Crtmtp Cttpob VOL. XCVII NO. 15 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 FEBRUARY 16,1999 Trinity Student Detained by INS legalities out before he left the \ BY SARA GETMAN country, the misinformation he News Writer received led him to this prob- lematic situation. Samer Yahya is a Trinity Col- "After being strip-searched, lege Theater and Dance major fingerprinted, photographed, in his twenties who, like the and handcuffed to a wooden majority of the Trinity student bench in an immigration office body, went home last summer. overnight, he was placed on a However, Samer is not being al- plane and sent back to Rome," lowed to return. According to according to an open letter to Writing Center Lecturer Robert the Trinity community from Peltier, Samer is "more than a several members of the faculty. student. He volunteered at Samer arrived in Rome and Cinestudio... and I got to know was told to go to the American him as a person: a decent, ethi- Embassy. At the American Em- cal, and caring person." Born in bassy, individuals are assigned West Africa to a Lebanese fam- to a person who acts as their ily Samer applied to Trinity's caseworker. Samer met with his ANDYSHEPARD IDP program and was admitted caseworker and was told that in 1999 Mead Lecture after a summer of study at Trin- order to return to the United Last Wednesday evening, Trinity College hosted the 1999 Mead Lecture with guest speaker ity. States to finish his education, he Blanca Silvistrini, a prominent Puerto Rican historian. In a bilingual presentation, Silvestrini After calling the Immigra- would have to prove to the discussed issues affecting women in Puerto Rico and America. The lecture was translated tion and Naturalization Service caseworker's satisfaction that he by Assistant Professor of History Luis Rgueroa. in Hartford and checking with would return to Lebanon when the Office of International Pro- he got his degree from Trinity. grams and Educational Studies He was not told how to do this here at Trinity to have his pa- and just told to have letters writ- Students Address Diversity pers reviewed, he was told that ten and to somehow prove his everything was in order. Unfor- case Samer Hooded the Amen-

alse from Lebanon. For a week, he rassed. President Dobelle ad- quickly turned from commend- too late. went to the American Embassy % BY SARAH JOYCE dressed a letter .to the Trinity ing Trinity's strides, to pointing, Samer spent the summer in to plead his case every day. His News Writer community expressing his dis- out areas where the college still Lebanon with his family and Brother and Mother both wrote pleasure at the incident and en- falls short, One senior noted also visited Rome on his way. and explained his situation. He The semester's first Town couraged attendance at the that "...rather than doing things back to Trinity. When Samer got letters from Trinity faculty Hall forum met on the night of meeting organized by Rev. in the community, Trinity returned to the United States members and had numerous Thursday, February 10, to dis- Steven Charleston. .should become a part of the and landed atKennedy airport people working on his behalf. cuss issues that affect the Trin- Reverend Charleston intro- community." That led to the in New York, immigration offi- The caseworker was not satis- ity campus, most notably the duced "A House Divided; Diver- pressing question: is Trinity cials immediately arrested him fied with this "proof," and even- question of diversity within the sity at Trinity" as the topic of helping to renew the surround- for violating the agreements of tually told Samer that he would community. Reverend Steven conversation for the Forum and ing neighborhood for selfish his student visa. Though Samer not be allowed to return to Trin- Charleston moderated the fo- asked the room: "How do you see FOR UMon page eight thought he had checked these see STUDENT on page seven rum, which was held in think Trinity is doing based on Rittenburg Lounge and at- your own experience?" As a tended by approximately 30 general consensus, many members of the Trinity com- people felt that Trinity's diver- Campus Construction and munity. The Town Hall Forums sity and community involve- are a project of Student Services ment had improved over the Renovation to Begin Soon created in order to provide a last five or ten years. One '91 more tolerant, respectful com- grad noted: "Trinity's commu- Early Phase of Project 2002 Scheduled for Late Summer nal awareness is rising. It is so struction, Urban Strategies, residence halls along Summit munity. At the forums, students RENAY SMALLCOMB much better than when I came whose role is linking campus Street near the Connecticut professors, administrators, and News Editor alumni are encouraged to speak to Trinity." People also noted construction to the surround- Public Television building. Two in an atmosphere conducive to that students are participating ing neighborhood and William' buildings will be constructed honest conversation. more in their community than Trinity College is quickly Rawn, who serves as architec- to provide housing for approxi- Many who attended the fo- they were five years ago. Trin- moving forward with its plans tural advisor. mately 180 students. One rum were concerned about a re- ity is definitely making strides for campus renovation as out- Included in the plans are new see PROJECT on page nine cent incident in which Asian that were unprecedented before. lined in the Master Plan for students were verbally ha- However, the conversation campus construction and initi- ated by "Project 2002." Started several years ago by Inside This Week's Issue Trustees, the Master Plan was developed to examine the con- Professor HelenLangrecognizedfor scholarship struction needs of Trinity in a News • • ""••• •*• z6 strategic manner. "Evan [Dobellel wanted a plan to ad- A Study of the behavior patterns of the New England WASP dress the infrastructure of the Opinions '. pg college itself," stated Jim Mullen, Executive Director of Dispelling myths about South Africa Project 2002. "We are trying to Features V& set a high standard for all con- struction, for all building on Lectures, Performances, Alt. Bev. and more campus from here on." Announcements • According to Mullen, the new plans are designed to act as "a Review of Yeates' Etudes and Purgatory template through to the year Arts -P&13 2020" Several firms are in- volved, including Cooper- Women's Basketball goes into Overtime against Bowdoin Robertson, which is responsible The Trinity College Library is one of ANDYSHEPARD Sports.. : -Pg-22 for the coordination of con- the sites designated for renovation. PAGE 2 OPINION THE TRINITY TRIPOD —FEBRUARY 16,1999

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Beware Of Deflecting Racial Concern

To the Edicor: ulty members? I don't think so and Ian Lang <99 Jennifer Antoniazzi l99 without evidence, no one should think so. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR [ write to ask The Tripod to follow up on allegations of racism in the Could you ask Professor Euraque decision to replace Raymond Baker either to provide evidence that his NEWS EDITORS BUSINESS MANAGER as Dean. statements are accurate or, if he can- Kristen Burns '02 Renay Smallcomb '00 RocioHerrera'99 In your issue of January 26, Pro- not, to consider retracting them? fessor Euraque isquoted as explain- In the face of the recent, very real, racist incidents on campus, what FEATURES EDITORS BUDGET DIRECTOR ing that a number of senior faculty members were displeased that appears as Professor Euraque's fan- Dan Berman '01 Devin Pharr '00 Chad M. Bennett'00 "uppity, younger, minority faculty ciful response to a policy decision he were in places they had never been dislikes may only deflect attention OPINION EDITORS SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER before." The article suggests that from the problems of racism at hand. James Griffith '99 Andrew Weiss '01 . Andrew Pearl '01 these faculty members were instru- mental in shaping the decision to replace the Dean. Sincerely, SPORTS EDITORS ONLINE EDITOR Is this true? Did the President act Kathleen Kete Colin Ruane'01 Stark famend '01 John Akin '01 Owen Tripp '01 on the racist urgings of senior fac- Associate Professor of History

ARTS EDITORS ANNOUNCEMENTS EDITOR Stand Up For Yourselves [ BethGilligan'Ol Virginia Lacefield'00 ; Katherine Kimber '02 To the Editor protect themselves from rapists, and they should not feel guilty if PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS As a Women Studies' major and they cannot. But what if there was Katie Bryant '01 Andrew Shepard '01 co-editor of the Women's Center a community of women for support Newsletter, 1 gather information to fall back on? What would hap- SENIOR EDITORS: Ernesto C. Anguilla '99, Julianna Bogdanski '99, Jason Gabriele '99, Lisa about women's safety and experi- pen if a group of women had a sig- • Harrison '99, Katie Kurz '99 ences here at Trinity. One friend nal to give each other when a man was making one of them feel un- COPY EDITORS:Brian Price '99, Terry Kifkin '99, Justin Smith '99 expressed concerns that fraternity brothers were taking the blame for comfortable? What if your guy non-brothers who would come to friends stepped in when you looked their parties and cause trouble. An- uncomfortable with someone's at- other friend told me about a football tention? (My girlfriend and 1 used Establishing The Vision player who told her he knew about to tug our left earring when we were sexual assaults committed by cornered by guys at bars or parties. friends but didn't do anything We would always keep an eye on President Evan Dobelle's recent annual speech to the faculty outlined, in a com- about it. What if we all worked to- each other, and if one of us saw "the gether to make sexual assault unac- tug," the other would come over and prehensive fashion, his vision of Trinity's future. Focusing on the Strategic Plan, ceptable? say: "Excuse me! I have to talk to her Dobelle illustrated how the numerous projects currently underway will, when com- about something," and take her I challenge Trinity men and away. If it was a mistake we could pleted, ensure that Trinity becomes, "a major force in higher education in this coun- women to take responsibility for always go back without insulting try." It is a vision of Trinity, that The Tripod wholeheartedly endorses. each other's safety. You see women the guy.) manhandled at parties. You watch Of central importance is the administration's commitment to hire twenty new your friends drink too much and There are women who look out. tenure-track faculty members. We believe that this move, a long time coming, will hook up. What.if your football for each other and there are men friend of fraternity friend stepped who don't put up with sexual bul- end Trinity's disproportionate reliance on adjunct-faculty members, arid allow the' in when they saw someone bully lies But baa things continue to Vtap- college to offer a more cohesive and stable academic program. In addition pro- you? What it they had the courage pui it Trimc\ bei_juse tew people grams such as the new Tutorial College and InterArts Program will allow Trinity to tell their friends not to hook up take responsibility lor stopping im- with the "hammered girl" and sug- proper behavior. For many it seems to more fully embrace the rich heritage of a liberal arts education. Such programs gested getting her number instead risking unpopularity is worse than will transform Trinity from a place where future CEOs spend their college years, for a conscious date? What if you watching someone being groped, saw someone slip someone a Ruffie drugged or assaulted. There have into an institution where intellectual discussion and dialogue is no longer the ex- and ejected them from the party been several assaults reported on ception tut the rule. / , and took th.e drink from the campus this year. We don't know This view of Trinity as a bastion of intellectualism may seem farfetched, but we woman? how many have not been reported. Men who sexually abuse women Be brave and make assault at Trin- believe it is within the college's reach. Given Dobelle's ability as a fundraiser, as do it for many reasons, but they get ity stop. Stand up for each other. evidenced by the recently concluded $100 million Trinity College Campaign and away with it because no one makes them stop: not before, not during, Sincerely, the 52-53 percent alumni annual giving rate, funding for these programs should not after. Women cannot always not be a problem. Coupled with the planned campus renovations such fundraising Beth Miller-Lee'00 should provide the base for an expansion of Trinity's educational mission. Sports Still Fails On Women's B-Ball However, Dobelle warns us that a problem remains which may prevent Trinity from, "accept[ing] the prize that is within our grasp." It is the threat caused by the, To the Editor: who else in the Trinity community "anarchy of factions" which, according to Dobelle, has already caused fissures knows this due to your lack of sat- It seems as though you have made isfactory coverage. For a fact, this among the comrnunity as well as slippagein the progress towards our goal of mak- no progress in producing adequate makes it the fifth consecutive week ing Trinity a great institution. news coverage for the women's bas- that we recall that we have not seen Though such a fear may be well founded, i ts legitimacy lies in the veil of secrecy ketball team despite a recent letter an article or update. We would ap- to the editor. Instead of publishing preciate a personal response as we that shrouds far too many of the college's important decisions. As long as the fu- the letter, would it not have made are very angered along with the rest ture of the college is debated behind closed doors, and in private meetings, the ability more sense to publish an article of our team. Please do not disap- of factions to hinder progress remains. Dobelle's vision is strong, but so far it is not concerning the recent news of the point us again by publishing this women's season?!!! For your infor- . letter and not an article. all-inclusive. If change is going to occur, it is essential that all members of the com- mation the women's basketball munity are informed of Trinity's state. The ball is in the President's court, and we team is 11-5, after beating WPI 50- urge him to step forward so that next year this editorial can write about a "State of 34, on Tuesday, February 9th. The Sincerely, only reason we know this isbecause Harleigh Leach '00 Trinity Address," which will be addressed not only to the faculty but to the whole,, we are members of the team, but Caitlin Luz '00 community.

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The Politics Of Hate rope—we are here in peace." BY JAMES GRIFFITH controlled the Nazis. Without Nazis for peace? That's gener- Li Opinion Writer the Jews and the rest of Europe ally the first thing I think of to hate, Nazism is powerless. King Hussein, End Of when I think Nazis. Right after Nazism is powerless without In Monday's New York Times, the invasion of Poland and the the other it seeks to take apart. I read quite possibly the strang- Holocaust. As soon as Nazism gains power, Millennium Monarch est news item I've ever seen. But, still, you have to give it loses power. The power really There was convention of sorts them credit. They've brought rests forever in the group it Reflecting On His Legacy in Budapest on Valentine's Day. Croats, Slovenians, English, and hates. According to the short article, Germans together. When I was So perhaps Nazism in its own BY CLINTON BAILEY neo-Nazis from across Europe in the UK, I was amazed at the strange way has really become Visiting Professor of Political Science gathered "to mark the anniver- dislike most Brits seem to have the best preserver of peace. It sary of a retreat of elite Nazi for other Europeans. But, if you ensures that the powers that be Last week, in an unprecedented gesture of honor and respect, lead- troops." give them someone else to hate, will remain in power because as ers from all over the world flocked to Ammanjordan, to lay its ruler, What I find so odd about this I guess those cultural differ- soon as Nazism gains power it King Hussein, to rest. Few came from a sense of obligation, because clash is not so much the gather- ences seem just insignificant. loses power. Not only that, but Jordan, a small nation devoid of natural resources, is not a country ing of neo-Nazis or the fact that And all this time we've thought it seems to have mastered the art that many need. They came, rather, out of a genuine recognition of they were celebrating a retreat, of Nazis as being close-minded of bringing together people the king's unusual worth as a man. For many, Hussein was a leader but that they were "from as far ignorant bastards. Really, who have traditionally been ri- as they once hoped to be. away as England" and "joined they're forward-looking. vals if not outright enemies Jordan is not a democracy as we understand it in the West. Al- Croatian, Slovenian, and Ger- Despite Nazism's apparent (England and Germany). It has though an elected parliament operates there, ultimate authority does man skinheads." Somehow, ap- ability to bring together people found the perfect politics, ren- not reside with the people, but with the king. He can disband par- parently, hate has transcended from all over Europe in a mes- dered itself completely impo- liament at will, and much policy is initiated in the palace. An American student reared on the gospel of "power to the people" national borders and tradi- sage of the superiority of the tent and focused all power Aryan race, it also neglects the structures away from itself. and "one man one vote" might question the validity of an authori- tionally contentious cultures. tarian, indeed autocratic, regime in the year 1999. Didn't we all learn What is it about paranoid, next step. Bringing together dif- Obviously I'm not condoning to despise autocracy as a past perversion of governance, exempli- violent hate that gets so many ferent European cultures is one Nazism. What I'm trying to fied in the reigns of George 111 of England and Louis XIV of France? people going? Is it because hate thing, but these Nazis haven't show is the inherent contradic- What we learned was sound, and perhaps the strongest argument allows for a distinct recognition made the connection that, if the tions in hate, especially when it for democracy is that the people have a guaranteed and peaceful way of the other, the hated? Is it be- cultural differences between gets focused towards entire to replace a government that does not perform. All they need is a cause hate allows us not to ex- Europeans for Nazis are now so groups of people. I think of the majority at the polls. amine ourselves with any small that they can get along, hate that has been talked about In Jordan, where that option was lacking, people who opposed intensity, since we spend so they can probably get along here recently: the racist com- government policy often tried assassination. King Abdallah I, much time examining what ex- with other ethnic groups. ments from two white guys Hussein's grandfather, and two prime ministers met their deaths this actly we hate about someone Hate relies on the existence of about Asians. I do not under- way, and Hussein was a repeated object of assassination in the Fif- else? an other. That, of course, is the stand why they felt the need to ties and Sixties. The perpetrators claimed to represent the Palestin- Hate seems to have an ener- great irony of any hate group. If exert their "power" over the ian majority injordan's populace, those who were given citizenship gizing quality that other emo- the politics of Nazis actually people eating dinner late. How after the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. Ever since, the Palestinians de- manded the institution of full democracy, so that they could rule tions do not. When it is were implemented, they would that made them feel bigger and no longer be Nazis. Hate needs stronger I don't get. Whoever Jordan and utilize it for the Palestinian nationalist cause. manifested in large groups like Hussein's rejection of full democracy was conditioned by the re- Nazis, the speed at which those the hated. The elimination of you two guys are, you only the hated eliminates the politics showed yourselves to be weak alities and traditions of the Middle East. He had only to look around groups commit atrocities is in- at all the neighboring Arab states, where authoritarians had replaced credible. of hate. and powerless- You arft slaves tp, your hate. You subverted your teailier attempts at democracy, to be cautious. The culrural inability Perhaps that is the attraction If hate is the politics of a to break local and tribal loyalties that always challenged central to hate: the energy. The beauty group that perceives itself as own power and gave it to the people you thought you were authority in the region made democracy a fragile system for pro- of the atrocity. The fascination oppressed, an attempt to extract viding effective government. of the abomination. power where they are otherwise gaining power over. I'm sorry Authoritarianism had thus been the tradition since earliest times. The irony of the convention powerless, it is a pathetic poli- for you. You're sad individuals; Moreover, Hussein felt that his family, which had established and becomes really clear in the tics unaware of its own self- as pathetic in your powerless- developed Jordan as a polity, had as much right to lead its affairs as quote from Zsolt Ikai, a Hungar- contradiction. The haters need ness as those neo-Nazis in any other aspirants to power, especially as they enjoyed direct de- ian Nazi: "This is a wonderful the hated. In fact, the hated hold Budapest claiming a message of scent from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammed. He also felt that his meeting of the youth of Eu- all the power. The Jews really peace. moderate policies might be better for the Palestinians. The King had premonitions that the Palestinians' obsession with overcoming Israel would redound to their own detriment, let alone that of the kingdom, if left unchecked. The two major occasions on which he deferred to their more extreme wishes substantiated this stance. The first was their insistence that he join Egypt and Syria in laying siege to Israel, in 1967. This provoked the Six-Day War and Israel's conquest of all that remained to the Arabs of geographical Palestine, including the West Bank, which then was a part of Jor- dan. Had he not heeded their demands, they were liable to over- throw him. The same threat prevailed in 1990, when Iraq's conquest of Ku- wait and its oil reserves impressed the Palestinians that Saddam Hussein was their long-awaited savior. Faced with wild demonstra- tions of support for Saddam, Jordan's king unwillingly sided with him. This led'to the loss of the large subsidies that the Gulf oil- producing states had provided to Jordan, which largely ruined its thriving economy. Palestinian support for Saddam in Kuwait, more- over, prompted that country to expel 400,000 Palestinians who had worked there for decades, also exacerbating the economic decline of Jordan, where they subsequently fled. The only hope for those ruled by an autocrat is that he be benevo- lent, and that was the chief quality of King Hussein. He never viewed Jordan as his fief, but as his family, and his governance followed the Bedouin adage that "the leader of a people is their servant." Even his Palestinian subjects saw this. When his Palestinian wife, Queen Aliya, was killed in a helicopter crash, in 1976, the Palestinian press wrote, "There is no Arab ruler more concerned for the public ser- vices of his people than Hussein." Akhoughjordan is deficient in natural resources, Hussein saw to it that there was no abject poverty, and most people enjoyed a rea- sonable stapdard of living, Whatever monies the-state came by- subsidies from richer countries, remittances from Jordanians working abroad, or the conveyance of Iraqi imports through its Red Sea port of Aqaba—ended up.in infrastructure for public services and the development of a domestic economy. All this ultimately earned Hussein the love of his people. . ' . But why didthe leaders of democratic nations love him? Partly, it was his efforts for peace. Not only did Hussein make his own peace with Israel in 1994, but he was untiring in his subsequent efforts to make peace stick and move it along on the Israeli-Palestinian track. Mainly, however, they all.recognized that Hussein was a leader who, although beset by adversity from the time he became a teen- age king forty-six years ago, always behaved with dignity, humility,; propriety, patience, and humanity, qualities that today's democrati- cally-elected leaders often lose in their quest for, and acquisition of, AHH..JHE 5WBBT TASTE OF VICTORY. power. PAGE 4 OPINION THE TRINITY TRIPOD —FEBRUARY 16,1999 Behavioral Patterns Of A Foreign Perspective On The President's Ordeal New England WASPs The Washington Soap A 1.5 Year Study For The EPA Concluded Opera Finally Ends display of the words "Abercrombie and BY GEOFFREY STEVENS Fitch", or "J. Crew" on his spawning promised to prove and as history has Opinion Writer BY JEREMY SAU)MON shown (British Politician Sex Scandal in plumage. The female, on the other hand, Opinion Writer will focus mainly on the use of black the early sixties). These aggressors are To the Board of Ecological research, party pants to attract potential mates. hypocrites who take advantage of Bill's Grant allocation section, Environmental These pants, worn by the females almost This show featured a renowned cast overconfident and naive mistakes when Protection Agency: universally, despite harsh weather con- consisting of William Jefferson Clinton, he addresses the media. When a journal- Over the past few years, as you know, 1 ditions, serve as a constant reminder Monica Lewinsky, Kenneth Starr, the ist solicits an insight on one's private life, have been involved in ongoing research that, no matter what the occasion, be it Democrats, and the Republicans. It took the respondent should answer, "No com- regarding the reproductive and general classes, social functions or anywhere in place in the United States in the years ment, these are personal matters",or bet- ecological behavioral patterns concern- between, she is always considering po- 1998 and 1999. ter yet, return the question to the ing the New England WASP. My studies tential mates. She is also willing to tol- Seriously, was this real, or have 1 just journalist. have primarily focused on the protected erate physical discomfort in order to woken up from the most horrible night- Instead of focusing on the aesthetics breeding grou nds of the a forementioned project the image of availability. Univer- mare? The United States of America, the of communication and the Hollywood species, which are located within the sal mating measures usually include the "most powerful country of the world" angelic image they portray Bill Clinton city of Hartford. Although this area is presentation of Jeep Grand Cherokees or playing the clown on the world scene. should concentrate on telling the truth home to several other species, this strain Saabs, prominent displays of social stat- America was losing all its credentials (or at least hiding it better). of WASP has expressed dominance over ure, and a denotation of one's ability to A man's private life must not be mixed with public life and revealed to the public unless he willingly decides so. I do not want everybody to know my most personal and intimate secrets.

