The -Established 1904- rinity ripod T T Volume CXVIII “Scribere Aude!” Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Number VIII Course Trouble Kidd, Wolfpack, Kiiara In, B.o.B Out Selection GILLIAN REINHARD ’20 TRIPOD STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EAC Barnyard an- Tripod staff mem- nounced their Spring page bers offer their Weekend lineup this Mon- recommendations day, featuring DJ Trou- across majors ble Kidd (Jervon Adams for students still Jr. ’20), Wolfpack (Alex managing course Wolfson ’19 and Stew Wil- selection. liams ’18) and headliner 8 Kiiara, who is best known for her 2015 hit “Gold.” The announcement, EAC Barnyard’sBamyrurd's graphicgra]Phlc for SpringS]Pring Weekend, featmingfeaturing IDJDJ Trouble Kidd andmd Wolif]Pack,Wolfpack, but four days before the con- not headlline:rheadliner Kiiara.Kiiua. IDesignDesign lbyby FarhamlFuham &zmmRozaidi ’20'20 andmd Caroline Brink '21.’21. Trojan cert, comes under contro- versy after rapper B.o.B headliner. Some members firmed B.o.B had entered a reach out to Ryan Thomson was confirmed by several of Barnyard have even sug- legally binding contract to of CAA (Creative Artists Women Barnyard members over the gested that B.o.B was never perform at Trinity College Agency), official represen- weekend. This confirmation considered for the position. and was canceled. One of tative of B.o.B, went un- DYLAN INGRAM ’18 came after a Tripod article Several students, not the students has report- answered as the agent is CONTRIBUTING WRITER explored the offensive and affiliated with the Tripod ed that Chapman told him on vacation for the week. anti-Semitic remarks made staff, have spoken to man- that Trinity had entered a Spring Weekend has page The La Mama in his lyrics, particularly ager and booking agent financial deal with B.o.B. been a particularly turbu- project explores the song “Flatline.” Several for B.o.B, TJ Chapman. and that $30,000 to $35,000 lent event for the College. interpretations of members of Barnyard have Three different calls to the may have been paid for the individually confirmed to ancient theater. rapper’s liaison were doc- performance. At this time, members of the community umented to the Tripod. In this claim cannot be ver- that B.o.B was not, and nev- these calls, the students re- ified, as several attempts see SCHOOL on page 8 9 er was, the Spring Weekend port that TJ Chapman con- made by those students to Hartford Trinity Alum to Build a School for Girls AMANDA HAUSMANN ’21 to reopen until the summer Yard Goats of 2014. Presently the Til- FEATURES EDITOR ALEX DAHLEM ’20 wate school is in collabora- SPORTS EDITOR 2017 Trinity alum tion with other educational Fatima Al Ansar spoke rights based organizations The Yard about the school for young in Mali and UNICEF to page Goats provide women she is staring in give girls in refugee camps the city of Mali during a common in Mali access to a prima- Hartford with hour event on Tuesday, ry school level education. communi- April 3. Al Ansar is call- Prior to founding the ty-building. ing this new project the Tilwate School, Al Ansar 11 African Women Access remembers educating girls Lab. The Access Lab will in her village in Mali with serve approximately 25 her twin sister when they French Club: young women between would return home for the the ages of 16 and 20, pro- summer. As a young girl Montreal viding a three year edu- Al Ansar and her family cational path to increase moved to a city when her MADISON VAUGHN ’21 girls access to higher father joined the army and LAURA LOCKWOOD STAFF WRITER education and decrease were then able to attend Fatima Al Ansar ’17 presents at a common hour event on the The French the amount of victims of school, something much early marriage in Mali. more difficult and stigma- school for young women in rural Mali that she is starting. page Club explores Francophone Al Ansar is not new to tized for young girls liv- ing to expand young wom- culture in the world of education ad- ing in rural areas in Mali. school. Al Ansar admits en’s access to education Montreal, vocacy as this is the sec- However, when her twin she did not even know in rural Mali through her Canada. ond school for girls she is sister died, Al Ansar com- how to build a curriculum, building in Mali. The first, pletely stopped going to let alone an entire school, newest project, the African 7 the Tilwate School, was school. After a year, Al An- but due to her passion Women Access Lab. The Also in this week’s issue.... founded by Al Ansar in ear- sar found her passion for and confidence was given Access Lab will serve as a ly 2012, two years before education once again and the opportunity to start as three year long educational Opinion: SGA