, the early days. But the sisters have all four of their matches and won Bantams never looked back as been able to rise above the media the meet. they were soon raising the trophy bashing and play their game. Co-captain Michael Doros of the NECCWA Dual champi- So where does that leave the said, "Winning the duals was a onships for the first time ever. rest of the women's tennis world greal accomplishment, but now The Bantams had never such as Jennifer Capriati, Kim we gotta move on and get ready placed better than 5th at the Dual Clijsters, and Justine Henin- for championships." At the Dual Championships and to win the Hardenne, In a game commonly Meet Championships, held in entire event was a huge boost for referred to, as "Big Babe Tennis" New London, CT, the Bantams the talented team. Now the team the shortest player in the top 10 is received several excellent per- is focused and confident as they Justine Henin-Hardenne at 5'6". formances. Connell and sopho- continue with a difficult schedule However, Henin-Hardenne more David Bucco both went in preparation for the Division III has weapons of her own including undefeated on the day in their Championships at the end of the one the most graceful and techni- weight classes, at 165 and 157 season. cally sound one-handed backhand the game has ever seen. Jennifer WOMCN'S ICC HOCKCY Capriati proved that she is back with a vengeance by winning two Women's ice hockey lost to Wesleyan 6-3 on consecutive Australian Open January 25. The team took; a one-goal lead into the sec- titles and a French Open title. ond period but fell apart and gave up five goals. The However, both Australian Opens score was-5-2 entering the third, and it looked like the WWW.CSPN.COM game was still within reach. Wesleyan scored again Capriati has won, the Williams midway through the period to ice the game. The sisters have not been in the tour- Serena Williams at the Aussie Open Bantams got a late goaf to bring the final score to 6-3. nament. Trinity freshman Tara Borawski scored all three of the dditi Bants goals. aeon arllc WOM€N'S BASKCTBALL lushr The women's basketball team lost to both Williams icotti and Middlebury in recent action. Against Williams, the team had a rough start and fell behind in the first half, but closed to within six points in the second. The Put a little Sunshine Bantams dropped a close one to Middlebury the fol- SH lowing night, 56-48, With the two losses the team's record stands at 4-9 overall, and 0-4 in the NESCAC. in your Inbox.

rs SQUASH OOK P^j Women's squash beat Yale 7-2 on January 22. \STF PJ3- Sophomore Amina Helal lost the first match of her ENO ^^J[ career at the number one position. Helal played well but AM i fell in a five-game match, JRKI SPPI WOMCN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING HIGH: 84 0AS Women's swimming and diving split their two most recent JNA meets. The team beat Mt. Holyoke 139-102 on January 22. The LOW: 62 OMB team then hosted Tufts in the final home meet of the year. For the seniors, this would be the last competition in Trinity's pool. The MORE >»>> HICK Bants were fired up and swam fast, but fell a HICK little short. The final tally was 163-135 in EAlJ favor of Tufts. EAU TEA;! EATI SUPCRBOWL AUS, Receive Local Weather Updates via Email. •L.T.I Last Sunday in San Diego, the Tampa EGG Bay Buccaneers defeated the Oakland ALIA Raiders 48-21 in Superbowl XXXVII. This Not to mention Headline News, College Sports, is the first Superbowl victory in Bucs' his- Campus Calendar, Daily Horoscope, and more... tory. The Buccaneers number one :mci ranked defense seemed to have all the Ihlok- answers against the NFL's number one •lives ranked offense. The Bucs intercepted :HEF league MVP Rich Gannon five times. tarn,1 Tampa Bay came into the game as a ireen 3.5 point underdog, but made it VNTII Register Today at Salary clear from the beginning that ucun they were the better team on the www.trinitytripod.com "UN/ field. una! SREE :etac [OSS :renc taliar It's the best way to stay informed... and it's free. DES Chei: Chofc JANUARY 28, 2003 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD SPORTS PAGE 19 HockeyTops Norwich Basketball Squad Plays Tough continued from page 20 same defensemen to beat the WILL YANG stered the interior defense, while the game. The Bantams were led On Saturday Trinity took on Norwich goaltender giving backup guard Shaun Smith pro- offensively by the shooting of SPORTS WRITER top-ranked Norwich. The Trinity a 3-2. vided a lift with 12 points and John Halas (19 pts.), and Jesse Norwich squad, which had been At 1:14 in the third Trinity The Trinity Bantams players perfect shooting from long range. Farrell's first double-double of unbeaten and untied, was joined again struck on a power play. took the floor Friday night at Ray Forwards Kevin Reed and Aaron the season, dropping 11 points, by a large contingent of fans that Stevens extended the Bantam Oosting Gymnasium fully Goldstein provided valuable min- and 12 assists. filled much of the Kingswood- lead to 4-2 on a goal assisted by expecting what was to become an utes in the late comeback, check- The Bantams attacked from Oxford rink. Langella and Murtha. intense battle with the Williams ing Williams most dangerous all directions, putting five players Looking to rebound from a 4- Trinity fought off a late Ephs. Williams came into the scorers. in double figures for scoring. 