and prestige because it persisted in dis- What are the political lessons we have playing such incensed nonfiction. But let learned in 1998-1999? Lying can boost us not compare the art of theatre with your popularity level, especially if you the current number one issue in Ameri- cry and implore forgiveness Hollywood- can politics, and hopefully Shakespeare style on national television. Never give and Moliere will pardon me for using the opposition any arguments it can pos- this area, and is slowly expanding into protect any potential mates with trac- such a degrading metaphor. A president sibly use in bringing about your execu- the surrounding areas. Thus it demands tion control and anti lock braking sys- of a powerful country has extramarital tion. Do not trust courts, they are the bulk of my research time. Over the tems. sex. What else is new? Why is it that corrupted and reflect everything but jus- course of my stay here, 1 have been ac- At the end of the four years, the class Americans are so horrified when light is tice (Monica lied in court, but was later cepted into the group dynamic of the having been divided into couples (com- shed on such trivial facts? In most of Eu- granted immunity by the prosecutor and species, and 1 believe they have accepted prised of a male and female) will travel rope for example, the populace knows its executioner Kenneth Starr, and citizen me as one of their own. Thus, I believe back down the Connecticut River and President or Prime Minister is often out- Clinton got away with perjury and ob- myself to be in the unique position to raise young somewhere within a 200 side his office working o n some personal struction of justice). And what have we observe, first hand, the mating rituals; mile radius of the breeding grounds. files. President Francois Mitterand .(1981- witnessed? ^^ and general behavioral patterns of this There, they will raise WASP larva, which 1995) of France h ad a daughter from one image by continuously y previously unrecognized sub species. will eventually pupate and complete the of his many mistresses, but people President. Denouncing Bill Clinton's pri- It would appear that the migration to life cycle started so long ago. As for the laughed. In the States, people are out- vate life only goes to show they had this protected area begins when the adults, the rest of their life will mimic raged. A president is elected to fulfill his nothing or little to say on his political de- newly pupated adult form of the species very closely that of the previous genera- role of chief of the executive branch. If cisions, which gives them little credibil- leaves it's protected habitat, usually lo- tion. Often including a lifetime occupa- he does his job correctly, what should be ity. cated in the greater Boston area or in the tion in the same organizations which said except "congratulations for your The President almost paid for his lies interior of Connecticut. It then migrates, their parents run. These organizations good results?" A man's private life must with impeachment, unless he has paid based on what appears to be an instinc- usually range from law-based practices not be mixed with public life and re- the courts, and he once again displayed tive sense of direction, along the New to mature business ventures. The species vealed to the public unless he willingly his proneness to getting involved in England Coast, up the Connecticut seems to be highly localized within the decides so. scandals (remember Paula Jones, River, and finally arrives in the place of New England area, seemingly to ensure I do not want everybody to know my Gennifer Flowers, etc.?). The Americans its conception, this time to find a mate that the next generation of WASPs will most personal and intimate secrets and attested to their lack of intellectual thirst of its own. Behavioral patterns are follow the same practices of mating I'm sure the large majority of people feels .as they once again impassioned them- high ly complex and tradition based, and which characterized the previous gen- the same. According to the protagonists selves for an everlasting and costly soap are focused mainly on a strict regiment erations. This is not to say that the spe- of the enlightenment as well as the opera, "Zippergate" (a mere 40 million of daily and weekly rituals. Inconsistent cies do not venture out of the area. founding fathers, equality is a key ele- dollars were spent by the lone Starr). ment in theories of democracy. Why Perhaps next year we will find out OJ Massachusetts then would Mr. Clinton be different from Simpson had falsified all the proofs of Mr. Smith? (If the latter has an affair with the "Clinton-Lewinski Affair," but in the "Mrs.Johnson" no one will care, but if Bill meantime he will have fled and found and Monica do, then the world should refuge in Switzerland. -There he will have stop revolving?) It is ridiculous. Now it been granted political asylum (unlike seems that this act of ridicule has just Pinochet, who unluckily traveled to Eu- been swept away by round two. Bill rope the year of the 50th anniversary of Clinton has just gotten away with a ma- the Universal Declaration of Human jor crime; that of lying to the court, as Rights, and thus served as a perfect well as the nation he represents. It is high scapegoat). Moreover, he will have be- time we omit our hypocritical characters come the Bill Gates of the 1.EC.I (Inter- in order to focus on real values. national Porn-Cigar Industry) financed by the Russians and their new leader The people who attacked Clinton for General Lebed (yes, while everybody his sexual adventures with Monica was focusing on the new soap opera, ay Lewinski are hypocrites who use moral- WwwrsYAlE.EDU Yeltsin will have died of cirrhosis with- ity as a substitute for a reality they can- out anybody noticing). with the mating habits of most other Perhaps one of the most startling aspects not or do not want to face. As I have species, the rituals of the New England of the New England WASP is its habit of mentioned above, politicians involved in Anyway, I hope you quenched your WASP are highly developed in both the venturing to the mountainous regions of extramarital affairs has always been part thirst for the next soap with the closing female and male of the species, as each Colorado. Other ventures include pil- of the culture, something Larry Flynt arguments of "Zippergate." sex will go to extensive measures to at- grimages to the Caribbean region, where tract a mate, as the courtship can last up the WASP will usually look at poor to four years. people and to darken its skin through- The courtship rituals are widely vari- out its stay. ant, but consist mainly of the following This migratory behavior is, however, aspects: the male of the species quickly always concluded with the eventual re- adopts characteristic mate attracting turn to the New England area, so. as to plumage, usually consisting of brightly ensure that the next generation of their colored, blue or yellow and black North kind will find a mate comparable to their Face jacket, an "Old Fraternity Hat," usu- own. ally arranged in a 3 bar design, intended I conclude with a plea to the board to to denote favorable personality traits, please keep the Trinity College Breeding prominently displaytng.that he belongs, Grounds a protected area, along with the at least in some way, to some tradition comparable breeding grounds of other based group. The male's reproductive fit- third tier colleges within the New En- ness is further advertised by prominent gland area. FEBRUARY 16,1999 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD OPINION PAGE 5 Does Your Heart Skip A Beat? Does It Go Faster? The Power Structures And Plays Of Life Among Students At Trinity By BRIAN PRICE our immediate surroundings, as are we not all the same? one way: personal politics. We are all subsumed and Opinion Writer everything suggests conformity. Da da da du du duh duh Individuality then creates a separated to some degree. We Media creates desires that we . Take on me difference which leads new re- all see faults in ourselves and never knew we had, breeds con- Intimidated imitation leads lations of power. Or dominance others. I am not going to enter Power. Not in the sense of cars if a more unsavory term would the subjective debate as to or anything concretized. In- be desired. None of this is any- which group is better, whether stead, power as an external thing new, though. This is the or not this difference is impor- force. Something which is cre- mentally constructed scenario tant, who has more power, etc. ated between people. Not power of a student power hierarchy: Just a thought on why we are in a sociological sense, between the smart versus the dull; those what we purport to be and why people who are not equals. In- who work versus those who this makes any difference. stead, power between supposed find other ways to waste their So on the ultimately prag- equals. There are power rela- time; even the age old nerds ver- matic level, this begs the ques- tions between everyone at this sus jocks, among the many non- tion, "What makes your heart school, real, imagined, or na- traditional, unexpressed beat faster?" or, "Does your heart scent. My concern is those be- sumers, and then argues that us to the unity which masquer- divisions. And each group has skip a beat?" The factors in this tween students. Are we all the desire was not instilled by ades as equality. Individuality its own relative merits—or why are all personal, self-selected. aware of this? its own machinations, but is a is granted a romance unparal- else would o ne conse n t to be i n- The effects are wide ranging: How is power constructed, natural condition, supported by leled. We are all different. But volved? Problem is, nothing is who you associate with, how considering that it is not an a the growing universality of con- none of us want to be too differ- this simple. Number one, these associations are con- priori function? What gives us sumer culture. Families mold ent; that would make us lonely. people are multifaceted, no structed and conducted, and power is what separates us. Our •us into class and race. Educa- So while being banal benumbs matter to what degree we ste- how you perceive yourself. reotype them. Number two, all differences allow the illusion tion erases autonomy as it pur- scares of single senesence, we The politics of this represen- of the categories for this lumpen that there is something sub- ports to stress thought, teaching also despair being fated as some tation are borne out every- student mass are lacking in at- stantial sustaining the dis- truths, and transcending ques- undif ferentiated floating mass. where. This is no exception. I tractiveness due to the people tion with its missionary zeal. So what is it that inspires indi- could write that this has been tances we keep. So our which we ascribe to them and Peers stress similarity. Our viduality is our desire for an exercise in frustration, one divergence must then be cre- the traits traditionally associ- friends are those who dress like power? Naturally what pre- which is passe, not well thought ated in reference to what we ated with each. A simple preju- us, act like us, and have arguably cludes our coalescing into one out, and stolen. want to avoid. This desire for dice. difference is not inculcated by the same interests. Then why cancels equality in more than This is shallow Veganism's Virtues Thinking Past The Iron Gates that would facilitate a vegan BY DANIEL RUDOLPH diet. Not many people in the Opinion Writer "There's A World Outside Of This Place" With Other Issues world have someone like Huong who will make you great vegan heart of these issues. one small example of the kind BY SHANNON I am not a vegan, but 1 aspire protein in the form of stir-fried Another set of interactions of reprehensible behavior that to be. I actually was for a week, tof u night after night. Meat-eat- GREANEY that I have had over the past we have come to accept as daily Opinion Writer but I ended up feeling ill every ing is not a necessity at Trinity couple of weeks also prompted practice. time I looked at the red beans in as it is in Hungary. my rethinking of this piece. Furthermore, Maria Sulit's the Mather salad bar, so I The question is begging to be Two weeks ago we received Some students feel that the edi- editorial indicated that this use stopped. Now, since my stom- asked here: is it moral to make what was probably the most torial section of The Tripod is of language reaches beyond re- ach and tastebuds are not vhU- animals suSfer tor the sake of \ important piece pf campus mail filled with too many shallow marks about sexuality.to'.thg jipg to sacrifice for the sake of pleasing our palates? For those that has been sent out this year complaints; that students at ' animals they will never.even of you who may argue that they (or possibly in the three and a Trinity voice their opinions able that in an intellectual at- meet, I eat dairy products again. don't suffer, they do. The non- half years that I have been here). about issues without much mosphere, such as a college And on Tuesdays, I break down organic meat and dairy farms- I am not talking about the mail- backing and without the real campus, the abhorrent use of and eat obscene amounts of which produce the vast major- ings announcing lectures that desire to "do anything about it." racial slurs and hateful com- chicken, as the smell of Sizzlin" ity of animal products on the we will be QPed about anyway, While this is not a view that I ments would be a prevalent is- Salad is just too alluring. Oh, market- are places where the or the class schedules that we necessarily agree with, I would sue. Yet, it seems that racial and and tonight I ate two plates of most horrible suffering occurs. will receive at least one hun- suggest that we all tend to for- sexual discrimination is alive turkey with mashed potatoes. I'll spare everyone the details. So get about the truly important and well at Trinity. Frankly, I am a spoiled brat is it moral? When I think of the issues on this campus. The question remains: why on Tuesdays, and I was tonight suffering animals, the term We live in this small commu- do we fail to talk about these is- as well. I aspire to live my life in "moral" doesn't really work. I nity called Trinity College for sues more often? Have our pri- only four years. We will even- orities become so self-involved tually journey beyond the emo- that we would rather grumble tional and intellectual safety of in our scholarly, pedantic man- this life at a small college, at ner about students' rights, in- which point we will be faced stead of the underlying issues with adult responsibilities and thatwe face everyday? Or is this interactions with the world at type of language so common on large. In this perspective, issues campus that we have simply such as our right to have frater- become accustomed to bigotry? a manner that does not harm think more apt terms are self- nity late-nights, current Either option is a poor explana- any other living thing, but I am indulgent, or selfish. changes at Gallows Hill, and the tion. so used to getting whatever I Someone once said that every dred more times before the end closing of the View seem small . Nevermind our right to a self- want that I compromise this meal is a political statement. of the semester. The letter that and insignificant. Of course, chosen social atmosphere, or a most righteous of principles. That may sound ridiculous at I am referring to was the one they are not insignificant, they Rather than sucking it up and first, but ponder the notion for from President Dobelle con- are very real issues about the dealing with a not-as-tasty a moment. Most people eat three demning the recent instance of quality of life that we will en- meal, I eat meat and dairy, thus meals a day. Do they choose to racial harassment involving joy for our four years at Trinity. creating a demand for meat and eat a veal parmesan sub, which Trinity students. Combined Still, I would suggest that in dairy, thus causing the suffering requires the tremendous suffer- concentrating our energies on with Maria Sulit's brave attempt of animals. If I cared about other ing of a calf? Or do they eat stir- lofty, intellectual issues of stu- to open up a conversation about living creatures enough, I'd be a fried tofu, for which nothing is dent empowerment and not-so- vegan. But my capacity of self- harmed? these matters in last week's Tri- intellectual issues regarding our sacrifice doesn't go that far, so I'm not saying everyone pod, Dobelle's letter was a step right-to get wasted every night all I can do is preach and not towards a truly important dis- of the week, we have somehow should become vegan after cussion. missed the boat. student-friendly bookstore, or practice. reading this article—obviously I originally planned to write to a more powerful student One night at Mather during ' not, as I am not myself vegan. It this opinion piece on what I re- The conversation that lured body government, we have a my brief experiment with veg- is rather difficult and some ferred to as the "symbolic ges- me towards this idea began right to complete our intellec- anism, my friend challenged people, due to health concerns, tures" with which the with a discussion about the fla- tual development in a commu- me on the type of rhetoric you probably shouldn't try it. The administration at Trinity pre- grant and frequent use of the nity that understands these are reading right now. He said point is, a steak is not just a sents us on a daily basis. My word "fag" in greetings amongst broader issues. We, as students, that he had relatives in Hun-, steak. We need to be-more aware plan was to suggest that a con- students. Almost daily I hear need to realize that our college gary who had farms where they of the ramifications of dinner. siderable amount of the "open the infamous question "What's experience is one that will slaughtered animals every day. A vegan diet is the righteous forum" administration/student up, fag?" used in a joking man- shape the way we live after My response was that it is okay living. It exemplifies a nonvio- meetings are largely symbolic; ner between friends. Obviously, Trinity. The real issues on this because it is a necessity for lent, responsible lifestyle. It is an void of any legitimate desire for most people would agree that it campus are the ones that we them. 1 said that I consider veg- embodiment of the finest prin- student input. But as I discussed isn't particularly funny to use face everyday; and if we con- anism a luxury, and I consider ciple we humans can possibly the topic with a friend 1 began offensive and derogatory lan- tinue ignoring the problems Mather a rare and precious op- practice:' compassion. We to realize that I was simply - guage in casual conversation; or that we have come to accept, portunity to practice veganism. should salute the few vegans at speaking with the same kind of any kind of conversation, for these problems will become a Not many people in the world Trinity: they are the ones who thick rhetoric that lies at the that matter. Yet, this is simply part of who we are. have the wide variety of food are truly living consciously. PAGE 6 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD — FEBRUARY 16,1999 Professor Helen Lang Recognized for Scholarship awards approximately 160 fel- conducted therein are profound. Applicants must also present a Members are obliged only to re- BY KRISTEN BURNS lowships to contemporary No less than a dozen Nobel Lau- current research project, as well side in Princeton and to pursue L/ News Editor scholars studying within its reates have been members or as three letters of recommenda- research during the designated four divisions: The School of faculty at the Institute. tion. Lang's most recent work, semester. Dr. Helen Lang, Chair of Mathematics, The School of Professor Lang will join these "The Order of Nature in The IAS program is designed Trinity's Philosophy Depart- Natural Sciences, The School of scholars next January as a Aristotle's Physics" was pub- to provide the greatest amount ment, has recently been recog- Social Science, and The School member1 of the IAS' School of lished in 1998, after more than of freedom to its members. nized by one of the most of Historical Studies. These Historical Studies. Remarking five years of research. Her first There is no formal schedule, prestigious research institu- smaller bodies combine to cre- on Lang's achievement, Presi- book, also regarding Aristotle, curriculum, or degree program. tions in the world. The Institute ate a community of scholars dent Evan Dobelle stated, "it is was published in 1992. Cur- Scholars are provided with of- for Advanced Study in an enormous compliment not rently, Lang is exploring "the fices, libraries, laboratories, and Princeton, New Jersey, has ex- only to her, but to Trinity...This origins of technical language in housing. According to the tended her the opportunity to is Einstein. This is the pinnacle ancient philosophy and math- Institute's internet site, the in- continue a program of original one might have as an academic. ematics," focusing on the con- tention is to create an atmo- research within their scholarly sphere "in which intellectual community. inquiry can be carried out in the "1 can't think ol any one who "This is Einstein. This is the pinnacle one most favorable circumstances." could be more deserving of this might have as an academic. It is thrilling. I In the fall, Professor Maurice wonderful opportunity," re- could not be prouder." -Evan S. Dobelle Wade will become Chair of the marked Professor Maurice Philosophy Department, re- Wade, a colleague of Lang's. placing Lang after her three "Helen is a world-class philoso- It is thrilling. I could not be cepts of "dimension and exten- year term in the position. Wade pher and one of the hardest prouder." sion." What most readers do not assumes this role not because of working people that I have ever ||Pj5||pi- Trinity has granted Lang a realize, she continued, is that Lang's sabbatical, but because known. Not only does she frrMfttSiiSlBfllKaSij full year paid sabbatical, to be- there is "no mention of dimen- his "turn in the rotation has sim- richly deserve this opportunity, gin in the fall of 1999. She is still sion in the works of Aristotle" ply come around," he remarked. you can be absolutely certain undecided about her plans for and other ancient thinkers. "Extreme trepidation is what I AND^HFPARP the upcoming fall semester. Lang intends to conduct fur- feel," Wade continued, "as I an- that she will put it to the most Professor of Philosophy productive possible use." Professor Lang was excited ther research on this project un- ticipate becoming department and new IAS member not only by her acceptance, but der the auspices of IAS, with chair. I have neither Helen's tal- Founded in 1930, the Institute Dr. Helen Lang for Advanced Study (LAS) is of- also by the prestige of the pro- plans to eventually publish a ents (intellectual or organiza- ten associated with one of its dedicated to pursuing original cess itself, and reflected that "It third book. Her research and tional) nor her discipline. So I most famous former members, research and immersing them- was like pie in the sky to apply." housing expenses will be com- fear that my departmental col- Albert Einstein. As Helen Lang selves in intensive study. Em- Candidates for The School of pletely subsidized by the Insti- leagues are in for some hard explained, at its founding, the phasis at the Institute is placed Historical Studies are required tute, which is funded, not times in the coming years." IAS was often home to scholarly more on long-term effects than to have a Ph.D. and also to have through tuition, but through Following her time at the In- "refugees from Nazi" Germany. on immediate outcomes, and published substantial scholar- private, corporate, and govern- stitute, Lang plans to return to Currently, the Institute often the end results of studies ship by the time of application. ment grants and donations. Trinity and teaching.

