VOL. XCIX NO. 5 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 OCTOBER 17,2000 Students Arrested After Reckless Driving Spree Safety and Hartford Police followed the the driver put the car into reverse and BY ABIGAIL THOMAS course of action closely. Upon arrival at began driving towards him. Ramos News Editor the Anadama parking lot, the Campus managed to scramble out of the way of Safety officer discovered two eyewit- the vehicle, spraining his knee in the at- The incident began when Campus nesses who were able to describe a black tempt. Meanwhile, thejeep crashed into Safety received an anonymous report of Jeep Cherokee. The driver of the car had second parked car along Summit Street, a hit.and run accident in the Anadama hit a parked car and driven the wrong put the car into gear, and drove off down parking lot. It ended with the arrest of way out Crescent Street, heading to New towards Vernon Street two students. Britain Avenue. In the midst of the flight, thejeep hit Benjamin Kleiner, '03, was arrested for When the report was made, a second a curb and flipped. Rolling a full 360 evading responsibility and property campus safety officer, Juan Ramos, ob- degrees, the Jeep righted itself, manag- damage. served a damaged Jeep, matching the ing to land on its wheels, and accelerated David Mattei, '03 will be charged with description, turning on to Summit Street down Summit, sideswiping a third car in the same, as well as attempted second- from New Britain. Ramos signaled for the process. degree assault and reckless driving. the car to pull over, and the driver Campus Safety then contacted Hart- The black Jeep Cherokee In between these two events, Campus obliged. As Ramos approached the car, see DEBRIS on page eight owned by Benjamin Kleiner '03 Tutorial Evicts Four After Keg Party First Test of Tutorial College Honor Code der fire: the Tutorial College's fa BY ANDREW SCHURR Honor Code has been contro- News Writer versial since it's inception. Al- though many faculty and The Tutorial College Honor students see it as being innova- Code faced its first major test tive and high-minded, many in last week after Campus Safety the general student body see it discovered a keg in a Summit as being an affront to those not "special" enough tube in theTu- > 4«B>»iftl ©aBegepfografli One stu- housing in Summit East and dent, who wished to remain are disqualified from the Tuto- nameless, noted bitterly that rial College program. This "the existence of [the Tutorial HANNAH GANT means that they will lose 3.0 College] promotes a sort of hi- The power brokers walk with students Friday morning. (I to r) Eddie credits for this semester. erarchy among the students Perez, John Rowland, Evan Dobelle, and Kevin Sullivan. However, the students will be that is overly competitive, allowed to stay on campus, " rather than.being an equal sys- moving to Smith, the school's tem." Tr in i ty Honors Row! and I n substance-free dorm. Addi- Additionally, many students tionally, the students will not perceive that their peers in the face academic probation for Tutorial College are not subject Learning Corridor Ceremony their deficit of credits this se- to the same restrictions as the state contribution and the failed joked Rowland, who spear- mester. rest of Trinity. BY DAN BERMAN attempt to lure the New En- headed the $300+ million Elliott Welburn '03, a mem- With this incident, the Honor News Editor gland Patriots to Hartford two Adrien's Landing project in De- ber of the Honor Council, said Code received a test that reso- years ago. cember 1998. that the council's decision came nated throughout the entire With construction complete "This $94 million was cer- However, that was the only about after an exhaustive dis- campus. Generally, students and classes in session at the tainly a lot easier to spend than reference to past failures. cussion of possible alternatives. busted for alcohol infractions— Learning Corridor, Trinity took on a professional football team," see ROWLAND on page nine "We obviously didn't want to or parties in their dorm rooms— time last Friday morning to be too heavy-handed, and we merely provide amusement for honor the man who footed a obviously didn't want to let the the unlucky students' neigh- large part of the bill. students off free." Welburn also bors (and generate headaches Connecticut Governor John notes that, although unprec- for the Office of Residential Rowland was presented with edented, the proposed punish- Life). However, possession of a the Trinity College President's ment is "in a way... almost common source of alcohol al- Medal for his service, devotion, actually a harsher punish- most always carries with it the and most importantly, helping ment." most severe ramifications for to ensure $94 million in state Tutorial College Director Ri- the students responsible as well funds for the