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VOL. C NO. 17 PUBUSHPD BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 MARCH 15, 2005 Students, Faculty Housing System Under Debate Rally for Workers Administrators and Students Debate Mixed Housing System ADRIENNE 6AFFNEY EVAN NORRIS not covered for co-pays, prescrip- STAFF WRITER i NEWS EDITOR tions or specialists, and there is a Recent proposals corning out i • A rally was held last fear that management will no of the Cornerstones project have Wednesday in ' support of longer absorb insurance premi- suggested the elimination of year ||||||&fp!i|il||NSyyjjlL/* «." - 1 Chartwells employees on campus. ums that inevitably increase residence halls. This would 1 The rally, planned in cooperation throughout the year. result in the integration of classes, 1 between the Chartwells' union Another demand workers are effectively ending a 10-year-old - i and Voices Organized in making is a wage increase. The system that has allocated six resi- Democracy (VOID), was brief, Chartwells workers have been dence halls for first-year housing. starting on the Cave patio at noon criticized for making unfair The issue of integration has turned 'i§! ^*S' ?? and ending in the Mather lobby 20 demands when their wages are out to be more contentious than ( members of Cornerstones predict- ed. One of the original reasons W - ~S"i '*-'** ^**_". behind freshman halls was to Abi Moldover make it harder for underage stu- A small number of first-year students are currently living along- dents to drink. Many believe that side upperclassmen in Doonesbury dormitory. this goal has not been achieved Assistants, Pride Leaders and tive towards the idea. Amongst and that it is time for a new sys- Mentors. It has been suggested the attendees were many members tem. The current idea for mixed that putting older and younger stu- of the First-Year Residence Hall housing came out of the dents together in a residential situ- Council and Freshman President Experiential Education ation will raise the intellectual Andrew Pedro. Students Committee, one of seven atmosphere at Trinity. expressed concern that by putting Cornerstone Advisory A recent meeting of the First- entering students in with upper- Committees. First-year seminar Year Council revealed that fresh- classmen they will have a more instructors have suggested that men integration is a very contro- difficult time acclimating . to there is an inordinate amount of versial issue. The discussion was Trinity. There was a prevailing behavioral issues and vandalism, attended by administrators, facul- theme that the freshman halls are despite the fact that these halls are ty and students. The general sen- Chuck Pratt staffed with Residential timent of the students was nega- see STUDENTS on page 8 Students helped Chartwells employees rally for better benefits. minutes later. Approximately 50 already considered high; that is, people joined the rally, including 12 or,13 dollars an hour. Nene Abenaki Poet Reads on Campus students and faculty. Villegas, the union's lead steward, flower prints and with flowing image of a bear, and began a The rally comes at a time says this line of reasoning is spe- JONATHAN CHESNEY ribbons to remind the wearer of rhythmic heart beat. It brought when there are tense negotiations cious. Employees Work only SENIOR EDITOR living things and the movement the listeners into the circle, he between Chartwells management eight months a year, says Villegas, A tall man with a hatchet of life during dances. This was said, as in the old days of gather- and workers. The main point for and that justifies the high wages. nose, broad smile, and wise eyes Joseph Bruchac, the story teller, ing around the fire to share tale which the workers are fighting is According to the union stance, entered the room at a poetry read- the musician, the poet. He is and song. Then he sang a wel- full employer-paid health care. those making minimum wage ing in Hamlin last Wednesday. writer with many awards and come song that was inescapably According to the management, the throughout the entire year will He wore a shirt of green and red more than 90 books under his Native American and yet with a Chartwells employees already accumulate more money than with red and white ribbons, that belt. He hails from the resonance of a more universal he would later describe as "wear- Adirondack foothills in New elder day when the power and receive 100 percent health care, Chartwells workers over their ing a prayer." The aptly named York, where he was raised by his necessity of song and word but in the minds of some workers ribbon shirt is a formal shirt of grandparents. shared in community was recog- this is misleading. Workers are see CHARTWELLS on page 7 He opened with a greeting in nized by all. Originally, most Abenaki, the tongue of the Native tellers would tell their tales over American tribe he carries in his the process of a long night and so Raises Student Awareness blood. Bruchac translated it as they developed ways to make "hello friends," because there is sure their audience was listening. Building and Nurturing Communities at the Heart of Praxis Program never too much friendship in the Bruchac would call out "Ho" world. He picked up his drum, its ASHLEY BELL. really close-knit bond amongst passion or a drive for involvement skin bearing a circle around an see POETRY on page 17 FEATURES EDITOR our group and even though we all in our community. I just think it is With community service come from different circles of awesome to have become close opportunities popping up all over friends and backgrounds and with this diverse group of people INSIDE campus, there are now more interests," Julia Martha '06 states, who, under other circumstances, I chances than ever to get involved "we have this common thread that might not ever have had the Don't miss the tales of within and beyond the gates of has brought us together since the streaking and other Trinity. However, Praxis goes beginning of the year, and that is a see STUDENTS on page 13 above the normal call of volun- outrageous events from teering. Not only does this pro- one senior's inside gram recruit students to actively scoop of Senior Brunch participate year-round in commu- on page 11. nity service, but they have also created a theme house devoted to their causes. Praxis, unlike the Find out if budget cuts will affect Check out the contrast between other community service pro- current and incoming students American Media and Al Jazeera grams, resides in Doonesbury, cre- on financial aid on page 6. on page IS. ating a tight-knit, residence-based Read about why this year's Planning your Spring Break? : group, run by students, for stu stricter theme housing require- Take advice from this optimistic dents. . ments weren't enough on page 4. Trin Student on page 11. "The fact that we are a resi- Opinions page 3 Arts page 15 dentiaily based dorm has a huge News page 6 Announcements page 20 impact on what it is like to be a Nora Steinman Features page 11 Sports page 24 part of Praxis — we have built a Members of Praxis prepare for their Thanksgiving pie event www.trinitytripod.com PAGE 2 OPINIONS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - MARCH 15, 2005 Arctic Drilling Not Crmttp Crtpofc Energy Solution Eliza K. Sayward '05 William C. Yang '06 SAM ZIVIN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR that drilling would destroy vast OPINIONS CONTRIBUTOR areas of habitat in the environ- The coastal plain of the Arctic mentally fragile Arctic coastal National Wildlife Refuge is one NEWS EDITORS - OPINIONS EDITORS plain that is one of the last great Evan Norris '06 David Pietrocoh'08 Maggie Downing '05 Joanna Heche '07 of America's last unspoiled tracts of protected land in places, home to large populations America. FEATURES EDITORS ARTS EDITOR of caribou, musk oxen, bears, The United States Fish and Lisa San Pascual '06 Ashley Bell '08 Eric Dzucher '06 wolves, and migratory birds. The Wildlife Survey describes ANWR Gwich'in people, a native tribe as "America's finest example of SPORTS EDITORS ANNOUNCEMENTS EDITOR that has existed for 20,000 years, an intact, naturally functioning Eamonn Brown '05 Jon Simonian '07 Colin Raelson '07 also depends on the Refuge, and it community of Arctic/Subarctic is the only area along Alaska's ecosystems. Such a broad spec- PHOTO EDITOR ONLINE EDITOR entire North Slope protected from trum of diverse habitats occurring Abi Moldover '05 Scott Baumgartner '07 oil and gas drilling. Nonetheless, within a single protected unit is
BUSINESS MANAGERS Jane Li '05 Dan Scollan '05 ... drilling would destroy vast habitat in ... one of the last great tracts of protected CARTOONIST land in America. Liz Welsh '05
SENIOR EDITORS the Bush administration and cer- unparalleled in North America, Jonathan Chesney '05 Jenny Dunn '05 Eileen Flynn '05 Rebecca Fowler '05 tain members of Congress have and perhaps in the entire circum- Alexander Gordon '05 Edna Guerrasio '05 Hannah Hurwitz '05 Greg Polin '05 identified the Refuge as a primary polar north." Peter Scala '05 target for future oil exploration Even taking all the environ- and drilling. mental factors into account, STAFF WRITERS According to Congressional drilling seems appealing; less Emma Bayer '07 Adrienne Gaffney '07 Juliet Izon'07 Stefanie Lopez-Boy '05 leaders, the House and Senate reliance on foreign oil is very could vote on the federal budget attractive in these internationally this week. This may not seem like hostile times. I myself was skep- Recently, discussions have been held regarding the possibility of re-integrating a big deal since Congress always tical about the negative effects of first-years into upperclassmen dorms. One of the motives for possibly renewing this hous- has to approve the budget, but drilling in ANWR. There is ing system is to create housing communities in which upperclassmen would foster respon- what makes this budget vote more drilling going on all over the sible intellectual behavior through example and, if the situation merited it, voluntary interesting is that a resolution on world, and I never hear about any ANWR drilling may be added to problems. Oil spill here, oil spill enforcement. In theory, this idea holds promise, as most freshmen look up to and emulate upperclassmen and their practices. However, the success of this new living situation hinges The U.S. Geological Survey estimates on some important factors and conditions that need to be taken into account. that there is less than a year's worth of eco- The first is whether upperclassmen would in fact serve as role models. This means nomically recoverable oil in the coastal plain. not only keeping an eye out for first-years, but maintaining certain standards of behavior. This may sound simple but its importance and complexity are the reasons why Mentors, the budget. Congressman Jim there, it's no big deal. Seriously Pride Leaders and RA's are carefully selected, trained and compensated. In general, I feel Nussle (R-IA), the chair of the though, what's wrong with taking that most upperclassmen, if placed in a dorm with first-years, would be better able and more House Budget Committee told a a hefty chunk of some uninhabit- confident in dealing with sitations such as noise or underage drinking than first-years. town meeting in the Quad Cities ed land and sticking a few hun- in mid-February that he does not dred oil-derricks in it? It's really However, situations in first-year dorms can often become very serious, andthe risk of upper- intend to include Arctic drilling far north anyways, it's unbeliev- classmen living with first-years feeling apathetic, unprepared or unsympatheic to problems language in the House budget. ably cold, and most Americans unique to first-years could outweigh the potential added benefits of their presence. However this week, Senate won't even get within a thousand Budget Committee chair Judd miles of the area in their lifetimes. Having lived in a freshman dorm, I can honestly say that my experience in many Gregg (R-NH) said it was "more Well this, my friends, is the ways was just as much fun as living in a upperclassmen dorm. As a mentor living in a tiny than likely" that language to open catch: there may not even be jarvis single my junior year, I was a little dissapointed at first at the size of my room and ANWR to oil and gas drillers much oil up there. The U.S. the fact that none of my friends lived in my area of campus let alone my dorm. This was would be put in the Senate ver- Geological Survey estimates that more than made up for however, by the energy and friendliness of the majority of first-years sion of the budget. there is less than a year's worth of While the facts of exactly economically recoverable oil in in Jarvis that year. Part of the reason living in a first-year dorm is special is the tight-knit how much oil lies under the community that comes with the excitement and newness of Trinity and college in general. refuge vary, what remains true is see TOO LITTLE on page 4 People decorate and leave their doors open, stop by to say hello, and take pride in which dorm they live. This community is unique, and the presence of a select group of upper- IPVi;]L"]L CD F A IL TK. classmen who sign up to be leaders in first-year dorms allows them to maintain their unque It was one helluva weekend at Trin. Obvi. FT has never met so qualities safely. Before year housing is eliminated, the administration should evaluate the many men who have actually come right out and said they were current programs in place to monitor the integrity and safety of first-year dorms and deter- Satan. Speaking of lies men tell, did anyone read the article on Playboy.com about the Tap? We may only be ranked the 24th mine if changes need to and can be made. Liberal Arts school in the nation, but we have students who have The Trinity Tripod is published every Tuesday, excluding vacations, by the students of Trinity to think hard before being quoted as saying "Hot." Speaking of College in Hartford, Conn. hot, PT knows some seniors who had their first drinks before Ihe Tripod office is located in the basement of Jackson Dormitory. they got dressed (then quickly undressed) Sunday. 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Too Big a Leap Phone Jamming Jail-Worthy
DREW SAMUELS seem to be alone in mastermind- vidual and corporate donors, the for Theme Quads OPINIONS WRITER ing the phone-jamming plot. In parties at the national and state This past Thursday, the for- McGee's defense, Sullivan wrote levels, and from the candidates SCOTT BAUMGARTNER It is true enough that most of mer New Hampshire State that he was working in an envi- and high-level campaign staffers ONLINE EDITOR the rooms in theme housing have Executive Director of the ronment created by people like themselves. The stakes of poli- Last year, theme housing was met or almost met the goals set Republican Party, Charles former State GOP Chairman John tics, which are literally the fate of expanded by the Engagement for last semester. However, just "Chuck" McGee, was sentenced Dowd and.National Republican the United States, often results in Committee, headed by Dean of holding theme events isn't to seven months in prison for Students Frederick Alford, to enough. organizing a plan to jam ... the world of politics often seems to Democratic "Get Out the Vote" After living in theme housing this year, I phone lines on Election Day in be a battle where campaigns will do any- feel that efforts to get students involved 2002. The former State Director thing legal to win ... of the Democratic Party, Kathleen should be focused elsewhere. Sullivan, requested that McGee Senatorial Campaign Committee a "win at all costs" mentality. do no jail time, but even her pleas Chairman Bill Frist, where this Furthermore, this crime include six dorms across campus. Despite the fact that more were ignored. type of behavior was encouraged. seems to be, at face value, less The program used to be limited people want to get involved in It would be easy to dismiss Whether these specifics prove severe than most other actions only to Summit North and South. theme housing, I don't think that this news as another local exam- to be correct or not, the world of that citizens stand trial for. Its participants have also been there is a greater number of peo- ple of the ugly nature of politics, politics often seems to be a battle McGee did not physically hurt required to hold six events per ple coming to the events. Of all of but this case presents an interest- where campaigns will do any- anybody, and he presents no semester, and are subject to strict the theme events that my quad ing question, namely: does Chuck thing legal to win, and as cases threat to society. peer review. has held, and of all those I've McGee deserve hard time in jail like this prove, some actions that Even compared to other Because of the higher expec- attended, the attendees were for this type of crime? are illegal. Pressure comes from a tations, if one in theme housing friends of the members of the McGee certainly doesn't variety of sources including indi- see SCAM on page 5 fails to complete the require- quad. I don't think that anybody ments, he or she could face a five has come blindly to an event after Of a|l of the theme events that my quad Political Expression Stifled has held, and all those I've attended, the Conservatives Subtly Suppressed by Professors, Organizations attendees were fiiends of the... quad. MATTHEW KOZLOWSKI used at other colleges. I would often torn down at Trinity, politi- OPINIONS WRITER quickly like to defend SAF by cally-related tabling at Mather is hundred point addition to their seeing it posted on the Trinity In last week's Tripod Evan pointing out that chapter founder often grossly biased and unfairly room raring number. Exchange (except for Dean Norris claimed that the decision Robert Flynn was very clear in hostile toward the Republican I think that the ideas behind Alford himself, with whom a to deny funding to Students for his past statements that the Trinity Party, and organizations like the the expansion have been good bunch of us enjoyed a wonderful Academic Freedom was "in the SAF chapter would have avoided SGA and the Tripod - while they ones. And, originally, I wanted to game of Balderdash a couple of best interest of the Trinity com- participate in theme housing Thursdays ago). munity." While the jury may still ... conservative students on this campus because I felt it-would be a good What is the point of expand- be out on SAF, I argue that main- are consistently subject to intimidation way to get involved. However, ing theme housing if attendance taining the current political cli- after living in theme housing this rates aren't higher? mate at Trinity is hardly in our and even harassment... year, I feel that efforts to get stu- I'm not suggesting that theme best interest either. dents involved should be focused Norris cites the intimidation many of the hard-line SAF tactics do attempt to avoid political bias elsewhere. see Q UAIJTY on page 5 tactics that SAF chapters have that the Student Government — are still dominated by openly Association cited. liberal students. ( More to my point, while talk- I am not saying that SAF is Week. ...by Liz Welsh 05 ing about intimidation, I must the perfect solution to these prob- make clear that conservative stu- lems, but as a senior who has had dents on this campus are consis- to put up with this crap for four tently subject to intimidation and years, the prospect of someone even harassment - whether it be like Flynn standing up to confront in the classroom, Mather lobby, the issue sounds very appearing. SRuncw or public lectures. Norris wrote a whole lot I voted for the President and I about the benefits of diverse opin- believe in the Republican Party. ions, and how SAF would sup- According to the ideals of free- press them. And yet we are living dom of expression and the mis- in a school where diverse opin- sion of this college, my beliefs ions (read: conservative opinions) should be valued and respected. are suppressed every day! And yet how many times have I You may say, "Well, I've [Vocal student organizations] - while they do attempt to avoid political bias - are still dominated by openly liberal students.