American ticketholders staged a "near- administration and the Repub- from his base in Afghanistan, a Washington has reserved the Airlines Strike riot." lican-led Congress. . .. Taliban militia spokesman said right to attack bin Laden. There "I think more could have been "I tend not to buy into the Saturday. Other Afghan sources has also been recent speculation Continues done to help the public," one conventional wisdom that this said he left the country. in Afghanistan and Pakistan DALLAS "(CNN) - American -woman atLaGuardia Airport in has.so sowed relations betw.^eft;, ' "Yes, our guest has gone miss- that another U.S. missile attack Airlines, the nation's second- New York 'said. Another man the White House and Capitol • ing," Taliban spokesman Tay.yab on Afghanistan was conisic^ered f largest airline, cancelled more vowed he would never fly Hill that we're not going to see Agha said in Qandahar. "We had as a possibility than 550 flights Sunday, and is American again. In Dallas, an things get done," said Ralph not told him to leave, and we do expected to cancel 200 more as Illinois woman who spent the Reed, a GOP strategist and not know where he has gone to Albright the sickout staged by their pi- night at Dallas- For t Worth air- former director of the Christian or whether he has left the coun- Intervenes in lots enters it second week. port complained that American Coalition.- . try." On Saturday, a federal judge "had no sympathy for us." Still, some bitterness seeped , Bin Laden, a hero to Muslim Kosovo Peace found the Allied Flight Union Even if all the pilots returned into the words of politicians extremists from Iraq to Kash- Talks and two of its board members to work immediately, it would even as they.crept toward recon- mir, was thought to have been ineontem.pt, U.S.DistrictJudge take two to three days to restore ciliation. "This much has be- living in the Taliban's spiritual PARIS (CNN) - With a Feb- Joseph Kendall said the union normal operations. President come clear: although most capital Qandahar under heavy ruary 20 deadline for reaching had ignored his earlier court or- Clinton, who has twice inter- guard. The report of his depar- an accord with Kosovo Alba- der to end the mass sickout of vened to prevent a pilots walk- ture comes days after the nians drawing near, U.S. Secre- the American pilots, a move out at American, has urged the Taliban, which rules most of tary of State Madeleine that has ruined travel plans for parties to end the conflict. Afghanistan, took away his cel- Albright arrived in France on thousands of passengers. lular telephone and imposed Saturday night to assess the Legally barred from striking, Washington new restrictions on him. progress of the peace talks. American pilots have been call- Moves on After U.S. officials believe bin These negotiations began a ing in sick and refusing to fly impeachment Laden planned the August 1998 week earlier in Rambouillet, overtime to protest the airline's. bombings of their embassies in near Paris. slow integration of lowerrpaid Trial Kenya and Tanzania. In two in- Albright met with Serbian Reno Air pilots, who earn about WASHINGTON (AllPoHtics, terviews,last December, bin President Milutinovic on Sun- half the six-figure average sal- February 13) — With President senators agreed that the presi- Laden urged devout Muslims to day morning in what sources ary of American pilots. Bill Clinton's impeachment dent lied under oath while try- attack U.S. and British interests described as an intense con- About one in four American trial over, Democrats and Re- ing to obstruct justice, he will in retaliation for their joint as- frontation. Foreign ministers of pilots called in sick Friday, re- publicans alike worked to prove stay in office," Lott said. "But we sault on Iraq. - . . .. the other Contact Group coun- sulting in the cancelation of that they could put the Clinton- must move forward on the Diplomats have speculated tries — France, Britain/Ger- several hundred more flights Lewinsky scandal behind them people's business. We must do that bin Laden has found sanc- many, Italy and Russia — will. planned for the long Presidents and move on with the nation's our job." tuary in Iraq, Sudani Yemen, join Albright at Rambouillet, Day weekend. There was a simi- business. ' . Whatever their personal feel- Iran, Chechnya, or gone into where they will decide whether larsituation Thursday despite a "I'm inclined to think that, ings on the matter, both Demo- hiding in Afghanistan. Afghan to extend the talks another temporary restraining order is- we'll move away from••• this crats and Republicans are sources speaking on condition week. sued by Kendall on Wednesday rather quickly and get on with determined to succeed for the of anonymity said it is unlikely Theethnic Albanians and the that prohibited the pilots union other things," said Sen. Craig next two years. ,,:.:, he could remain there without Serbian gbvernmenfarrived in: from any "concerted action" en- Thomas (R~Wyoming). "But if . "Ithink there's goingto be an, Taliban officials knowing France to negotiate a peace couraging the pilots to continue depends oh what the White urge by the majority to demon- where he went. •'• ••• ' : 3 treaty under threats by NATO to their sickout. House does." • ' • • L i»£ strate that they can produce leg- Washington has demanded launch military action if they "Unfortunately, the radical After a brief-.statementof:: islation, not just impeachments that the Taliban hand over bin didn't comply. However, the element that seems to be in con- contrition on Friday following and trials," saidSen. Chris Dodd Laden, who has been indicted in talks have stalled over Serb in- trol of the Allied Pilots Associa- the Senate vote, Clinton turned (D-Gonnecticut). "And-the a, US. court on murder charges sistence thatthe main negotiat- tion seems determined to fly to other issues, using his weekly ' president clearly is going to in connection with the bomb- ing document be put aside until American Airlines into the side radio address Saturday tp dis- want to show that there's some- ings. However, the Taliban has both sides first agree on 10 prin- of a mountain, taking them- cuss the Kosovo crisis. thing more to his legacy than refused a.$5 million reward of- ciples, including Yugoslavia's selves, the company, their co- The president pledged to de- having been impeached and fered by the US for his capture sovereignty over Kosovo. tried." workers and their customers ploy up to 4,000 U.S. troops to a and conviction. The deadline for reaching an with them," Kendall said. NATO force in Kosovo, if Serbs While promising the exiled agreement is just a week away, In the week since the sickout and ethnic Albanians come to. Osama bin Saudi millionaire would not be which hopefully will focus the began, nearly half a million pas- an acceptable peace agreement Laden Flees allowed to use Afghanistan as a two sides. sengers have been grounded, by the February 20 deadline. Afghanistan staging area for terrorist activi- "It continues to be a very dif- costing American at least $40 Despite some fears about pos- ties, the Taliban called bin ficult process," said U.S. media- million. Stranded passengers sible presidential "revenge" for ISLAMABA (CNN)- Osama Laden an honored guest, and a tor Chris Hill. "We are making have become increasingly frus- the impeachment, many ob- bin Laden, a suspect in the friend who helped the Afghan some progress, but there are still trated and angry. At the Miami servers were predicting coop- bombing of two U.S. embassies resistance fight invading Soviet a lot of difficulties, a lot of divi- airport, for example, irate eration between the in Africa, has "disappeared" soldiers in the 1980s. sions." FEBRUARY 16,1999 — THE TRINITY TRIPOD NEWS PACE 7 Student Abroad Barred from Returning to Trinity continued from page one officials behave reprehensibly- knee-jerk suspicion of anyone are afraid of. This seems to be a dent Dobelle's active involve- ity. The feeling was expressed as they did in Samer's case- they who happens to have an Arabic viable solution, but it is highly ment presents the most effec- that Lebanese people are par- are merely doing their job, how- last name or looks Arabic. uncertain if it will be accepted. tive way of ensuring Samer's ticularly crafty and there was ever unpleasant. I don't buy it. Samer's case is part of a larger, The Trinity community re- return." So many people in so suspicion that if he came back Nor do I think that the type of very unpleasant, story." mains in touch with Samer. many institutions have strung to the United States and fin- treatment that Samer experi- Samer was unable to con- When asked how he is feeling Samer along. His life is in vince the caseworker, and thus about this situation, Samer shambles; he is cut off from his the papers for his return were stated that he feels "quite upset family, friends and the things "After being strip-searched, fingerprinted, not sent to the United States. At and discouraged." Denise Best, that are important to him. Even photographed, and handcuffed to a woodenthis point, Dr. Frank Associate Director of Academic if he goes back to Lebanon he bench in an immigrant office overnight, he Kirkpatrick, Professor of Reli- Programs, explained that would have to start all over and gion, was in Rome teaching at "Samer's situation is dire. He is the caseworker at the American was placed on a plane and sent back to Rome," the Trinity Rome Campus. virtually a man without a coun- Embassy has told him that she Samer enrolled at the Rome try. He is being forced to go to will see to it that he will not be ished his education, he would enced is as widespread among Campus so that he could get a Lebanon, the country of his able to gain reentry to the figure out a way to stay. The other immigrant groups as it is semester worth of credit while mother's birth, yet a country in United States. Best stated that caseworker also seemed to have among Arabs and Arab-Ameri- trying to get back to the United which he has never lived." "He trusted us. He in fact put his a suspicion that anyone from cans. I strongly believe that the States. Many Trinity Faculty Samer is still stuck in Rome, and life in our hands. I believe it is Lebanon could be a terrorist; an rhetoric of antiterrorism that members are working to help is enrolled at the Trinity Rome Trinity's responsibility to do obvious bias. Visiting Assistant has been coming out of Wash- him complete his education. Campus. Obviously, he is very whatever it takes to bring Professor of Modern Languages ington for a long time now, as Robert Peltier stated that "We disillusioned. George Samer back into this country to George Aldelnour stated, "Some well as the tense situation in the [the group of faculty] have met Abdelnour feels very disturbed complete his degree." Samer argue that when immigration Middle East, has translated into with members of the adminis- tration. President Dobelle met "Samer's situation is dire. He is virtually a personally with us, and he has called Senators Dodd and man without a country. He is being forced to Lieberman as well as Represen- go to Lebanon.M country in which he has On The Beat tative Sam Gjedenson." They never lived." -Denise Best have tried to work with the INS and it has been suggested that deserves to return to Trinity to Samer be allowed to return to by the "...apparent go-ahead to complete his education. He Five Finger Discount at Ferris the U.S. under the condition travel given to this student by cannot meet his educational ob- that Trinity withhold his tran- Trinity College. It would seem jectives in Rome. Samer's life At 5:30 on the evening of February 8, a student was using a scripts and diploma upon his that there is not sufficient has been turned upside down locker in the room adjacent to the Ferris swimming pool. When graduation. He would be able to knowledge on campus about is- by the events and experiences of he returned at 7:30, he found that the lock had been pried off, pick them up in Rome, thereby sues of concern to foreign stu- the past few months. This story and that jewelry, personal papers, and clothing, valued around assuring that he would not dents, foremost among them of deceit and prejudice and the $900 had been removed. The student found a knife and the bro- overstay-his student status; their treatment at the hands of unfairness of the world has hit ken lock in a nearby waste basket. There are no suspects. which is what the INS officials an increasingly unaccountable INS." He also stated that "Presi- uncomfortably close to home. Hot Wheels Dartmouth trying to figure out what the of (Proposition 209) on the fac- A car parked on Allen Place, across from High Rise Dormi- Students institution did to Dartmouth as ulty, but there is reason to worry tory caught fire at 2:30 on the morning of February 9. The Hart- a whole — what it added," she that the gains of women and ford Fire Department and Campus Safety responded and Support Single- said. "Part of the time, 1 couldn't minorities may begin diminish- determined that the cause was most likely electrical. The car be- Sex Fraternities think of anything." ing," said Ruth Bloch, chair of longed to a WRTC DJ. Another car, owned by a student, suffered The Board of Trustees has UCL As women's studies depart- heat damage. • ' ll" ' ' '" WA'NOVER, tm. • ptopdsedt a ffve-poinfrpliih for ment. : Dartmouth students showed greater choice and continuity in Raymund Paredes, associate Trinity Redneck Strikes Again overwhelming support for residential living and space, ad- vice chancellor of academic de- single-sex fraternities when ditional and improved social velopment, said that the univer- eighty-three percent responded spaces controlled by students sity recognizes the low presence Buildings and Grounds has reported that someone armed with to a survey conducted by the and an interactive coeduca- of women in the faculty as a a BB or pellet gun has been shooting roosting crows in the area student newspaper The. tional social system. It also aims problem. "We actively recruit of the President's house. Several carcases have been removed. Dartmouth, saying that they fa- for the reduction of the number women and minority appli- vor the continuation of the' of students living off campus cants, although we are barred High-Tech Heist single-sex Greek system at the and the elimination of the abuse from taking race and gender College. and unsafe use of alcohol. into consideration when hir- A resident of a third floor apartment on Allen Place reported Betsy Beck '00, who is unaf- Sixty-seven percent of the ing." . , that on February 10, sometime before 9:25 PM, someone entered filiated, said single-sex Greek students who responded to the Affirmative action, however, the apartment and took a laptop computer valued at approxi- houses should remain on cam- survey said the five-point plan has not been the only factor in mately $1500. Following this break-in, definite plans have been pus because there are "plenty of established by the Board of increasing the presence of made to install alarms in all college owned property on Allen places In which men and Trustees would not improve women and minority profes- Place. women can have healthy social overall social and residential life sors. Historically, white male interactions," but single-sex at the College. professors have dominated all Lost & Found houses are a "necessary.part of h the cbllegejexperience."." ;'.'; On Friday afternoon, a pearl bracelet found in the Chapel park- Jen Morgan '02 said she ing lot was found and returned to Campus Safety, Anyone able doubts she would rush a soror- to identify the item will have it returned by Campus safety. ity in the fall, but she appreci- ates the "tradition" generated by Twenty-two percent thought fields of academia and accord- the Greek system. the plan would improve social ing to Paredes, as current profes- Burning the Candie at Both Ends "I feel like they're taking and residential life, and eleven sors retire, the university's something away that they don't percent were undecided. faculty will become more di- Campus Safety responded to a fire alarm in Hanson Hall.Upon have the right to take away — no "Basically, we're at one of the verse. This is the reason, accord- entering the empty third floor apartment, officers found a candle matter who they're taking it most elite colleges, but we do ing to Paredes, why the gender left on a stereo that had burned to its end and ignited a plastic away from." not have the intelligence to plan gap becomes greater as one portable component. There was no other inside damage. Louis Freidheim '02 said he is our own social scene — I think climbs up the tenure ladder. bothered that "the opportunity it's insulting," said Gallagher, a In the past, the chancellor's Cracked Rear View [to rush] might not be there, just Dartmouth student. advisory committee tin the sta- because I had a passing interest tus of women has addressed Sometime during the day on February 8, a vehicle parked in in it. I probably would have UC Faculty Fear gender issues on campus, in- the Anadama parking lot had its rear window shattered Noth- rushed, but I don't know if I Effects of cluding the hiring and promot- ing was taken from the car. would have pledged." Proposition 209 ing female faculty. That Of those who opposed the advisory committee is now de- Oldies But Goodies continuation of the single-sex LOS ANGELES (U- WIRE) - funct. ' [[. : ;•••;• •: Greek system, many were unaf - In the next few years, the slowly Currently, another commit- A vehicle parked in the Summit A lot was broken into, and filiated upperclassmen. Chris- closing gender gap among pro- tee, called the chancellor's advi- the ignition was damaged sometime between Sunday, February ten Einsiedler '00, who is fessors may actually increase as sory committee on diversity, is unaffiliated, referred to the 7 and Monday, February 8. This was an apparent attempt to steal the impact of Proposition 209 attempting to address broader "ghetto" party held by Alphi Xi reaches the level of university • issues of diversity on campus, an older model car, which have been targeted several times in Delta and Chi Gamma Epsilon the past months. faculty and prohibits taking according to Carol Petersen, spe- last term when explaining why race or gender into consider- cial assistant in the Office of she is against the continuation ation when hiring new faculty. Academic Development. No Prescription Needed of the single-sex system. Currently, women make up But according to administra- "In light of everything that 23 percent of all UCLA profes- tors, there is no quick fix that A student reported that an unknown party entered into her happened this Fall, I halve] sors, according to statistics re- will close the gender gap and room around 2:30 AM on February 13 and removed an undis- come to a conclusion that leased by the Academic the limits of Proposition 209 closed quantity of medicine. Currently, there are no suspects. Dartmouth could do without Personnel Office. may slow down the process fraternities and sororities. I was "It's too soon to see the impact even more. , PAGE 8 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD — FEBRUARY 16,1999 Boys and Girls Club Opens Students Address Ramos and his staff are also many semesters to come. "We BY SARAH JOYCE pleased with the promising have already had many youths News Writer Diversity at Forum turnout of Trinity students, registered and hopefully, by sixty of whom are currently word of mouth, we'll register continued from page one the policies were not clear and The new Boys and Girls Club volunteering at the Boys and many more." With the help of reasons or for actual commu- the consequences of breaking located on the Trinity Campus GirlsClub. "We've had an over- the staff, student volunteers nity betterment? Is Trinity just the policies are not known by officially opened on February 1, whelming show of support in from Trinity, and the three trying to bump up attendance ' everyone on campus. after a delay of several months. the Trinity Community," noted work-study employees, the new and applications by making Along with making the poli- Programming for members has Ramos. These volunteers, along Club should run smoothly and Hartford more appealing or do cies clear to the student body, already begun, registration for with the full-time staff, keep be a great success both on the we really care about our sur- several other suggestions were youths is currently taking place, the Boys and Girls Club run- Trinity campus and for the rounding community? This led brought up for making Trinity and volunteers are settling into ning six days a week. The staff Hartford community. Even to heated conversations be- a place where everyone is edu- their new positions. is working hard to ensure that though the opening of the Boys tween students and administra- cated and comfortable with is- Already, the new Boys and each day will be packed with and Girls Club had been de- tion. "Is this urban renewal or sues involving diversity. Girls Club is off to a terrific urban removal?" one student re- Suggestions included integrat- start. Sixty-five children from marked. ing community involvement ages six to thirteen are enrolled, The conversation then with the educational curricu- and membership is soon ex- shifted from Trinity's involve- lum so students would have a pected to reach the target num- ment in the community to what community service require- ber of 100. Val Ramos, the Trinity needs to do on campus ment in order to graduate, a dis- project coordinator, described to promote a diverse atmo- tribution requirement for some of the upcoming pro- sphere where everyone can feel diversity, expansion of the grams for the kids by saying, comfortable with who they are. multicultural office and above "We're going to have basketball Many believed that Trinity all, communication with the clinics, arts and crafts, possibly needs to focus on allowing student body on the part of the a computer lab, homework help people to express themselves administration. "We need to everyday, maybe a wilderness comfortably, as opposed to urge the faculty to integrate di- club and percussion workshops merely tolerating those who are versity and Trinity issues into as well. Everyone involved is different or diverse. Laura classroom discussion," said one very excited." Since the ribbon Lockwood, director of the junior. "All of these suggestions cutting ceremony was held Women's Center, said that offer a start, but student apathy prior to the proposed initial ANDY SHEPARD The Boys & Girls Club opens for business. "...sexuality, race, ethnicity and is what really needs to be fought opening in September, official gender need to be attended to." on this campus," noted one se- programming began on the first activities for the children. . layed for several months, the She went on to say that we can- nior. of February without any fan- The permanent staff of the staff predicts that its impact not sit idly by when someone In general, the forum pro- Fare. Club consists of new director, will be positive and beneficial. makes an off-color remark. duced no concrete answers for When asked whether he ex- Angel Huertas, a physical edu- Matthew Albrecht '01, a vol- "Confrontation is the key to the problems Trinity has re- pected such a steep increase in '. cation director, a community . unteer coordinator, expressed education and by not letting garding diversity. However, it enrollment after being open for volunteer director, and Erin enthusiasm by stating, "I be- someone get away with unac-, served to encourage people to such a short period of time, Blakely, the work-study pro- came involved because I had ex- ceptable comments, everyone talk and get involved. The meet- Ramosstated.Thingsaregoing ' gram director. The Boys and perience working with kids in does their part," noted one se- ing united faculty, students and • beyond our greatest expecta- Girls Club also employs three the past, and it's something I nior. Trinity's policies on racial community ^members in the tions, but we always realized full-time work-study students. enjoy. Everything's been going and sexual issues were also search for a solution, or at least there was a great need in the , Ramos anticipates that the ..well so far,,and I'm enjoying brougHt to the. floor for discus- in the fight to improve not only community for the Club, as well Club will be ahuge success in /•working with the kid,s and the sion. „ Iviast of^the. people in at- the Trinity ccprp,y^tirti*^j as a tremendous interest." the upcoming semester and for other volunteers." tendance at the Forum felt that Hartford community as well

