VoL.XCVHrNo.ll. PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 JANUARY 26,1999 Trinity Community Baker Steps Down From Office community life," the con- Dean of Faculty position. BY IAN LANG straints of a, "full research Dobelle's decision to approve Honors Dr. King Editor-in-Chief agenda," permitting. Baker has been described as pri- Regarding the nature of his . marily a formality by a number Jackie Joyner-Kersee Celebrates In a letter to the faculty and departure, Baker stated, in an of faculty members. According administration on January 15, interview with the Tripod that, to Zannoni the President, his Legacy in Chapel Service 1999, President Evan Dobelle "when the President indicates "would be loathe to reject a opportunity and pave the road announced that. Raymond that the relationship is not unanimous recommendation BY RENAY SMALLCOMB so I too could follow my Baker was "stepping down" working, the Dean has no choice of a faculty committee," espe- News Editor dreams." from his post as Dean of Faculty but to enter at that time into a cially considering that, "the Jones continued to say, "I don't and would immediately be re- mutual agreement to step Dean of Faculty is the person Last Monday, the Office of know that we have made it to placed on an interim basis by down. I did so. Neither the who speaks for the faculty." Multicultural Affairs and the the mountain top yet but each Professor of Philosophy W. choice nor the timetable was However, Dobelle asserted that Trinity College Chapel recog- day we are closer to Dr. King's Miller Brown. Citing a need for, mine." upon receiving the recommen- nized Dr. Martin Luther King dream that his children will be "strong, exemplary leadership Baker arrived at Trinity in dation it was within his author- Day by presenting Lift Every judged not by the color of their in every area of the College's 1996 from Williams, where he ity to nullify the results of the Voice: A Celebration of the Mes- skin but by the content of their operations and mutually sup- had served as Chair of the De- search committee and ask them sage and Legacy of Dr. Martin character." portive cooperation across all partment of Political Science as to produce another candidate., Dean Jones then introduced divisions," Dobelle felt that a well as the Chair of the African an authority Dobelle chose not Olympic Gold Medalist Jackie change was necessary in order and Middle Eastern Studies Pro- to exercise in this instance. Joyner-Kersee, describing her as to remedy what the Board of gram. A five member search Despite his right to refuse the a woman of "speed, grace, talent, Trustees termed, "an unsatisfac- committee, chaired by Professor faculty's candidate, it is the intelligence, and leadership." tory situation." of Economics Diane Zannoni, opinion of Professor of Philoso- Joyner-Kersee began by dis- According to a mutual agree- was appointed by the Faculty phy Maurice Wade that Dobelle cussing the influence of Dr. ment, Baker will receive a year Conference to narrow the pool felt pressured to accept Baker. King on her life; growing up in and a half paid sabbatical. Fol- of approximately 200 candi- "In the course of a meeting [be- St. Louis, he was her role model. lowing that period he will re- dates down to three finalists, tween Dobelle, Wade, Professor "I never envisioned myself be- turn to Trinity as a tenured who were then invited to cam- of Philosophy Drew Hyland, ing who lam today, but Dr. King member of the faculty. In a let- pus. Following faculty input, and Director of International walked many miles to make it ter to the faculty, dated January the search committee unani- Studies Program Dario Euraque] possible." She described Dr. King 19th, Baker stated that he was mously voted to recommend Dobelle made it pretty plain as a "drum major for justice, looking, "forward to participat- Raymond Baker to the President that Baker was forced upon him peace and equality" and entitled ing actively in campus and as their candidate to fill the see Baker on page seven WWW.KEPPLERASSOCIATES.COM/KP- his legacy "an awakening of the Olympic Medalist JW*F% pijife Jackie Joyner-Kersee Joyner-Kersee also addressed Cave ReceivesFace-lift Over Winter Break Luther King Jr. The event fea- the current status of race rela- tured Olympic Gold Medallist tions, stating, "We must remem- &W?lf,- Jackie Joyner-Kersee as guest ber that the movement is speaker. always moving. We are still dis- Reverend Steven Charleston criminated against. We still opened the service by discuss- face racial issues. "We must cre- ing the importance of continu- ate a society where we treat ing to honor the memory of Dr. each other with respect." Martin Luther King. Charleston Joyner-Kersee concluded by stated, "What is it that separates reminding her audience, "We Martin Luther King from other have the power to continue to great political or social figures make a difference" and she of our time? One answer is clear: challenged those present to "ask he was a leader who publicly yourself how you can make a maintained deeply held reli- difference to society and make gious convictions. Dr. King's a commitment to reach your courageous commitment to dreams." civil rights came directly from Charles Botts '01, President of his own faith. Therefore, the Imani, offered closing remarks. Chapel is proud to honor him as "Martin Luther King's life was a a shining example of how our test of endurance, having en- spiritual faith shapes our lives, dured those things which he ANDY SHEPARD and potentially, the lives of was for and against. It's impor- The newly created Cave Cafe boasts carpeting, computer ports, countless other people." tant for those of us who have and a more intimate atmosphere. Assistant Dean of Students been affected by his life to en- Kimberlyjones followed Rever- dure the challenge of living his end Charleston's introduction legacy. His work is still not A AC Threatened By Flood with a discussion of the signifi- done." cance of celebrating Dr. Martin Reacting to Jackie Joyner- BY OLGA At 4:30 on Thursday after- to contact Buildings and Luther King Day, including how Kersee's presence as a guest noon, several people working Grounds, while the few who BOGADYRENKO late in the Austin Arts Center remained in the building tried her own life had been affected speaker, Reverend Charleston News Writer by Dr. King. Dean Jones stated stated, "Jackie Joyner-Kersee heard a strange noise and were to block off the water. By 6.PM "I feel so blessed to be here. I am brought a human touch to the astonished by the sight of wa- that evening, the flood had just so sorry that so many suf- celebration. Her presentation On Thursday, January 14, ter flooding the first floor. stopped and the employees of fered so much to grant me this see KING on page eight while Trinity College was pre- Quick investigation showed Austin Arts Center worked to paring to welcome students that the Music Center, located clean up the damage it had back to campus after winter beneath the first floor, was suf- caused. Workers who arrived break, an unexpected event oc- fering the brunt of the damage the next morning noticed only In This Week's Issue curred at Austin Arts Center. with the threat of being sub- a "musty smell and a mud sea While the incident ultimately merged under water. Water was in front of the building". Former Professor sues Trinity for sex discrimination remained unnoticed by most of also leaking under the door of "Don't ask me why this hap- News „ • - the Trinity community, it could ' the room where the college's art pened. We know only what Jerry Watts speaks out on Baker resignation easily have destroyed Trinity's collection is stored. happened," said Ezra Brown Opinion • • art collection, which is stored in Few people were on campus from Buildings and Grounds. Life without The View the basement of Austin Arts. at the time of the incident be- The flood was caused by a break Features - .'...... pg.10 Thankfully, due to the efforts of cause most of thestaff had been in the water pipe coming into Winter Musicalsheat up Garmany Hall Buildings and Grounds workers dismissed early due to inclem- the building from the Northern Arts..,. • ...pg.12 as well Austin Arts Center em- ent weather. Pat Kennedy, Ad- side. The water leaked from the Men's SquashbeatsYale ployees, the situation came un- ministrative Assistant of northern side of the building, Sports.™ pg- 20 der control Austin Arts Center, attempted see AAC on page six PAGE 2 OPINION THE TRINITY TRIPOD —JANUARY26,1999

