Trinity Tripod, 2020-03-03
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The -Established 1904- Trinity Tripod Volume CXV Now then-Trinity! Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Number XIV SGA Trinity Closes Rome Campus, Prepares for Update Possible Nationwide Coronavirus Outbreak KIP LYNCH ’22 suspend any Trinity-spon- CONTRIBUTING WRITER SHAWN OLSTEIN ’22 NEWS EDITOR sored programs when the The Tripod’s own CDC elevates its travel ad- page Kip Lynch returns In response to the CDC’s visory to Warning Level 3 to provide the lat- increased travel advisory for a particular area.” Ms. est on the affairs warning, Trinity College has O’Brien’s comment did not of Trinity’s Stu- suspended its Rome study rule out future study abroad dent Government abroad program. Trinity stu- program shutdowns in oth- Association. dents returning from areas er regions that may be im- 4 classified as having a level 3 pacted by the virus. travel warning are not per- Trinity College’s study mitted to return to campus, abroad programs in China NESCAC as the college is incapable were suspended before the of ensuring proper quar- spring semester started due Newspapers antine of any individuals to concerns about the coro- who may pose a health risk. navirus. The Tripod has also GILLIAN REINHARD ’20 On Feb. 28, the Centers @TRINCOLL.ROME heard from several students Trinity’s Rome campus was closed following widespread FEATURES EDITOR for Disease Control (CDC) up- that Trinity’s Paris program reports of coronavirus in Italy. graded the travel warning for has been partially impact- dents this semester and was page The Tripod visitors to Italy from a level 2 ed, with several students in ly studying at its European speaks with its to a level 3 as a part of the con- quarantine following a trip also preparing to celebrate its sites (Barcelona, Paris, and NESCAC peer tinuous spread of COVID-19, to Italy. However, the Tripod 50th anniversary in March. Vienna) and offered these editors about the or coronavirus, in Italy. A lev- has been unable to verify The celebration has been students the option of leaving state of college el 2 alert calls for the prac- the status of these students suspended by the college and their programs and return- journalism. tice of enhanced precaution with the college. With spring will likely be rescheduled to ing home if they wish. Trinity 8 when traveling, and a level 3 break travel approaching, the fall. The college has de- will evaluate the feasibility of warning recommends avoid- it remains unclear how cided to evaluate and advise ing all non-essential travel. Trinity will seek to limit each student in the Rome Chapel In an email to students, exposure if students elect program on their academic Director of Health Services to travel internationally. needs individually. Further- Martha O’Brien stated, “as more, the college has con- Singers Trinity’s Rome program see CORONAVIRUS on page 3 a matter of course, we will was hosting 21 Trinity stu- tacted all students current- BEN GAMBUZZA ’20 CONTRIBUTING WRITER The Chapel Singers page TrinVotes! to Hold will be holding a Trinity’s Class of 2024 concert to commem- Trinity has experienced ity history.” According to a orate fifty years Super Tuesday Party a rise in early decision appli- press release from the Office of coeducation at cations for its Class of 2024. of Communications, 46% of nificant attention after he Currently, the class is com- students admitted through Trinity on Mar. 8 in BRENDAN W. CLARK ’21 9 the Chapel. captured 48.4% of the vote posed of about 330 students. early decision rounds one EDITOR-IN-CHIEF in South Carolina, leaving In a statement to the Office and two are women and 54% Trinity College’s new stu- him eight delegates behind of Communications, Vice are men. Additionally, 13% dent, faculty, and staff driv- Senator Bernie Sanders President of Enrollment and are first-generation college Women’s en program, TrinVotes, will (I-VT). Sanders, who has Student Success Angel Pe- students, 11.5% are inter- hold a watch party in Vernon been the front runner for rez said “the Class of 2024 is national students, 20% are Lacrosse Social this Tuesday, Mar. several weeks, has had a shaping up to be one of the students of color, and 53% of 3 from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 number of significant victo- most intellectually curious students come from outside ERIN KARCZEWSKI ’20 p.m. as the results of Demo- ries in the New Hampshire and engaged classes in Trin- of the New England area. SPORTS EDITOR cratic primaries are tallied. and Nevada primaries. Mar. 3, or “Super Tues- TrinVotes, according to Trinity’s day,” is a significant date an email from President of page women’s in the primary season, as the College Joanne Berg- lacrosse fourteen states will have er-Sweeney, will also have vanquishes their Democratic prima- a voter registration table Williams in ries. More delegates can at their watch party in their season be won on Super Tuesday advance of Connecticut’s opener. 