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VOL. IC No. 14 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 FEBRUARY 10, 2004 Human Rights Funds Trinity Names New President EDNA GUERRASIO Cause Student Unrest EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SARAH SPIEGEL and a minor, has attracted stu- By a unanimous vote on dents of all types to the school. Saturday, Feb. 5, the Board of STAFF WRITER Offering a lecture series that Trustees elected James F. Jones, The fate of the human rights brings major speakers in the field Jr., President of Kalamazoo program as it currently stands of human rights to Trinity's cam- College, Kalamazoo, Mich.,. as remains undecided as funding pus, the program allows students the 20th President of the College. issues continue to be debated. to have a chance to connect with After an expedited six month The first program of its kind in experts of all areas, sometimes "in search due to the abrupt resigna- the country, Trinity's Human groups as small as fifteen students tion of former President Richard 1 Rights program, both as a major to one speaker. The series this Hersh, the presidential search '4-. 4- semester includes topics such as committee presented Jones as the "Art as a forum for Political best qualified candidate with t Expression" and "Impact of the prior experience as a college pres- Arms Industry on the Promotion ident, an academic and a leader of of Human Rights," as well as sev- capital campaigns. Chairman of Chuck Pratt eral others. Students also take the Board of Trustees Paul Jones was named the 20th President on Saturday, Feb. 5. advantage of a human rights film Raether announced Jones' accept- Community and members of the Southern Methodist University, series, art exhibits, campaigns ance of the position early local press in his acceptance Columbia University and and conferences. The Web site for Saturday afternoon at.a press con- speech. He noted the accom- Woodward Academy. the program which can be found ference in Downes Memorial. plishments and qualifications that "Recognizing Trinity as a from Trinity's homepage, states, Jones followed the announcement brought him to the position as classic liberal arts college with a "As a leader in undergraduate with a brief statement and a ques- well as some brief information strong urban and civic identity," human rights education Trinity's tion/answer session where he was about his background and history. Jones believes his experience at Human Rights program regularly probed about issues concerning A husband and father of three, Kalamazoo, a prestigious liberal advises and facilitates networking Hartford, alcohol, curriculum Jones graduated with a Bachelor arts college located in a city with among peer institutions." review, and safety. Jones' term as of Arts degree from the many of the problems that plague The aspect of the program president at Trinity will begin University of Virginia, before Hartford, makes him a qualified . receiving a Master of Arts from leader to help Trinity "enhance vvww.trincQll.edu that remains in question is effective July 1, Emory University, and a student life and learning" both on . A decline in funds questions whether or not the school will "This is the greatest single have the funding to be able to honor of my career" opened Jones Doctorate and a Master of campus and in the Hartford area. Elahi's future as Director. Philosophy from Columbia ^<^*^«rfMSH*r**'>^*%"M**(*H«M,»^?'"y,HnN on page 9^ as he addressed the Trinity "As far as 1 know, Trinity is 'iMwttttyV'*f9«ttt*-

To the Editor: opportunity to celebrate the grad- Crtnttp uation of the Class of 2004 at Tent Last Monday, Feb. 2, students City. kicked off a petition drive to save We, the students, implore Edna D. Guerrasio '05 Eileen T. Flynn '05 Tent City. In a single day, we col- President Painter to reconsider lected 650 student signatures. We his decision to close Tent City at EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR expect to collect 1,000 signatures 5 p.m. for the more reasonable by next Wednesday, Feb. 11. The closing time of 9 p.m. overwhelming majority of stu- NEWS EDITORS OPINIONS EDITORS dents want Tent City to end at 9 Respectfully, Eliza Sayward '05 William Yang '06 Daniel Scollan '05 Joanna Hecht '07 p.m. this year. Students look forward to the Isaac Goldstein '05 FEATURES EDITORS ARTS EDITORS Lindsay North '06 Juliet Izon '07 Greg Polin '05 Kristen St. Martin '06 Why I Didn't Vote SPORTS EDITORS ANNOUNCEMENTS EDITOR Peter Seals. '05 Benjamin Leong '06

PHOTO EDITOR ONLINE EDITORS for Howard Dean Chuck Pratt '07 Matt Barison '04 Jim Nadzieja '04 SCOTT BAUMGARTNER of the freaky game show host in ONLINE EDITOR Requiem for a Dream. SENIOR EDITOR As I watched the primaries Joseph Stramondo '04 As a fellow democrat, albeit progress, I became more and one who did not vote for Howard more resolute in my decision to Dean in the New Hampshire pri- abandon the Dean camp. Why? maries (John Edwards instead), I His numerous and highly publi- STAFF WRITERS was interested to read Joanna cized gaffes began to remind me Stephanie Lopez-Boy '05 Dave Bucco '05 Sarah Spiegel '07 Hecht's article about the afore- of a certain President Bush. Julia Carney '07 mentioned Dean, and, given my We Democrats like fo pick on opinions on the good doctor, Bush for his oratory missteps and Looking to an Old Policy for Safety ... Since the beginning of the semester Trinity students have become the victims of Howard Dean, 111 admit, was an Hartford locals either by physical injury or fear. After many reported assaults and rob- alluring figure in the political ring, but beries in the last few weeks, it is the rare student who is able to carry on without worry- that allure died off quickly. ing about his or her safety at night. Many students are quick to blame the increased number of incidents on the negligence of Campus Safety or the inattentiveness of the write a reply. cartoon-like, childish quantifica- Hartford Police, but the truth is that college students across the country are dealing with Firstly, I must congratulate tion of enemies as "evil-doers" the same increase in crime. The fact is that college students are seen as an easy target, Hecht on her service in New and "thugs." We tend to find Hampshire. She has played an President Bush scary for his ten- an easy means by which criminals will earn that extra 20 bucks. Although students are active role in democracy and it is dency to speak before he thinks of encouraged lo take certain precautions lo prevent themselves from becoming easy tar- to be commended, regardless of the ramifications that could come gets, the next step that the College needs to seriously ca^wder^jqi,.Ti^^a|l«^.elgates her candidate or her party. from those words - for example, As a first time voter, I was referring to the war on terrorism that once protected our campus community.'"' *'•*••*'*"•*> Jf&xp&m-^it »"••<•.• interested by Dean, courted by as n "crusade " Does .inybotb When member's of the community hear words such as gate, fences, walls, Clark, then a fan of Dean again remember when Bush was criti- "closed campus" and the like, ideas of segregation, isolation, elitism and apathy immedi- until signing on with Senator cized Cor not knowing the names John Edwards. Howard Dean, I'll of the leaders of major foreign ately follow. Well, what about the idea of safety? admit, was an alluring figure in countries during the 2000 elec- Putting the gates back up around campus to better protect the students and the political ring, but that allure tion? I had almost forgotten until serve as a deterrent to lurking criminals, should be the first and foremost thought that died off quickly. I'll tell you how reading an article about one of Howard Dean first scared me. I Dean's gaffes: in a speech on for- enters into minds when the issue of a creating a "closed campus" is brought to the was watching C-SPAN one mom- eign policy, he had referred to attention of the community. Anyone who would argue that putting a fence around cam- pus would serve as an isolation mechanism, is looking for excuses to defend their own [Dean's] numerous and highly publi- apathetic behavior. A fence is nothing more than a barrier -- a barrier that criminals cized gaffes began to remind me of a can find a way around and students can make a point of traveling beyond. Although a gate would not prevent determined criminals from getting to campus it would serve as a certain President Bush. deterrent to those who are just looking to score an extra few dollars off an innocent col- lege student. ing where they were replaying Russia as the Soviet Union. Not As College policy stands right now, any individual found on campus, after dark one of his stump speeches where once, but seven times. That mis- without just cause for being on Trinity grounds, may be asked to leave by Campus at the end, he pumped his fist in step formally convinced me that the air, turning redder than a Dr. Dean was not fit to run this Safety. Logic being that any individual without reason for being on campus after hours tomato as he repeated to his country. is probably here for no good. The inclusion of gates to close-off the campus after hours legions, "You have the power! Hecht mentions Dr. Dean's would only reinforce this policy, leaving the campus open to visitors and Hartford resi- You have the power!" A motivat- electability. Unfortunately, elec- ing message yes, but unfortunate- tability's definition is not as sim- dents during the day. ly for Dr. Dean, he reminded me see DEAN oh page 4 Trinity needs to start taking responsibility for the actions taken against its stu- dents. Although the school can not be held liable' for every incident, it is held account- able to the extent that it can take measures to ensure a higher level of security. Crime Random fun facts on Kalamazoo, Michigan (a REAL place): exists in ever)' city and on every college cartipus in this country. Why wouldn't Trinity The city was founded by Titus Branson. 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Diversity: Mix It Beyond the Tent City Issue Administration Discounts Student Efforts, Encourages Apathy Up with Alcohol since I've been at Trinity, the I've had with him - have led me JOE STRAMONDO SENIOR EDITOR arguments are the same, even if to believe that our words have MATT KOZLOWSKI ring on college campuses would some of the faces have changed, fallen on deaf ears. Rather, it is OPINIONS CONTRIBUTOR be cut exactly in half. First of all, let me start by and Tent City comes closer to the trend toward the demise of But what about serious prob- saying that I don't really care extinction. It is an insult to our Tent City that has led me to We all know that alcohol can lems? Can alcohol work for those about Tent City. I know I won't intelligence to pretend that our believe that the conversation was solve problems. too? Matt Koz says, "You bet." have a catered tent regardless of opinions are even considered over before it even began. This Breakup with the significant Today I'd like to bring up the time at which the event is when every year, the "compro- feeling that my opinion doesn't other? Nothing melts away that Trinity's cultural houses, those closed and it is mostly certain that mise" of the previous year comes matter, that no student's opinion silly attachment complex like a beautifully restored houses on my family will be long gone couple of Colt 45s. Vernon St. used by Trinity's cul- when 5 p.m. rolls around. In fact, Not feeling very attractive? tural organizations. I think it's absurd that everyone is ... the conversation [about Tent City] Take four shots of Cuervo and If you read the Tripod last even getting so riled up over their was over before it even began. then look in the mirror: "Hey, I week, you would have seen two "right" to get drunk on graduation day - although Mr. Madison's last article characterizing it as a "rite" ' under scrutiny as somehow prob- matters, is what seems so destruc- The image of a cultural house... was quite insightful. However, lematic. Why is last year's fix not tive toward the goal of ridding even more absurd than the student adequate for this year? Of this campus of apathy. striding toward a truly integrated cam- body's deep convictions about course, that was a rhetorical ques- Certainly, it would.be unrea- pus hasn't quite materialized. their alcohol consumption is the tion. sonable to claim that this decision message that is being sent to stu- Somehow, the powers that be is exclusively to blame for the general attitude of apathy that didn't know they were letting of them - the Umoja and AASA permeates Trinity. However, it is movie stars into Vernon." houses - pictured in the article on We have no say about one of the only just as certain that this affront to Without alcohol, Dude campus diversity ["Campus student autonomy has and will Where's My Car would be 94 per- Diversity Falls Short of Student policies we actually care about. contribute to the already bad situ- cent less funny, dancing would be Standards," Feb. 3]. These hous- ation. The administration can not exactly 42 percent more difficult, es are great venues, and the dents over this issue. For all the at Trinity have decided that Tent expect the student body to be and the romantic exploits occur- see BOOZE on page 5 concern shown by the administra- City should not exist and are engaged with matters that they tion about student apathy, their slowly phasing it out. Alas, the feel are important when we are dogged erosion of the Tent City paternalism of Richard Hersh is not taken seriously about matters phenomenon - dare I call it a tra- not to blame. This is apparently that we feel are important. Of dition - sends a very powerful an attitude that even extends to course, as already noted, I use the communication to the students: Borden Painter, an alum and long word "we" rather loosely in this you are young, you are stupid, time professor at Trinity. I am case, meaning that the vast major- and you are powerless. certainly not trying to vilify ity of the population is dissatis- ••.,.-.. The pages of the Tripod-eta President Painte/ wi,tli this article. fied and I am a member of that already filled with commentary I'm sure he is genuinely con- population. Nfo "matter what lip on the specific arguments offered cerned with our well-being - and service is paid to the student by both sides of this distastefully regardless, this was not solely his body, those of us who know the stale issue. I will not bore every- decision so people should not use history . behind the Tent City one by going through such him as a scapegoat. However, he debate know that its ultimate fate motions. The fact of the matter is, has been the voice of the adminis- has been decided. We know that slowly but surely, Tent City is dis- tration on this one, with emails, we have no say about one of the appearing and there is nothing the letters, and quotes in the Tripod. only policies we actually care student leaders of '04 can do to. None of these communications - about. We are hesitant to dare to even slow the process. Every year nor the personal conversations care about anything else. Increased Security Not Indicative of Isolation CHRIS SILVERMAN '03 Crime is indeed found in cities, but the A fence would be a reaction to this demon- To accept the former regulation as fact that it exists is no argument for strated threat, as opposed to a snobbish proper college policy, but decry the more OPINIONS CONTRIBUTOR neglecting security, any more than the exis- effort towards creating an "insular" society. effective measure of a fence as a wrongful I am responding to Matt Barison's arti- tence of a disease is a reason to neglect It seems to me that Barison's argument sanction against the community, strikes me cle "Desire for Comfortable Isolation," cures. relies more on the shock value of his word- as thoroughly contradictory reasoning. [Feb. 3] in which he claims that a fence Dismissing criminal violence as mere- ing than on the reason of his statements. Additionally, the assertion-that a fence would harm college-neighborhood rela- ly another element of diversity that is to be Terms such as "regulated environment" will create more fear and suspicion on cam- tions and increase campus apathy. I see no passively accepted suggests to me the very logic to either point. lethargy that Barison is arguing against. [Increased security] means the ability to walk to Barison begins by implying that Considering Trinity's enthusiasm for trans- demands for safety signify cultural lethar- forming its surroundings, I am dismayed the library, the gym, or one's dorm without needing gy, and he unduly assumes that students that it does not extend this impetus for pos- who favor safety over the lack thereof wish itive change to its own campus. to fear for one's life. to quarantine themselves from the world at I also do not believe that any undertak- large. ing to improve security on campus would This is clearly not the case - isolation is be motivated by or taken to be class big- and "comfortable self-preservation" con- pus is totally unfounded, as I have often not in the least a requirement of safety. Nor otry. demn as selfish a very basic need: that of heard students comment that the frequent does a fence have to be an insurmountable Barison omits one crucial detail in his safety for oneself and one's community. muggings make them look with suspicion barrier between the Trinity and Hartford story of the town of Weston's decision to This has nothing to do with excluding on members of the local community. communities. prohibit the construction of a rail-trail, and certain social classes or cultural groups, for While this is unfortunate, the students Constructing a fence to secure the col- that is Weston's reasons for believing that a as 1 previously mentioned, a fence does not can hardly be blamed for their fears; in lege at night would neither hinder the local rail-trail would constitute a security risk. at all mean exclusion. short, lack of security has already accom- It means the ability to walk to the plished what Barison believes proper secu- library, the gym, or one's dorm without rity would bring about. Crime is indeed found in cities, but the fact that it needing to fear for one's life. Barison finishes by portraying self- The idea that a fence poses an unfair preservation as somehow secondary to the exists is no argument for neglecting security, any restriction completely overlooks Trinity's pursuit of human ideals such as sympathy more than... disease is a reason to neglect the cure. existing college policy. and compassion. . Local residents are not permitted in It is only through self-preservation, college buildings, and are removed by however, that one has the liberty to commit residents from visiting the campus during He does not tell us if-Western had experi- Campus Safety if found. Individuals may oneself to the pursuit of those ideals. A the day nor stand in the way of Trinity's enced crime before, and had good reason to be evicted from the library for playing loud community that must live in perpetual fear community involvement. It would certain- be concerned; rather, he attempts to make music and disturbing other students. This of violence and must regard its neighbors ly not make Trinity the insular, homoge- the decision appear as though it were moti- could constitute a . "regulated environ- with suspicion is not a community where nous community that Barison claims it vated by class bigotry alone. ment," yet no sensible person could argue sympathy and compassion will easily would become. In contrast to the Weston example, that such regulation is at all unjust. develop. The notion that Trinity's urban location there is no question that there is a crime Just as students should not have to be If we are truly serious about encourag- is an excuse for faulty security is an opin- problem on the Trinity campus, as we have disturbed in the library, nor should they ing "faith in the individual," we must real- ion I have heard countless times, and is seen four different incidents, at least.twp.of have to regularly risk robbery, harassment, ize that adequate safety is' not a hindrance them violent, in the past two months alone. and assault. simply an evasion of the issue. . •. • but a crucial element to this vision. •_ "• * 1,