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Students Protest Gallows' Changes To the Editor: ized that comfort was no longer Ian Lang 99 Jennifer Antoniazzi '99 an option at the Gallows Hill One fine morning, we saun- Bookstore. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR tered into our favorite Trinity rest- Upon consulting the Trinity ing spot, the Gallows Hill College Student Handbook (yes, NEWS EDITORS BUSINESS MANAGER Bookstore, to procure a cup of some people do read this!), we Kristen Burns '02 Renay Smallcomb '00 Rocio Herrera '99 their finest French Roast. If time learned that theoretically, "the allowed, we planned on retiring to store provides a cafe setting FOR THE CAMPUS..." (p. 20) The FEATURES EDITORS BUDGET DIRECTOR the oh-so-fluffy couches for a pleasant yet slightly competitive word, cafe, beckons images of Dan Berman '01 Devin Ptorr '00 Quid M.Bennett'00 game of Mancala. Much to our peaceful respite, carefree after- dismay, the face behind the noons and valuable time spent OPINION EDITORS SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER counter was not a friendly one. It with friends. Not to mention, James Griffith '99 Andrew Weiss '01 Andrew Pearl '02 was the face of the new Gallows Gallows Hill was always a neutral Hill; the entirely unrecognizable location for students to meet with and unwelcoming face of the new one another as well as with mem- SPORTS EDITORS ONLINE EDITORS management. We proceeded to bers of the faculty; hence the Colin Ruane "01 StarkTaumend '01 \ John Akin '01 Owen Tripp '01 the counter with increasing anxi- wording "FOR THE CAMPUS." In ety and with trembling voices, we our humble opinions, the new ARTS EDITORS ;' ,' ANNOUNCEMENTS EDITOR placed our usual orders only to be face of Gallows Hill does not pro- vide this atmosphere any longer. Beth Gilligan '01 Virginia Lacefkld '00 KatherineKimber '02 immediately confronted with open animosity. Rather, it is now a setting in PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS We had heard the vicious ru- which students are obviously not Katie Bryant '02 Andrew Sltepard '01 mors that the new management welcome. at Gallows longed to tear this be- We implore the new manage- SENIOR EDITORS: Ernesto C Anguilla '99, Julianna Bogdanski '99, Jason Gabriele '99, Lisa E. loved coffee shop away from its ment to reconsider the drastic Harrison'99, Katie Kurz'99 ; ; y: most loyal customers, the stu- and unsettling changes that cur- dents. Instead of instantly falling rently plague one of the few and COPY EDITORS: Terry Rifkin '99, Justin Smith'99; prey to this rumor, we have now previously comfortable spots learned in our time at Trinity that on campus. We also suggest that all Lower Long Walks are NOT students might now find the heated and therefore, we decided newly restored Cave Cafe much Disproportionate Recompense to give Gallows the benefit of the more appealing. doubt. In this case (for once), the In what The Hartford Courant termed an "unprecedented" jury award, former chem- rumor proved to be true. Many istry professor Leslie Craine won $12.7 million dollars from Trinity College. Citing other students have expressed the Sincerely, sexual discrimination, the court awarded Craine "$671,304 for loss of past and future same disgust that we felt that Shannon Greaney '99 wages, $2 million for sex discrimination, $4 million for emotional distress and $6 mil- gloomy day when we first real- Carly Geeza '99 lion in punitive damages," according to The Courant. Craine's lawyer characterized To the Editor: to the non-Trinity community. this decision as sending a message that, "it is not appropriate to treat women differ- Since many of Trinity's neighbors ently than men." Although there is no denying that a signal was sent, it is a not a For the past three and a half speak Spanish or Portuguese, one message about justice. years I have enjoyed being able to might imagine that the stock of Craine's original suit cited unfair and discriminatory treatment by Trinity College, drop into the Gallows Hill Book- foreign language titles would in- store, to. have a gppdc.up.qf coffee crease, yet these improvements including age and gender discrimination, and breach of contract. Howfever, the court and find a friendly conversation have not happened. Actually, I held Trinity College culpable for sexual rather than age discrimination. The Attorney with a faculty member or a fellow wonder what Gallows' response for Trinity College, Felix J. Springer, critiqued the decision stating that improper in- students. It is alarming to discover would be if members of the sur- struction led the jury to rule on "a matter where the jury had no expertise." upon returning from break that rounding community really did we are no longer welcome to . start frequenting the store. While this award has been touted, by some, as a victory for women's rights, this rul- spend.time drinking coffee like Gallows no longer allow cus- ing also carries with it negative implications for society and Trinity's future. The broad you might expect to do at other tomers to use their own travel language used in the complaint implies that although Craine believed she had been Barnes and Noble bookstores. mug in place of paper to-go cups- unfairly treated she could not pinpoint the actual legal violation. In effect, Craine knew While I believe change, although I've noticed that Trinity has sometimes unpleasant, is often a trouble with successful recycling she had been discriminated against but not on what ground. Did Trinity refuse to give necessary fact of life, 1 question programs, but now it appears that her tenure because of her age, her ability, or her gender? The court's ruling seemed to the benefits of the current deci- with the help of Barnes and have decided the question which Craine could not. Does this mean that in the future sions being made at Gallows Hill. Noble, we're regressing. In addi- others who feel they were unfairly treated can broadly sue an institution to vindicate In discussions with other Gal- tion, I've heard that they are plan- lows Hill patrons who also fre- ning to eliminate the wonderful their position without having to specifically define the violation?, quent the store, I've made some couches. I suppose that if that Too often in our society, individuals refuse to accept personal responsibility for their unsettling discoveries. Entire sec- happens, our smoke-free alterna- actions. Instead, they seek to lay blame at the feet of those who have the "deep pockets" tions of books that might attract tive to The Underground will necessary to compensate them for the pain and suffering with which they are con- "alternative types" have been re- vanish completely. Now I under- moved from inventory. This re- stand why the student staff have fronted. This is not to say that Craine's case lacks merit, since Craine may actually have moval prohibits customers the resigned. been discriminated against on the basis of her gender. In any case, paying her $12.7 enjoyment of encountering un- million to alleviate her suffering seems excessive. In response, Craine might well ar- usual and hard to find literature. gue that the amount of money she won is needed in order to punish the college for its This may have been acceptable if Sincerely, transgressions, yet this sum in no way gives Craine back the time she lost nor does it it made the store more accessible Michael P. Wilson '99 really injure the institution. If a payment is ever made, it will most likely be funded by money diverted from some segment of the college, money that could have been used for scholarships or other beneficial student services. If Craine truly wants to make a While You Were Out statement perhaps she will donate the money to the Women's Center. This organiza- Over the month long Christmas-(C)Hannukah-Kwanzaa- tion is dedicated to advancing gender equality on campus, and combating issues of Ramadan-Solstice-Festivus-Winter Break (did we miss this sort. In the long run, a donation to such a cause would change the attitude and not anything?), Trinity as an institution stayed hard at work while just punish the actions of an institution. we slept. Scandals were born, careers died, checks were signed and so were pink slips. So the wheels of power always have and always will grind. 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Letters may be submitted via: Not as profitable as being de- • CAMPUS MAIL BOX 702582 • E-MAIL: [email protected] "Stepping Down" nied tenure, but 11/2 paid va- • CAMPUS NETWORK: General Resources/Docex/Tripod cation ain't bad JANUARY26,1999 — THE TRINITY TRIPOD OPINION PACE 3 The Quick Fix Fixes Nothing Real The alcohol policy is another BY JAMES GRIFFITH entirely too talked about but Opinion Editor still illustrative example of rash Trinity Has Its Own Goldstein decisions made without any President Evan Dobelle ar- real consideration for the en- The Autocratic Presidency Of Evan Dobelle rived here four years ago, at the tirety of the situation. The prob- missed violates all tenets of faculty sons Trinity has suffered under a beginning of my freshman year. lem with the amount of JERRY G. WATTS governance and civility. The act of deep insecurity complex vis a vis He brought with him an atmo- drinking is not solvable by try- Associate Professor of terminating Baker immediately other elite colleges. sphere of emotional invigora- ing to create a borderline police American Studies and expeditiously removing him Unfortunately, charismatic tion and forward thinking. state in comparison to the old from the physical confines of his leaders are inherently self-ob- When I talked to seniors that policy. College students drink. office is remi niscent of the practices sessed. They are enraged by criti- Twenty five years ago, when at corporate America when they cism. They tend to blur the lines year, I heard nothing but rave A lot. If they are underage, they competing for a position on my "downsize". between loyalty to Trinity with reviews for the president. "He's can get people they know who campus newspaper, an editor en- loyalty to them. More importantly, couraged me to read George The intent of Dobelle's actions turning this school around," are older to get it. Or they can was nothing less than the humilia- they know that their psychologi- they said. Two years previous, buy or make false IDs in the Orwell's essay, "Politics and the cal pull over their followers can be English Language." In that essay, tion of Baker. Baker must have re- former president Gerety's de- computing center. No matter fused Evan's utterly predictable maintained only as long as their Orwell severely lambasted the pol- followers continue to devalue parture had hit us hard. Trinity where you go to school (BYU ex- lution and dilution of the English request to publicly distort his firing felt betrayed and inadequate. cepted) you can drink if you as a resignation. themselves. Vicarious empower- language. He was critical of the ment is an oxymoron. In firing We were plummeting towards a want. Simply getting campus "double-speak" that pervaded po- Beginning with his third hour on the job, Dean Baker must have Baker in such a humiliating man- netherworld of psychological safety to crack down, which litical discourse. More impor- ner, Dobelle knew that his actions despair. they are not excited to do in the tantly, Orwell understood that the known that his job would be in jeop- ardy, if he tried to execute his duties would divide and demoralize first place, is not going to stop debasement of language was When Dobelle stepped onto with integrity. For over a year, many many of the faculty. But then he drinking. But the administra- linked to a decline in intellectual also knew that this demoralization, the scene, he stated regularly faculty have assumed that Baker's tion reacts to our number five clarity and ultimately moral dete- will stimulate greater faculty in- that we must not think of our- rioration and decadence. I had for- termination was an inevitability. party school ranking with reac- As early as November 1998, several vestment in his production of selves as a second-rate college. gotten this essay until I read tionary instead of thoughtful faculty, who choose to remain spectacles, pageants and events He began groundbreaking ini- President Dobelle's recent memo changes. I do not recall being nameless, were told by Dobelle that that stimulate publicity. Like most tiatives such as the neighbor- announcing Raymond Baker's shrewd charismatic leaders, asked what I thought should be "stepping down" as Dean and re- he was going to fire Baker. Dean hood revitalization initiative. Dobelle is a master of the spectacle done to improve our party repu- turning to teaching. What was Baker could not help but also hear We were lauded as an institu- the whispers of his impending de- (e.g. Jimmy Carter speaking at tation. The decision just came strikingly Orwellian in Dobelle's tion breaking the trend of poor mise. This was certainly not a mis- graduation; ground breakings for down from on high like the Ten announcement was his inability new buildings; visits by Colin town-gown relationships. to publicly state what in my opin- take on Dobelle's part but rather one Commandments. People pay Powell, Hillary Clinton and soon These initiatives helped Trinity ion is the simple truth, that he had component of a shrewd strategy to attention to the school's policy belittle Baker by dangling him "in Jesse Jackson; photo opportunities turn itself around psychologi- fired Baker. In that act of mundane about as well as God's, the wind." Even Evan's most ardent with the Dalai-Lama; the Trinity cally and we even climbed in dishonesty, Dobelle reaffirmed banner flying behind the podium why American academia includ- defenders admit that civility is not the rankings. The roots of this psychology one his virtues. Admittedly, 1 am an at the Dole-Clinton Presidential ing Trinity College is quagmired in debates, a Trinity campus in San of superficial and swift changes avid supporter of Dean Baker. 1 be- The changes came quickly crisis. When a politician, acting in Francisco). Except for some new and the school has maintained can be traced to Dobelle. With the guise of an educator, is allowed lieve that he possessed the intellec- tual vision, tenacity and will to buildings these events have one regard to Reading Week, to bring the pervasive language 1 that fast-paced atmosphere. nudge Trinity off of its historical ac- thing in commoa they do literally Unfortunately, quick changes Dobelle has said that Reading distortions of the political realm nothing to improve the quality of into the very center of what pur- commodation with being a second have since been turned into Week is a problem of percep- tier elite college. A renowned this intellectual environment. For ports to be, an elite academic en- Dobelle, it seems that image is not hasty decisions. We all know tion, not reality and that if you vironment, our mission has been scholar and accomplished teacher the typical, cliched examples: change the perception you at a superior institution, Baker merely the most important thing, debased. Even the Washington it is the only thing. Reading Week and the alcohol change the reality. I'm sorry? Post wrote, that Dobelle uses" the knew what it would take to elevate policy. Eerhaps I'm in the minority, b^ut glifcber-jabber one expect's frorfi1 The trustees decided Reading I've always believed ffyo'u politicians but cringes to hear way that Dobelle knows wliat it can be denigrating. Witness there- Week was not the academically change the perception you from an ostensible intellectual takes to elevate Trinity's image. In cent Martin Luther King day cel- rigorous event it was supposed merely change the perception leader." (Washington Post, 7/28/98, my short nine years at Trinity, ebration featuring a black pg.Rl) to be, so, in the spirit of aca- and if you change the reality, Baker's two and one half year ten- Olympic athlete, Why in the hell ure as Dean witnessed an unparal- demic rigor, they decided to hard as it may be, you change Like many politicians, Evan is was Jackiejoyner-Kersee brought eliminate it with little to no in- the perception as well. a master of the "situational an- leled attempt to confront the to Trinity to speak about Martin intellectual character of this in- Luther King Jr., the single most put from anyone in the school. The psychology of the quick swer." The credo of the "situational answer" is two-fold: 1) say what- stitution. His dismissal occurs at important figure in the rein vigora- Only when there was an uproar fix and stbp-gap measure worse possible time in the reformu- tion of American democratic dis- from students and faculty alike which has become the defining ever is necessary to get you through a touchy situation; and 2) lation of our institution's intellec- course during the last sixty years was there any consideration characteristic of Dobelle's presi- only tell the truth if it is the least tual agenda. A major opportunity Is this an institution of higher that, perhaps, there might be dency is no longer a viable so- troubling of other options. Let me has been lost and we are yet again learning or is it The Gong Show redeemable and salvageable lution to the majority of the give two distinct distortions utiliz- without that continuity in our vi- Did her greatness in the long jump qualities in Reading Week. In- on-campus problems. We are ing situational answers: Before a sion. make her qualified to speak about stead of considering the ben- no longer plummeting into de- gathering of Trinity black alumni, I am aware that Baker did not King or was it her javelin throw? In efits and drawbacks of Reading mise. We know we are a darn Dobelle informed them, that when enjoy universal support. Undoubt- Dobelle's mind the only issue at edly, some have very sound reasons Week, discussing it with stu- becoming President, he had made hand was to bring ANY celebrity good college. Currently we for their dislike of Baker. Baker cer- Negro to campus to talk about an- dents and/or faculty commit- offers to several blacks to fill posi- need to slow down and make tions in his administration but tainly made mistakes in judgment other celebrity Negro, Maybe next tees about its practice, and then substantive changes that have they had turned him down be- and tact. Fortunately or unfortu- year we ca n lureMike Tyson. Such deciding whether or not to keep been fully considered, instead cause the Trinity salaries were too nately, he was human, I have never irresponsibility would not be tol- it, the trustees looked at our im- of snap judgments that irritate low. Mother Goose could not have worked under a Dean of Faculty at erated when dealing with WASPs age and decided Reading Week and punish those who are not written a better fantasy. Concern- Trinity who was not subjected to and/or Jewish historical figures. had to go. part of the problem. ing the same issue but a different honest and dishonest criticism. Ask He would neverinviteBette Midler context, Evan alters his situational Jan Cohn. In Baker's case, false ru- here to speak about the life and answer. During a faculty meeting, mors were given "legs" by a univer- death of Yitzhak Rabin. But for the I asked him why his administra- sal awareness among the faculty Negroes, anything will do. tion was so racially homogeneous. that he was not supported by the Despite his deep seated parochi- I remember clearly that he crossed President. alisms, Dobelle has done a master- his arms in that Evan-pose and Despite Evan's public pro- ful job of altering the physical unequivocally stated that his next nouncements that the departure of landscape of Trinity and our local high level appointment would go Dean Jill Reich had nothing to do. neighborhoods, He is an amazing to a black person. Since that an- with him, I beg to differ. Reichdis- mover and shaker, one who as- nouncement he has appointed covered that Dobelle had no respect sumes tasks that would over- several Vice Presidents all of for academic integrity or institu- whelm most mortals. I celebrate whom have been white. 1 suspect tional boundaries of decision mak- those achievements. My only wish that few, if any, of these "searches" ing. Reich left and now Baker has is that Evan was capable of recog- even contained non-white candi- been fired. Perhaps we should uti- nizing his weaknesses as. easily as dates. Conspicuously, Dobelle has lize, a Temp Agency when finding he acknowledges his strengths. His never revisited his "promise" be- our next Dean. But Dobelle knows weaknesses lie withi n the intellec- cause "situational answers" are what we .all know, that there are le- tual and scholarly arenas, the two never given with the intent of be-. gions of people throughout Ameri- arenas of Baker's strength. If he ing binding. Dobelle will soon ap- can academia and closer to home at point a person of color as head of could have allowed Baker to fulfill Negro-Puerto Rican-Asian- Trinity who would be all too will- his role'as chief academic officer American student affairs. This ing to play puppet to Evan's strings, Trinity could have had a wonder- minor appointment will be mar- provided they gain status and a ful division of labor and the poten- keted by Evan as a major college larger salary. Our only protection tial for genuine academic event. "Double-speak" has become is a strong faculty leadership. ' excellence; - "standard operating procedure" at As an institution Trinity needs to At this point in his presidency Trinity. address why it is that we have cho- there is no indication that Evan sen as our last two presidents, char- will change his double-speak ismatic figures. Attraction to ways. Trinity may get better pub Now, Dobelle's firing of Baker charisma is usually derived from a licity and a new ceremonial en isn't the first time in the annals of devalued sense of self. Charisma trance to campus but its academk academia that a Dean of Faculty has been dismissed. Dobelle has allows us to vicariously experience soul has been ripped apart by thi the right to terminate Baker. But a "grandiose self" through the gran- recklessness of Evan Dobelle's au the way in which Baker was dis- deur of our leader. For a host of rea- tocratic style. PAGE 4 OPINION THE TRINITY TRIPOD —JANUARY26,1999 The Governing 'Body' The Real Hartford: Means Better Government A Four Block City Despite a lot of rhetoric by President Ventura Is New Face Of Grass Roots Reform <***>- BY ANDREW WEISS Opinion Editor Evan Dobelle and the administration, paigning has provided him with the and half-heart attempt through the Cit- Bv ANDREW PEARL ies Program (still in it's infancy), there freedom to meet, and more importantly, Since coming to Hartford almost two Opinion Writer listen to the people. has been no concrete programs or efforts years ago I noticed that it has some, well, to introduce students to the neighbor- Knowledge of what it is that his citi- unique features. Sure it has plenty of hood. Programs like including Trinity Is Jesse "The Body" Ventura now "The zens want is what makes him their true people, lots of cars, and series of fairly tall students on the staff of the Boys and Governing Body" Ventura? Will Ventura representative. Though he has been at- buildings. On face value I guess it's like Girls is a start, but only appeals to a lim- use headlocks to get his way in the Min- tacked that he is too much of a common any other city in America, or is it? Hart- ited number of students and amounts to nesota Legislature? Jokes such as these person, and does not know enough about ford only seems to be roughly four square a window dressing. Beyond restricted have been heard ever since the former politics to be an effective governor, but blocks. Impossible you say? How can a programs like this one, there are pro- wrestler won the Gubernatorial race in that is what makes Ventura an even bet- major metropolitan city, that has been grams that the school could pursue to Minnesota. But in a day when politicians ter governor. The American government around for hundreds of years, be con- strengthen, or for that matter create, re- are driven to promote the interests of is based upon the idea of a government fined to about four square blocks? Easy, lations between students and the neigh- economic supporters instead of the of the people. So, the question to his crit- let me draw you a quick map, Hartford borhood. To encourage people to make people, care more about re-election than ics is, what percentage of Minnesota's starts in the north with Allen Place and stops in the neighborhood other than ethics, and use their political influence voters are Ivy League educated political extents south all the way to New Britain McDonald's, the school can help adver- scientists, and what percentage are av- Avenue, excluding most of Crescent tise local business, such as neighborhood erage blue collar workers? Ventura has Street, of course. In the east, Hartford owned restaurants and shops. Working said that his best trait is that he is not a starts with Broad Street and stretches out student discounts with businesses professional politician. He may not know west to Summit Street. on Park Street, for example, will encour- all of the various theories on politics and This city, like most other American age interaction between community and governments, but Governor Ventura cities, has a U.S. Post Office, a theater dis- . school. In the end, however, the school knows what it is like to fight for his gov- trict, a high-rise, and a newspaper. It also can only do so much, it will be up to you, ernment as a Navy Seal. He knows what has great proximity to a whole host of the student, to discover our surround1 it is like to be poor and see the govern- exciting attractions. Near by there is a ings. ment take every last cent that he has bar (not two), a liqueur store, and a few The school is principally responsible earned. He has shown in his initial ac- fast food restaurants. The great thing for exposing students to the neighbor- tions as governor that he knows things about this city is that if you want pizza hood. How about a fair of local shops and about the American people that can not or Chinese food restaurants will deliver, restaurants at the beginning of each se- be found in a ten to fifteen page paper in so you don't have to leave the city limits. mester? Imagine that, Trinity taking a American National Government. If you want to be adventurous, however, substantive step toward a problem on you can drive to the suburbs to visit a campus. How about a simple flyer about Ventura has worked to help alleviate mall or a restaurant. the businesses that are close to campus? economic problems amongst the poor Gov. Ventura WWWJHSEVENTURA.ORG and has asked for increased in educa- tional funding. He has expressed some tohelpelevate themselves above the law, rather radical ideas throughout his cam- it has taken a professional wrestler paign and so far into his governorship. (•without a Harvard political science de- But, at least he has shown that he is a gree, no less) to remind us of what our man who sticks to his ideals. We have all politicians should be. seen various Republican senators who Unlike most other poli ticians, Ventura have attacked President Clinton's mor- seems truly aware of the fact that it is the als. But, with the public favoring mercy voters who have put him in office. towards Clinton and elections forthcom- Politicians are constantly bound like marionettes, being swayed by anybody who can afford them, but Jesse Ventura represents the type of politicians without any strings attached. •