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Mullen states that the two build- nancial Aid, Student Accounts, and Ca- ings will actually have the feel of "three reer Services. Construction will begin houses," responding to students who late this summer and shall be completed have expressed preference for smaller in the fall of 2000. The Admissions dorms. Building, according to Mullen, is funded The dorms have been designed in an completely through an anonymous do- attempt to "echo the Long Walk," accord- nation. ing to Mullen. Between the two new Vernon Street wil! also see the effects dorms a plaza, including a green lawn, of construction, as Mullen described trees, and benches, will be constructed. plans to give it a "more residential" feel. The new dorms will also contain a small A gate house will be constructed that dining area for special occasions, such as will remain open during day and closed dinner with faculty members. Other at night. Telephone wires, which now amenities, including storage space and ANDYSHEPARD hang down from above-ground poles, fitness clusters, are being contemplated. The LSC Quad will serve as "staging area" for the will be placed underground. Sidewalks ongoing construction. Mullen cited the construction of the will also be expanded by about six feet. new dorms as just one example where aware students may miss having use of tion will focus on utility work, which Three new multicultural buildings student input played a great role in de- the area, the staging period will be fol- will begin late this summer. More exten- housing Hillel, the Asian American Stu- termining the final plans. "We deter- lowed by a period of improvement for sive work is planned for the following dent Association, and La Voz Latina will mined through the Office of Residential the quad, leaving the condition of the summer, and the library is, expected to also be constructed on Vernon Street. Life and conversations with students LSC Quad better than its current state. be completed in fall of 2001. The library The design for the Vernon Street reno- that singles and quads are the room The new dorms are expected to be com- shall remain open throughout the con- vations will be presented to trustees in types favored bymostandwe considered pleted by fall of 2000. struction period. May, and work will commence late this that in designing the layout of the new The" library will also benefit from Renovation of Austin Arts is also pro- summer. Mullen expects the proposed dorms, one of which will feature two Project 2002 in a plan that includes both posed to begin after library construction renovations to1 make Vernon Street the floors of quads and one floor of singles." renovation of the existing structure and is completed. Weiss-Manfredi of New "major entryway into the college." The ground-breaking for the new expansion in a plan designed by Tom York, the firm that designed the Mullen expressed his confidence that dorms will begin around 'April 1. The Paine of Canada. 50,000 square feet will Women's Memorial for the Arlington students would be pleased with the re- Life Sciences Center Quad will function be added to the library, which now National Cemetery, is currently working sults of the construction, stating: "Very as a "staging area," providing space for stands at approximately 60,000 square with employees of Austin Arts Center to few colleges in the country are putting storage of construction equipment. The feet. This additional space, according to review a program of renovation for the forth this much effort towards improv- staging period of the new dorm con- Mullen, will foster the integration of li- building. ing the physical conditions of their fa- struction is expected to last approxi- brary and technology services, as a com- Construction of a new Admissions cilities. Students and faculty can be sure mately eighteen months, and puter lab will be placed in the renovated Building along the Chapel Quad is also that Evan [Dobelle] is committed to pro- preparation of the LSC Quad has already library. in the works. Designed by Peter Boh win, viding them with the facilities they begun. Mullen stated while he was The first step of the library construc- the new Admissions building will fea- need."

Patriots Move to May, and obtain permission from the women received an overdraft notice passed. league by Oct. 31. Kraft has said that he from her bank. Another staff member After state lottery officials rejected his Hartford Secured does not expect that to be a problem. became concerned and notified the claim, he turned to the General Assem- Agreement Unless the Patriots or the state of Con- client's family The family then called bly for help. He spent weeks meeting necticut act to kill the dea! in ac3S953&e " with state lawmakers to plead his case. (The Hartford Courant)- Last Friday, with terms of the-agreement, the pact For people with mental retardation, The House of Representatives voted in Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland and signed Friday binds the Patriots to Hart- the case illustrates the perils of an in- favor of special legislation to give Jack- New England Patriots owner Robert K. ford for 30 years, and provides a home for creasingly autonomous life, Becker said. son the prize, but senators were not al- Kraft signed a relocation agreement that an upgraded University of Connecticut "What happened was awful, "he said. lowed to vote, blocked by their was the final paper step required to football program. "With every move toward independence, leadership. our clients assume more risk." DePino is joined in his Clarence Jack- son campaign by a Democrat state Rep. Connecticut Man Reginald Beamon of Waterbury, who has Attempts to Claim contended it is not fair to deny Jackson Lottery Winnings his prize based on "a technicality." Special legislation to award a late lot- (.The Hartford Courant)- Clarence tery claim is not unprecedented. The Hartford News Jackson, a Hartford resident who was Maryland legislature did it in 1988 for a denied a $5.8 million Lotto prize in 1996 woman who tried to cash her $75,000 bring the NFL team to the city of Hart- Hartford Woman when he tried to claim it three days too ticket one day after that state's 180-day ford. Cons Mentally late, was back in the capital attempting deadline. However, many obstacles may still to receive his winnings. Jackson intends to stay in the back- block the move. The main concern now Handicapped Jackson met with Republican State ground of this legislative session, letting is moving the Connecticut Natural Gas Chairman Chris DePino for a People DePino and Beamon try to build support Corp. steam plant, which lies on a pol- (The Hartford Courant) - Kathleen magazine photo shoot. The publicity is for his cause. ' 1 uted site along the Conland-Whitehead Brew, an employee at the Greater Hart- linked to a legislative campaign led by DePino, who has supported Jackson Highway in downtown Hartford where ford Association for Retarded Citizens DePino under the banner, "Give the kid since he first approached the legislature the stadium is to be built. who was entrusted with the care of men- the money," two years ago, said the quest is a long The first major deadline outlined in tally retarded adults is accused of em- Jackson did not realize his Lotto ticket shot. "Our chances are about as long as the agreement is April 2, the day the state bezzling $1,100 from her vulnerable was a winner until after the one- year winning the lottery in the first place," he must give the Patriots a status report on clients. deadline for claiming the prize had said. arrangements for getting the steam plant "She had access to her clients' bank off the stadium site. accounts," said Det. Capt. William The state then has another deadline of Erickson. "Instead of withdrawing the June 30 to come up with a definitive plan money and passing it on to the victims, on how to move the gas company's head- she was helping herself." Police are also Politics Economics quarters and steam plant, and to say investigating an additional $10,000 re- where money for the operation will ported missing from the bank accounts Business come from. The agreement also gives of several mentally retarded women. Kraft plenty of room to object to the plan. Police charge that Brew stole $1,100 Mutually , One of the key issues for Hartford resi- from her mentally retarded clients over dents was their inclusion in construction several months in 1998. She was released jobs, since the project was pitched as a on a written promise to appear in Supe- Today's changing economic and business environment way of helping the city employment pic- rior Court in West Hartford. . . ' requires managers have knowledge of the interrelationships "It's an unfortunate situation," said of these processes. That's why CGU crafted its Master of ture. Arts in Politics, Economics, and Business. Described as The agreement does not mandate a job Stephen Becker, executive director of the the "MBA of the Future," it provides out graduates percentage, but suggests the team will association. "Our board of directors, our with the skills to deal with global and local issues. staff all feel awful... The clients are sad- Fellowships are available. Visit our Web site (you can apply make the best effort to hire 30 percent on line) or call or e-mail for more information. city residents for jobs, in accordance dened and very disappointed." with an effort launched by the state to Owen Eagan, Brew's attorney, said she find qualified workers. wasn't the only person with access to the Claremont Another potential stumbling block in victims' accounts. "It's difficult to deter- the agreement is approval of the move mine first if there was any wrongdoing by the National Football League owners. done and second, who did it," he said. The team has agreed to apply for permis- "The full story is not out yet." sion at the league meetings scheduled for At the end of December, one of the PAGE 10 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD — FEBRUARY 16,1999 President Dobelle's Annual Address To The Faculty In an effort to inform the Trinity geted at improving retention of the the Library, and the pace is picking ognizing tha't our success is largely progress toward that goal caused by community regarding the state of the students we wish to attract in up. The Trustees have called for a function of how well we under- the anarchy of factions. Some fis- College, The Tripod has decided to greater numbers - specifically, stu- schematic designs to be submitted stand the concept of cooperation sures have emerged in the sense we reprint an excerpted version 0/ dents of color and students who by the architect next month. If all and collaboration. have of ourselves as a unified com- President Evan Dobelle's annual seek a vibrant academic cul ture and goes well, we expect to begin site I want you to know that I am munity striving for the goal of ex- speech to the Faculty. intellectually stimulating educa- work this summer and aim to have grateful for the myriad ways in cellence in liberal education with tional experiences and challenges. the new Library and Computing which you are sharing with me the an active commitment to respon- Thank you for the opportunity We will be investing in new fac- Center open by the fall of 2001. efforts to make the College even sible citizenship. Some would have this afternoon to address the fac- ulty in support of the key strategic With an architect selection already more outstanding than we know it us think of ourselves as this group ulty, an opportunity afforded the objectives of enhancing diversity made, plans are also underway for has been during its first 175 years. versus that group, as one faction president annually, [have been the within the faculty and developing the Austin Arts Center renovation Whatever successes 1 have had must protecting itself against another, as head of organiEations and institu- greater depth in curricular areas and expansion project. And we are rest finally on the abiding academic Party A seizing power from Party B tions now for 32 years... I try hard to that represent Trinity's "signature" assessing the space and program- excellence of the teaching and re- or protecting Party C. communicate and be accessible strengths... thestrategic plan callsfor ming needs for a new studio arts fa- search you are responsible for. We I am no prophet, but I can predict throughout the year. I want to use the hiring of 20 new tenure-track cility, and evaluating options for can have no disagreement on the this with confidence: As long as we the opportunity to focus on the faculty members, a move that is meeting them... mutually dependent relationship - think in the logic of factionalism, College's strategic plan - and the linked to an orderly, carefully In an enduring partnership with indeed a partnership — between the we will find ourselves no longer very considerable opportunities, as thought-out reduction in our de- Hartford Hospital, the Connecticut administration's efforts to further seizing opportunities; we will not well as challenges, it presents. I also pendence on adjunct faculty mem- Children's Medical Center, and Con- institutional aims and the faculty's accept the prize that is within our want to talk with you about some bers. Thisislinkedaswell to reform necticut Public Television and Ra- efforts to achieve the highest aca- grasp. Because we will not be to- issues of faculty governance and the of the College's sabbatical and leave dio, Trinity is continuing to invest demic quality of our educational gether. Let me say right now, as role of the Dean of Faculty, which I policies for faculty. With the reduc- prudently and strategically in the programs. It goes without saying clearly as I can, that I will not settle know have been of concern. But let tion of adjuncts by the equivalent of revitalization of the area surround- that the position of the Dean of Fac- for an anarchy of factions for this me start with some reflection on the 15 FTE positions during the next ing campus and the strengthening ulty, as the College's chief academic great college. I will not settle for "us Strategic Plan... several years and the hiring of 20 of our shared community from officer and the second-in-com- versus them." I will only settle for At the core of our strategic plan new faculty members over five within. The new Boys & Girls Club mand, is cen tral a t Trinity; the Dean us, together. for the future is a renewed and years, net teaching strength at the is already operational, and con- of Faculty's position is particularly Let me also be quick to say that strengthened commitment to excel- College will be increased by the struction of the three new schools central in the context of this con- this does not mean that I do not ap- lence and quality in everything we equivalent of five FTEs. Seven of the on the Learning Corridor is con- nection between the admin- preciate the virtue of different do at Trinity College. Our plan — new facul ty will be persons of color, tinuing on schedule. The Learning istration's efforts and yours. I have points of view. I do. But I have never built on the foundation of the recruited through the Target of Op- Corridor will be "open for learning" renewed my commitment to work- admired leaders who divide and faculty's academic vision for portunity program; clearly, though, in the fall of 2000... ing effectively and cooperatively conquer, because that to me is not Trinity's future — reaffirms and ex- every new faculty position - and ad- Most recently, Trinity has expe- with the Dean and his office and leadership. Leadership inspires and tends our commitment to theessen- ministrative position, for that mat- rienced the strongest six months of within the faculty governance sys- unites. Nor have I emulated leaders tial values of a liberal arts education ter — represents an opportunity to fundraising in College history. For tem, though, as I know you realize, who will abide no opposition or dis- as the most powerful source of the increase diversity at Trinity, and I'm the July 1 to December 31,1998 pe- in the end the responsibility for sent. Difference of opinion, ex- transformative powers of learning, confident the College's diversi ty ob- riod, new gifts and pledges totaled many institutional matters rests pressed in an environment of as one of the best forms of prepara- jectives will be factored into trie re- $21.6 million, compared to $11.4 with the president and how to bal- mutual trust and civility, always ance constituent pressures in order yields a stronger consensus. But to achieve our shared institutional contention born of suspicion and "It seems clear that the unusual innovative curricular programs we goals. bitterness only breed more suspi- are offering...will bring us distinction in an increasingly competitive Clearly, there have on occasion cion and bitterness. : been disagreements on how to Let me quote an educator of higher education arena," achieve this cooperation. I deeply whom 1 am a great admirer, James regret any polarity that some might Freedman, who just retired as Presi- tion for careers and achievement cruitment and hiring decisions for million during the first half of the feel has developed on campus. It is dent of Dartmouth College. If we and satisfaction, and as a prime all 20 new faculty members, not just prior fiscal year. These results are time for all of us to seek to put ten- ourselves practice what in a sense source of civic literacy and social re- the seven positions slated for TOP truly extraordinary-Trinity already sion to rest. I am confident we can we preach, we can do anything here sponsibility. appointments. has recorded over $21 million in begin to do this. at Trinity Freedman wrote "Liberal Implementation of our plan will We will establish, over the next new commitments toward a new I. have reflected on the matters education urges upon us a reflec- hopenifty create innovative educa- five years.two new. academic cen-. (andStrategic Planrrelated) three- that have weighed, heavily on me tiveness, a tentativeness, a humility, tional linkages connecting the Col- ters that will engage undergradu- year goal of $75 million! during the past years and in trie an openness to ot^W]3#p§ lege, the city of Hartford, and cities ates in rigorous intellectual work In addition...Nearly 4,200 donors past weeks and days in preparation a desire to continue to learn around the world. We intend to use and creatively expand opportuni- have contributed over $2 million for these annual remarks to you. 1 throughout our life that i_an miti- every advantage our city location ties for faculty and students to work toward a fiscal-year goal of, $3.85 am at Trinity to lead, not be risk- gate these tendencies toward polar- offers to provide a distinctive liberal collaboratively outside the class- million for annual giving. Alumni averse, and to seek to promote rapid, ity, rigidity, and intolerance. This arts education to Trinity under- . room ... Meanwhile, we continue enthusiasm is higher than it has but rational, change. I understand skepticism about certainty and con- graduates. And we will expand cur- to support existing centers, such as been in years - perhaps in our his- and appreciate the intricacies of fac- ventional wisdom—is an important ricular emphasis on international the Center for Collaborative Teach- tory. Fifty-one percent alumni par- ulty governance. I believe that on a characteristic of a refined mindand issues and the powerful forces of ing and Research, which we will ticipation in annual giving is a key few occasions it was necessary for of a good citizen. Liberal education global change so that Trinity gradu- soon find adequate space for on barometer, and we are on track to me to act, in good faith, in ways not seeks to impress upon us all that one ates will be prepared to function campus...The problem is, of course, achieve 52 or 53 percent this year. fully in conformance with how of the most important words in the effectively as citizens of the world... compounded by the construction Only a handful of all the nation's some of you view those familiar te- English language is "perhaps," and You will strengthen the liberal planned on campus during the next colleges and universities achieve a nets or expected procedures. I am that we would do better if we could arts through imaginative educa- several years and by certain un- 50 percent rate... learning from these experiences discipline ourselves to preface some tional programs, including new knowns-for example, in what de- We are also getting about twice and am particularly grateful to of our most emphatic statements general-education initiatives that partments the twenty new faculty the number of so-called "major those who, in a spirit of collegiality, with that critical word. Liberal edu- emphasize interdisciplinary study, members will be hired and how gifts"...Our objective is to raise $25 have offered constructive feedback. cation teaches the importance of many of them will need special fa- and a tutorial mode of instruction million or more annually in new I have always tried unfailingly to tempering profound convictions cilities such as laboratories and stu- characterized by close student-fac- gifts and pledges for the indefinite deliver on my promises to advance with a measure of tolerance and a ulty interaction... both in the class- dios. Nevertheless, I'm confident of . future... the interests of the College. I have judicious sense of humility. And it room and in intellectual pursuits, our ability to work through thismo- . at all times done my best to cham- may even sustain us as we negoti- beyond the classroom. Topher rass, and I'm committed to improv- On the admissions front the re- sults are just as exciting and the pion the faculty and academic pri- ate the paradox of being-persons of Small reported at the.last Board of ing both/the process for space orities. I have.worked tirelessly to deeply held commitments who can, . Trustees meeting that the admis- management and our communica- prospectsjustas bright. Trinity will sions office saw an enormous surge tion about space decisions... post its fourth consecutive year of • record-breaking applications this "I will not settle for an anarchy of factions in application activity during De- Turningback again to our strate- cember, just after a mailing to the year. And as the quantity goes up, gic plan... In addition to the initia- the College is not sacrificing qual- for this great college, I will not settle for 'us prospect pool that included infor- tives and investments I've outlined mation about our experimental Tu- ity; in fact, the quality of the pool versus them.' I will only settle for us, together." already, with faculty involvement continues to grow stronger. Al- torial College that becomes and leadership from the Dean's Of- operational in the Fall of 2000. It though it's still too early to assess fice we will be expanding levels of overall quality of the full applicant promote the mission of this extraor- in the same metaphysical moment, seems clear that the unusual, inno- support for student-faculty re- vative curricular programs we are. pool, we can report an increase...of' dinary college and to strengthen it. still imagine the possibility that we search projects in all departments about 12 points in the average SAT And I will continue to do so. are wrong. Liberal education is offering, includingespecially rigor- and programs, making such col- ous ones like the new Tutorial Col- scores of the Early Decision Round There should be no doubt that we surely not a panacea for all of our laboration a hallmark of the Trin- I applicants accepted for admission all want this wonderful college to personal or social dilemmas. It is no lege...will bring us not only ity educational experience. distinction in an increasingly com- - who numbered 103 vs. 93 accepted achieve even greater eminence. guarantee of goodness, as the occur- petitive higher education arena but We will also take steps to expand last year. As of January 21, Trinity When we disagree about the means rence of slavery or the Holocaust-re- also growing numbers of students experiential learning opportunities had received 4466 applications, up to achieve this, or even about what mind us. Nor does it protect us from motivated to take advantage of — including academic internships 12,8 percent... Last year, when the fi- kind of eminence we aspire to, we our most foolish emotions. But, at such programs to their fullest. In — uniquely available to Trinity stu- nal count was in, we had recorded must talk about our differences and its best, liberal education does have . addi tion to the Tutorial College, you dents because of the College's capi- total applications of 4187. We al- points of* disagreement. I look for- the redemptive potential to prepare will mount, as part of general edu- tal city location. We will strengthen ready have surpassed that number, ward to working with Miller and us for both the glories and cation reform, an array of "gateway the College's Office of Mul ticultural and it is likely that the total for this you to achieve consensus on a num- exhilaration's of life, as well as for its to the liberal arts" programs, such Affairs and our commitment to af- year will exceed 4600. Over a 9-1 ber of central academic issues. ironies and perplexities." I try to as the new Inter Arts program being firmative action in hiring and re- ratio for a class of 500... I see even greater things ahead for dedicate myself to that very propo- offered for the first time to incom- cruitment so as to nurture and So, in many ways, these are the us. Much greater things. But I also sition, that life has both glories and ing freshmen. These courses of sustain a climate that respects dif- best of times for the College. Who is see one obstacle to achieving them. exhilarations as well as ironies and study will examine important top- ference and values diversity... responsible for all of this? WE are. That obstacle is one that was fore- perplexities; and I hope you do too. ics through a coordinated, We will pursue our $95-million The message I want to deliver to you seen in the Federalist Papers and I hope that those of us who teach the multidisciplinary sequence of campus renewal plan. Recent archi- today is that WE have done it, and described there as a serious threat liberal arts live the lessons of them , courses taken during the first two tect selections and design reviews we have done it together. Sometimes to the body politic! This threat "the if we truly hope to instill the same years.... are keeping major projects on track, we struggled; sometimes argued; anarchy of factions" I talk about in in our students. My intentions are although with the exception of the sometimes not agreed. But what has my classes. honorable, my mistakes I always First, we are increasing signifi-, new admissions building and-new been done has been done because We are poised at a very privileged regret. My fidelity to the liberal arts cantly the investment of College Summit Street dorm, not all the many people worked together, each place: the place of great opportu- is true and my regard for the faculty resources, particularly in financial projects are fully funded. Remedy- bringing to the table, what he or she nity—a position from which we can and its governing system and our •aid, to support the recruitment of a ing this situation remains a preoc- had to contribute to the effort. make Trinity a major forceinhigher students, staff, administrators, more diverse, highly motivated, and cupation and 'priority of the What additional good things will education in this country. In fact, alumni, trustees & community, and Development Office. We have se- talented student body. In parallel, be done will also be done because that has already begun. But there the institution that is Trinity, is ab- cured nearly $10 million in gifts for "W are. making investments tar- we continue to work together, rec- has been some slippage in our solute. FEBRUARY 16,1999 — THE TRINITY TRIPOD ARTS PAGE 11 Welles' Masterpiece Appears at Cinestudio