had to sit in a classroom and lis- never seen a professor actively ten to a professor lambaste shout down a conservative George Bush or make liberal claim." I agree. It's more subtle statements as if everyone in the than that. Liberal professors and room agrees? Or how about last students often create a climate semester's mock-presidential where students are afraid to voice debate in which half of Michael conservative opinions because Lanza's arguments were met with they know they'll be mocked or catffpfcre loud chuckles and jeers from the labeled. To put it bluntly (and to liberal students in attendance? Conservative-leaning posters are see DIVERSE on page 5 PAGE OPINIONS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - MARCIH 15, 2005 Too Little Oil to Make March 5: Force-Feeding Rape Seminars To the Editor: inars treat rape not as an unimaginably "The woman's cause is the man's horrid crime that society ought to con- Preserve Drilling Viable cause," wrote Tennyson, "'they rise or sink front as a whole, but rather as a continued from page 2 in the refuge, Bush advisers are pessimistic together, dwarf d or godlike, bond or femtnocentric concept that is too abstract the coastal plain. It just isn't worth the risk about the promises of economically useful free." This shared cause has been severed for our football-obsessed, testosterone- or the expense, and apparently the oil com- oil, yet the President and certain as of late. What were.once societal issues saturated minds... panies agree. Major petroleum companies Congressmen push on relentlessly. have now been relegated to gender-specif- Weaving the isolated caprices, how- such as British Petroleum and Chevron Something seems fishy here. Perhaps it's ic agendas, impregnable to critique. This ever, of a few psychotic individuals into a Texaco have already said that they're not the smell of the thousands of fish that schism has generally been beneficial in tapestry of "male aggression," "female interested in bidding for the leases to the would lose their habitat and most likely die that women now possess more autonomy victimization," or a "gender-exploitative land if ANWR were to be opened for if the drilling occurs. in "women's issues." In certain instances, society" is not only inappropriate but per- drilling. Ultimately, it comes down this: why however, this breach has had a retrogres- verse. Men don't rape. Rapists rape. It is Wayne Kelley, a petroleum manager would the United States government spend sive effect on the very rights its propo- this type of alarmist generalization (i.e. for Halliburton who worked in Alaska billions of dollars over the next few nents intended to uphold. To discuss this miile-bashing) that resulted in so much explained, "the enthusiasm of government decades searching for oil in Alaska that issue at length is beyond the scope of this male animosity towards the seminars. officials about ANWR exceeds that of may not even be there, when they could be essay. Rather, 1 would like to bring to (Women, how many weekly seminars focus how this schism affects gender rela- would you attend that pummeled you Why not lessen our dependence on oil altogether by tions at Trinity, particularly the rape- with the notion that all rape is your fault?) awareness seminars for incoming stu- This gross stereotyping serves only to investing in the development of energy alternatives for dents. break down any communication that the future? The emphasis of these seminars is might exist between men and women. I twofold: to offer preventive measures, and won't go so far as to say that this self-ful- industry because oil companies are driven putting that money towards advancing the in the process to examine gender attitudes filling prophecy perpetuates rape, but it by market forces, investing resources hi technologies of renewable energy sources, on campus as perhaps a microcosm of does do something to the general climate direct proportion to the economic potential, such as" the hydrogen fuel cell and solar America. While the need to educate stu- of gender relations when men and women and the evidence so far about ANWR is not panels? Couple that with the fact that this dents in preventive measures is undebat- cannot discuss rape without one side promising." country has the highest deficit it has ever able, the overtones of these seminars are playing the rapist and the other side the A Bush adviser speaking to the New seen, spending time and money drilling in ultimately divisive and serve only to exac- raped ... York Times, echoed the views of Kelley, ANWR seems like a gigantic waste. erbate the problem ... Ask any guy why Yes, women are the victims, but when explaining that the major oil companies Oil and gas exploration in the Arctic he attended those self-righteous rape- a woman is raped so is a sister or a moth- have a much dimmer view of the refuge's National Wildlife Refuge is bad energy awareness schticks in the fall and he'll tell er, a colleague or a classmate. I know a lot prospects than the administration does. "If policy and bad environmental policy as you: part-mandate, and part-absolution for of girls, a lot of good friends, that have the government gave them the leases for well. The Bush administration says pump- ail those sins he never knew he commit- been victims of rape. I never belittled free they wouldn't take them," said the ing crude oil out of the refuge will lessen ted. But ultimately, these mass exorcisms such a friend by trying to understand her adviser who would speak only anonymous- the U.S. dependence on foreign oil. It may. were nothing more than the clumsy pick- pain because I knew it was something that ly because of his position. "No oil compa- but not much and not for long. Why not ing at scabs. I could never experience. I did make it ny really cares about ANWR," promised lessen our dependence on oil altogether by clear, however, that there was no reason By sowing within the male population the adviser. Interesting. investing in the development of energy she couldn't talk to me. of Trinity the original sin of rape, the fall So the oil companies don't want to drill alternatives for the future? rape seminars ultimately defeated the very purpose for which they were instituted. In Sincerely, alienating their mate audience, these sem- David Tuch '95 Along tne Long ^Valk... March 17: Survivor Voices Disagreement To the Editor: are not actual rapists, they contribute to I am writing in response to the letter "rape supportive" attitudes, jokes, and submitted in last weeks'' Tripod by David behaviors. As "Along the Long Walk" Tuch '95.1 feel the need to clarify many suggests, the acceptance of a seemingly misconceptions articulated by Mr. Tuch. harmless sexist joke by means of laughter As a survivor and educator of sexual or silence promotes an environment in assault, I found his article to be not only which sexual assault and sexism flourish un-insightful in terras of sexual assault and oppression not only women, but also awareness, but insulting to those women men. -Dring back C-oke, it was nice to be able to who suffer sexual assault and rape on our Mr. Tuch urged educators of sexual choose. And they should have decent water campus and struggle to regain feelings of assault to not "overdo it." I feel that it is like livian. safety and self-respect. impossible to speak about this epidemic Studies prove that one in four women too much. One in ten sexual assault sur- — James Bookwalter (approximately 200 Trinity women stu- vivors presses charges against her dents) will be assaulted during her college assailant. Very few victims will seek emo- years. Forty-two percent of rape victims tional support following an assault though "Xhey have Doritos, that's all that really tell no one of their assault. Many women they typically endure an often lengthy 77 have been socialized to believe that rape is period of emotional transition known as matters. committed by a neighborhood man who rape trauma syndrome. Many survivors — Kinglsey Vincent '08 lurks in the bushes at night. This myth live in fear of their attackers. The majori- causes women to feel disempowered ty of the survivors must endure seeing the when their date, friend, or acquaintance rapist daily, attending a class with him, They should nave a section for pasta like assaults them because they realize that and suffering emotional and physical very few people will legitimize their harm which he inflicts upon her in an they do in JMather because everything else claims or empathize with them. It is effort to gain her silence and/or fear. is fried or meat. important that programs such as "Along I feel that the dedication the RA pro- — Penny Paschal 'o5 the Long Walk" [an ORL seminar about gram and various Women's Center groups rape] not only emphasize the prevalence have given to the fight against sexual of date rape and sexual assault, but also assault is commendable and imperative. dispel false claims that John Doe, the boy Although men may feel pinpointed and Red grapcrapese ! next door, does not rape, but instead, self-conscious at these programs, women — Jvate Prendergast 08 "gave her what she really wanted." must be educated so that if they were ever Furthermore, it is stressed that the inci- victims of a sexual crime, they would dents enacted in "Along the Long Walk" understand not only what had happened are actual cases which are documented in to them, but what support was available. the Dean of Students Office. It is important that someone get the ball Ivamen or microwavable Chef One in twelve male students has com- rolling. After all, what will the adminis- Jjoyardee. mitted acts that meet the legal definition tration do other than siap the assailant on of rape or attempted rape. Therefore, it is the wrist and say, "See you in a year?" — JLV-achel Hartman o5 not unlikely that we all have friends or acquaintances who . are perpetrators of Sincerely, sexual crimes. Men do in fact rape. If men Name Withheld Compiled by Maggie Downing Photos by Abi Holdover MARCH 15. 2005 - THE TRINITY TKEPOD OPINIONS PAGE 5 Diverse Opinions Seam Undermines Politics continued from page 3 race to John E. Sununu by a large that is, for example, by advertis- white-collar criminals, McGee's enough margin that the 45 min- ing through legitimate means or Improve Campus actions were relatively benign; no utes of blocked phone banks making sure that campaign fund- continued from page 3 actually makes you smarter. It person was cheated out of their couldn't have made the difference ing is maximized only through be inflammatory), some liberals gives you the chance to consider livelihood (Martha Stewart's in the election. It was the princi- means specified as legal through on this campus end up emulating other sides, argue back, and fur- campaign finance laws. the very fascism that they claim ther develop your own ideas. It was the principle of the crime, howev- This is responsibility almost to oppose. When self-righteous liberals er, that: McGee deserves to be punished as significant as raising money itself. Senior staff like Media In true inteJlectual debate, everyone bene- for. Director Karen Hicks (who fits from a diversity of opinions, no matter played a significant role on the recent celebrity house-arrest pie of the crime, however, that national level for John Kerry last how despicable those opinions seem. comes to mind here). McGee rec- McGee deserves to be punished year) made sure that the cam- ognized that what he did was for. paign at all levels, from the candi- In true intellectual debate, create a climate where the only wrong, saying, "I wanted to win, I When somebody chooses to date to the interns, were commit- everyone benefits from a diversi- opinions that they have to hear wanted to gain an edge ... in the take a position on a political cam- ted to fighting a hard and fair ty of opinions, no matter how des- are those with which they agree, heat of the moment, I made a poor paign, they are devoting all of the campaign. The campaign inspired picable those opinions seem. we all suffer. choice, a terrible decision." resources of their professional Me interns like myself to become Productive debate occurs when I would like to see the SGA McGee is a former U.S. we voice competing views, argue and Robert Flynn work together Marine Corporal and a former McGee, through his actions on election over them, and all come away on a new organization to promote city clerk in my hometown of day, undermined... everything that is still Concord, NH. Surely, jail time Trinity may not need SAF, but if we seems to be an extreme step to great about American politics. desire a true intellectual community, some take in the punishment of this man. on a venture that has no guaran- involved in politics at some point sort of change is needed. From my personal experi- teed success. Every person on the in our professional lives. ence, I am forced to say that it is campaign is committed to win- McGee, through his actions with sharper, more informed academic freedom in which a not. I was an intern for the state ning on a moral standpoint (of on election day, undermined not stances. main focus is eliminating intimi- field office of Shaheen for Senate favoring one platform over anoth- only two years of hard work, but Whether or not you like to dation tactics by all sides. Trinity in the summer of 2002, and it was er) and because of professional he undermined everything that is hear them, my conservative opin- may not need SAF, but if we our campaign that was the victim ?ains that could be made from still great about American poli- ions can be just as valid as your desire a true intellectual commu- tics: people working to elect can- liberal ones. Furthermore, listen- nity, some sort of change is need- Every person has an understanding, didates under the same rules, ing to my conservative remarks ed. beyond this, that we need to play by the allowing inspiring leaders with ideologies that match our own to rules... make decisions about the United States. of this attack. The election was such a victory, whether it is a job McGee should spend his I Dear Jimmy... very close, and poll results were in Washington or a high position prison time meditating upon how, tight between the two sides in the on other campaigns. through his own selfishness, he • €>_•->.: oiions and Queries for President [onesweeks leading up to the election. Every person has an under- tried to destroy the equality that What cluh or organization would yoii Former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen standing, beyond this, that we lies at the root of American like to M:,? on campus? ended up losing the U.S. Senate need to play by the rules, whether democracy.