Though this may be an obvious state- ing, these politicians suddenly changed Except for the occasional trip to one How about information about the busi- ment, it unfortunately isn't to many of their tunes. After the election, we of the many exciting destinations near nesses downtown? Despite popular sen- the other, representatives in office. Most have seen these politicians return to the city limits, like McDonald's or timent, there are things to do downtown. politicians must make their decisions the attack. These politicians are the Walgreen's, or for trips to the suburbs it For example, Trinity sponsors several based upon a mixture of public opinion type who only care about what the seems that no one really leave Hartford. events downtown, like the ATP World and the opinions of their economic public wants when it is election Sure, I hear a lot about internships and Doubles Championships, but offers little backers. Politicians use their power to aid time. I, for one, would prefer a man jobs far beyond Hartford, but what of the more than a ticket and few signs around Political Action Committees (PACs) in with extreme ideas who would at rest of the surrounding areas? When will campus. Besides failing to advertise this exchange for campaign money. What least do what he says, and do what people go? What is to be done to the land event there wasn't even a bus or shuttle many other positions would refer to as a he feels is, right, even with his gover- that is around Hartford? I have heard that was committed to taking students bribe, in these terms it is simply "consid- norship at stake. some constructive ideas from fellow stu- to the civic center. ered" campaign support. Politicians are Ventura's political honesty, the dents. For example, someone once men- In addition to Trinity, Hartford constantly bound like marionettes be- powerful political enemies he is un- tioned to me that we should tear down should also shoulder the blame for most of the surrounding structures and ing swayed by whomever can afford him, doubtedly making already, and his this problem too. The city has made build a giant parking lot to take care of but Jesse Ventura represents the type of lack of .big budget campaigning absolutely no efforts to integrate Trin- politician without any strings attached. the parking issues that plague our fair ity into the Hartford community. The might prevent him from getting re- city. In my home state of Florida the politi- elected. -However, above all, only evidence that Hartford even cians frequently compromise their duty America's politicians still have to a Perhaps it is time that we venture out knows about Trinity, besides Dobelle's to the citizens in order to cater to Walt lot to learn from Ventura. He has of the familiar streets of Hartford into name and picture, is the Q bus route the vast unknown. Leaving the bubble that runs a long New Britain Ave. The of comfortable territory, so to speak, bus is inconvenient for most students Though he has been attacked that he is too much of won't be easy, but rather will require to get to, so people don't, take advan- a common person and does not know enough about much preparation. tage of it. There are good restaurants politics to be an effective governor, that is what makes The outside of Hartford is a big and and attractions downtown, but who scary place, much different from any- knows about them? Not many Trinity Ventura an even better governor. thing anybody has seen before. Without students. The city's lack of effort is dis- any sort of protection, we will have to turbing considering the fact that Disney Inc., Universal Studios, and the expressed that his job is to do what fend for ourselves, I bane the thought of Hartford's downtown could use all the various resorts along Daytona Beach. is best for the people of Minnesota, the day when he must leave town and it's help it could get. These politicians compromise their ide- not to ensure his own re-election. fearless and lofty defenses. But why should you give up your als simply to pay for more expensive Many have theorized that no pro- WOW! You must th ink that I am crazy conformable trip to'West Farms Mall Armani suits to wear in more elaborate fessional wrestler can survive to assert that there is a place beyond the or seat on your couch to try something campaign commercials. Ventura has re- within the rules of th'e political high flung gates of Hartford. Perhaps new? Well, because beyond such obvi- lied not on the money of large groups but arena. But, Ventura is used to arenas Trinity which is our Hartford, should do ous advantages of gradually improv- the work ethic of the average man. He has and cares more about what the a better job of promoting the rest of Hart- ing relations with the neighborhood, gone to bars, supermarkets, and other people want than playing by. the ford, especially the surrounding area of there are a number of great business and places to actually meet the people. rules. Besides,, if anyone is a good Frog Hollow. Besides a few job opportu- cultural opportunities to be found. Ventura has substituted actually meet- enough actor to help perpetuate the nities, internships, and a two day History If Trinity continues to trumpet Hart- ing and listening to individual voters myth that wrestling is real, then of Hartford pre-orientation, little has ford as a great city, it's about time Trin- instead of trying to influence the masses they can certainly survive in poli- been done by the school to promote the ity puts their money were their mouth in cold, uncaring commercials. Cam- tics. ' neighborhood. is? JANUARY26,1999 — THE TRINITY TRIPOD OPINION PAGE 5 Snowed In On Broad

BY SARAH FRANCIS of side walk. Each weekday morn- Opinion Writer ing, before eight, right outside of Trinity's large back gate, middle school students wait for the school On most mornings I walk from bus. A few steps down the side walk Vernon Street to New Britain Av- there is also a public bus stop. On enue. I trudge along Broad Street, Monday morning everybody sometimes towards Sam's for a 22 struggled with the glacier. None of ounce cup of high octane coffee and us could have crossed the street, due the New York Times, sometimes to- to the Trinity sponsored construc- wards Wassel for a good loaf of tion. The side walk on the opposite bread and sometimes towards side of Broad Street was closed. We Adam's for groceries. I came back to were left only with the choice to Trinity after winter break, and walk in the street or on the glacier. Monday morning I began my walk Last Monday morning, on my again. Bleary eyed and searching for walk to Sam's I was embarrassed coffee, I walked down Vernon Street to be a Trinity student. All of the and turned right on Broad. Nor- paths on Trinity's campus are mally my walk is easy, no hills and neatly shoveled and sanded. Yet smooth slabs of concrete. Normally our sidewalk along Broad street there is no complicated climbing remained unshoveled, glacial. gear required for this walk. Nor- With this large glacier between mally I do not an ice ax or crampons Trinity's campus and the commu- to walk to Sam's. Last Monday nity, all the language and postur- morning I needed both. There was ing of neighborhood relations no side walk in front of me, only a and community interest begins to large unshoveled glacier. "It's only seem well, rather silly. For now, Monday," I thought to myself as I the ice and snow is melted and slowly walked along the glacier to-. the sidewalk is clear. But what wards Sam's. Yet all week. Trinity's happens next time itsnows? Trin- side walk along Broad Street re- ity then has two choices: hand out mained unshoveled. ice skates and declare the side This small stretch of Broad Street, walk our new community ice Synchronicity And Peter Pan: rink, or shovel. Trinity's side walk, is a busy stretch 2nd Semester Senior Reflects center of this article, floats away the classroom as they work dili- Students Trash BY MATTHEW in the air. I am going to work gently, I see a photo board with \ GLASSMAN backwards in my recollection a picture of every lousy kid in Opinion Writer from the present tense to create the class. Underneath each Recycling Efforts a kind of montage o' omens. photo read:" : Trinity doesn't exist during Hopefully this will show that When I grow up I want to be BY JANE NORTON is continue to try, and that is all I beneath it all, even in the co- ask of the student body. vacation. 1 spend as much time a violinist." . Opinion Writer nundrum we call our college "When I grow up I want to be Trinity creates thousands of thinking about Camp Trin Trin experience, there is an underly- a veterinarian pounds of trash a year, much of during vacation as 1 spend plan- ing synchronicity which offers "When I grow up I want to be The climax of a Trinity Col- which is recyclable. Newspapers ning fundraising strategies for the WNBA. Not that either of only the unique pleasure of be- an Olympic ice skater." . lege bender (a weekend packed can be stacked next to bins, alu- ing noticed as its gold. with alcohol, dancing and minum cans and glass bottles the two aren't worthy of time, And so on. bands of girls skipping along are meant to be discarded in the money, or reflection. It's just that Being a senior with gradua- Flashback to three days be- the long walk) arFives-wfaeii) the, containers labeled "aluminum during vacation, I Jiave tp sleep tion lurking, Laeed to go to the, fore Christrr^as. Again 1 am a campus wide party members cans" and "glass bottles," while and see movies like Mighty Joe movies a lot to avoid the heck- substitute teacher. This time I down the last 40 of beer and many types of paper are appro- Young. So I have very little to ling career service fairies who I am a music teacher and teach- trek over to the Vernon Center priate for the "paper" container. comment on about Trinity for swear are following me around ing various middle school to.... drink more beer. This We need only to inform our- two simple reasons: One, having telling me to come to a practice classes. It's the day before their type of weekend produces more selves of the protocol for recy- been on campus for only a few interview with Smith, Baxter- vacation so my instructions are than hangovers, it creates piles cling, which is most often days after a month off, nothing Birney, & Anderson Co. I saw to just put in a cartoon video of really concerns me, except for the movie Pleasantville last Walt Disney's Peter Pan. Before the fact that I have to be her week in which there is a scene I put the movie in I yell at the which if I examined more sin- when Jeff Daniels, playing a kids for believing in Santa cerely, I would find that I take it diner short-order cook in a Clause. Me and the Jewish kid for granted and I ought to be Leave it to Beaver, 1950s town slap five. During the movie, Pe- shot for it. The second reason I when he realizes he doesn't en- ter Pan talks about never want- have little to editorialize about joy his job. He basically has the ing to grow up. There are a is the fact that I have been sick professional epiphany that he group of little boys in the movie with the flu for half of this week doesn't enjoy flipping burgers who live in Never Never Land back. And considering it isn't and would rather paint. Trinity happily ignorant of their exist- Dobelle's fault I am sick and has the kind of homogenous ence, their parents, school, life, sweaty, it wouldn't be journal- country club flavor of the 1950s etc. Appropriately called the ism to write an editorial about and 1980s when tupperware Lost Boys, these fugitives of re- why the flu is either good or bad values fueled our nuclear na- ality all live in their pajamas, all (it's bad). Someone else is writ- tion. I was glad this movie was have buck teeth, and all act like playing and wondered how stu- of trash, much of which is recy- written directly on the bins. I ing (bitching) about the lack of stupids. That day 1 was paid to dents might respond to such a watch Peter Pan about three or clable. Filled to the brim with have seen an avid interest in re- student input in administrative and general campus decisions. question, among others the four times. bottles and cans, the contents of cycling on campus, but the inter- Personally, I feel confident in movie raises. 1 figured 1 would the garbage bin will be sent di- est lacks the support of actions. Flashback three days before saying even if the same five, stel- pose the question: if you could rectly to a landfill, while the re- that. A good friend of mine from Buildings and Grounds has done lar, involved students were in- really have any profession or cycling bins remain empty or a phenomenal job outfitting this high school who is working and vited to be a part of decision and choose any livelihood or do any- living in Boston reveals to me he are overflowing with general, campus with recycling bins and policy making, collectively stu- thing with your life you wanted, non-recyclable trash. Thus the Marriott has taken steps of their is generally unfulfilled and un- dents are infinitely more con- what would it be? What would happy. He is trapped by his job. recycling bins are contami- own to install recycling proce- cerned with s*** like the new you really do with your life? nated, and any recyclable ma- dures in our dining facilities We talk about this for a while at Star Wars and finding cheap a bar until.we are both incoher- terial in them will have to be with all of this receiving the full plane tickets than the doings of With omens.in mind, flash- thrown away. Wasting in this support of the administration. back to a Chinese restaurant ent and 1 start telling people I'm Trinity. And as previously autistic. fashion needs to come to an The faculty even joined in, by re- stated in these articles, we are with Mitch and Judy G. who ask end. questing recycling capabilities in happily seduced by apathy, their little knish, me, their pride With the seed of the This blatant disregard for their offices and making good and joy, referring to some friend, Pleasantvilte in mind, I obviously even if we feel dirty in the morn- still have no answers. I am not con- the efforts of the school to in- use of their newfound ability to ing. "oh, what does he want to be when he grows up?" Time froze cerned with professions and what- crease conservation occurs on recycle. The disappointing and not. I am curious about these a daily basis and the blame falls pathetic end of the issue of a lack What 1 will relay to you and I thought, "that's weird that they phrased it like that." isolated moments as well as others squarely on our shoulders. Al- of recycling on campus is the though, is my run-in over vaca- which all percolated at once and though an avid supporter of the students. We stink. Recycling is tion with omens, also known as Flashback to two weeks prior although trivial seemed to resonate recycling movement, I must ad- easy, a great form of procrastina- signs or messages. Sparkling to a suburban middle school. I as planted clues. Like most seniors, mit to a past of throwing away tion, something you can pat through mists of apathy, omens am a substitute teacher for a 5th underclassmen, and recent gradu- aluminum, glass, plastic and pa- yourself on the back for doing. I leave vague clues to our per- grade class. During the D.A.R.E. ates, I don't know what I want to do. will not go so far as to say fun, but sonal puzzles as well as to one hour, I make them all play I do know that the experience of. per items if 1 found it inconve- these omens was cool. I don't want nient to carry the recyclable at least greater than ourselves. I am MASH with me at once to de- only now realizing the omens 1 cide which of the three to be a Lost Boy but 1 don't want to goods an extra ten feet to the Perhaps this plea for an in- do practice interviews for corporate proper bin. I would like to claim creased concern in recycling will originally missed when they supermodels (or one lame-o) I America, but I don't want to see any that those days are over and now encourage all of us to take up appeared to me during vaca- marry in the future, which of more bad movies. Right now I am the perfect earth muffin, un- arms in the fight for a cleaner tion, as the question which I the three cool cars (or one pinto) though, in the wake of a moment of . fortunately 1 cannot; all I can do world. originally intended to be the I drive, and etc, Walking around synchronicity realized, I'm nour- ished. PAGE 6 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD—JANUARY26,1999 Former Professor Sues On The Seat Trinity; Awarded $12.7 Mil scholarship to warrant tenure. ture wages, $2 million for sex Student Called for Interference BY KRISTEN BURNS Her application for tenure was discrimination, $4 million for News Editor denied and in 1994, Leslie emotional distress and $6 mil- On the night of January 17, a student was arrested at the Tap Craine was dismissed. lion in punitive damages." by Hartford Police officers doing an ID check. The 21 year old Two weeks ago, a jury Craine claimed that an article Lawyers for Trinity College student began arguing with the officers and was arrested and awarded $12.7 million to a published in the Journal of Or- are expected to appeal the deci- charged with interfering with police. He was released on $2,500 former Professor of Chemistry ganic Chemistry was adequate sion, on the grounds that the bond and will be appearing in court on January 29. LeslieCraine, the plaintiff in the to satisfy the review committee. judge gave the jury incorrect in- Brian Kelly offers all students "a word to the wise. Let the po- first sex discrimination lawsuit Craine claimed age and sex structions regarding proper le- lice do their job and don't interfere when their job is being done." ever brought against Trinity discrimination in the Novem- gal procedures. Trinity attorney College. ber trial which was presided Felix J. Springer defended Hired in 1987 as an assistant over by Hartford Superior Court Trinity's egalitarian gender poli- Keep Those Windows Closed professor, Craine applied for Judge A. Susan Peck. After two cies, citing that one half of the tenure in 1993. Her application and a half days of deliberation faculty is female, as is one third Campus Safety and the Hartford Police are investigating a was considered by a review the jury dismissed the claim of of the tenured faculty. break-in on the third floor of 143 Allen Place. On January 18, panel consisting of former Trin- age discrimination, but ruled in The Hartford Courant reports someone entered through an open porch window, removing an ity President Tom Gerety, the favor of the claim of sexual bias. that Trinity will "ask the appel- undetermined amount of cash. There are no suspects at this time. Dean of Faculty, and three other The Hartford Courant outlined late court to set aside the ver- faculty members. The commit- the specific breakdown of the dict, reduce the damages to no tee found that Craine had failed award, which "included more than $200,000 or order a Moderation is the Key to produce sufficient original $671,304 for loss ol past and fu- new trial."