If you have some free time on your hands during Reading Week, then check out Paul Schrader's Affliction. Starring Academy-Award nominees Nick Nolte and James Coburn, this acclaimed film is based on the novel by Russell Banks.

Classical music buffs will want to head downtown to the Bushnell to en- joy performances by the Hartford Sym- phony Orchestra and the Hartford Symphony POPS! Joining them this week are virtuosos Angel Romero, Allen Vizzutti, and Jeff Tyzick. See the announcements section for more infor- mation and get off campus!

From March 4 through 6, Megan Shea '99 presents her senior thesis, REALITY, in Garmany Hall. Writ- ten, directed, and designed entirely by Shea, the piece presents modern day culture in a new light. Showtime is 8 PM each night and tickets are WWW.HIMS(TEORG/CITI.HTML Orson Welles co-wrote, directed, and starred in the 1941 film Citizen Kane. free, so come expand your horizons! receive a picture of Charlie Kane's con- Poetry enthusiasts - this is the se- BY GRAHAM THOMAS tradictory life. Although each person mester for you! On Wednesday, Febru- Arts Writer seems to have known different aspects of ary 17 at 4 PM in the Alumni Lounge, Kane, not a single one has any idea what the 1999 Spring Writers series presents "Rosebud" means. a reading by acclaimed fiction writer The film commences with a shot of a Scott Bradfield, author of such well- very dark and mysterious looking man- One of the things that made Citizen titled pieces as "The History of Lumi- sion on a hill, with an old metal fence Kane especially memorable was the way nous Motion" and "Greetings from adorned by a "No Trespassing" sign. As inwhich the plot unfolded. Most Ameri- Earth." Stop by and listen in! the camera moves over the fence and can movies preceding it had a straight- onto the grounds, the viewer notices that forward, less complicated plot structure 1 tha c developed slowly and almost always the castle. from a single point of view. Citizen As each progressive shot takps us Kane's mukifaceted perspectives were E-Cello Recital at AAC closer, we are able to observe the sur- very exciting to moviegoers of the time, puter through the cello. Krieger had roundings of the mansion more clearly. and the non-chronological format kept BY KATHERINE KIMBER mapped sound and video clips onto the There is a zoo, a private lake, and a golf them guessing. Announcements Editor fingerboard of the cello, so certain places course among other luxuries, and with There were also revolutionary techni- on the fingerboard triggered specific each shot we move nearer to that myste- cal advances in the film. Low-angle shots On Wednesday,- February 10, in Gar- sounds or videos. The video footage, shot rious light. provided a unique view of ceilings, many Hall, Jeffrey Krieger gave an un- by Krieger himself, showed various After a few tense moments, the light which had not previously been shown conventional cello recital. Krieger, the scenes of nature. At times, the camera suddenly blinks off. The camera moves on film. Cinematographer Gregg Toland principal cellist for the Hartford Sym- panned quickly over a scene, creating a phony Orchestra, played an electronic dizzying spinning sensation. The sound [The film] was extremely controversial when it was cello. The e-cello has no sounding board clips were also taken from nature, in- like a conventional cello; instead, it is cluding sounds of moving water, first released, largely due to the many similarities reduced to the fingerboard, strings and birdsong, and a barking dog. In addition, between Charles Foster Kane and the powerful bridge. In addition to these functional some of the sound clips were of cello newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst elements, wooden wings create the idea music. of a cello by simulating the upper and Often, Krieger's pizzicato action trig- lower' ends of the nonexistent gered a bowed cello sound. This, in com- inside the room and draws close up on a also used creative lighting and other in- soundboard. This relatively short recital bination with the fact that often neither tiny snow globe. We see a man's lips, as ventive camera angles. consisted of three pieces, Cello Chtby bowing nor pizzicato produced any au- he utters the famous line: "Rosebud." He Thematicaily, the film deals with how Sarah Hopkins, Video.celh, an improvi- dible cello sound, made the cello seem then drops the snow globe, which shat- wealth and power can corrupt a man. In sational piece, and 'Suddenly It's Evening almost superfluous to the performance. ters into many tiny pieces. A maid the end, it is Kane's lost childhood that by Donald Erb. It seemed that the cello could have been, rushes into the room to cover the dying matters the most to him. As he dies he According to the program notes, Cello replaced by any other instrument. man. stares into the snow globe imagining Chi "employs a wide array of extended The final selection was Suddenly It's So begins Orson Welles' cinematic that it is the cabin where he grew up. He vocal and cello techniques such as Evening, a four-movement piece written masterpiece, CitizenKane. With its radi- knows he can never regain the joyous 'bowed harmonics' and 'circular especially for Krieger and his e-cello.'The cal techniques and fresh new flavor, it childhood that was stolen from him, didjeridu bowing' as well as 'harmonic first movement, Xanax in Xanadu, transformed the world of cinema forever. CitizenKane is definitely a must-see. singing.'" The technique of harmonic sounded lonely and brooding. This Welles was only twenty-five, when he No film education is complete without it. singing comes from Eastern and Bud- movement also used the harmonic sing- co-wrote (with Herman Mankewicz), dhist roots. By "singing a steady funda- ing technique that was featured in the directed, and starred in this career-defin- mental note in the low register and then first selection. ing film. Although it is now considered Good UJeekly modulating the shape of the mouth cav- The second movement, Interlude, was to be one of the best films ever made, it ity, one can produce a 'second voice' bombastic and frenzied, with parts that was extremely.controversial when it was Income which consists of high harmonics or sounded like moaning, Again, the har- first released, largely due to the many processing mail for overtones." The combination of these monic singing technique was used. Win- similarities between Charles Foster Kane techniques and the use of eastern inter- ter in My Heart, the third movement, and the powerful newspaper magnate national company! vals and scales created an otherworldly sounded cold, barren, and despairing. William Randolph Hearst. Free supplies/postage! piece. The harmonic singing had an The cello and the harmonic singing pro- Following the movie's dramatic begin- No selling! Bonuses] open and breathy sound, almost like a duced an eerie sound of moaning, which ning, the focus shifts to a young journal- Start immediately! whistle, In addition, instead of stopping could be either winter'winds or the an- ist who is sent out to investigate Kane's Genuine Opportunity! the string at one point on the finger-, guish of the artist. The fourth movement, life and to determine the meaning of his board, Krieger often stopped the string Eyes of Flame,Opened explosively, then dying word.. To do so, he sets out to in- please rush Long Self • then slid; his finger up the neck of the alternated between calmer and agitated terview the.five people closest to Kane, instrument, producing. a sort of passages. The movement had an under ^ includinghis ex-wife, his butler, his best Addressed Stamped glissando effect. . •• lying unease that characterized the friend, his accountant, and his childhood Envelope to : guardian. Videocello, "an interactive video im- wholepiece. The bulk of the movie is made up of GMGO provisation," is Krieger's own project. For On the whole, the recital was well flashbacks from the memories of these P.O. Box 22-0740 this piece, the e-cello was hooked up to a played, but the content was unusual. For characters regarding their experiences pitch-to-MIDI converter, allowing inter- a music traditionalist, the recital selec- Hollywood, Florida 33022 with Kane. Through these flashbacks we action between Krieger, and the com- tions were not pieces to list as favorites. PAGE 12 ARTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD — FEBRUARY 16,1999 Billy Collins Shares His Humorous, Insightful Poems Questions of Angels, The Art of Dickinson's Clothes." Collins from the recently reprinted with aging and immortality. By BETH GIUIGAN Drowning, and Picnic, Light- reminisced about the inital re- Questions of Angels, including John Updike has described Arts Editor ning. He currently teaches in action this poem received, "Saturday Morning" and "Nos- his poems as being "gently and the English department at City when it was originally pub- talgia." The latter began with consistently startling, more se- Hartford poetry fans gath- University of New York. lished in a magazine. It gener- the line, "Remember the rious than they seem, they de- ered in Goodwin Theater Satur- The reading commenced as ated an indignant response 134O's..." and proceeded to poke scribe all the worlds that are day afternoon to hear Collin shared a couple of poems from ardent Dickinson fans, in- fun at people's sometimes ab- and were and some others be- nationally-known poet Billy about dogs. The first one, a hu- cluding a woman who wrote a surd nostalgia for decades sides." Collins read from his works. morous account of a neighbor's spiteful letter entitled "Taking passed. "On Turning 10" pro- Everyone in attendance Although very few students at- noisy dog, was entitled "An- Off Billy Collins' Clothes." ' vided an equally skewed per- seemed to enjoy the warmth tended the reading, a substan- other Reason Why i Don't Keep Collins also read i lew poems spective on poetb obsession and humoi of Collins' poems tial number of people from a Gun in the House." The second surrounding towns turned out was a more tender poem about For the event. his own dog, called "Dharma." Gallows Hill Bookstore man- Audience members familiar ager Wally Swist introduced with the works of the Italian Collins, praising him For his writer Petrarch undoubtedly skill as poet. Billy Collins'works appreciated Collins' own "Son- net," which poked fun at the tra- BRITNEY SPEARS have appeared in The American BABY ONE MORE TIME Poetry Review, Harper's Maga- ditional sonnet structure. The zine, The NewYorker, as well as poem concluded with Petrarch other publications. He recently and his love Laura hopping into read his poems on the Garrison bed together. Keillor Show on National Pub- Another memorable poem lic Radio. His books include was "Taking Off Emily

