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Trinity Tripod, 1989-01-31 f^HHjl ™NITY COLLEGE-HARTFORD •CONNECTICUT Ap^^A P""^81^^ Vol. LXXXVI • Issue II • January 31,1989 — JL,-* — — ^S^^^Em.mMm '• CIA Questioned On Recruitment Policy fore not susceptible to blackmail, gation. "The most we can expect viewing with a company received a tions receive from the Career Coun- -By Victoria Arthaucl- former CIA Director William Casey from an organization is that they thirty-minute interview while a fe- seling Office. male interviewing with that same Worlcl Outlook Editor dismissed him. publicly and definitively proclaim that In addition to monitoring the . Regardless of this case of dis- they do not discriminate." company received only five minutes, behavior of recruiters on campus crimination against an individual on If there has been a discrimina- that company would lose its privilege Trinity's CCO policy is one step ahead The U.S. Central Intelligence the basis of sexual preference, the tion suit filed against an institution, to recruit on campus. Burt asserted, of the policies of other college cam- Agency will be recruiting on Trinity's CIA purports to maintain a policy of the only thing Career Counseling can "We are vigilant about how organiza- puses. Many other colleges' policies campus Tuesday, February 7, al- non-discrimination. By making this do is inform the company that it must tions act on campus." do not include the condition that a though they have been charged with claim and signing a declaration to sign the form and act accordingly Companies which do discrimi- company must not discriminate on discriminating on the basis of sexual attest that it is an equal opportunity while on campus. Hurt remarked, nate are not allowed to recruit on the basis of sexual preference. orientation. Last year, after a visible .employer, the CIA has been granted "The Career Counseling Office takes campus. Forexample, the U.S. Armed Frequently, colleges which do student protest against the CIA. the access to recruit on campus. the way an organization conducts Forces are allowed to come on cam- have the sexual orientation clause administration slightly altered the Director of the Career Counsel- themselves on campus very seri- pus to disseminate information but allow recruiters to avoid this regula- Career Counseling Office's (CCO) ing Office Rozanne Bun, stated that ously." they do not conduct individual inter- tory process by mandating the or- policy on recruiting to include the "It is not possible to investigate every The Career Counseling Office views. They are also not allowed to ganization hold ah information ses- requirement that companies must not circumstance and the actions of every investigates to find out if interview- receive material support, such as the sion pertinent to that company's dis- discriminate on the basis of sexual individual within a company." The ees feel that they have been treated 'collection of resumes or use of build- crimination. Once this session has preference. policy does not include checking liti- unfairly. For example, if a male inter- ings to interview, that other organiza- been held, that company is allowed to In order to recruit on campus, all recruit on campus. organizations must sign a proclama- Burt asserted, "Our policy is a tion which affirms that they are an strong one and we are serious about equal opportunity employer, offering carrying it out." employment and advancement with- out regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age or handicap. Despite sign- ing this statement, trie CIA has been Wesleyan charged with discrimination against homosexuals. • As reported in the New York Students Times, a former employee who had joined the agency.in 1973 and had won consistent ratings as "an excel- lent or outstanding employee" was Arrested .fired for his sexual preference. When the employee voluntarily admitted that The Middletown Press he was a homosexual, the agency January23,1989 investigated his conduct. Middletown firefighters work- Polygraph tests, administered to ing on a house fire responded to three determine whether the employee was false alarms at Wesleyan University, a threat to national security, showed Saturday, one of which led to the that he had never had sexual relations arrest of two students. with any foreign nationals, nor had he City firefighters were dispatched disclosed classified information to to 27 Navadon Parkway at 9:43 P.M. sexual partners. Despite test results They found James White's house and the fact that the employee was ,f»lled'.withrBnwkes'said'deputy Chief open about his sexuality and there- Paul Rasch. Eric Lorenzini wins a Trinity tee-shirt at the FAS, RA/C Bingo Night. Photo by Dave Copland While at White's home, the first false alarm came from Wesleyan University. At 10:09 p.m., firefighters went to Foss'Hill Dormitory. Winter Weekend Alcohol Policy Roughly 90 minutes later, at 11:35 p.m., firefighters were again pulled away from Navadon Parkway to a false alarm at the