JJke the puveduic ruies. this \.n qirj->tioii is intriguuiL'. I hu.\e. had to Quality Themes Necessary think k>ng. and harcl aboiit :i proper response ovei the past several dins. Inul- Housing Should Go to Fewer Quads to Improve Campus Life K siHtiiriii on Ihis ;tmonj=' many other pos- continued from page 3 into the program. Those accepted interview, or steps already taken sibilities: a mock United Nation*, club housing be cut entirely. But I do should really have to show that to help others. If people are truly similar to Ihose tuund on other uolWialo think that this year's expansion they're not going to just sit in dedicated to their theme then this campuses in liie United States. was too large. Instead, a balance their room and invite friends over, should be no problem. And if, for Colleger and universities must be Jree and open spaces, cross- needs to be struck. Theme hous- but instead take the initiative to example, a group of people needs lo.jiis i>r debate, and discussion. Sometimes such debate and discus- : to request money to pay for gas to ' :i „•..-• 'j:id the uususpeciing down 1 horny paths wheiehy we ha\e get to a Habitat for Humanities 1 Tin not suggesting that theme housing MI r'.cv- 1 hut to confront complex issues of all sorts. Having a mock build or to a Boys and Girls Club, Vnne>i .viimns club here at Trinity would offer our students a forum should be cut entirety. But this year's then it's money well spent. i i cii^^e inicHt:ctua.Il> some of the thorniest. nu>st controversial expansion was too large. But, especially after constant- issues f'iciiis'. our world, the. one our present and tutuie students tvill ly hearing about the budgetary be called upon to lead. For example, it' we had a mock United ing residents should be subject to go out into the community and do crises that the College is going Nuiiiiiih Jn.[>. «e. could have student debates on the evolving role of the same evaluation procedures, things. through, I don't think that it is in • ..... - ; . ;,. ATiiSilJ!n wuild. whethei or not the Umto
MARCH IS, 2005 Cornerstones Gather Hillel Forum Hosts Students JORDAN FISHER ty for Hillel students and staff increase social action program- Input Prom Students NEWS CONTRIBUTOR from all over the United States ming and awareness through Jewish students from 136 and Canada to share ideas, attend Hillel. "I learned that all schools, DAVID PiETRocoLA student members and the Student college campuses nationwide workshops, and hear from lead- no matter how big or small, have NEWS EDITOR Government Association. descended on Washington, D.C. ers in the fields of politics and the same goals for Jewish life on Following a draft plan by the One of the key projects on the weekend of Feb. 27 dur- social justice. This year's our campuses and often face the seven Cornerstones committees entails faculty members develop- ing Trinity Days to attend the keynote speakers included same dilemmas when executing in January, the President's ing a proposal to "strengthen 16th annual B'nai B'rith Hillel Senators Hillary Clinton CD- programming," said Gerber. Cornerstones Planning Group Trinity's urban educational pro- Forum on Public Policy. Seven NY), John McCain (R-AZ), "We all share Infeld's passion for selected approximately 30 proj- gram and integrate it closely with students from Trinity College Mitch McConnell (R-KY); and tzedek and try to convey its ects to be of major focus this a strengthening of our global cur- Hillel attended the conference: Gideon Yago, a documentary importance through our work at semester. Ranging from a variety ricula." According to Herzberger, Hillel." of fields and subjects that include the project takes "a look at Hirsh was impressed with the faculty research and Trinity's Trinity as a very special place," stand that the American Jewish urban mission, these projects are given its unique characteristic as community is taking in support gathering feedback and in-depth a small liberal arts college in an of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, data from all parts of the campus urban setting. Transgender and Queer community for a revised "[The group] is actively con- (GLBTQ) rights. She said, "I Cornerstones plan to be released sidering what kinds of urban and think Jews have taken a big step in the first week of April. global experiences Trinity stu- forward and should be recog- "The faculty had a discussion dents should have," said David nized in their advocacy of gay at their last meeting about the Yalof, an ACE fellow in the rights as human rights. Certainly Cornerstone project," said President's office and co-chair of we should air come to a consen- President Jimmy Jones. "We are the committee. Associate sus that hate crimes and preju- moving along on our intended Professor of Mathematics Paula diced actions against people of -chronology." Russo also co-chairs the group of gay, lesbian, bisexual, or trans- The original plan for the faculty members from various gender orientation are simply unacceptable and a violation of Cornerstones defined goals and departments, including sociolo- Lisa Kassow gy, biology, history and mathe- basic human rights. However, abstracts for each committee, Avraham Infeld shares a moment with Trinity Hillel members. says Vice President for matics, and is currently helping American Jews have taken quite Institutional Planning and the members formulate ideas and Cheryl Gerber '07, Andrew filrnmaker and reporter for MTV. a step by reaching out to GLBTQ Administration Sharon recommendations for the April Horowitz '06, Julie Hirsh '08, Gerber was impressed with Jews as fellow members of our Herzberger. Currently, these 30 report. Jordan Fisher '08, Adam Fine Avraham Infeld, President of the community." The Spitzer forum projects are taking the next step As the admissions and finan- '08, Emily Pearl '07 and Dana International Hillel Foundation, also featured seminars that in finding ways to meet these cial aid offices prepare to send Simmons '06. Lisa Kassow, and his strong commitment to emphasized proper recognition goals. out their letters and aid packages Hillel director, and Julie Sarke, tzedek. Infeld questioned visit- of GLBTQ rights when formulat- In the past month, to accepted students, Dean of Jewish Campus Service Corp ing students, asking what they ing appropriate-policy" for sex Cornerstones committee mem- Admissions and Financial Aid Fellow accompanied them along need from the international education. bers have used various means to Larry Dow and Vice President for with the support of the Jewish Hillel foundation in order to pro- Students and staff from the gather the most feedback from College Advancement Ron Joyce Federation of Greater Hartford duce more social action pro- Spitzer Forum and Jewish the community, including open are actively pursuing fundraising and the Jewish Studies Program. gramming. Infeld elaborated on Council for Public Affairs meetings, faculty meetings, strategies for millions of more Together the group learned about exactly what students can do to (JCPA) and the Coalition On The email, and, most recently, a meet- Judaism's obligation to social help the world as much as possi- Environment and Jewish Life ing between the Cornerstones' see PLANNING on page 8 justice, tzedek in Hebrew, and ble and prevent the situation lobbied their state legislators community building worldwide. from worsening for future gener- SGA Minutes - March 15 The forum was an opportuni- ations. His primary goal is to see HILLEL on page 9 i. Approval of LLIM Week's iii. Motion to vole on Section Minnies One of the resolution with tln_- Financial Aid Survives Budget Cuts 11. Approval of" the Agenda IriendK amendment: division: a. Million 10 add Ak'x"> resolu- moved to a vnte h\ hands; EMMA BAYER budget is concerned tion; motion carries motion carries STAFF WRITER with meeting the b. Motion to move Alex's peti- iv. Section I passes needs of Trinity stu- tion/resolution to the beginning e. Section II of the Resolution Amid tight funds and an dents currently of the agenda i. Motion to close the speaker's operating budget deficit. Trinity c. Motion to move the Theme list; motion carries admissions and financial aid enrolled and receiv- 1 InUMllL' Polk"} disCUSSIlllI to ||)L ii. Million to vole on Section administrators are in the midst ing financial aid. betiimiiiij: nl new business; 'l\vo of the resolution: divisinn: of preparing adequate aid pack- When tuition motion cmiies morion in vote by closed ballot ages for accepted students while increases, more d. A«e.ndu approved u Section 11 passes considering current students financial aid must be [II. i'eiilion'Rcsolution f. Section til of the Resolution already receiving financial aid. given in order to con- a. Discussion i. Motion to close the speakers Out of the $110.9 million oper- tinue to meet student i. Pnim ot Clarification: AD N list: motion carries ating budget for this year, finan- need. The amount currciilly not ullnwoJ to pledge ii. Motion to vole by closed bal- cial aid is the second highest that students and lor one yenr UIKI cannot serve lot: motion carries cost at $19.7 million, or 17.8 their families can alcoholic hevcii.ii.es iii. Motion does not carry percent. afford remains the ii. Visitors speak on their points IV. Motion to change 1he. Ajicnda Trinity is comiritted to keep-. same so, when iii. Questions open a. Hliminutinj.' evciyihing except. ing a strong budget for financial tuition rises, the www.trincoll.edu b. Motion to go lo an execmivc the theme housin» policy: aid, and the financial aid budget amount that Trinity session: motion carries Larry Dow is Dean of Admissions and molion carried, upenilu so modi- has increased by 18 percent in must provide also c. Motion 'o vote on the sections fied Financial Aid. response to tuition increases, rises. ot the. resolution by line item: V. Theme Housin<< Policy motion cink-.v a. Rob's discussion which will hit $41,406 for the Financial aid calculations as a way of dealing with the cur- il. Section 1 <>l the Resolution b. Moiion to amend 15 percent to 2005-06 school year. The pro- place families at the maximum rent budget crisis must be bal- I. Proposal lo strike cciUiin p.ir.t W rVKvm ofllie SAP fund. posed budget for financial aid of what they can pay, so a small anced with the resulting rise in graphs from (lie introduction it motion does not cany "will allow the College to meet percentage of increase in tuition financial aid. certain points arc not approved. c. Motion to Mile on the 'Ihome many of its goals for the profile can result in a larger percentage Administrators must consid- si. Amendment K> removal ihc Housing Policy, motion cariics of the Class of '09," says Scott increase in financial aid," says er the students currently receiv- second sentence nl the first mo- d. Theme. Housing: Policy Reynolds, the Secretary of the Dean of Admissions and ing financial aid and the incom- rion: friendly amendment approved College. Financial Aid Larry Dow. He Much of the financial aid added that an increase in tuition see TRINITY on page 9 MARCH 15, 2005 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD NEWS PAGE 7 Chartwells Employees Make a Stand For Benefits continued from page 1 During these negotiations the same food eight month stretch. service vendor took away health insurance The idea of a rally was born in early and raised hour eligibility. The workers Spring Break Facility Hours February when a group of Chartwells here in Hartford saw this as an indirect Dining services will discontinue at Mather after dinner on employees came to VOID for help. Abby attack on their contracts, a move that could Friday and will resume with dinner on Sunday. March 27. The Randall '05, president of VOID, had start a chain reaction across Connecticut. Hamlin dining room will be open Monday through Friday from 8 already made plans to support the union and "Our main goal," says Villegas, "is to main- a.m. to 2 p.m. Mather Hall will close at 5 p.m. on Friday and will collaboration began immediately. tain what we have here, but also to help out be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Health Center will close at 5:30 p.m. on Friday and reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, March 28. Library Hours: Saturday and Sunday. March 19 and 20 - closed Monday through Friday, March 21-25 - 8:30 to 4:30 Saturday, March 26 - closed Sunday, March 27 - regular hours Trustees Vote to Keep Study Away Fee
At its February meeting, the Board of Trustees voted to con- tinue the almost 10-year-old policy of charging a fee for any study away program not administered by Trinity. The fee is charged for study at any program not administered Chuck Pratt SGA President Isaac Goldstein '05 rallies for full health care benefits for work- by the College and beginning next year, that fee will be $2,500 for one semester and $3,500 for the full year away. In the announce- Chartwells and VOID have a long history Southern workers." ment to the community, President Jones stated that "similar fees together: Three years ago, the student Chartwells employees are also fighting organization assisted with contract negotia- for the right to organize. The workers at are charged for like circumstances at most academic institutions tions and a year later VOID was again fight- Trinity are already protected, but the in the country." ing on behalf of the workers in the face of employees say thousands of workers under Jones added that the Study Away Fee does not apply to stu- proposed lay-offs. VOID, which cites Chartwells' parent company enjoy few dents who enroll in Trinity's own programs, which include sites social justice as its goal, played a critical rights because no union protects them. role, rallying student support during these Allegations have arisen that intimidation is at Barcelona, Cape Town, Cordoba, the Himalayas, Istanbul, La negotiation battles. used to prevent workers from joining or MaMa, Moscow, Rome, Santiago, Shanghai, and Trinidad. Since Randall and her staff at VOID said they forming a union. other Trinity programs are still pending approval, interested stu- feel that they owe the Chartwells workers The Chartwells dispute is not only dents will need to consult the Office of International Programs for the complete listing of Trinity-administered programs. hir main goal is to maintain what we have here." - Nene Villegas, local union spokesperson Campus Safety Report something. "They serve us in the dining being fought here at Trinity, but in neigh- hall everyday. They are always smiling, boring counties and states. Thousands of The following incidents occurred between March 9 and 13: eager to talk to us," said Randall. By using workers are affected by the renewal of con- the sway students have at Trinity when it tract negotiations across the country. Local SD A fire alarm at Park Place dormitory was set off on March comes to food services, VOID has created a 217, the union to which the Trinity workers significant bloc composed of workers, stu- belong, has taken up not only its own cause 12 at 12:11 a.m. Campus Safety Officers and the Hartford Fire dents and faculty. "I think it is imperative but those of its weaker associates who have Department responded and students were evacuated. After the that we use our power to help others, and fewer resources and far less clout. firefighters investigated and checked the building, a shunt was not just to get the kinds of foods we want," The next day of negotiations at Trinity found pulled near room 301 in the south hall. Four suspects were says Randall. is scheduled for March 30. Should the named in a report to the Dean of Students. A great deal of obstinacy on the part of Chartwells management disagree with the workers was provoked by negotiations held workers' demands, VOID will hold another SD A pulled shunt in the southwest area of Hansen dormitory at Southern Connecticut State University. rally and circulate a petition. triggered a fire alarm and students were evacuated from the building. The alarm was reset after six minutes. (30 During an interior patrol of Vernon Place dormitory. Campus Safety Officers found several broken bottles in the east stairwell on the fifth floor. Officers also found broken bottles in the east elevator. Campus Safety and the Dean of Students are investigating. •3D Campus Safety Officers were dispatched to Psi Upsilon after a house call reported a fire alarm. The Hartford Fire Department searched the area and found a pulled shunt in the Dallas *3ttL basement. An investigation into the incident is currently under- way. Miens L:";D A fire alarm was activated on the second floor of Stowe Sin ftancfeeo $261 Mexico tso? dormitory on March 9. Hartford Fire Department observed smoke in the hall and a student reported that it was due to fish burning on a stove.
Incidents of particular importance have been identified and .com listed above. PAGE 8 NEWS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - MARCH 15, 2005 Planning Group Gathers Students, Administrators Feedback for April Report Debate Mixed Housing . continued from page 6 areas we wish to focus on in the rest of our continued from page 1 confident that students have no reason to dollars the College must have to continue time as a committee." a nurturing and supportive environment and worry. "Freshmen typically have doubles. meeting student need. Following the revised report in April, that they help students make friends and Designated first year halls were chosen In regards to capital improvement on the President's Cornerstones Planning adjust to college life. Beth Frazier '08 said based on this architecture. To start shifting campus, two groups are researching ways Group will begin consolidating measures "living together not only creates class unity, we would have to be careful not to disturb to best prioritize both small and large-scale established in the original plan for each of it provides an excellent academic environ- upperclassmen progression to independ- projects on the grounds. Reynolds is creat- the seven Cornerstones Advisory ment in which freshman take many of the ence. This progression makes it so that ing a means to best prioritize internet tech- Committees. same classes." sophomores can have two room doubles, nology and furnishing upgrades as well as "We are now in the process of identify- Pedro explained his reluctance to accept juniors might have a single and seniors a general maintenance while Herzberger is ing a refined and limited set of progress the idea. "As Freshman Class President, four room quad. leading a group to revise a master facilities indicators that we will be collecting and it's my responsibility to represent the peo- In order to carve out places for fresh- improvement plan according to the guide- tracking on a regular basis," said Director ple and they don't want it. I feel I have an men, we would leave certain rooms out of lines set forth by the Capital of Institutional Research Kent Smith, who obligation to the students of my class. the lottery as we already do with Ogilby and Improvements Cornerstone Advisory is leading the review effort. In addition to People are always afraid of change, howev- other situations." It is also important to Committee. determining whether the College has been er the step was taken in this direction for a note that regardless of what happens, no In addition to ideas circulating around successful in achieving the main reason 10 years ago. I feel to change it alterations will be made to the seminar pro- a new athletic center or new science build- Cornerstones goals, the indicators will flag would be to move backwards," he said. gram and that students will live together in ing, Herzberger mentioned the recently areas where optimal progress is not being Trinity administrators see the issue in their seminar either way. acquired CPTV building on the corner of achieved. another way. Dean of Students Frederick Despite differences of opinions, both New Britain Ave. and Summit St. She said In these cases, Smith noted, staff will Alford believes that mixed halls could have administrators and students are making faculty from many departments were dig deeper for qualitative and quantitative many benefits. "In a good community, efforts to see the other side. Alford working on an academic plan to best uti- information already available for the most older members teach proper norm to believes that the impact of this change lize the building's space to benefit part, which includes administrative data as younger members. They shouldn't need to would likely be much more minimal than is Trinity's educational mission. well as student and alumni surveys. be paid or receive a title to do this. Rather being anticipated. "Sometimes communi- there should be a common interest in seeing ties h'ave problems making changes because "By April we will have identified the specific areas we the community function as it should." they only know one way. Sometimes it The administration is clear, however, takes a leap of faith to try an idea and see if wish to focus on in the rest of our time as a committee." that they are taking heavily into account all it works. If no one takes a chance then -- Rev. Daniel Heischman, Chaplain opinions when making a final decision. nothing moves forward." "We welcome input and want it from a vari- Pedro is impressed by the latitude the ety of people. If we were to go down this administration has given to students in this Chaplain Daniel Heischman, who Although the Office of Institutional path it would be very unlikely that we decision, "There is conflict of interest but chairs a group evaluating how well Trinity Research and Planning will lead the data would do it on anything but an experimen- we are getting through it the best they can is meeting Ae religious and spiritual needs collection and analysis effort, the tal basis," added Alford. and the administration has been very coop- of students, is said to be making great President's Planning and Budget Council Other concerns have come up over erative. In a lot of ways administration does headway with his committee members. will have overall oversight of the plan and what implications this change could have know what is best for us. We just want this "Our task is to recommend some specific will guide midcourse corrections, added on housing for upper-class students. to be done somewhat democratically. If steps to allow the widest variety of reli- Smith. Director of Campus Life Amy Howard is the students want it, it should be done." gious traditions to be able to thrive on this As the planning and implementation of campus, and the makeup of our committee the Cornerstones recommendations contin- is representative of that wide diversity," ue through the semester and into "the fore- said Heischman. "Virtually every existing seeable future," the Advisory Committee group on campus is represented, as well as on the Planning Process, made up of stu- NGO's Alumni Panel a number who are not." Of the 15 members dents, faculty and administrators, will aid in the group, eight are students. process facilitators "monitor the openness, ALUMNI CAREER PANEL, FOR THOSE In addition to campus data, inclusiveness and effectiveness of the INTERESTED IN NON-PROFITS, Heischman's committee members are eval- planning process," as well as helping com- INTERNATIONAL. RELATIONS* uating a variety of national surveys and to munication with the campus community. AND GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT. "consider how national trends in colleges Once the Board of Trustees votes to and universities — including the increas- accept the Cornerstones draft at its May Not all Trinity graduates go on to careers in ing interest in spirituality among college meeting, President Jones said the report business or lawv Gome meet three dynamite students nationwide, the growing religious could then be taken out to "our alumni Trinity alumnae who are going* a clifferent diversity of campuses, and issues of reli- constituency, in small, groups, to discuss route, Emily Harting'99, Sara Pfianizer'CM gious toleration and hospitality to religious the vision for the future and then to seek groups — is or is not reflected at Trinity." their reactions." ana. Marisa Lloyd'04s will be on campus to talk "We are well aware of the limitations "Once that step is done, a case state- about working' tor a non governmental organisation posed by financial restrictions," says ment drawn from the Cornerstone report (NGO). If yow are interested in. non-profits, inter- Heischman, "but we are thinking big, in will serve as the basis for a comprehensive national relations, government oversight at all tne terms of facilities, programs, and having campaign that will be launched to seek the above you don't want to .miss this-! an impact on the culture of the campus. By funds we need to implement the plan," he April we will have identified the specific concluded. 7—8:3O PM : '.