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BY AMY BUCHNER Airman Foresees His Death," performed Arts Writer by Michael Burke '00 and Paige McGinley '99, who collided in a show of modern dance while their voices were On Saturday and Sunday, Garmany repeatedly dubbed reading the poem in Hall hosted an ode to William Butler the background. Yeats with its presentation of Yeats This was followed with a rendition of Etudes and Purgatory. The first half of "Beggar to Beggar Cried" by Tim O'Brien the evening was a selection of work from '01 and Laura Blackwell '99. The mask the "Yeats in Performance" course. Stu- work was phenomenal and extremely dents from the class created perfor- fun to watch. The noises and facial ex- mances around early Yeats poems using pressions were hilarious, and the tricks various acting and performance tech- played on O'Brien's blind beggar were niques. These pieces were followed by very clever. one of Yeats' final plays, Purgatory Cristina Lundy '01 and Jacquelyn Each section of the Etudes was based Maher's '01 versions of "To a Child Danc- on a different Yeats poem. The pieces ing in the Wind and "Two Years Later" were all quite unique and used every were also interesting. The parallel to the type of performance technique imagin- poems' themes of growing up and adult- £ able. From mask work to music to dance, hood with the original story of adoles- BETHGILLIOAN each piece successfully conveyed the cent middle school crisis created a nice Looking for William...cast members Megan Shea '99, Michael Burke.'OO, Javier feeling of the different poems. onstage moment and put a new spin on Chacin '99, and Laura Blackwell '99. The first etude, based on the poem the poem. by Justin Ball, who then played the ac- tension that could possibly be squeezed "Sweet Dancer," featured Matthew Dana Reynolds Rock '00 and Tim companiment he had written to the from Yeats' script. Glassman '99, Philip Burgers '99 and O'Brien were star-crossed lovers in their poem on the piano in a duet withjessica With only two blocks representing a Megan Shea '99. While exploring themes own version of "The Mermaid." Their use Kennett '01 on the violin. tree and a stone, the actors created the of insanity and institutionalization, the of music was particularly effective and In all, the pieces were well performed sin-infested landscape and house of the audience witnessed an amazingly pow- helped add to the tragedy they so mas- and enjoyable. The etudes served as a Old Man's youth. The story of a troubled erful performance by Burgers that sent terfully achieved. strong introduction to Yeats' poems and old man who goes to extreme lengths to chills up and down the spine. After this success, Javier Chacin '99, as some exciting examples of the many rid his family and his mother's soul of Megan Shea was stunning in a bright Glassman and Burke's interpretation of different ways one can express himself the sin that is so much a part of his fam- red dress as she laughingly smeared jelly "The Three Hermits" was a wonderful bit through performance. ily tree. up and down her arms and danced of comic relief. The three distinct char- After a brief intermission, the audi- Purgatory was first presented to the around the stage in crazy fits of emotion. acters these performers created in the ence was treated to more Yeats magic. members of the Trinity College commu- This outburst of energy made her final shortest piece of the evening were amaz- Purgatory, directed by Arthur Feinsod, nity last summer at the Yeats Interna- repose all the more tragic. ing and the whole piece was hysterical. was truly the highlight of the evening. tional Summer School, located, in Sligo, Glassman helped to relieve the tension Between Chacin's whiny moaning, With amazing performances by visiting Ireland. One can only be extremely of this heavy piece with his wonderful Burke's nit picking, and Glassman's University of Maryland, Baltimore pleased that Arthur Feinsod, Samuel monologues, especially his musings on straight man, it was hard to tell just who County Theater Professor Samuel McCready, and Kyle Riley decided'to per- water containing the great line, "I am provided the bulk of the laughs. McCready as the Old Man and UMBC form this piece again, as it was an incred- aqua!" The first half of the evening ended theater major Kyle Riley as the Boy, the ibly powerful example of directing, Next was a piece based on "An Irish with a recitation of "A Memory of Youth" stage sparked with all the mystery and acting, and literature. Michael Burke, Cult Figure: Beginning of Article Good call. "Burke, that spunky junior, we'll pass BY JAVIER CHACIN * it was close to per- A tired, emotionally overwhelmed in- in a little bit, but right now, there on your Arts Interviewer fect. Balanced, intelligent and interest- dividual can not reach out to people and ing. It was also brilliant, because it right, is his funny solo piece: communicate as well as... Well, a men- moved beyond that foundation and MY BUDDY, PELLEAS AND ME: A So you ask yourself: Who is that man? tally stable individual. .. ; thought to go somewhere amazing, and Quest in Masculinity." That man giving that tour on that And Michael Burke is a stable indi- it certainly got there. It's really funny. I mean, there's that campus. vidual. But then let's not talk too much about doll, My Buddy, which is all over the Could that possibly be the same man Oh, did I tell you he has a fascination that piece, if only because up ahead- place- who stormed the Austin Art Center the with SOCIOLOGY? With the way this But it's more than that. There's the ex- night before with that take on Yeats? world/society works; with the way it "... We have Yeats and his multi tal- pected ways of a boy who reaches out for Maybe. doesn't. He also loves ented Gutsy inter- a doll. Boys and dolls don't mix, you must "Don't believe the white toast lie, go to theory. History. The preters!" remember. But why? A doll is simply a the store and buy some rye!" History of theater. (Yeats Etudes, SE£ representation of a human being in a Not yet. First we must figure this man Let's see.... ABOVE.) compromised form. So why the prob- out. : The Avant-Garde. lem? He doesn't know, the boy, but he Or must we...? Figure anyone out? He loves- ... Gutsy interpret- must hide the doll. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF MICHAEL "... As' we pass ers of which Michael BURKE, maybe. Michael Burke and Burke was one. To- WHAT DO YOU HIDE? Nope. That'll get old. the Avant-Garde." gether with Paige A WALKING CONTRADICTION. The ism's and McGinley, Michael "My Buddy My Buddy Ok. Or maybe just a human being. such. He loves those. Burke took a poem My Buddy My Buddy and me!!" Confident enough to do what he needs A healthy love I and created a emo- to do. think. It affects the tional reaction the At once a beautiful hymn to a young Theater, right? No. work he does. Like written work only boy's wishes and the curse of a society . PERFORMANCE ART (That's better): that toast thing- hinted at. Donning that will not understand. Developed at A combination of movement, music, his intense, affected the Trinity/La Mama program last fall, text... The purest of expressions, and at "And now we're face, moving with this piece reaffirmed Michael Burke's the same time the most complex. One coming up on THE Paige, running passion for performance, and for com- that has no bounds; no constricting WHITE TOAST against each other; munication. ANDY SHEPARD with each other. The guidelines. A conversation with people CONSPIRACY, writ- The Legend Himself. New York was a kick. P.S. 122, re- ten by Christopher two created a haunt- nowned venue for performance art of the that just happens to have a little more ing conflict of passion and death. kick to it. - McCullough, and directed by-" good kind, showed Michael Burke a lot. Michael Burke, who, from a simple essay, It gave him direction, and the opportu- "Coming up on your right... created... something quite wonderful. AN IRISH AIRMAN FORESEES HIS nity to see so much... Michael Burke in IDAHO." • DEATH by William Butler Yeats. And he began to create his own art. Created that world of color and lack Performing his own poetry, constructing Where the man began. Not much is of definitive gender. A world that spoke What is it like to foresee your own pieces like, yep- known of Michael Burke's early years in of a society that was constricted by con- death? How would you look at another Idaho... Maybe just knowing he lived in vention and convenience. It spoke of a individual? Would you borrow Michael MY BUDDY!-' Idaho is enough. Just the Idaho. fascination with TOAST. Plain, white Burke's eyes arid distressed face? That young boy could be any of us... toast bleached out of its mind, ready and That alone would do the trick. IS all of us. Remember him? Let us be "And on your left... waiting for some chemically produced But then, he can move too. grateful to have Michael Burke to remind Michael Burke and AIDS AD- condiment. It spoke with a movement And with arms that fly through the us (drum roll, PLEASED VOCACY." . vocabulary encompassing those dances air, cutting and reaching at the same Who the hell we are. Remember that? we dance at night clubs, or in halls, and time. Dread never had a better represen- Before Trinity College. But very impor- those steps we take when we want and tation than in Paige McGinley and Good. End of article. tant. Intense and overwhelming, but we lack. It spoke in Hartford, if you could Michael Burke. believe that. 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Top Ten Heavily Edited Trinity Kiener's Kabbalah Department Affiliated Come-Ons An Interview With A Jewish Scholar 10. Office of Buildings and Grounds: "Wanna talks in a way that many other BY DAN BERMAN dimension ride in the love tractor?" Jewish theological systems do - i \ '*'. ! Features Editor I'm interested more in the se- not. cret side, the learned side, and •9. Office.of Custodial Services: "Don't worry. I Tripod: Is that why people although I've had a few run-ins have people that can get out any stain." Associate Professor of Religionlike Madonna and why Holly- over the years with some of the Ronald Kiener is the founder wood has 'embraced' Kabbalah, "California Kabbalists," I hold 8. Campus Safety: "Ttbu're in luck. This year and Directorojthe Jewish Stud- for the search for meaning? that approach in disdain, and we've been approved for handcuffs." ies Programjormer Director of Kiener Kabbalah was a secret am more interested in exploring the Middle Eastern Studies Con- lore, it was kept very close in 7. Sports Information Department: "Here's a the authentic tradition in the sports brief: I'm not wearing any!" centration, and Chair of the Re- small circles. And recently, in historical documents which ligion Department. In addition the last couple decades, certain have emerged over the centu- 6. Office of Career Services: "We should try you tohisworkatTrinity,Kienerhas students of the Kabbalah have ries. out in different positions to see what fits you taught at Tel Aviv University decided to cease making it a Tripod: How has Kabbalah best." and the Hebrew University of closed and secret tradition, and manifested itself in popular cul- Jerusalem. Recently, Professor have begun to promulgate it ture? 5. Office of Residential Life: '7 hope you've Kiener shared his thoughts on and to preach it in a wider set- Kiener Kabbalah has found fireproofed your bedsheets." Jewish Mysticism (Kabbalah), ting. its way via the renaissance into the state of Israel, and Jewish Fads in Hollywood come and a variety of occult and Chris- 4. A th letics Department: "I th ink everyone Studies. go, and right now from what I tian theosophical schools. If one should come and watch." read, Kabbalah is the hot topic. takes a look at contemporary Tripod Why has the topic of I imagine it will pass also on to 3, Office oftheVice President of Student astrology in the west, it is laced Services: "Let's get drunk and screw." Jewish Mysticism gathered so some other fad. It clearly has through with symbolism from much attention in recent years? something to do with the mod- the Kabbalah. If one takes a look 2. Office of the Dean Of Faculty: "I guess Kiener: As the Rabbi's say: ern phenomenon that many at tarot, there are Kabbalastic everyone gets screwed once in a wh He." 'standing on one foot,' the short American Jews of the genera- symbols printed on the cards answer is that Jewish Mysticism tion of the '60s and 70s became and are a reference point for 1. Office of the President: "In my fab you learn a is the secret esoteric lore and interested in Eastern and mys- many people who try to makes lot about screwing people." tradition of thejewish religion. tical traditions, and then dis- sense of their life via tarot. There It is that stream in Jewish covered that in their austere is a whole tradition which his- ates start their college career at nity feel they are in a dwindling thought that speaks to the emo- Jewish tradition, there also ex- ' torians call the Christian the age of 21 because they first minority of liberal secularists tional side of religious life. It isted a mystical and spiritual Kabbalah, in which writers en- do two to four of army service, committed to the idea of higher gage in the interaction of which is a maturing experience. education. Kabbalistic traditions within So the general maturity level, Tripod: Along those lines, the context of Christianity. the seriousness of the students where do you think Israel is ' So it is not simply the sudden and their age is far different headed in regards to the issue of emergence of Madonna.:, we can than what you would find any- religious versus secular Jews? go back to Bob Dylan, who be- where in America. There is no Kiener: I'm very concerned came- transfixed with model that I saw of a kind of lib- about the internal domestic de- Kabbalistic imagery and sym- eral arts college, the sense of bate which is sometimes called bolism in some of his writings. "privileged exclusivity" that the "Culture Wars" of Israel. The There's even a song by David one could find in the finest Lib- conflict between the dominant Bowie which refers to the mys- eral arts, is something that is secular majority and the vocal tical'spheres of Kabbalistic rm- foreign to Israeli higher educa- orthodox minority in Israel is mmFfifim s i Tripod: What is the academic Particularly at the Hebrew kind of boiling point. climate in Israel like and how University, there's a sense of be- To a certain degree, the assas- does it differ from Trinity? ing besieged, particularly in the sination of Prime Minister Kiener: Probably the most city of Jerusalem by the exces- Yitzhak Rabin in November »•*-, striking difference between Is- sive talk of religion. The 1995 could be seen as the first <«*-*-• raeli universities and American strength of the religious com- shot in what could become a Professor of Religion Ronald Kiener, co- ANDYSHEPARD universities is the age of the stu- munity in Jerusalem is growing, civil war. And there is great con- but members of that commu- author of a book on Jewish Mysticism. dents. Most Israeli undergradu- see KIENER on page 16 My st icaL Tarzot AQUARIUS SCORPIO JAN2o,-FE.b 18 2.o-MAY2O OCT23-NOV2I Last weekend went well, didn't it? Your traditionally solid: arid well fo- You're succeeding in work and classes, You are simply brimming over with Finally get together with that special cused attitude brought home the re- but you're:still not happy ^with the ernd'-' renewed passion about life' and love. someone? Now that you've gotten that wards last week,but things are getting a tional side of your life. Pickvypicky; Don't . Ecstacy is good.rbur. if you are in a rela- area of your life together, it's time to sit little more complicated now.-Alt hough give up just yet. Maintain.your legend: tionship, remember "to bring your part- down and sort out the rest. I wouldn't .you've hit Strife, you show no-signsof ary generosity and you will continue to ner along for the ride. Now is a great be surprised if you've been feeling slowing down. Wands are physical ac- gain admirers. You need to get over your time to discuss those tough issues with overworked lately. Things can get tion cards full of life and earth energy, tendency to get upset at the slightest those close to you and make important done if you make a plan and stick to good for bulls like you. Dig in your heels things. Use that roar judiciously and you decisions about your future. Reflect it. Procrastination is not your friend. and hang in there. You may. have one will have greater effect. first and you won't go wrong. wild ride, but I'll bet you come out on top. PlSCES VIRGO .SAGITTARIUS" GEMINI NOV22-DE.C2! w FE.6 I2-MAK2O •ACIG25-5ELFT22. MAY 21 -JUN2O You've got a hand full of Aces this In the middle of a struggle? Perhaps week! Wands and Swords tell me that You are definitely having friend prob- That mean streak really hurt some lems. Keep an eye out for those who want you are trying to exert too much con- you've been starting some new projects feelings last week, Gem. Turn your other to hurt you, they seen to be multiplying. trol over unpredictable things. There is and exercising your creativity. Even if face forward and remember that being Doesn't look like it's your fault, except a great deal of pressure on you right it seems like you've been expending a nice to others really does pay off. You perhaps that you were unwise in choos- now and you may feel like you are sink- lot of energy, and going nowhere, ob- have the chance to wrap up the first part ing your current group. Next time you're. . ing beneath it. This problem is only stacles in your way are not as insur- of the semester on a positive note and in the dining hall, and try sitting some- temporary. Take a walk alone in the mountable as they may seem. Above head off into the great reading week sun- where else. The new outlook may be re- rain and breathe. Get your energies to- all, the Sun is shining and promising set. To get there, don't get lazy and don't freshing. gether and try again next week. that fruitful rewards are near, manipulate your friends. That said, en- joy the beach! ... CAPRICORN ARIES .. CANCER, ' J 5En~25-OGT22 DE.C22-JAN.I? 1 hate to say it, but the Wheel of For- JUN21-JUL2Z Throwing temper tantrums this week- Boy, are you in a bad mood! Feeling tune is spinning and it does not look So you're having bad luck and you're end? Feeling sorry for yourself and be- the burn of too many demands by too like good Karma is on your side. You've screwing over your friends. When I said ing harsh to those around you? It may many people? Your friends make you had a lot of negative cards recently, but . to try an attitude change, Ldidn't mean- just.be a phase, but you're pissing people > want-to explode? Maybe you've taken as the wheel turns, things change. go for the jugular! You'll feel a whole lot off,and you're hurting yourself. Knock., on a little too much this time. Kick ev- Don't let that temper escape you. Vic- better about your self and your situation off the melodrama and come back out eryone out, put on a CD, and spend tory has made an appearance in your after you straighten out all this confu- into the real world. Life is tough, but you some time alone with your favorite spread - it just needs a little flip. Keep sion. Like* Aries, there is success in your are tougher. If the scales are off, only you hobby.-.Or you could always just let can right them again. your spirits u " "" future. You just have to get there. loose and scare them all! THE TRINITY TRIPOD — FEBRUARY 16,1999 PAGE 16 FEA TUKES Reading Week: Not Just For Skiing Anymore Ronald fore. This causes more students Dearest Reader, as you pro- in January, deciding to allow see their schedule clear of work to at least spend the majority of ceed through this issue of the two more years for Reading and decide to leave campus. Week to prove its worth or be Faculty see students leaving the week on campus rather Kiener's Tripod, I must impart to you a than skiing in Vermont. Hope- warning: enjoy this paper, for abolished. In essence, voting to campus... and the cycle contin- pawn the decision off to the ues. And still no one knows fully, this trend will continue •"» —•—• there won't be and all students will stay on DAN another for next Board. what the Administration does. Kabbalah Simply put, during Reading Aside from the Tripod, there campus, making Reading Week e we eks what it was intended to be: a continued from page 15 B.ERMAN !*« , ; Week, people either go home or are other aspects of campus cern among many people, in- WMHIIIIllMIIUWMMMMiai WhfltS CH IS, which suffer as well. Offices of- time for studying and research you ask, "no Tripod? But how go on vacation. Many students cluding myself, that should Is- use the week to benefit from fer limited hours, there is no without classes, rather than a will I be informed about cam- vacation. rael reach peace with her Arab pus issues and events? Where mom's hospitality: homecooked New York Timesor Boston Globe neighbors, Israel will become food, free laundry, shopping service, and students who do Last semester, the Curricu- embroiled in an untractable can I find the Arts Editors' picks lum Committee proposed a sprees at the local mall, etc. stay are deprived of their great- battle between those Jews who And just what exactly will I do plan to create "Trinity Days," without Around Trinity?" Yes, Many faculty members use est educational resource: their believe that the Jewish charac- Reading Week to conduct re- classmates. which would set aside Tuesday next week is Reading Week, and and Wednesday in what used to ter of the state is absolutely su- since the students and faculty search off-campus, or explore To be fair there are some de- preme versus those Jews who that little corner of Europe they partments in the school which be Reading Week for seminars, are taking a week off, we here at lectures, etc. And while the pro- believe in the idea of the rule of Trinity's paper of record, the de- missed last fall. As for the Ad- rely on Reading Week and ac- modern law and democracy. ministration, well, um, we're not posal wasn't that great, at least fender of Truth, the bellwether tually use it to their advantage. Tripod What is Jewish Stud- reallysure exactly what they do someone was trying to do some- for the uninformed, we too are Sports teams practice for the ies and why is it important to anyhow. But two out of three thing about it. taking the week off with them. spring seasons and thespians have a department at Trinity? And just for the heck of it, we're bodies of the Trinity Commu- use it to rehearse for produc- In my mind, the most impor- nity agree - if class is out, so are Kiener: Jewish Studies is a taking the week afterwards off tions later in the semester. Se- tant aspect of the Curriculum multi-disciplinary approach to Committee's report was sug- as well. Think of it as a mini- niors use (or at least have the a religion, a people and a civili- we. gesting that Thanksgiving be sabbatical. Reading Week has become an opportunity to use) the week for zation that has been decisively given a full week and Spring Understand that no one is early-semester vacation. The overdue thesis work or finding influential in the course of hu- faculty sees the mass exodus of a job for after graduation. Presi- Break moved up to the middle saying that not having the Tri- of March, rather than at the end man history. In particular, the pod for two weeks is not neces- students (it begins around Tues- dent Dobelle is hosting some development of western cul- day the week before) and wor- conference on something-or- of the month. Those are impor- sarily a reason to abolish tant ideas because while Read- ture. More and more, the hu- Reading Week. But it doesn't ries that nothing will get done other next week as well. manities is recognizing and should they assign a paper due Although symposiums are ing Week is treated as a hurt The fact that the school vacation, all too often true va- acknowledging the importance newspaper isn't published is the first day back. Therefore, nice, the best news is that fac- of Jewish civilization in the they assign work due right be- ulty members are finally get- cations such as Thanksgiving proof that the school is not op- and Spring Break are used to as- general mix of what we cur- erating on all cylinders during fore Reading Week, giving them ting the message and assigning rently live with today in the a whole week to grade papers work for Reading Week and sign papers and projects. Stu- Reading Week and something dents should be working during modern world. (while perhaps laying on a scheduling midterms for after must be done to fix the problem. Reading Week, not over Jewish Studies considers mat- beach in Barbados). Students Reading Week, rather then be- The Trustees took their chance Thanksgiving dinner. ters of history, political science, anthropology, science and reli- In two years, the faculty and gion, all of which bear on this Same School, Different Board of Trustees will revisit the 4000-year old tale of the Jewish issue of Reading Week. All of People. the arguments, such as the fact What we want to do with this Perspectives: Another Edition Of that it makes Trinity look less Jewish Studies program is to academically rigorous, it is not sensitize liberal arts students to The Trinity College Dictionary used properly, and the Tripod is not published, will be regurgi- the history the culture and the It's all a mallet of perspectives really. Not everyone has the same vie w- tated. Let's hope the students contributions of the Jews. This pointsoropinions as everyone else. We like to think thai the Tripodcan and faculty can remember why isn't an ethnic pricle program: offer all of those perspectives in our ongoing effort to foster discussion Reading Week was created in this is a course of study for those and debate about issues in the Trinity Community. the first place and actually pro- who are interested in getting a In that spirit, here are some more definitions of Trinity College. vide a reason to save it. good handle on a very long and complex history. By Patrick R. Noonan Faculty Governance; A system through which students on a site that was formerly a contami- :he faculty governs all aspects of Trinity College nated, abandoned bus lot and spends years in committee to complete the SINA Housing: A non-profit program of local most simple project. Also, the system that businesses and institutions to restore aban- Alons The ton: walled Trinity off from the community, nearly doned and condemned dwellings to use. These destroyed Trinity's national reputation, and is buildings are then sold to local residents at dis- more concerned with tenure rights and higher count mortgages, giving low-income people the NOW THAT THE TRIAL IS salaries than the quality of education students chance to own their own home; at the same receive. time, promoting pride and responsibility in the OVER, WHAT DO YOU THINK Administrative Governance: A hierarchical sys- neighborhood. OF PRESIDENT CLINTON? tem of command that, while occasionally harsh and corporate-like, is able to improve efficiency, Profs. Euraque, Wade andGreertberg: 1. The only more responsive to the consumer (i.e. students), good sources for quotes. 2. Unknowing con- IRFAN RIZVI '01 and actually make concrete changes during my tributors to the efficiency of faculty governance. tenure at Trinity. 3. Three ex- members of the band, "Rage Against the Machine." "I don't think it's any of Dean of the Faculty. 1. A representative of the Protest Three people who chose not to attend our business and the faculty to the administration. 2. An adminis- an event. media made such a mess trative officer with oversight of all academic My History 202 class on a Friday. A mass pro- that it has affected his matters. * . • . , test of the lectures of Gene Leach. ability to govern the Dean of Students: 1. A representative of the stu- nation." dents to the administration (by the way, thanks Office of Student Services: An administrative for those popular alcohol policies). 2. An admin- bureau designated to deny the students what istrative officer with oversight into all aspects they want in an attempt to create a student body of student life. the faculty finds more desirable - and sober. Evan Dobelle: 1. The Devil incarnate. 2. The sec- CT State Liquor Commission: Fearless crusad- TREVOR YUH AS '01 ond coming of Christ. 3. A generally popular ers who toss 20-year-olds into jail, attempt to in- and effective president that has elevated Trinity's filtrate Tropical, and waste tax dollars to turn "Take this down verba- reputation and improved the neighborhood sur-, the Party Barn into a great gathering place for tim: rounding the campys. .... • Mormons to study... oh, and intellectuals. He is a dirtbag." Kelly arid Egan: The dynamic duo who were Intellectualism: 1. Taking the most negative at- SUPPOSED to solve the minor technical prob- titude possible towards every aspect of Trinity lems in the Party Barn Liquor Licenses College. 2, Arrogantly and incorrectly thinking MONTHS ago. that you are smarter than everyone else. Herzberger and Thomas: Destroyers of hard bar Intellectuals: Tripod Opinion editors. parties, Party Barn parties that actually have Bitching: See Intellectualism. enough beer to last past 11, and the joy and ca- maraderie of intramural Softball (i.e. all things ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Gentrification: Clearing out poor neighbor- fun). OF HISTORY hoods over the objections of residents in order Town Meeting: A gathering of administrators JACK CHATFIELD to a) build high-income housing, and b) make and their lackeys to screw us over under the money. guise of democracy. Try a survey, we're too lazy "Clinton is a slippery eel The Learning Corridor: A cooperative effort be- for anything else. who has betrayed our tween Trinity, the state, the city, local residents The definitions in the Trinity College Dictionary are not necessarily trust." and businesses to construct three state-of-the- opinions, and even if they were, they would not necessarily he the opin- ' art schools for mostly underprivileged Hartford ions of the FeaturesEditars.Hopeyau likedit. FEBRUARY 16,1999 — THE TRINITY TRIPOD FEA TURES PAGE 17 American Culture In South Africa The Experience Of A Trinity Student In Cape Town Clinton!" Yes, American pop BY SARAH NETHERCOTE an enormous continent with Features Writer culture is that impressive, even varying cultures, climates, and thousands of miles away in governments. The media con- South Africa. Instead of draw- stantly refers to Africa a hot, As part of its Global Sites pro- ing a picture of the leader of her war-torn place with ethnic con- gram, Trinity College students new home, Nelson Mandela, she flicts springing up all over the now have the opportunity to was drawing whom she per- place. For example, Pauly study at the University of Cape ceived (even at six) was the Shores In the Army Now depicts Town in South Africa. One stu- leader of the world in which she Africa as a huge desert with dent shares her perspectives on was living. backward "natives" running the effect of American culture I was shocked when I arrived around in loincloths and grass on South Africa. in Africa this past summer of a skirts. Historically sound and large impact the United States correct images of Africa would Hunched over an Angolan had on South African culture. dispel such ridiculous notions refugee child while coloring in Women were wearing "pedal of an immensely diverse group The campus of the University of Cape Town. SARAH NETHERCOTE a picture, it suddenly hit me; she pushers," children in townships of people. There is also the ever major South African newspa- tant in relation to the growing defines herself in comparison wore t-shirts, and Ally McBeal present European missionary per. post-apartheid culture. I was with me! Children often form came on every Monday night. I stereotype who's obligation is to On August 25,1998 CNN re- sitting in an Anthropology lec- their identities in accordance was in complete disarray. Na- civilize the "dark continent." ported that "A group calling it- ture, the class had an equal pro- with role models around them, ively, I had pictured Africans to Sensationalist journalism has self MAGO (Muslims Against portion of blacks to whi tes, and but in this case, it was dramati- be much more in tune with also caused misinformation G lobal Oppression) cla imed re- the topic being discussed was cally different. She did not want what I knew as their African about South Africa. In particu- sponsibility for the bombing in Affirmative Action. Over half of to be Angolan, or even African, heritage. lar, on August 25,1998, only a a telephone call to a local radio the population is under the age but American. The six year-old I fell, as do most Americans, few miles down the main road correspondent. The same group of 29, and Affirmative Action is was coloring a picture of some into that neat little trap that from my apartment, a bomb burned an American flag dur- extremely pertinent to the fu- human figure in an English American mass media prepares went off in Planet Hollywood, ing President Bill Clinton's visit ture of the country. A young class 1 was teaching. As I for us: stereotyping. The media killing two people and injuring to South Africa in March, at the white Afrikaans male ex- bravely asked who the person paints a deceptive picture of Af- more than 20. The blast oc- same time labelling him a pressed serious concern over was, she proudly answered: "Bill rica in general. First, Africa is curred at the popular Ameri- 'killer'." CNN, without gather- the Affirmative Action process can-themed restaurant which ing enough substantial data, already in affect. He stated that in the heart of Cape Town, disassembled a culture and tar- South Africa's apartheid past South Africa's touristy water- nished an identity. was over and the country would front. The language usage by The Cape Muslims, a small never move on if Affirmative journalists across the board in- but significant group in the Action was constantly being brought to attention. 1 was stigated an uncomfortable and Cape Town area, are now faced shocked. Fortunately, his com- potentially avoidable situation with a. damaged image. In an ment was met with much oppo- in South Africa. interview with the radio sta- tion, Cape Talk, a spokesman for sition; however, this was not an Politically, the use of :.lan- isolated incident. In a country guage is extremely important to the group MAGO denied the earlier claim-of responsibility plagued by its past, people are the South African government. still afraid of compensating Emerging from a post-apart- •for the bombing. In a response to their fractured reputation, a those who were violently op- heid era means treading softly pressed tor centuries. on cracked ic;e 4s far as language ,§.ermon proclaiming, the Islamic rmtixtstff peace was tfeliveredat South Africa will forever be several decades now, the inter- all Cape Town mosques on Sep- in myheartasa result of my ex- national community has had its tember 18.-While mainstream periences. I believe that I will al- eyeon South Africans a poten- - Muslim leaders began a cam-.. ways question what is tial market and political hot paign about the true character presented to me as reality as a spot. In other words, politically of Islam and a relief fund to all resultof my immersion in Cape and economically, the South the victims of the bombing, Town, South Africa. The next .African government has re- across religious and racial lines, time you are watching a movie ceived extreme pressures from Global media sources may con- about Africa, especially if Pauly the west to sustain certain lev- tinue to produce inaccurate Shore is running around ' els of acceptable capitalist de- sensationalist journalism un- screaming with the "backward •velopment. These pressures can less they are monitored by true Africans" with no clothes on, be seen through the use of lan- knowledge. remember that youcannot al- guage in the media, ranging One experience in particular ways believe what you.see on COURTESY OF TV. The author in the hills above Cape Town. SARAH NfeTHERCOTE from CNN to The Cape Times, a sticks out in my mind as impor- Tired of being turned down? J ~ V If You Think You Can't Get A Credit Card, Think Again. Guaranteed Credit Cards with Credit Limits up to $ 10,000 within days! No Parent Signer. No Security Deposit. No Credit? No Job? No Income? 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Signature ._ PAGE 18 ANNOUNCEMENTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD — FEBRUAURY 16,1999 Dr. Armageddon: LECTURES PERFORMANCES Words To Live By Trinity College Organ Series "If Looks Could Kill" On Sunday, February 21 at 3:00 PM in the Chapel, the W/iat happened to Around Trinity? On February 17 at 7:00 PM in the Washington Room, Trinity College Organ Series will present Liesl Various People, 1999,2000 Tasia Valenza, former star of ABCs All My Children, Odenweller, soprano, Rebecca Flannery, harp, and Trin- will speak about bulimia, Hollywood, and the damag- ity College organist John Rose. The program will fea- ing misconceptions of "beauty." Ms. Valenza, who has ture the solo cantata This Son So Young by Louie White, It was so popular that it was syndicated to struggled with bulimia, is now striving to help others Parables by Robert Edward Smith and other works by three major newspapers, and we could no understand about the emotional, social, biological, and Busser, Williamson and Gounod. Mr. Rose will also per- longer afford to run it in The Tripod. psychological components of eating disorders, show- form the Organ Sonata I in D minor by Alexandre ing that they are diseases and not character flaws. Guilmant. Seating is on a non-reserved basis. General admission is $7 and $4 for seniors. For additional infor- Lecture on Women of the mation, call (860) 987-6210. Where can I go to get booze if I'm still underage? Revolutionary Era Sober Sarah, 2002 On Thursday, February 18 at 4:00 PM in the Faculty Guitarist Angel Romero to Perform Club in Hamlin Hall, Medial Sobel will deliver a lec- •The Trinity Package Store. ture entitled 'Jacob, Joseph, Jesus, Daniel, Samson, and World Premiere with HSO • The Party Barn Moses: Women of the Revolutionary Era who 'Possess •Robitussin the Spirit of Men.'" Sobel is a Professor of History and On February 16 and 17 at 8:00 PM at The Bushnell, Spanish classical guitar virtuoso Angel Romero will •Psi U (They still throw weekly Director of American Studies at the University of Haifa, and the author of Travelin On: The Slave Jour- perform the world premiere of the revised edition of parties) ney to an Afro-Baptist Faith, The World They Made To- Lonardo Balada's "Concierto Magico" with the Hartford gether: Black and White Values in Eighteenth Century Symphony Orchestra. Virginian, and Dreams and Narratives of Self-Change HSO Music Director Michael Lankaster will also lead in the Revolutionary Era. Professor Sobel's lecture is the orchestra in Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibi- I'm thinking of joining a fraternity, especially cosponsored by American Studies, History Depart- tion," Faure's "Pelleas et Melisande" and Ravel's "Pavane ment, and Women's Studies, pour une infante defunte." with Rushes and allgoing on right now. Which Tickets are $15-$47; half price tickets for students 18 fraternity is the best? and under are also available. An hour before the per- Rushing Roberto, 2001 Trinity CCTR Lecture formance, half-price student rush tickets will be avail- able to full time students with valid IDs. To purchase On Monday, March 1 at 4:00 PM in the Reese Room tickets, call the Box Office at (860) 987-5900. I can't help but wonder what your of the Smith House, John Meyer will present a lecture motivations are. It isn't anything that can entitled "Rights to Life?: Nature, Property, and Biotech- be specifically nailed to one particular frat, nology." Following the lecture, there will be a recep- tion and discussion. Dr. Meyer, who is from Humbolt Grammy-winning High Class Brass therefore it appears to be simply a desire to State University, argues for a critical reorientation of belong to a group. While there is nothing debates about genetically engineered life forms. In his to Perform with HSO POPS! wrong with this in and of itself, you are presentation, Dr. Meyer seeks to steer public debate setting yourself up for disaster. Your away from unproductive discussions about the natu- On February 19 and 20 at 8:00 PM at The Bushnell, ralness or unnaturalness of such life forms and toward^ virtuoso trumpeters Allen Vizzutti and Jeff Tyzick will insecurities are so great that you don't even a focus on ownership and control of biotechnological join the Hartford Symphony POPS! for an evening of know where to belong, just that you need research and practices. jazz, original compositions, and classical favorites. to. That said, you'd probably fit right in no Since premiering with the Rochester Philharmonic in 1983, Tyzick and Vizzutti have been appearing as matter where you join. Good luck! Lunch Series Lecture High Class Brass, performing an eclectic program from ' Bach to Gershwin, along with award-winning arrange- On February 25 at 12:30 PM in the Women's Center, ments and original melodies. Jeffrey Kaimowitz of the Watkinson Library will give Tickets are $15-$47 with half price tickets available a lecture entitled "The Roman Poet Horace on Women for full-time students with valid IDs. Call the Box Of- I really like this,girl, and 1 can't figure out how and the World, Translations and Originals from the fice at (860) 987-5900; to ten her. What should I do? Books I & II of the Odes." Please bring a brown-bag lunch; coffee and cookies will be provided, : Love-struck Leon, 2000