PAGE 4 OPINIONS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - FEBRUARY 10, 2004 Sticks andStones.U •ean's Gaffes Would Arguments Against Gay Marriage: Hypocritical, Unequal Hurt General Election NATE BAKER benefits. And it's preventing them from continued from page 2 than Bush. OPINIONS COLUMNIST enjoying fatherhood or motherhood by dis- allowing the adoption of children. That pie as she defines it. Most voters, whether However, to win a national election, a During the past two weeks, the issue of doesn't sound very loving or respectful to they realize it or not, look for three things candidate needs to have a bipartisan fol- gay marriage has come into the public spot- me. in a candidate: her or his effectiveness as a lowing. Even Republicans disenchanted light. There was Bush's State of the Union. And while we're on the subject of gay commander in chief, on domestic policy, by President Bush will not be persuaded to There was the Mass, court's ruling last adoption, I'm a little tired of assertions that and behind the podium. While Senator vote for a pissed-off Vermont Democrat month that gays can't be barred from mar- gay couples will "corrupt" any child they John Kerry (currently the frontrunner) who insults them despite a fiscal record' riage. And, most recently, there were adopt — such as the Vatican's statement Most voters... look for three things in a candi- Preventing gays from getting married isn't treat- date: their effectiveness as a commander in chief, on ing them with love or respect. domestic policy, and behind the podium.

demonstrations on Sunday in our very own that a gay household will result in the Hartford both in favor of and in opposition unnatural development of the child. Well, I could be seen as capable in all three cate- that is in some places more moderate than to gay marriage. know several people who were raised by gories, as a Vietnam veteran, a twenty-year his Democratic counterparts. I'm not going to go into the specifics of same-sex couples, and not one of them has senator from Mass, and as a sometimes As I recently stated in a Mike v. Scott the issue, talking about how ridiculous it is killed anybody yet. boring but effective and unoffending dialog (published weekly on the web) Dean for people to talk about the sanctity of mar- However, gay marriage, at least for me, speaker, Dean fails in two categories. Yes, has served his purpose in the primaries. riage in a country with a 50 percent divorce is about more than just the legal rights he balanced the budget of Vermont, but Just as the Rev. Al Sharpton has a purpose rate, in a country where people can get associated with marriage — it's about clos- every speech I've seen by him has either - to inject humor and challenge the other married by Elvis in Vegas and where peo- ing the gap that separates straight and gay been based on anger or consists of him candidates with his superior oration, ple watch reality shows like "Who Wants America. God's definition of marriage To Marry a Millionaire?" and "My Big Fal notwithstanding, it is important to allow Obnoxious Fiancee." gay marriage because to do otherwise only Dean s purpose was to ignite a population that Instead, I want to address a specific fosters a further environment of separate had never been politically involved before, a task line I've heard from several anti-gay mar- spheres, with straight over here getting riage, pro-Christian morality advocates: married while those gays are over there, which ... he has achieved mightily. "God teaches us to treat gays with the same probably molesting children. love and respect as all people, but the Bible On the other hand, allowing gays to get says that marriage is between a man and a married just like straights bridges a gap and whining about being attacked by the other Dean's purpose was to ignite a population woman." brings us all closer together in a more lov- candidates. As governor of Vermont, he that had never been politically involved To me, this argument makes exactly ing and respectful way. This is why I think has had no experience on the worldwide before, a task which, based on Hecht's arti- zero sense. How can you assert to be treat- it is important that gay marriage be called stage. cle, he has achieved mightily. However, ing someone with the same iove and "marriage" and that we get rid of this civil Electability would not be a factor if the his anger and his act are old. Now that he respect as everyone else while at the same union nonsense, which reeks awfully of entire country belonged to the Democratic has energized Democrats everywhere, they party. If, by some fluke, Dean were to win can now turn to those candidates who are the nomination, I would vote for him in the more experienced, more qualified and ... gay marriage... is about more than just the... national election because even he is better more suitable for the job. rights associated with marriage — it's about closing the gap that separates straight and gay America. Along tke JLong YValk... time denying that individual from enjoying those "Separate But Equal" slogans people one of the biggest opportunities and expe- used to justify racial segregation in public co*dd feted

Safety at Social Events Obviously Arnold ... if Ronald can do it, College Must Provide Protection for Greek Houses Arnold can, too. - Mark "Witt 'o5 BRAD FELP weekends. The heavy volume of students is not OPINIONS CONTRIBUTOR only a burden on fraternity members finan- During my years as a member and cially, in terms of having to provide these Douglas Coupland, who, ironically, is President of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, students with a venue to socialize, but I have noticed serious problems in week- causes significant safety hazards as well. Canadian. I feel like he has a really good end social life on campus. There are con- The Greeks want to provide an outlet to tinuous acts of vandalism, violence and students, but should not be expected to perspective on our culture and people today. theft on campus and at Greek houses. accommodate all students on campus. — Abbie Garrity '07 These problems culminated in an incident When "late-nights" and other social two weeks ago involving a brother of my events held by the Greek organizations are fraternity being hospitalized as a result of kept to the allotted number of participants, unprecedented violence from three non- problems rarely occur. Altercations arise in Oprah. She does a lot of good things for students from the local area. The need for a vengeful manner when the Greek houses humanity, ana I think she d get a lot done." changes in Trinity's organization of week- try to maintain this controlled student vol- end social activities as well as in campus ume by asking people to leave or not allow- — Brittany Olwine 'o5 security is very apparent. ing people in at all. Allowing a limited Trinity's social system currently places number of people into social events is the the majority of responsibility in providing a right and duty of the fraternities and I feel social outlet for students on fraternities. that the school needs to help keep order by John JVicEnroe, a famous tennis player. I There are roughly two thousand students allocating security resources. and a maximum of three to five on-campus The weekend social system problem think we need someone with a little more venues on any given night with a total escalated when President Hersh was in a n capacity of roughly twice the organiza- office. During his administration, Trinity's tion's membership. social policies were aimed at reducing — James Castellano 'o5 It has become abundantly clear that excess student alcohol consumption and weekend partying. many more than this small number of stu- Compiled by Chris Madison and Joanna Hecht dents look to the Greek organizations to While I understand the motive, these provide them with a place to socialize on see WEEKEND on page 5 Photos by Chuck Pratt FEBRUARY 10, 2004 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD OPINIONS PAGE 5 WMD Inquiry Insufficient Weekend Stresses No Subpoena Power, Intended to Obscure Bush Involvement MARGARET PRITCHARD cus resulted, and the outcome was even Secretary of State Colin on Greek Houses OPINIONS WRITER the second-ever impeachment of Powell have all said something a United States President in histo- was wrong, continued from page 4 taken immediately, is intensified At first, I greeted the news of ry- But the politicians had their policies have intensified exces- security at the Greek houses. If an inquiry into the pre-war intelli- Death toll of Clinton's indis- conclusion, and nothing was sive drinking as well as problem- these on-campus entities are gence gladly. After the resigna- atic situations at Greek organiza- going to deal with the responsibil- tion of David Kay, the head of the tions. ity of handling a large volume of Iraq survey group, and the Hutton Death toll of Bush's indiscretions: The fact of the matter is, most students, the school should allo- report basically ignoring the issue 528 Americans, thousands of Iraqis - college students need a social out- cate more security resources to of weapons of mass destruction, I let on the weekends to get away make sure that Greek house mem- thought Bush's announcement of mostly civilians. from the stresses of their rigorous bers are protected. the Intelligence Inquiry might academic schedule and more An easy resolution in this actually be the result of public pressure to be told the truth about cretions: zero. going to stop them. why we went to war. Now we're looking at an Bush and Blair find them- The heavy volume of students [at And that's certainly what it's administration that potentially selves increasingly alone, as the Greek houses]... causes significant safe- being spun as. The line is that forged military intelligence, that pyramid of support for the war - Bush is the great humanitarian quite possibly inserted a claim cracked and unstable to begin ty hazards... hero with nothing to hide, as baf- into the' State of the Union with - erodes beneath them. fled as the rest of us by the mys- address knowing it to be false and They are subtly changing their tune - Bush now refers to importantly, to meet people and regard could be the presence of Why are we so scared to live without "weapons of mass destruction- find their niche in the college campus safety officers at houses related program activities," which community. holding events and even personal [Bush]? Why do we keep believing that could be read as referring to the The Trinity administration, parties. WMD company picnic - but by along with many similar institu- Another resolution could be this man will make us safe? putting forward sham inquiries as tions, needs to realize that stu- the opening of more venues, such open and honest investigations, dents are going to socialize with as the Party Barn, to take stress they are not helping themselves. alcohol. The goal should not be to off the Greek houses. If Trinity teriously vanishing WMDs, and if then pulled a revenge outing on The public is getting restless. stop these normal tendencies but does not open more venues and if the intelligence services got it the CIA agent Valerie Plame, wife Popularity of both President and to accommodate them in a way to weekend night security is not wrong, well, that's their problem, of the man who blew the whistle Prime Minister is dropping. provide students with a safe envi- changed, I predict that we will see but we still should have gone to on them, whose very own It's looking as though they ronment, while adhering to the continuous violent incidents with war. Secretary of State threw the first have something to hide is only theme of non-excessive con- the possibility of even more seri- But a closer look at the nature draft of his speech to the UN on going to lose them the public trust sumption. ous injuries.' of the inquiry tells much more Iraq's WMD capability in the air they have left. A first and easy step would be The bottom line is that prob- meetings between the Inter-Greek lems are arising on campus dur- Counsel, interested student mem- ing weekend night social activi- bers, and the Trinity administra- ties and they are not due to alco- tion .to involve student opinion hol consumption. Rather, these and open the floor to new ideas. problems arise because a small Another near-future step by number of social venues provide

... the administration needs to assume at least partial responsibility for the cur- \ rent stresses on... Greek organizations.

the school should involve the hir- for a relatively large number of ing of experts to work with the students. students and Deans to collective- Trinity students will drink on ly come up with, a system to pro- the weekends, and Greek organi- vide happiness in all aspects of zations are looked to as the pri- student life. mary outlets to do so. For now the However, until changes can administration needs to take be made to the entire social sys- responsibility for student fun and tem, the administration needs to safety at social events. assume at least partial responsi- However, for the long term, bility for the current stresses on the school also needs to look at the Greek organizations. reorganizing the way Trinity's - The first step, which must be weekend social system works.

