BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID HARTFORD, CT PERMIT NO. 2159 Vol. XCIII No. 14 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 FEBRUARY 7, 1995 Dave Matthews Band Plays In The Field House BY MATTHEW PRINCE Todd were having difficulty de- Editor-in-Chief ciding who would be the head- lining band. Jarrett Rushmore The largest concert at Trin- '95, President of TCAC, an- ity so far this year coincided with nounced at the TCAC meeting Connecticut's largestsnowstorm on January 22nd that the prob- of the season. Last Friday, Dave lems between the two bands had Matthews and Big Head Todd been resolved and the concert and the Monsters were sched- would occur. uled to play before a packed "The only reason that Dave house of 1750. But while most Matthews got to headline was students looked forward to the at the time the contract was snow storm and the concert, some signed they were selling more were disappointed when both fi- albums per week [than Big Head nally came. Todd]," Rushmore said. Members of the Trinity Col- Brian Kelly, Director of lege Activities Council (TCAC) Campus Safety, arranged in ad- began building a stage in the Field vance with TCAC that it would House at 10:00 PM the night be- be a "dry" concert. Alcohol of fore the concert. The concert had any kind was not permitted in- been arranged before Christmas side the Field House; bags had Students enjoy sledding on the Chapel Hill after the recent .snow that fell Saturday Break, but there was doubt over to be left at the door, and jackets morning. The storm was the largest in the Northeast so far this year and wreaked whether it would actually hap- were searched. This caused long havoc on traveling sports teams. pen when it was rumored that lines as people were forced to Dave Matthews and Big Head please turn to page 5 Hedrick Nominated Jail And Bail Deemed Success BY K. MICHAEL DERBY the prisoner was ordered to raise. the event was hosted by the Tri- News Editor The prisoner then called friends Delts. Jail N' Bail is the central For Coveted Award and family in order to raise the part of that sorority's philan- BY CAROLINE MAGUIRE slavery controversy in 1852, On Friday, February 3rd, amount of money needed to bail thropic efforts. This is the first News Editor Stowe published Uncle Tom's Delta Delta Delta and AD them out. year that AD also took part in Cabin, which depicted the hosted Jail N' Bail, a charity Traditionally, this event has the event Recently, Joan Hedrick, darker side of the South's pe- event to raise money for the been a success on campus. Last Betsy Anning, a Tri-Delt Director of Women's Studies, culiar institution. Hedrick's American Cancer Society. year's Jail N' Bail set a record who helped plan the event, was was nominated for the Duff biography explores the empa- This was one of the first amenity the Society raised in one delighted by the role ADplayed Cooper Prize for her biogra- thy for the black slave woman combined charity events that day. in the event. The fraternity phy Harriet Beecher Starve: A Life. which is infused in Uncle Tom's the Tri-Delts and AD have com- More money was raised this helped "encourage a bigger (Oxford Press, 1994). The Duff Cabin. pleted together. year than last. The set goal this group to come and help out" Cooper Prize is one of the high- An emotional under- All money raised in the year was $20,000. Trinity broke and appealed to non-frat mem- est literary honors in the United standing which brought sla- event went to the Society. For all expectations by raising bers on campus to help out. Kingdom, according to Oxford very intoa new light for many. $2.00, a person could designate $26,000, the most ever in any one Arming was confident that Publishing. Stowe's novel was said to have someone to be jailed. day Jail N' Bail event. "everyone made their best ef- Last year, Hedrick pub- spurred such discussion and On Friday, the designated Around 250 members of the forts" and pointed out that lished the first biography on fervor about the slavery issue prisoner was found and taken student body, the faculty, and events like Jail N' Bail prove Stowe in fifty three years. The that upon meeting her to Mather where their bail was the administration were jailed on that fraternities and sororities novel was well received the Abraham Lincoln said "So set by a judge. The bail was a Friday. can do more than help the cam- literary community. your the little woman who selected amount of money that This is the fifth year in a row