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STAR TREK: INSURRECTION (PG) Wed & Thu, Feb 17 & 18 7:30 PM I had a rjzally good weekend, as far as I can Fri,Febl9 7:30 PM remember. That's the problem, the memory,.. it's blurry. But I woke up on Sunday to find a • Sat, Feb 20 2:30 PM, 7:00 PM pair of unfamiliar panties in my pocket. I'm (1998) directed by Jonathan Frakes. Screenplay by Michael Filler, based on a story by Piller and Rick Berman, and Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, Cast Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, F Murray afraid that she might remember what I don't. Abraham, Donna Murphy. Just when you start going through the unpleasant symptoms of Star Trek withdrawal, you What should I do? Shouldlpretend that nothing can count on the newest installment of Gene Roddenberry's visionary challenge to the future popping up at Cinestu- happenned? dio! Captain Picard & crew stop in for some rebirth of the spirit at a planetary Eden, where the back-to-nature Ba'ku Pimpiri Patrick, 1999 stay forever young. When the Son'a attack, Picard must decide if protecting the Ba'ku is worth defying the Federation. (As far as the partisan bickering over warm and fuzzy feelings vs. high-tech action, let's fight no more: Insurrection Well, you could just come to the realization has enough of both to please all sides!) 105 min. that you cross dress, or that you are the filth your mother always warned you about. Or THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (R) Fri,Febl9 9:45 PM you could just do what everybody else here Sat,Feb20 9:15PM does - you could pretend nothing happened : (1976) Director Nicholas Roeg. Screenplay by Paul Mayersberg, based on the novel by Walter Tevis. Cast; David and just wait for your eyes to meet that Bowie, Candy Clark, Rip Torn, Buck Henry, Captain Jim Lovell After you've seen Velvet Goldmine, check out the original Ziggy Stardust (aka David Bowie) come down to earth as an alienated (but highly sexed) visitor from another unfortunate girl's. Then do us all a favor planet. Androgynous doesn't begin to describe Bowies incredible performance in this, the uncut version of Nicholas and-castrate yourself. Roeg's science fiction fantasy. The director who teamed Mickjagger, Anita Pallenberg and James Fox in the ultimate 60s movie, Performance, here puts on screen the 70s spectacle of a'sensitive alien being sucked dry by businessmen, Pr. A^ageddott cotttrols the creative lovers, TV & booze. Give yourself over to The Man Who Fell to Earth, living and breathing in awesome wide screen content of tius column. Arid yotiaatfji.-; Panavision! 140 min. Uncut Version. DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE (NR) Sun, Feb 21 2:30 PM, 7:30 PM Dr., Arrnagedcion answers ihe question's 6f the Trinity community; weekly., If you Mon&Tue have a question for Dr. Armageddon, drop Feb,22&23 7:30 PM a line to [email protected], drop a (Britain/Iran, 1998) Directed by Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir-Hosseini. Cinematography by Zahra Saidzadeh file to "General Resources/Docex/ Muslim women have few rights and are totally under the control of their patriarchal court system, or so believed co- director Kim Longinotto before traveling to Iran with collaborator Ziba Mir-Hosseini. Setting up their camera inside a Tripod", or send alettertocampus mailbox raucous courtroom in Tehran, they witness three divorce cases that clearly show women who are outspoken aware of #702582. Be sure to mark the document what legal rights they do have, and determined to get justice for themselves and their children The resulting film is a "Attention: Dr. Armageddon", and let us rare look inside post-Khomeini Iran, where the walls of fundamentalism are starting to crumble and women are turn around your sorry lives! HARTFORD PREMffiRr "^ ** SPirkUal tradid°n °f k^' ^ DoCUmemary' Chicag° Film Festival. 80 min. A

Compiled.by Christine McCarthy McMorris FEBRUARY 16,1999 — THE TRINITY TRIPOD ANNOUNCEMENTS PAGE 19 ART String Break: A Student Exhibit Anonymous Donor Offers TC4 Wednesday, February 17 Community a Challenge 9:00 PM Open Mike Night During March, The Bushnell's Promenade Gallery Underground Coffee and the City of Hartford's Pumphouse Gallery will col- House laborate to recognize students of Hartford's three pub- Trinity College Community Child Center has re- lic high schools, Bulkeley, Hartford Public, and Weaver, ceived a $5000 challenge grant from an anonymous 9:30 PM Rane as well as Plainville High School with an exhibit of donor. This individual will match every donation to The Bistro their artwork. Both galleries will feature student paint- the Child Center 2:1, up to a total of $5000. The Trin- ings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, and mixed ity College Child Center is a nonprofit organization 10:00 PM Movie Night media works inspired by of based on the theme of which offers child care to low income families. All of The Cave music. The subject matter of the exhibit is aligned with the parents in the Scholarship Program are either work- a Greater Hartford area community-wide initiative ing or completing school and all contribute a weekly sum toward tuition. For many of the families, a lack Thursday, February 18 sponsored by The Bushnell, String Break, in celebra- 6:00 PM Ballroom Dance lessons tion and support of classical music programming. of scholarship support would make quality child care inaccessible. If you are interested in participating in Washington Room The Promenade Gallery is open during all mainstage this challenge, make checks payable to Trinity College events and by appointment. Hours for the Pumphouse Child Center and mail to: 9:00 PM Rane are 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Monday-Friday. Please call 987- Underground Coffee TC4 6047 for more information. House Attention: Catherine Lusby Challenge Fund 9:30 PM Band of Humans 300 Summit St. The Bistro Richard Cork to Speak at the Yale Hartford, CT 06106 Alt. Bev. ID required Center for British Art Latin American and Spanish Film Friday, February 19 On Wednesday, February 17 at 5:15 PM, Richard Cork, 9:00 PM Disco Bingo chief art critic for The Times in London, will present a On Wednesday, February 17 at 7:30 PM in the Boyer Underground Coffee lecture entitled The Figure as Survivor Bacon, Epstein, Auditorium of the Life Sciences Center, the Latin House Freud.andMoore in the Aftermath of War. The lecture, American and Spanish Film Series presents "Dark Side which is free, will take place in the Yale Center for Brit- of the Heart." The film is in Spanish, with English sub- 9:00 PM- Winter Ball Swing ish Art's Lecture Hall. titles. 1:00 AM Dance Argentinian director Eliseo Subiela shows his gifts Vernon Center for creating magic realism and unforgettable charac- Alt. Bev. ID required ters who seem to be in communication with another dimension. "Dark Side of the Heart" is an unusual ro- mantic comedy about a young poet living hand-to- Saturday, February 20 mouth in Buenos Aires, in search of the ideal woman 7:00 PM Movie Night Chapel Happenings of his imagination. When he meets a prostitute named The Cave Ana in Montevideo it appears that his quest is over, al- though Ana's habit of levitating,while making love is 8:00 PM Stress Breaker Night Wednesday, February 17 certainly out of the ordinary. Washington Room 12-00 PM EdumenicalAsh Wednesday Service Monday, February 22 5:00 PM Roman Catholic Mass ConnPIRG Announcement 7:00 PM Migration Film Thursday, February 18 Any individual who does not wishto support McCook Auditorium 630 PM Zen Meditation ConnPIRG may receive a refund of the fee that sup- Crypt Chapel ports ConnPIRG with a student ID in Mather Lobby Wednesday, February 24 £iaEMj ' " 7:00 PM Spanish Film Series LSC Auditorium

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'""•- BY MARK LAMONICA earlier this week, they still pose a challenge for the Bantams. Sports Writer Although the match comes in the beginning of Reading The Trinity Men's Squash Week, when most Trinity stu- team ended another successful dents will undoubtedly be tak- week with a victory over ing advantage of the week off to Franklin & Marshall on Satur- catch up on their studies, the day. The Bantams once again team hopes that they will enjoy swept their opponent with a the same support they received victory highlighted by wins atHarvard. While the top of the from Duncan Burn '00 and Ian Princeton lineup is strong, the Con way '99. overall depth of Trinity's lineup Although they played only should be a key factor in the one match, the week was far match. from uneventful. While the Another highlight of the post number one-ranked Bantams Harvard week for the Bantams have been able to defeat every was a visit from a reporter from opponent they have met on the The New York Times on Mon- court, they faced a new chal- day. The reporter was given "While the number one-ranked Bantams have been able to defeat every opponent they have met on the court they faced a new challenge this week"

lenge this week. A mid week time to photograph and inter- chicken pox scare occurred view the team in return for the when Akhil Behl '02 came promise of a page one article in down with the ailment, and it the sports section. If the Times was learned that none of the reporter comes through on his international players had ever promise the story should ap- had it before. While Behl is re- pear sometime later this week. covering and should.be ready to As the season nears its end, play soon because of the incu- the expectations of this squad bation period of chicken pox, it grow stronger. Having felt dis- is not yet apparent if it will af- appointment at the hands of fect the rest of the team. Harvard in the finals in the last This panic comes at a crucial two years, the Bantams now ap- time for the Bantams, as they pear poised for the ultimate suc- face a tough Princeton oppo- cess; an outright national title. nent on Saturday, Although not The men's squash team looks as large a rivalry as Harvard, the to prove themselves when they Princeton match has been welcome the Princeton squad to circled on Trinity's calendar for their home court February ANDY SHEPARD months. Even though 20th. They will be looking to Co-Captain Charlie Saunders '99 leads the Bantams Princeton lost 6-3 to Harvard their key veterans to spur a win. as they prepare to face Princeton.