At 3:30 onjanuary 19, a student was found heavily intoxicated in Anadama dormitory. He was transported to Hartford Hospi- Water Main Break at AAC tal where he was treated and released. continued from page one Smith dorm became frozen be- Consequently, Buildings and The Events and Operation Di- cause of cold air coming from Grounds received numerous rector of Austin Arts noted, the open window. To fix the complaints. Old Cars Back in Style "Water is like electricity: it takes leak, water was shut off for all Two leaks occurring simulta-. the path of least resistance." of South campus including neously made it unsafe to ex- A1990 Oldsmobile was stolen from the Wiggins parking lot Little time was required to shut McCook and Hallden. Occa- pose pipes to water pressure. sometime on the 19 or 20 of January. The only evidence found off the water supply and fix the sionally the lights flickered on Workers stayed up through the it the scene was broken glass. This is the first car stolen this pipe. Brown, commenting on and off, due to the dampening night until everything was re- rear. This incident was followed by the attempted theft of a 1988 the cause of the leak, stated "It of electric wires. For about three paired. In the end, there was no may have something to do with iuick from the Life Science Center Parking lot. There was sig- days the few people living in the permanent damage and only a the frost: water and snow gets lificant damage to the steering column of the vehicle. Campus dorms had to stoically suffer stretch of mud from the North frozen, ground layers shift and iafety and the Hartford Police believe these old model cars are through problems with water side of Austin Arts remained it breaks the pipe." He ex- and non-functioning toilets. from the near disaster. leing targeted for their parts. plained that there is no need to replace the current pipes with new ones, citing "an expensive MCEC Up in Smoke fixing... does not justify,..expensive preventing." MCEC was evacuated at 6:30 PM onjanuary 21 due to an out- Since such mishaps took place irealcof fire in'a grating area "outside the Building" 'Caitfpus only three times in the past 25 iafety and the Hartford Fire Department responded, and found years, there is little danger that w permanent damage. The cause was thought to be careless a similar incident may occur in moking. the recent future. While the damage caused by the flood at Austin Arts Center Athletes Beware was temporary and repairs were not complicated, Trinity's Two lockers in the men's locker room of Ferris Athletic Cen- structural difficulties were fur- :er were pried open between 6:00 PM on the 22 and 1:00 am on ther compounded by another the 23 of January. Personal clothing valued at approximately incident involving water in the $80 was removed. There are no suspects at this time Smith dorm. This incident involved water leaking from the second floor of ANDYSHEPARD People Living in North Campus Smith. Late in the evening a Workers clean up Austin Arts Center after flood Should Not Throw Stones heater in one of the rooms'of

The window of an inner door of the North Campus dormi- this spring, according to Sharon tory was broken from the inside with a rock at 1:00 am onjanu- NEWS FROM Felker, student activities coordi- ary 23. Buildings and Grounds was notified and financial nator. responsibility for the repair will be placed on all residents of OTHER SCHOOLS North campus. Creighton is currently inves- tigating the fraternity's respon- Williams Payne's resignation with regret sibility in the Oct. 30 incident President and stated "with deep apprecia- at 1892 Edibles and Spirits, The Bigger They Are, The tion" that the major goals Payne where a nineteen-year-old Harder They Fall Resigns and the board had set for his woman fell out of the bar's sec- WILLIAMSTOWN, MA presidency will have been real- ond story window. During a routine building check of MCEC on January 19, a (Press Release)- Onjanuary 18, ized. "Since Hank's appoint- In October, bar managers and Campus Safety officer slipped and fell on a patch of ice, injuring Harry C. Payne, president of ment as president, the board two employees were charged her right arm and shoulder. She is currently recovering and plans Williams College in and the college have benefited with 50 counts of selling alco- to return to work in early February. Williamstown, MA announced from his extraordinary energy hol to minors and one count of that he will step down as the and his focused desire to make selling alcohol to an intoxicated college's fourteenth president, Williams an even better place person. Having Fun Not Allowed but plans to continue serving for our students." Ceighton University is cur- through June 2000. His formal Regarding his future plans, rently in the midst of disciplin- resignation was submitted to Payne stated, "Right now I am At 11:30 PM onjanuary 22, Campus Safety received a com- ary action and Dr. John the Williams College Board of totally focused on finishing this Cernech, vice president for stu- plaint concerning noise and alcohol in North Campus. Officers Trustees at its regular meeting responded and found thirteen to twenty students dancing and year. I fully expect that what- dent services, would not com- this past weekend. drinking beer. Names have been forwarded to the Dean of Stu- ever work I do will be engaged ment on what, if any, action In his letter, Payne cited his dents. in the areas of philanthropy, would be taken against the fra- seven years as president of Wil- culture, and education. That is ternity. liams College and thirteen years always in my blood." Pi Kappa Alpha President in total as a college president as Matt MacVey denies the recruit- Wheaton Survives False Alarm his reason for leaving. "In terms Fraternity ment restrictions are the result of both the college's cycles and Sanctioned of the October 30 incident and Campus Safety and the Hartford Fire Department responded my own, it seems time to move OMAHA, NE (17-WIRE)-Pi states that, "Although Pi kappa to a fire alarm onjanuary 22. Wheaton dormitory was evacu- on to new challenges." Kappa Alpha, a fraternity at Alpha does not agree with the ated before it was discovered that the alarm was false. The chair of the Executive Creighton University in restrictions that were put in Committee of the Board of Omaha, Nebraska involved in place from a past decision, we Trustees, Raymond ¥. Henze III, an accident last October in a are complying with them for said that the board accepted bar, will not be holding rush this semester." JANUARY 26,1999 — THE'TRINITY TRIPOD NEWS PAGE? Administrative Change Alters The Face of Trinity Continued from page one have different strengths and dif- that Baker became expendable ous faculty members to resign ulty members displeasure that, as Dean, since during the search ferent backgrounds." Further- following the implementation from various committees in an "uppity, younger, minority fac- process he emerged as the only more, Campanella stated that of the Strategic Plan. "After effort to protest what Euraque ulty were in places they had viable candidate." In addition, over time a breakdown oc- many struggles over many is- termed a, "portentous exercise never been before." The idea of Wade stated that, "Dobelle felt curred in the working and per- sues, and much cooperation this of Presidential power." Though race as a factor in the faculty's the faculty search committee sonal relationship between body Priorities and Planning faculty members do not dispute displeasure with Baker was dis- had given Baker the impression Baker and Dobelle, leading to, "a Committee (PPC) produced a the President's legal right to missed as "drivel," and "incoher- his job was to contain the Presi- lack of trust between the two." plan which was adopted by the make this decision, some resent ent nonsense," by Kassow, who dent, creating an adversarial re- Baker asserted the conflict as board in May of 1998." Once this the lack of formal consultation cited the College's commitment lationship." a disagreement caused by the plan was approved by theboard of the faculty. Wade believes to hiring of minority faculty as Over time this conflict be- College's institutional structure. and the Faculty (which this lack of consultation makes evidence to contradict such an came more pronounced and, "The key point is structural," Euraque noted was not a fore- a "sham of the notion that the assertion. according to Associate Aca- said Baker, "the academic port- gone conclusion), the Trustees, Dean of Faculty represents the The faculty remain deeply demic Dean Ronald Spencer, it folio must be under faculty ju- "who had come to not like the faculty." divided over Dean Baker's de- eventually became a question of risdiction, with the Dean as the Dean at all.,.came to think that However, Professor of Reli- parture and the issue of faculty when the "doomsday clock* representative of the faculty — the Dean was expendable." gion Chair Ronald Kiener, in a governance. In his statement to However, according to a se- letter to the Faculty conference, the Faculty Conference Kiener nior source close to the Presi- stated, "I believe that the Dean emphasized his support of the dent, "Dean Baker asked of Faculty (DOF) serves at the President's decision stating that, Spencer to step down, and Spen- pleasure of the President. When "this institution seems to be cer refused. At this point Presi- a DOF so befouls the healthy much better of f as of January 15 dent Dobelle called Baker into function of a dynamic institu- than it was on December 10." his office and asked Baker to tion, it is the President's duty to Expressing concern about the step aside." Hyland disagreed deal with the chief academic decision effect on faculty gover- with this assertion stating that officer in a manner which is nance, Hyland stated that he as he understood it was merely constructive to the institution." hopes that the decision will an administrative reorganiza- The issue, in Dobelle's opin- cause, "The faculty, led by the tion in which, "Dean Spencer ion revolves around confusion, Faculty Conference, to take would still be Dean Spencer, on the part of some faculty, over steps to make sure that this with Dean Spencer's salary, and the role of the Dean. According doesn't happen again." A fac- Dean Spencer's office." to Dobelle, the Colleges charter ulty meeting is planned for In a letter to the President, the establishes that the Dean is an Tuesdayjanuary 26th, followed Faculty Conference responded administrator, "and not the rep- by the faculty's meeting with to Baker's stepping down, ex- resentative of the faculty. The the President on February 9. It pressing deep dismay at what it representative of the faculty is is anticiapated that issues con- termed, "the precipitous depar- the Faculty Conference." cerning the appointment of the new Dean, and the issue of fac- ture," of the Dean. According to In reference to, "a growing at- the Conference the decision was ulty governance will dominate. mosphere of suspicion and di- The Faculty Conference hopes of particular concern given its visiveness," Professor of History occurrence, "before the pre- that these actions will be under- Samuel Kassow stated the need taken with "the spirit of colle- scribed triennial evaluation of for a more constructive atmo- the Dean of Faculty," a process giality and cooperation ...while sphere necessitated the deci- working to safeguard the which, "could have provided sion to ask Baker to step down. new groundwork for mutual College's long-standing prin- Euraque attributed such suspi- ciples of faculty governance." cooperation." cion to a number of senior fac- This lack of consultation was W. Miller Brown, the new Interim Dean of Fi exemplified, according to Pro- Scope of Despite some recent sugges- fessor of PsychologyO Dinna tions, it is unlikely that the would strike midnight and —How else can a first-rate col- Anselmi, by Dobelle's failure to Olympic 2000 summer games will be Dean Baker would have to step lege exist? Any form of intru- consult the faculty conference Scandal Widens moved from Sydney. down. Expanding on this ob- sion or micromanagement that on either his decision to ask servation, Executive Vice Presi- weakens this structural impera- Baker to step down, or the ap- SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA dent and Chief Administrative tive threatens to compromise pointment of Brown as interim (The New York Times)- Docu- Violence Officer Linda Campanella, de- the educational mission of the dean. ments released this past Friday Escalates in scribed Baker and Dobelle as College." Such actions, which one se- find the International Olympic Kosovo individuals, "who were and are Citing the role of administra- nior faculty member described Committee in the middle of an- different types of people who tive politics, Euraque argues as "despotic," have led numer- other scandal. The documents PR1STINA, YUGOSLAVIA included two letters from John (TheNcwYorkTimes)- Follow- Coates, president of the Austra- ing mediation by international lian Olympic Committee, to observers in Kosovo, Albanian two African I.O.C, officials. The guerillas released the five Serb letters promised yearly pay- villagers taken hostage Friday ments of $5,000 to sports pro- The kidnappers claim that grams run by Kenya's Charles their victims were hostile to Mukora and Uganda's Major General Francis Nyangwesd in exchange for their support of Sydney's Olympic bid. The letters were delivered the night before the vote in which Sydney triumphed over Beijing by just two votes. 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PAGE 8 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD— JANUARY26,1999 Man Charged in Talks May Delay ID Scam Patriots Move Joyner-Kersee Speaks (The Hartford Courani)- Hartford (The Hartford Courant)- The move- resident Deowari Buddhu was arrested ment of the New England Patriots to last Friday on 140 charges, including Hartford, Connecticut has been tempo- at King Celebration racketeering, larceny, and forgery. rarily stalled due to the issue of relocat- continued from page one turning out to celebrate Dr. King in such Buddhu is charged with distributing ing a steam plant that heats and cools was not a political speech, but really a a strong show of support. The fact that fake documents to aid illegal aliens in much of downtown Hartford. personal witness. Like so many others in so many people from so many different earning U.S. citizenship. CTG Resources Inc., owner of the our society, she has lived the effects Dr. walks of life at Trinity College came to Buddhucreated the phony documents steam plant, is currently negotiating a King brought to our nation. God gave her the event is proof that Dr. King's holiday out of his Broad Street apartment with a deal with state authorities that would al- the talent, but it was people like Dr. King is not just for African-American people, personal computer as well as copies of low a trash-burning plant in Hartford's who gave her the opportunity." but for all people who care for justice and official forms and fake notary public and South Meadows to produce steam for Many students also expressed great freedom." Immigration and Naturalization Service downtown heating and cooling. enthusiasm at hearing Jackie Joyner- Dean Jones also felt the event was a seals. To create space for the stadium, 11 Kersee speak, including Beth Landry '02: success. "I was very pleased with the Buddhu's operation is described as an acres north of the Conland-Whitehead "Jackie Joy ner-Kersee has been my track turn out for this event, especially given "international conspiracy" involving co- Highway must be cleared. Two CTG sub- idol since I was a freshman in high the unfavorable weather conditions. conspirators in Florida, Pennsylvania sidiaries would have to relocate to make school. She is an awesome runner, and I There were approximately 200 people at consider he the world's best female ath- the chapel service and over 70 student lete. But more than that, she is a caring athletes turned out to meet Ms. Joyner- person." Kersee at the Q&A session in the alumni Reverend Charleston described the lounge at 3 PM. We had live news cover- event as a success, stating, "I was person- age and the event made the 5 PM, 6 PM, ally very proud of our community for and 11 PM News.

