Wfyt OCTOBER 3, 2006 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY VOLCII, No. 4 Crmit$> Cripob COLLEGE SINCE 1904 www. trinitytripod.com Faculty Protests Closure Library Hosts Illustrated Sheet Music BySARAYOO band. According to the Knapps, the time. Some of his works on ARTS WRITER these covers helped promote the display are "Beale Street Blues" of Hamlin Successfully sales of the music and also boost- and "Yellow Dog Blues," as well By JAMES KUKSTTS Henderson, Associate Professor For anyone with a penchant ed the popularity of individual as his most popular favorite, NEWS WRITER of Legal and Policy Studies Renny for all things retro, "You're the songs by reaching the audience's "Saint Louis Blues." The illustrat- Fulco, and Associate Professor of Top" Illustrated Sheet Music of eyes as well as their ears. ed cover and music for "Memphis Hamlin Hall, which served History Jack Chatfield, organized American Popular Songs from The first of the eight com- Blues" is a copy personally dedi- primarily as the faculty dining themselves to find a way to re- World War I to the 1940s is a posers showcased is William cated to Abbe Niles, a Trinity hall, was closed last spring and is open Hamlin. * blast from the past and a feast for Christopher Handy, better known Alum and graduate of the class of slated to re-open Oct. 11. It was a "I was initially disappointed the eyes. The exhibit, curated by as W.C. Handy, and fondly 1916 who went on to become a financial decision based on a with the closing of Hamlin, but I Peter J Rnapp, the Special referred to as the "father of blues" successful lawyer and jazz critic. growing increase in faculty and didn't really understand the full Collections Librarian and College because of the influences he drew Many of the pieces on display are staff health care premiums. The impact of the decision until class- Archivist, and Anne Knapp, from African-American work actually donated from Niles' own decision's effect was not felt until es started," said Henderson. Professor of Political Science at songs and ballads to compose his this semester, when faculty mem- "I think we agreed that we the University of Hartford, is heavily blues-flavored favorites of see CLASSIC on page VJ bers came to the understanding needed to let President Jimmy being displayed until Dec. 15 in that their common place, sepa- Jones know why we thought it the Trumbull Room at the rate from students, was now gone. was such a bad idea to just close Watkihson Library. Last year, the College was it at the end of last semester with- On display is a collection of forced to make many decisions to out giving us the opportunity to decades-old sheet music complete get finances in order. In order to try to have a more limited lunch ;with original" illustrated covers cover as much of the healthcare selection so that we could still from eight of the most popular premium increase as possible, keep it open, understanding the composers and musicians of the subsidizing lunch for faculty constraints," said Fulco. time, such as W.C. Handy and members was forced out. The "[Jones] responded quickly George Gershwin, to name a few. health care increase ^covers the and sympathetically to our con- This specific interwar period in entire faculty, over 780 people, cerns but maintained the need American history was when print- but only a small percentage of for fiscal responsibility," said ed images in media came to pro- the staff took advantage of the Henderson. "As I have done since liferate, and it helped popularize benefit of Hamlin. Most of this coming to Trinity, I turn to peo- the contemporary music through small percentage, though, was ple smarter than I am — in this the medium of illustrated covers. understandably upset by the deci- case to Secretary of the College The covers featured colorful art, sion to close Hamlin. [Scott] Reynolds." design and font and usually had Three of these professors, insets of glamour shots of either Erin Caner Professor of ^Chemistry David see HAMLIN on page 4 the singer or the performing A collection of vintage 1940s sheet music is currently on display at the Watkinson. emocracy Brings Beinart to Trinity Decrease in Crime Rate By JOANNA HECHT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Evident in Annual Report Peter Beinart, editor-at-large for The New Republic, spoke elo- By BILL COSGROVE pared by Director of Campus quently last Wednesday in the STAFF WRITER Safety Charles Morris, Associate Washington Room about his. Director of Campus Safety Chris book, The Good Fight: Why The Department of Campus Lyons, and Administrative Liberals — and Only Liberals — Safety recently released the 2005 Assistant Jorge Lugo. The report Can Win the War on Terror and Annual Campus Safety Report is comprised of information from Make America Great Again. for Trinity College. The report Campus Safety reports, informa- Beinart's argument — that con- contains crime