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May 2, 1995
Despite Cold Weather Bands Played Lif escience Quad
BY PAUL ESPANOL
News Writer
Spring Weekend is often
considered to be the highlight
of the year as the school celebrates the weather and the end
of classes with a weekend long
party, culminating in a concert
on the Life Science quad.This
year's brilliant and eclectic band
selection consisted of Digable
Planets and Sonic Youth.
Jarrett Rushmore '95,
former President of TCAC,
stated " in the past the bands
have been more widely anticipated, these bands serviced a
different sector of the population."
Digable Planets, accompanied with a full band, brought
their hybrid act of hip hop, funk,
and jazz to campus. Neo Beat
poets Ladybug, Doodlebug, and
Butterfly provided some bump
and grind to warm up the crowd
in the cold weather. The audience was also treated to DJ Jazzy
Joyce.
A cool groove overtook
those wanting to dance as the
Digables performed "Dial 7"
and "9th Wonder" from their
latest album Blowout Comb. By Thurston Moore assaulting their
the time Digable got towards axes with screwdrivers and
the end of their one hour set, drumsticks, are gone, Sonic
more couch ridden students Youth took the stage in the face
arose to be part of "Nickelbags of a cold light rain and launched
of Funk" and their retrospective into an uncompromising set
closer "Rebirth of Slick (Cool starting with "Self Obsessed and
Like Dat)."
Sexxee" a song about social
After Digable Planets came climbing that appropriately
Sonic Youth. Since Sonic Youth's ended with the chorus "Party,
last performance at Trinity, party, party, party all the time."
which was a benefit for the For their next song, "Bull in the
"Notes from the Underground" Heather," drummer Steve
series during the summer of Shelley broke out the maracas
1992, the legendary band has as Kim Gordon wistfully sang
released two albums, Dirty and the lyrics that left many in an
Experimental, Jet Set, Trash, and uncontrollable bounce.
No Star, toured the globe, garSonic Youth's set consisted
nered more critical appraise than of material from their most rethe Capital Campaign, and also cent album along with classics
added a fifth member, Coco from albums pastlike "Candle,"
Haley Gordon-Moore, the ten "Schizophrenia," and their
month-old daughter of guitarist closer "Kotton Krown." They
Thurston Moore and bassist Kim also played "future ear candy"
Gordon.
from their upcoming album,
The band's spring tour with their eleventh LP, tentatively
REM was postponed due to Bill called Washing Machine, whose
Berry's aneurysm so the band cover will show the band in a
accepted dates for a mini tour, tumble cycle.
their first in two years, in prepaThe songs from the new
ration for headlining this year's album depict the always fresh
MATTHB* PRINCE
Lollapalooza.
ingenuity of the band as it conSonic Youth, one of the two bands which played Spring
Although their earlier days, tinues to break new ground Weekend. The concert was interrupted by rain, but the
with guitarists Lee Kenaido and through its music.
crowd kept on cheering.
FumFair Held On Campus
BY CAROLINE MAGLHRE
Neivs Editor
Saturday, the Trinity College Activities Council, TCAC,
held the annual fun fair, hosting neighborhood and area children for a day of activities. The
fair is part of the Community
Outreach program and is part
I of an ongoing effort to work
j with the local community. •
Sarah Bennett '96, president of TCAC, commented on
the day, saying "aside from
rather cool weather, it was obvious that everyone involved
j enjoyed themselves imj mensely. Rarely do weseeTrinj ity students andHartford Area
children having so much fun
working together at a Trinity
event."
The individual booths
were sponsored by campus organizations. Pepsi Cola Company and Sam's Convenience
stores, donated food and prizes
to the event. The event represents a campus wide effort to
benefit area youth.
Recently, Community
Outreach was honored for its
consistent service by the Con-
necticut Department of Higher
Education
While Community Outreach at Trinity has a widely
based student support, the fair
is an opportunity for numerous campus organizations to
get involved, said Bennett
The fair, which usually
draws approximately 600 area
children, had a lower turnout
this year with approximately
300 participants. The lower
turnout Saturday was partially
due to the less visible publicity
this year, than in the past.
The
insufficient
publidty,as well as the inclement weather may account for
the lower turn out, stated
Bennett. In the past personalized messages to elementary
schools have proved to be an
effective means of publicity.
Despite the weather and a
lower turnout the day was considered a success by many.
" I think the students had
at least as much, if not more
fun, than the kids. It's things
like this that make you realize
that our location is really a
plus," said one student at the
fair.
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I.'-., pite the three deadbolts
on M cKeigan's outside bedroorr door, the suspect broke
On Tuesday April 25th at dovvt the outsidebedroom door
approximately 3 AM, the Alpha •with a shovel. MacKeigan was
Delta Phi, AD, fraternity was confronted by a white male apbroken into, a student was proximately 5 ' 1 " in height,
robbed and suspects attempted claiming that he had been hit by
to extort funds from the victim a rock and needed to call Camthrough a series of threatening pus Safety. The male was later
phone calls. Campus Safety, identified as Joseph Johnson, 27,
working in conjunction with the whose last known address was
Hartford Police Department, ap- Wethersfield, Connecticut.
prehended the suspects within
MacKeigan, suspecting
24 hours of the robbery. The fowl play, allowed Johnson to
incident is the first personal use the kitchen phone to call
crime which has occurred at Campus Safety. MacKeigan was
Trinity in over a year. However, aware that Johnson was not in
some students say the incident fact dialing Campus Safety, but
makes them feel vulnerable, and hoped to keep Johnson from resuddenly aware of the area sur- entering his bedroom area
rounding Trinity.
where he had valuables stored.
Johnson, then requested
Daniel MacKeigan '95, was
living alone in the AD house, that MacKeigan allow him to
asleep on the couch, when he leave his name for Campus
heard a knocking sound on his Safety. When MacKeigan
bedroom window. Believing turned his back to the suspect,
the disturbance to be caused by Johnson pushed MacKeigan to
a fellow brother, MacKeigan the floor and stated that he was
ignored the noise. Shortly after armed. Though the firearm
MacKeigan fell asleep, he was was not held on MacKeigan,
again awakened by a prying there was a visible appearance
of the shape of a gun in the
noise.
BY CAROLINE M/ -. G'JIRE
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suspect's jeans. The Hartford
Police and Campus Safety believe that due to the shape described by MacKeigan and the
actions of the suspect, that he
was in fact, armed.