1 defeat at the hands of Norwich Norwich charge and iced the game ranked third in the nation, Unfortunately, in the end, the Corey Days and Shaun Smith on January 4, the Bantams took game on an empty netter by but came up against a hot Trinity team effort was too little, too late, contributed 15 and 13 points, the lead at 10:47 of the first on an Brendan Timmins '06 with five team. In a matchup between the and with an 87-72 win, Williams respectively, and helped on the unassisted goal by Masucci. seconds remaining. two NESCAC powers, both unde- improved its record to 14-0 and 2- boards. Tyler Rhoten finished Trinity maintained its lead The win is even more impres- feated in conference play, Bantam 0 in the conference. Trinity with 10 points and 8 rebounds. through the end of the first,bu t sive considering the Bantams fans sat at attention, hoping for an dropped its first NESCAC Kevin Reed, who played a upset. matchup, their record now 10-5, season-high in minutes off the At the half, however, Trinity 2-1 in conference play. After the bench versus Middlebury, con- Men's hockey made national news this faced a twelve point deficit versus game, leading scorer Tyler cluded: "In retrospect, it was an the favored Ephs. Rhoten remarked, "Williams was up and down weekend, but we past weekend, knocking off top-ranked Williams displayed their a tough opponent, but we defi- finished on a good note by kick- and previousiy unbeaten Norwich. shooting prowess early in the nitely look forward to seeing ing Middlebury's [butt]." game, hitting seven of 13 first them in the playoffs." Jesse Farrell provided that, "it half shots from behind the arc. Saturday afternoon was a dif- was an important couple of Norwich had taken control of the played without Jeff Natale, one of The Bantams kept it close ferent story for the team. Trailing games," and with a heavy confer- game's momentum. the team's top performers. early with inside scoring from by three at the half, Trinity pulled ence schedule coming up, added, The Bantams were forced to Goalkeeper Doug Kiselius freshman standout Tyler Rhoten, together defensively, forcing the "starting with the seniors, the fend off five power plays over the recorded 33 saves and was named (16 pts.) who scored the firsttw o Middlebury Panthers into 32 per- team really stepped up and came course of sixteen minutes. After Co-NESCAC Player of the Week Trinity field goals, and senior for- cent shooting for the remainder of together this weekend." successfully fighting off the first for his efforts. Prior to Norwich's ward Corey Days (12 pts.). four, Norwich broke through on first goal the sophomore had gone Guards John Halas (10 pts.) and their fifth power play opportunity 226 minutes without allowing a Jesse Farrell (9 assists) fed the and knotted the game at one. goal. ball into the post and to cutting Norwich then took a 2-1 lead With the 5-3 victory Trinity teammates. Tri-Captain Ryan at 7:21 of the second. The Cadets improved to 12-2-2 overall and Uszenski played inspired defense, seemed poised to pull away but 10-0-1 in the NESCAC. running through screens and div- Trinity struck back. Just two Trinity, which came into ing on loose balls, while also con- minutes later, the Bantams week ranked 15 nationally, is sure tributing to the perimeter offense, answered with a power play goal to move up the polls after their scoring ten points. Early in the off the stick of O'Leary. Set up success this past week. A feat that game the score was knotted at 11 - by Murtha and Langella, is even more admirable consider- 11, but Williams came on to take O'Leary's goal changed the shape ing the poor facilities and difficult a 28-17 lead with 7:30 left in the of the game. practice times with which the first half. Fellow co-cap^ team must contend. Williams started the second Haider then gavgJ^Jiffitarns the The Bants now prepare for half with a 12-3 run that seemed lead at UjPtPWHtne second. The another important weekend, as to put the Bantams out of reach, Bch was unassisted, came the team will travel to Maine and but with help from the bench, and "after Haider leveled Norwich's take on Colby and Bowdoin this scrambling defense, Trinity ral- star defensemen to gain control of coming Friday and Saturday. lied to pull within nine points late WWW.TRINCOLl.eDU the puck and then fought off the Both games should be close. in the game. Darren Baker bol- Basketball split over the past week.

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