pus social life. Hedrick's own field of started this big war." Women's Studies has under- In the biography, Hedrick gone a reformation in the past also discusses Stowe's decline few years. Numerous "lost au- in popularity toward the turn thors" have been rediscovered of the century. Placing the bi- due to biographical research on ography into her own field of the authors. Women's Studies. Causing Recent biographical work speculation as to what effect on Zora Neil Hurston's Their the biography will have in the Eyes Were 'Watching God, reveal- Women's Studies field. ing its importance to the field. Hedrick stressed that it is too Hedrick stressed that Stowe's early to gage the impact of the novel was already a part of the biography. literary canon. The competition for the However, Stowe's other Duff Cooper award is steep. works are seemingly unknown The award is specifically ori- at this time. "I am hoping that ented toward history and bi- the book will bring attention to ography works. Whatever, the her other works that they will outcome of the nomination be understood in a different Hedrick expressed her enthu- framework," Hedrick stated. siasm for tine honor she has During the height of the received. AAA and AD sponsored a benefit for The American Cancer Society. Trinity's one day *U<£YAMADA participation raised more than any other,in Connecticut. i THIS WEEK'S TRIPOD.... NEWS: v_. ARTS: FLA TURES: ^ SPORTS: Celebration Of 69 • ij o .• # • Dave Matthews • Drug Deal In A-^ • #1,000 For Toolan Condoms 1 { Interview Queens ^fe Wt * Snow Wreaks Clinton In View -MMF • Spunk • Dean Reich ^^Hffil Havoc New Director Of •'&(• • Marga Gomez • One Time I Cried 1 iWj^f • Brendan Monahan Development • Bali Laughs \_ THIS H£f ji • Serial Fiction I • Alphabet Soup Page 2 THE TRINITY TRIPOD • February 7, 1995 Editorial Editor's Note The following letter was sent to The Tripod over Christmas vacation. We decided not to print it until we could verify that it was indeed from City College. President Elect Dobelle recently warned Trinity that the letter was indeed being sent from a faction of the Dear Dean Peters... faculty at City College to various departments on campus. The Tripod will hopefully be lookingfiirther into the opinions of this faction in future issues. The poem below has been ontrary to popular belief, I do believe that your reproduced as closely to its original form as possible. Saturday morning messages are a good idea. I believe that they help to solve the problem that so THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE many students face each time the weekend rolls around — m SEASON'S GREETINGS H! asking what there is to do. Ding! Dong!! Ding! Dong!! But you're not the right person to be telling the campus Ol' Evan DumbeUe's gone! what to do, and therefore you're not the right person to be Ding! Dong!! Ding! Dong!! sending the messages out. , O, the Dumbelle's gone! Instead, if you wanted your weekend summaries to be taken seriously, then the first thing you would do is turn Evan toots his own horn, them over to a responsible group of students and let them While teachers look with scorn. record all the activities that are going on each week. Anyone Spending right and left. could then call a central phone number to access the record- Leaving City College with a hefty debt. ing. And anyone could submit short summaries of events to He will spend your money well, be added to the message each week. from the depths of hell, If you wanted people to actually call that number, then While secretly stuffing his pocket, you should do what you did in a rather unexpected move this To buy a flashy locket. (A business expense for his week and announce real parties. Maybe I don't pay enough goddaughter.) attention to the thousands of flyers when I'm walking through Mather, or maybe I need to actually ask the question "What He'll hire his family, is there to do tonight?" before I can register an answer. But For the sake of his sanctity. I do know that if there were a number that I could call to see But their only merit, all the events that were happening on campus over a week- Rests in a hidden garret. end, then I would be calling it every week. And now that Evan's gone private, While I do understand your reasonable bias against cer- It'll be that much harder to see, tain types of events on campus, I don't think information on Just exactly how much he takes, them should be excluded. Quite frankly, I believe the idea of For his own personal shopping spree.