Johnson had previously
picked up MacKeigan's wallet
and
demanded
cash.
MacKeigan claimed his wallet
was empty, though it contained
approximately 60 dollars in cash.
"He began screaming and
yelling for more money. He
also told me he was going to kill
me a couple of times," stated
MacKeigan.
Johnson attempted to make
away with MacKeigan's laptop
computer. As the suspect
grabbed for the computer,
MacKeigan, in a split second
move, managed to slide the computer across the room. Frustrated by MacKeigan's resistance, Johnson pushed the student into the bathroom, where
MacKeigan kneeled while
Johnson fled.
At 8 AM the next morning,
MacKeigan began receiving
phone calls from another anonypleast' mm /<> page 5
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OPINION
Page 2
Trinity Students Deserve More
Respect Than They're Shown
Editorial
A Case Against Freshman Housing
irth Campus is a heinous place to live. I know because I spent my
freshman year in room 103. Quite frankly, there was nothing
about 103 itself that was horrid. The room was rather large. Itwas
clean, compared my room in Jarvis today. And since the renovation, I
understand that North Campus is actually quite nice. One basic problem
remains, however — it is a freshman dorm.
The idea of freshman dorms has not been around long at Trinity. This
year's seniors were the last to have the choice to live in "upper-class
housing." I did not have that choice, and I would contend that I am the
worse because I did not.
If you talk to freshmen you will hear all sorts of horror stories —
stories of people passed out in the bathroom every night, stories of
thousands of dollars of damage, stories of students who drop back into
their rooms and never come out again. If you talk to upperclassmen,
while some of those stories still exist, they are far less frequent.
There is a maturing process that most students go through. Upperclassmen have learned why it is a mistake to drink yourself silly every
night of the week. They understand what teachers expect. They understand how to deal with awkward social situations.
That being the case, why do we separate maturity from immaturity?
If you talk to the few sophomores who lived in upper-class housing last
year, not only do you find that they are more mature, but they also have
a greater range of friends from across all the classes. Furthermore, they
have a greater appreciation and love of the college.
The idea of the First Year Program is excellent. Inserting upperclassmen as mentors among freshmen is what we should have been doing all
along. But why not take it a step further? The reason that the First Year
Program has had trouble recruiting mentors is because they don't want
to live apart from their other friends. So why not cluster ten to fifteen
freshmen in upper-class housing? Mentors would still be able to live with
their friends. Freshman would have students from their own class to live
with in addition to a wealth of experience from the other upperclassmen
who lived in the same dorm.
The majority of the problems that occur now are in freshman dorms.
If you mingle upperclassmen into these dorms then I suspect that many
of the problems would go away. And while individual class bonding
might be weaker, school bonding would be far stronger.
— M.B.P.
Matthew B. Prince
Jttstiit M. Van Itten '96
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defend the academic integrity of the students at Trinity. I don't feel I have to do
that, as our collective accomplishments
Last week, during the final meeting can stand on their own.
While I realize that the example
of a class for the semester, my professor
asked if anyone had any ideas on how which I mentioned above does not implithe class could be improved for the next cate the majority of the faculty, I simply
time it was taught. One student recom- want our mentors to know that Trinity
mended that journals and papers, in- students are worth their salt. We should
stead of being turned in before we had not be criticized for our perceived apafinished discussion of that particular text, thy, but instead we should be lauded for
the efforts and pursuit of academic excelWe should not be criticized lence.
Recent complaints have surfaced
for our perceived apathy,
about our institution's low rank in U.S.
News among elite liberal arts colleges.
but instead we should be
But that magazine simply assigned an
applauded for the efforts
arbitrary number to Trinity, whichspeaks
nothing about the kind of intelligent
and pursuit of academic
people we have at this school. I look
excellence.
around and am impressed by the ambitions of my peers, from their spending
be allowed to be handed in at the next countless hours in a lab, to aggressively
class session. The professor rejected said seeking internship opportunities, to inproposal, saying, "If I did that, students teracting with the Hartford community.
As a senior, I have had the opportuwould just hand in 'photocopies' of the
lecture notes, and would not come up nity to watch many of my friends underwith any of their own ideas." The profes- take yearlong thesis projects. I have been
sor went on to state that if journals were amazed at the tremendous discipline and
not assigned at all, people wouldn't read intestinal fortitude they have displayed,
half the books, and as it stood, he figured and am envious of the feeling of pride
they must have experienced upon
students hadn't done so anyway.
This professor's response was noth- completion.
And yet there is even more to us
ing short of ridiculous, and an insult to
all of us who took the class. Such an students than academics. I know classattitude severely belittles students' ca- mates who are pilots,-accomplished athpability for original thought. The state- letes, published writers, sailors, sharpments made by this teacher were inap- shooters and world travelers. We are a
propriate and inaccurate; and I am diverse group of people, multidimenforced to question how many other pro- sional and talented in many ways. Trinity students have much to be proud of,
fessors feel the same way.
I am by no means implying that this and I cannot imagine findingmore wellprofessor's sentiments are indicative of rounded people on any other campus.
In essence, I just want Trinity stuthe entire faculty. In fact, throughout my
education at Trinity, this is one of the few dents to get their due respect. I know a
times I have ever felt that a teacher has stigma is sometimes attached to Trinity
underestimated the intelligence of the students as being all play and no work. I
also realize that the amount of alcohol
students.
Nonetheless, I am certain that a intake on weekends, like this past one,
particular notion abounds among a few does nothing but enhance that reputaprofessors that students are slackers who tion.
But there are a lot of smart people
come to school to do no work and party
around the clock. And yet, I firmly be- here, and while I seriously doubt that the
lieve that while Trinity students are not opinions of my professor are shared by
oblivious to a good time {as evidenced many of the faculty, I think it is imporby this past weekend's festivities), we tant to give credit to-the people who
are also very serious in our academic make this institution what it is: the students. I will not let one professor's capursuits.
The purpose of this opinion is not to lumnious imputations affect my perceptions of the populace.
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May 2, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD
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Marriott Needs To Make Changes In Meal Plan Policies
BY CLAYTON SIEGERT
Sports Writer
If Marriott values the business of
Trinity College students, then it will alter
its meal plan system for the FaE semester
of 1995.