Psi Upsilon Is Blamed for Low Attendance fraternity house, 242 High Street. Rasch declined to comment fur- ords have ever been kept," of activi- was funded by TCAC and ORS, both it's not going to be an alcohol func- ther about what happened at Psi -By Patricia Pie,rson~ ties at the past three dances, Wehrli of which "...lost a considerable tion anymore," Wehrli elaborated. Upsilon, but a Wesleyan University Copy Editor said, "I had nothing.to compare to amount of money." As Wehrli ex- As she stated, the dance is, ideally, in- spokesman said that the alarm came from last year." plained, "In past years, we've gotten tended as "...a place just to socialize."' in during a frat party. This year's Winter Weekend "We had a lot more entertain- money from SGA. but this year SGA Studentr.eactionstotheball were Spokesman William Holdersaid activities were attended by fewer ment than usual," Wehrli noted,,sug- had already allocated their funds." •varied. One party-goer remarked, 300 tickets were sold fo the party, students than in past years. The events gesting that comedian Andy Andrews' forcing TCAC and ORS to furnish "The decorations were infinitely bet- which was shut down by firefighters marked the advent of several "alter- monologue between performances of supplies and entertainment on their ter than last year," adding, "...the due to overcrowding. native activities" with less.alcohol the Trinity Ja/.z Band, the New York own. balloons were awesome." "The comedian was funny, but it was hard A box alarm within the frat had planned for students and faculty this Swing Band, and Betty Ann Cox, The strategy of servtngalcoholic been pulled, he said. semester. eliminated lulls in the festivities. beverages wirtrl.D. only between 8 to hear him, because people were talking reallyioudly," another volun- One hour later, at 12:34 a.m., the Two bands, the Cove Dogs and In addition to extensive plan- and 10 piTi was an attempt by organ- third false alarm was triggered at Delta ning, Wehrli stated that, "...a lot of izers todiminish thepressure on party- teered. • . • the Regulars, provided entertainment . Continued on Page 5 Kappa Epsilon house, 276 High St., from 10 pm to .2 am in the Trinity money is put into | the ball j." The ball goers to imbibe. "1 hope people learn the site of another large party. College Activities Committee-spon- ..-'." "A sizable party was in prog- sored concert Friday evening to kick. ress. I don't know how many were off the weekend's festivities. Al- Students Pay for Vandalism there. Here again, an alarm within the though students in attendance re- house had been pulled," said Holder. marked that there was, "not a big of vandal ism or damage to a common individuals." . A large crowd gathered outside turnout," several added that, "it picked -By John Claud- area, the entire residential'unit will be The news of the new policy was the frat house. Holder described the up as it went on." News Editor billed if the perpetrator'is unknown. spread to students by the Resident scene as a confused situation. Some Security guards were present for The policy is exclusive of students Assistants in each living unit. In the students were shou ling, but who they the duration of the concert, but no dis- were shouting at is unclear, he said., Trinity has instituted a new pol- rooms, but does include hallways, Spring Term, "door drops" will be turbances caused disruptions of the staircases, bathrooms and lounges. released to the student body to em- Two Wesleyan freshmen alleg- performance. Although security could icy to deal with vandals within the College. Group billing of residential The bills are levied through the phasize the policy further.- Group edly boarded one of the firetrucks. not be reached for comment, students Office of Residential Services, and billing notices will be forwarded to Peter J. O'Brien, 18, allegedly noted that the-alcohol policy was unils has been established to contend " with the rising amount of damage collection is handled in the Students students' mailboxes by the Fall '89 pulled the engine's siren, said Mid- strictly enforced. This.resulted in the Accounts Office. The tariffs are added "Semester. Continued on Page 5 confiscation of, "a few peoples' done to public living areas. In previous years, the College to students tuition, room, and board beers," when appropriate identifica- bills. tion was not supplied. paid for the damage and custodial work that became necessary due to In a prepared statement, Direc- Saturday night's Bantam Ball, the unruly behavior of anonymous tor of Residential Services Kristina Inside: sponsored by TCAC, and the Office students. Now. all the students of a Dow said, "Thus far, the Office of of Residential Services/Resident dormitory unit are billed to cover the Residential Services has levied sev- Coordinators/Assistants, provided repair and maintenance costs of their eral group, billings for a number of Spotlight students and faculty with an opportu-.
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