than that simple story. screaming "this is bullshit, I'm The report will not come out not readirig this," and what do we until next year, after the election. get? An investigation into where Booze Unites Diverse Crowd Bits of it will never be published. the CIA went wrong, in which It will focus on failures by the nobody who doesn't want to tell continued from page 3 Think of Bourbon St. on alumni tour making its way CIA and not failures or manipula- all doesn't have to. • organizations that use them are Thursday night. Think of the through the library. Intrigued, he tion by the White House. Death toll of Bush's indiscre- organized arjd active. Vernon Social Center wine and looked up and heard the guide And most importantly, the tions: 528 Americans, thousands So what's the problem? Well, cheese party put on by ORL last casually remind the guests to commission will have no power of Iraqis - mostly civilians. many students and staff have year. Think of the fraternities on reconvene afterwards "for a glass to subpoena testimony. Bush will Why are we so scared to live lamented that the houses could be Saturday night. Believe it or not, or two of chardonnay upstairs." never have to say, under oath, without him? Why do we keep the sites of important interaction students don't show up at Pike In our society we expect there what he knew and when he knew believing that this man will make between white and non-white stu- and Psi U just for the atmosphere. to be alcohol at social events. Whether you like alcohol or you it. us safe? dents, but for some reason they And in our Trinity College socie- are not. hate it, you have to admit that it ty, an event without alcohol is The image of a cultural house gets people to an event. operating with a serious handi- Now we're looking at an administra- filled with all types of students • Realize that this does not sim- cap. tion who potentially forged military socializing, meeting each other, ply apply to college events; Understanding all of this, striding'toward a truly integrated events in the real world offer how can we possibly expect the intelligence... cultural houses to host large inte- grated events if we don't allow In our Trinity College society, an them to provide beer and wine? This is set up to be a white- Ricin got to Capitol Hill this event without alcohol is operating with I anticipate critics complain- wash, a masquerade, a little play week, and American soldiers ing about "liability" and "insur- enacted for us with stock charac- (whosepay Bush has just cut, by a serious handicap. ance." I don't know much about ters and a predictable outcome. the way) are sent out to be target them.grown-up buzz words. But The corresponding WMD inquiry practice for the groups flooding I do know that students are in London is similarly hollow, led into the Terrorist Holiday Camp campus - it hasn't quite material- alcohol, too. demanding more multiracial by a civil servant firmly inside that is occupied Iraq. The capture ized. Last week's article points Art openings: there's almost interaction. I also know that a The Establishment' and given of Saddam Hussein made out these very issues. always a nice spread with fruit, cultural house serving free beer at such a narrow remit as to be use- America so much safer that our So what's the answer? You crackers, and a whole bunch of an open party would instantly less in its findings. threat level was.elevated in the guessed it: alcohol. wine. provide that interaction. When a President engaged in week following it. Bombs have Unfortunately, the cultural houses Dinner parties: Martha I was obviously joking about consenting - albeit manipulative exploded at American and British on Vernon St. are drier than Stewart would slap you in the alcohol solving all problems, but targets across the world. - sexual acts with an intern, the chapped lips. No booze, as per head if you failed to provide a this is one case where it can defi- moral outrage of millions threw And the experts are telling us Trinity's rules. You walk into full-bodied cabernet to go with nitely make a positive impact. itself screaming at the White we were lied to. Leader of the AASA, you might as well be the beef bourguignon; and you I urge a rethinking of policy House, an independent investiga- Iraq Survey Group David Kay, walking into a bar in 1921. damn well better serve an after- so as to allow Trinity's, cultural tion with a wide remit and the British weapons scientist David This article is not about facts dinner digestif. houses to utilize alcohol as a power to compel testimony was Kelly, UN Inspector Hans Blix, for and against alcohol. I offer Public Relations: the other powerful tool in hosting social appointed, a year-long media cir- Ambassador Joe Wilson, and just one: it draws a crowd. day a friend of mine spotted an events. PAGE 6 THE TRINITY TRIPOD

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their college search, it is important that our ing input and feedback as the site devel- ABOUT TRINITY ACAOlMItS STUDENT Uf£ ADMISSIONS College web site reflect Trinity's academic oped. TRINllYSZ I OiRECTQR? I SEARCH strength and position as a leading liberal The site is the product of a joint effort arts institution in the nation." between the Communications Office and The new site will also utilize a Content the Computing Center. A web design, Management System. This will allow con- research and consulting firm, Generation, tent to be easily entered and updated, was retained by the school to work on the which will reduce the maintenance issues new navigation map and the site design. PIUlSPECriVt STUDlNTb that have plagued the current site. Current The site will retain its URL as www.trin- CUDHENT STUDENTS problems include outdated information, or coll.edu. FACULTY/STAFF conflicting information on sites. ALUMNt To publicize this change the PARENTS Sudhakar says, "We hope that our cur- Communications office is holding an COMMUNITY rent students, faculty and staff will use the online contest Feb. 16-20, with prizes rang-

1 'in 1,1 Ci ojt' D.M.H-i'es Raultier Llbrarv and infarimiUun Tudinoloyy Center VISITING TfilMITY LIBRARY Cci •[. ifticni o ttinimij.iily EngjgKimmt Enforced by Kcltagg foundation Grant "We hope that our current students, faculty and ART HAPPENINGS EtJiieai Dilemmas far ittiautnltattoti opatatians In Conflict 2enes ATHLETICS (Hmnafl Rijjhts Program Lecture Siirtes) staff will use the customized gateway pages as their GIVING TO TIUNITV primary access point..." - Rama Sudhakar 300 Sutr.mft Strett. Hwtfnrd. CT 061061 8«-:i37'3GO01 CTtlnrtv Cdlw F wtlytttrgtrincali erfu I O'rtgHms www.trincoll.edu customized gateway pages as their primary Trinity's new Web site will be launched Feb. 16. ing from a digital camera and a television access point to frequently visited links on to Trinity t-shirts. Information tables are the College web site." EILEEN FLYNN ways are intended for prospective students also being set up during lunch time in front to highlight the advantages of the liberal Representatives from most of the aca- of the bookstore in Mather Feb. 16 and in MANAGING EDITOR arts education, urban programs, and global demic departments and administrative front of Hamlin Feb. 18. The College has spent the last few learning opportunities through the experi- offices as well as trustees and senior man- Some people will be allowed to browse months redesigning the official Web site, ence of students. agement were involved in the process, giv- the site during the week of Feb. 9. which will launch Feb. 16. The site will ' Rama Sudhakar, Director of feature two new "Audience Gateway" Marketing, said, "Since more and more pages: '"Living and Learning" and prospective students are using the web as "Urban/Global Connections." These gate- the primary source of information during OSACC Contest Boosts Fan Support for Sports Teams

Middlebury: Recent graduate Jason Fleishman died Feb. 1 after succumbing to a case of meningococcal disease. Days before, he was a participant in a skiing event at Middlebury's Snow Bowl intended for mid-year graduates. The college issued a health advisory alert fol- lowing Fleishman's death, and have actively taken steps to identify those who came in direct contact with him during the week leading up to his untimely departure.

Amherst: Former student publisher of The Amherst Student, John Robinson Mead stood before the college's Disciplinary Committee recently for embezzling over $12,000 from the student-run paper. The committee agreed to'give Mead a four-year dismissal, which makes him eligible to return in the fall of 2007 and graduate with the class of 2008. Mead made claims of mental instability, and has been visiting a psychiatrist on a monthly basis, even before the incident. Under Hampshire County Court, he will serve two years under pro- Chuck Pratt bation, which includes weekly community service. The Bantam mascot helps the crowd cheer for the first $25,000 contestant KRISTIN KREMER prizes. There was also a competition Bowdoin: Faculty members voted last Monday to rework their being held between all of the residence NEWS WRITER credit/fail grading status to a credit/D/fail system in which students halls. Each student who attended signed in earning a D in a class will pass, but whose GPA will suffer as a result. Last Thursday, the boy's basketball for their dorm and the hall with the highest The move was intended to motivate students to do more than mere- team sealed yet another victory, this time percentage of attendees won a free catered against Clark University. The team has had ly pass their respective courses. Currently, of the 32 required cours- party. But the main half time event being an impressive season so far with only one organized outside was the basketball con- es needed to graduate, only four can be taken credit/fail. loss. However, despite their near perfect test with a $25,000 prize. record, the attendance of the games has The campus quickly responded to the Conn. College: Feb. 1, the college achieved its goal for a Kresge been slight. In an effort to raise school flyers posted around the dorms as an esti- spirit and to encourage support of the team Challenge grant that marks the end of a two-million dollar fundrais- mated 450 students came to support their the Office of Residential Life and the team. Through the first half, fans contin- ing drive. The funds will be used to attain advanced scientific equip- Office of Student Activities organized a ued filing into the stands. Even the Trinity ment and to maintain an endowment that will renew equipment in variety of events and contests at the game Bantam made an appearance at the game the future. This latest fundraising stint will help science students by against Clark University. The entrance to doing his part in cheering on the players. creating new research opportunities. the gym was alive with fans and yellow t- After an exciting first half, the winners of shirts sporting the phrase "Trinity the residence hall contest were announced Cockpit". Much like UConn's basketball as well as the competitors for the $25,000 "Williams: Alumnus Scott Farley '02 was signed for the second time cheering section the 'dog pound', the cock- contest. In the end, it was the freshman by the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots yesterday. A for- pit was. established Thursday in Trinity's dorm Little with 60 percent of their hall in mer wideout and safety, the team had formerly tried him out at those stands. 300 t-shirts were given away and attendance who took home the prize. The positions, and also as a placekicker before he was injured during last dozens more thrown into the crowd during two contestants chosen for the shoot out the time-outs. Pizza and refreshments were contest were seniors Jose Cuartas and Jack preseason. He was drafted by the NFL Europe team the Berlin served and masses of blue and gold pom- Canning. The challenge consisted of suc- Thunder where he will play for his father's former coach. poms were handed out. A raffle was organ- cessfully making four shots within 25 sec- ized with various see STUDENT on page 8 FEBRUARY 10, 2004 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD NEWS PAGE 7 Dr. Jones Assumes Role As Trinity's 20th President — all of the student leaders." It seemed that school isn't only degree from Trinity and one of his Concerning the issue of cur- for studying - its about sports, sons is a graduate of the College. riculum review, Jones stated, "I parties, and experiences... I think In his acceptance address, Jones will not dictate any curriculum he is a perfect match for Trinity." noted that when he heard of the reform because that is the facul- The search for a new presi- opening at Trinity from Chandler, ty's prerogative. Curriculum is the most important province of "In my opinion [alcohol abuse] is not the faculty. It is not the presi- dent's role to interfere in that so much a policy issue as it is an educa- process — but I would like to be part of it." Jones did mention one tion issue." - James Jones specific area of the curriculum that interested him and that he dent began in September with the he knew it was something he had would like to see emphasis placed assembly of a search committee to look into. From there, on. consisting of 14 members of the Secretary of the College, Scott "I am very interested in the Trinity community. The search Reynolds said, "It's been a step first year, a freshman's first 6-8 by step process." weeks of college because the Serving as a liaison between leaders of tomorrow are sitting the candidates and the search right here in our classrooms and committee, Reynolds was in con- Chuck Pratt that time is so important." tact with many of the applicants, Jones will begin his term as President July 1. Jones concluded the question but he recalls, "Jones emerged continued from page 1 ed, "Alcohol abuse is a national answer session with a brief early on as the person by which to link the College with the com- issue, not confined to Kalamazoo response to a question concerning all other candidates would be munity in many ways. His College — not confined to Trinity safety on campus. After mention- compared against later on." approach to further their efforts College. In my opinion it is not ing the precautions we all must According to Reynolds, the would be to "work extensively in so much a policy issue as it is an take as alert students and mem- search committee was looking for economic development." education issue." He continued bers of the community he said, a candidate who was an academ- "I think economic develop- on to say that binge drinking is a "Bottom line is, 'what is it like to ic, a qualified leader with past ment is a role that institutions in plague - a behavioral modifica- live in a city today?'" administrative experience, a suc- Jones stayed after the press cessful fundraiser and someone "... economic development is a role conference to shake hands and who would be able to maintain a chat with members of the local good connection with the student that institutions in cities have to play..." community, students and faculty. body. It was clear to the commit- -James Jones, President Elect Jones had been to campus earlier tee early on, that Jones was qual- in the week for a brief visit with film k I'rntt ified in all of these areas. selected faculty and students so The Board of Trustees voted "It's been a long time since cities have to play because what tion manner that has to be dealt that the search committee could unanimously to elect Jones. Trinity has had a president who happens to Hartford, happens to with by educating students. In an gage the community's thoughts was a real academic, which is Trinity. And what happens to effort to curb alcohol abuse on and acceptance of him. firm used by the College, important to people on this cam- Trinity, happens to Hartford." campus Jones said he would Junior Andrea Leverant was Academic Search, was responsi- pus - especially the faculty," said Whenasked by a journalist of "want to work with the Dean of one of the many students to meet ble for initiating talks with Jones, Reynolds. the Hartford Courant, his Students, the counseling center, with Jones. She said, "I really specifically Jonathan Chandler, a Before leaving to return to thoughts on alcohol abuse in the Office of Residential Life, the liked how enthusiastic he was reputable consultant of the firm. Kalamazoo, Jones said, "My College, Jones promptly respond- heads of fraternities and sororities about the entire learning process. Having served as President of goals as President would be: to Williams College and Hamilton learn to read the poetry of the during the course of his career, school, to have as many relation- Chandler is a vrell-KKSwri, WHl-! *"ffitps withrthis students as possi- respected name among presti- ble, and to maintain an inclusive gious universities and colleges. management style," Last year he conducted Amherst's He quickly followed, "You presidential search before starting need to surround yourself with his work at Trinity. Chandler smart individuals. No one is only conducts one search each smart enough to be a college or year. When he heard Trinity was university president alone." looking for a new president, he Jones plans o make several wanted this to be his work for trips back to campus before tak- 2004. Chandler has an honorary ing office in July. Democratic Choice: Students Vote Keny EILEEN FLYNN Dean, and would definitely make a better president than Bush." MANAGING EDITOR She noted, however, that, " ... One third of the students there's no way I'd vote for Bush; questioned in a poll conducted in I'd vote for anyone but him." First Year Students! What will your sophomore Mather said that they would vote The Democratic party cau- for Senator John Kerry, Mass, in cuses have been taking place for year he like? the presidential race. Thirty per- the past few weeks, across the cent of the students were as yet country. Despite discussion of undecided about who they would changing the order, Iowa and We invite you to consider the TUTORIAL COLLEGE, a unique vote for. After these two, .the New Hampshire held the first two program open to sophomores only. As a Tutorial student, you'll highest vote-getter was incum- primaries, both of which were live and learn in Summit East, where you'll explore great ideas in "I think Kerry is more stable than small seminars, pursue a year-long independent project, work closely with professors, and join with others in field trips, labs, Dean, and... makes a better president workshops, and other special learning opportunities. Tutorial than Bush." -• Emily Eisenberg '06 gives you 2.5 credits each semester, allowing you to take up to bent President George W. Bush won by Trinity favorite Kerry. five other courses during your sophomore year. As Ann,e-Louise with 15 percent. This surprised some voters, as Marquis ('06) says, Tutorial offers "education without borders." Governor Howard Dean, V.T. Dean had previously seemed a followed behind Bush, with strong contender considering the If you're ready for that, visit our website: General Wesley Clark and support he had developed among www.trincoll.edu/prog/tutorcol Senator John Edwards of North the younger voters. Furthermore, or contact SyIvia.DeMore, Administrative Director, Carolina tied with 4 percent of former Vice-President, and presi- ?.Q7 2152. [email protected] Trinity's vote. Representative dential candidate Al Gore has Dennis Kucinich of Ohio took 3 • thrown his support behind Dean. Dean sent a fundraising email APPLICATION DEADLINE: percent of the vote and Reverend Al Sharpton took 1 percent. to his supporters saying that if he Emily Eisenberg '06 said, "I did not win the Wisconsin pri- MARCH! think Kerry is more stable than see POLL on page 8 PAGE 8 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - FEBRUARY 10, 2004 Student Attendance continued from page 7 the campaign and positioned the mary on Feb. 17 he would drop Democratic party where it Elevates for Contest out of the race entirely, following needs to be to win in November in the footsteps of Conn. Senator ... [the] Dean campaign ... continued from page 6 Following the success of this John Lieberman, who dropped brought hundreds of thousands of onds, a lay-up, a foul shot, a event, the hope is that there will out of the race after winning only new voters into the Democratic three-point shot and a half court be a revived enthusiasm for all of 11 percent party." shot. The first to attempt was the sports teams and increased of the An informal • poll taken :• in Mather M o s t Jack. He made the first shot, the turnouts at the different winter vote in found the following information: •: recently lay-up, easily but was unable to sporting events. Along with bas- Delaware. Kerry has make the other three in the time ketball, the Ice Hockey, Squash However, Percentage of Students Who won the given. Next up was Jose who was team, Swimming and Diving Monday, vyVbuld Vote for Each Maine cau- able to make both the lay-up and teams, Track and Field and Feb. 9 cus, bring- the foul shot with much support Wrestling will continue through Dean con- ing him a from the crowd. Unfortunately March. Look for future events tradicted Presidential Election: total of 10 the time ran out before he could hosted by the Office of Student this state- out of the complete the remaining two shots. Activities and the Office of ment say- 12 states so Although the contestants were Residential Life in the months to ing that far. unsuccessful in winning the come. A basketball tournament he would Dean , Chuck Pratt $25,000 prize, the basketball team will be held in March and Disco not in fact •Dean: 8 who only came back and won the game. Volleyball in April. drop out. carried 8 Kerry has won 10 of 12 states in the Primary thus far. Greg ;•Edwards;/4y.W,. percent of M o r i n Trinity Gephardt, who said of Kerry, "We '05, who •Kuciriich: 3 managed to need a leader who can defeat has been *Sharpton: 1 come in George Bush in November in the very •McCain: 1 ; •; cecond to general election and we need a active in Kerry. leader who we all know can walk the Dean •Undecided: 30 Kucinich into that Oval office tomorrow campaign, came in afternoon and be a great president said, third with of the United States." "Even after Wisconsin only 25% Edwards and Clark trailing far Edwards has claimed a victo- of the delegates will have been behind. ry in only N.C. and Clark has awarded. Sure, Dean is the Dean also took second to claimed a win in Okla. However, underdog, but there's still a defi- Kerry in Washington and Clark finished behind Kerry and Sharpton in South Carolina, a "Sure, Dean is the underdog, but state that he thought he was sure to take. there's still a definite chance he could Kerry has also picked up pull it off." - Greg Morin '05 endorsements from a number of New Yorkers, including Comptroller Alan Hevesi and nite chance he could pull it off." Michigan. At a rally in Mich. Betsy Gotbaum, the New York Morin continued, "More Kerry got an endorsement from a City public advocate, who had importantly, Dean has funda- former presidential candidate, both formerly endorsed Chuck Pratt mentally changed the nature of Missouri Representative Dick Lieberman. Students gather in the Oosting Gym for a chance to win $25,000.