In the present system, there are many
discrepancies in prices and many unfair
rules that yield enormous profits for
Marriott, by exploiting the Trinity student body. I think it is time to question
some of Marriott's policies.
For example:
If a student is on the 19 transfer meal
plan and misses a meal, why can't he/
she make it up at some other point in the
week? As it is now, you just lose the
seven dollars that you have paid to
Marriott. If Marriott gets $7 every time a
student misses dinner, there should be a
provision that balances the equation. Say,
for example, the student has a week to
make up the meal before the money goes
to Marriott.
How can Marriott charge $1.45 for
Snapples, when they cost $1 in our own
'convenience' store and rarely exceed
that price in most delis in America?
Marriott says that it must charge that
amount to compensate for students'
shoplifting. However, it seems to me
that their high cost is what makes them
susceptible to the five-finger discount.
Put them behind a counter and save us
the 45 cents.
A cup of soup is 80 cents in the Cave,
but in the Bistro, the same soup costs $1.
Also, a bagel costs 75 cents in the Cave,
but in the Bistro, the same bagel costs $1.
Does the extra time and labor needed to
carry these items across campus warrant
25%-33% price increases?
Students pay over $7 dollars for dinner in Mather, yet we only get $4.50 to
transfer. Why don't we get $7 for transfer? Marriott says that it is more expensive for them to sell individual food items
in the Cave and Bistro and so they must
give us less money. Huh? Their reasoning does not justify Marriottmaking $2.50
every time a student transfers. This is
one of the most advantageous economic
policies I have ever heard of.
How come students are not given
their change if they don't use the full
$4.50 for transfer in the Cave and Bistro?
If I only buy a sandwich for $2.25 in the
Cave, shouldn'tl getback the other $2.25?
Why does the 14T meal plan cost
only $40 less than the 19T meal plan? If
a student is using 5 less meals per week,
shouldn't he/she be saving more than
$40?
Why can't students use their meal
credits for visiting friends? At other
schools that I have visited, such as Williams, Harvard and Boston College, my
friends were able to treat me by using
their meal credits. We pay for 19 meals a
week, so it shouldn't matter who uses
them-us, friends, family, whoever.
Marriott's food service contract with
Trinity is up after this year. I feel that
Trinity should attempt to find a new
food service and threaten Marriott's monopoly over us.
By investigating other possibilities.
Trinity will either find a more equitable
food service or persuade Marriott to
change its policies.
I truly hope that Marriott will consider modifying its meal plan because I
find the food quality, taste and service to
be quite good. But;;the current meal
system needs to be changed. If we continue to stand by and let them employ
this system, Marriott will continue to
steal the proverbial shirts off our backs.
The sentiments that I express here
are pervasive amongst Trinity students.
But maybe we are wrong.
If there are reasons for its pricing
procedures and explanations of its rigid
system, I would encourage Marriott to
inform us of them.
SGA President Reflects On The Student Angered By Treatment
Year's Successes And Changes Of Marriott Worker In Mather
To the Editor:
I believe that we have accomplished
a lot this- year. First, Mather has been
reopened 24 hours with a new convenience store. A new dorm and social
center are going to be built on the North
side of campus. The celebration of 25
years of coeducation took place. A road
was prevented from being constructed
through the rugby fields. In March we
open for change.
This has been a year of change. We
have seen Tom Gerety leave, Borden
Painter step up to the challenge of leading Trinity through some rough times,
and now welcome President Evan
Dobelle. We will have President Dobelle,
his wife, Kit, and their son, Harry, living
on campus. It may seem insignificant to
some, geographic locationirrelevant. But
this creates a more complete Trinity Com-
This has been a year of change. We have seen Tom Gerety
leave, Borden Painter step up to the challenge of leading
Trinity through some rough times, and now welcome
President Evan Dobelle.
had a record number of students vote in
any student election, 938. (Some say it
was the snack packs, but I'm in denial.)
We have actively participated in the kickoff of Trinity's 100 million dollar Capital
Campaign. The SGA added an executive
position: Vice-President of Minority Affairs.
We have worked closely with Marriott, Residential Life, Student Activities
and, as we close the year, we anticipate
the First Year Program and a closer link
with students and faculty, social and
academic life. We have helped forge a
path for that.
These are all good contributions to
Trinity, but perhaps the biggest accomplishment of the Student Government
was acknowledgment thatitwas ineffective and inefficient.
I can tell you that was not an easy
issue to discuss. Acting on that realization, we also proposed a revised constitution and reduced membership by half
in order to create a more efficient, effective, representative body. I leave you to
see how that works. The door is now
munity in my mind.
I, personally, am saddened to leave
as a time of such excitement and energy
begins. Last week, I was walking home
at 10:00 PM and both President Dobelle
as well as Dean Reich were in their offices. In SAGA last week, at about 11:00
PM, I ran into Dean Winer! I know as I
prepare to leave why it is so easy to be so
dedicated to Trinity.
I thank you for the past year. Iwon't
say I'm not glad its almost over (SGA did
tend to get in the way of classes, my
thesis, my friends, etc.)! So as we start
finals and some of us head home, others
head into Senior Week, I wanted to take
this time to recap the year and say thank
you.
The officers-elect are ready for 199596, and I am confident that the student
body will keep fighting for a stronger
voice. As I'm sure you're all tired of
letters, voicemails and the like: Good
luck, and good bye.
• The article "Capital Campaign-Kicks Off" in April 25th's issue of The Tripod
mistakingly attributed the decoration of the Field House to the Art Department.
The actual decorations were made possible by members of the Austin Arts Center
who were brought in for the job.
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Remember, we'll be back next semester.
So keep sending your letters.
[email protected]
This past Tuesday night in Ma ther
Hall, I, along with many other students, witnessed something that was
both sickening and a sad commentary
on Trinitv students. A student, who
dining experience are only perpetuating a stereotype of Trinity students:
rich, spoiled and in need of a reality
check.
