School Cracks Down on Parking Offenders Faculty Complaints Prompt Response
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r^jHj^^l TRINITY COLLEGE • HARTFORD • CONNECTICUT ^^•"•T1^* Vol. LXXXIV, Issue 16, March 3, 1987 School Cracks Down on Parking Offenders Faculty Complaints Prompt Response by Judy Sandford "will encourage students to use the Those offenders would also have News Editor new Vernon St. parking lot which their cars towed every time," said has been open for a month." Smith. With the new lot, there are about Several students have avoided The administration is beginning 800 spaces available for parking on using the new lot because it re- to crack down on students who re- campus. quires an inconvenient walk to the peatedly violate the parking re- So far, the Vernon St. lot has center of campus. Smith notes that quirements in the Seabury and been used by only two or three ve- the walk is only "seven minutes to Jarvis lots during the hours that hicles, and usually remains empty. main campus, a distance that is they are reserved for faculty only. Senior Security Officer David C. frequently jogged by several stu- Norris, assures students that "the dents each day." Security is having the cars of new lot is just as safe as any other For students who are cautious chronic offenders towed at the parking area on campus. It is well about using the Vernon St. lot late owner's expense. The Complete equipped with two cameras which at night, Smith reccommends that, Automotive Co. charges approxi- are monitored in the security of- "students drop by the security of- mately $50 for the removal of each fice and there is excellent lighting fice and request an escort from the vehicle. provided at night." lot to their dorm on their way Students receive tickets for Smith further emphasized the down." being in faculty spots between 8 adequacy of the Vernon St. park- Smith says that the parking in- a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through ing because the security shifts are convenience is not unusual for city Friday. fully staffed with the hiring of two life and especially on an urban Due to several complaints made temporary guards, and guards campus. He estimated that each to Vice President Thomas A. working overtime." space in the new lot costs Smith's office, from angry faculty "With 400 faculty, staff and $3,000.00 and is expensive to This car being towed from the Seabury lot last Thursday at 10 a.m. has unable to park near their classes, administration plus visitors park- maintain with cameras, lighting, received 12 parking tickets this year and was parked next to a sign put an effort is being made to remove ing on campus each day, the security patrols and snow removal. up by the administration last week. photo by Judy sandford cars of students who consistently administration must press people ignore the rules and a new set of to use the empty lot," explained Another proposal that may be signs that were posted last week. Smith. More than 500 students considered is to ration the amount Dith to Speak on Escape One irate professor threatened have registered cars. of cars allowed on campus. Smith not to teach class unless parking Other penalties that are being explained that this could be accom- spaces were made available to him. considered by the administration plished in many ways such as From Cambodian Horror for chronic offenders might be priority for internships, academic family, Dith learned English at Smith hopes that this policy, "lifting the car registration fee aehoivement, upperclassmen or in- by David Copland Aamstant News Editor home and French in school. He withdrawal of a cai registration. from $30 to $50 or the refusal ur creased car registration fees. worked as a hotel receptionist un- 'Cambodian Difh PVan, survivor f of Khmer Rouge reign of terror, and ended the flow of tourists. In and New York Times photogra- 1972 Dith began working for Syd- Minority Applicant Pool Rises pher will speak tomorrow night in ney Schanberg of The Times as a the Washington Room. Dith's guide and interpreter. by Susan Hyman firms that the student body "is dents except "based on demon- story is told in the motion picture In 1975 Schanberg arranged for •strated need of the family." Tripod Staff Writer very receptive towards increasing The Killing Fields, which will be Dith's wife and children to leave minority enrollment." However the push to recruit shown tonight at Cinestudio. Cambodia when the American em- To achieve this objective, Trinity more minority students has been Dith was invited here late last bassy was evacuated, Dith stayed The current admissions commit- has increased its visiability at successful.The application pool has semester by vice-president of the on with Schanberg to cover the fall tee has succeeded in recruiting a schools that historically have not already increased from 223 minor- Asian Students International