Hartford News Boys and Girls Club Officially Opens on February First and Rhode Island. His clients were room for the New England Patriots, the mostly Pakistani nationals living in steam plant and Connecticut Natural Guyana, Buddhu's country of origin be- Gas Corp.'s headquarters on Colubus fore arriving in the United States in the Avenue. mid-1960s. Everyone involved in the talks is now Buddhu charged each client $2,500 considering a second option, condemn- and provided foreign nationals with ing the land. This move, considered a last counterfeit birth certificates stamped to resort, would involve the state of Con- look official from Hartford City Hall, as necticut suing CTG for compensation as well as papers and instructions forob - well as liability for the environmental taining U.S. passports and Social Secu- cleanup of the property. Environmen- rity numbers. Buddhu is also accused of tal cleanup is expected to exceed $10 forging the names of Hartford doctors million. onto fake birth certificates and using Meanwhile, the state and the Patriots Hartford hospitals as the places of birth. are trying to complete a final agreement Buddhu's attorney Patrick to bring the football team to Connecti-. Tomasiewicz of Hartford, asked for a low cut and have set a Feb. 5 deadline. Con- bond on Friday saying his client was the struction of the 68,000-seat stadium father of two children and a loving hus- would take two years. To be ready for the ANDYSHEPARD band. Tomasiewicz also argued Buddhu 2001 NFL season, the New England Pa- The Game Room is just one of the options available would not flee the state if released on triots will need access to the new sta- for Boys And Girls Club members bond due to serious heart problems. dium in about two and a half years.

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\ BY DAN BERMAN The Chatfield Chronicles... tions: It was called Medusa, and mem- Features Editor bership was restricted to seven seniors who were chosen in a "tapping cer- For many students, it is difficult to emony" on the quad, according to shed the image of professors as vats of A Retrospective On Chatfield and Trinity College Archivist knowledge who lead the class and pour Peter Knapp '65. out their years of study and experience "[Medusa] had extraordinary powers to in neatly packaged 13-week sets. Gener- Trinity In The Early 60s enforce diciplanary regulations," said ally, little thought is given to where the Chatfield. Medusa was a self-perpetuat- professor is coming from — including "There were things about Trinity which probably had more in common with the early 20th Century than with the decade of the 1990s." ing organization in that one member se- their own college experiences. lected his successor. During his senior Fortunately, this is not a problem with year, Chatfield was tapped to join the Associate Professor of History Dr. Jack group, and became the first non-frater- Chatfield. Popular with students and re- nity member of Medusa. spected by fellow faculty members, "When I say Medusa had power, I Chatfield is one of the most approach- mean it," said Chatfield. "Medusa was able people on campus. Indeed, it seems free to roam the campus... If there was to take him longer to get down the Long knowledge of an infraction, the Medusa Walk than most because he treats stu- would convene immediately, and hold a dents and faculty members as opportu- hearing. nities for engagement, not obstacles in "The hearing was held in a closed the way to his office. chamber and according to a fixed set of Chatfield attended Trinity in the early rituals which today may seem rather ar- 1960s, and therefore has a unique per- chaic," continued Chatfield. "The six spective of the school. He offered to share members of the Medusa sat at the table. some of these insights with the Tripod. The culprit — the suspected culprit—sat The early 1960s is an interesting point in a hard walnut Trinity chair with a in Trinity's history because it was, for a Medusa member standing behind him. lack of a better term, "the calm before the When a Medusa member wanted to storm" of the late 60s. The tenor of the speak to ask a question, he moved his campus was much more structured in pencil in a subtle way, and the Medusa terms of academic and social life, fea- member standing behind the chair tures which would not last much longer. called upon the person who had signaled to begin with, Chatfield noted that in this way," he added. Trinity was an all-male college of about THE IVY, 1962 According to Chatfield, "no decision Professor Chatfield (far left) in his salad days on the 1,000 students. He recalled a high num- COURTESY OF THE reached by the Medusa was vetoed by the creative writing publication The Review. Second from WATK1NSON LIBRARY ber of students coming from "extraordi- Dean of Students." Knapp echoed this, the right is Associate Academic Dean Ron Spencer. nary wealthy backgrounds," with some noting that although it operated with the students even dressing in full three- quired to study European History, En- strong in those days," adding that Dean's office, authority was based on the piece suits. glish Literature, Writing, a full year of a "roughly 80 or 85 percent of students at trust of the students. That trust didn't "There were things about Trinity laboratory science, and two years of a Trinity belonged to a fraternity." [In case survive 1968, when societial pressures which probably had more in common foreign language. In addition, the vari- you were wondering, Chatfield and finally ran Medusa out of business. with the early 20th Century than with ety of courses was far more limited. For friend Ron Spencer (now the Associate It is important to note that Medusa, the the decade of the 1990s," Chatfield said. example, there were no Far Eastern, Af- Academic Dean and History Depart- academic atmosphere Chatfield recalled Another of the differences between rican or Middle Eastern history courses. ment colleague) joined a fraternity and and social life were not exclusive of each then and now is the set of academic re- However, Trinity did offer studies in Ca- stayed for all of five weeks.] other. Indeed, Chatfield said that what- quirements, for students, which nadian history. Perhaps the most striking element of ever the occasion, the social scene on Chatfield described as "very elaborate, In what may be a surprise to current Trinity in Chatfield's day was the exist- Vernon St. was very robust and very ac- and in some cases, very demanding." students, Chatfield reported that, "the ence of a senior honor society with the tive, and the parties were arguably as Fr.eshjn.en in Chatfield's class were r.e- fraternity system was exceedingly power to enforce disciplinary regula- see EARLY 60s on page eleven

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Discussion BY ETHAN KRAVITZ Features Writer

When Early in the morning on January 16, Marty Trial Everyone's shouted last call one final time. There ended one of the longest running of Trinity's Talking traditions. For those who have been asking ex- The College View Cafe was actly how far Trinity has progressed an institution in itself, an in- on the road to the forefront of liberal tegral part of Trinity's social arts education in the past year, I'm life for many students. The .-— afraid to report that property was purchased by a OAN the answer is very mysterious buyer last year. JE&ERMAN little. And when it The new owner opted not to •Mnm.nMii.uiii.him— comes to input and renew the View's lease. communication between students, American colleges and faculty and administration, Trinity has universities are institutions somehow managed to go backwards. that are made and carried on Over the last year, there have been a by traditions. At "athletically number of events and decisions which prestigious" Division I uni- have contributed to, and resulted in, versities, students set up modern "Hoovervilles" out- deterioration of campus dialogue. The College View Cafe, down the hill on Zion Street, frequented ANDY SHEPARD side of sports arenas to get Those of you with good memories by several generations of Trinity students. will remember the May shake-up in tickets. Every year at MIT, the the Dean of Student's office, the "old" engineering school seniors Trinity. Marty was also fa- were infamous for stopping country. new alcohol policy, the housing come up with a new prank to mous for renting a plane to by whenever they came Another issue which becomes crunch, the Hastings Hotel, the LSC shock the campus. These are fly across the sky during through Hartford. a problem is excessive drinking Quad debacle, the changes in the Medi- traditions students look for- commencement congratu- For many, going to The in the dorms. .This problem cal Office (now Health Center) and the ward to. And yes, even here lating the senior class. View during orientation is which is a continual issue any- everlasting fun of Reading Week. The at Trinity, we have certain tra- Marty's in-bar antics were one of the first memories we way, has already increased in latest eyebrow-raising event is the de- ditions that we are known for. what made him great. His have at Trinity. But where do magnitude with the recent re- parture of Dean of Faculty Raymond One of those traditions was penchant for buying the students go now? One option strictions at campus parties. Baker over the winter break. The View. house shots was only one of is the Tap Tavern and other Binge drinking especially puts "What's next, converting half of High "The. View was a second the countless perks View pa- local watering holes. An- a strain on Campus Safety offic- Rise into administration offices? home for everyone at Trinity trons grew to love. The room other possibility that comes ers, Residential Life staff mem- In most of these events, input from for years" remarked Peter bers, and TCERT personnel who outside the administration has been Blackstone '00. "When "When alumni come back for the are in turn forced to go looking fleeting at best, and when the rest of alumni come back for the forparties to make sure that ir- ttie Trinity cqmmunityspeaks up, the closing of a. bar — from out- closing of a bar — from outside of responsible drinking doesn't ^M static •whicr\Tes\iVts mds \ip forc- side of fiartiprd — i^itviist Hartford^ itmust tttixmsomething^' turn into medical emergencies. ing ill-advised change, or no change at mean something." - Peter Blackstone 'OO The closing df The View came all. For a college which wants to Besides his job at the bar as as a shock to many upperclass- change its definition and status, this is tender, friend, and part-time . men. Many people tend to over- not good. shrink, Marty also conducted adjacent to the bar was filled to mind is the scary thought look what the purpose of a bar an important role on campus. with dozens of pictures of of students driving into actually is: a neighborhood so- Is It Just Me, Or Were These For years he has attended Trinity athletic teams from downtown Hartford to spend cial center where people go to Issues Not Handled Well? graduation to say good-bye to years ago, which gave the bar the evening. With more and meet and be together. It is the seniors who he had tor- a feeling of a rich history more students driving to equally important to remember In September, students and faculty tured for their four years at with the college. Alumni bars, the grave problem of The View for what it was, a gath- were greeted with emails telling us drinking and driving be- ering place for Trinity students that the LSC quad would soon be comes frighteningly appar- to go and relax after the daily paved, and encouraged us to respond ent. This is not to say that grind of classes and work. Fu- loudly by calling for, among other Trinity Students Trinity students are not re- ture generations of Trinity stu- things Jim Mullen's head. This was not sponsible enough to avoid dents will not have the some the appropriate response because, as Explore Methods driving under such condi- chances we have had. I tip my we now know, no decision to pave the tions, but it is a fear that cap to Marty and all he has done quad was ever made. Nevertheless, by plagues college students and for Trinity over the years, The endlessly repeating "Big Yellow Taxi," Of Nonviolence young people all over the. View will not be forgotten. the campus was united in opposing the methods of nonviolence. idea and therefore underlying problem BY EMILY COLUNS AVP has since grown and (parking during construction of, ironi- Features Writer workshops now take place at Spontaneous And cally, a parking garage) was ignored. the junior high and college In November, Mullen's successor as On February 3, beginning level in 40 states and several Renovations VP of Student Services, Sharon at 7:00 PM, an information countries. Violence is not a Planned For 1999 Herzberger (one of many personnel session will be held in Ter- phenomenon that is experi- changes) announced changes in the race Room B concerning a enced exclusively by prison Medical Office, including the termina- 10. <4 II Purpose Emergency Fallout possible Alternatives to Vio- inmates; rather violence ef- «a :Shelter/Rqg0Ship for "essential" tion of 24-hour care. Only after this lence Workshop at Trinity. fects all of us. It ranges from H administration and faculty members. was completed did Herzberger seek The program was founded by a verbal insult, a conflict general student input — at a meeting the Quakers in 1975, and was with a roommate, a fight at a scheduled at 7:00 PM on a Friday. As 9. The conversion of 60 parking spaces to originally designed to help see NONVIOLENCE helicopter parking. you might imagine, the meeting was prison inmates develop on page eleven not well attended. 8. Who needs Hockey with on-campus Ducking This Issue Takes Roller Derby? Real Leadership 7. The World's Largest Brick The best example of the lack of dis- cussion between the trinity of stu- 6. Moving the Long Walk underground dents, faculty and administration, however, is Reading Week, Students 5. The nation's first student-run were alarmed when, in mid-semester, Fire Department it was announced that the faculty was considering a proposal to eliminate the 4. Four blocks of Frog Hollow residences to be two most useless weeks of the year. demolished for Habitat For Humanity Students, faced with the elimination National Headquarters of their beloved mid-semester vaca- tion, were loud in opposition to the 3. 600 square feet of Brazilian Rain Forest Curriculum Committee's plan to cre- ate Reading Days. Some faculty mem- COURTESY OF 2. Northam To Close Again For Re-crap ify ing Members of the First-Year Seminar bers, faced with the elimination of EMILY COLUNS see SORRY STATE on page eleven Seeing Through The Self who attended I New Dean an Alternatives to Violence Workshop last fall. JANUARY26,1999 — THE TRINITY TRIPOD FEATURES PAGE 11 Fuzzy Bunnies And A Love Affair With Tangents Hi, I'm new. It is often said that a ranged half-cousin Satire. I'm sure it's not funny as they tend to sit and stare a spite needing nothing more complicated greater percentage of learning should possible to obtain education in these lot. But a wary observer will soon be re- than a large rock to kill what are widely take place outside the classroom. I don't fields - possibly through mail-order or warded by the unusual walking style regarded as the stupidest animals alive. think a wise man said it. I think I told it higher education in Scandanavia. How- which characterizes the true Fuzzy- Being not funny while speaking is of- ~. once to some kid at sum- ever, making that decision is extremely Bunny Disciple. ten difficult to the point where being not 1/EVIN -mer camp. But I told him difficult considering one can stay home True un-funniness students work hard funny becomes humorous by itself. Stay- a ot craz stu tnat PHARR " °f y ^ and watch a lot of television instead. to avoid accidental tripping or mishaps ing within a reasonable envelope of Truthfully, it doesn't matter where mi i i has probably left him while walking to where they are going. safety (I got that from this Top Gun game you go to school because the ultimate pretty messed up. Now I'm newly confi- Usually a bar. Large steps are preferred I was playing at Service Merchandise. It hurdle in becoming unfunny is under- dent there's help for him since I've dis- with the sole crashing forcefully against was pretty cool) involves something re- standing the human mind. And since covered that what I said might actually the pavement to utterly crush any ob- ally long that I don't have enough room most of the schools at which you can ac- be true. ject which may interfere with the walk- to talk about. tually learn this are kind of suspicious My evidence is what I call mental the- ing motion. Many in the field will affix At this point, I have a paragraph left of resource sucking freeloaders like us, sis #1: The Science Of Being Not Funny. a pair of binoculars to some sort of head- to conclude. Conclusions are funny the point is moot. Some rather ordinary The Science of Being Not Funny which I gear, like a ski-mask for example. This re- things. Perhaps we should consider their folk, such as comedians, are able to claim will call Fuzzy Bunny Syndrome for no duces the chances that changes in use sacred for the end of life and instead a certain depth of knowledge about the reason, is a science because of the intri- terrain may impede the student pedes- leave all our arguments open ended. workings of the human mind. It is inter- cacies and depth of human reaction and trian. Typically, I find myself using the phrase esting that through this profession, truly emotions. It is also a science because, like Most important of course is the topic To make the world a better place forgen - unfunny people can reach the pinnacle this article's topic, I quickly grow tired of of communication. The study of this is erations to come." This not only sums up of fame. it and talk about something else. most easily accomplished at Turkey and overdramatizes your papers but also To be not funny, one must have a de- For the aspiring mentee, I encourage Shoots where one will find some of the is applicable to just about anything you cent understanding of what is consid- observation of those more advanced in highest concentrations of unfunny can imagine. ered humorous. The many facets of their devotion. While at rest, it is some- people on earth. Risk, however, runs high In these last two lines I'd like to ask you Comedy, it's brother Wit, and their de- times difficult to recognize one who is from the use of high powered rifles de- how you are doing? I hope you're well. Trinity In The Early 60s The Sorry State Of Campus Dialogue continued from page ten versy occurred while school was in ses- continued from their beloved mid-semester vacation, sion, otherwise there's no telling as to page nine joined students and nothing happened. what would have happened. Time and wild, perhaps even The problem was this: the Curricu- time again, the administration makes wilder in some respects, lum Committee asked for little student decisions over vacations when there is as they are today." input before making their plan known. nobody, students or faculty, here to speak Nevertheless, alcohol Therefore, when they came up with an up. Unilateral decision-making is not was not allowed in dor- ill-conceived and inadequate plan, the the best way when trying to create a new mitories and women opposing voice was so loud that any atmosphere for the liberal arts. were allowed in the hope of actually dealing with the un- It all comes down to this: when input dorms during certain derlying problems of Reading Week is sought, nobody responds. When deci- hours of the day. These was abandoned. Reading Week became sions are made without enough input, and other rules, a political hot potato, eventually mak- everyone complains. When everyone Chatfield and Knapp ing its way back to the Board of Trust- complains, they are so busy screaming agree, were well-known ees, who showed great skill (and no that they had no input that the issues are and enforced. backbone) by voting to postpone a de- not resolved. "In contrast to what I cision until 2001. There are members of the Trinity com- understand to be the Despite completely ignoring the un- munity — from all sides — with good KATIEBHYANT derlying problems with Reading Week, ideas. Perhaps its time we shut up and recent years," Chatfield ie present day. I suppose that it's good that the contro- listen to them before we judge them. said, "the rules were clear, and there was way not often seen today in Trinity's stu- a widespread knowledge that they dent body or administration. would be enforced." Professor Chatfield does not distance "There's no question in my mind that himself from his student days, butrather students accepted these regulations un- acknowledges its influence. "For good or I questionably Students of the 60s were for ill, the way I conduct my business as as inclined to bend or break regulations professor is directly linked in a broad as anyone else. But to do so on campus way to my experience as an undergradu- was to take a real risk," he added. ate, " he said. English, Chatfield said that, "the life of the cam- "My intellectual life at Trinity in the pus was more shaped than it is today early 60s was so deeply rewarding and with institutions and clubs and groups so abundant, and so at times all consum- Reli of one kind or another." Perhaps this was ing, that I'm prepared to say that as a pro- easier in Chatfield's day because of the fessor, I would like to be... the kind of makeup of the student body — all male inspirational professor that I met at Trin- Studies and mostly white. However, it does dem- ity- onstrate a type of reverence for the his- Special thanks to College Archivist Pe- tory of the college and its traditions in a ter Knapp'65andthe WathinsonLibmry.