The people who serve and prepare
our food are not here to amuse us, or
serve as our butlers. They are here to
Students who do not bus their trays, speak disrespectfully to Mather workers, or view them as being a
"quaint" part of their dining experience are only perpetuating a stereotype of Trinity students: rich, spoiled
and in need of a reality check.
will remain nameless, loudly refused a
Mather worker's request that he bus a
tray that was near him. After punctuating his argument with various profanities towards the elderly woman, he
concluded with "Jon Small can lick my
I am unclear as to whether this
student feels he is "better" than Mather
employees or whether he was just trying to amuse his friends at the expense
of a "lowly" worker. However, I do
know this: there is a disturbing trend at
this school to look down on Mather
employees as only being around to
serve Trinity students. Students who
do not bus their trays, speak disrespectfully to Mather workers, or view
theirt as being a "quaint" part of their
work hard for a living, something that
perhaps more Trinity students should
try some day. Even more so, the employees are also a part of the Trinity
community and should be made to feel
this way. For these reasons, they should
be treated with the same respect that
one would give any other member of
our community.
It has become an issue recently as
to how the Trinity student's performance in school and after graduation,
affects the value of the Trinity diploma.
Perhaps similar concern should be
placed on how the Trinity student is
viewed merely as a person.
Sincerely,
Jud Laghi '97
Alumnus Disturbed By Anger
Toward Development Office
honest to his own experiences of Trinity,
but probably won't result in making a
I just completed reading my Tripod favorable impression. And developing
from 4/19/95, and am disturbed by Mr. the alumni/alumnae's relationships to
Nardelli'scomplaintsabouttraining con- Trinity is what the Development Departducted by the Development Department. ment is all about.
As a class Agent, I have been raising
While he certainly is entitled to his opinions, the charge that his volunteerism money from my classmates for five years
"...was seen as an offer to coerce and now. I have worked with the Developneglect the truth..." is a gross and rather ment Department throughout that time
naive misunderstanding of the work and have found them to be unfailingly
done by the Development Department. courteous and dedicated to the successNo one would dispute with Mr. Nardelli ful support of Trinity through its volunthat having opinions and the capability teers. And at no time has there ever been
for arguing them forcefully - even to the a suggestion that we be dishonest with
exclusion of other existing points of view anyone.
It saddens me that Mr. Nardelli
- is rich legacy of a Trinity education.
However, arguing such opinions at the would suggest otherwise; in so doing, he
exact moment when imparting the im- potentially compromises the efforts leadpression of Trinity as an enlightened, ing to the financial aid I assume he and so
tolerant and inclusive liberal arts school many others receive.
is vital for strengthening alumni relaSincerely
tionships to the school? Such a position
Andrew C. Carlson '85
may make Mr. Nardelli feel he has been
To the Editor:
Sincerely,
Liz Platt '95
Correction:
Drop your opinions in box 702582
To the Editor:
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The
THE TRINITY TRIPOD • May 2, 1995
Department Still Doesn't Get It
people who are set in the ways and tradi- many of the students that work for Adtions of "the Admissions Office." For missions rightnow are exceptional. They
example, all the letters in response to my better be.
The reason that I chose the schools
The Admissions Office still doesn't Editorial suggest that the office is acget i t The Editorial in the April 12th tively recruiting students to help sell the that I did -was based, quite superficially,
issue of The Tripod was probably the one school. This is blatantly untrue. As on the quality of the tour guides. At
piece that received more response than someone who is actively involved at Trin- Trinity College, the tour guides receive a
anything else I have ever written. While ity, not once have I been asked to help booklet and one day of training. It is
I am glad that I provoked such discus- with the admissions process. As some- therefore unfortunate, but not unexsion, I am disappointed with the Admissions Office — the majority of the letters The Admissions Office would say that it is my responsihaving originated from their staff—and
bility to call them. I would say that is lazy, irresponsible,
their lack of basic understanding.
The pure and simple fact is that Trin- and speaks to the very reason that we are not perceived as
ity is underrated. Every Admissions
Office — whether it be #1 Amherst, or number one.
#22 Trinity — should hold the idea that
their school is not regarded highly one who is from a region from which pected, that when you follow tours
enough. The Admissions Office is basi- Trinity does not draw many students, around you hear such things as: "Trinity
cally the Marketing Office. They are the not once have I been asked to help with has about 2500 students," or "You don't
ones whose job it is to sell Trinity. They the admissions process. And as some- need to take any requirements other than
are the ones who are responsible for in- one who has a loyal and proven dedica- your major," or "This plaque was given
creasing the number of applicants. And tion to Trinity, not once have Ibeen asked to the school by John F. Kennedy," or "If
you get an ' F then they'll just erase it
they are the ones who are responsible for to help with the admissions process.
The Admissions Office would say from your transcript." All of these "facts"
choosing the best and brightest from
that it is my responsibility to call them. I are blatantly wrong. And all of them I
among those who apply.
Unfortunately, Trinity's Admissions would say that is lazy, irresponsible, and overheard in the last two weeks by just
Office has forgotten these basic premises. speaks to the very reason that we are not following tours around campus.
The problem is that they are staffed by perceived as number one. I agree that
I am placing blame! I truly believe
BY MATTHEW PRINCE
Editor-in-Chief
that if the Admissions Office were to do
its job better — if we were to have another thousand applicants from a diverse
pool of students — then many of the
problems that we are experiencing today
would go away. Just as the process of
slipping in the rankings is self-corrosive,
the process of rising is self-perpetuating.
The problem is there is a lot of dead
wood in Admissions. There are a lot of
people who think that it is better to sit on
our heels than to go put and try something different. There are a lot of people
that have forgotten the details that make
the process successful. There are a lot of
people who don't realize the strengths of
this school. There are a lot of people
waiting around to be asked, instead of
going out and asking. And therefore,
this is the lot of people who are killing
Trinity College.
There is a problem when the number of applicants that Trinity gets is disproportionately lower than the schools
with which we compete. The Admissions Office is doing something wrong. I
wish they could admit that. Then we
could all move on and deal with correcting the problem.
Student Feels Sororities And
Trinitones Praised As Fine
Fraternities Are Exclusionary
The following is an open letter:
To the sisters of Delta Delta Delta:
No, you are not individuals. All
fraternities and sororities, by their very
These organizations are
elitist, sexist, admit few (if
any) minorities and changeonly when forced to by
administrative decree.
natures, discourage departures from their
norms. Most are also economically exclusionary and discriminatory.
Although a few of the fraternal/
sororital groups on Trinity's campus have
made efforts to amend these shortcomings, some (in particular TriDelt, Kappa,
AD, Psi-U, and Pike) remain representa-
tive of all that is ugly in a Greek Social
system. These organizations are elitist,
sexist, admit few (if any) minorities and
change only when forced to by administrative decree.
