FEBRUARY 20, 2007 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY VOL CII, No. 16 Wtinitp COLLEGE SSNCE 1904 Dean Fraden Chartwells Plans Mather Renovation for Summer By LYD3A DAMON close May 23. The Office of Campus responsibility in financing the project, NEWS CONTRIBUTOR Life, Front Desk, Women and Gender paying $200,000 to $300,000 in the Names New Resource Action Center, and Community worst-case scenario, according to Mather Hall will close this summer in Service and Civic Engagement will move Associate Director for Operations and order to undergo "a partial renovation" to Trinity Commons. The Post Office Judicial Affairs Trent Barber. Program Leader from May to late August 2007. The and Barnes & Noble will offer "limited Director of Facilities Sally Katz insist- Trinity College community was informed services" in McCook and Gallows Hill, ed that there has been and will be a "lot By JAMES E. KUKSTIS of this development last Monday via e- respectively. The Smith House will be of oversight" in the project, which she SPORTS EDITOR mail. The Cave Cafe will close on May available for special events and the Bistro calls "dynamic." Chartwells will be work- 12, the day after underclassmen leave, will remain open all summer for dining ing with Trinity and an outside architec- On Tuesday, Feb. 13, Dean of Faculty and the Mather dining hall will follow, services. ture firm called Fire Associates. The Rena Fraden announced that Sonia closing on May 21. The operation will be funded almost Mather Hall project will not affect the Cardenas, Associate Professor of Political The entire Mather building, as well as entirely by Chartwells, with Trinity help- Jarvis and Seabury project financially, Science, will take on the role of Director of the adjacent Hamlin Hall (which houses ing only to bring everything up to build- nor will it take away from academic pro- the Human Rights Program. Cardenas will the Office of the Dean of Students), will ing codes. Trinity will have minimal grams. replace Maryam Elahi, who will leave Trinity According to Director of Chartwells in May. Fraden announced last December Dining Service at Trinity, Ed Taraskewich, that Elahi's contract had not been renewed talk of giving Mather a much-needed as a result of budget cuts. upgrade has been going on for the past Since then, the Human Rights Program's two to four years. A work group includ- future has been uncertain, given Elahi's ing Taraskewich, Nelson DeFigueiredo major presence. In an article in the Feb. 13 (also of Chartwells), Barber, Katz, issue of the Tripod, the search for a new Associate Professor of Legal and Policy Director was described, suggesting that Studies Remy Fulco, Administrative Cardenas would fill the role. This was con- Assistant of Political Science Rhoda firmed last week in an e-mail sent out to the Adam, Bich Le '07, SGA President Devin entire Trinity community. Romanul '07, Director of Business "My goal is to work with faculty and stu- Operations Alan Sauer, and Project dents to carry forward the innovative pro- Manager of Buildings and Grounds Tom gram established by Maryam Elahi," Fusciello has been meeting to discuss the Cardenas said. "I believe we will accomplish matter. this, and the Human Rights Program will Mather has undergone four or five continue to be an integral feature of our renovations in its 50 year history, said College." Barber, but "core issues" have not yet This program has been a distinguishing been addressed. There has been a major leak, outside the post office, which " *" ~ * «« - Joe i.im> see CARDENAS on page 4 MIL MiLlier dining ronn will he icnrtititd rl'i '-'in icr ' nt '\n'i n in li llfi Mjili'i U.ill building : MATHER on page 4 Documentarian DA Pennebaker Screens Music Films at Trinity By KRYSTAL RAMIREZ completely immersed in the hip- by Duke Ellington, and great job of documenting what screening of The Wai Room, a ARTS CONTRIBUTOR pie, psychedelic environment. Pennebaker experiments with turns out to be Ziggy Stardust's film Pennebaker decided to make Pennebaker filmed the enraptured using the camera in traveling last appearance. That July 3 after being denied access to candi- In a tribute to the famed docu- crowds at the concerts, as well as motion. The short film is fast- evening, right before playing dates Clinton and Bush in the mentary filmmaker, The Fred the performers themselves, with paced and exciting, captured with "Rock 'n Roll Suicide," Bowie pro- 1992 Presidential campaign. teamed up with Cinestudio to minimal precision that makes the shots from all angles, at times cre- claimed, "Not only is this the last Pennebaker chose instead to head bring the D.A. Pennebaker Film viewing that much more enjoyable. ating a sense of dizziness, vertigo, show of the tour, but it's the last to the Democratic campaign head- Festival