At CGU, the study of the Nonviolence Workshop humanities is approached continued from page ten it was a waste of time since none of them in highly individualized party, or an argument with mom. AVP were violent people. I had my own interdisciplinary programs seeks to teach individuals methods to doubts, and at times had a difficult time and in focused M.A. and effectively resolve conflict without re- reassuring them that it would be a fun, Ph.D. tracks. Every sorting to violent measures, hopefully worthwhile experience. student receives from leading to a more peaceful society. In the end however the workshop was our world-class faculty The workshop, which generally lasts a success. The participants will (hope- the personal attention for about two days, takes place in an en- fully) never see the inside of a prison cell and superb instruction vironment built upon trust and respect. and are not violent by nature. Yet, almost you'd expect at one of Everything that is said in the room stays everyone involved got something out of The Claremont Colleges. in the room and no putdowns are al- the weekend. Check us out at lowed. The facilitators are just that: fa- "Going into the workshop 1. thought www.cgu.edu, then call cilitators. They do not lecture the that we would be lectured by a bunch of or e-mail for admissions info. participants or point fingers condemn- old, hypocritical people," said Maggie ing past acts of violence. People are en- Jerdes '02. "But as time went on, I was couraged to present situations that were surprised by how open-minded and pa- resolved through non-violent measures, tient the instructors actually were." and fun activities are used to create an Shannon Stormont '02 said, "the en- upbeat atmosphere. vironment was wonderful. I was sur- Last semester, Professor Fred Pfeil, a prised by how people opened up and coordinator of the AVP program, re- shared their personal experiences." Claremont quired the workshop as part of his First- The next AVP workshop at Trinity will Year Seminar Seeingthrough the Self. As take place over Reading Week. It is a a first-year mentor, I can tell you quite worthwhile experience, where you learn honestly that the group was pretty dis- methods of non-violence and grow gruntled about having to give up a week- closer as a group. Attend the info session end of Trinity fun for a non-violence and you might be as surprised about AVP workshop. Complaints were made that as I was. PAGE 12 ARTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD —JANUAR Y 26,1999

Winter Musicals Sizzle in AACs Garmany Hall Painting A Beautiful Picture Colette Collage Entertains illustrated by increasingly negative res- BY VIRGINIA LACEFIELD taurant reviews. Arts Editor In his own right, Zeitz also turned out yet another wonderful performance, Every now and then a show comes showing his growth as an actor since his along that really involves the audience. freshman year. Although his secondary Without meaning to, viewers begin to character, Matthew, was slightly over- care about the characters, to laugh with done, his portrayal of Eric was dead on. them, to sympathize, to understand His opening monologue about the plea'- them, to realize that life can be good de- sures of coffee and "living a stone's throw spite the hard times, and that the fantasy from the edge" was perfectly timed and of love is not always real. This phenom- incredibly funny. enon occurs on Broadway, in long run- The cast was rounded out by veterans ning TV shows, and in the movies. In the Dana Reynolds Rock '00 and Tim case of Painting It Red, it happened last O'Brien '01 as Danni and Roy, Liz's best weekend in a tiny, sweltering theater in friends. Given generous supporting roles under an hour and a half. Combine a in the script, both actors were able to de-

cohesive, witty, tender script with four velop their characters and display their VIRGINIA LACEFIELD highly talented actors and the result is dramatic talents through monologues of Members of the Colette Collage cast. one of the best student productions at their own. The chemistry between sion of scenes and uninspiring songs was Trinity this season. Reynolds Rock and Farrell made their BY VIRGINIA LACEFIELD provided by Chacin, while Reynolds Starring senior Suzanne Farrell, Paint- characters' close friendship completely Arts Editor Rock countered with her depressing la- ing provided a fresh and uplifting heartfelt and realistic. O'Brien's hesitant ments about the failures of love. Both change from the other three shows in the and nervous sentimentality towards Liz Colette Collage, originally performed performed admirably, despite being festival. Written primarily as a play, the when he asks her out made the scene un- early last November was revived for the given little to work with in the script. songs in this show are all performed by forgettable. January musicals with a new support- The ensemble was best utilized by the character Liz, a singer who writes Gerald Moshell's direction of Painting ing cast. Reprising their roles as the 19th choreographers Noakes and Rohfritch, music to express her feelings about her gave the show a smooth and easy feel, century French author Colette and her who created routines to fill several troubled love life with Eric, a restaurant while at the same time maintaining a first husband, Willy, were Jennifer lengthy musical interludes. Other than critic, played with just the right blend of good balance between the fast-paced Noakes '01 and Ernesto Anguilla '99. their roles as moving character props, obnoxiousness and humor by Nathaniel humor and the quieter emotional devel- Joining them for this presentation were these actors remained largely in the Zeitz '00. Farrell revealed her excellent opment. The transitions were seamless theater veterans Dana Reynolds Rock '00 background while most of the action vocal ability through her musical solos and the incorporation of the wall of as Colette's mother Sido, Javier Chacin '99 centered around Colette herself. Only and her strong acting ability through the boxes in the background was inspired. as Jacques, and Elizabeth Rohfritch '99 "Claudine" and "La Vagabonde," both transformations of her character. She Overall, the excellence of this script was as a member of the ensemble. Also in the well choreographed, fully utilized their was not simply playing Liz; she became matched and brought to life by the im- ensemble were newcomers Jeanette talents. Liz. Her easy rapport with Zeitz created pressive performances of this talented Bonner '02 and Amanda Holden '02. Technical highlights of the show in- funny and touching scenes as the disin- cast, who brought a well-needed breath Although the show itself is fairly un- cluded several dramatic light cues, in- tegration of the couplers relationship was ot fresh air into Garmany Hall. exciting and predictable, Noakes and cluding die u§£ of Q. mirror ball, and a Anguilla rescued it from mediocrity variety of lovely period costumes. In gen- with strong performances and excellent eral, this musical is not worth another chemistry. Noakes' character develop- revival. Noakes and Anguilla, however, Javier Chacin's Directorial ment from naive schoolgirl to sexually again revealed their superior dramatic adventurous writer and music-hall per- and musical abilities. Hopefully, the tal- Expertise Evident on Sunday former was clear and believable. Some ents of this cast will be better employed comic relief from the tiresome progres- in future productions.

BY AMY BUCHNER Arts Writer

Tell Me on a Sunday, was one of the four musicals presented this weekend in the Department of Music's "January Fes- tival of Musicals in an Intimate Space," otherwise known as Garmany Hall. Tell Me on a Sunday, directed by Javier Chacin '99, featured the vocal talents of Jennifer Noakes '01, Elizabeth Rohfritch '99, and Laila Schmutzler '99. Sunday was originally the "song" half of the musical Song & Dance by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricists Don Black and Richard Maltby Jr. The production, which contains no dialogue, tells through songs the story of a young, English hat designer named The three faces of "Emma" Emma (Schmutzler) and her experi- ences in New York City and Los Ange- Moshell's tender renditions on the piano, les. Noakes and Rohfritch, acting as coupled with the three young women's Emma's "alter-egos," city-extras, and lovely performances made songs like even stage crew complete the scene. "Tell Me On A Sunday" (Rohfritch), "Un- ON* t-OVi?. ONF HI*RT. OH* GIteAT The audience alrrives with the awe- expected Song" (Noakes), and "Come struck Emma in New York, travels with Back with the Same Look in Your Eyes" IT'S THAT TlMv OF YEAR WHEN THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS COME T0:

Two chances this week to see some great film-acting. Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Anna Paquin, and Robin Wright Penn star in Hurly burly, which opens on Friday-January 29 at Cinema City. If you're stuck on campus, stop by Cinestudio to see Edward Norton's chilling performance in American History X.

Get rid of that underwear! It's kilt time again! Join the Trinity Pipes & Drums for their second annual Ceilidh celebration this Saturday from 8-10 PM at the Vernon Social Center. The event will feature veteran Graham Baird and a bunch of old men in skirts demand- ing their Guiness. We'll be there - how WWWNYTlMES.eOM/UBRARY/FILM/ro0998HAPPINESS-HLM-REVIEW:HTML about you? Dylan Baker as a tortured psychiatrist in the film Happiness. whom are caught up in equally dysfunc- BY DANIEL FLIGSTEN tional lives. Trish (Cynthia Stevenson), Stop by the Widener Gallery at Aus- Arts Writer a cheerful housewife, lives a perfect, tin Arts Center to see the works of new Leave it to Beaver lifestyle in the suburbs Studio Arts faculty member Joseph Shocking, disturbing, perverse, and with her husband Bill (Dylan Baker) and Byrne. The exhibition, which runs un- yet, sickeningly hilarious. These are the their two kids. Unfortunately, Trish's til March 3, features oil paintings and words that come to mind when asked to husband happens to like prepubescent watercolors by this noted landscape describe Todd Solondz's new film Hap- boys in the worst possible ways. artist. piness, winner on the International Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle from TV's Critic's Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film The Practice ) is the attractive "jet-set" Festival. It is one of the year's most con- novelist who is constantly being sexu- troversial films due to its shockingly ex- ally harassed over the phone by Allen, a plicit and almost pornographic nature chronic masturbator. Played by criti- Marvin and Company and was almost given the infamous "NC- cally acclaimed actor Phillip Seymour 17" rating. It is, at the same time, a beau- Hoffman (The Big Lebowski, Boogie tifully acted, written, and directed piece Nights), Allen is unquestionably the fun- Do It All In Trousers of film, which distinguishes it from the niest person in the film. rest of the pornographic world. The third sister, Joy (Jane Adams), is

Essentially, this film illustrates the perverse nature of humanity including (to name a few) homosexual pedophilia, rape, murder, masturbation, and obscene phone calls.