It is bigoted and prejudicial to reduce those who have no control over
their situation to stereotypes; however,
all members of fraternities and sororities
have chosen their particular social group.
Live with the stereotypes you have created and actively embraced. Until-you
distinguish yourselves as individuals (as
opposed to the "Sisters of Delta Delta
Delta" or "AD") you will be nothing
more than groups of immature, sexist,
class-oriented snobs. Don't belittle those
of us who value our individuality by
claiming that same individuality for yourselves.
Sincerely,
Matthew Geertsma '97
St. Anthony Hall
Presents
The Martin W. Clement Lecture
with
Mz Haley Barbour
Chairman, Republican National Committee
Wednesday May 3rd at 8:00 PM
in the Washington Room
Ambassadors Of Trinity
To the Editor:
Over your recent Spring Break, we
were the hosts to the Trinity College
Trinitones. Thirteen of the "tones" took
up residence in our house which is located in a town 20 minutes south of San
Francisco.
Over a week's time, the Trinitones
made 13 appearances and some days
they appeared at three different locations 30 or more miles apart. They sang
at several high schools, shopping malls
(in San Francisco and Stanford), and at
several cafes. Also included in their
itinerary was an appearance at a
children's library in Palo Alto, the taping of a televisions program on a locai
channel, and a performance in front of
the Trinity Club of San Francisco.
While the Trinitones obviously en-
joyed coming to California, this was
truly a "working holiday" for them, it
was also a true holiday for us since we
grea tly enj oyed having the whole group
stay in our home and thereby being part
of the Trinitones' California experience.
We attended over half of their performances and can report that they were
enthusiastically received by all audiences.
At each appearance, they came
through as real professional performers and we wanted to let your college
community know how very proud we
were of these 13 spirited young women
and how proud Trinity should be to
have such fine ambassadors on its-behalf.
Sincerely,
Frank and Bonnie Pagliaro
May 2,1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD
NEWS
Page 5
Student Government Elections Held
SGA member to win in this election. SGA secretary Kerri
Mullen '97, rebounding from
On Wednesday April 26, her loss in the presidential elec283 students voted in the elec- tion held earlier this semester,
tion for the five at-large SGA placed in fourth. Jorge Castro
seats. The election comes after '98 came back from defeat in
the SGA voted to shrink its size the race for Vice-Presidency of
in order to increase efficiency Minority Affairs to hold onto
and to further cater to the his seat as well.
needs of the student body.
Under the revised constiEleven candidates ran in tution the number of seats on
this election, the first contest the SGA were cut to 22. While
under the revised student gov- the SGA Steering Board hoped
ernment constitution. Each stu- that this would make the student could vote for up to five dent government more efficient, the changes did claim
candidates.
The winners included four some casualties.
Three current members of
incumbent SGA members and
one outsider. Josh Freely '96 SGA lost their seats in the election. Kevin Kopanon '96,
pulled the largest number of
votes, having over two-thirds Gillian Mueller '97, and Luke
of the voters supporting him. Vicens '98 went down to deIan Sample '97, the Housing feat. Kopanon led the Food
Committee chair, came in sec- Committee this year and
ond to retain his SGA,seat. Mueller chaired the Academic
Adam Devlin-Brown '97, the Affairs Committee. Mueller had
one candidate who posted alsobeenheavily involved with
signs, came in third. Devlin- the class evaluations the SGA
Brown became the only non- recently published.
BY K. MICHAEL DERBY
News Editor
"I am really excited to getting reelected to the Senate. I'm.
looking forward to working
with our new president and I
think we can get a lot done next
year," said Mullen.
Sample hopes to make
SGA more ef:icient and looks
to make the student government more active and consolidated.
"We have to make more
students have a connection to
the administration. In the new
system, hopefully people can
get to know the representatives
better. I also look to have more
communication with the student body and more attendance," said Sample.
Devlin-Brown
also
stressed that communication
between the SGA and the srudentbody needs to be improved
and suggested creating a hotline for students to call in. He
also expressed concern over unforeseen policies the administration may choose to implement over the summer.
Munster Finally Concedes Defeat
BY K.MICHAEL DERBY
News Editor
tinued challenge of the rulings
brought mixed results. Then
Secretary of State Pauline Kezer,
The longest electoral chal- a Republican, decided for
lenge in Connecticut history Gejdenson. The State-Supreme
ended when, on Friday April Court ruled that the Democrat
28, Republican challenger Ed- won. The Republican House
ward W. Munster finally con- leadership allowed Gejdenson
ceded defeat to" Democratic to continue representing the disCongressman Sam Gejdenson. trict. While House Republicans
Their battle for the state's Sec- did create a subcommittee to
ond Congressional Seat, instead rule on the challenge, this body
of ending in November with met only once. Munster called
other elections, finally con- for a new election but, in a recluded as Munster acknowl- cent poll, only 24% of the
edged thatGejdensonmay have district's residents agreed with
defeated him by 21 votes out of the Republican. 63% of the votover 186,000 votes cast. Still ers in the eastern Connecticut
Munster is adamant that, be- district were against another
cause of poor handling of the contest.
ballots, "the results of the NoMunster's continued chalvember 8 election will never be lenge alienated many voters
known." Both men carried 43% who found the Republican, to
of the voters. 14% favored quote a resident of Haddam, to
David Bingham, the A Con- be "a whining brat who can't
necticut Party's candidate for accept the people's decision."
the office. The Republican The Republican lost narrowly
claimed that 1,200 voters who to Gejdenson in 1992 as well. If
went to the polls were invalid the two face each other again in
voters as they had registered at 1996, the Democratic incumbent
the same time they cast ballots. would carry the majority of
The Nutmeg State maintains Bingham's supporters. By carthat a voter has to be registered rying on with his challenge,
two weeks before the election Munster was undermining his
to take part in it. Many observ- efforts in 1996. While the Reers doubted Munster's accusa- publican politician has not antions.
nounced any intentions for 1996,
However Munster's con- a number of observers are al-
ready predicting Munster will
run against Gejdenson for yet a
third time. Munster may have a
tough fight for the Republican
nomination as other G.O.P.
members feel that while
Gejdenson remains vulnerable,
Munster can not defeat the
Democrat after his handling of
their second contest.
Gejdenson praised the electoral system for triumphing.