Human Rights Program Work Programs BUNAC, tne Britisk Universities Nortk America 2005 Spring Lecture Series Glut, is a non-protit organization that lias operated international exchange programs since 1^62. By working atroad inxougk BUNAC, you can support your travels and gain experience for your resume. In 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, 2005 tlie US, BUNAC currently offers work programs to Terrace Room B, Mather Hall Britain, Australia,.Mew Zealand, Canada, Ireland, as well as volunteer programs in Peru, and Sotito. Af- Mefiranglz Kar rica. nttp://www.!mi!BC»<5rg/i3.sa. "Violence Against Women in Iran" Video Conr. Rm prn ' MARCH 15, 2005 - THE TRINITY TKTPOD NEWS PAGE9 Hillel Representatives Trinity Committed to financial Aid Discuss Public Policy Dean Dow Confident Class of 2009 Will Represent Progress continued from page 6 says Dow. Two years ago, 33 receive financial aid have been continued from page 6 view of the legislative process as ing class and its "implications percent of the entering class was admitted regular decision for about numerous pressing issues we pushed important issues." for the three yt ars that follow as receiving financial aid, and Dow next year's first-year class. With on Capitol Hill. Horowitz was Several students attended a they move toward graduation," impressed by the Connecticut session called "Judaism and said Reynolds. "[Trinity will] get through fiscal change, legislators' attention to the lob- Social Justice: Why to Care - Dean Dow looks for "aca- byists. "On the last day of the How, When, Where, and For demic strength, diversity and and still build on the progress we've maoe." conference, we went to Capitol Whom?" outlining the Jewish other qualities" within an afford- - Larry Dow, Dean of Admissions Hill to lobby our congressmen obligation to take up the cause of able budget. "It may not be a giant leap forward," but Dow is "confident that [the Class of feels that "shows that we can this projected budget, Trinity 2009] will represent progress bring in a strong class with that will "get through fiscal change, and include a financial budget level aid." and still build on the progress that Trinity can afford." About 900 students who will we've made," says Dow. Trinity promises to meet the full financial need for all accept- ed students but "is not 'need blind* as only a very small num- ber of the top colleges and uni- versities are," Reynolds added. Trinity's admissions deci- Amherst: Chemistry major Christine Hagan '05 was sions are not made without any regard to a student's ability to awarded a Churchill Foundation Scholarship to study at pay. Instead, admissions officers the University of Cambridge during the 2005-06 aca- must balance individual applica- demic year. She hopes to do research about proteins which tions with the make-up of the may be involved with certain illnesses, such as Alzheimer's class as a whole within the con- disease and Type-2 Diabetes. Lisa Kassow straints of the budget. Trinity students pose with Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT). Admissions decisions must Williams: In light of continued budget and construction and senators on issues that are social action. Presenter Rabbi "allow ability to pay in order to problems, the opening of the College's new student center be a factor to reach budget important to the Jewish commu- Fred Scherlinder-Dobb has been delayed from Fall 2006 to the beginning of cal- nity, including support for explained that the historical basis goals," says Dow. endar year 2007. According to current estimates, the proj- Medicaid, stem cell research, of this is rooted in ancient Jewish Dow projects that 36 percent ect is expected to exceed the original $36 million budget action against the Darfur geno- text Deuteronomy 20 that states of the next first-year class will by $8.5 million, though officials are working to explore cide in Sudan, and pushing the "Justice, justice, you shall pur- receive financial aid. This is "a Israeli-Palestinian peace sue." He taught students how to conservative percentage on aid ways in which the cost could be lowered without signifi- process," he said. "Our trip to interpret their social justice work but allows us to achieve a good cantly affecting quality. Capitol Hill gave us an inside into a Jewish context. part of our goals for the class,"
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DAVE STRICOFF (the most popular multiplayer game FEATURES CONTRIBUTOR option). With screen names ranging from What do "Batman," "Campus Pizza," the political to the profane, the questioned Spring Break Wannabe "TCERT," "Jimmy Jones," "diisopropy- At least that's what I tell people. is begged: what's in a name? KATE BUTLER lamine," and "a big dildo" have in com- While there is a general consensus that Friday: Since I know everyone will be FEATURES WRITER mon? While they sound like the ingredients reading '"Dirty Harry' splattered by 'your leaving for their excellent Spring Breaks for the most memorable of ail costume par- mom's box'" or '"John Bladders' betrayed I am an MTV Spring Breaker soon in Cabo and, like, the Playboy ties, those are just some of the names you by 'a big dildo'" will never get old, the fact Wannabe. Ever since I was little, I've Mansion, I decide to leave a little early as are likely to encounter when logging onto remains that a good number of Halo screen dreamt of getting implants and a fake tan, though I had somewhere important to go. I the network to play Halo 2. names are intentionally offensive. What do strapping on a skimpy bikini, and heading do a little reverse psychology on my Halo 2 is the sequel to Halo: Combat names such as AIDS or Anorexia Princess down to Daytona Beach for Spring Break. friends by constantly changing my story as Evolved (imag- say about our Just the thought of meeting Carson Daly to my exact whereabouts during break, so ine that?). student body? and dancing on floating rafts makes me nobody knows where I'm going—just that Released last Granted, the November, Halo vast majority of My parents keep yelling at me to look for a summer 2 was one of the players are first XBOX male. And, if the job, but I'm just hoping that watching Spring Break on games to utilize Facebook group MTV will somehow rub off and salvage my week. Microsoft's devoted to the XBOX live tech- game is any nology. This indication, long for that week in March when all bets it'll be somewhere, fabulous. I keep squeal- allows gamers freshmen and are off, and people are free to satisfy their ing randomly with excitement, wondering on campus to log thus do not natural urges to get naked and drink if I have enough bathing suits, talking on to the net- accurately Malibu Rum all day long. about needing to pack, and glancing often work and kill reflect anywhere I think my parents would be proud to at my watch to "make sure I don't miss my each other from near the entire see their firstborn engaging in this rite of flight." I am so slick. the comfort of student popula- passage, especially if it was documented Saturday: The local University is still their own dorms. tion. These in the latest installment of the classic in session, so I decide to head down to Add the ability names almost Girls Gone Wild tapes. make some friends. In true Spring Break to taunt your make Dick However, since money and motiva- spirit, I wear my bathing suit, just so peo- opponents Hersh's social tion were both tight this year, I had to ple know that I mean business. through their TV agenda make improvise. I decided to cut my losses and Unfortunately, it's a balmy 43 degrees out- screens with www.google.com sense. go home to good ol' Delaware and search side and people look at me oddly as I XBOX commit- Iftfikis.-^qur desktop ^vvallpaper, you're obsessed. Speaking of -for a good time. Since my parents just bravery sit outside Coldstone trying not to nicator, and it is easy to understand how our beloved former president, his name is moved back there after a four-year hiatus chatter my teeth and lick my Kahlua-fla- this first-person shooter has become one of someone's alias. Not to be outdone, Jimmy to sunny Scottsdale, Arizona, I knew I'd vored ice cream cone. Just when I start to the most popular games on campus. At any Jones is also represented. Appropriately, have to make some new friends anyway. worry that I might just look like "a creepy given time, you are likely to find one of the the latter is the better player. Others have This is the story of my quest for the townie in her underwear, some big guys aforementioned players or their video- perfect Spring Break. Whether I achieve gaming peers engaged in a game of slayer see HALO on page 14 that or not, it will certainly be interesting. see GIRLS on page 14 $faoeli:
JENNY DUNN all dressed up, tie and everything, tried to box and said, "Umm, someone just fell at the Tap when the seniors that were still SENIOR EDITOR spin around a small tree and jump over one down on the Lower Long Walk and didn't standing stumbled in. I probably don't Saturday, March 12,2005: of the stone benches next to the path. get up." This spectacle, which ended with remember much more than they do, but I For four years, I have been waiting for Unfortunately for him, he didn't quite an ambulance and a really pissed off drunk do recall a number of chairs being thrown, what will happen tomorrow. I will wake up as well as a former Tripod writer insisting around 9 a.m., shower, put on the classic For about 45 minutes, I could have sworn I was at on taking a tequila shot at last call. I did little black dress, and start to choke down Wesleyan. my best to convince him that this probably alcoholic beverages, ignoring the cries of wasn't the best idea, but a drunk person is my already hungover body: "Give me vita- never wrong — until he throws up in a mins and nutrients! And no, the orange clear it, and went down face first. Not par- kid, was my first encounter with Senior Miller Light pitcher. juice in your mimosa doesn't count!" ticularly wanting to deal with him myself, Brunch. Junior year I was abroad, and was sur- From there, things will only get worse. I dialed Campus Safety on the nearest call Sophomore year, I just happened to be rounded for a semester by belligerence and As of today, I have no plans to streak nudity, so missing one day wasn't a big across the quad. In addition to being pre- deal. And now ... well, let's just hope I Spring Break pasty, I've just never been live to tell the story of my Senior Brunch. the type to take off my clothes in public But chances are that by 1 p.m. tomorrow Sunday, March 13,2005: I'll have shed any sense of common decen- It's 9 p.m., and, as far as I can tell, I'm cy, which very well may include the desire still breathing. I made it. The bad news, of to wear clothes. which I am horribly ashamed, is that I am While I'm sure that tomorrow will be not currently at the Tap. I've never been a one of the more entertaining, if not memo- fan of booting and rallying - we'll leave it rable, days of my college career, I'm also at that. (Although I do think that I have a bit nervous about the prospect of drink- some nips of Cuervo somewhere around ing from the time that I wake up until last here. Maybe I'll take one at midnight just call at the Tap - and I will make it to last to bookend the day.) call. I think that this sense of anxiety The morning started out almost exact- comes from some less-than-positive expe- ly as I predicted: up at the stroke of 9:15, riences with Senior Brunch as an under- shower, dress, wine, brunch. For some rea- classman. son I had expected something other than Freshman year, I had no idea what the breakfast foods available at Mather -1 Senior Brunch was. But, one unseasonably don't know, eggs Benedict or something. warm March afternoon, as I walked the It's a good thing no one was there for the Lower Long Walk, I saw a very happy guy food. I swigged at least 15 mimosas; either half-skipping, half-running across the soc- Jenny Dunn cer fields from Psi U. This guy, who was They have no idea what she's looking at because they insist on wearing sunglasses indoors. see SENIORS on page 12 PAGE 12 FEATURES THE TRINITY TRIPOD - M ARCH 15, 2005 Around Trinity JULIET IZON staple, metallic is in too, at least sneakers (like Vans, but Converse FEATURES WRITER for now), khaki or jean skirts with All-Stars are always a bonus), It may be hard to think about not much embellishment, oxfords low-slung trouser pants, anything the sun when it seems like we're (in white, pink, or white and pink That Wasn't on the Menu ... vintage (check out Smashing getting pummeled with snow striped), anything CK Bradley Grandpa stuff for cool tee-shirts), This weekend many daring seniors gave every other day, but trust me, (gotta show some alumna love!), bangles and chunky. rings, Trinity a piece of themselves (or several) to eventually the temperature will and of course, pearls. shrunken cardigans, and hairstyle remember them by, but one especially bold climb above 30 degrees and we For guys: Loafers (no socks), experimentations. oui really went balls-out by sitting through can finally wear our Rainbows in khakis, secondary school webbed For guys: Again, sneakers are the entire Senior Brunch in his birthday suit. the season that they were a must, but you can made for. But with Spring rock dressier shoes ,s if it were not enough that he distracted his comes some responsibilities with this look too. ellow classmates from their mini-bagels, he that every camper needs to Plaid pants or any- then approached Dean Card to shake his hand take seriously: proper warm thing Dickies, some- and nonchalantly shoot the breeze for another weather attire. Since we only what fitted vintage thirty minutes. AT applauds this fellow's go- get four days of non-freezing band tee shirts, jean weather, you don't want to jackets, leather wrist getter attitude and wishes him well in his be caught off guard and miss cuffs, and spiky hair. postgraduate endeavors, although for the next out on a chance to wear your The Trendster: time he chats with higher-ups at a formal favorite flouncy skirt when So you fall somewhat affair, AT advises that he wear a tie. it's actually climate-appro- into the middle of the priate. first two styles, pick- Plus, whether you admit ing and choosing your it or not, the Quad in spring- style from Vogue or What Would Raether Say? time is a veritable cesspit of GQ. Senior exhibitionists left no place unvisited hormones. And unless you You wouldn't be Sunday afternoon - not even the hallowed want to be the only one out caught dead in some- there actually doing home- thing from last season halls of the Raether Library. A veritable flock work, rolling out in your and if you're a guy, of senior men and women strutted their stuff pajamas is a definite fashion you and the term met- past shelves and volumes and perplexed librar- don't, Now that I have suc- rosexual may have ians. Even in this time of celebration, AT ceeded in sounding like the crossed paths. But campus's most vapid and being well dressed is would like to remind all overzealous seniors to materialistic student -and nothing to be ashamed please keep the debauchery down to a mini- therefore have nothing to of, so don't let any- mum; people are trying to read. lose - here are some guide- body tell you differ- lines to help you prep for the ent. social event that is the Long For this spring, Walk runway: Boxers or Briefs? You Don't Have to Ask this crowd will dictate The Classic: Nothing -www.shopbop.com what will be cool for Apparently, some overeager freshmen wanted says New England like a pair the rest of the summer, Super-feminine garb keeps you hot in warm months. to be just like the cool older kids and prove of Jack Rogers and so pay careful atten- that they, too, are man enough for this cam- Nantucket red. On this somewhat belt, oxfords, polos, anything tion to what these kids are sport- pus. On Saturday night, AT witnessed five stylistically conservative campus, pastel pink, green, or yellow. ing around campus. Even though freshman boys gleefully scampering down you cannot go wrong sticking The Avant-Garde: So, vine- I know you don't need them, here with Polo. But that doesn't mean yard vines isn't really your thing? are some hints: Vernon St. donning nothing but that loveable it has to be boring. Rather, the Don't worry, you've got some For girls-: Anything distressed men's underclothing known in the colloquial is in, and for the warm weather, as "tighty whiteys." Don't worry, boys, your Nothing says New England like a pair my favorites are the super-short time will come ... you'll fill out those briefs of Jack Rogers and Nantucket red. jean skirts. Combine with a pair soon enough. of bright stilettos and layer a cou- ple of sheer tee-shirts on top for a preppy look is always flattering other options than just pink and spectacular look. Try to look for and assures you of a well- green. Punk, which has never cut-glass earrings and don't for- Go Commando ... Just Don't Leave a Trail groomed image'that may come in been uncool, is experiencing get the oversized sunglasses. And It's one thing to find articles of clothing handy during finals when your quite the renaissance these days. always match your bag to at least strewn haphazardly across the laundry room professor will take one look at So grab yourself a vintage Clash some part of your outfit. your freshly ironed (and starched, floor of Hansen, but it's quite another to tee-shirt, some leather wristbands For guys: Two words - bien sur) polo shirt and just give and rock out to The Pixies on designer jeans. They just fit bet- stumble upon ladies' undergarments on your you an A for effort. Fashion your iPod. The key to this look is ter, so it's worth it to shell out. way back from the Bistro. On Saturday after- effort, that is. Anyway, here are to look like you didn't try at all. It Steal a little from the punk and noon, AT nearly trampled over a lovely pair of some key items you might want may take some practice, but once the prep look and you will be light lavender panties lying forlornly on the to have to complete your fresh- you get it, people will be loving- mini-metro in no time. My out-of-boarding-school persona: lower Long Walk. Ignoring the obvious ques- ly admiring your faux-hawk for favorite combo is the blazer with For girls: The aforementioned days. the graphic tee-shirt; it looks tion of how those panties got there in the first Jack Rogers (natural leather is a For girls: Checkered skater good on nearly everybody. place, AT hopes that the walk home for this poor girl (or guy) was not too drafty on these frosty March nights. A Senior Shares Her Experience with Mid-Afternoon Drunkards
continued from page 11 preparing to rip their clothes off The rest of the day becomes a At Least They Remembered the Film I had turned into a drinking god- or preparing to take pictures that little fuzzy. I remember being Post-Senior Brunch craziness came right into dess overnight, or there wasn't will surface twenty years down given my own bottle of Andre. I the Tripod office Sunday afternoon, when two nearly enough Andre in the O.J. the road in a Senate race. remember complaining that I cocktail-happy members of your friendly I knew that things were start- For about 45 minutes, I could missed the stuffed mushrooms at newspaper staff escaped into the Jackson Dark ing to get out of coiitrpl when I have sworn I was at Wesleyan. I Psi U, then eating half a pizza. looked up at the stage of the Party stood there, fully clothed due to Next thing I knew, I was waking Room for some private celebrating of their Barn, where a large number of the lack of Andre in the O.J., up from a three-hour nap with a own. Have-you ever wondered why it smells people had migrated to dance, half-appalled and half-delighted, hangover at 6:30. funny in that room? Well, now you know. and'saw a rather large pair of as naked people played Frisbee, By now, I'm actually feeling breasts proudly on display. rolled in the snow, ran through pretty good, though I can't say This seemed to be an unspo- the library, chatted with Dean I'm looking forward to going to ken signal that it was time for the Card, and even rode a bike. I sleep for the night -1 don't know streaking festivities, and every- absolutely cannot wait until how to keep naked kids from one headed to the quad, either someone runs for Senate. biking into my nightmares. MARCH 15, 2005 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD FEATURES PAGE 13 STUDBK5 IN DOONBWtY %m OUT TO wmm< spuing 200^ There is more to Praxis than Halloween on Vernon St. Whether you're dreaming of crashing on the beaches of continued from page 1 and we did Snowman-o-grams for Bermuda or crashing high school parties back home, Spring chance to get to know." The coherence of Christmas." Break is bound to be an interesting time for Trin Campers. Just the program stands out through its accom- Recruitment for Praxis is key in the remember, no matter how raging any party is that you attend, plishments and involvement with the com- future plans for the program. "Right now your hormones are even more so. Consider your Spring Break munity. we are really focusing on recruitment "We do all kinds of individual commu- efforts — just getting the word out there destination found, whether it's paradise or just an intimate date nity service projects, some that we had about Praxis," explained Martha, "letting with the remote control. thought up on our own, and some that are people know what a great opportunity already campus-wide projects. Together, Praxis is, and explaining that it is not just a JM "The great part is, it's so laid-back and there's no pressure. We run everything ourselves." - Emily Giccolo'06 Oucv 23 - AUGUST 22
What Was supposed to he your getaway to a trop- Always the conscientious one, you will decide that we form a great bond of students from all small group of people who happen to do ical paradise will turn sour when you contact a Spring Break is a good time for you to finally Work grades, and we just have fun helping out," lots of community service. We are involved mysterious disease that causes you to lose con- on that reading list While engrossed h \vebers Emily Ciccolo '06 commented. "It is a in so many different things, ranging from trol o>ler all your extremities - yep. all of them But Pdj&xs as a Vacation at a nearby .Starbucks, group of a dozen warm-hearted students off-campus service projects to the Lyons the good news you'll get a great tan. find some youli be approached by an oVerzealous community who care about putting just a few extra Club to the on-campus knitting group to vol- really coot seashelis, and meet the bastard chil- college professor who tries to convince you to join hours a week to help out wherever it may unteering at the hospital to organizing an on- dren you left running around on the island from the objectwist revolution. Next time you hft be needed. The great part is, it's so laid- campus bone marrow drive." Besides focus- -Spring Break 2(902. . . .Starbucks, you bring along Gzsm? instead. back and there's no pressure. We run ing on getting new members, the program is everything ourselves." also in the process of planning events for the PfSCES To be a part of Praxis, every member rest of the year. These will not only help the must volunteer regularly for a chosen proj- community, but they will get the entire cam- - MAO.CH 20 AUGUST 23 - SEPTEMBER. 22 ect throughout the academic year. There is pus involved as well. Although you had hoped to go home, drive up and This Spring Break you and your two best friends no minimum.- hour .requirement. The group Martha added, "We have some pretty down tv|ain -Street tanking your horn at bag ladies will piLe into a \AV Wagon and head .South for the as a whole does about four or five projects exciting events coming up ... we have been and Lurk menacingly around the local mall all your Week. ButyourVery^riendly comrades will attract a semester, ranging from in-campus activi- participating in the campus-wide effort to fnendsWiLheonMacayandyouwlLbelefctoyour lots of trucker atfcgntm and. more annoyingly. ties to those including the Hartford com- raise tsunami relief funds, will be hosting remote and an unending supply of Lays Sour make ali-too-frequent rest stops. Agitated, you munity. Ciccolo continued, "[This year] we our annual 'get naked with Praxis' clothing Cream and Oxion chips (but no dip} fret not finally insist that all the -Sobe drinks be removed had a haunted house for Halloween for drive in the spring as people are getting rid though you]}, soon he able to impress your •friends from the Vehicle, and you make up by belting along children from Hartford, we baked and clothes, and we are planning on painting our with your nevAy-acquhsd repository of Vlll invk to had 80s musk. donated hundreds of pies for Thanksgiving, common room, which will be a lot of fun!"
