VOL. IC NO. 19 PUBLISHED BY THL STUDENTS or TRINITY COLIEGP SINCE 1904 APRIL 6, 2004 Cultural Week: A Lively Success Student Rel igion and provided at Hillel and desserts were then provided at UMOJA. "The dinner was a huge success, Gender Gap Marginal practically all of the food was gone" said Priya Kalyan-Masih EILEEN FLYNN larly. Worship attendance is the '05, president of AASA. MANAGING EDITOR strongest measure of the religion Delicious and diverse food An increasingly important gap- along with a great variety of factor in presidential elections is This tendency works for information about the different the phenomenon referred to as almost every religious groups. cultural programs on campus "the religion gap." This is the According to information given proved to be a great combination. tendency of traditionally religious by John Green at a lecture in the "This dinner is something we people to vote Republican, and Greenberg Center, 80 percent of want to do again in the future," for those less religious to vote Evangelical Protestants who reg- said Kalyan-Masih. After the Democrat. ularly attended services voted impressive turnout of Sunday This gap has been measured Republican; 52 percent of those Chuck Pratt night, Monday night offered since the 1940s and the gap has who did not attend regularly Mr. Vegas performs at the Soca Bash on Saturday night. "Dance Asia" in the Washington been increasing since that time. It voted Republican. Roman the different cultural houses on Room hosted by AASA. This seems that before the 50s tradi- Catholics htwe a less staggering KRISTIN KREMER campus. The dinner, attended by event included a series of dance tionally religious people tended to statistic, with 57 percent of regu- NEWS WRITER at least 60 people involved stu- workshops. vote Democrat, but this has lar attenders voting Republican Cultural Week kicked off last dents walking through four cul- Tuesday involved two differ- undergone a major shift. In the and 62 percent of less regular Sunday night under the lead of tural houses for a complete meal. ent events. The first was the 2000 presidential election 18o 20 attenders voting Democrat. This the Multicultural Affairs Council. Appetizers were served at Asian "Latino and Caribbean Cultural percent of voters were more like- puts Roman Catholics in the posi- The Progressive Dinner was the American Student Association ly to vote Republican if they first of many events organized by and La Voz Latina. Dinner was see MAC on page 7 attended religious services regu- see STUDENT on page 6 Students Display Diverse Art are the ones in which a collection own unique style showing the KRISTEN GEIGER of seven photographs represent taste of the photographer. ARTS CONTRIBUTOR the letters of the alphabet. One On the wall directly across When walking into the Mudent, Racluel Tracj "04, pur- from the door, one could find *MGdener Gallery, one won't know trayed the letters,-of< what to look at first. Every wall using pictures of shoes. For traits. One portrait that stood out is covered with the artwork of tal- example an open loed pointed from the others was painted by ented Trinity students, in art class- woman's shoe represented the let- Irena Tsvetkova '06. Tsvetkova es including Photography, ter A. Another group of pictures portrayed a woman's face whose Printmaking, Design, Color, were taken by Shannon Brennen features were blurred giving the Drawing, and Painting, The work '05. This collection of six pic- painting a sense of 'moment of the students is truly phenome- tures captured the essence and allowing for the viewer to make nal. ambitions of the cross-country his or her own interpretations The wall to the left of the door track team. All of the pictures in about the face shown, when walking in is full of photo- the gallery were in black and Chuck Pratt white and all of them had their J graphs. Those that stand out most see STUDIO on page~19 Sarah Pflantzer 04 regards work by Andrew Ghadie '06. Hillel Makes Trip To SART Fosters Unity and Safety SARAH SPIEGEL Friedman '07. ized in San Francisco. Now, it STAFF WRITER Tuesday, Apr. 13, SART will happens nationwide as part of Holocaust Museum be holding the annual, "Take Sexual Assault Awareness month, and Professor Samuel Kassow, Redefining Ideal Beauty Back the Night" event. and Trinity will once again be STUART BELL Chair of the History Department. Standards and the Sexual Assault "Take Back the Night" began participating. The event will pro- FEATURES CONTRIBUTOR In coordination with the Hillel at Task Force are sponsoring two in England and first came to the vide an opportunity for students On Mar. 26, nine Trinity stu- George Washington University, events taking place Monday and United States in 1978, at which dents left for Washington, D.C. to we were invited to stay with GW Tuesday of next week. time a march and rally was organ- see COMPULSIVE on page 8 view the Holocaust Memorial students and attend Friday night RIBS will be holding a lec- : Museum. The trip was organized Shabbat services and dinner. ture, "Coming out of the • • ••••:: •• " • • '' ','' . •• .. ,;-..:• . ••..