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John Hey]'66 Vice President of Development and University Relations, WPI Rachel Rivera'99 Unit Director The Boys and Girls Club of Hartford ^ FEBRUARY 10, 2004 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD NEWS PAGE 9 Human Rights Program Hopes to Keep Director

continued from page 1 flux: people will just have to keep an eye keep a faculty member as the director of on it." the program. Professor Maryam Elahi, in "The Human Rights Program is a fine Kerry Kennedy Lecture the role since its establishment in 1999, is program and it will continue," Borden Author Kerry Kennedy will give a lecture at 7 p.m. seen by her students as a fundamental part Painter commented, "There are some Wednesday, Feb. 11 in the Washington Room, The lecture of the program, and one whose loss would financial and administrative questions we be felt substantially. Jesse Stamell and are working on as part of the annual centers around her book Speak Truth to Power and creating Jason Koman, both sophomores and budget planning for next year. We hope awareness of the challenges faced by international human minors in the human rights program, had to resolve these in a way that will not rights heroes. The lecture is sponsored by Trinity's Human much to say about the importance of Elahi only continue the program, but strength- both as a teacher and as a leader for the en it." Rights Program and Fleet Bank and is free and open to the program. "Her value is not just in how I think the Human Rights Program is public. great a professor she is," said Koman, "but one of Trinity's greatest programs," Dean "If you sat down and had a discussion with her Apply to be a Peer Tutor you would understand just how great her energy is." Students interested in becoming a peer tutor must pick up - Jesse Stamell,'06 and fill out an application from the Dean of Students Office by Friday Feb. 13. Applicants must have received at least an in her networking abilities. She has 25-35 Miller Brown stated. "The minor is in great "A" or "B" in the course which they wish to tutor and must years of experience in human rights world shape, and the lectures are thriving." attend training at the beginning of the semester. If a student is wide - people wouldn't come to campus to Students voiced concern that this is recommended through the Dean of Students Office he/she speak to us if it weren't for her." Both stu- perhaps not the time to be making major dents went on to mention that they had the cuts in programs. With a new president just will make a little more than $8 an hour. opportunity to meet and speak with the recently appointed, they said, it would director of Amnesty International, a chance seem better to wait to deal with decisions they never would have had if Elahi had not and issues like these when there are people Spain Open in'the Fall brought him to campus. "Maryam keeps more permanently in place. Trinity in Barcelona is now being offered for fall terms as things going," said Stamell. "If you sat There have been efforts made to pro- down and had a discussion with her you tect the program on campus. Students have well as the usual spring term program. There are currently would understand just how great her ener- written and can continue to send letters to two tracks, one for students fluent in Spanish who wish to gy is." the Board of Trustees. Those letters are enroll in courses at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and partic- Whether or not the position will be cut then sent to be reviewed by the president. is still being dealt with by the board of fac- "It is the job of the Board to serve the stu- ipate in internships (Iberian studies track) and the other for ulty advisors, and more personally by dents," said Stamell. He also added that students interested in pursuing studio arts. President Painter, Dean of Faculty Miller perhaps some of the administration needs Brown, and Maryam Elahi. "It's a hard to be less passive on this issue, as it is an issue to talk about because it is a personal important one that a great number of stu- issue," stated Elahi, "Things are still in dents feel strongly about. Academically Incorrect \ From noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday Feb. 4 in Mather Dining Hall,- QSA^mp0m0^^^m^Mm^M9mmMdi:es^- ing the issue of "Race vs. Class; Which One Divides Us More?" The Forum included a diverse panel which included both professors and students. Professor Heaney was the moderator and described the event as being well attended and representative of diverse viewpoints. He stated "We had both Are you confident in your interviewing skills? impressionistic views (how I've, felt or what I've witnessed Confident enough to risk that dream job or here on campus), and more "scholarly" assessments (except in summer internship? inner cities, we are less racially segregated now than in the past)." The next Academically Incorrect will be held from Sign up for a practice interview and take advantage of the noon.to;l p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18 in Mather Dining Hall opportunity to strengthen your interviewing skills when and the topic will be "The Naked Truth: Is a single breast real- there's nothing at stake. ly that bad?" • .•• All four classes are encouraged to participate in this program. Remember, you only get one chance to make a Campus Safety Report: first impression, but you can do as many practice The following incidents occurred from Jan. 30 to.Feb. 4. interviews are you want! • The night of Jan. 30, a lone student walking on the long walk was approached by two males who punched him and These are the last practice interviews offered this year. demanded his money and cellular phone. While his attackers Don't miss out! fled, the student alertly called Campus Safety who responded quickly, and with the help of HPD soon apprehended both Practice Interviews will be on suspects. • Feb. 1, a student's misplaced cellular phone was found WEDNESDAY • February 18, 2004 by a local man who used the phone to reach its owner. The man intended to return the phone on the basis that he receive from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM a $ 25 reward in exchange. The student contacted Campus in the Career Services Office. Safety who confronted the man and returned the phone to her without incident. The student refusedto press charges and the man was asked to leave the grounds and not return. Campus SafcK advises that students in similar prcdicamenLs always DEADLINE TO SIGN-UP: report them immediately. Friday • February 13,2004 • The Hartford Fire Dept. responded to several fire alarms this week due to students leaving curling irons unattended, TO SIGN UP stop by Career Services kitchen mishaps, and pulled shunts. with a copy of your resume. Sign up early to get the time slot you want. Incidents of particular importance have been identified and listed above. THIS WEEK AT TRINITY FEB 9-FEB. 15,2004 . Wednesday, February 11,2004