ambitious project. chard Lee refused to speak to as the college as a whole. Trinity President Evan the Tripod about the situation. The Trinity College Student Dobelle introduced Rowland as This incident is the first trial Handbook clearly states: "If a "someone whose leadership has for a system that is already un- see TUTORIAL on page six been quiet, consistent, un- equivocal, and exemplary. Someone whose enthusiasm for INSIDE THIS WEEK'S and involvement with the Learning Corridor began at the earliest stages of the project and Dismissed SGA VP/ Amy Buchner reviews has continued throughout. Finance Ward MacDonald Michael Wilson's eclectic "We honor him as a leader shares his side of the version of Shakespeare's who cares about this states's impeachment debate. By Macbeth.. seep 18 cites and their neighborhoods; a Kristin Powell see p. 7 leader who knows that without good schools the children of Students going to News page 6 this great state will not realize Kathmandu enjoy a preview Opinion page 2 their full and enormous poten- Features.. page 13 cultural event featuring Arts page 18 tial," said Dobelle. authentic cuisine....see p. 14 Announcements page 22 Governor Rowland accepted HANNAH CANT Sports page 28 the award in good humor, mak- Governor John Rowland raises the ing reference to the $94 million Connecticut flag with local girl scouts. PACE 2 OPINION THE TRINITY TRIPOD - OCTOBER 17,2000 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Cttttittf SGA President Strikes Patrick R. Noonan '01 BethK.Gilligan<01 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR Back Against theTripod NEWS EDITORS OPINION EDITORS To the editor: sion at almost every meeting to Dan Berman '01 Abigail Thomas '03 Micah Cogen '03 }. Ashe Reardon '02 discuss issues of a sensitive na- The headline of the last is- ture. sue of the Tripod (October 3, On issues as important and as FEATURES EDITORS ARTS EDITORS sensitive as impeachment, why Amy Buchner '02 Diana Potter '03 2000) was irresponsible and James Cabot '02 Brian Nanos '03 a poor attempt at sensation- shouldn't our SGA have the alism. same right- the right of any jury SPORTS EDITORS ANNOUNCEMENT EDITOR The headline was a gross in any trial in the United States, William Dick '02 Justin Sughrue '02 Lissy Woodhams '03 misrepresentation of the facts to deliberate in private? of what took place involving The fact that ConnPIRG was PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS ONLINE EDITOR the impeachment of Ward mentioned in the article as the Hannah Gant '03 Anne Trowbridge '02 Ridiard Doume '03 MacDonald. The Student only organization to have ac- Government Association cused Mr. MacDonald of mak- PRODUCTION MANAGER: Radost Rangdova '03 held an impeachment trial ing threatening comments that lasted close to three ignored the facts that were SENIOR EDITORS: Josh Freemire '01, Matthew Purushotham '01, Colin Ruane '01, Renay hours on October 2. stated in the SGA impeachment articles. The Tripod as well as Smalkomb '01, Geoffrey Stevens'01, Stark Townend '01, Andrew Weiss '01 During this meeting the SGA held a twenty-minute TCAC were mentioned as hav- closed session. The rest of the ing been threatened. To place all • COPY EDITORS: Lincoln Heinemari '01, Maggie Kagan '03, Adrian Kudler '04, Kristin Powell '03, meeting was open to the pub- of the responsibility for such : ' '.' Maureen Welch'03 . lic. Under the SGA Constitu- serious allegations on tion, the SGA is governed by ConnPIRG was biased and un- BUSINESS MANAGER: OwenW. Tripp '01 Roberts Rules of order in all fair and another distortion of things not specified in its the facts surrounding this case. BUDGET DIRECTOR ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER Constitution. The SGA will review and re- Chris Taylor'01 Adam Chetkowski '02 In the SGA Constitution, fine the process for impeach- ADVERTISING DESIGN ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER Carolyn Rued '03 Lara Harisay '03 "Members of Steering Board felt that it was important for the SGA to have an opportunity to briefly discuss the case behind closed doors. Putting Students First The chair had the right to set the rules." At this fall's meeting of the Trustees last Saturday, the board unanimously passed a mo- tion charging the administration to develop a master plan for student life. This clearly there are no rules for an im- ment over the course of this represents a step in the right direction and is in keeping with President Dobelle's promise peachment trial. Therefore, year. Unfortunately, we did hot to shift Trinity's focus towards itsstudeM needs. ••••••;•• •-••:.-••.• • •.;•.,:::-:;; >':: •v: d ^lf ffld have much to go ,oxi. The last SecausebToWefforts'm the chairman has the right to impeachment hearings took Girls Club to affordable housing. Trinity is nationally known for its innovation and bold- set the rules.