Trinity Tripod, 1989-12-06

"IN. Community Unites to Discuss Bigotry Conrad Muhammad, Student Reaction Sources of Controversy the lecture and a dinner with the lecture. it either way, but I think that this [lecture)," said Rucci as he sur- I -Special to the Tripod- Muhammad, the proposed rally , "This is an affront against the is the best thing for the students." veyed the Washington Room to plan security coverage of the l,r__ for Unity at Trinity was postponed Black community here at Trinity, "We have every reason to *, Bigotry was the focus of a until Friday. (Please see "Unity as well as the Hartford commu- believe that outside groups could event. ' panel discussion held last Mon- Rally Postponed" below.) nity," said Wooden. "Atnophase cause a lot of problems at this t day in the Washington Room in Gerety said he could not dis- of the decision making process front of a audience of at least 500 close the name of any individual were we contacted, and once again students, faculty, and staff, groups, but said that he knew there we were alienated." i The forum, along with the were several organizations of "Tom Gerety could at least Unity Rally Postponed i tvents surrounding the upcoming different political and religious had the courtesy to to talk to the The rally will be held at 4 f Conrad Muhammad lecture, has backgrounds that were planning sponsoring organization before -Special to the Tripod- p.m. on the Cave patio. sent Trinity reeling. to protest or support Muhammad's the decision was finalized," said "This is the first step in the j Muhammad, amemberof the presence here. Wooden. Wooden tried David Friedman '91 and healing process resulting from , Ration of Islam, is to speak on The Tripod learned shortly to dispel rumors that the lecture Tovah Kasdin '92 have an- the Don Muhammad lecture," < Wednesday at 8 p.m. after noon Tuesday that Pan Afri- would be cancelled. "From our nounced the rally for Unity at said Kasdin. "It created so much • Muhammad's speech was closed can Alliance (PAA) President standpoint the lecture is going on," Trini ty is being postponed until controversy, and we want to re- I to the outside public by President Shawn Wooden '91 had not yet said Wooden. Friday afternoon. vitalize the campus by creating a f'fom Gerety yesterday. been contacted about the closing Directory of Security Bill "We made some mistakes positive sense of community." | As a result of conflicts with of the event. PAA is sponsoring Rucci said"! have aproblem with in organizing this rally, and Kasdin and Friedman have we're moving the rally to Fri- scheduled a meeting for anyone ... day to show our genuine con- interested in participating in the cern for campus unity. It was rally on Thursday morning from never our intention to exclude 7-8:30 a.m. in the Cave. ' any student group, and we hope "We want to create a docu- moving the rally will allow all ment that will reflect the mutual members of the community to interests of the community," actively participate," saidFried- Kasdin said. The meeting will man. Please see Rally, page 8 Student Arrested In Dorm Search rector of Security] contacted me -By David Gerber- and said that their was a fire alarm News Editor pulled, and that drug paraphernalia was found in one room," said The arrest of a Trinity stu- Rosenstock, "I felt amoral as well dent on charges of possession of as legal responsibility to act." f Wintewinter made its presence felt upon the Trinity campus in recent weeksweens. illegal substance has raised ques- The unn amed student was not tions concerning the schools drug in the dormitory at the time of the policy. fire alarm or the search. College D uring a fire alarm 1 ast week, Regulations provides for the Emergency SGA Meeting searches without warrants only, a student's room was searched and drug paraphernalia was dis- "in matters where danger to life, covered by a security guard. The safety, health, orproperty, or when Ends With Mixed Feelings .administrator on call, Assistant a violation in the terms of the tions on how to follow it." Dean of Students Mary Rosen- Residential Contract is reasona- a move which sent the proposal bly feared... entry of a residence t. -By Robert E. Cockburn- In a separate item on the SGA stock, was contacted and she back to the Steering Board. Editor-In-Chief decided to involve the Hartford by a College official does not At a meeting later that night, agenda, the officers voted by a Police. the Steering Board decided to Please See "Emergency," "Erin Olson [Assistant Di- Please See "Student," Page 8. Afterpreliminary debate, the suspend debate on the proposal Page 8. ^tudent Government Association until next term. decided Sunday to extend discus- s "I would have motioned to 'on on the regulation of lectur- strike [the proposal on regulating Faculty Hesitant to Pledge ers on campus. In the same meet- lecturers]," said Mike Pina '92. >"g the SGA also voted to sponsor Pina, a former SGA representa- a rally for unjty bejng held Friday tive said the proposal is inher- Support To New Fraternity afternoon. ently flawed because it is a reac- f Debate on the seven-point tion to a single lecture. pending application as an all fe- fraternities. She also said hercom- tenure proposal, authored by SGA "The motivation behind the -By DavidT. Kilborn- male fraternity, but did not in- mittee is reevaluating the frater- , President Melissa Gold '90 and document was the Don Muham- News Staf Writer volve the committee when Zeta nity system and will vigorously lobby President Tom Gerety to •, Jimed by the organization's Steer- mad speech," said Pina. "The Phi later changed its application take the committee's future posi- ing Board, was halted after a hectic document was aimed a stopping The establishment of the to include both sexes. The Deans tion. "our when the SGA voted to that kind of occurrence from coed Zeta Phi fraternity again were not required by any college Postpone action on the proposal happening [in the first place], not indicates the unsuccessful efforts rule to seek the committee's opin- The Faculty Fraternity Com- •^definitely. at keeping a calm environment." of the Trinity College faculty to ion. mittee is in the midst of a semester long inquiry that will include in- "Nothing gets done without influence the shaping of the Pennybacker said that her Pina urged the SGA to move terviewing many greek and non- ^'"promise. I think the campus college's fraternity policy through impression was that the faculty away from "reactionary meas- greek students as well as other l, flf?esn>t realize that it can't be an ures" and concentrate on a pro- opinion and suggestion and has was "perhaps disappointed" over brought renewed inteSmore sub- Zeta Phi's quick establishment alumni, faculty and administra- '/ all ornothing situation," saidGold. active agenda. tion officials. It will issue a report The debate was marred by a Gold disagreed. "I think as ordinate faculty role. The faculty which could lead to future "rub- Sequent lack of order, and most . SGA president... that it was the tried, without results, to have ber stamping" approval of more Please See "Faculty," Page 8. lotions had to be explained to the SGA's place to make a recom- Former Trinity President James representatives two or three times. mendation concerning lecturers," English Jr. encourage the Board ^old agreed that the format of the she said. of Trustees to implement their meeting made control difficult, Gold said she felt pressured suggestions. English was unavail- able for comment aying "if i could do the whole to act because of the school's 'rang over again, I would have Racial HarassmentPolicy. "With- The decision to charter Zeta *™ please come with written out the Racial HarassmentPolicy, Phi was never in the hands of the ,.[amendments]." I don't know that there would be faculty and many members did Lots and Lots of Letters Despite heated debate on the anything to talk about., but we do not know Zeta Phi existed until Proposal, no amendments were have it, so we had to do some- last Friday. Professor of History Why a Duck? ottered by the representatives thing," Gold said. and Chairperson of the Faculty Committee on Fraternities Susan present.. FrustrateFrustrated bby aa laclack ooff J1K1WUShe felt tha,»t "i.......t,.-t was slightl,y Everyman Reviewed 0 in PennybackersaidtheDeanofStu- ml!l!0"" in ''hh e ddebateb , SGSGAA irresponsible of the school to thrust Pennyt Office met once with her numbers voted to postpone ac- a policy on the students without dents' . On the Long Walk ton on me proposal indefinitely, giving guidelines to the organiza- committee to discuss Zeta Phi s L Page 2 • The Trinity Tripod • December 6,1989 Opinion Editorials Sack the Harassment Policy B-PSI: Part of the Problem? If the controversy surrounding the Don Muhammad lecture tells us The events of the last few days has pushed the issue of racism at Trinity into the spotlight, but many members of the College community are anything, it tells us that President Gerety's Racial Harassment policy must wondering whether Black Power Serves Itself (B-PSI) is part of the problem go- Allowing Don Muhammad to speak at Trinity was an open invitation or the solution.' Though members of B-PSI dispute the claims of racism, sexism and for the policy to be broken, and it was. At least two students feel that they anti-Semitism which have been levied against Muhammad and his mentor, were racially harassed, and they have every right to file a complaint.

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