Mmt ][mprove, Opinion: SGA Must Improve, she started at Trinity, and decided that she would a principal of a summer program to provide young pmge5page 5 aimed to serve girls be- find a way to build a school school to learn the ropes women with more ad- tween the ages of 5 and 14. for girls in rural Mali; this of running a school. Short- vanced general education, Opinion:Opiruion: Spring WeellcellldWeekend Unfortunately the school was the beginning of the ly thereafter Al Ansar as well as specific and ap- ProcesslP'rocess M11.l1StMust lbebe Refolt1lllled,Reformed, pmgei6ipage 6 was destroyed by a rebel Tilwate School. At 18, Al was given authorization plicable vocational skills. group from Northern Mali Ansar went to her local for a land grant and the a year after it was built education leaders to begin Tilwate School was built. SGA Addresses, pmgepage 3 see SCHOOL on page 8 and the school was not able the process of starting her Now Al Ansar is look- Published weekly at Trinity College, Hartford, CT TRINITYTRIPOD.COM 2 APRIL 10, 2018 The Trinity Tripod Editorial Established in 1904 Editors Meet Times Editors “Scribere Aude!” Managing Editor by his urging us to pub- perclassmen within the Editor-in-Chief Amanda Lafferty ’21 and lish the truth, even if it is National Association of GILLIAN REINHARD ’20 News Editor Ben Gam- difficult or may result in Hispanic Journalists and buzza ’20 ventured to The anger from those who are National Association of Managing Editor New York Times head- reported on. After all, he Black Journalists. Follow- AMANDA LAFFERTY ’21 quarters in New York City said, a good and investiga- ing Kim’s presentation, NEWS EDITORS FEATURES EDITORS yesterday, April 9, to par- tive story is about “some- editors of Times social BRENDAN CLARK ’21 AMANDA HAUSMANN ’21 take in a Student News- thing somebody does media and graphics. Of BEN GAMBUZZA ’20 AMANDA SCOPELLITI ’20 paper Editors’ Workshop. not want you to know.” interest to us was Editori- Throughout the day, we Confessore also urged al Director of Newsletters Opinion Editors SPORTS EDITOR heard from notable mem- us to use all resources and Messaging Elisabeth JAYMIE BIANCA ’21 ALEX DAHLEM ’20 bers of the Times on in- at our disposal to take Goodridge’s project of col- HUNTER SAVERY ’20 vestigative reporting, the advantage of our First laborating with college A&E Editors state of the media, and Amendment right. Noth- newspapers to contribute STAFF WRITERS TRIP SLAYMAKER ’18 integrating various forms ing should undermine to the Times newsletters. JAMES CALABRESI ’20 of technology and social journalism, he said, even A survey will be forthcom- CARLY CAO ’20 Senior Editors media into reporting. We if a particularly entity ing in which Tripod staff CAM CHOTTINER ’20 CHRIS BULFINCH ’18 also had the chance to wants to act as censor. will apply to feature a ELEANNA DAVOS ’20 NATE CHOUKAS ’18 speak with editors from Most important to us story of ours in the news- EMMELINE ENDRESEN ’20 JUSTIN FORTIER ’18 other school newspapers was Confessore’s com- letter, after working with PARKER FISKE ’18 WILL SNAPE ’18 such as those from La- ments about writing sto- a Times editor to write it. TAYLOR KAY-GREEN ’19 AMANDA MUCCIO ’18 fayette College and Bard ries that are ambitious, The day finished with BRENDAN HORAN ’21 CHARLIE MCMAHON ’18 College. Students from aware that they not only a word from New York GRANVILLE KAYNOR ’21 Fordham, Claremont apply to our school, but ap- Times Publisher A.G. Sul- CAT MACLENNAN ’20 STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS McKenna, and Middle- ply to a statewide or even zberger. He connected well MATEO VAZQUEZ ’21 MATHIEU AGUILAR ’21 bury College among many countrywide discussion. It to the student group and MADISON VAUGHN ’21 SABRINA SHU ’21 others from across the is our hope that the Tripod was articulate in his vi- AMY WESSON ’19 country were also present will continue and expand sion to preserve the factu- HENRY WU ’21 BUSINESS MANAGER and active in the conver- our efforts to provide rel- al integrity of the Times. JAMES SHEEHY ’20 sations that took place. evant and important news Surprisingly, neither he In a sleek and modern stories for not only the nor any of the other speak- conference room on the Trinity community, but ers specifically addressed The Trinity Tripod has been published by the students of Trinity Col- 15th floor of the Eighth for the city of Hartford. the seeming elephant in lege since 1904. Its staff members are committed to the reporting Avenue building, the day Senior Editor Mark the room: the problem of and distribution of news and ideas that are relevant to the College began with a word from Bulik then facilitated an “fake news.” Then again, community.