Or- of the capital Phnom Penh to the greater number of minority stu- sent students here. The admis- ity students last year to nearly 300 ganization (ASIA), sophomore Khmer Rouge forces (Khmer is the dents, despite Trinity's tradition- sions committee is learning about this year. For the hundred stu- Yani Kwee. ASIA is sponsoring an language of Cambodia). On April ally low minority enrollment. these potential sources of qualified dents who attended Minority Asian Awareness Week in con- 17, the day Phnom Penh was oc- Especially influential in this pro- minority students through lists ob- Weekend in the fall, twice the junction with 17 other college of- cupied, soldiers detained Schan- cess is Assistant Director of Ad- tained from the National Merit usual number, 40% decided to ap- fices and clubs and Dith's berg, Dith and another American missions, Karen Mapp. Mapp is a Scholars (an achievement awarded ply to Trinity. presentation will be a part of the journalist. graduate of Trinity who joined the to students with extremely high Five minority students have al- program. Although Dith was released by ranks of the admission staff last PSAT scores) and search lists pro- ready been accepted in the Early Other events of the week will.be the soldiers he convinced them to September. vided by the College Boards. Decision process, a novelty in the a seminar examining racism let him stay with the journalists As a recent graduate, Ms. Mapp Because Trinity is a Division III Trinity admissions history. The through an Asian-American per- and over.the next several hours is able to explain to potential mi- school, admissions here are "need rest of the minority prospectives spective by Don Koa on Thursday; convinced the Khmer Rouge not nority applicants that the prob- blind." Consequently financial aid will be anxiously awaiting, along and the performance of a Cambo- execute the group. Because Dith lems encountered at Trinity are is a separate consideration from with all other Trinity applicants, dian dance troupe on Friday, was a Cambodian national he could typical of any predominantly white admissions and can not be used as for the April 15th decision on their March 13. : not escape.later with the foreign institution. However she also af- an enticement for minority stu- applications. Born in 1942 to a middle class continued on page 6 Woldu hired as Minority Advisor by Judy Sandford the kind of person we were looking sonal guidance for students of News Editor for in regards to her admissions color." The position also involves, and academic experience. She im- "efforts to extend sensitivity pressed both the search committee among white members of the Col- Gail Hilson Woldu has been hired and students." 140 applications lege to the experiences of people for the new position of Assistant were received for the position and of color." Dean of Faculty. The position will five candidates were interviewed. Other duties of the Assistant include advising to minority stu- "The position is a serious at- Dean of Faculty Woldu will be to dents, a job that was previously tempt on the part of the college to offer courses of instruction during performed part time by a Minority coordinate several programs," said the year. Woldu received a Ph.D. Advisor. Grace Morell who has Painter. in Music from Yale University in served as the Minority Advisor will The job description requires that 1983, her M. Phil, from Yale in leave at the end of the academic the Assistant Dean "be an advo- 1979 and a B,A. magna cum laude year to persue her studies of law. cate, provide informal assistance, from Goucher College in 1976. A search for a full time admin- and improve academic and per- Continued to Page 7 istrator to work as an advisor be- gan last spring after demands were made by the Trinity Coalition of INSIDE: r Blacks. The administrators felt they V. needed "someone to work with the Special Section: What Should faculty and Dean of faculty in both recruiting and maintaining minor- Be Done In Central America? . ity students at Trinity," according to Dean of Faculty, Borden Hoops & Hockey Painter. He felt that, "there was a better chance of accomplishing this in Tourneys goal with a more significant ap- Karen Mapp has helped increase the number of minority applications pointment." .received by Trinity College this year. Ph°'° by Meryl Levin Painter felt that, "Woldu was Page 2, THE TRINITY TRIPOD, March 3, 1987 Editorial <n "Jlmtk. tk SW? Is Mum the Word? In a country that prides itself on its personal liberties, 'we the people' are highly prone to overlooking the tran- sience of these liberties. Though protected by the revered Constitution and Bill of Rights, who is to say that they cannot be taken away if taken for granted? Supposedly in possession of the youngest and bright- est minds, students as citizens are frequently lulled to sleep in this rather detached educational environment.