Essentially, this film illustrates the the most realistic of all the characters perverse nature of humanity including and dates loser after loser with little (to name a few) homosexual pedophilia, hope of ever establishing a real relation- rape, murder, masturbation, and obscene ship (one of her ill-fated beaus is played phone calls. Solondz, who hilariously by Jon Lovitz, whose performance alone explored the life of junior high outcast makes the movie worthwhile). Dawn Weiner in his debut film, Welcome Evidently, this film's title is meant to to the Dollhouse, shows no signs of the make an ironic statement about the lives sophomore slump that has affected some of most people. Its characters all fail to of his Sundance colleagues. find happiness in their pursuit of it and ANDYSHEPARD Happiness is akin in certain ways to their relationships with others contain Schindler'sList in that it uses the device ' no substantial love. ' Michelle Kennedy, Kristin Delaney, Michael Garver, and Amy Williams star in of horrific spectacle to captivate the au- Though the film undoubtedly will the William Finn musical In Trousers. dience. However, unlike Steven Spielberg yield many different opinions, one thing films, Todd Solondz attempts to cast remains certain: Happiness is an ex- BY STUART HATCH songs were well performed, and the ac- these awful topics in a humorous light traordinary movie. The fact that it ex- Arts Writer tors' voices melded together such that it and, to an astonishing degree,he suc- amines cultural taboos with such stark was a surprise to remember that this was ceeds. reality is, by itself, a remarkable feat. But Anyone who didn't attend In Trousers not a professional show. Any flaws in the The movie is centered around three the fact that it makes the audience laugh this past weekend missed one of the bet- music were due only to the writing, and sisters, Trish, Helen, and Joy, each of at these things is truly extraordinary. ter performances on campus this year. In the author admitted to being amazed at Trousers, written by composer William the quality of the performance. Finn, is about a married man coming to The lead role of Marvin was played by terms with his homosexuality. During Michael Garver '89, an alum who per- Student Employees Needed! the musical, a man named Marvin re- formed in plays and musicals during his veals his inner turmoil through a series years here, as well as directing The Pipes, ' DO YOU LIKE BOOKS? of flashbacks into his life at age 14 and the school's oldest a capella group. He is WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN MOPE ABOUT THE currently a professional singer-actor in eventually ends his troubled marriage "BEHIND THE SCENES" ACTIVITIES IN THE LIBRARY? by leaving his wife for his boyfriend. New York City. DO YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE? The show, which originally premiered The other roles in the show were ad- in 1978, is one of Finn's earlier works. mirably filled by current Trinity stu- ARE YOU INTERESTED IN ART HISTORY OR HI MEDIA? During the conversation after the perfor- dents. The role of Trina, the wife, was HOW ABOUT LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WATKINSON • mance, Finn admitted that he now dis- played by Amy Williams '00, who had LIBRARY? likes the musical due to its lack of possibly the best song of the show: "I'm continuity and thequalityof some of the Breaking Down," after she discovers THE TRINITY COLLEGE LIBRARY OFFERS STUDENT EMPLOYEES songs that he wrote. He described it as "a Marvin with his boyfriend. Michelle OPPORTUNITIES IN ALL AREAS OF THE LIBRARY. very young piece .not a brilliant piece." Kennedy '99 portrayed the lovesick high school sweetheart, while teacher Miss The musical had its definite high PAY RANGES FROM $5.65 - S6.65/HOUR, DEPENDING ON Goldberg, Kennedy's competitor for points, however, such as the title song "In EXPERIENCE, Trousers," "The Dream," and "The Nausea Marvin's interest, was played by Kristen Before the Game." Other notable perfor- Delaney'00. mances included "Breakfast Over Sugar" Overall, the musical was well worth CONTACT; ALICE ANGELO, PUBLIC SERVICES LIBRARIAN, ' and "Set Those Sails." seeing and was certainly presented well EXT. 2247 Despite the roughness of the play, the enough to please its creator, William performance was excellent. All of the Finn, and others in attendance. X--3

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Migrations, Diasporic Guest Composer to Conduct Communities, and Transitional Concert Identities Series Polish composer/conductor Krzysztof Penderecki What happened to Around Trinity? On Tuesday, January 26 at 7:00 PM, the Migrations, will conduct a special concert by the Hartford Sym- Withdrawal Willie, 2000 Diasporic Communities, and Transitional Identities Se- phony Orchestra and guest violinist Chee^Yun. ries presents a panel discussion with Leslie Desmanges, The HSO and Chee-Yun will perform Penderecki's Luis Figueroa, and Dario Euraque as the faculty partici- Violin Concerto No. 2, Mendelssohm's "The Hebrides," We here at the Tripod, after much discus- pants. Admisssion is free, and the panel will be held in and Beethoven's Symphony No. 4, which is said to be sion,, decided that although "Around Trin- the Rittenberg Lounge in Mather. inspired by his "Immortal Beloved." ity" provided a solace for those readers who The performances will be held on January 29 and 30, found the lengthy columns of other sections at 8:00 at the Bushnell. Tickets are $15-$47, and half- difficult to follow, we didn't really want price tickets for students with ID are available. Call the "Reconceptualizing Sexual HSO box office at (860) 987-5900 those readers. In short, it was canned be- Harassment" cause the only people who read it were stu- pid. In its place we offer an alternative. On Wednesday, January 27, Dr. Vicki Schultz of Yale Rather than laugh at the misfortune of oth- University will give a lecture entitled London City Opera Performs at ers, we ask that you, the former readers of "Reconceptualizing Sexual Harassment." The lecture Jorgensen Auditorium AT, write in with your misfortunes, so that will be held in Wean Terrace C On Friday and Saturday, January 29 and 30 at 8:00, we may help you work through them. the London City Opera will perform "Die Fledermaus." "Animals 540 Million Years Old: Tickets are $7-$13 for students, call the box office at How is it Possible?" (860)486-4226. I'm afraid that a homosexual likes me. What Join the party as you step into Prince Orlof sky's glit- tering 19th century salon for an evening of incompa- should Idol The Trinity Center for Collaborative Teaching and rable music and infectiously funny plot twists. Sung in Sketched-out Scott, 2001 Reseacrch presents a lecture by Shuhai Xiao of Harvard English, Strauss' famous operetta offers something for Uni versi ty. The lecture, entitled "Animals 540 Years Old: everyone, from its beautiful staging and costumes to its How is it Possible?" will begin at 4:00 PM on Monday, Take a deep breath. Suppress the urge to witty plot, its melodramatic moments and its efferves- February 1. It will be held in the Reese Room on the cent ending. run. And realize that they probably don't Smith House. Admission is free. Enjoy the cabaret setting, with candlelit cocktail find you attractive anyway, ugly. tables on the main floor, as The London City Opera leads you through this romantic romp with delightful consequences. Viennese cabaret dinner fare is availabe to enjoy at I'm having trouble balancing my life. Between your seat during the show. Concessions open at 7 pm. my studies, sleep, partying, my boyfriend, and All food selections $2 - $7. sports, I seem to have no time left for myself. Cliapel Happenings What would you do, Dr. Armageddon? Troubled Tracy, 2002 Wednesday, January 27 12:00 pnv " • "" Roman Catholic Mass Popular opinion among losers is that aca- Exercise Your Creative Side demics is the way to go. While you may not ay, January 28 find much comfort in their advice, their de- 630 jm Zen Meditation Get Involved votion to work is your license to party. Win- Crypt Chapel ning the help of your nerd friends is easily Write for the Tripod accomplished through three simple steps. Sunday, January 31 callx2583 1. Wear revealing clothing. *5 00 pm Roman Catholic Mass 2. Pout/Cry - Especially about your "ex- 7 00 pm Vespers Service cessive" workload. 3. Hint "discretely" at sexual favors. Be- lieve me, they will pick up on this. Note: Do not deliver. Although this may seem obvious, you would be surprised at the number of women who fall for the scrawny pale guy. If none of these work, remember that there CINESTUDIO are plenty of other nerds still drooling over net porn. THE CHAMBERMAID Wed, Jan 27 7:30 pm (France, 1998) Directed by Bigas Luna. Screenplay by Luna and Jean-Louis Benoit, based on the novel by Didier Decoin. Cast Romane Bohringer, Oliver Martinez, Aitana Sanchez Gijon. Released in Europe as Chambermaid on How do 1 keep my RAfrom "smelling" my the Titanic, Luna's film is quite the opposite of that other movie relating to the 1912 disaster! Funny, sensuous and room? not quite a love story, it begins when a foundry worker in Northern France wins a ticket to England to see the maiden voyage of the Titanic. Leaving his wife behind, he travels to a Southampton hotel, where he resists being seduced by Paranoid Pete, 2002 a desirable chambermaid who climbs into his bed. After she goes down with the Titanic, the worker can't resist reworking and embellishing his erotic adventure, eventually turning the fateful encounter into a stage show that Remember the basics: tours the French countryside. From the director of )amon,]amon. 96 min. Cosponsored by the Latin American and The old towel under the door, the fan, the Spanish Film Series at Trinity College window, and don't forget the incense! No one will know you're smoking with the AMERICAN HISTORY X Thu, Fri & Sat 7:00 pm, 7:30 pm smell of patchouli wafting through the air. Jan 28,29 & 30 One way to sidestep the whole problem is (1998) Director Tony Kaye. Screenplay by David McKenna. Case Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, to take the whole affair outside. At last Stacy Keach. Edward Norton, who got rave reviews for his role as an out-of-control sidekick in Rounders, soars in his check, Trinity's open container policy did first starring role in a gutsy exploration of Nazism, American-style. Norton plays a kid from working class Venice, not apply to bongs. But don't forget, Dr. Ar- CA, who falls for the sick allure of neo-Nazi propaganda served up by a sleazy Stacy Keach. While serving time for killing a black teenager, Norton undergoes a radical transformation and turns his back on hatred - only to discover mageddon reminds you that smoking isbad that his younger brother is following in his racist footsteps, "a forceful, mesmerizing performance by Edward Norton." for your health. We recommend brownies Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times. 118 min. and perhaps even experimenting with other planes of reality. VELVET GOLDMINE Fri & Sat 9:30 pm & 10:00 pm Jan29&30 Dr. Armaged,3.on answers tile questions (1998) Written and directed by Todd Haynes. Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ewan MacGregor, Toni Colette, Chris- of the Trinity communily weekly., If you tian Bale. In the brief period of time between 1972 and 75, it appeared that the down and dirty machismo of rock have a question for Dr. Armageddon, drop and roll was abducted by androgynous aliens, decked out with mascara, glitter and songs about spiders from Mars. a,line to [email protected], drop a Todd Haynes (director of Safe and the notorious Karen Carpenter Story) relives the glorious excesses of the era, loosely basing his story on the bisexual days of David Bowie and his apparent passion for Iggy Pop. In a fantastic' file to "General Resource's^Docex/Tri- homage to the Godfather of Punk, Ewan MacGregor connects with the inner essence of Iggy at his most outrageous. pod", or send a letter to carrtpus.mailbox The sensual trippiness of the scene is captured by cinematographer Maryse Alberti, who also shot Happiness. Dig #702582* Be sure to mark the document out the glitter and come in costume! 123 min. "Attention! Drl Armageddon'', and'let.tis turn around your sprryj'Uyes] , - .; Compiled by Christine mcCarthy UcMorris JANUARY 26,1999 — THE TRINITY TRIPOD ANNOUNCEMENTS PAGE 15 AITJk Y Mentors Tie the Knot Wednesday, January 27 Joseph Byrne - Painting Exhibit Calling New Freshman Mentors: Starting February 7:00 PM Spanish film Series LSC Auditorium Opening on January 25 is an exhibition of oil paint- 11th there will be an information session for all inter- ings and water colors to celebrate the arrivial of new ested students about mentoring for the 1999-2000 9:00 PM Open Mike Night Studio Arts faculty member Joseph Byrne, a noted land- school year. Stay tuned next week for more informa- Underground Coffee House scape artist This series of paintings was created on tion. Call the First Year Program Office x 5331, for more site in sacred woods in Italy and protected woodlands information. 930 PM Pete Scheips Band in Minnesota. Admission is free and the Gallery is open the Bistro from 1:00 to 6:00 daily. Request for First-Year Paper Submissions 10:00 PM Movie Night lonis Martin Exhbit The First-Year Program is now accepting submis- the Cave The Pump House Gallery in Hartford will feature the sions for the third volume of The First-Year Papers, an work of Hartford artist lonis Martin for National Black annual journal that highlights the outstanding aca- Thursday, January 28 demic work of first-year students. History Month. The exhbit will run from Sunday, Janu- 9:00 PM ColdFusion H ary 31 to Friday, February 26. The Gallery is open Tues- First-year students may submit any form of written Underground Coffee House M day through Friday, 11 AM to 2 PM. For more work including research papers, fiction, creative writ- information, call the gallery at (860) 722-6536 or 543- ing, and poetry. Only works created for a First-Year ' 9:30 PM Book House Boys H 8874. Seminar, Colloquia, or one of the special programs will The Bistro E| be accepted. Alt. Bev. ID required M Photo Exhbit at UConn The First-Year Program office must recieve submis- sions by February 12. Each submission should include The William Benton Museum of Art of the Univer- the name of the student author, the course and faculty Friday, January 29, sity of Connecticut hosts an exhibit, After the Photo- member for whom the work was written. For more info 7:00 PM Game Night Secession: American Pictorial Photography, 1910-1955. call the First-Year Program at x5331. Cave Cafe The exhibit will run until March 10. The museum is open Tuesday-Friday, 10-4:30 PMand Opening for an Undergraduate 735 PM Wolfpack v Lowell Saturday & Sunday, 1-4:30 PM. Admission is free. tickets $10 in SLRC Fellow Civic Center Portraits by Harlem Renaissance The Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life seeks to appoint an Undergraduate Fellow for the 9:00 PM Funk Bingo Photographer at Yale Art Gallery Spring term of 1999. He or she will participate exten- Underground Coffee House The Yale University Art Gallery hosts Portraiture sively in the Center's programs and work in its Pew Pro- and the Harlem Renaissance:James Latimer Allen, gram on Religion and the Media. 1O.00PM- SGAs "The Ball" which runs until April 11. The exhibit includes fifty The Center will appoint a current Trinity under- 2:00 AM Vernon Center works by this artist-photographer whose portraits of graduate with strong academic credentials, curiosity, Alt. Bev ID required the black elite in the 1920s and 1930s helped to rein- and a demonstrated interest in religion, politics, and force the image of the "New Negro." other aspects of public life. Journalistic experience or Saturday January 30 The gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday 10 AM-5 PM, strong interest in journalism is highly desirable. Good and Sunday 1-6 PM. Admission is free. 7:00 PM Movie Night computing skills are also an asset McCook Aud. ' Responsibilities include a commitment to work 10 Francis Bacon Exhibit opens at Yale hours a week in a paid position, involvement in the 7:00 PM- Rollerskating Night At the Yale Center for British Art, a new exhibit preparation of the Center's publication, Religion in the 1L00PM leave from Mather opened on January 23. Francis Bacon: A Retrospective, News, participation in all Center programs and activi- $5 in SLRC is the first major museum retrospective of his work to ties, and work on the Center's evolving electronic data- be held in the US since his death in 1992. The exhibi- base of news articles dealing with religion. 8:00 PM- Ceilidh Celebration • tion includes about seventy of his works, including rare To apply, send a letter with your resume and a list of 2:00 AM Vernon Center Ef| pre-war work. faculty references to Mark Silk, director of the Center . Alt. Bev. ID requited W fhdflbifrf