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\ Jf FEBRUARY 16,1999 — THE TRINITY TRIPOD SPORTS PACE 21 On The Cutting Edge Ending On A Good Note Men's Hockey Nears Post-season Women's Squash Finishes Regular Season At #4 BY JEFF BLAIR AND JEREMY mester, most notably ending the 34 home game unbeaten streak of the four- time defending national champion Sports Writers Middlebury Panthers, and nearly upset- ting the number 1 ranked Norwich U ni- versity Cadets. The team has also posted impressive wins against rivals Wesleyan (6-4), Hamilton (5-3) and Connecticut College (3-2). When asked about the success that the Bantams are enjoying, Dan Sullivan '99 said, "Its really been a team effort this year. We have a tight group who enjoys coming to the rink every night, and ev- This past weekend, the Men's Hockey eryone has been contributing." With a team hit the ice to face Colby and solid group of freshman complementing Bowdoin, hoping not to experience a let a gritty and talented returning cast, the down during their last two games. The Bantams are a balanced group with previous weekend, the Bantams ap- much to prove. Captain James Devine '99 peared to be headed towards a sweep af- commented, "Coach Dunham has every- ter dismissing Massachusetts 6-0 on one believing in the system that he has With only two regular season games remaining, the team is looking to carry its impressive second semester play into the ECAC playoffs.

Friday and carrying a 3-1 lead into the adopted for this group of players, and third period against Williams on Satur- with everyone on the same page, things day. Unfortunately, a number of break- have been clicking." downs, all occurring within a five Trinity currently has a 9-6 league minute span, gave Williams a 4-3 lead record and is looking to earn a home and the eventual victory. Although the playoff game in the first round of the game ended in a loss, it may have been ECACs. With a tough Canadian Pro Style the best effort put forth by the team this system that is defensively sound while season, as they dominated both ends of capable of looking for offensive opportu- the ice, for all but those frustrating five nities, there is no reason to think that the minutes early in the third period. Bantams can't go deep into the playoffs. The Bantams carried their intensity This team has the ability to surprise a into this weekend but were thwarted by great number of people, as they have Colby's smothering defense system. A made clear throughout the season. Women's Squash prepares for post-season competition. BRIAN PRICE solid game for the most part, except for a few near misses, was not enough as the surely be missed. Mules defeated Trinity 3-1. However, on , - Mollie Anderson '02 from Buffalo, Saturday, the ~ " ports Writer New York did an exceptional job defend- Tfafne with a 5-3 victory. ing Trinity at the #2 position. Filling the With only two regular season games On February 9th, the Women's Squash shoes of Davie while trying out for the remaining, the team is looking to carry Bowdoin 3 team defeated Amherst 8-1. Players Sam U.S. Junior Olympic Team, Mollie im- its impressive second semester play into Lewins '02, Betsy Paluck '99, Randy pressed everyone with her determina- the ECAC playoffs. The Bantams have DePree '00, and Sarah Greenwood '01 tion and perseverance. Lewins from made some impressive strides this se- only lost a combined total of six points Zimbabwe and Karen Heron '02 from to their purple opponents. All of the England demonstrated a gracefulness in other Trinity wins were 3-0 victories, squash that Trinity women had not yet which clearly demonstrates the strength seen. While, Alice Affleck '02 intro- of our women's team. duced the roar and excitement that has On February 10lh the Bantams com- come to define Trinity squash. . peted against:Yale. The rivalry between This weekend Trinity will travel to these schools has existed for years and the Harvard to compete in the Howe Gup, Trinity team has always considered Yale the annual collegiate team national to be one of their toughest competitors. tournament. Davie will return to the It was the last home match of the season Lady Bants and help them to defend and the seniors went out with an amaz- their win against Dartmouth, the #5 ing 9-0 victory. : :'•-•..'-:. - team, and close the gap between, or pos- The Trinity Women's Squash team sibly beat, the #3 team UPenn. This ended their regular season with a 9-3. Trinity squad looks to go into the Howe winning record and the #4 title. The Cup with the same intensity and. pas- amount of improvement that has been sion they have displayed throughout the "The women barely beat Yale last year in the Team Nationals 5-4, and this year they trounced the Lady Bull Dogs 9-O."

definitive of the team's season cannot be 1998-99 regular season. overlooked. Victories that had not been .Going up against the nation's best OWF Wt>UT. oWr GBBUT possible in the past occurred this, year, women's squash teams, the Lady Ban- IT'S TIUT TIME OF VEAR WHEN THOUSANDS OF STUDEMTS COME and winning without Gail Davie '00, tams will try and place themselves on TO JMi'iOt TO FEEI. jkl-U BiQWT - FOB 4N MJNBrt.irVABi.E PRlCefn Trinity's #2 player. Trinity lost to top of that list. With the return of their mCKACE INCLUDES: ' %£-£* 'SST^ Dartmouth last year 6-3 and defeated #2 player, Davie, spirits and team moral them this year 8-1. The women barely • Bound-ran JUrftre . free mmteton w HWt CIIIIB • CowrtBto WeeMi dctMBe* undoubtedly will be at the highest point beat Yale last year in the Team Nationals • J MJBhts Hotel Sccommodauons . j^^,,^ M Be^,,,,^ Pnwraiii Offering DtrttonM they have been all season. The Lady 5-4, and this year they trounced the Lady Bantams are proud of their accomplish- Bull Dogs 9-0. ments so far and look to continue their andMontBwBay .• free Boms Parw Pack These amazing strides were a result of success at Harvard this weekend. It will the leadership of the seniors and the new definitely be a triumphant.end to a glo- talent among the freshmen. Paige rious season and an insight into next Vollmer '99 and Betsy Paluck '99 demon- year's goals and prospects. strated a love, respect, and knowledge for the game that was admired by and im- pressed upon the entire team. Sarah Sun Splash Tours Student Travel Services Burbank's '99 spirit and Sarah 1800-426-7110 1800-648-4849 McGowan's'99 different humor and odd Price is per person based on quad occupancy; Iroin select departure cities. Olher cities may qualify for reduction or tales made the team's long trips and hard require surcharge. US and Jamaica departure taxes (currenliy $59) and $9 handling charge additional. Rates increase $30 on 12/15/98. Peak-week surcharges/off-wsek discounts may apply. Restrictions and cancellation penalties apply. days a lot easier to bare. These seniors Limited availability. Subject lo change without notice. Call lor lull details on hotel selection and availability. have put a lot of time and heart into the squash careers at Trinity and they will Beating Wesleyan 39-2, The Bantams Clinch Second Place In NESCAC On paper, [he Bantams their belt and seuued their \\ in- BY JASON GABRIELE matched up better than all six ning season and a stventh place Sports Writer opponents, and their final title in New England to the prior record should boast six more final rankings. This season the Trinity Col- wins. Despite the lack of depth The New England tourna- lege • wrestling team has and the severe weather, the Ban- ment is this coming weekend at achieved what only one other tams banged-out their second RIC and Trinity is expected to do Bantam team of the past has: a winning season in two years. well. The nature of the tourna- winning season. In what ap- Coaches and undergraduate ment is double elimination, how- pears to be a new tradition here team members alike are hoping ever, a wrestler with one loss is at Trinity College, the 1998-99 that after this season the suc- capable of wrestling all the way season marks the first time that cess Trinity has experienced back to the finals. The New En- the Bantams have had consecu- will continue into the future. gland tournament is a season tive winning seasons. The highlight of the 1998-99 within itself and anything can happen. Trinity is highly capable of "The wrestling team has won over 30 finishing above their seventh matches in the past two years...more than place label considering they have Trinity Wrestling prepares for The New KATIE BRYANT head coach Amato had acquired in his five wrestlers ranked within the England Tournament this weekend. top six according to their weight first 11 years with the Bantams." classes. Although this will defi- nitely help the Bantams, they re- The wrestling team has won season began early in February alize that continuing the team over 30 matches in the past two when a sickly Bantam team intensity and hard work will be years which is more than head traveled to Springfield to face an important ingredient for a coach Amato had acquired in Wesleyan and AIC. Here, the successful try at the RIC Tourna- his first 11 years with the Ban- Bantams were defeated by an ment this weekend. tams. His last two years of overpowering Division II AIC Trinity hopes to see a number coaching have been filled with team with far greater experi- of its wrestlers in the tourna- pins and wins, establishing ence. But Trinity was not ready ment finals and should finish Trinity as a top contender in to go home without a win. within the top ten of the,compe- New England competition. After a tough loss, the Ban- tition. The 1998-99 team finished tams rallied back to embarrass the regular season with three , Wesleyan 39-2. The win over consecutive wins, leaving their Wesleyan clinched the second final record at 12-9. This is an place slot in the NESCAC for Trinity impressive record for a team the Bantams behind Williams. lacking in depth. It should also This past Saturday the Bantams be mentioned that this year wrestled Bridgewater State and Wesleyan there were six matches can- RIC at home. Trinity walked KATIE BRYANT celled because of snow. Men's Basketball continues to win. away with two victories under See HOOPS article on Page 24

The Lady Bantams Lose Nail-Biter To Polar Bears •--K.; Women's Basketball Falls Hard ToBowdoin 75-69 And To Colby 68-53 The game looked 1 ike a shoe back on the winning track on BY COLIN RUANE in, but unfortunately for the Saturday when the Colby White Ladies' Hoops Drops Two, Will Sports Editor Bantams, Bowdoin had a few Mules came to Hartford. tricks up their sleeve. In the The first half was a battle for Not Leave Without A Fight last minutes of the second both teams, who seemed to be Trinity half, Bowdoin exploded of- neck and neck both offensively fensively, blowing by Trinity and defensively. But Colby took with eight successive points, the upper hand going into.the Bowdoin which allowed Bowdoin to tie locker room at half time boasting the game. a 32-29 lead over Trinity. In the However, that tie would not second half, the White Mules On February 12, the women's stand for long. Liese putback were on the foul line a lot and tak- basketball team looked to in- a rebound and got fouled. She ing advantage of that opportu- crease their impressive 11-5 sunk a free throw at the line nity, making 16 of 17 free throws. record when they hosted the Po- giving Trinity the lead at 60- This would be a problem for the lar Bears of Bowdoin College at 57 in the final seconds of the Lady Bantams as the second half Trinity. The game started off game. But this game was far came to a close, . slowly on the offensive side for from over, even though it At the end of the game, Colby the Lady Bantams, allowing looked like Liese's efforts walked away with a 68-53 win Bowdoin to jump to an 11-2 lead would put the nail in over Trinity, leaving the Lady in the first half. However, with Bowdoin's coffin, Bantams at an 11-7 record. Al- the help of Jillian Leise '02 who Bowdoin took the ball out though Trinity could not grab a scored a total of 21 points for the and got it right to their key win from Colby, the team showed game and Caitlin Luz '00 who player, who positioned herself their offensive capabilities. cashed in with 13 points, perfectly and hurled the ball Allison Hadden '02 ended the game with 16 points and Liese finished the game with 10. The "The game looked like a shoe in, but Lady Bantams look to break this short losing streak and continue unfortunately for the lady Bantams, their run to stay at the top of the Bowdoin had a few tricks up their sleeve." NESCAC when they face-off against Tufts and Bates this week on the road. Trinity was able to get closer to towards the basket. She The women's basketball team Bowdoin by the end of the first ended up sinking it, to the dis- nears the end of it's regular sea- half. Heading to the locker room may of many Trinity fans and son and will have to count on the behind by only 2 points, with the tied the game at 60. , '• . constant hard work and effort score at 33-31, Trinity needed to , Overtime was not what put forth by the whole team up keep the intensity going in the Trinity expected. The Polar to this point. ; second half if they wanted to see Bears took advantage of real results. •' •'- "' Trinity's mistakes and ended When the second half came up sealing the final score at around, Trinity was all business. 75:69/' The Trinity team was Trinity The Lady Bantams continued to. led by Laurel Earls '99, Luz score, using their defensive skills and Liese who combined for to keep the back court sealed a total of 48 points. Colby Harleigh Leach '00 practices her ANDYSHEPARD tight allowing their lead to 57-49 After their heartbreaking defensive skills in Oosting Gym. with a few minutes remaining in loss against Bowdoin, the the second half. Lady Bantams looked to get BANTAM fanFARE This Week in Sports Up FOR Guabs

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Women's Basketball Men's Ice Hockey Women's Ice Hockey 2/19, @ Tufts, 7:30 ECAC East Games 2/20, Amherst, 4:00 2/20, ©Bates, 3:00 2/19, Salem State, 7:35 2/21, Sthrn Maine, 12:45 2/20, Sthrn Maine, 7:00 Wrestling Swimming Indoor Track 2/20-21, New Englands 2/19-21, (W), New Englands 2/20, (M),piII New Englands @RIC, 10:00 @ Bowdoin, 10:00/6:00 & Wesleyan 2/20, (W), Smith Invitational VOL. XCVII NO. 15 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 FEBRUARY 16,1999 Men's Hoops Eyeing The Postseason Bantams Split Weekend Road Games, Yet Remain Inspired

BY NICK FAINELLI competitive drive. \J Sports Writer The Trinity three guard rota- tion of Mike Labella '01, Mike Keohane '01, and Scott Wallach This past weekend, the Trin- "01 has been effective this sea- ity College Men's Basketball son, but an observer might team travelled to Maine and question if it was effectively split their two games against used Friday night. Labella is ar- conference rivals Bowdoin and guably the teamsbestperimeter Colby. Friday night the Ban- shooter. In the Bowdoin game he tams faced a fired up Bowdoin shot 40% percent from the field, squad that used last second he- 50% from beyond the arc, and roics to send the visitors away yet he played the least amount losers, 64-61. The following af- of minutes (26) when compared ternoon the Trinity with fellow guards Wallach (27) roundballers took the floor and Keohane (32). with a renewed sense of deter- Also, Trinity backup big man mination garnering them their Rory Neal '00 was hardly a fac- 17th win of the season, 78-74. tor. He played only seven min- Bowdoin used clutch shoot- utes scoring one point and ing and a zone defense to sur- collecting two rebounds. If Trin- prise the Bantams in the first ity hopes to have a memorable game of their road trip. The Po- season, then they must perform lar Bears successfully employed as a cohesive and balanced a zone defense that forced Trin- team. When given the chance, ity into shooting jumpshots. individuals must use their play-' Unfortunately for Trinity, those ing time to make positive con- jump shots did not fall. The Ban- tributions to the team. If they tams were a combined 5 for 19 are not given the playing time, from beyond the threepointarc, then they cannot make the con- a dismal 26%. Even with the tributions necessary to help the poor shooting, the Bantams team win. were able;to stay m the game , The .Saturday affair.with and at times, had the lead. Trin- Colby was a demonstration in ity was up 35-28 at half time, senior leadership by Trinity's and during the second half the John Mulfinger '99, Kevin lead changed eight times.Jason Bednar '99, and Jason Levin '99. Levin '99, had another solid Forwards Bednar and Levin Jason Levin '99 looks for an open Bantam down court. game around the basket as he managed to dominate the paint hit six of eight shots for 16 as they combined for 46 points tied the game at the end of regu- Bowdoin and it should help us home and two away. The Ban- points. However, the Bantams and 24 rebounds. Their perfor- lation. His clutch shooting become more focused the rest of tams will welcome Tufts and were stymied by the timely mance, combined with could not help Colby in the ex- the season. Our intensity in the Bates this Friday and Saturday, shooting of Bowdoin's David Mulfinger's 19 points provided tra period as Trinity quickly Colby game is a good example respectively. Lovely, 12 points, who hit the the high percentage shooting took the lead and never relin- of such determination and de- If the team can manage to winning shot with 1.4 seconds that was needed in order to de- quished it. Good defense and sire that must be exhibited on win all four, they, would be in remaining in the game. Trinity feat the hosts. The Bantams held high percentage shooting were the floor during every minute great position heading into the had a chance to win the game Colby to 37% shooting. Colby the keys to the Bantams defeat we play." Mulfinger declined to post-season. They must use the with the score tied at 61, but the centerjames Spidle, who scored of Colby on Saturday. comment on the substitution games as tune-ups for the Divi- shot was blocked by Bowdoin's 31 points, was on fire offensively patterns in the Bowdoin game, leading scorer David When asked about the week- sion III tournament. The inten- and he managed to keep the end, Co-captain Mulfinger '99 saying, "Coach knows what is sity of play will surely increase Baranowski, who finished with game close with a barrage of best for this team." 17 points. It was a tough loss for responded, "The zone Bowdoin as the season winds down and seven three pointers. Other than threw at us caught us off guard The Bantams now look to the thoughts about the tournament the Bantams, yet there are few Spidle, the White Mules relied issues in question about their and stagnated our offense. We remaining four games on the and the importance of a good upon Ken Allen, 21 points, who experienced a lapse against regular season schedule, two season increase. "*\ Indoor Track Is Making A Serious Run BY YOLANDA Trinity also ran well in the and Chris Geremia '02. The der the provisional qualifier for their best time from last year, an the National meet held later in FLAMINO DMR and the 4x400. TheDMR men, missing a number of com- exciting prospect considering team finished in sixth place in petitors due to illness or March. they see a lot of space to lower Sports Writer a time of 11:29.06, while the planned breaks, hope to be back Also in competition on Fri- this time even further. 4x400 team came in fifth in in top form for next week for the day was the DMR. This team The women's team will com- Qn Saturday, the Men's Indoor 3:44.33. New England Championships. consisted of Caroline Leary '02, pete at the Smith Invitational Track team competed at the Steve Napier '02 continues to The women's team also sent a Kara Barbalunga '00, Marissa next week, with another oppor- Wesleyan Invitational, while work his way back from injury, limited number of runners to Eddy '01, and Katelyn McNeil tunity to hit qualifying marks the women competed in the Di- as he steadily improves in the their meet, the Division I New '02. Although this team did not and general improvement. vision 1 New England Champi- 1500. Napier completed the England Championships. This place in the top six (scoring po- Both the men's and women's onshipMeet at the University of race in a time of 4:21.73. Class- meet was held at URI on Friday sitions) they did compete well indoor track team have worked •h Rhode Island. Both teams mates Steve Greene '02 and An- and Saturday. The first day of within their heat. The 5000 was hard this season and their suc- struggled with illness and lack drew Peal '02 competed in the competition was primarily also slated for Friday in which cess can be attributed to out- of numbers, but were still able 400m. Finishing in at 55.74 and qualifiers, along with the DMR Yolanda Flamino '99 placed 5th. standing athletic ability by to turn in a number of decent 59.44 respectively. Matthew and the 5000. Nicole Hanley'00 . Leary competed again on Sat- many members of both teams. performances. Wong '00 finished in 13th place competed in the mile race, in urday, this time in the 3000 They look to establish them- At the men's meet, Tri-cap- in the 800m race. Clocking in which the top two runners from meters. Leary ran a tough race, selves as one of the league's best tain Matthew McShane '99 con- at 2:06.73. each heat and the next four fast- but was disappointed with the teams by the end of the regular : tinued to lead the team by The field events were led by est times advanced to the finals, time. However, she had been ill season, with high hopes of en- setting an example. McShane Nick Fox '02. Fox placed 10th held on Saturday. Hanley ran a all week and now looks to be on tering post-season competition. was the highest Trinity finisher in the shot put and 15th in the time of 5:08 in her preliminary, her way to recovery. These athletes have dedicated of day, finishing in third place weight throw. The shot covered which allowed her to advance The 4x800 team also ran themselves to a renewed success in the 500 meter dash. McShane .a distance of 11.20m and the to the finals. well. The team was comprised for Trinity Indoor Track, and clocked a time of 69.22 seconds. weight was thrown 9.84m. In the final, Hanley ran a of Flamino, Hanley, Eddy, and thus far, their effort appears to David Jewett '99, another cap- Other competitors perform- tough race, going out strong. Thania Benios '99. In an excit- be paying huge dividends for tain, also ran well in this event, ing well were Sam Sonn '02, Pe- She held on for sixth place and ing race, they finished 5th with the further athletic success of placing eleventh. ter Young '00, Brian Lahaie '00, a time of 5:06. This time was un- a time of 9:40. This improved Trinity College.