"Our local election officials, state
Supreme Court and process
have been outstanding and deserve much credit. It's time to
move on. Eastern Connecticut
is facing serious challenges to
which my entire office and I
will continue to devote our full
energies," said Gejdenson in a
released statement.
With Munster's withdrawal, the House subcommittee agreed that the controversy
is over. Rep. Barbara Kennelly
of Hartford praised Munster for
ending his challenge as have
many political leaders fromboth
parties. Munster remains convinced that "we made a difference" but, after losing the race
in a great year for Republican
challengers and alienating many
voters in the controversial aftermath, he will have to decide
whether a third shot at the
Democrat is worth it.
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Umoja Anniversary
The Umoja House held its silver anniversary celebration this
weekend. The event was hosted by the Black Alumni Organization and the Pan African Alliance. Founded in 1969 during the
Black Power movement, the House has remained a center for the
academic, social, political, intellectual, and spiritual lives of black
Trinity students. The current house was occupied in 1971 replacing the now demolished Brownell House. Originally called the
Black House, the name of the structure was changed in 1981 to the
Umoja House. The building takes its name from an African word
for unity.
Scholar Recognized
Debbie Scalfani '95 received a fellowship to Smith College to
help continue her studies. She was one of only five students from
a select pool of scholars from around the nation recognized by
that institution in the Masters in Education Program.
Charles' Last Service
The Reverend Nancy Charles will hold her last service at the
Trinity College Chapel this Sunday at 1PM. Charles was installed
as the College's first female chaplain on November 7^ 1991. While
the College is forming a committee to select a new chaplain, there
will be a temporary replacement for the duration of the next
academic year. Charles has accepted a position with the local
Episcopalian Diocese. Both Rev. Charles and her beloved dog
Delilah will be missed by the Trinity community.
RNC Head At Trinity
Haley Barbour, the chairman of the Republican National
Committee, willbe speaking at 8 PM in the Washington Room on
Wednesday May 3. The chair of the RNC comes to the home
territory of Democratic National Committee chair Senator Chris
Dodd and Democratic Leadership Council head Senator Joe
Lieberman. Barbour, a native of Mississippi, is just the first in a
number of political speakers who will be coming to speak on
campus in the next months as the stage is set for the 1996 election.
K. Michael Derby & Caroline Maguire
AD Robbery Shocks
Campus Community
continued from page 1
mous person demanding that
the student reveal his pin numbers or drop two to three hundred dollars in an unmarked
envelope at Bushnell Park in
exchange for the return of his
wallet. The second suspect was
identified as Harold Gowder of
Retreat Avenue.
Gowder also claimed in
later phone calls that he was
from MacKeigan's hometown
and threatened to kill his parents if MacKeigan did not"
present the pin numbers or the
cash.
Accompanied by the three
detective units of the Hartford
Police Department, MacKeigan
dropped the packet of cash, at
Bushnell Park where the suspects were apprehended.
Brian Kelly, Director of
Campus Safety, stated "Campus Safety and the Hartford
Police led to a timely apprehension of both responsibleparties.
Joseph Johnson, age 27, has
been charged with first degree
robbery, second degree bur-
glary and extortion in the first
degree. Harold Gowder is suspected of extortion, but it seems
he did not actuate the burglary,
according to Kelly.
Rumors of the incident permeated campus, but despite
some students questions of the
overall
campus
safety,
MacKeigan remained confident
in Campus Safety's abilities.
"The school handled the
situation very professionally,
and always looked out for my
safety first," stated MacKeigan.
Over the past five years,
Kelly has attempted to increase
the security of the Trinity student body, and to decrease
student's contact with criminal
elements.
Kelly stressed that this is
the first personal crime in over a
year and that the suspects were
apprehended within 24 hours.
"The general security on
campus is art obvious concernbecause offeegeneral nature of
the people aroimd campus, Trinity students may become victims of crime/'said Kelly.
NEWS
Page 6
THE TRINITY TRIPOD • May 2, 1995
An Intimate Interview With Kaiim Sadik-Khan-SGA President Elect
BY CAROLINE MAGUIRE
News Editor
human beings, and I will not get
sucked in.
In the face of a changing
Student Government, heated
debate over the fraternity issue,
and Trinity's self-conscious
evaluation of social and academic life, Karim Sadik-Khan
'96 will formally become the
President of the Student Government Association on May
20th. Until that time, he consid-'
ers himself asjustanother member of the student body.
Despite your earlier statements, rumors are circulating that
you do intend to put this on your
resume?
Tripod: One of your main
roles will be that of an appeaser.
How do you intend to deal with
tensions within the SGA?
I realize my primary job
will be to run the organization
and the meetings. I feel the
problem in the past has been a
lack of discipline, and a lack of
mutual respect on the part of
the members. People speak out
of order and the result is chaos.
I realize that my job will be to
make sure things run smoothly.
I intend to give a warning for
being out of order, the second
warning you will be thrown
My resume is full enough
as it is. I am editor of the Other
Voice first - that is my bread and
butter. Anything that has happened after that I owe to the
Other Voice.
Karim Sadik-Khan '96, will take office May 20th as
President of the Student Government Association.
body?
•
Absolutely, it is too big and
inefficient. If you've ever been
to the meetings its too many
people talking, all repeating the
same things, committees with 9
people on them, 20 committees.
You get bogged down by your
own weight. If you look at governments historically, things get
crushed under their own weight.
As I told one of my professors 'the joke is on me, I won.'
This job does not make you any
friends, in fact it makes you loose
friends. I will keep to my promise.
The fraternity issue has recently been partially placed in the
believe in the school. When I hands of the SGA. First off, do you
was editor of the Other Voice, no agree with that decision?
one noticed me, no one cared
about me and that was all right.
Certamadministratorswouldn't
call me to come to some press
function, and that was ok.
Now that I am SGA president, all of a sudden I am some
important representative figure
of the school, and suddenly they
With constant criticism of
the academic environment at this
school versus other institutions,
Trinity is self evaluating.
Do you feel there are things
which the student body and the
student government can do to
improve the academic environment at Trinity?
I've always been interested in improving the academic environment. The students themselves are an issue.
We can not control admissions,
or the kind of people they let
in.
We don't want to have a
school of automatons, we need
to have a school of people who
want to have some fun and
know when to buckle down.