MAft.cw 21- APR.IL 19 SEPTEM&Eft. 23 - OCTOSEft. 22 THE JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM -SmellthatP No.thatsnot Pisces gelling offthe Youli go to Europe with a fe*J friends and haVea PRESENTS couch, thats the aroma of .Spring Love. WnLe in fabulous fling with an Italian man named CJioVanni the shampoo aisle of Target you'll meek, a whose only Words in English are "yes" and "my wfe brunette also carrying a bottle of Neutrogena will be home in twenty minutes." But his charm Anti-Residue shampoo with volumizing agents. will quiddy dissipate when you learn that he your loVe wlL bLsssom blissfully for a few days, Waxes his eyebrows and actually operates a rVjafia "History and Memory: The Dark Past of untlshe divulges her taste for Colgate Whitening, ring in N/|iamL although he does score some sweet Polish-Jewish Relations in World War II" but you just can't do Without a Crest girt tirarrnsa TALJfUJS Scoapfo Ae>ft-«_ 20 - MAX 20 OCTO&Eft. 23 - NoVEM&Eft- 21 Professor Joanna Michlic You and some friends Will decide to spend a few No troycal paradise for you ihis year, my friend - nights h a cheap hotel in rJeW Ybtk to catch a for the iipring Break you'll opt for the snowy Visiting Scholar, Dept of Judaic and Near Eastern matinee to Wicked and bar-hop on Third Avenue. mountains of Colorado. But your dream ski Vacay But after a few too many nine-dollar will go awry when you test out the Black Studies Brandeis University Cosmopolitans, you will give all your money to the Piamond slopes for the first time and end up mak- one-legged guy playing "Imagine" on the saxophone ing friends with a masskfetree. But you Wilisuffer and have to catch a ride from a Chinese man on a only a broken arm and at the Very least you get bicycle. the hot nurse t» sign your cast
SAGfTTACUUS MAX 21- OUME 21 WOVEM&EA. 22 - DECEMfeEft. 21 Wnat seemed tike a brilliant excursion wfth the old -Sadly, your flight to Rio de Jainero will he can- high school crew will turn intc a nght in a maximum celled and youlL have to stay on TnnHys campus security prison wrth two men reined Ounc/ and for all of -Spring Break But don't Worry, youli get Logjam But at around 2 am. youlL he surprised to to hang with crewfolk, peopLefromtheUetp Pesk, find yourself singing 7v|aLhd IvjiUc' aLong to and ailartford loeaL named Lorenzo who you will Mncys harmonica In one night youli have befriend at ABC Pizza. When classes resume, exchanged camptales. screen names, and Logjams you will he toting Lorenzo to Ivjather. Crow par- recipe for pumpkin roll with cream cheese filling. ties, and your class h Vicforian poetry.
CANCER. CAP>fUCOft-N OUWE 22 - OuLy 22 for this .Spring Break youli get just what you did- ^Springtime b the hands-down hsst tins for get- n't ask for - some quality time WrUi good oX. tv|om ting married. But not you, killer—youlL be brides- and Pad. WhLs your •friends Will be partying down maid at a friends Wedding; only to get drunk, off the on the coast youlL spend evenings playing punch and find yourself in the coat room With the Thursday, March 31,2005 - 8:00PM •Scrabbk and Watching home vkkos. &y the time one-man-band. But that Will be nothing compared MCCOOK AUDITORIUM, MCCOOK BUILDING you get back to campus you'll have picked up sev- fe?the plight of the bride who will 5form off during enteen new twoAetter Words and a detailed -time- the reception and force you to hold her handker- line of (vjom and Pad's honeymoon in lv|aui 1979- chiefas she blows her noss'm the parking lot PAGE 14 FEATURES THE TRINITY TRIPOD - MARCH 15, 2005 Girls Gone Wild Delaware: Setter Than Original?
continued from page 11 bathing suit while stumbling and slurring Saturday: My parents decide to invite include bartenders and hula girls, I could with unibrows and thinning hair come up my speech. I realize that daytime drunken- over the whole fam, because that's defi- do worse than settle for crazy relatives. and invite me to a "rager" but I get nervous ness is MUCH more widely practiced and nitely going to make me feel better. So if you find yourself in a similar sit- and saunter off, peeling out of the parking accepted at Trinity, so I cut the act before I However, since I'm such a good sport, I try uation for Spring Break, have no fear. You • lot like the true thug that I am in my hot '94 see somebody I know. and make the best of it. Somewhere can always slap on some oil, grab the Volvo. Wednesday: I'm willing to admit that between foosball with my drunken uncles nearest beach umbrella, and head to the Sunday: Mom gushes for half an hour it may be a little too cold for my bikini, so and a hardcore karaoke contest with my back yard. You might feel bad when your about how glad she is that I'm home and I compromise and deck myself out in cousins, it hits me. Maybe the perfect friends come back with killer tans and somehow tricks me into agreeing to go to Hawaiian print. Unfortunately, the Spring Break doesn't have to include sand, priceless memories (or lack thereof), but church with her. But I'm still a bad-ass, so Salvation Army doesn't seem to carry an sunshine, or surfers. To be terribly cliche, don't worry, because they probably picked I go in my bathing suit. Mom refuses to sit adequate array of matching Hawaiian garb, I found that I was able to entertain myself up some STDs, too, or at least a liver dis- with me. so I settle for Army pants and an Adult and spend time with the ones I love...and order. And besides, there's always next Tuesday: I realize that Spring Break is XXL-sized Hawaiian shirt. A pretty the couch. I guess if the "ones I love" can't year. not Spring Break without fabulous cock- saleslady points out my fashion faux-pas so tails, but seeing as I lack the proper photo I pretend not to speak English, because identification with which to purchase said that's what I usually do in awkward situa- Halo Identity Crisis beverages, I settle for a non-alcoholic tions. Slurpee. I figure acting like I'm drunk is Thursday: In an attempt to start off an continued from page 11 is a nod to the Pearl Jam anthem as well as nearly the same as being drunk, so I wan- amazing dance party by myself in my adopted science professors Thomas Mitzel a statement of Halo gospel. While they all der around various public locales in my room, I am completely shafted by my six- and William Church as their screen names. might not be deep, screen names based on year-old sister, who comes in to tell me to Barring the possibility that "Kim from popular culture show nominal awareness of turn down the music because she's "trying Mather" really is Kim from Mather, the world beyond Trinity and in this respect to concentrate." When I try to get her to "Church" is not Church, et al, one has to are most representative of the actual stu- hang out with me, she rolls her eyes and wonder what kind of example they have for dent body. walks away. I submit that she is simply too the student body to be emulated in such a Those who choose not to lampoon or young to appreciate the musical genius that fashion. offend seem to draw their names from is Dr. Dre, and one day she will endeavor to Fashionable indeed are pop culture ref- whatever is handy. Clearly drawing their be as cool as me. erences. Some, such as "the Dude," inspiration from takeout menus, few things Friday: Got a call last night at 3:45 in "Chuck Norris," and "Bruce Lee," pay are sweeter than watching "Campus Pizza" the morning from my best friend, scream- homage to iconic figures of our youth, and "Sgt. Pepperoni" snipe at each other. ing and laughing hysterically to tell me a while others, like "Flava Flave," "ODB Surprisingly, "Cranlambic," a derivation of joke that the latest surfer-slash-hottie told lives," and "a blue state" are particularly Sam Adam's Cranberry Lambic, is the only her. Since then, I've been sitting on the apropos. For the most part, these are the reference to beer. While some got their couch watching Spring Break on MTV and names that will make you think. Tipping names from labels, "cyanoborohydride" eating Healthy Choice Devil's Food Cake his hat to Cameron Crowe's Almost and "diisopropylamine" must have raided Cookies. My parents keep yelling at me to Famous, "I am a Golden God" evokes the the index of a chemistry book. Perhaps the look for a summer job, but I'm just hoping memory of one of the most-quoted film least intriguing are those who simply that watching Spring Break on TV will scenes of this decade while proclaiming his choose to use their instant messenger somehow rub off and salvage my less-than- video-gaming prowess. screens for Halo. But hey, at least we know This MTV special is Spring Break protocol. perfect week. Similarly, "a Better Man" presumably who they really are.
