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VOL. XCV NO. 9 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OP TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 NOVEMBER 19,1996 Spinning Up A Variety Of Sounds For 20 Years Student-Run Radio Station Serves As A Link Between Trinity And Its Community Through Music BY BRIAN PRICE serve in all six executive board positions. The current positions News Writer include station manager, musi- cal director, program director, fi- Located on the bottom floor nancial director, technical of High Rise the college radio director, and promotions direc- station, 89.3 WRTC FM, has tor. These members are elected been broadcasting for over 20 by a vote of the general board. years. The station serves as a Under each director is a staff of link between Trinity and the students who help the directors greater Hartford community, perform their duties. and is known for playing a wide Though the students hold all variety of music ranging from the board positions many of the Latin freestyle to rock. DJ's are from the Hartford com- Financed by money from munity. One reason for this is both the school and the com- the lack of student involvement munity, the station recently in the station itself. "It seems completed a fund drive in the that most students don't even community at large. In addi- know that the station exists. tion, the college gave the station They never call to make re- enough money to cover the quests or anything. Instead all costs for the rest of the semes- the interest comes from the ter. people in the community," Khaiim Kelly shows his stuff at WRTC-FM radio. The EMILY HARTING The station is currently stated one DJ. Station Manager station has been in operation for 20 years now. sponsoring a three on three bas- Patrice Evans '98 said that the three slots during the day, albeit This is followed by a rock pro- programming includes Latin ketball tournament this Satur- lack of student involvement can rather late, from 10:00 a.m. to gram until 12:00 noon. Gener- and rock music. day in the college gym with the be explained by the fact that the 12:00 noon, from 12:00 mid- ally, programming from that The station managers would proceeds going to benefit char- station has, "Made a concerted night to 2:00 a.m., and from 2:00 point includes a great deal of like to encourage students to get ity. Teams can enter for a nomi- effort to reach out to the com- a.m. to 6:00 a.m. After "Thought reggae which fills the time spot more involved in the station. All nal fee which will cover courts munity." Power" comes jazz and gospel between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. un- that is needed is a brief training and costs. The station is run pre- "Thought Power," the rap/ shows on the weekends, which til )a;z takes over until 7.00 p m period before getting, your own dominantly by studeni,^ whu .rhy O ^ Affirmative Action Lecture Lecture Deals With Stresses Misconceptions Issues Around Polling doesn't attempt to promote because the gun used is too BY IAN LANG on two dozen surveys con- people who are unqualified for large, and second because they . BY LUCA LAINO ducted by her firm in which. News Editor the positions which they are claim that there is no conceiv- News Writer • applying for. "Affirmative Ac- able scenario were an agent an average of 1200 people were tion has never been a means to would have to fire a gun 20 questioned per cross-section. Professor of Psychology •Trinity alum Dr. Diane Her firm, Princeton Sxuvey Sharon Herzberger gave a lec- get untalented people a job that times in one minute. "If the they are not qualified for. This courts decide in the favor of Colasanto gave a talk in Mc- Research, is Newsweek ture on Affirmative Action on Cook auditorium about politi- Magazine's regular pollster Thursday, November 14 in the is antithetical to the very goals these women they will basi- of this policy." cally be saying that whether or cal opinion research and and did 10 polls for the maga- Trinity College Women's Center. polling on Thursday, Novem- zine on the election. Other cli- Herzberger a self described pro- After laying out the basic not somebody can pass this test is irrelevant to whether the per- ber 14 , Cotasanco is both, a ents of her firm include such ponent of Affirmative Action, principle of the policy, vice-president at Princeton high-profile media organiza- was introduced as an expert on Herzberger went on to discuss son can be an FBI agent," said Herzberger. Survey Research, a private tions as the Knight-Rider me- Social Psychology. She focused the variety of steps which are polling agency, and president dia . consortium, National her discussion on the common the key to understanding Affir- Another step which is central of The American Association Public Radio and the MacNeil misconceptions many people mative