We need to foster an environment of mutual respect.
You can't impose an intellectual environment. An intellectual environment has to grow
out of something.
First of all, the issue was
not placed in the hands of the
SGA. I think that is a misnomer
The school has levied the keg
we have to clear up right away.
ban, the end of late night, partially
I don't take office till May 20th
to improve our study habits and
just for the record, so right now
limit
our party habits. But many
I am just a guy who shows up
feel these mandates have begun to
for meetings, justanother meminfringe on our student rights.
ber of the student body. I think
What do you think of that?
it is more along the lines of askNow that I am SGA president, all of a sudden I am some important
ing the student Government
I think students talk about
what they thought and maybe if
representative figure of the school, and suddenly they want to talk to
student rights more than they
they had any ideas.
talk aboutstudentresponsibilime. I remember things and I don't hold grudges. Now suddenly I am
I think the student body
ties. There are responsibilities
should
not
pick
the
punishstudent body president and they seem to care about me now.
to respect others and to try to
ments, I think we should advise
grow
while we are here.
and if they want to do someout of the meeting. I intend to
I don't-think the adminisThere is a tendency to get want to talk to me. I remember thing we do not approve of we
get a Sergeant at Arms, rather caught up in the administrative things and I don't hold grudges should object to it, but I do not tration has thought about the
than a parliamentarian. Any- circles to find cocktail parties more Now suddenly I am student think we should make the decilong term effects of these manone who is found out of order, important than justice. How do you body .president and they seem sion. Rightnpw the mistake the•. dates, I think they have to imhe can escort out the room: plan to avoid this dilemma?
to ca'r'e^bout me now. Now they; Student Government made was
prove communicatiori with the
These guidelines will help fosinvite me and I can say they in responding to a plan which
student body. I will be one of
ter mutual respect.
those links as student body
The SGA president plays a didn't care about me then, but has notbeen presented yet, right
president.
certain ceremonial function and they do no and I can see right now we are punching at shadDo you agree with the SGA that is unavoidable. I am will- through them. They are absoows.
becoming a smaller governing ing to sell the school because I lutely transparent and selfish
Math Center Gets A New Look
BY MATTHEW PRINCE
Editor-in-Chief
The Math Center awarded
a $25 gift certificate to Gallows
Hill Bookstore on April 21st to
Professor Harvey Picker for his
design of the Center's new logo.
Judith Moran, Director of
the Math Center, explained the
contest. "The contest was the
brain child of Margaret Cibes,
who is a Visiting Lecturer in the
Center. At the end of last semester, the Center advertised a
contest to design a logo for the
Center tobe used on the Center's
stationery,brochures, listing on
Trinity's home page, tee shirts,
etc. Out of all the entries submitted, the Center selected the
design submitted by Professor
Harvey Picker, chairman of the
Physics Department."
Picker's entry is having the
finishing touches put on by the
Assistant Director of Publications, Julie Vecchitto, in the Public Relations Office.
Moran explained the creation of the Math Center at Trinity, "The Math Center was created at the same time as the
Writing Center, in part to administer the college's Mathematics Proficiency Requirement, just as the Writing Center
deals with writing proficiency.
The Mathematics Center was
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May 2, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD
NEWS
Page 7
Alumni Panel Recounts Sit-in For Minority Scholarships
BY PAUL SULLIVAN
Senior Editor
In a night of modesty and frankness,
five Trinity alumnus recounted their involvement in a series of extraordinary
events that occurred in the late 1960s.
On April 23-24,1968, these men were
part of a group of over 200 students that
occupied Williams Memorial, determined to not release the Trustees until
they approved $30,000 in scholarships
for minority students. A similar resolutionhadbeen overwhelmingly approved
by the Student Senate, proposing that
each student give $50 of his student activities fee to a fund which would then be
matched by the Development office.
Although freed before the sit-in concluded, the Trustees were infuriated that
they had been held captive and demanded that everyone involved be immediately and permanently expelled.
The faculty refused to agree to this and
instead chose to place a censure upon
each participant's record, which would
be erased upon graduation as long as
that student did not get into any further
Associate Professor of History Susan Pennybacker introduces Friday night's panel, 'Race,Gender, and
trouble.
Student Activism in the 1960s.' Terry Jones at left and Assistant Dean of the Faculty-Gail Woldu at right.
Fused together by their seminal action (the violent reaction to a similar sit- dent, concurred that his first year was a vasive at Trinity.
important their activism was.
in at Columbia occurred two days later), formative time for him, one that he still
Jones, who was president of the Trin"It was a time of terrific battles,"
the stories of these five alumni last Fri- recalls vividly.
ity Association of Negroes (TAN), con- said Jimenez, "groups of fraternity brothday night were especially personal.
All the panelists, including David jectured that he was chosen for that posi- ers and other students shouted at us to let
Robert Washington '69 was one of Chanin '68 and Jim Kaplin '68 who are tion because he was in a fraternity and the Trustees go." He continued by sayten black students on campus when he both white, agreed that the tensions and was well accepted and liked by the fac- ing that they were all frightened by what
arrived in the fall of 1965. Coming from unsteadiness of Trinity in the sixties was ulty and the student body. "Great lead- might happen to them afterwards.
the predominantly black South Side of integral to the establishment of the bira- ers are not made, he said, "they are corWhen asked to comment on the perChicago, Washington recalled how ner- cial cooperation that contributed to the nered."
ception of apathy at Trinity today, Washvous he was to be in a virtually all-white activism that culminated in the seizure
Both he and Washington conceded ington pointed out that what happened
environment.
that "the thinker behind the throne" was was a response to a definite need; such
of Williams.
"It was a bit daunting and a little
"These were important issues that Mike Williams, a man that Washington activism was in no way common even in
frightening," he said, "it was a scary first had to be fought for," said Chanin, who described as the most brilliant thinker he the late sixties.year." His trepidation was shared by . emphasized that those who participated had ever met but a person who was
Terry Jones, though, summarized
Terry Jones '68, who had gone to a ra- were no different than other students on never "socialized to use his gift." Profes- the energy that propelled the movement
cially integrated high school outside of; -campus; they- Were just more vocal. ,., sor ofEhtloaophy R.T. Lee later remarked best when he attributed it to the power of
Kansas City. "We [black students] were
Such overwhelming modesty, that this period was "a different time that faith, the belief that "when you come to
generally committed tonotcominghome which occasionally bordered on self-dep- shouldn't be romanticized."
the end of all the light that you know and
a failure," he said, "it was a period of recation, was voiced by all five panelists.