•5 Department of English Prizes
SHORf. JfOEISS One submission per student. The Trinity Alumnus Prizes in Fiction: $250f $175,. and $100 for short stories of any length. ' • " J^Q^MS Up to four pages of poetry from each student. John Curtis Underwood Memorial Prizes .in Poetry: $200, $125, and $75. THE &C&P1MI 0? jMERietM POKES PRIgg/One, submission per student, k $100 award for one poem and possible publication in a nationally-distributed journal. ' . ' FL&fS One submission from" each student, the Frank w. Whitlock Prizes in Drama: $200, $150, and $100 for one-act play scripts. • • ESSAIS the Alumni Prizes in English Composition? $250 and $150 for expository writing. Papers originally written, for college courses will be accepted if conscientiously revised and retyped. One submission from each student, : •
01&PLI8E FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS' (EXCEPT FOR SPEECH- CONTEST) FllD&S/ April 8, 2005 at NOON, All submissions should be typed. Deliver manuscripts to Christie Kelley in the English Department, DO NOT PUT YOUR SAME OM YOUR WORK. PLEASE INCLUDE A SEPARATE COVER SHEBT WITH YOUR MAME AND BOX NUMBER TO IISURE ANONYMITY, if you would like your submission returned to you, please include a large?. self-addressed envelope, tinners-will be announced at the Honors Day ceremony, on Friday, May %t 2005, at 3j30 p,m, in-the College Chapel. • ; •
SPEECHES the P.&. Brown Prize in Public Speakings $450, $350., and $200. - - -Each speech will be an original persuasive speech of 5-8 minutes long'on some contemporary issue selected'by the student speakers. . "Students wishing to enter this contest must sign up with Margaret Orasso. in the English Department ^x2455) by Friday^ April 1. (Expected number of participantst 15-20.} ~A11-contestants will deliver their speeches between 7:00-9:00 p,m. on Wednesday, April €, 2005,in Rittenberg Lounge, Mather Hall. i • . • '
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MARCH 15. 2005 ControlRoom Addresses Media Coverage of the War GINGER WHITAKER the first independent network in the Arab focusing only on women ARTS WRITER world. Al Jazeera was established in hopes and children. Rumsfeld said This week, the documentary Control of giving the Arab world truthful news cov- . at a news conference, "We Room was shown in McCook Auditorium to erage without having to watch foreign news know that Al Jazeera has a an audience of students and Hartford locals. sources, such as the BBC. Control Room is pattern of playing propagan- Rosadel Varela, a Trinity graduate (class of an exceptional documentary, giving audi- da river and over and over 1994), is one of the documentary's produc- ences insight into international perception again ... We're dealing with ers, and attended the screening to discuss of the Iraq War. people who are perfectly the making of Control Room. Control Room was filmed at CentCom, willing to lie to the world to Watching the documentary, I was sur- documenting the early days of the war in attempt to further their case prised at the lack of anti-American senti- Iraq and the consequential media coverage. ..." Watching the reactions ment in its message. The film's director, Reporters from American and European of the Arab reporters, it is Jehane Noujaim, is an Egyptian-American news networks worked side-by-side with obvioua that they feel more woman who arrived at Central Command in their Al Jazeera counterparts, struggling to disappointment rather than the weeks before the start of the Iraq war stay objective. The documentary addresses hatred for America. The with her camera, trying to get a closer look the issue of truth in war, giving us a window viewer gets the overwhelm- ing sense that war and its human cost is not justifi- "... democratize or 111 shoot you..." able; it is deeply saddening. - Al Jazeera producer Hassan Ibrahim Noujaim chose wonder- ful characters to focus on during the filming of her documentary, tracing their CONTROL ROOM at the interactions of international media into what the Bush administration catego- emotional and ideological networks, focusing on Al Jazeera. Central rized as propaganda. Surely you remember developments in the weeks Command, commonly referred to as the toppling of the Saddam Hussein statue leading up to the Iraq War. "CentCom," is the U.S. military headquar- following his capture? The videos viewed www.mun.ca/film Samir Khader is the articu- A promotional poster for Control Room. ters in Qatar,, where American, European, at CentCom show something not seen on and Arab reporters gathered information to American news - the square was empty, not late, charismatic, chain-smoking Al Jazeera wartime atmosphere. Thinking about relay to their home countries. The filled with cheering Iraqis. Only a small producer who speaks frankly about his aspi- America's liberation effort, Ibrahim watch- American government has successfully group of young men participated in the top- ration to "... exchange the Arab nightmare es American soldiers violently breaking into given Al Jazeera a bad name, asserting that pling of the statue, suggesting that this was for the American dream ..." He admits that Iraqi homes. He shakes his head, summariz- the Arab network conveys inaccurate, anti- a staged event for use by the American if offered a job with Fox News, he would ing the situation by saying,"... democratize American propaganda. media. take it; he wants his children to be educated or I'll" shoot you ..." These characters on Control Room reveals quite the opposite Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and live their lives in America. Donald which Noujaim concentrates thread the doc- about Al Jazeera, which is the largest Arab dubbed Al Jazeera "Osama bin Laden's Rumsfeid tells us that this man is a liar. umentary together, and their interactions news network with 55 million viewers. mouthpiece," insisting that the network Another Al Jazeera producer, Hassan Based in Qatar, it was founded in 1996 as overemphasized the devastation of war by Ibrahim, brings humor into the tense see WHAT on page 17 "Little Shop of Horrors" is Frighteningly Successful JENNIFER MOOR These Supremes of the streets sing out Chamber Music Recital ARTS CONTRIBUTOR the story of Seymour Krelborn (played by Tuesday, March 15 at 8 pjn. Howard Ashman's bizarre Broadway Jonathan Ray son), the awkward but HamlinHall show "Little Shop of Horrors" certainly endearing stock boy of Skidrow's strug- An evening of chamber music from the Baroque and Classic eras will be per- offers it audience a variety of spine-tin- gling flower shop. Owned by the burnt out formed by students and faculty. Presented in the beautiful Hamlin Hall, a soaring gling shock factors. From the sadistic Dr. and broke Mr. Mushnik, the shop is in dan- Gothic-style refectory with warm acoustics located across from Cinestudio. Scrivello D.D.S, to the six-foot tall, talking ger of closing until Seymour's discovery of flytrap of Audrey II, this musical is full of a "strange and unusual" plant begins to Arthur AvUes/Typical Theatre outrageous elements that engage the audi- bring in more business. Audrey II, Wednesday, March 16 at 8 pan. ence from the second the music starts. Seymour's name for this bizarre blossom, Seabury Hall, Studio 47,3rd floor However, I think the most remarkable seems to be the heaven sent solution to the Aviles, formerly with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company for eight aspect of this Hollywood remake is the fact shop and its employees. However, as the- years, has been proclaimed "one of the great modern dancers of the last 15 years" by the NY Times. He founded his company Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre (AATT) in that the entire show is sustained by a cast of play progresses, it becomes clear that this 1996. The company had an explosive debut in Paris performing Maeva and the plant's origins are from somewhere else fewer than twelve people. Those finite Floating Man. In December 1998 Mr. Aviles established the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!) in the South Bronx. AATT will present new and recent works The shop is in danger of closing until Seymour's dis- that continue his mission of exploring his Puerto Rican/Latino heritage and its rela- covery of a "strange and unusual" plant. tionship to modern dance. Senior Theses members of the production of "Little Shop" entirely. In order to sustain itself, Audrey II Thursday, March 31 - Saturday, April 2 playing at Hartford's Bushnell Theatre this requires a very particular type of plant Seabury Hall, Studio 47,3rd floor past weekend were no exception in relating food: human blood. As the success of the Three Trinity seniors' studies culminate with a presentation of exciting new to Connecticut this horrific tale of the tiny flower shop grows, .so does the plant's works. flower shop on Skidrow. appetite, which forces Seymour to supply it Emily Tucker's Home is a multidisciplinary, collaborative piece which Set in the slums of "any city" USA, the with its mortal meals no matter what the explores perceptions of home. show was opened by those whom I believe cost. Jamie Fontaine's Pursuing Perfection is a creative movement and dance piece were the strongest performers in the cast. One of the definite highlights of Act based on body image and the perception of the body in classical ballet and the Body Chiffon, Crystal, and Ronnette, the rag-tag One, was watching Seymour's interaction Art Movement. trio who decorate the stoops of the Skidrow with Audrey II as it grew fro'm a petite pot- Kevin Michael Keating directs an ensemble cast in an original multi-media, multi-disciplinary, multi-COLA experience. Probing the murky, bubbling depths of street corners, belted out the musical's title ted flytrap, to a man-eating nightmare. soft-drink advertising in the U.S., the really real thing acts as a battleground for the track with an energetic and soulful sound Through a series of elaborate puppets, war of a lifetime, where competitors sink or swim by the quality of their slogan. some controlled by the actors themselves, that psyched the audience up for what was This theater of Image and imagination serves up pop culture, pop art, and soda pop behind the curtain. The voices of these the costume department of "Little Shop" in a pretty aluminum can, and will have you singing, You've Got the Right One three women provided beautiful harmonies very convincingly conveyed to the audi- Baby in perfect harmony. Uh-Huh! that narrated throughout the entire show, ence the development of this demonic making their appearance on stage that austinarts.org much more anticipated with every scene. see WARNING on page 17 PAGE 16 ARTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - MARCH 15, 2005 Funeral, Anything but Sad dook" a The Arcade Fire's Debut Lights up the Music World ERIC DAUCHER have good voices. Next, pretend that the ARTS EDITOR people playing their instruments are actual- Most of you have probably never heard ly talented. If you're still with me, (and LISA SAN PASCUAL Carlos debate the pros and cons of the FEATURES EDITOR of a little band out of Montreal, Canada this is the hard part for a formula that began looming socialist state, sets the stage for called The Arcade Fire. The truth is, unless with '80s music) hear lyrics that are deeply "The Cook," a three-act play written by the social turmoil to unfold later on, but at you're either an avid follower of the indie- meaningful and emotionally charged, with- Eduardo Machado and directed by Michael times it seems textbook and forced, espe- music scene, or a music critic, it would out any of the commercialized neo-emo John Garces, is running at Hartford Stage cially when delivered with such lackluster have been relatively easy to miss all the stuff we've become accustomed to. from Feb. 25 to Mar. 25. Although often conviction. buzz surrounding Funeral, the band's Finally, throw in a strings section, and uneven in both piece and performance, Occasionally, dialogue swings from debut album, which was released back in you've got a reasonable conception of the "The Cook" is a politically charged, richly mundane to pontificating, but Machado's the Fall of 2004. Its not every day that I'll sonic oddity that is The Arcade Fire. At woven, and beautifully intimate portrait of script is not without the nuggets of vulner- write up a review of an album that has turns they take pages from The Pixies, a woman struggling to keep her family ability and insight that carry the play already been out for a number of months, David Bowie, The Talking Heads, and the together in the midst of social and political through its otherwise lukewarm two-hour but some releases are just too impressive to Cure, which all adds up to a sound unique- upheaval. performance. It's evident that the actors go unnoticed. ly their own. The play opens in a bustling kitchen in don't particularly "feel" the words until Officially, the a La Habana mansion the night before the 'well into the first act, when Machado lays band is made up socialist revolution of 1959. Gladys, the off the intellectualism and eases into the of Win Butler, his strong-willed protagonist of the title, exe- everyday reality that is the heart of the con- wife Regine cutes her culinary art with the stalwart effi- flict. By intermission, tensions peak and Chassagne, ciency of Third Reich Germany. Played by the play picks up the emotional momentum Richard Perry, the beautiful and authoritative Zabryna that redeems the flat dialogue of the first Tim Kingsbury, Guevara, Gladys, with her waiflike figure few scenes. and Win's brother and spitfire retorts, defies you to pity her, Smartly, Machado seeks to imagine and Will; but, their even as the world around her falls to sham- explore the ramifications of Castro's revo- live shows consist bles. Gladys' no-nonsense demeanor is off- lution rather than deliver a compact politi- of eight people, set by her husband Carlos' (an almost- cal agenda. Gladys's household is a rather and 15 separate charming Felix Solis) boyish mischievous- sympathetic depiction of socialism, musicians are ness and starry-eyed belief in the although not without recognition of its pit- credited as con- Revolution, which later morphs into bitter falls. This was shown most clearly in the ..._ tributors to their disillusionment and callous tyrannicism character of Gladys's cousin, Julio, played www.gooele.com ,, __ ,. -ri * j i- i- • i i II. • . album. What this when he finds the Party fails to salvage his by an effervescent but acutely conflicted The Arcade rire poses for a mid-tour publicity photo. means is that masculinity - or his marriage. Che Ayende. Gladys, for all her ideals of For starters, The Arcade Fire has a dis- Funeral has an unusually dense sound to it. The playful interactions between this individualism and progressivism, cannot tolerate what she sees as his sexual tinctive sound that is unlike anything else While the core of the sound is still arguably married couple are flat and mechanical. I've ever heard. Incidentally, that makes it deviance. She describes the cruelty of com- the traditional setup of guitar, bass, and Carlos attempts to whirl Gladys around the a bit hard to describe, but I'll do my best to kitchen in what should be a touching pic- munist China's solution to its "homosexual drums; violin, cello, keyboards, various do a rough sketch of it. Start by envision- ture of two people very much in love, but problem," concluding by declaring that ing some traditional '80s music. Now horns, and even accordion provide much of the lack of chemistry between these actors because Cuba has a more "humanistic"gov- imagine that there are two lead singers, one the accent to each piece. They are certain- renders this scene simply painful to watch. male and one female, and that both of them see ARCADE on page 18 The political banter, wherein Gladys and see COOK on page 18
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Career Services Video Conference Room \tt Wednesday, March 16 4:30-5:30 f>m THE TRINITY TRIPOD - MARCH 15, 2005 ARTS PAGE 17 Warning: Please Refrain Bruchac Fuses Music, Poetry continued from page 1 Interestingly enough, his Slovak an accomplished professional, but I throughout the reading and the family name, Bruchac, is associat- thought his poetry was well crafted Frocontinuedm fromFeedin page 15 g thOrine (playePlantsd by Jame!s audience would call back "Hey!" ed with the bear as an almost and, despite some very traditional plant. The audience cracked up as Moye), it seemed, was not only The reason we have two ears and guardian animal. It draws an inter- themes (at least themes I would Rayson had to restrain a two-foot Seymour's problem, but the rest only one mouth, he explained, is esting parallel to many traditions imagine traditional within Native blood-thirsty Audrey II from tak- of the show's as well. His .por- that we should listen twice as much Bruchac speaks about in Indian cul- American culture), maintained a ing a bite out of one of the other trayal of this plague obsessed, as we speak. ture. He also related a dream in fresh evocation of the scenes and cast members. Likewise when pain inflicting, villain vacillated He read some poems from var- which he worried "I'm only half narratives taking place. Though he Audrey begins to speak (via the between bizarre Elvis Presley ious literary magazines. Poems Indian," and his Grandfather quick- has published much in the print- voice of Michael James Leslie), impersonations, and misguided such as "The Language of ly asked "you only half alive?" based literary magazine scene and this botanical monster back-talks machismo. While this character is Burning" and "100 Songs" tied the He continued reading different his poems stand up as solely written like nobody's business, and his meant to be played as somewhat narrator's personal experience to poems, some from a project called pieces, his poetry begs, in my opin- humor provides a comical count- of a psycho, he is not the schizo- Poets Against the ion, to be read out loud and with er trait to his character's cannibal- phrenic that Moye made him out War, and some skillful intonation. This is befitting istic tendencies. to be in the show. As the script from various of work influenced so much by old The other relationship worth dictates, the dentist is the first vic- books. His voice oral tradition. following throughout the show is tim to be sacrificed to the plant rose and fell like Pulling out a cedar flute, he told Seymour's interactions with and I have to say I was not sorry soft waves on a the story of the flute's creation in "Audrey I" (played by Tari to see him go. lake. This brought which a woodpecker drilled into a Kelly). The street swept, damsel With the dentist's death as the the audience into branch and the wind flew across it. in distress of the show, Audrey final scene in Act One, the audi- the world he Listening to the rich notes tell a works in the flower shop along- described in his ence is set up for a second half of story of their own, I had little trou- side Seymour, and their romance poetry, keeping high drama in Act Two, and they ble imagining it. Bruchac read one begins to blossom. Her low cut our attention with are not disappointed. Seymour last poem, called "Remembering tops and even lower self esteem his storyteller's and Audrey's relationship reaches Elms," that grieved for our loss of make Seymour fall hopelessly in new romantic heights through the tone of voice. these trees, something Trinity could love with this helpless character, Chuck Pratt toy. pair's duet "Suddenly Seymour," Bruchac has relate to, given our school song. It and his devotion makes both the act's undisputed best number. Bruschac reads his poetry in the faculty lounge. e]ecj extensively must have described our long walk characters that much more pre- However these lovebirds' life the experiences of Indians as a and has gleaned stories from all at some point, recalling that "those cious to the audience watching together is to be short lived, as group, and also to the experiences over the world. He even had poems great trees once lined every street, them trim the plants. The only Audrey IPs desires have grown as of human beings as a whole.' After about Connecticut relating to his each skeletal tree a book of the thing preventing these Skidrow well, and are not as easily satiated reading a few poems, Bruchac Mohegan friends and kin. dead." star-crossed lovers from being as before. would give the lit mag out to any- His poetry also dealt with the together is Audrey's belligerent One final song sent us on our The final scene of the show one who raised his or her hand for intensely personal. In a poem boyfriend: Dr." Orin Scrivello. way, this one coming from a double sums up this musical's message it. I got a copy of Shenandoah, the called "Combing" he described flute. Haunting and harmonic tones as the whole cast joins together to Washington and Lee University brushing his wife's hair after she filled the room. The audience left warn the audience about the dan- review. began chemotherapy for cancer, uplifted by Joseph Bruchac's view gers of "feeding the plants." Like Ancestry has been a major con- how in her generosity and strength of the world and sharing of a her- the rest of "Little Shop" the cern of Brachac's for a long time of character she put the hair that fell itage rich in cultural wisdom and engaging music and energy of the and not just with regard to his away outside for the birds to weave life. I left with the words performance masks its macabre Abenaki heritage. His father's side into their nests to bring new life, "Wlipamkaani, Nidobak" in my www.google.com content, making the show a scary was Slovak and he explored this in turning her loss into a gift. ears, which means in Abenaki, Audreyil, the Carnivorous Plant success. a poem called "The Bear." It's hard for a student to critique "Travel Well, my friends."