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The Next Howie Day: Trinity's OwaRysm Brodeur STEFANIE LOPEZBOY depressing break ups because he about a melody. "Writing songs STAFF WRITER is just starting to get the feel for it. for me is like this: I start with a He says, "[Writing music] is hard. melody that I like and then I try to He's my favorite skinny It's a pain in the ass. I'm a really put words to it. But, melodies for white boy with a guitar, and you bad lyricist and so I kinda.just me strike these cords that are have all probably seen him write whatever fits and then go more easily put into images than around campus at some point back and, if I can, try and make it into words, which is why I feel singing sweet renditions of better." However, Ryan admires that lyric writing is so difficult." Dispatch, Howie Day, and his good lyricists, people who can If describing these images is diffi- own creations. With a creamy, "sit down and spill out a lyrical cult in English, a language that smooth voice like crushed velvet masterpiece." has a fecundity of vocabulary, and heartfelt melodies, he sere- Don't let these songs fool writing in another language is nades Underground goers. If you you; Ryan is perfectly happy with even harder when there are not have not figured it out yet, I am his girlfriend of three and a half enough words. talking about Trinity's own Ryan years, but depressing break ups True to the starving artist Brodeur '05. offer fodder for the fire. "I have motif, Ryan would love to roam Although he loves playing in, this very melancholic side to me about the country playing his gui- the Underground and the Funston that not too many people know tar and writing music for some Cafe, Ryan's true aspirations are about, and it tends to come out in time after college. At the same to have his own CD some day. force within my songs." He time, he would like to find an He says, "I would love to have admits he has been trying to pro- apartment in Boston or New York my own label at some point, duce more upbeat material. and invest himself in the music scene there. He says, "I am "I would love to have my own label at always very conscious of the fact that what I do is very stereotypi- some point." - Ryan Brodeur '05 cal and I am always trying to dis- tance myself from that kind of stereotype. I always make jokes though I think I should focus on A French major and Italian Stefanie Lopezboy getting a record out first. Studies,minor, he has composed about it." Plan B, should his Preferably, it would be with a songs in both languages in addi- dreams of musical acclaim unrav- junior Ryan Brodeur sings at the Underground. smaller label." Ryan both covers tion to his songs in English. el, is teaching French or working the Vice President of the Junior guitar guy," he not only plays at music from more popular artists Writing in other languages, he with French in some way. class. the Underground, but he also such as Jack Johnson arid Howie says, is even 'more difficult than ... Ryan is a Connecticut local With the Junior class works there. Day, to lesser-known artists such composing in English, the natural hailing from Manchester. He President Collin Warner, he has In an appreciation for contin- as The New Amsterdams and metrics of romance languages came from Kingswood-Oxford a helped organize such events as ued fanfare, Ryan says "I think it Josh Ritter.'"••'• ; ..••••..•;••••. aside. He has also started trying full twenty minutes away from the Stray Illusions/Sawtelles con- is. awesome that people seem to Trinity. During his time here, he A versatile musician, he also his hand at short story writing, cert last spring, when they were enjoy coming to see my shows." plays the saxophone and .writes, which he feels helps his song dabbled in Guided Studies, the sophomore officers. Hopefully, Next time you have a hankering his own mbsio, The subject of higi • on, they will be organizing a similar,,,,, for^rushed yelvet,.check him out, original compositions is mostly express himself without worrying and the jazz band. Ryan is also show this spring. Known as "the he plays often. Ten WTT** 10 ABBY SAMOLIS decorated, though it can be fun to Our more adventurous appetizer, Top 10 Things RESTAURANT REVIEWER watch the chef at work. edamame, or young soybeans, About a decade ago, long However, the smiling owners may seem like a bizarre item to before tapas and Latin American make up for any aesthetic com- order. What looks like a bowl of NOT to do OH Y-Pay fusion cuisine dominated culinary plaints. Constantly smiling, they peapods arrives steaming at the trends, sushi enjoyed a long stint even remember your name if, like table. However, they honestly are in the limelighf. The notion of my friend, you frequent their a nice (and healthy) substitute for 10. Group date. At McDonald's. raw fish, though! potato : chips. an initially fright- They're nicely ening notion for Quality Cof salted and don't 9. Buy them things that you want. Hint: most diners, even- taste like a health Boys, edible underwear are a no.. tually caught food. Other steam. Now, sushi Damage: options include restaurants ; are , avocado sashimi, 8. Give both of your girlfriends the same gift. nearly; as ubiqui- ~ aged tofu with tous as Starbucks, though with a restaurant enough. They are help- tempura sauce, and traditional far more interesting menus. ful in recommending items for miso soup. 7. Take your girlfriend to the Gold Club. Though I consider myself an both beginners, and experts in the To order sushi, you must fill adventurous eater, I never jumped sushi field, yet aren't ever pushy out what looks like a golf score- oil the sushi bandwagon, despite about it. This is a nice change card, indicating how many of 6. fell your boyfriend about that guy you met continued pleas from my room- from the servers at Osaka in West each roll you'd like. This system at Psi U as a gesture of love and trust. mates. Finally, I agreed to try it, Hartford, whose main goal seems works very well, as it practically with the provision that one of my to be getting their patrons prohibits any room for error. It more sushi-enlightened friends out as quickly can be difficult to gauge how 5. Regale your significant other about the guide me through this daunting AS possi much to order; though the food process. Luckily, Fuji Sushi ' * ble looks light, it can be very filling. amazing Valentine's Day you had last year with offers a comfortable atmos- 'album (insert the opposite gender in your room dia (though 1 must admit that I snide remark here) and received, who isn't otherwise related to added the Hallmark bit). Cupid, to my surprise, a stuffed replica of you. That is to say, getting caught Never Say Trinity Students Aren't Creative that ever-charming, arrow-wield- the Tacp Bell Chihuahua that in your room with your girlfriend On Friday night, AT witnessed an ingenious ing, rotund bundle of lovin' was smelled like a burrito (I don't can get you suspended. That group of students invent a new way to get think it was supposed to, howev- "borrowed" from the Romans, year, Valentine's* Day was on a their daily dose of tequila. After running out who in turn had borrowed the er). When squeezed appropriate- weeknight, meaning off-campus Greek equivalent Eros. ly, it sputtered out something travel was strictly prohibited for of soda, these students improvised and chased So why should this day, with unintelligible in Spanish. Hoping my boyfriend. Our romantic their shots with snowballs. AT was very its bloody and folkloric connota- that he wasn't suggesting afternoon was impressed, but would like to remind everyone tions, be celebrated with such fer- squeeze him appropriately, spent in the vor? The answer lies with a Miss thanked my then-boyfriend common room interested in attempting this to stay away Esther Rowland, who created the and we went to go see a of his dormito- from yellow snow. first valentine in the United ry, doing nothing States. This was followed by in particular, There Was Supposed to be One Great Flood commercially produced valen- because the tel- tines in the 1800s. At some - u«( evision could AT ended up at a unexpected pool party on point within the past centu- Saturday night when a pipe burst at the Hall. ry, Hallmark (the AT first thought it was dry ice in preparation source of so many of our holiday-asso- \ for some surprise, but was then sadly disap- movie ciated problems) only be turned on after o r pointed to realize that it was actually scalding stepped in, and classes had ended for the some- hot water, six inches deep on the floor. AT is now we have week on Friday afternoons. thing the pink, red, and After an hour, with his dorm also a little peeved that AT's shoes are now equally trite. frilled atrocity that mother frequently walking in quite waterlogged and is wondering who is Valentine's Day we're all familiar with today. Not and out of the room, not to men- going to pay for them. only do couples feel pressure to #1 as a significant other was tion our friends coming to say have a romantic, perfect day, but done. Based upon the fact that hello, I left with a sweet, funny singles feel assaulted by their other than a smelly stuffed animal note and a necklace he had made overmuch. Not only am I still lone-person status. Having expe- and the male of choice I can't for me. Despite the decidedly despair from a lonely single, assaulted with too much pink, rienced Valentine's Day from remember anything about the day, unromantic atmosphere, because I'm quite content this both perspectives, I can't say that it can be asserted that it did not Valentine's Day #2 had not been a red, and heart-shaped parapherna- way. Now I don't have to explain there is much to choose between make any sort of positive impres- completely horrible experience. lia when I walk into CVS, Stop & to anyone just what it was I was them. sion upon me. Then I found out two days later Shop or Hallmark, but my friends doing over the weekend, or that Valentine's Day #2 with a that he had cheated on me. always make a beeline to those me hanging out with a group of My first non-single V-Day boyfriend was worse. Having Enough said. areas to get something for their guys doesn't involve mass- was in eighth grade. My entered an all-girls' prep school, Since then, relationships have boyfriend/girlfriend. People who debauchery. It just seems that as boyfriend was a blond-haired my boyfriend, of course, went to been confined to the non- purposely wear pink or red on far as I can tell, the only good blue-eyed quarterback' from the an all-boy's school. Anyone who February months. As something Valentine's Day, or, heaven for- things to come out of Hallmark football team and we had started has been to prep school can attest of a serial single girl and commit- bid, something heart-shaped, dis- hijacking the day in the name of dating approximately two months to the strict rules regarding off- ment phobic, this hasn't been turb me to no end. capitalism are the candy hearts beforehand. Attempting to be campus travel, curfews, and most much of a struggle. Now I don't want anyone to with the messages on them, and thoughtful, I purchased him a importantly, having a member of But despite my negative interpret this article as a cry of the sale on chocolate Feb 15. experiences on Valentine's Day with a boyfriend, not having one hasn't improved the situation FEBRUARY 10, 2004 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD FEATURES PAGE 13

continued from page 11 rarely leave you overly sated, which is cer- is mellow and easy to ingest. Despite the tainly a nice change from the effects of investment in pricier fish, a roll averages other cuisines. about seven dollars, a good price consider- Japanese restaurants are not only good seeing into spuing 2004 ing the quality ingredients. By far the best for sushi, though. Those who prefer their We all know what this Saturday is: National Appreciate Your Lhasa Apso Puppy Day, but there's also a little known holiday Miss Overall, anyone can be pleased at Fuji, whether Diamond thought she would recognize as well. Known as Valentine's you're eating raw or cooked, meat or veggies. day, it has its origins in the cannibalistic rituals of the lower Amazon basin head-hunting tribes. Although it is now celebrated with assort- ed chocolates and roses, these are really symbolic representations of roll we tasted was the spicy tuna r6ll, which food to be cooked also have many choices. ears and toes. Miss Diamond hopes that you will take this into was simply spicy bluefin tuna that acquired A variety of tempura dishes, including veg- account 'when shopping for you sweetie. Happy V-Day! a buttery taste as it practically melted in etables and mixed seafood, are nicely bat- your mouth. tered, though rather filling. Traditional beef My friend explained that she prefers and chicken teriyaki with rice are also Fuji to Osaka for the spicy tuna roll, as offered, as are udon dishes, or traditional Osaka uses a less fatty tuna that therefore Japanese noodles. Overall, anyone can be has less flavor. A variation on this roll, the pleased at Fuji, whether you're eating raw Mexican roll, includes tiny strips of tempu- or cooked, meat or veggies. ra in it, adding a surprisingly satisfying Fuji is a great place to familiarize your- L-GO crunch to the roll. Another traditional self with the art of sushi eating, though it's r - f ee>cujAft.y 18 OULV 23 - AUGUST 22 choice is the Alaska roll, made with salmon an equally satisfying spot for veterans. The and avocado. staff is warm and willing to help, though l-l'okay. bo. This is your Valentine's Pay. Your LoVe Life has been rocky so far. Leo, Fuji also makes interesting variations it's a wise idea to bring along someone who ChiLLin'. bo ruling out your kneecaps melt- but this V-Pay WiLL offer a change of pace. has experience. Some aspects of the expe- on traditional rolls. The Christmas roll is Ing, meteors being crashed into you. your bomeone is Looking out for you. and I don't made with red caviar and avocado. The rience I have yet to master, such as getting significant other Leaving you, and your mean in heaven. The floor above you hous- Philadelphia roll, essentially Americanized an entire piece of sushi in my mouth with heart exploding, you're pretty much gonna es a mysterious benefactor who Will sushi, contains cream cheese and smoked chopsticks without destroying it. However, arrange a matchmaking setup. K-eep an salmon in the center. Even if you're a veg- the chef will gladly cut the roll into eight blow yourself up. bo, Aquarius, go have a etarian, tasty options are available. smaller pieces instead of the traditional six nap. And T-UtN fire the missiles! open mind; goats are cute, right? Cucumber rolls and asparagus rolls are just upon request. This kind of service is neces- Lucky flavors nuclear Winter. Lucky flavor; rocky road. that, with no trace of fish. For the bravest sary when trying something diners, plenty of choices include eel, new and exotic, which is Pisces K/to&o which I didn't try but reviews from why Fuji is friendlier to Pe&ft.uAR_y 13 - MAR-CH 20 AUGUST 23 - SEPTEMBER. 22 friends have ranged from "awe- beginners than is Osaka. some" to "gross- tastes like ^ . The good news is that it's also Would you rather spend your Valentine's Virgo, it's time to take a break. You've barbecued bacon." Once you ™ less expensive. Bottom line: don't be Pay With a stud-muffin doing har manual been having a Lot of fun, but take it easy if know what kind of fish you intimidated by the idea of raw fish; labor in the freezing cold while Little you don't Want to run out of prospects prefer, it's relatively easy to it's really not hard to enjoy. And gnome-children point and laugh at your before you graduate. I suggest a bubbLe pick a roll based on the accom- besides, if you do decline the actu- lack of dothlng but Lush abundance of hair. bath (whoops, not in these showers!) or a al sushi, plenty of cooked entrees panying ingredients. Though it's or ... not? !v]ake up your mind, because nice home cooked meal (in what kitchen?) easy to consume 12 pieces in a sit- ensure that you'll enjoy the experi- Valentine's Pay is fast approaching. bereft it, What ebe is there to do? ting, the light consistency of sushi will ence. Lucky flavor: gnom*-mad« broWnias. Lucky flavor: Water.

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Cancer, your sexual energy has been While you may think you've found The One, Time: 5:00 p.m. blocked by the unflattering arrangement don't expect them to be perfect. \Leep the Panel: Elizabeth Cowan, Shika of furniture in your dorm room, lv|ake a day Words of Charles Pierce in mind, Cap Gulati, Melissa Martinelli, of feng shui With your roommate, and you'll before you get your hopes up: "The perfect have the most erotic VaLentine's Pay in lover is one who turns into pizza at A a.m.' Naomi Reville, Caeana Sanders &antam history The question is: who gets I'LL keep my fingers crossed for you i dibs on the room Saturday night? comes with extra cheese. Lucky flavor, gre^n tea. Lucky flavor: anchovy; PAGE 14 FEATURES THE TRINITY TRIPOD - FEBRUARY 10, 2004 1HE Qout te totlrait