12 than at any other point in Democratic primary on Also in this issue... the primary season, with Apr. 28. The program aims more than 1,300 awarded to increase student voter Opinion: The Unfortunate across the fourteen prima- participation at Trinity. Reality of Trinity College, page 6 ries. The two states with Trinity has histori- the highest delegate counts, cally had a student en- Study Abroad Reflection: Katie California and Texas, award rollment and voting rate Haynes ’21 in Australia, page 7 415 and 261, respectively. between 30% and 39% Going into the prima- and received a silver seal A Recap of Soccer’s Premier ries, former Vice President League This February, from the ALL IN voting Joe Biden has gained sig- challenge in Nov. 2019. page 12 TRINITY TRIPOD Published weekly at Trinity College, Hartford, CT TRINITYTRIPOD.COM 2 MARCH 3, 2020 The Tripod Editorial Trinity Tripod Student Leaders Shouldn’t Be Paid Established in 1904 At Trinity, among other of high compensation costs “Now then-Trinity!” to be to simply maintain the institutions, the notion has, for students involved with continued strategy at Trinity Editor-in-Chief occasionally, been raised that the paper. Many other NES- of leaving leadership posi- BRENDAN W. CLARK ’21 students should receive com- CAC papers also operate on tions uncompensated. Some pensation for those positions a bi-weekly system. College may argue, not incorrectly, Managing Editors of leadership that they elect weekly’s, it seems, are becom- that after our departure from LIZ FOSTER ’22 to undertake. Indeed, at vari- ing a dying breed. Despite not our repose neath’ the elms, KAT NAMON ’22 ous times it has been suggest- being compensated, the Tri- we will receive compensa- ed that service on the Tripod pod sustains a quality of work NEWS EDITORS SPORTS EDITORS tion for the hours we invest or within the elected Student similar to, or even equivalent DANIEL J. NESBITT ’22 ERIN KARCZEWSKI ’20 as we enter the work world. Government Association mer- to, those of our peers at oth- SHAWN OLSTEIN ’22 cat maclennan ’20 Even so, there are innumer- its compensation. Compensa- er schools who are paid for MATEO VAZQUEZ ’21 able opportunities as we ma- tion for positions of student their efforts. Many of the af- OPINION EDITORS ture into our roles as adults leadership ultimately does flictions that challenge other ALEX W. DAHLEM ’20 A&E EDITOR where our actions and efforts little to incentivize better college newspapers—lack of AIDAN TUREK ’20 CAROLINE RICHARDS ’22 go unrewarded through pure- dedication and performance. writers, lack of knowledge ly monetary compensation. While no motion is pres- regarding the journalistic FEATURES EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER Service on civic commit- ently on the table, the Tri- process, lack of layout expe- GILLIAN M. REINHARD ’20 DIVYANSH GAUR ’22 tees, such as a town council or pod thought it fit to address rience—seem present still, a school committee, or within the matter in consideration whether compensated or not. staff writers parent-teacher associations, of Gillian Reinhard’s article A lack of compensation is OLIVIA CAIME ’23 are all uncompensated. This this week, which details stu- by no means a reflection of our fact, however, does not deni- dent compensation practices value toward our staff. Their grate the significance of their at other NESCAC newspa- contributions are immense positions or the import of the pers. There is no doubt that and important. It is often work they undertake. Without students at Trinity College repeated that compensation the volunteerism apparent in undertake a variety of lead- is viewed in the employment these important positions, ership roles and invest count- world as indicative of value. If our nation’s towns and cities less hours for those positions. that were the case, then how would suffer. It is in these or- But does compensation really would one examine their val- ganizations, absent compen- The Trinity Tripod has been published by the students of Trinity Col- have an impact on an individu- ue in relation to the minimal sation, that some of the most lege since 1904. Its staff members are committed to the reporting al’s dedication and productivi- compensation that could be important democratic work and distribution of news and ideas that are relevant to the College ty in the college environment? afforded to student leaders is done on the local level. community. The Tripod is published weekly on Tuesdays during the As Ms. Reinhard’s arti- in any capacity (at most one The Tripod would suggest academic year. Student subscription is included in the Student Ac- cle demonstrates, the perils could envision a thousand that we should view our po- tivities Fee (SAF).