What We Hear Versus FELLINIAMARCORD March 15 7:30 p.m. At first glance a colorful, nostalgic view of director Fellini's childhood in a small town on the Adriatic coast, Amarcord is also a subtle condemnation of Italy's infatuation with What They See there fascism in the 1930s. The film follows one year in the life of a tight-knit community, espe- continued from page 15 tion to the difficulties of truth in cially a young boy exploring the confusing desires of adolescence. The genius of Fellini is in the flawed humanity of bis characters, from the boy's sex-crazed uncle to Gradisca, with the international reporters times of war. the town siren who has dreams of stardom. "It's not only a great movie, it's a great joy to help us put a realistic face and per- Watching Control Room, I see." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times. 89 mins. sonality on those behind Al - was reminded of the fact that I'm Jazeera. not quite sure why we are in this Control Room allows viewers war at all. The Bush administra- H3 March 16 to compare the information that tion hasn't given either the 7:30 p.m. H3 is based on the events of the 1981 Hunger Strike that claimed the lives Bobby Americans received from local American people nor the interna- Sands and nine other men, and focused the world's attention on the treatment of political media to what the Arab world and tional community any justification prisoners in Europe's most secure prison. Seamus Scullion is chosen to select the names international community saw in for our presence in Iraq. Clearly, (out of 400 volunteers) of his fellow prisoners in Northern Ireland's Long Kesh prison, who are prepared to die for what they believe in. A powerful and uplifting film about friendship, loyalty and courage. Co-writer Laurence McKeown spent 70 days on hunger "We know that Al Jazeera has a pattern strike in 1981.90 mins. of playing propaganda over and over and over again..." - Donald Rumsfeld THE AVIATOR March 17-19 17-18 at 7:30 p.m. and 19 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Martin Scorsese's passion for movies, and movie history, can be experienced in the sheer exhilaration of bis portrait of Hollywood pioneer Howard Hughes. Leonardo relation to the Iraq War. I remem- this is not a liberation of the Iraqi DiCaprio captures the limitless confidence of the scion of a rich family, who is wildly suc- ber hearing of an Al Jazeera sta- people. cessful at his twin obsessions of aviation and making films - at least until obsession leaves tion being bombed by American Following the screening of him an isolated prisoner of his own paranoia. Scorsese's unique use of the moving cam- forces in Baghdad, but I did not Control Room, Rosadel stayed to era, first perfected in Raging Bull, gloriously recreates the free-spirited fantasy and seduc- dwell on it any further. I did not address audience questions tive glamour of Hollywood's heyday. DiCaprio's charismatic performance is matched by Cate Blanchett as an elegant Katharine Hepburn, Jude Law as party animal Enrol Flynn, equate this strike against Al regarding her experience and the and Alan Alda as a corrupt Senator hell-bent on bringing Hughes down to earth. 169 mins. Jazeera with actual human loss; making of the documentary. As among others, an Al Jazeera producer, it was her task to find employee, Tarek, was killed, and funding for the documentary his loss was deeply felt by his (which is still largely unpaid for) THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER March 20-22 friends and coworkers. What is and to assemble a crew. After six 20 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and 21-22 at 7:30 p.m. Cinestudio's Film 101 presents a new print of The Night of the Hunter, the classic most disappointing is that Al weeks at CentCom, Noujaim thriller written by James Agee and directed by British actor Charles Laughton. Godliness Jazeera had informed the returned with some 300 hours of is next to murder in a small Southern town, where a mysterious preacher, just released Pentagon of their precise locations footage, which they strenuously from prison, courts a new wife - and victim. With LOVE and HATE tattooed on his hands in Baghdad, and still rockets whittled down to under two hours. and the cold look of the sociopath in his eyes, Robert Mitchum has never been more men- struck that specific location. It Rosadel also encouraged students acing. Fifty years after its release, The Night of the Hunter still has something essential to say about a particular kind of evil lurking in the American psyche. makes one wonder how far the interested in film to seek out Join Beverly Wall, Director of The Trinity Writing Center and an authority on south- U.S. military would be willing to internship opportunities. She ern rhetoric and culture, for Re-View, a discussion after the Monday night screening of the go in order to cover the realities of interned for MTV while attending film, in the Raether Library cafe.. 93 mins. what was happening in Baghdad, Trinity, and despite not having Noujaim uses what she gathered attended film school, she is an while at CentCom to draw atten- ambitious documentarian. cinestudio.org PAGE 18 ARTS MARCH 15, 2005 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD The Cook" Hits The Stage The Arcade fire's Funeral It Raises Good Questions, but Ultimately Lacks Punch continued from page 16 Gladys's inability to move into the new Brings New Energy to Rock eminent, it shepherds its deviants into reality of Cuban life and discard her hopes continued from page 16 tional venting. It has some of the best camps instead. Finally, Julio's plot turns of Adria's return. Moreover, there are no ly not relegated to a background status as lyrics on the album, such as, "The power's tragic when his homosexuality is publicly set changes, so the audience, along with the might be expected. out in the heart of man/ Take it from your outed and he is duly turned over to the characters, begins to feel uncomfortably Most of the songs feature Win Butler heart/ Put it in your hand," that flow hands of the state. confined in this unchanging backdrop that on lead vocals, with Chassagne providing smoothly while still delivering a carefully Tellingly, Machado's portrayals of pre- is a microcosm of socialist Cuba. direct supporting vocals, and the entire rest crafted message. revolution, bourgeois Cuba and American Cuba's utter dependence on tourist dol- of the band providing backing vocals at The sound mixing on Funeral, which is tourism are far less fleshed out. Monica lars is constantly, although casually, rein- various intervals. At other times, notably one area.where many albums released on Perez-Brandeis doubles as Adria, owner of forced. Interestingly, the play ends by on "Haiti" and "In the Backseat," the line- indie labels fall short, is also phenomenal. the family's mansion and Gladys's only Gladys advising her stepdaughter, who up switches and Chassange sings lead, This is especially impressive given the confidant, and Adria's Americanized dreams of becoming an engineer, to "work which she does brilliantly. For sheer wide variety of sounds, both vocal and daughter Lourdes. Perez-Brandes looks at a fancy restaurant," illustrating Cuba's singing ability there is little question that instrumental, that needed to be incorporat- the part as a stately, European- she is the most talented member of the ed. Somehow it all comes together, and esque socialite and later as a band. The upshot of this very fluid style is there are no jarring instances where one smug, pseudo-bleeding heart that no two songs on Funeral sound partic- -sound inappropriately overpowers the oth- tourist straight from downtown ularly alike. Even within one song, the ers. Miami. But her wooden enunci- beat is constantly evolving, which helps Overall, my impression of Funeral is ation and perpetually loboto- break away from the traditional verse-cho- very positive, which is due not only to the mized gaze translate into, per- rus structure that most songs cling to. solid musicianship of the band, but also to haps unintentionally, the soul- One of the best things about the album their defiance of musical convention. less faces of bourgeois Cuba is its lyrical content. One thing that each Rather than filling their songs with hooks and American capitalism. song does have in common is that they are to grab your attention early, they choose to While on one hand Perez- all packed with genuine emotion. We slowly build to musical, lyrical and emo- Brandes 's identical perform- aren't talking about the generic Dashboard tional crescendos. Every time that a song ances serve as bookends to a www.google.com Confessional-esque complaining over lost seems hi danger of falling into a rut, it tale of flawed political systems, Gladys and Carlos's kitchen banter lacked energy. love. either brings in a new element or changes her halting delivery and painfully self-con- dependence on tourism as well as the sys- Aside from the ballad "Crown of itself up entirely. scious gestures are just double the dose of temic neglect of individual potential that Love," there are very few mournful songs. It has often been lamented that over the bad acting. socialism offers. Instead, the songs focus on celebrating life past 15 years, rock music has lost its dance- Adria's departure in the beginning of As an examination of family dynamics despite its problems, and even "Crown of friendliness. The Arcade Fire seems intent Act One, and her promise to Gladys that intertwined with larger sociopolitical Love" transforms itself into an up-beat on bringing dance back to rock music, and she will return, fuels the play's emotional forces, "The Cook" ultimately lacks the dance song before it ends. The Arcade Fire if Funeral is any indication, they'll manage center, as we watch Gladys gradually self- deft characterization, soaring poetry and may well restore faith of even the most to do it without fairing into the materialism destruct in slow disillusionment. Her aging sheer timelessness that made classics out of jaded critics in the ability of musicians to that made everyone fed up with '80s bands countenance and increasingly weary ges- similarly-driven plays like "Raisin in the create compelling emotional music without in the first place. tures contrast sharply against the eerily Sun." But it is a hearty piece of meat to sinking into a self-pitying morass. So if you are one of the people, like stagnant set: throughout the play, the vivid- chew on, and the questions it raises about Particularly compelling is "Neighborhood everyone else out there, who missed ly colored 1950s kitchen is painstakingly the tensions between individuals, family #3 (Power Out)," which is at once a song to Funeral when it was first released, go give preserved and frozen in time, underscoring and society are worth a visit to this kitchen. dance to, a social commentary, and an emo- it a listen. You'll be glad you did.
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Lindsey Mq||| is^rrjanizing an Amnesty International-sponsored high fashion charity runway show for the iSni||iorni|unity on Friday, April 8th at 8:30 p.m. As she describes it, this event is littered wild top;des|||ers||u.eh as, "Ba|9j|am U2, whose line which will eventually be sold at Sax Fifth 4:15p.m?y| but is not eyglrjout y§fi;ljajhjpne Ha1i|ett, from the U.K. who was Gucci's mentor and is known for Tuesday, Marc|ijf, 2005 dressingistarssfor Osc^ralSjirijty's owni^ Bradley; and small businesses such as Designs from the Monte.and Cop! not CruJ|iihjdJ|ts||an expect to be seeing "all types of clothing- casual McCook Auditorium spring yipllgyifyiljrii^rrj^^aHireibr both sexes. Not to mention the show will be set to live background music frorWffre (treg Mayo band." These companies were chosen on the basis of hav- ing a "good labor policy of purchasing their materials directly from the producers. For example, both Katherine Hamnett and Bono use cotton directly from Mali, Africa. This practice gives the Emilio Gentile to speak on Fascism, farmers the sustainable income they deserve and has the effect of lifting entire towns out of pover- ty." Totalitarianism, and Political Religion in the This junior's recent return from spending the fall of 2004 living with cotton farmers in the poorest country in the world, Mali in West Africa, inspired her to put on this event. Lindsey explains the 20th Century unjust situation in the community: "These cotton farmers worked al! day in the fields and then at the end of the season were not even able to sell their cotton because the United States unfairly monopolizes the cotton market. Our country gives its farmers free money in the form of subsidies causing overproduction and flooding the world market with too much cotton. This overflow leaves Abstract: Emilio Gentile, one of the world's leading experts my Malian host family in a state of complete devastation and famine. Many children in the village on the history of Italian Fascism, will give a lecture at Trinity where I was living died while I was there of easily preventable disease or malnutrition. After study- ing the issue, I collaborated witn Oxfam in an attempt to aid farmers like this all around the world. College on his interpretation of fascism as a political reli- Fair trade is not about charity but about giving hardworking people the dignity of being able to sup- gion. Dr. Gentile is Professor of Contemporary History and of port their family. Fair trade does not only apply to cotton, the US also prevents other impoverished peoples such as the coffee producers in Latin America from receiving fair wages." (For more infor- the History of Political Movements and Parties in the Faculty mation, please visit www.OxfamAmerica.org) of Political Science at "La Sapienza" university in Rome. Lindsey is a political Science major with a concentration in International Relations and a minor in Among his many books is The Sacralization of Politics in African Studies. As the "Oxfam CHANGE leader for Trinity and other colleges in Connecticut" Lindsey has also "been a member of Amnesty International throughout college but just recently Fascist Italy, published by the Harvard University Press in became involved in Trinity's chapter." Lindsey would especially like to thank Annie Chapman for 1996. Emilio Gentile is the 2005 Greenberg Distinguished "her amazing fashion sense to really pul! this show together, my [her] co-president Mike Aryee out of admiration for his astounding ability to accomplish so many things, and the whole Amnesty Visiting Fellow. group for being full of intelligent and motivated volunteers who make my job so much easier." The fashion show is "actually just the kick off for an entire week of human rights related events. Amnesty will be getting a bus together to protest in New York, holding a very powerful event deal- At a time when political religions again seem on the rise, Dr. ing with the Sudan crisis, and having its members go into Hartford schools to teach about human Gentile" s talk promises to be a brilliant and timely program. rights." V PAGE 20 SPORTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - MARCH 15, 2005 National Sportsmanship Day
National Sportsmanship Day gives athletes coaches, students,'parents and fans an oppoitunily to discuss and recognize the true meaning of spoi (sman«hip and athletics.. The uleaol this national!} recognized day dales back to 1989. Dan Do>le.a bijih school coach and flipper basketball player at Bates College attended a liigli school basketball g«ime wlmie he witnessed a lapse in sportsmanship. One of the cnsiches orcWied '"switching foul shooters," an JCI in whu.h ;i better pLivci *Lepped in to lake the shot ot the loss lalculod piiiyer who WAS fouled. Uuyle was veiy disappointed in the coach's conduct. After the game lie ran into rhe coach and spent the res! of the evening discussing the issue of sports- manship. Tlicv both realized that in all ot tlvsir combined yeais ot coaching, neither had evci heard the issue of sportsmanship raised or m coaching dosses. Something had to be dime. Along; wilh his foim^r coach al Bales, George. Wigton, Dnyle wrote up ;i plan mr the establishment of a National Sportsmanship Day. The pl.m was .submitted lo Rhode Island Senator John Chafce, a former siudcnl athlete at ""lale Lmveisity. The fact that no formal Name: Lynn Leong pro?:urns or even informal discussion were bciap dedicated U> .sporfs-manslup ilitoajiliont Name:Mark Silva Sport: Squash the country cussed many others ro rake oil the issue. Senator Ciafei inti<>duce.d the icso- Sport: Swimming Years Played: 17 lution that called for the Intitule for Inicjnational Sport lo be the orficjal administrators of Years Played: Team Rank: number one a National Sportsmanship Day to be hold each year on the first Tuesday til" March. The res- Event: Freestyle Previously Played for. olution waN passed unanimously. On March 6, 19'X) the. fust National Sportsmanship Day Previously Played for: Malaysia was celebrated in 3.000 school-- thioughnut the country, Scarsdale High Hometown: Kelantan, Filleen years later it is >LilJ a pressing issue. The discussion of respect for other plav - Hometown: Malaysia eis. fans and coaches is an important one that is continued every year with National Scarsdale, NY Major: Studio Arts Sportsmanship Day. Major: Chemistry This da> is- a time to honor those people on your team and other athletes w ho embody the idea of sportsmanship. This wintei. Trinity men uud women athletes paiticipated in the longest of the three seas-mis (>n sutfaces from water lo ice and from basketball courts to squash courts. The people who represent their learn and school with gnicc and integrity are often nines the senior captains, or the suittcrs. but someiimes ihc newest members whose dcdiculion Lo sportsmanship is :m Jin;<]unb]e as^cr IO tin1 team.
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Women's Track Kristina Miner Name: Kristina Miner Women's Hockey Erin Fitzgerald Sport: Indoor Track and Field Men's Hockey JoeOri Name: Tim Wenson Years Played: This is the Sport: Wrestling sixth year, since freshman Name: Lindsey Freeman Men's Swimming/Diving Mark Silva Years Played: 8 Years year in high school Sport: Basketball Position: Heavyweight Position: middle Years Played: Since I was 7 Women's Swimrnrng/Dhing Amy Corvino Previously Played for: distance/distance events, Position: Guard Bridgewater-Raynham usually the 800 meters and Previously Played for: Women's Basketball Lindsey Freeman Regional mile. Kimball Union Academy Hometown: Lancaster, Mass. Hometown: Bridgewater, Previously Played for: Men's Basketball John Halas Mass. SuffieldHigh Major: Creative Writing Major: Computer Hometown: Suffield, CT These Athletes serve to represent then- Coordinated w/ Studio Arts. Major: Public Policy and school with great sportsmanship, but this Law day also serves to extend sportsmanship to the whole community.
Name: John Halas Sport: Men's Basketball Name: Erin Fitzgerald Years Played: I have been Sport: Women's Hockey playing basketball since I was Name: Matt Anderson Years Played:Since I was a baby, my father was a col- Sport: Track five... so 13 years. Name: Joe Ori lege basketball coach when I Event: 800m Position: Offense, and some Sport: Men's Hockey was growing up. Previously Played for: defense Position: Forward Position:Shooting Guard Manchester High Previously Played for: Previously Played for: H6metown:Born in Hometown: Ridgefield High School, and The Hill School, Penn. Worcester, Mass. But I con- Manchester, Conn. the Southern Connecticut Hometown: Niles, HI. sider White Plains, NY home. Major: Undecided Stars Major: Economics Major: Political Science Hometown:Ridgefield, CTMajor: Psychology MARCH -15; 2005 - THE TRINITY TRIPOD SPORTS PAGE 21 Men's Tennis Looks to Repeat Top Performance PETER DACEY returnees, especially last year's come. Three starters graduated in SPORTS WRITER freshman sensation, Brian 2004, leaving the team without a One of the difficulties of com- Marsden. senior starter. ing off a spectacularly successful Marsden stepped right into "Last year was an excellent year in athletics is trying to repro- the top slot in the team's lineup, year, and it was because of the duce the results the next season. putting up a 16-6 singles record chemistry of the team," said Head Such is the case for the Men's and earning All-American hon- Coach Paul Assaiante. Tennis team, which not only dom- ors. The good news is that fresh inated competition in 2003 and Behind him are the team's co- recruits could offer capable 2004, but also enters this spring captains, juniors Jimmie Ames replacements. with even higher expectations. and Jonathan Hart, who were a While Assaiante notes that,"we face some very difficult challenges in that we have three freshmen in the starting six," he is confident enough in the new faces. After solid fall showings, he expects to start the spring with Brett Ramsey and Thomas Dolan near the top of the lineup, and he has many talented other freshmen www.trincoll.edu and sophomores to battle it out The men's tennis team was undefeated in dual matches last fall. for the team's other spots. ed time over the winter to work and Williams, the two top ranked "They need to cut their teeth with the members of the tennis teams in the nation. out there ... they're going to be team. Trinity itself is ranked 12th good," Assaiante added. He is now with the team fully, overall and third in the Northeast, The path will certainly not be and the players have been holding with their first match on April 2 easy, and some things are impos- captain's practices since their against Colby. sible to plan for. The team has return from winter break. Assaiante feels that the team akeady begun to feel the sting of Entering the spring, Assaiante is "starting off, to some extent, www.trincoll.edu injuries, as Hart had to undergo will have, his players focusing on from scratch." Of course, that Trinity looks strong despite the lack of a single senior starter. wrist surgery following the fall conditioning. He also hopes to isn't necessarily a negative thing, As is the case with any combined 31-8 in singles match- season. While he is still restricted teach them to expand their attack as the combination of new and defending champion, the talent is es. to a one-handed backhand, he is to the whole court, making each returning talent could offer one of abounding, but there is also a fair Marsden and Hart also were practicing and should recover shot a planned and productive the strongest squads the school share of potential adversity. This one of the team's doubles pairs quickly. one. has seen. expectation is only exacerbated last season, and will play together Assaiante himself has his own The team is now viewed as Assaiante holds conservative by a fall season that saw the team again this year. hurdle to overcome. Due to his one of the top in the country and expectations, but high hopes, and post a perfect duals record. However, roster turnover will duties as the Head Coach of the they will play a difficult schedule, in his words "we are going to be a There are a number of key offer quite an obstacle to over- Men's Squash team, he had limit- including duals with Middlebury handful."
