TRINITY COLLEGE • HARTFORD • CONNECTICUT Vol. LXXXIV, Issue 2 September ifi 19st; IPOD Student Files Accusation Against Security Officer by David Rubinger blocked from the inside. "I finally had to kick my way into the of- Editor-in-Chief fice," the student said in the re- port. A Trinity security officer was — The student heard movement discovered by a student locked in in the back of the room. "A male an Ogilby Hall activities office with voice assured me that he was only a woman on the evening of Sep- using the bathroom and would be tember 4. According to the wit- out shortly." ness, the officer had been using the office occupied by the Conn- — Pulling up his pants, the se- PIRG and AEISEC groups for ac- curity guard came out of the bath- tivities that were unrelated to any room. A woman, who reportedly security business. was not a student, followed. The The administration and the De- student wanted to see identifica- partment of Security had no com- tion, thinking at first that the two ment on the incident, pending were actually burglars. The officer further investigation. could not identify himself, claim- The student, who asked not to ing he did not have his wallet. The newly-appointed mentors, Linda Chen and Bill Silva (pictured from left to right), spoke at a FAS be identified, filed a full statement program in the Wean Lounge last Wednesday night. They are both optimistic about the program, but are on with the Security office on Sep- — Security was called, and an- asking for more student input. tember 7 explaining the encoun- other officer confirmed that Offi- ter, which occurred at 6 p.m. in the cer Miranda was indeed a member east wing of Ogilby Hall. The de- of campus security. tailed letter explained the discov- Mentors Explain Role in Campus Life ery of the two people and the — Miranda apologized for scar- argument that then ensued be- ing the student, and denied any by Phil Robertson and John Jones zone, yet they plan on work- The pair were astounded by the tween the student and the security intent to steal from the office. Woodlock ing1 as a tandem. The renovation of number of committees and student guard. The student was later told Elton-Jones "pit" area into an groups active on campus. Linda by Janiece Stewart, the Director "The two other officers said that apartment and office for the men- noted Student Activities Night was of Security, that the guard would Security never went in a private Last week's "Meet the Men- tor was scheduled to be completed particularly exciting for them be- be fired. The guard's name, the place without reason," the student tors!" revealed two very interest- this summer, but, according to cause "it showed the great poten- statement says, was Officer Jesus said, "they had just proved that ing individuals who are the Vice President Thomas A. Smith, tial and wide variety of student Miranda. Students who know Of- was not true." harbingers of an ambitious plan to "with all the other renovation interests at Trinity." Both stressed ficer Miranda confirm that he lias The student expressed concern improve and stimulate residential around campus, it just didn't got that they are available to assist es- not been seen in recent days on over the security of not only the life on campus. done." tablished campus groups with ideas campus. Security did not confirm offices, but the dorms as well. "The Having arrived at Trinity just Mentor offices are now to be and help in program development. ~~any of these reports. whole incident makes you question over three weeks ago, graduate built on the first floor of Wheaton Silva and Chen repeatedly em- Details of the incident's report whether Security and Buildings mentors Linda Chen and Bill Silva near the nurse's office, but that is phasized they are not "big brother are as follows: and Grounds have too much access are still trying to get a grasp on termed "tentative " by Dean of in the dorms. We are not dorm — The student tried to enter the to areas on campus. It's not a ques- student interests. Both call the Students David Winer. parents, we're not there to make AIESEC/ConnPIRG office in the tion of what they were doing in the mentor system "still very experi- They feel that their basic func- sure you don't drink too much and east wing basement of Ogilby, but room, but that they entered the mental." tion at Trinity is as a resource for it isn't our job to fix the leaky sink found that although the bolt on the room in the first place without just Linda is in charge of the South students. Silva and Chen believe or broken shower in the bathroom. door slid open, the door was being -eason." Campus zone and Bill the Elton- that "college residential life We have nothing to do with either doesn't have to be totally sepa- the disciplinary or custodial parts rated from the outside world. of student life." We're trying to encourage each They do encourage students with Diversity Remains an Issue student to remain an engaged per- questions about graduate school, a son, to be interested in what goes career in teaching, or general ca- by Judy Sandford black Board in addition to the more gen- on beyond Trinity's gates." reer counselling to come talk with eral lists they have received in the them. "We've both been through Assistant News Editor — to make the Minority Advis- According to the mentors, their orship a full-time position past. The goal of the new lists is purpose is to help students develop all of it," Chen said, "so we can — to double the number of black to locate potential black students interests and get involved in activ- definetly give you some good in- The Campaign to Diversify Trin- professors and administrators over from Trinity's largest applicant ities that encourage intellectual sights about the process." ity presented a plan to aid the ad- the next three years pools: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and cultural thought. "Students Chen and Silva are both now missions office in encouraging — to give black students more New York, Connecticut and Mas- need only come with an idea and working on their dissertations. more geographically, culturally autonomy within the Umoja House sachusetts. we'll help," Linda said, "but stu- Linda is a lifetime New Yorker and racially diverse students to ap- and to renovate the interior to Scudder is very pleased with the dents have to take advantage of who did her undergraduate work ply to Trinity. make it "a more cultural center" advances made in the admissions the option. We're not going to at Queens College in New York Barbara Scudder, the founder of for students department. She has been working chase them down the hallway." City. She is a graduate student at the group, led the meeting. In an Harold Horton '86, held a meet- with Martha Stassen, Assistant Silva and Chen realize that they UMass-Amherst. Her dissertation attempt to rally the support of both ing later that week and said that Director of Admissions in charge cannot reach all the students, but concerns the relationship of labor freshmen and upperclassmen, he was dissatisfied with the re- of publications and marketing, to they are looking to provide an out- movements and the military in Ar- Scudder, a sophomore, gave a brief sponse of the administration and help encourage not only minorities let to those students who need just gentina, and she was in that coun- history of the diversity issue at would continue to work on it in the to apply, but those who show di- a bit of encouragement to get in- try all last year doing field Trinity last Tuesday evening, ex- coming year. The house staged a versity in location and interests. volved. Silva feels that "student research. She heard about the plaining, "diversity of future Trin- second protest to give a final state- According to Stassen, a new bro- interest in issues is clearly there, mentor position from a friend at ity classes continues to be an issue ment to the press while students chure will come out in mid-October but it isn't being focused." By find- UMass who sent the job descrip- this year." staged a sit-in outside of the Umoja for use in minority recruitment. A in};; faculty with interests shared tion to her in Argentina, and ac- Scudder described the four ma- house. new pamphlet on Trinity has al- by students, the mentors hope they tually was interviewed by Vice ready been sent out emphasizing can do the necessary focusing President Smith over the phone jor protest events that happened while still there. at the end of last semester. Pro- Since the protests last Spring... 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