statistics covering tion from other administrative servative ideology cannot provide Jan. 1 through Dec; 31, 2005, and offices, and the Hartford Police the U.S. with a sustainable policy for the two previous calendar Department. Daily records kept — is based on a contrast of the years. It includes institutional by Lyons result in monthly Cold War ideology of conserva- policies concerning campus safe- reports compiled regarding all tives like William R Buckley with ty, alcohol and drug abuse, crime crimes on campus, fire alarms, the liberalism of thinkers like prevention, the reporting of sick and cared for reports, alco- Reinhold Niebuhr, the latter of crimes, sexual assault, and other hol and drug violations, towing, and other information. whom Beinart described as "the Sam Lin matters that members of the Kevin Bacon of Cold War liberal- Political journalist and author Peter Beinart addressed students last Wednesday. Trinity community should be "The Campus Safety report is ism — he connects to everybody." aware of The report also provides helpful to the members of the Beinart described the conser- cy as "a finish line we've crossed," could grow stronger as a society statistics from the Hartford Trinity College community vative ideology in terms of the but as an ideal that needs to be because its government can solve Police Department that disclose because it advises the community underlying assumption that "the reaffirmed through the nation's difficult domestic problems crimes on public property that of incidents that occur on cam- great threat to America was we actions. There were two impor- through the democratic process, took place near the College over pus and can advise the communi- don't believe enough in our- tant mechanisms for this in the which the totalitarian regime of the past three years. ty of arrests made on campus selves." For conservatives, moral Cold War liberal mentality: inter- the U.S.S.R. lacked. In today's The information in the report with Campus Safety and HPD," relativism would mean losing to national institutions and domes- terms, we can not effectively pro- is provided in accordance with explained Lyons. Campus Safety the U.S.S.R, so the U.S. had to tic efforts. mote American ideals abroad, Connecticut General Statues 10a- does its own investigations to stand by its convictions and not International institutions like, Beinart said, quoting a Jordanian 55a and United States Public Law keep a record of activity reported crumble against the self-confi- the United Nations establish a journalist, while we are "compla- 101-542, the "Student Right-to- to the department. Reports are dence its enemies exuded. "moral standard of behavior that Know and Campus Security Act written by the officers and Neibuhr and his contempo- is above and beyond that of a sin- see BEINART on page 14 of 1990." raries, on the other hand, operat- gle country," Beinart said, again The Annual Report is pre- see STUDENTS on page 4 ed under the basic premise that contrasting this ideal with Bush — Inside _ America's greatest strength is self- administration policy. America doubt. Beinart described it as "a should not demand democracy constant struggle against our own from the rest of the world, and Crescent Street Safety Trin's Owp "Pledged" Editorial 2 News 3 then say "we ourselves will define capacity for injustice," a struggle A student who witnessed the Andrew Bryson sorts fact from fic- Opinions 7 the nation had to fight in order what that standard is by our recent attacks against students tion in a commentary on the treat- Features 11 to preserve democracy and win actions," he said. offers suggestions for increased ment of new members in Trinity's Arts 15 the Cold War. Beinart said that The second component, security on campus. Greek organizations. Announcements 19 unlike President George W. Bush, domestic efforts, is rooted in the Sports 24 Americans cannot view democra- Cold War idea that America page 7 page 11 The Trinity Tripod Letters to the Editor Student Says Local News bling a football dynasty perhaps a and underscores his weakness as a Crtpfcr Inaccurate, Sensationalist little misplaced in the face of our critic. Also, the observance that, c sliding rankings? Is it more impor- "The people who were into it Joanna Hecht 07 Katy Nolin '08 To the Editor: tant for the school to be recog- seemed to all be personal friends EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR On Sept. 26, I was asked to nized "for excellence in as obscure of Fox" has nothing to do with give an interview for Eyewitness an activity as NESCAC league the music, and underscores the NEWS EDITORS OPINIONS EDITORS triviality and small-mindedness San-Eou Lan '09 Emma Bayer '07 News 3, a local news station, football or is it perhaps more pru- Alec MacColl '09 Joe Tarzi '08 about attacks that occurred at dent and a greater goal to strive to which detract from Rendeiro's Trinity College.