The o~"L- -Established 1904- J rinity ripod T T Volume CXIX “Scribere Aude!” Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Number VIII Credits to Grad- Student Orgs. Energize Campus Course uate 36 to 32 Before Midterm Elections Registra- AMANDA HAUSMANN ’21 NEWS EDITOR BRENDAN CLARK ’21 NEWS EDITOR tion The Curriculum BEN GAMBUZZA ’20 Trinity College stu- page Committee is EDITOR IN CHIEF working on a dents will begin selecting proposal that In preparation for the courses for the Spring would reduce the midterm election today, 2019 term next week. In number of credits Nov. 6, organizations on advance of that , the Tripod to graduate from campus have been ramp- is briefly laying out the im- 4 36 to 32. ing up to empower and portant dates and actions encourage students to to take to ensure that all Violent Speech vote. With videos circu- students are prepared lating around Facebook Know Your Meme for course registration. depicting older voters who This week, students Does Exist expose the fact that since Organi):;atioll.8Organizations OUl.on caill!!pUIIcampus Jna.•;,ehave teenseen !lll.an i:nae&eeincrease ll!.in m•JOlementinvolement p>1.1e·pre- should visit their profes- they vote, young peoples’ oedlingceding thethe midterm ellectfollll,elections, thethe first t-hanoe chance since since 201 2016 iS w to instituteinstitute sors during office hours LUCEMY PEREZ ’21 voices are not heard, Trin- ma,pnrmajor change in Wuhinp,111.Washington. or a separately scheduled CONTRIBUTING WRITER ity student organizations course advising period. have been heeding the Lydia Herrera of Lilly Anita Davis, Vice Presi- Once students meet with page OPINION: A call to make a change. Sin Barreras, Jillian Gill- dent for Diversity, Equi- their advisors, holds for dictionary defini- On Oct. 29 WGRAC chrest, and Eva Bermudez ty, and Inclusion. Here, registration will be re- tion of “violence” hosted a “Why Vote?” Zimmerman. Even at this Today, ConnPIRG is leased. Holds may be doesn’t encompass event, sponsored by YDSA, event, a voter-education sponsoring a “Walk to the applied for a variety of all perspectives. It Kappa Kappa Gamma, pamphlet was handed out. Polls.” Students can meet reasons, including fail- isn’t enough. the Political Science de- Voter Registration at the bottom of Vernon ure to pay certain fees 5 partment, Public Policy drives were conducted in Street to walk over to the from the Fall 2018 term. and Law Department, Hu- the lobby of Mather dining Learning Corridor to vote. Course registration A Composer man Rights Department, hall. One particular one Voting will commence at dates and times by class American Studies Depart- was sponsored on Oct. 30 43 Vernon Street, at the are as follows: Class of ment, and the Language by the Greater Hartford gym of Trinity College 2019: Monday, Nov. 12; in Residence and Culture Departments. Chapter of the Links, Inc. Magnet Charter Academy. Class of 2020: Tuesday, BEN GAMBUZZA ’20 Students shared stories Last night, there was Tours departed at 9 a.m., Nov. 13; Class of 2021: a Politics, Inclusion, and 11 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 12:45 EDITOR IN CHIEF about voting and an art Wednesday, Nov. 14; Class gallery featuring students’ Community dinner host- p.m., and will depart at 2 of 2022: Thursday, Nov. 15. work. The speakers con- ed by the Office of Multi- p.m., 4 p.m., and 6 p.m. page Robert Edward Smith compos- sisted of Trenee McGee, cultural Affairs and Dr. -The Editorial Board es music that Continued on page 3 is pleasing and easy to listen to. Smith likes Vernon Trivia To Keep Out Alcohol it that way. 8 BRENDAN CLARK ’21 Campus Safety and students expected that by students over this NEWS EDITOR officers arrived in re- the CSC members new enforcement, with Football sponse. According to would confiscate alco- a student noting in the Campus Safety has students present at the hol that was visible, a written account that Crushes begun to enforce rules event, Campus Safety written account sub- “it was an overall un- that prohibit outside officers paused trivia mitted to the Tripod enjoyable experience Amherst alcohol from being and went up on stage, from a student who and made trivia stress- brought in and con- instructing students to was present reflect- ful” and also that “it sumed at Vernon So- dipose of their alcohol ed that CSC officers will definetly decrease MATEO VAZQUEZ ’21 cial Center. This en- immedietly. Thereaf- “were searching peo- the number of people SPORTS EDITOR forcement first began ter, Campus Saftey de- ples’ backpacks, even if who attend trivia.” page during trivia on Thurs- termined that two CSC they were coming from The official policy The Bantams staff members would class, and were con- has allegedly always beat Amherst day, Oct. 11. While, at College, who present, alcohol will manage the front and fiscating all alcohol.” been that alcohol is was undefeat- continue to be avail- back entrances of Another student not allowed in the So- 11 ed, 27-16. able for sale to stu- Vernon Social during also noted that the cial Center, howev- dents who are 21 at the trivia going forward. CSC officers confiscat- er, this policy has not Also in this issue: bar, outside alcohol will Last Thursday, ed alcohol from stu- been enforced in re- PIIFPage 10:llO: §&1tmeW!nereSomewhere (~m~(something no longer be able to be Nov. 1, five CSC staff dents who lived in the cent memory accord- wooda&I)wonderful) ~premiers .rtat AuztimiAustin brought in to the center. members arrived in- Vernon dormitory as ing to students who Am~Arts Thursdaynight. night. llt It Ill~ is written The evening of Oct. stead of the anticipat- well. There was consid- frequent trivia events. lil!Mlland ~directed 1bJyby ~tyTrinity ~Mm Professor 11, an individual called ed two. While many erable concern raised 1~Polm.Mitch Polin. Continued on page 3 Published weekly at Trinity College, Hartford, CT TRINITYTRIPOD.COM 2 November 6, 2018 The Trinity Tripod It's Election Day! 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