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The team itself is rather small recent games have been against tough compared to many of its opponents, and league competitors, such as Wesleyan lacks the depth that other teams have and RPI. While the team has not been since this is the first year Trinity has had victorious in many of the competitions, a varsity women's team. With only 2 sets they have experienced numerous im- of defense, 4 forward lines, and 1 goalie, provements and highlights. the team has done amazingly well for its One of the peaks came a few weeks ago small numbers. Their defensewomen, when Trinity faced off against Holy who skate every other shift, have really Cross. The Bantams lost to the Crusad- stepped up their play and have showed ers earlier in the season by a score of 2-1, tremendous energy and endless enthu- and were eagerly looking forward to this siasm. Anchoring the blue line for Trin- rematch. This time Trinity came out on ity are Stephanie Horbaczewski '00, top, winning 7-2. Devon Binch '00, who Vanessa Heaton '01, Kim Willis '02, and came back from studying abroad this Jess Mar tin'Q2. fall, netted 5 of the team's 7 goals. Erin Goalie Shanna Henderson '99 contin- Sousa '00 and Heidi Notman '99 also ues to be an essential part of the team. scored. Henderson consistently has been mak- Trinity also played Wesleyan, the sec- ing more than 40 saves per game. She is ond place team in the league, twice in the in the top half of the league for her goals last two weeks. The Cardinals won both against average, and leads the league in games by scores of 10-0 and 10-1. Mandy saves per game. Lydon '00, also returning from abroad, This weekend the Lady Bantams have scored Trinity's only goal against a chance to get two league wins. They Wesleyan. This goal was a great accom- face off against Hamilton at 5pm on Fri- plishmentfor Trinity,since Wesleyan has day at Wesleyan, and against Union at only been scored upon 8 other times 4pm on Saturday, also at Wesleyan. If since the start of the season. they are to make their way out of their This past weekend the Bantams faced current slump, they will have to step up off against RPI and Williams. RPI beat their level of play. They are a young Trinity 9-0, in a very rough, physical squad, and their efforts have been val- game. There were 15 penalties in the iant, but the time has come to move for- game, 9 of which were called against RPI, ward with the ability which they including a 10 minute misconduct to one possess. Good things are in the future for of their players. Saturday's game against this team, and they are just getting ANPY5HEPARD started on that road to success. Come out Sarah Burbank '99 is a force to be reckoned with this Williams was a close competition. Will- season. See article on page twenty. iams won 5-1, although Lhe game was. a and give them your support! . PAGE 18 SPORTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD —JANUAR Y 26,1999 Men's Hoops Dunks The Competition actly how the Trinity hoopsters fensein the Amherst game Trin- hit the game tying three point creating and even larger first half a**, BY NICK FENELIY would rebound from their loss ity senior co-captain Kevin shot with 17 seconds remain- margin. In the second half the \.s Sports Writer to Springfield but most fans ex- Bednar said," The defensive in- ing in regulation that forced Trinity offense gave a clinic on pected to see the players show- tensity was obviously present overtime. It was the second how to play both fundamental, This past week the Trinity ing a desire to make a statement on the court however a few overtime in six days for Trinity. and highlight reel basketball. men's basketball team estab- in the first conference game of mental lapses allowed Amherst In the extra period Trinity Freshman Jarrod Greene, 14 lished itself as capable of com- the season. The Trinity coach- to be freed for a number of pe- dominated offensively, defen- points, stole the show with his peting far into the NCAA ing staff forewarned their play- rimeter shots in the first half." sively, and emotionally. Atone ability to soar high above the bas- postseason. After a disappoint- ers that the contest with The ability of Amherst to knock point the Bantams went on an ket. Most of the Trinity team ing 68-63 overtime loss at Amherst would be evenly down those shots put pressure 11-0 run. The defense was played well against Suffolk and Springfield College the Ban- matched and that it would take on the young Trinity backcourt phenomenol in overtime and it hopefully the good play will con- tams came home to a raucous good defense to shut down the to respond. While Amherst was limited Amherst to only a few tinue into next weekend. crowd at Ray Oosting Gym on Amherst offense. This stingy hitting their shots on the out- high percentage shots. The There will be two crucial Tuesday night. The Springfield defense did not appear until the side the Trinity offense attacked players enjoyed celebrating NESCAC games that Trinity loss ended all hopes of an unde- second half and the overtime underneath and around the their win with the largest and needs to win in order to retain its feated championship season period. The advance scouting basket. loudest crowd of the season. position atop the league stand- but it forced the Bantams to re- targeted shooting guard Pat Sophomore Scott Wallach When asked about the crowd ings. Basketball powerhouse focus on a game by game basis. Mul vey, 17 points, and his fellow stood tall in the first half by hit- noise and how it could have Williams visits on Friday night, Wins against Amherst, 81-75 backcourt mates as potential ting shots that forced the Lord effected the team Bednar said, and Middlebury on Saturday af- OT, and Suffolk on Saturday,86- high scorers. The Trinity players Jeffs to extend their defense. "We could definitely hear ternoon. Don't forget that Will- 60, provided reassurance that were certainly told to be pre- The extension opened up area them, and yes, they psyched us iams is the team that eliminated Trinity should be considered in pared to cover the outside shot around the hoop for the Trinity up." Trinity from the postseason last the upper echelon of Division III at all times, unfortunately they forwards to attack the basket The win against Suffolk on year.The team hopes that the basketball. did not in the first half. with high percentage shots. Saturday, 86-60, was a contest Trinity community will be well Nobody could predict ex- When asked about the de- Bednar '99,19 points and 12 re- between two unevenly represented in the stands at this bounds, used his quickness to matched teams. The game was weekends games. According to drive to the basket while Rory barely competitive and at the Bednar, "This is a big weekend ^ Neal '00 used power and finesse end of the first half Trinity was and we look forward to establish- to get valuable tip backs and re- up 43-26. Three pointers by ing ourselves as one of the best bounds. The Bantams went into Suffolk and poor officiating basketball teams in both the the locker room at the half prevented the Bantams from NESCAC, and Division III." down by only two points. When they came out they looked more focused and confident that they could get their first NESCAC Summer Session In win. They knew that they would need better defense and Florence, Italy outside shooting if they were at SACI going to win this game. Studio Art Centers International Both teams found a way to improve upon their first half play. They exchanged baskets Studio Art, Art History during the half and at one point and Italian Language Trinity found itself down 9 points. Trinity shooting im- iprovedancl it was mainly in the May 15 -June '2l, 1999 form of co-captain and leading For information contact: scorer John Mulf inger '99. He The Office of the Dean of Special Programs contributed 18 points that Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway helped the Bantams stay close. Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Most importantly he hit a three 518-580-5590 pointer in the last two minutes http://www.skidmore.edu/administration/osp to give the team a chance to win or tie. Guard Mike Labella '01 Scott Wallach '01 kicks it out to the perimeter. KATIEBRYANT

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Men's Basketball Men's Squash Men's Ice Hockey 1/29 vs. Williams 1/28 vs. Amherst 1/29 vs. Wesleyan 1/30vs. Middlebury 1/30 at Williams 1/30 vs. Conn College 1/31 vs. UPenn Women's Basketball Women's Squash Women's Ice Hockey 1/26 vs. WestfieldState 1/27 vs. Wesleyan 1/29 vs. Hamilton 1/29 at Williams 1/28-2/1 at Constable Tournament 1/30 vs. Union 1/30 at Middlebury

Wrestling Indoor Track Swlnnnlng 1/27 vs. Roger Williams 1/29 at Wesleyan Invitational 1/30 at Wheaton 1/30 King's Point, Sacred 1/31 at Amherst Heart, Norwich VOL.XCVIIINO.1 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TEINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 JANUARY 26,1999 The Best Of The Best: Men's Squash Impresses Nation Top Ranked Trinity Blanks #4 Yale 21-0, Continues Run at National Title that strong and its going to take Trinity's hopes can be easily past. Trinity's schedule is get- BY KEITH CONNOR division's best teams, including a lot to beat us." In terms of the thwarted in one match. ting more difficult and the up- Sports Writer Princeton and Harvard, are still rest of the season Coetzee be- On Saturday, the squash team coming matches will test the before us. They are having just lieves, "We have a good chance traveled down to Vassar and team's stamina. as strong a season as us and they Trinity Men's Squash defeated of having a winning season, but easily beat both the Dartmouth Captain Ian Conway '99 said, will be trying their best to Yale 9-0 this past Wednesday in knock us off." what was the worst defeat for Trinity's record for the 98-99 Yale Squash in the past decade. season is 6-0-0 with eight All of Trinity's nine varsity play- matches left. The rest of the sea- ers won their individual son is relatively short with the matches 3-0, keeping Yale NISRA Team Championships at scoreless. Trinity's blowout Harvard on February 26, and prompted the Yale's Head the NISRA Single's Champion- Coach to comment, "I never ships on March 5. Trinity's main thought the day would come competition for the season will when Yale Squash could not come from Harvard, which lost win a single set." to Trinity in the regular season Trinity's top player, Marcus last year, but beat Trinity in the Cowie '00, after coming off a se- Team Finals. Both teams fin- mester abroad in Morocco ished Co-Champions of Divi- where he played no squash, eas- sion I, and this year it looks as ily handled his opponent, win- though Trinity's depth with vet- ning 15-5,15-4,15-6. Playing at erans such as Captain Charlie # 2 for Trinity, Lefika Ragontse Saunders '99 and Preston Quick '02 had a strong match and de- '00 will greatly increase chances feated his opponent 15-4,15-9, of victory. 15-5. Lefika, who hails from Coach Assaiante, when asked Botswana, is one of Trinity's five about the team's prospects- this foreign recruits, Akhil Beil '01, season responded, "I think we Rohan Bhappu '02, Gaurav are on the right track." Juneja'02,andRohanJuneja'02 After the Amherst, Williams, are all native of India, a hotbed . and Penn matches, Trinity will of raw squash talent. Combined ANDYSHEPARD face a talented Brown team in "with Lefika make ari irripressive •: A squad of powerful athletes leads Trinity in the nation's top squash program. gxqyldence. They will then '•" front of ftesh players. These '••we •'hive is long way to go, a 'vahd;Vasstir Tea.mis §-(f 'arfcT'•'••*?"TSartrhouth arid Yale were bur mak'e tne much anticipated trip new members have added in- all it takes is one match, when a again, no Trinity player dropped first big matches and the team to Cambridge to tackle their ri- credible depth to this year's few players are not having a a game. Trinity's squash team is definitely proved itself. We vals from Harvard. From there Trinity Squash Team. good day to end our run." Coach feeling confident going into came out as professionals and they travel to Franklin and In the number five position, Paul Assaiante has been quick next week's round of matches played our best. The new guys Marshall, and then round out Loua Coetzee '01 easily defeated to remind the team that they against Amherst, Williams and' handled the Trinity crowd well the regular season at home his Yale opponent 15-9,15-7,15- need to stay strong and focus on UPenn, all of which have pro- and were impressed by their against Colby and Princeton. .9 and stated that, "Yale was not one match at a time, because vided strong competition in the enthusiasm. However, the The plot continues to thicken. Heads Above Water Swimming Performs Strongly Continuing The Tradition united with Betsy Paluck who were able to get one game. The BY AILISON LANZETTA season best time as well. Cory BY RANDY DUPREE Bernard '01 and Lydia Barrett Sports Writer had spent the semester study- team speculates that they will Sports Writer '02 swam the lengthy 400 yard ing at Haverford, and they were be able to close the gap even fur- individual medley,demonstrat- introduced to the new freshmen ther at the Howe Cup when The men's and women's ing their ability to endure great The Trinity Women's Squash Lewins from Zimbabwe and Davie returns. swimming and diving team re- anguish but finished first and team has had a tremendous Heron from England. However, Last weekend, Trinity trav- turned from holiday training fifth, respectively. start to their season earning the the women were very upset to eled to Hanover, NH to play ready to excel and swim fast; The men's team also entered #4 ranking in the country. So hear that their #2 player Gail Dartmouth and Vassar, At the however, the past week proved the natatorium on Friday ready far, this year has been full of Davie '00 would not be return- time, Dartmouth was ranked to be difficult for the Bantams. to swim and take on the Tufts easy wins and triumphant up- ing for two weeks due to an ap- #4 above Trinity. The Trinity On Wednesday, Trinity was un- team. Ryan Young '00 cel- sets under the leadership of tri- pendectomy. team played an outstanding able to swim past Wesleyan, but ebrated his birthday with a captains Paige Vollmer '99, The team hopes that Daive match and defeated Dartmouth the loss did not disrupt the great night finishing a close sec- Betsy Paluck '99, and Sarah will be able to finish the season 8-1. The only player who lost team's focus. The Wesleyan ond in the 200 yard freestyle Burbank '99, and with the help with them when they take on did so in a very close 3-2 match. meet was the first of two meets and winning both the 500 yard of four new,freshman Mollie the Ivies at the Howe Cup in Trinity then defeated Vassar 9- in three days for the Bantams, freestyle and 400 yard indi- Anderson '02, Karen Heron '02, February. The team trained vig- 0, with triple-bagels by Heron, and the much improved Trinity vidual medley. Mike Gorman Sam Lewins '02, and Alice orously during the day and Burbank, and Sarah McGowan team was looking for ward prov- '00 continued his backstroke Affleck'02. ing to themselves that their dominance, winning the 100 The season began with "So far, this year has been full of easy hard work was paying off. and 200 yard events. Nate matches against Williams, wins and triumphant upsets under the On Friday, Tufts University Folkemer '01 swam a great 200 Tufts, and Franklin and visited Hartford and brought yard breaststroke but missed Marshall. Against Williams, leadership of captains Vollmer, Paluck, and with them a few talented swim- the victory by seven tenths of a each player but one, won her Burbank" mers, but the Bantams were second in the most entertaining match 3-0. Gail Davie '00 got ready for the challenge. Hilary race of the night. Andrew Lovig what squash players call a feasted at night thanks to their '99 '00 and Ryan Vasquez '99 proved Sutton '99 and Jen Stelmack '01 "triple-bagel" because she won very generous Philadelphia On Monday Trinity took on began the meet in the 1000 yard themselves to be sprinters plac- 9-0,9-0,9-0. Anderson '02, hosts the Afflecks, the Green- ing second and third in the 50 another Ivy, Princeton. Cur- freestyle with personal best Burbank '99, and Abby Dorman woods, Che Brights, and the yard freestyle. rently ranked #1, Princeton de- times. Carrie Rorer'00 returned '01 only let up one point during Websters. feated Trinity 7-2. Burbank and to competition and finished the The losses to Wesleyan and their entire matches against At the end of the week, the Affleck did great jobs bringing evening with first place in the Tufts were secondary to the im- Tufts. Against Franklin and women were up against one of in the only wins for the team. both the 100 and 200 yard provement which the Bantams Marshall, Lewins '02, Burbank, their toughest competitors, the Once again, the team has felt the breaststroke events. Katie exhibited, Much of the team and Affleck all got triple-bagels. University of Pennsylvania. At effects of Davie's absence. Modzewelski '99 finished the left the meets with season best Things were starting off great the time, Trinity was ranked #5 500 yard freestyle with her best The Trinity Women's Squash times and look forward to their for the Trinity Women's Squash and UPenri was #3. The women team's next match isathomeon time, while Emily Polito '00 next challenge, The team has a team. fought hard, but lost 9-0. Randy took first in that event, as well Wednesday, January 27 at 5pm full schedule this week dueling After Christmas, the team re- DePree '00 was able to get two against Wesleyan. This week- as the 200 yard freestyle. Katie Wheaton on Saturday and grouped in Hartford and drove games off of her opponent; end the team will be traveling to . Lafleur '02 grabbed second in Amherst on Sunday. This team down to Philadelphia for pre- while Janine Thompson '01, Princeton to play in the Con- the 200 yard butterfly with a is on the right track. P season training. They were re- Anderson, Heron, and Burbank stable Tournament. I