Action as it should op- to the whole Affirmative Action for Public Opinion Research, a Lehrer News Hour, Her firm have regarding Affirmative Ac- erate. First is making sure that process is better recruitment. watchdog group of the polling is a Media Research Organiza- tion, a policy which has re- the criteria for membership in "Companies need to make a spe- industry. She discussed the tion as opposed to a Private cently come under attack an organization is predictive of cial effort to include more mi- nature and method of infor- Research Foundation, which throughout the country. the success an individual can norities in their recruitment mation gathering in rier field; works for private interests as "Most people, even propo- have in that organization. practices. Often discrimination her views on statistics gath- opposed to the media, i.e. a po- nents of the policy, don't know To demonstrate what she at this point has nothing to do ered on the election and her litical candidate such as- what Affirmative Action truly meant, Herzberger talked about with prejudice, but instead it is views on the polling profes- Clintan. Colasanto seemed to is. According to the definition, a recent case in which women an oversight brought on by so- sion in general, Follow-Higher express some thinly veiled Affirmative Action is taking trainees are suing the FBI over cial practices," states lecture, Colasanto fielded criticism of partisan research steps to promote within organi- whether some of their criteria Herzberger. According to her, some questions from an audi- organizations stating that, zations appropriate representa- discriminate unfairly against an example of this type of over- ence that consisted rnafalyof -while reputable of course, tions of people from various women. In this case the women sight can be found in the con- professors, IDP students and "You know who's paying their demographic groups," stated contend that a test in which the struction business in New York, non-Trinity students. bill, so you haye to question Herzberger. She stressed, how- trainees have to fire a gun 20 were blacks are often denied see FOIXS on page seven Colasanto based her lecture ever, that Affirmative Action times in a minute is unfair first see ACTION on page seven INSIDE THI Freshman class officer Yolanda Flaminoran in News 6 The Callows Hill elections are tomor- the Division III Cross Opinion 2 Bookstore hosted .i row. The Tripod has writers' harvest fea- Country national Features 14 your complete elec- turing several noted championships in Rock Arts 12 tion guide. Check it Trinity authors. The Island, Illinois. See how Announcements 10 out li review on..... ;.... 12 shefared. .............20 Sports 17 PAGE 2 OPINION THE TRINITY TRIPOD - NOVEMBER 19,1996 . _ditor, the remedy of excommunica- tion in the matter of Catholic Trapped In An Ivory Tower This writer is a Roman pro-abortion voters and legisla- Catholic and a former seminar- tors. Millions of unborn babies This weekend Trinity hosted several minority student prospectives. The young pros- ian. Let it be know that those would have been saved if Pope pects lined the long walk, strolled past the dorms, stared up at the expanse of stone and Christians who voted for pro- John Paul had acted decisively glanced over towards the luciously green quad and over towards the ivory church tower. abortion politicians such as by employing the Christ autho- No doubt the architecture and landscape were not the only thing prospective stu- President Clinton became di~ rized command of dents noticed as they walked around the campus this weekend. After all, the church is not the largest "ivory" body on this campus; the studentbody owns that title. Most ...those Christians who voted for pro- students can admit to this and some students are drastically aware of this fact every abortion politicians such as President day. Clinton became direct accomplices in the Although there is a general sense that Trinity needs to increase its diversity, is this really felt throughout the student body? Race is a subject rarely discussed on this cam- bestial abortion holocaust. pus and the reason does not seem to be apathy, but rather fear. Often times, minority students welcome the chance to discuss and share their ideas on race relations, stereo- rect accomplices in the bestial excomuincation. types, and living in a Caucasian-dominated environment and country, but white stu- abortion holocaust. As accom- Pope John Paul bears sub- dents do not seem as willing to participate in these discussions. plices to murder, these pseudo- stantial guilt in the continued There were fairly loud grumblings around the time of Minority Alumni Weekend Christian voters committed massacre of unborn children as from students on campus, but they were never discussed.

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