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SCOTT TROOST went on to say: "Don't get me to choreograph the "non-dance" wrong, I do not wish to live in a parts as carefully as the move- ARTS CONTRIBUTOR colorless world but rather a world ment sections were would have A man wearing a collared that is tolerant. We can never made the delivery of the lines shirt with one sleeve torn off, erase racism. We should by no even stronger and more powerful pants, and a tie enters carefully, as means embrace racism but we for the audience. The piece if walking on a tight rope, into the should also not pretend it does not would also have been visually performance space. Taking cen- exist." cleaner. ter stage he begins his dialogue Porter was able to draw the Through the piece Artistic- with the audience, eventually audience into the performance by American James Porter contem- declaring, "I am a black asking questions of both himself plated and asked questions about American." and the audience. He did not the racial issues present in This past week James Porter, present himself as separate from America. While society would a senior Theatre arid Dance or above any of the claims he like to think that it is beyond www.google.com major, premiered his thesis per- made. racial stereotypes, Porter's piece James Lecesne and Jeffery Roberson star in Irma Vep, formance entitled Artistic- One of the most memorable forced the audience to acknowl- American in the Austin Arts images was during a dance sec- edge its presence in our everyday Center. As Porter told me, his tion. Projecting onto the psych life; however, he communicated thesis was' a study of the "Black (the white fabric covering the his optimism that, while racism Irmo Vep Mnet arts movement and how it has entire back wall of a theatre onto will never disappear, he still empowered the black race." which light is projected) a vibrant believes that through time we can Combining monologue, personal red light, Porter extends his body become a more racially tolerant ot Hartford Atoge anecdotes, found texts, and np»v. id"eci n'ng a sjiit» of pic- SIM R"L\ dance, Porter brought his ideas to life in the form of a solo perform- A Delightful Comedy About the Wealthy ance. KELLY RICE Directed by Michael Wilson, Porter led the audience to ARTS CONTRIBUTOR Charles Ludlam's comedy comes conclusions about the relevance to life as soon as you receive the of black performance history to The Mystery of Irma Vep is a playbill. today. As stated in his mono- mystery-comedy that has been Upon taking one of the 489 logue; "Black life on Broadway playing for the past four weeks at seats in the theatre, one finds him was introduced as an exotic sub- The Hartford Stage Company. or herself flipping through the ject full of negative stereotypes to The Hartford Stage is currently in pages of the playbill in eager make black people feel ashamed its 40th year of productions and anticipation. Immediately, one of their race and background: the has earned national recognition, learns that the comedy of this Buffoon, the Tragic Mulatto, the including a Tony Award, for play is not limited to the stage. ; Christian Slave, the: Carefree Outstanding Regional Theatre. The playbill itself is overflowing Primitive, and the Black Beasl." The stage has drawn talented with hilarity to the careful reader. Each of these characters was actors to Connecticut such as For example, the list of actors accompanied by Porter striking a Angela Lansbury and Calista includes two men James Lecesne silly pose showing their ridicu- Flockhart to name a few. This and Jeffery Roberson and two lous nature. While often we like James Porter months past performance is no women Jocelyn Burnet-Phipps to think society is far beyond James Porter strikes a pose to characterize black stereotypes. exception. see TWO on page 18 these antiquated racial associa- cise, elegant movements. tions,. Porter then did a reenact- Reducing Porter to a moving sil- ment of his first high school the- houette made this section memo- atre experience showing they still rable after his racial identity was are prevalent. He and a female the focal point for the majority of classmate, the only two black stu- the show. The lighting design, dents cast in the show, were the done by Jessie Richardson '04, iiiiiliilinler maid and butler. While telling the effectively erased his race. This story, I cringed because the end- drove home the simple, often ing was painfully obvious. One repeated, yet powerful point that Greg Bailey: Territory of Love and Fear , would think that typecasting in only skin color separates us. Set Friday, Jan. 30- Saturday Mar, 6 high school would be unneces- in contrast to the narrative, this Please see schedule for exhibiting times Austin Arts Center, Goodwin Theater Using the ideas of geological time as a metaphor for the human condition, this site-specific installa- tion will dramatically transform the gallery to alter the viewer's perception of space and gravity. The sub- ject of the installation is the endless plateaus, tenuous asteroids, and the conjoined planets. The content of the installation is the combination of psychoanalytical theory of Jung and Freud, the concept of geo- logical time, and how they relate to personal time and the questions of perceiving reality.

10 Brecht Poems Wednesday Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. Austin Arts Center, Goodwin Theater Recently featured on NPR and German Public Radio, Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble and North American Cultural Laboratory (NaCl Theatre) present a dynamic two-woman Brechtian vaudeville theater piece entitled 10 Brecht Poems, New York-based actresses Tannis Kowalchuk (NaCl Theatre) and Leese Walker (Strike Anywhere) bring to life ten poems by Bertolt Brecht, the renowned German play- James Porter wright and social critic. Kowalchuk and Walker, the creators of the show, use satire and a variety of per- James Porter performs while telling a narrative. formance styles to examine the horrors of war, the importance of solidarity and the need for dissent. Aside from tight vocal harmonies, precise movement and powerful text, the performance also features sary and avoided. I could not was a striking section which hand-painted slides and shadow puppets by the pair. help but begin to examine my allowed the audience members to Monday, Feb. 16 own racial associations that are as have a moment of reflection. of now ingrained in our society, During this section, the statement Porter effectively brings up that this is not an ideal world.res- Seabury 19 Theater: New Work Series the issue of race suggesting onated. Monday, Feb. 16 at 4:15 and 8 p.m. human tendencies which, as an A work with a strong message Seabury Hall, Studio 19, 3rd floor audience member, I could not well communicated, my sugges- Two performances showcasing new theatrical approaches by students in the Department of Theater and ignore. Particularly when he sim- tion would be to explore blurring Dance. ply stated: "You, you claim to the movement and text sections, have never made judgments as opposed to such a sharp delin- Studio 47: Mollye Maxner and Kelly Parsley based on race, yet you surround eation between the two. This Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. yourself entirely with people of change would give a greater sense Seabury Hall, Studio 47, 3rd floor the same race. Why do you, of how they relate to one another when describing someone give which would make the piece These two gifted young choreographers from Amherst, Mass/ present their extraordinary dance duet, detail of their race, "oh he's the stronger overall. The dance parts "The Living Room." Set to the music of Tom Waits, this poignant duet explores the cycle of two lives Black, White, Hispanic, Asian were precisely choreographed together expressed through movement and silent acting. Mollye and Kelly are co-artistic directors of guy on the corner?" and elegantly executed. While Chimaera Physical Theater, and both have taught, performed and choreographed nationally and inter- Thereby he exposed some of when talking in a narrative voice, nationally in over 250 performances. the unconscious racist tendencies some movements were unsure that all humans are subject to. He and superfluous. Taking the time austinarts.org FEBRUARY 10, 2004 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD ARTS PAGE 17 FDn

NICK CALLAHAN Giamatti. Harvey Pekar is a file neo-realism period, although this ARTS CONTRIBUTOR clerk and writes comic books movie is not pure realism. There about his life. It may not sound is not a movie this year that is The year 2003 may go down terribly exciting but American more touching and absolutely no as the year of Gigli, but despite Splendor is touching and sweet movie more powerful. There is the tremendous failure of Gigli, it and at the end it is impossible not nothing predictable about this was one of the best years for to care for the main characters. movie, because it is real life. movies, in a long while. There Finding Nemo Lord of the Rings: j-r.-jty.,:•'";'**.' ' '%* ' were wonderful movies made in It seems that Pixar just does- The Return of the King nearly every category. There were n't make bad movies, and their Almost a lock for the Best big budget epics such as The fifth feature does not disappoint. Picture Oscar, The Return of the Return of the King, small inde- Finding Nemo may be a very King juggernaut is unstoppable. Return of the King is the final installment of the trilogy and is the best of the three. It contains one of the finest and certainly the largest battle scenes ever put on film. The movie is a spectacle in Orlando Bloom stars in Returnof the King. its scope and will go down as one just another version of Mutiny on 21 Grams of the finest movies of the year. the Bounty. Sean Penn had quite a year. Lost in Translation Mystic River While his acting in Mystic River Sofia Coppola's film is on Both Sean Penn and Tim is earning him tons of awards, his more top 10 lists this year then Robbins have been decorated for acting in 21 Grams is just as any other movie, and it is deserv- their acting in Mystic River, a great. He is complimented by out- ing of all of those votes. Lost in movie that is driven by the per- standing performances by Naomi Translation showcases the best formances. It also seems likely Watts and Benicio Del Toro. The Bill Murray performance in that they both will garner Oscars story is told out of order and this years, and introduces Scarlett for their work. Apart from the does not advance the film in any- Johansson as a new talent to performances the movie is also way. Even with this fault, when watch. After watching this movie compelling and interesting. It you can grasp the whole story, it is apparent that the great direct- manages to successfully merge a you will be left breathless. www.google.com ing gene has not passed over crime drama and psychological 28 Days Later Incredible images in Pixar's Finding Nemo. Sofia Coppola. Her father Francis thriller into one. Mystic River is Not likely to win any movie pendent films like Lost in standard story, but it is well writ- Ford Coppola of Godfather fame •• one of the finest movies of the of the year award, 28 Days Later Translation, and animated films ten and the voice actors are very has passed the torch to his daugh- year. is still an intelligent, interesting, such as the Triplets of Belleville. good, especially Ellen ter. The Triplets of Belleville and scary film. It is so rare that a I would like to share with DeGeneres. The greatest thing Master and Commander: Every year there is talk that good horror movie comes out that you, 10 remarkable movies from about this film is the images: they The Far Side of the World hand drawn animation is dead, I thought this warranted mention. the year all of which are more are incredibly magical. It is a Not your average swashbuck- but each year a movie comes that 28 Days Later is about a man who than worth the price of admission. movie that is easy to get lost in. It ling movie, Master and scoffs in the face of that idea. Last wakes up from a coma to find American Splendor is an amazing achievement in dig- Commander is a movie about year's Spirited Away, a Japanese London abandoned. He comes to Come to be known as one of ital art. Along with its beauty, it is adventures on the high seas. It is film, and 2003s The Triplets of find out that people have been the most unique movies of the also very funny and enjoyable. • an adventure that is as exciting as Belleville, a French film, easily fit turned into zombies through a year, American Splendor, is a In America anything in 2003, but never loses the bill. The story involves a virus, and from that point on he comic book movie. But it is not Jim Sheridan is a master at sight of the human element. It grandmother, a grandson, a bike, struggles to survive. the comic book movie we have telling stories of people's life, and combines great action with a neurotic dog, and the French 2003 was an excellent year come to know. There are no in In America, he tells his own intriguing dialogue. This makes mafia. The Triplets of Belleville for movies. I have tired to provide explosions and no superheroes. It story about a family coming to me wish that Hollywood would is a quirky and interesting film a mixture of movies that qualify is the story of Harvey Pekar, who America to start a new life. The make more seafaring movies like and easily ranks among the best as some of the year's best. \ hope is expertly played by Paul movie is reminiscent of the Italian Master and Commander, and not animated films of the decade. you enjoy these movies.

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Deadline to RSVP is PAGE 18 ARTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - FEBRUARY 10, 2004 two Man Cast Great continued from page 16 Hillcrest (Jeffery Roberson). search of answers. and Varla Jean Merman. Sounds are heard from behind The second act begins with Upon close examination of a door on the set and Nicodemus much more excitement than the the actor's headshots, however, scurries off into the night. Just as first. The two actors enter the two women prove to be the he exits out one door, Lady Enid through the back and are right in male actors with make-up, jewel- Hillcrest enters another. the middle of the audience. As ry, and wigs. What is most shocking is that they walk throughout the rows Furthermore, the actor's the two characters are one and the they crack jokes that make the descriptions boast such accom- same actor, but the change audience a part of the play. plishments as appearances on occurs almost instantly, but the The audience, in effect, "Sex and the City," "All My costumes are completely differ- becomes a part of the tomb. www.google.com Children," and a variety of MTV ent. It seems almost impossible. Between the crazy costumes, the Bogart gives a superb performance in Casablanca. specials. This incredible interchange of excellent comedic writing, and On the contrary, actresses characters occurs steadily the hilarity of the men dancing as descriptions include "intense self throughout the first act of the Egyptian women, the opening scene of the second act has much CASABLANCA 1$ of the audience rolling in their The over-exaggeration of the female seats with laughter. characters is what gives the play most of As the audience is looking TRULY A CLASSIC away from the stage, a quick set EVAN NORRIS It is in this center of intrigue and its humor... corruption that we find Rick change brings them back to the ARTS CONTRIBUTOR library room at the Hillcrest Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a estate. There the rest of the In 1942, when moviegoers in thick-skinned nightclub owner. hypnotherapy" and "a one play. mystery is slowly revealed amidst New York City entered a dimly lit Everybody comes to Rick's, woman musical based on the life The actors not only change quicker costume changes fol- theater and sat down to watch including Czech underground of catalog queen Lillian Vernon". their costume, but their deep lowed by quick one-line jokes. Casablanca, they had no idea leader Victor Laszlo (Paul The absolute ridiculousness of manly voices give way to Lady Enid goes insane and they were about to see one of the Henreid) and Nazi Major the playbill leaves one anxious squeaky over-exaggerated female the portrayal of her loss of wits greatest movies ever made. Heinrich Strasser (Conrad Veidt). for the show to begin. tones. The over-exaggeration of adds only further to the hysteria Now, more than sixty years Laszlo, who wants to escape from When the show begins it is the female characters is what in which the audience find them- later, after being forced to watch Casablanca with his wife, needs obvious that the four-person pro- gives the play most of its humor. selves. The werewolf and vam- it on tiny television sets, fans can two exit visas. duction is actually a two-man Furthermore,, throughout the pire are exposed and the play once again enjoy Casablanca on Strasser, however, is deter- show. The action of the play first act one learns that Irma Vep ends in as queer a situation as it the big screen, right here at mined to detain Laszlo in takes place in the drawing room and her son were killed by the began. Trinity's own Cinestudio. Casablanca indefinitely. Enter of the library in Mandacrest, wolf that Irma had kept as a pet. All in all, this play has proven The story, familiar even to Rick, who happens to be in the which is the Hillcrest estate Jane, however, has an alterna- to be truly remarkable and well those who have never seen possession of two letters of tran- somewhere in Egypt. tive theory. She believed that it worth one's time. Although it is Casablanca, is set in Morocco sit. Much to Rick's surprise is Irma Vep is the deceased wife was, in fact, a werewolf that mur- quite different, more unconven- during World War II. We are. that Laszlo's wife is lisa Lund of Lord Edgar Hillcrest. Irma's dered the two. In addition, an tional, than the plays usually pro- quickly introduced to war-torn (Ingrid Bergman), the love of his portrait is the focal point in the set intruder attacks Lady Enid and duced at the Hartford Stage, it Casablanca, a town brimming life. Now Rick is faced with the as it is oversized and placed appears to be some form of a does not fail to go beyond expec- with illegal activities under the toughest decision of his life, one above the mantel at center stage. Vampire. The first act becomes a tations. shadow of Vichy France occupa- in which he controls the fate of The lights go up on little slow as the impact of the The overall quali ty of the cos- tion. three people. Nicodemus Underwood (Jeffery actors dressed as women wears tumes, the set, and the actors is We also learn why Casablanca is, at heart, a Roberson) the disheveled care- off. phenomenal. The only mystery Casablanca is so important: it is romance. But unlike many of the taker of the estate, and Jane Before the audience begins to left to the audience when the an integral part in a refugee trail; saccharine romances turned out in Twisden (James Lecesne) the lose interest, however, the act lights went down on this play was from Casablanca, expatriates, bulk by Hollywood today, " maid. The two bicker about the ends with Lord Hillcrest off to how in the world the actors man- fleeing war in Europe, go on to Casablanca has just the right new \ady of the estate Lady Enid explore the old tombs of Egypt in aged to do the costume changes. Lisbon and eventually America. see REMEMBERING on page 19