to Trinity. Pennebaker is Pennebaker captures the cli- even claustrophobia. show that we'll ever do." He was quarters, where George renowned for chronicling the life mactic performance of The Who, Sunday evening capped off an referring to the fact that his per- Stephanopoulos and James (Ragin' and times of pop culture for the which ends with the band mem- adventuresome day of Pennebaker formance that night was the last Cajun) Carville, newcomers at the past half-century through his inno- bers smashing their instruments films with the pairing of You're show promoting his album time, let their guard down and vation and use of the fly-on-the- and other musical equipment at Nobody Till Somebody Loves You Aladdin Sane and to the fact that treat the cameras to some interest- wall style, now the most copied the end of "My Generation." and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders he was "killing off the Ziggy ing scenes, from New Hampshire and utilized form of documentary While singing "Wild Thing," Jimi from Mars. The former captures Stardust persona. filmmaking. Hendrk is shown "making love" the ambiance of the interesting Monday evening was the see FILM on page 18 In a total of five features and to his amplifiers and guitar, which wedding between Doctor Timothy four shorts, the Film Festival show- he then proceeds to set on fire. Leary and Nena Thurman. The cases a variety of Pennebaker's Throughout the 98 minutes of sen- piece, shot in black and white, is works with movies ranging from sual, sensational stimulation the full of scenes of preparations, musical performances to behind- movie provides, Pennebaker uses including getting dressed. The lat- the-scenes looks at political cam- many unusual perspectives, includ- ter is from 1973, and documents a paigning. ing extreme close-ups and shadows David Bowie concert at the On Sunday afternoon, and silhouettes to create a moving, Hammersmith Odeon in London. grooving record of the awesome It was during this period that Monterey Pop was the feature three-days of rocking out that took Bowie was using his stage persona, film. This movie chronicles the place in Monterey, Calif. Ziggy Stardust, and Pennebaker Monterey Pop Festival of 1967, seizes this perfectly. The dark light- where such well-known artists as The short Daybreak Express ing gives the viewer the sense that Janis Joplin, the Mamas and the was paired with Monterey Pop. he/she is actually there, watching it Papas, Jefferson Airplane, Simon From 1953, this was essentially all live. Pennebaker's shots of fanat- and Garfunkel, and Otis Redding Pennebaker's first film. Daybreak Express is a commentary on New ic teenage girls help to further cre- played. Pennebaker completely ate that mood. captures the atmosphere of this York City's Third Avenue elevated www.imtlb.com day and age. Anyone watching is subway The piece is set to music Ultimately, Pennebaker does a DA Pennebaker with his wife Chris Hegedus speaks at the Telluride Film Festival. Editorial 2 Basketball Wins Again News 3 Opinions: 18 rules to improve student life at Trinity, page 9 Opinions 7 Men's Basketball defeated Features 11 Bowdoin in the first round of Features: Simple steps to purify your life this Lent, page 12 Arts, 15 Announcements 19 the NESCAC Tournament this Sports 24 past week, Page 24 Arts: Submit your picks in the Tripod Oscar Contest, page 17 www. trinity tripod.com The Trinity Tripod CORRECTION: Throughout the article entitled "Alum Miren Donates $2.5 million," 1975 graduate Mitchell M. Merin's name was misspelled. The article used unfound- ed and unresearched information regarding the origin of Mr. Merin's generous donation to the College. The arti- {Ertnttp cle also incorrectly stated that Mr. Merin's donation was Katy Nolin '08 Joe Tarn '08 originally rumored to be anonymous. The Tripod sin- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR cerely apologizes for these egregious errors. NEWS EDITORS OPINIONS EDITOR Letters to the Editor may he found in the Opinions section Lizzie Brown '09 Jordyn Sims '10 Lauren Turlik '09 this week. ARTS EDITORS FEATURES EDITORS Sara Yoo '08 Katie Dally '09 Griha Singla '09 Tnpod Apologizes to Alum San-Eou Lan '09 PHOTO EDITORS SPORTS EDITORS Erin Caner '10 Stephanie Apstein '10 Nick Vasquez '10 for Incorrect News Article James E. Kukstis '10 Dear Mr. Merin, Trinity, and it should always STAFF WRITERS As Editor-in-Chief of the strive to be a beacon of ANNOUNCEMENTS EDITOR Kate Grelle '07 Jackie Sparks '09 Aileen McEride '09 Tripod this semester, I would informed, accurate journalism like to sincerely apologize to that enlightens the student COPY EDITORS BUSINESS MANAGERS you for the uninformed and body, administration, and alum- JVara Harrington 'OS „ Jon Simonian '07 poorly written article regarding ni of the College.