•. .L_ and led by Lisa Kassow, the Given some time on Saturday to Refrigerator" Monday, Apr. 12, Trinity College Hillel Director, tour the city, all of Sunday was from 4-5 p.m. in Alumni Lounge, :i---'•;:•••••- •:-:•.:••;, , :Vy':~':ir.r'ff::V:-s^': :•.-": and extended to the entire student devoted to the Holocaust Mather Hall, in which speaker body. We were also accompanied Museum. Lisa Currie of Wesleyan by Professor Ron Kiener, Chair of University will discuss the dis- •• '-.i•:• ': !•• . ••.••"'•'1.:i1 the Jewish Studies Department, see STUDENTS on page 13 ease of compulsive overeating. Compulsive overeating is a disease that doesn't necessarily IP •::•'•••.'-; ••• .'••..•'•..:•. j;; "'; get as much attention as anorex- : 1 1 1 ia or bulimia, but one that is -; ..•;.;;. '" ' .-. ••;;••• -: .:; just as important. The lecture will be the first event RIBS has held focusing solely on overeat- ing. : "I. feel that as far as eating Learn Mow OR]j.::feeis'.:M 0Stbltf Mf disorders are concerned, pro- terms of representing : grams presenting statistics and diversity on page 6. : :;• '•\:}:i^Ky^y:':Artshn:page\T7^- :• • advice on how to help people Opinions '•:/<; ••\\':". "•'••::-:.'t-p. page 16 •' with eating disorders, either for : NettS :xf:~ ;:•;,: ••/•: '•:•'•':• l[ ageP 6 • ".-.' Ayhoyneenierits :f'"page 20 yourself or friends, are help- ..ar// JJ.I..III..-IC ful," said Kenneth Antonelli- t r i n i t y I* iip o d i c o iii > These images are of the Hall of Witness in the Museum. PAGE 2 OPINIONS THE TRINITY TRIPOD - APRIL 6, 2004 ILIETTEM© TO THE Crtnttp Crtpotr Incorrect Report ofEU's May 1 Expansion To the Editor: will not be joining the European Union in this round of expansion. Hungary and the nine others will. Edna D. Guerrasio '05 Eileen T. Flynn '05 As one of last year's Kellner Scholars studying at Trinity, I was It is going to be an exciting EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR very pleased to read Jamie and interesting time in this part of Calabrese's "Notes from Abroad" the world, that is for sure, and the piece on Hungary [Mar 30]. coining years will bring about an NEWS EDITORS OPINIONS EDITORS In it Calabrese says, "On that immense amount of changes for Eliza Sayward '05 William Yang '06 Daniel Scollan '05 Joanna Hecht '07 date [May 1] Hungary and nine all parties involved: current EU [sic] other nations (Bulgaria, member states, those joining the FEATURES EDITORS ARTS EDITORS Lindsay North "06 Juliet Izon '07 Greg Polin '05 Kristen St. Martin '06 Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Union now, and those slated to Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Czech join in the future. Expansion, as SPORTS EDITORS CARTOONISTS Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Calabrese says, is at the top of the Peter Scala '05 Benjamin Leong '06 Elizabeth Welsh '05 Laura King '07 Slovenia and Turkey) will sym- news here. bolically return to the fold of PHOTO EDITOR ONLINE EDITORS Europe." Respectfully, Chuck Pratt '07 Matt Barison '04 Jim Nadzieja '04 Please note, however, that of the 12 countries she lists, Mate1 Hegedus SENIOR EDITOR Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey Kellner Scholar, 'O2-'O3 Joseph Stramondo '04 STAFF WRITERS Global Warming Stephanie Lopez-Boy '05 Sarah Spiegel '07 Julia Carney '07 Where have all the fans gone ... Awareness Lacks MARK WITT tressingly common. A letter to the This year Trinity has had the prestige of claiming the number one men's squash OPINIONS CONTRIBUTOR editor published a month ago in team in the countiy, the number one ranked football team in the NESCAC, the number the Hartford Courant drew my three ranked men's basketball team in the NESCAG and the number two ranked Division Influencing and shaping pub- ire. The article blasted proponents III women's cross countiy team in the nation. With- many other teams not far behind, lic perception is absolutely criti- of environmental protection, stat- cal to the environmental move- ing that global warming was a Trinity has a lot of fame to claim in the world of sports ... but where are all the fans? ment. Unless a large number of non-issue and funding its preven- Many of the voices expressed on campus claim the apathy of students toward citizens stand up and demand tion would be a sham. In opposi- issues such as the environment, diversity} politics - even social gatherings void of alcohol; however, one area of activity that is screaming for the attention of its students is the world Despite ... overwhelming scientific evi- of sports. Trinity athletes have proven their talent and skill well beyond expectation, yet dence ..