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The Epsteins and Koch, who won an Oscar for their work, give us not only a great story, but some of the most memorable lines in movie history: "Here's looking at you, kid," "I stick my neck out for nobody"; "Of all the gin joints Chuck Pratt in all the towns in all the world, John McCormick tiying to not drop the bamboo rods. she walks into mine" - just a few examples in a movie packed with gems. The acting is superb across the board, with Bogart, Bergman, and Henreid all turning in excep- tional performances. The inter- continued from page 1 tation of Heart of a Dog was pre- play between Bogart and of the performance. sented. Though intensely inter- www.google.com Bergman is particularly gripping. esting, this was also the most 1942 poster for Casablanca. The episodic nature of this half The duo only made this one of the show then became apparent problematic part of the perform- movie together, but are still much more irresistible. In 1998, when the American Film as it took on the character of a ance. It was first marred by the remembered as one of the great Also of note in Casablanca is Institute released its list of the more highly intellectualized (and fact that an actor can only be so screen couples. Michael Curtiz's flawless direc- 100 best American movies ever less annoying) version of "Whose convincing as a dog, and in a But the real treat 'in tion, Max Steiner's memorable made, Casablanca was ranked Line is it Anyway?" After a brief more serious setting, the man as Casablanca, the thing that always music, first-rate cinematography #2, just behind Citizen Kane in flash-card demonstration of dog performance became dis- brings me back to this perennial by Arthur Edeson, sharp editing votes: humor with John, the actors lined tracting despite Matthew classic, is Claude Rains. Rains, by Owen Marks, and, of course, Trinity students would be up and John said that he needed Bamberg-Johnson's amazingly who plays Louis Renault, the cor- Dooley Wilson. doing themselves a disservice if somebody who could recite the realistic performance (whp knew rupt Captain of the French police, Wilson, who plays Rick's they passed up the opportunity to entire Gettysburg Address in a a man could gallop on all-fours so should have won an Oscar for his piano player Sam, sings perhaps see Casablanca on the big screen. single millisecond. Though rem- convincingly?). scene-stealing work. He delivers the most famous song in movie Even those of you who have seen iniscent of a joke on "Family Secondly, this piece set itself every line and, makes every history, "As Time Goes By," in the movie before can now redis- Guy," it was rather humorous to up in a terrible situation following movement with perfect timing. inimitable fashion. cover the charm, arid beauty of see the actors attempt this. This a specifically comic routine. It Another actor may have made Wilson, who was a profes- one of the all-time American clas- same format was then followed takes more then ten-minutes for Renault one-dimensional, focus- sional drummer, actually, faked sics. through for both playing with an an audience to switch gears from ing on his greed and dishonesty. playing the piano. What the Casablanca will be showing imaginary Golden Retriever, and comedy to drama. Nonetheless, But Rains, perfectly cast in the audience hears is in fact a record- at Cinestudio on Saturday, Feb. playing with an imaginary baby. the drama was interesting. It role, plays Renault with a touch ing of a performance by Elliot 14 at7:30 p.m. The next game involved John was, however, disjoint, split by an of irony and subtlety, showing Carpenter. Carpenter was play- I can think of nothing more being a doctor's assistant, asking intense and lengthy surgery glimpses of the character's mter- ing behind a curtain, positioned romantic than spending the actors in the waiting room to scene. This surgery section con- such that Wilson could copy-Jiis Valentine's ••Day •watching'1 this go see the doctor. The rpaiients tained no dialogue, and was When a young women asks hand movements. great romance with someone very would go in as being barely alive, enveloped by the music of Pink Rick what kind of man Renault is, Casablanca-is perhaps the special to you. or full of wonder, of exuding pure Floyd's "Is There Anybody Out tension, and come but very differ- There?" I felt that the music was Casablanca Feb. 11-14 ent. inappropriate for the moment and 11 -13 at 7:30 p.m., 14 at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. John then introduced the detracted from the intensity of the (1942) Dooley Wilson is right - the fundamental things do still apply:.an excellent audience to the most prominent situation. story, inspired acting, fresh dialogue, and that elusive ability to sweep us into the lives theory in the performance, that of Furthermore, I simply felt of people who exist only as images projected onto a dark screen. In an occupied city as the seven levels of tension. It that it went on about a minute too chaotic and corrupt as modern-day Baghdad, an apolitical American (Humphrey Bogart) went from barely breathing at long, despite interesting and runs Rick's Cafe. Although he is unfazed by his customers (partisans, Nazis, emigres, level one, to being neutral at level imaginative imagery. This was swindlers and more), Rick's cool is shaken when the woman who walked out on him in three, to wonderment and amaze- my main criticism of the play. It Paris (a luminous Ingrid Bergman) appears in his cafe. Academy Awards®: Best Picture, ment at level four, to extreme ten- prevented me from really getting Best Director, Best Screenplay. 112 min. sion to the point of barely moving back into the dialogue for the at level seven. conclusion of the play. Wings of Desire Feb. 13-14 He then had his actors per- However, it was not all nega- 9:30 p.m. form monologues simultaneously tive. The adaptation by John was (Germany, 2003) Finally, a new print of one of the greatest films by German New while responding to different cues exemplary, allowing for continu- Wave director Wim Wenders, which won him the Best Director Award at the Cannes that would signal one of the seven ity of story and a realistic flowing Film Festival. Wenders' war-scarred Berlin is a haunted landscape of the imagination, a layers of tension which were con- dialogue. Also, the story itself place where angels from an unseen world can comfort, but never get close to, the peo- 'ple around them. Bruno Ganz plays an angel named Damiel whose infatuation with a melancholy trapeze artist (Solveig Dommartin) tempts him to join the imperfect reali- ties of life on earth. Playing himself as an actor on location in Berlin, Peter Falk intro- duces Damiel to the pleasures of mortal existence: "To smoke, and have coffee. And if you do it together, it's fantastic." 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In America Feb. 15-17 IS at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., 16-17 at 7:30 p.m. (2003) The desperate state of the Irisheconomy in the 1980s brought a new wave of immigrants to New York - including aspiring writer/director Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father), His new semi-autobiographical film (co-written by Sheridan's two daughters) tells the story.of one family that leaves Dublin and personal tragedy behind for a new start in Hell's Kitchen. Seen through the eyes of the two girls, New York is a magical kingdom of unpredictable danger and promise. Don't miss the electrifying performance by Djimon Hounsou, the charismatic actor from Benin who brought Cinque to life in Amistad. "Jim Sheridan's miraculous In America, a generous but never sentimental fable, may be the great movie of 2003" Charles Taylor, Salon.com Cynthia Convey '04 is attacked by an imaginary dog. 103 min. •'..'. trolled by various audience mem- was very engrossing and deeply Antivone Fisher Feb. 18 • bers. This was both funny and thoughtful. What was the saving 7:30 p.m. interesting. Seeing how a differ- grace of this section was it's the- (2002) Antwone Fisher was working as a security guard at Sony studios when ent level of tension would affect matic connection to the first half Denzel Washington read his autobiographical screenplay and chose it for his directorial the monologue gave insight into of the performance. Throughout debut. Fisher's extraordinary story begins when he is servingin the Navy, and is ordered an aspect of performance I don't the play I was constantly noticing to see a psychiatrist after getting into a fight. In the remarkable conversations between generally consider in any great the levels of tension at work, Fisher (played by newcomer Derek Luke) and his therapist (Denzel Washington) we are depth. Finally, whether this adaptation privileged to witness a young man's brave search for the truth about his past. Special There was then a ten:minute allowed me to view the story in a screening to celebrate Black History Month, presented by Cinestudio and cosponsorcd intermission while a minimal more universal sense, I yet to by IMANI and The Trinity College Office of Multicultural Affairs. 113 min. stage was assembled that includ- decide. Overall, the perform- ed little more than a desk and a ance was entertaining, at times cinestudio.org chair. The second half of the hilarious, and edifying in the performance began and an adap- ways of acting and performance. PAGE 20 ANNOUNCEMENTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - JANUARY 28, 2003

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In order for individual wrestlers 100th Win Earns Trinity Spot on ESPN went 2-1 over their past three Foresi traded points with his to go on past New England's they meets with wins against Coast opponent the entire match and must win their conference to go to continued from page 24 Siobhan Halforty also won their Guard and Springfield College. escaped with five seconds left on nationals which are held in Loras, Helal and Lynn Leong '05 both matches at eight and nine. The Bantams won handily against the clock to force overtime. In Iowa. defeated their opponents without Siobhan Knight '07 easily defeat- Coast Guard 26-15. Senior tri- overtime Foresi was the aggressor Trinity's next two dual meets losing a single point. At number ed her opponent at number ten. captains Michael Doros and Mark and took down his opponent to are against Bridgewater State three, freshman Vaidehi Reddy Trinity takes on Princeton Foresi each had a pin for the seal the win. Foresi said, "This College and Rhode Island won easily. Co-captain Pamela University next Saturday at home Bantams and senior captain Wes win was very big for the team and College this Saturday at home in Saunders '04, and Isa Restrepo in the George A. Kellner Squash Connell won 8-4 over his long- for myself. We've lost some the field house at 1 p.m. The '06 won at numbers four and five, Center. The match will be the time nemesis. Junior Dave Bucco matches this year that came down Bantams lost to RIC a little less respectively. Sophomores Larissa Bantams toughest challenge had a tech fall win and Will to the wire and it's nice for us to than a month ago 17-16 and will Stephenson and Margot Kearney before Nationals. The men start Moyet '06 won 8-7. Sophomore finally get -a win like that." be looking for redemption. both won easily at six and seven. the day off at 12:30 p.m., and the Mike Blair posted a 9-4 win over Tim Wensori '05 agreed with Sophomore Mark Romeo from Freshmen Fernanda Rocha and women follow-up at 3 p.m. Coast Guard's senior captain. Foresi's statement and said, "That Ridgewood, N.J. will be back in The Bantams loss came was some match. When we wres- the lineup for the Bants this against Johnson and Whales by a tle like that we are tough to beat." weekend. Romeo has been out of slim margin of 24-22. Johnson The Bantams season is wind- the lineup with a sprained wrist. and Whales came into the tri- meet ranked 20th in the nation. Connell and Doros each had a pin to keep the match close but the Bantams could not seal the deal. The match against Springfield College, one of Trinity's biggest rivals, was one of the best matches of the season, Springfield was ranked 15th in the nation and number one in New England coming into the match and jumped out to an early lead. Connell put the Bants on the board with a 10-1 decision and Bucco followed with a 10-4 victory. Blair also won, 10-3. ' Going into the last two matches the Bantams were down eight points and the drama began to build. Moyet took the mat con- fident as ever and launched his kid to his back for a first period pin.. ' "I didn't even know we need- Chuck Pratt ed a pin!" Moyet said. "I.just Chuck Pratt went out there ready to wrestle J 1 Max Weisz 07 puts his opponent in a hold. Coach Paul Assaiante gets a bath after Trinity's 100th win. and I'm glad it provided a boost.'