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Sponsored by the Women's Center, Sexual Assault Task Force, and the Office of Residential Life PAGE 22 SPORTS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - MARCH 15, 2005 Men's Hockey Takes Seeks fifth Straight Div. DI Quarterfinal 4-0 NESCAC Tourney Berth Bantams to Face St. Thomas in Semis on Saturday continued from page 24 An area where the Bantams need to will alternate at the two comer positions. improve is in their outfield offensive pro- Juniors Brendan Timmins and Erik duction. Paisley will share the first baseman's duties Last year, the Trinity outfield produced while Tim Bourdon '07 and Ben Silvanic some big numbers, but they also had a ten- '07 will compete for the starting spot at dency to strikeout. third base. Leadoff hitter Matt Engster '05 batted While the infield for the Bantams has a career high .395 and was honored with an •proven that they can consistently produce all-NESCAC selection .last season. The good offensive numbers as well as play Bantams look for another high-impact sea- good defense, the real strength of the team son from him. is its pitching staff. While the Bantams will return a solid The biggest loss in the staff from last group of players this year, the NESCAC year was Kevin Tidmarsh, but the remain- league, both East and West divisions, will ing staff is filled with good, experienced be stacked with other good teams. arms who will feed off each other to get the "Anybody can get us this year, but we job done. can also go out and get them." Coach "We don't really have one dominant Decker said. "Last year, we lost the first guy, but our pitchers need to feed off one two games but came back and won the next another to get through the season strong. 10 to jumpstart us." However many guys it takes to finish the The key for the Bantams will be to get game we'll use in whatever role they need off to another good start this year. Then- to be," coach Decker said. spring break trip to Florida has always vwvw.uscho.com Last year the Bantams staff was ninth helped get the players ready for the season Doug Kisielius shut out Geneseo in the Bantam's 4-0 quarterfinal victory. in the nation in earned run average with a as they will play 18 scrimmage games in continued from page 24 empty-net goal by Crabtree, his second of 3.06 mark. eight days. handed four more power play chances, but the game, again receiving the puck from The staff is anchored by seniors Chris The daily grind of the baseball season each time Kisielius was up to the chal- Ladd at 19:07. Rodday, Mark Tremblay and Joe Wescott will begin in Florida, but will continue lenge. The Bantams added a third goal at Trinity, for the first time in school his- who combined for a 13-3 record last year. when Trinity returns home to play then- 16:00 to put the game out of reach at 3-0. tory, will play on the final weekend of the The seniors are backed up by a group of first regular season game away at Forward Richard Masucci '06 received NCAA Tournament next weekend at four talented juniors who sparkled last year Springfield Tuesday March 29, only three a brilliant centering pass from Matt Rafuse Middlebury. The Panthers are the defend- on the mound. days after their flight back to Hartford. '07 that caught Walker on the other side of ing champions and the highest-ranked team Last year's closer Greg Talpey '06 Regardless of the daily grind the play- the net. The tape to tape pass was easily remaining in the tournament. ended the year with five saves and two ers will endure, the Bantams will be ready slid over the line for a goal. Dan Maturi The Bantams will play the St. Thomas wins on the year. Finishing out the staff are to go after another title and prove that their '08 was also given an assist on the goal. Tommies in the first Semifinal game next juniors Kyle Cox, Matt Krant and Gabe postseason performance in 2003 was not a The final tally of the game was an Saturday. Rotman and sophomore Joe Rappaport. fluke. Upcoming Events Winning Close Games Wed, March 16 Men's Lacrosse vs. Roger Williams (4:00) A Priority for Softball Thur, Mar. 17 Bantams Bouncing Back from 10 One-Run Losses Women's Lacrosse @ Eastern Conn. continued from page 24 runs while starting all 28 games at the hot NESCAC All-Academic selection. comer. ----••••• Sat, March 19 Shannon Falvey '07 is capable of being Sarah Churchill '06 had 21 hits in 75 Men's Hockey @ St. Thomas - NCAA the backup catcher and also is a great hitter. at-bats for a .280 average with 12 runs bat- "We are working on being a little more ted in at 2B. Quarterfinals at Middlebury aggressive in all areas," said Freeman. Dougherty was second hi the NESCAC Baseball @ Babson - Fla. Exhibition "Like going after more pitches, hitting the offensively with a .405 batting average and Softball @ Mount St. Mary's - Fla. Exhibition . ball harder, and stretching out hits. We had led Trinity in hits with 34, doubles with Women's Lacrosse @ Rowan so many close games last year. We are real- nine, home runs with two, and runs batted ly trying to get after executing the little hi with 23 out of the cleanup spot. Sun, March 20 Men's Hockey @ TBA - NCAA "We had so marly close games last year. We are real- Finals at Middlebury ly trying to get after executing the little things, that in Baseball @ Hamilton - the end mean a lot" - Undsey Freeman '05 Fla. Exhibition Softball @ Salve things, that hi the end mean a lot. Coach Blumer returns hi left field for her third Regina - Fla. Luz puts a huge emphasis on hitting, and year as a starter in the outfield while Dena Exhibition most of our preseason has been breaking Raffa '06 emerged as a solid defensive down our swings on the tees. We have got- player in centerfield last year. ten into live hitting, and she is just really Lauren Moyer '05 unproved immense- Mon, March 21 emphasizing the idea of never letting a ly from her sophomore to her junior year, Baseball @ MIT - Fla. pitch go by that you could turn into a great and was hitting .300. before' an injury cut Exhibition hit," her season short after 12 games. Softball @ Luther- Fla. All four infield starters return after Falvey, Laura Watson '06, who manned Exhibition superb seasons in 2004, giving Trinity one the DP duties most games, and junior of the league's top defenses and an explo- Karen Mulak '06 will compete with sever- sive first four in the batting order. al freshman prospects for playing time hi Tue, March 22 Stacy Hills '07 started each game at the outfield. . Softbail @ Bowdoin - short stop and led off every first inning her "We only have 3 freshmen this year and Fla, Exhibition fieshman season. they have all really stepped up," stated Men's Lacrosse vs. She finished the year scoring 21 runs Freeman enthusiastically. and swiping nine bags in as many attempts "They are learning quickly," she con- Kesne (5:30) to go along with a stellar .306 batting aver- tinued, "They have been a real motivator I Women's Lacrosse @ age. think for the team, turning into capable Weliesiey Alessandra Diamantis '07 was a pro- backups that have made returners step up ductive hitter behind Hill and scored 17 their games to keep their positions." . MARCHU, THE TKINITY TRIPOD 2005 - SPORTS PAGE 23 March Madness Once Again Sweeps the Nation Sharpen Your Pencils and Get Out Your Thinking Caps Because the School of Bracketology is Now in Session JON SIMOHIAN three weeks before they were final four. SPORTS EDITOR even announced this past Sunday This year, we are looking for It's that time of the year afternoon. a new order of events to transpire again. The weather is changing, But it stands to reason that in the Tournament. The perennial the leaves are growing back on ESPN would want to cover every Cinderella, Gonzaga, has outlived the trees and people all over the square inch of the NCAA its life as a shocker and is now a country are pondering the most Tournament three times in an tournament mainstay. Ifthe'zags pertinent question of the month. hour-and-a-half show because are now the favoirte, who is the Who will be this year's every fan of college basketball is new underdog that will take on Cinderella? looking for an edge that will turn the big universities? March Madness is again his feeble bracket into the most The ACC and Big East once sweeping the nation as people genius thing since the strength of again got the most teams into the from all walks of life are busy schedule. dance, but as will always happen, scribbling down names and com- As a nation, we are obsessed North Carolina, Kentucky, Duke, paring stats to ultimately come up with the brackets. Year after year Wake Forest Georgia Tech and with the Holy Grail of we argue about the seeding North Carolina State will outlast Bracketology: the Perfect process and the RPI, we pay Boston College, UConn, Bracket. goduke.collegesports.com attention to winning streaks and Syracuse, Villanova, Pittsburg March Madness is always one unknown schools, we always and West Virginia in the regional Duke and Georgia Tech are two of the hottest teams entering the tourney. make sure to have a 5-12 upset of the most hyped seasons of the rounds. Regardless of how it happens, can get past Syracuse in the first and we avoid, at all costs, having year, with SportsCenter preview- The number one team in the our brackets are busted and by the round. all four number one seeds hi the ing and analyzing the brackets tournament and in the country, end of March we are all down the The 14-seed in the West Illinois, will not win it all despite 15 dollars we put into the region, Winthrop, is now the playing the regional finals within Tournament pool, that is, of holder of the nation's longest their own state, because they have course, except for the guy who let winning streak at 18 games. been too good during the season his girlfriend help him pick the In the end, however, the tried and will run out of magic before winners based on their uniform and true teams will emerge in St. the dance is done. colors and mascots. Louis as the Final Four. As for However, despite all the rules If there is one thing that we teams that are capable of going we have, and all the parameters have learned from Madness past, the distance - Illinois, Wake we solemnly swear to abide by, it its that new teams will com into Forest, North Carolina and Duke never works. There is always a the fold every year. This year, - are all safe bets, but safe bets are number four seed that takes out Pacific and their 6-8 African never 100 percent, so even teams our national champion, or a dif- power forward Guillaume Yango like Washington, Oklahoma State ferent Cinderella that busts up an have a chance to be the next or even Kansas might be prime to entire region with three straight Gonzaga. crash the dance. wins. Our formulas, stats and Tom Brennan, in his final But regardless of how you fill observations are no match for the year as Vermont's Head Coach www.espn.com out your bracket, make sure to randomness that is March could make a big splash in the take time to realize the magic that The young UCONN squad has a legitimate chance of defending their titte. Madness. South region if the Catamounts is March Madness.
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"This team has played well on SPORTS EDITOR In undoubtedly the biggest the road," Head Coach John As has been the case all sea- game of the season and arguably Dunham said afterward. "We son, the standout player for the his entire collegiate career, haven't lost a game on the road Trinity Men's Hockey team this Kisielius came up huge for the this year. It's very important to past Saturday in the NCAA Bantams, recording his first get the first goal in front of a hos- Quarterfinal was senior goal- shutout of the season. tile crowd." tender Doug Kisielius. The effort Even though the Bantams This game was no different could not have come at a better held the higher seed, the game- from other successful road trips time as the Bantams, for the first was played in Geneseo, N.Y. as Trinity notched the first goal of time in the program's illustrious because Trinity was unable to the game midway through the history, advanced to the secure a rink here in Connecticut. first period. Quarterfinals of the NCAA tour- This, however, did not bother the Defenseman Thomas nament, beating the SUNY Bantams. Wenstrom '08 sent a low, hard shot on net from the left point that snuck past the Geneseo goalie Brett Walker-at 10:48. Kevin Hathway '05 and John Halverson '07 were credited with assists on the play. Both teams had their share of www.trincoll.edu opportunities throughout the first The Bantams defeated SUNY Geneseo 4-0 last weekend. and second periods, each team received the puck from Adam the wrong side of a two-on-none having four power play opportu- Ladd '07 off the opening face-off breakaway. The Geneseo puck nities by the end of the second. and brought the puck into the handler kept the puck down close Trinity also had a pair of two-on- right side of the Geneseo zone. to the net and fooled Kisielius one breakaways in the first, but Crabtree fired a wrist shot to the with the shot. both were snubbed by Walker glove side of Walker that some- "I thought he was going to go who also played a very good how surprised the entire Geneseo short side," Kisielius recalled. game to oppose Kisielius. defense and snuck in over the "He caught me offguard ... when The third period started off line. it hit the post, I knew it was our with a bang as the Bantams Crabtree's goal gave the night." jumped on an early lapse by the Bantams a 2-0 lead, but the Ice After the near-miss on the Ice Knights to score the second Knights had a chance to make it a breakaway, the Ice Knights were www.trincoll.edu goal of the game only 0:06 into game again four minutes later This year's Hnai Four will be hosted by rival Middlebury College. the period. Bryan Crabtree '06 when Kisielius found himself on see HOCKEY on page 22 Baseball Returns Veteran Core Softball Prepares
JON SIMONIAN make any waves in the tourna- straight berth in the NESCAC SPORTS EDITOR ment as they dropped their first Tournament. For Spring Season The 2005 Men's Baseball two games to be the first team Head Coach Bill Decker sum- Team has a huge reputation to eliminated. marized the differences between CAT MAHER field." live up to this season after last Ultimately, the 2004 season last year's team and this year's SPORTS WRITER Moshier and Sara Dougherty year's group tied a Trinity was a disappointment for the very plainly. The Softball team is getting '07 are the Bantams' most potent Baseball record with 27 wins for Bantams because they could not "We are not very different ready for a competitive season righty-lefty duo on the mound for the season. defend their NESCAC title they from last year," Decker stated, and should continue to improve the second straight season. The team also advanced to the had earned in 2003. "but every year is different. We steadily in its third year under Out of the 28 starts the pan- fourth straight NESCAC The outlook for this spring is have 10 kids not playing for us Head Coach Caitlin Luz. made last year, they completed 25 Tournament — the Bantams have not much different than the last this year from last year, but there The 2004 squad, which fin- of them while recording- 110 been to the tournament every year four have been for the baseball is also more competition at every ished 12-16 including 10 losses strikeouts and just 52 walks. since its inception. team-another great season that position for the starting spots." by a single run, and contended for Moshier was 8-7 in 96 innings The 2004 squad was unable to will hopefully result in a fifth Indeed, the core nucleus of the NESCAC East Division title with a 1.53 ERA, while the club hasn't changed from last into its final weekend, included a Dougherty, who was also year; most of the starters up the I full roster of underclassmen ready Trinity's top offensive player and middle of the field are upperclass- | to build on that successful spring. an All-NESCAC and ECAC men, anchored by co-captain and i Tri-captains Paige Blumer selection first base, was 4-9 with two time all-league honoree '05, Lindsey Freeman '06, and a 2.01 ERA. Andrew Fries '05 starting behind Victoria Moshier '07 will lead a The freshman class should the plate. i young and exciting team with provide added depth on the Around the infield, second | depth in all facets of the game. mound. liaseman and co-captain Jeff ] "I think we look really good All of the Bantam pitchers \atale '05 returns for his final so far," said Freeman. "We have will once again be throwing to reason after batting .484 with ; a veteran team for the first time in Freeman behind the plate. The seven home runs and 42 runs bat- a couple years. Even the younger excellent left-handed catcher icd in last year's campaign. j kids, because they got so many threw out eight base-stealers last Filling out the infield on i innings as freshmen, are playing season while batting .286 with opening day will be Bill Wise '05 j more like veterans. We have seven extra-base hits and nine at shortstop and a pair of duos I done really well in our scrim- runs batted in. She was also a Chuck Pratt I mages so far, and are really look- The Bantams lookforward to some outdoor practice next week in Florida see BASEBALL on page 22 ! ing forward to getting on a real see WINNING on page 22
Read more about INSIDE SPORTS Find out how men's hockey's 'Frozen tennis looks to perform Four' berth on Take a look at our March Take a look at the spring after an undefeated fall page 22 Madness feature on page 23 .' sports schedule on page 22 season on page 21