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It was another pair of promising weeks itself at Berkshire East, Mass and scram- Kozlovskis '05 and the other senior cap- Despite the early goals given up, for the Trinity College Ski Team. The team bling for a spot at the regional champi- tain, Dan Gyllstrom. "We killed a penalty Kisielius also had a strong game. The only was looking to carry momentum from a onships in Waterville Valley, N.H. on Feb. in the third period and then scored, and we two goals he surrendered came off a fourth place finish at Killington Mountain 22, and 23. The team really stepped up to pretty much had the game in hand" said rebound and a power play, and he got into iheir races at Dartmouth Ski Way, N.H. the challenge. Kisielius. stronger as the game went on, stopping all on Jan. 31. As always, Amherst College, In the slalom Christopher Moore '06 Fans of the underdog would have loved eleven of Skidmore's shots during the piv- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Green led the team with a, ninth place finish, fol- the scoring efforts of the Bantams in this otal third period. He finished with 26 saves. ' Mountain College, Holy Cross, Tufts, lowed by Lipes in I2th, Karelitz in 19th game. Trinity's first goal, by Crabtree, and On the horizon, the Bantams will, get Connecticut College, Boston University, and Randall in 21st. The team took 3rd the game's pivotal goal, by Joncas, both back into the swing of things this upcoming University of Massachusetts-Lowell, and place, 5.5 seconds ahead of fourth-place came while Trinity was shorthanded. Most weekend. They host Williams on Friday, Northeastern University joined the team at finisher Tufts. of the game's points were spread out and follow that with another game on the Dartmouth. In the giant slalom the women had their between the team, with eight players earn- home rink against Middlebury, as they In the slalom Annie Troutman '04 was best race of the year, ending the day with ing one, and only Crabtree and Joncas had move ever closer to postseason play. the lone female finisher for Trinity, pulling two skiers in the top 20. Sophomore Claire in at 23rd place. On the men's side, Ned Lawlor finished in 11th, with Troutman Lipes '07 finished in 11th place, followed close behind in 16th place. On the men's by fellow first year Alexander Randall in side, Lipes finished in 10th place, followed 17th, Jonathan Karelitz '05 in 23rd and by Moore in 13th and Randall in 14th. This Jonathan Damon '07 had his best finish of was followed by strong performances by the year at 34th place. Damon, Karelitz, Adam Cohen '05, In the giant slalom, it was once again Hartnett, and Jon Klaus '04. Despite hav- Troutman finishing in 22nd for the girls, ing three skiers in the top 15, the men's while on the men's side Lipes finished team ended up in fifth place, only a needle- 16th, Randall finished 21st, and Karelitz thin .5 seconds separating them from a finished 27th. third place finish. . The team was glad to have Walter Lipes felt great after Sunday's race. Hartnett '06 back on the hill. In his first "We started off really slow this season, but finish in an ongoing recovery from knee this weekend we really showed our poten- surgery, Hartnett finished in 48th place and . tial in terms of where we should be finish- is improving with every turn he makes. ing. If we had skied all year like we did this Andrew Baseman '07 also took his first weekend, we would be one of the top three official course turns of the season, taking teams in the league. This weekend we five seconds of his first run time and look- showed the division that a lot of the teams ing very promising. Captain Annie that had been beating us all season aren't Troutman '04 was very happy with the better at all." team's performance. "I think this weekend The team is still only five points out of the best weekend yet for the team. It was fourth place and next weekend at Haystack the first time we had three guys finish in Resort, V.T. is their last chance to win a vvww.trincoll.edu the top 15. Alec [Randall] and Claire real- spot in the Regionals. They're confident Men's Hockey moves to 10-8-1 after a win this weekend. ly stepped it up this weekend. Chris and they'll be up to the challenge. Upcoming Events; Men's Basketball Wins Men's Basketball @ Wesleyan

2/13 continued from page 24 Rhoten totaled a game-high 28 points, victory and Farreli dished out seven assists. 13 rebounds, and three steals to lead his This win improved Trinity's record to 18-1 team to their biggest win of the season thus Women's Basketball vs. Wesleyan while the Cougars dropped to 11-7 with far. Halas added 12 points and three their first loss in four games. assists, while Taylor scored 17 points and1 On Saturday afternoon Trinity defeated grabbed eight rebounds. Farreli dished out third-ranked Amherst College 68-66. "We a game-high five assists. Men's Ice Hockey vs. Williams looked at Williams and Amherst as our two This win improves Trinity's record to biggest games of the year," stated Farreli. 19-1 and should definitely improve their 2/13 "They are nationally recognized every year national ranking. "After the win, we were and to put our team on the map, we knew ecstatic," said Farrell. "Everyone ran out were going to have to knock one of them onto the court and it was by far the best Women's Ice Hockey @ Amherst off." feeling of the season." This win should The Bantams came out strong right improve Bantam's national ranking to at 2/13 from the start, yet found themselves down least seventh or eighth - Trinity is a team, by eight at the end of the first half; 42-34.* that wasn't even on the top-50 list at the In the second half, however, Trinity beginning of the season. "We're trying not Men's Squash vs. Princeton 2/14 outscored Amherst 34-24 giving them the to focus on the ranking," said Farreli. two-point win over the higher-ranked team. "We're just focused on improving every- The Bantams played well throughout the day and playing together, basically doing Women's Squash vs. Princeton whole game, shooting 44 percent from the what has gotten us to this point. The thing 2/14 field. is that we have such a close group of guys "At the start of the game we were all who really enjoy being around each other very ready to go, and we made a few quick that it really makes it that much better errors that got us down," said Farreli. "But when we win two huge games like we did the thing about this team is that it doesn't last week." Swimming vs. matter how many points we get down, we The Bants will play at 7:30 p.m. Feb. know that we can come back. Everyone 13 at Wesleyan, and then at 3 p.m. Feb 14 WPI2/14 believes that." at home against Connecticut College.

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Chuck Pratt Guard Jesse Farreli '05 drives past a Clark defender Thursday night FEBRUARY 10, 2004 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD SPORTS PAGE 23 All-Star Games: Entertainment for True Fans BEN LEONG 52, the highest scoring Pro Bowl could only manufacture playing made it over Anthony in the sudden they're not so good com- in history. It was a fitting end to a SPORTS EDITOR X-Box. Western conference, or that Jamal pared to those vets, well then stop spectacular NFL season, Writers have questioned the Magloire of the New Orleans complaining.) It's February, and sandwiched Indianapolis'- kicker Mike validity of having fans selecting Hornets (because the East needed You can however, watch the between the Super Bowl and Vanderjagt missing a 51-yard the players for the NBA All-Star another center on the roster to. 'Next Generation" in Friday March Madness, we have field goal for the AFC as time game, noting that Minnesota make it even) should have been night's Rookie Game, (which Punxsutawney Phil and, of expired that would have tied the Timberwolves guard Sam Cassell chosen over LeBron. You could inexplicably left the Bucks' T. J. course, three All-Star Games. In a game and sent it to overtime. and numerous other players have even make a case that the Boston Ford off the roster. Where's the span of two weeks, we have/are Defense is always an after- been snubbed. Celtics' Paul Pierce (who is outrage?) getting, the NHL All-Star game, thought in these games, as the The starting five line-ups are understandably being asked to do The NBA All-Star game is a the NFL Pro Bowl, and the NBA rules change to give the offense voted on by the fans, while the too much on a horrendous Celtic popularity contest and gives the All-Star game. the advantage, cornerbacks are rest of the rosters are filled by the team) could have been left off the fans a chance to vote for their The most recent All-Star forced to give receivers a five- coaches at their own discretion. roster in favor of King James. favorite players. It doesn't matter games have actually been close, yard cushion before covering As it worked out, rookie phe- You can argue that they who is having a better first-half of exciting games, something these them and the defensive line is not noms LeBron James and Carmelo should have been put on the A1I- the season, it's about having the exhibitions have not been in the allowed to line up in gaps Anthony were each left off their Star roster as a reserve, but there fans pick the, stars who they want past. between offensive linemen to respective rosters. is no excuse for fans who had a to see play, end of story. Writers We've come to expect lack- help protect the quarterbacks, and It's debatable whether Andrei chance to vote to complain about can vote for Sam Cassell at the luster games, but the NHL All- this year featured a good old- Kirilenko of the Utah Jazz, who their omission. If you wanted to end of the season when they pick Star game was a more defensive fashioned shootout. had similar numbers to Anthony, see LeBron and 'Melo face off in the All-NBA Team. and low scoring contest than in Down 45-27 with 13:14 left or Ray Allen of the Seattle the All-Star game, pick them over Leave the All-Star game for years past, while Sunday's Pro in the game, the St. Louis Rams' Supersonics, who only played in Orlando's Tracy McGrady or the the people who pay the real big Bowl went down to the wire, and quarterback Marc Bulger staged a 21 out of 46 games, should have Lakers' Kobe Bryant. (Oh, all of a bucks: the fans. months ago in the MLB All-Star comeback for the NFC, who also game, the American League came capitalized on key interceptions from behind to beat the National from the AFC's Peyton Manning League, 7-6 off of a home run of the Colts. from the Rangers' Hank Blalock. 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The Trinity Tripod - February 10, 2004 100 Straight Wins! Bants Reach Milestone for Consecutive Wins Men's Squash Defeats Brown and Colby to Reach 100 Straight Wins, and Sets NCAA Record in the Process CLIFF SCHROFF icated to Trinity Squash we were SPORTS WRITER compared with UCLA basketball and UNC women's soccer, two of In the presence of ESPN, the most dominant dynasties in Sports Illustrated, The Hartford the history of their sports. Trinity Caurant, and the prestigious Squash had more victories than Trinity Tripod, the Men's Squash both. At the one spot senior co- team made history this past captain Michael Ferreira gave up Saturday when they clinched both only one point in leading the their 99th and 100th consecutive Bantams to dominate. In the next wins against the Brown eight matches Bernardo Samper University Bears and the Colby '05, Nadeem, Osman '04, Pat College White Mules. The win Malloy '04, Jacques Swanepoel brings the team one step closer to '06, Tom Wolfe '07, Kyle, Taylor a sixth consecutive Potter Trophy Robinson '05, and James for a team national championship. Boothby '06 all finished the The Bants have shattered the match in proper Trinity Squash record for consecutive wins, one form; without losing. of the reasons ESPN showcased Kyle, the only player of the them as one of the great dynasties day with two matches was avail- in college athletics, by having able for comment after the first of won 100 straight and not drop- his two. "It is exciting getting this ping a single match since 1998. kind of media coverage for a The record for most consecutive sport that doesn't normally get national championships is at 7. much attention. We have a lot of and is held by Harvard. Given our guys who have worked extremely men's recent domination of the hard to put together something Crimson, this avid squash fan is that is this special, its nice to be predicting that we will be one tro- recognized for it," Kyle said, phy away from tying that record while doing what he could to stay at the conclusion of this season. limber and hydrated for his next We have proven that the road to match. the Potfer Trophy comes through The women's team also Trinity College. defeated Brown on Saturday The This weekend the Bant's won Chuck Pratt match, like many of the team's all 18 of their matches, albeit two others this season, proved to be against Brown were by default. In Tri-captain Michael Ferreira '04 only allowed one point over three games. 'extremely one-sided. The team the 16 matches that were played, Cardoza '07, Vishual Kapoor '05, After the first match Trinity again swept all nine matches in finished up the match with a 9-0 Trinity took every single one in Nick Lacaillad,e '07, and Tripp had a small break before taking three games, giving up only 42 score. In fact, in the court where three games: an absolutely domi- Kyle '06, respectively, swept the on the White Mules of Colby at 5 points to Colby's top nine players numbers one and two played, the nating performance. In the 9-0 one through seven spots. This in the evening. This match, for combined. This match was the Bants didn't give up any points. rout of Brown, Trinity's Yvain winning seven allowed Brown to the 100th win, proved to be even one that was televised during At number one and number Badan '06, Eduardo Pereira '07, win only 38 points collectively to more of a one-sided victory than ESPN's "Sportscenter." In the two, senior co-captain Amina Shaun Johnstone '07, Shaun their grand total of 189. the one earlier in the day. Trinity five-minute section that was ded- see SQUASH on page 21 Men's Basketball Men's Hockey: Victorious Bantams Use Powerful Ojfense in Win Over Skidmore College Downs Amherst PETER DACEY SPORTS WRITER CAT MAHER way through the second half. Clark center Tim Dutille scored Despite an unusual weeklong SPORTS WRITER the next four points to put the layoff, the men's hockey team On Thursday night, the men's Cougars back on top but the was able to shake off any rust basketball team faced Clark Bantams tied the score again at they had accumulated and ride College at home. Trinity, ranked 52-52 on a three-point play by their powerful offense to victory. 10th in the nation, defeated the freshman forward Robert Taylor. However, time off does take away visiting Cougars 72-67 in a close • Trinity finally pulled ahead to a bit of a team's edge, and the game. secure the win by outscoring. Bantams were no exception, The Bantams had a tough first Clark 12-7 over the final five and fighting quite a tough battle half of basketball as Clark sprint- a half minutes. Trinity outscored before bringing in victory. ed out to an 11-4 lead, and it only Clark 50-31 in the second'half Trinity came into the game got worse. Trinity shot only 8 for and shot a much improved 46 per- with a 9-8-1 record, and they 33 from the field in those first 20 cent from the field. were looking to move closer to a minutes and they were also outre- "Overall our entire game guaranteed playoff spot against bounded by the Cougars 26-16. picked up, but if 1 had to pinpoint the 7-12 Skidmore Two Clark players scored in dou- one particular thing it would be Thoroughbreds. The battle would ble figures to lead their team to a our defense," said Farrell. "We remain close in the first period, 36-22 advantage at the half. just all told each other that we and it would take two unusual "Clark came out with a lot of were not going to let our men goals to keep the Bantams in the energy and we just did not match score. The other thing is that we fight. But by Ihe third period, that intensity at the start of the haven't lost in our gym this year Trinity had taken the lead for game," said junior tri-captain and we take a lot of pride in that." good, weathering Skidmore's last Jesse Farrell. "We dug ourselves Center Craig Coupe '05 desperate attempt to tie it before into a hole. At halftime we came played all 40 minutes of the game putting the game away. together and knew we were going and totaled 10 points, 11 The game began with www.trincoll.edu \\ ^ to come back but we needed rebounds, and three blocked shots Skidmore racing out of the gates Trinity edged out Skidmore, 5 •2 on Sunday. everyone to pick the energy up." to lead the Bantams to their fourth like true thoroughbreds, with a came off a little sloppy," noted Down by only a.single goal, The Bantams showed how straight win. Tri-captain guard goal only five minutes after the goalie Doug Kisielius '05. and with over a period left to play, angry they were about being Shaun Smyth '04 and sophomore opening bell. For the next period The game turned on a mag- Skidmore did not give up. Their behind 14 points when they came forward Tyler Rhoten each scored and a half, the two teams traded nificent anticipation play by closest chance came on a power out to start the second half. They 15 points, and Rhoten added eight blows; with Trinity goals by for- Joncas, when, at 12:13 in the sec- play early in the third period, but went on a 27-12 run and took rebounds. Junior tri-captain ward Bryan Crabtree '06 and sen- ond period he intercepted a pass Trinity's defense held fast, before their first lead of the game on a guard John Halas had 12 points, ior co-captain Tim Joncas. and took a breakaway shot putting the game away with goals five boards, and three steals in the three-pointer from the left wing Skidmore then tied it up, and the between the legs of Skidmore's by defenseman Andris by guard Patrick Hasiuk '07 mid- see BASKETBALL on page 22 game appeared deadlocked. "We net minder. see HOCKEY on page 22