Regardless of their unwillingness to are about to step into the darkness, there
unknown."
They agreed that they were not above embellish their actions, each panelist's will be something solid to stand on or
Michael Jimenez '70, a Latino stu- the debauchery and sexism that was per- honesty convinced the audience of how you'll learn how to fly."
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE TRINITY TRIPOD • May 2, 1995
LECTURES
Tuesday, May 2nd
Honoring Reverend Nancy Charles
A lecture by Joseph J. McAleer, Jr., Class of 1983 on
19th century British Periodicals will be held in the
Watkinson Library at 5:00 PM.
The Trinity College Community is invited to attend
Worship in the Chapel on Sunday, May 7th at 1:00 PM
followed by a reception in the Funston Garden in honor of
the Reverend Nancy Charles, celebrating her four years at
the College.
Wednesday, May 3rd
Famous Mud
Around Trinity has learned that the most famous and unique element of Sunday's concert
was not either band, but rather the mud that
coated the barricade in front of the stage. Turns
put that very bunker was used at last year's
Woodstock concert, and as a nostalgic remembrance of times past, its owners have yet to wash
it. Around Trinity has it from informed sources
that the barricade was rather disappointed with
its mundane role in the Spring Weekend concert
— no fence crashing, no crowd surfing, and not a
single child was conceived on its steely surfaces.
More Mud
In related news, the mud that covered the
ground at the Hall's annual Spring Weekend
Hallapalloza festival was reportedly shipped in to
give it a more Woodstock-like feel. In an unprecedented move of interfraternity cooperation, PsiU donated the mud from the Fall's Tropical party.
This left Psi-U's fprmal relatively mud free. It also
left a rather large hole in Psi-U's back yard which
various party goers were seen tripping into
throughout the night.
$2000 Of Popov
Despite the lack of mud, Psi-U's party did
prove interesting and entertaining. Around Trinity protested the false advertisement when unable
to obtain Bailey's, Absolut, or many of the other
liquors listed as part of the "$2000 Hard Bar."
Eventually, AT was given a shot of Popov -—
which was in abundance — and told to shut up
and go away. Unfortunately, before being able to
imbibe the cheap vodka, a band of jockstrap clad
streakers ran through the party and knocked the
drink from AT's hands. However, proving there
is indeed a divine entity, half the Hartford Police
Department was on hand and promptly surrounded the house into which the streakers had
fled. No word if nerve gas was used in their
detainment.
Trinity College Professor of Philosophy Drew
Hyland will present "Being a Leaping Spark: Reflections
on Teaching," as part of the Faculty Lectures Series, at 4
PM in Faculty Club, Hamlin Hall. Refreshments will be
served following the lecture.
The members of St. Anthony Hall fraternity will
bring Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republic National
Committee (RNC), to present the 1995 Martin W. Clement Lecture in the Washington Room at 8:00 PM. The talk
is free and open to the campus and public. Gov. John
Rowland and other VIPs have been invited.
Monday, May 8th
The Cesare Barbieri Endowment for Italian Culture
is sponsoring "Purgatorio XII" by Trinity College Associate Professor of Modem Languages Dario Del Puppo.
The lecture is at 7:30 PM in Hamlin Hall.
Wednesday, May 10th
The Economics Departmnent and the International
Studies Program are cosponsoring, "1997: Anticlimax:
Hong Kong In Transition" by President Chia-Wei Woo,
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The
lecture will take place in Hamlin Hal! at 7:30 PM.
May 31st and June 1st
The Connecticut chapter of the American Marketing
Association presents the Marketing and Advertising Expo
at the Hartford Civic Center from 10:00 AM-6:00 PM on
May 31st at and 10:00 AM-5:00 PM on June 1st. The expo
is made up of over 50 exhibits of advertising and marketing products and services, seminars and special events
designed to benefit Connecticut business. Among keynote speakers at this year's show will be Governor John
Rowland, Hartford Mayor Mike Peters, Dennis Jorgenson,
Chief Operating Officer of American Marketing Association, and Arthur Noles, Vice President of Quality Consulting at XEROX.
Physics Of Food
Since Marriott and the school worked so hard
to prevent one on the main quad, the physics
department sponsored its own food fight on LSC.
Unfortunately, the organizers of the event were
unaware that the bands^had been scheduled to
play at the same time. Both events went on as
scheduled without much interference with one
another. The physics department was able to
determine that when in a food fight, marshmallows are the preferred weapon of choice for accuracy, while Velveeta Cheese takes the prize for
distance.
Broken Promises
Around Trinity has been informed that SGA
President Elect, Karim Sadik-Khan, will not be
using "SGA President" on his resume as he promised in his campaign. He will, however, be using
it on his application to graduate school. Being a
true republican, Mr. Sadik-Khan sees no inherent
contradiction. In protest, a group of angry, radical, socialist mandrill-like students toiletpapered
his room beyond recognition. Students who wish
to contact Mr, Sadik-Khan can reach him at x3515.
Didyouknowthatin greater Hartford alone, 100,000
people seek food assistance from area soup kitchens,
shelters, and pantries? Or that 43,000 of those seeking
help are children? In fact, a frightening number of children are suffering from homelessness and hunger. Children make up 25% of the general population, yet in
Hartford's emergency feeding programs, they make up
43% of people seeking help.'! What can you do? Walk the
Walk! The 12th Annual Greater Hartford Walk Against
Hunger will be onSunday, May 7,1995. This 3.2 mile walk
will begin and end on the grounds of ITT Hartford on
Asylum Ave. This is not a per-mile pledge event; "walkers" raise money by asking family and friends to sponsor
them by making a contribution. All proceeds benefit
Foodshare of Greater Hartford, the Connecticut AntiHunger Coalition and an agency of your choice. If you are
interested in getting involved, contact either Tara Gill in
the Community Service Office (ext. 2383) or Karen Isgur
in the Alumni Office (ext. -2406).
Tag Sale
The McMahon Hall staff at UCONN is sponsoring a
Campus Free For AH. This is a free tag sale that is open to
the community and the campus residents. The Tag Sale
will be on Saturday, May 6th from 9:00 AM-1:00 PM. The
rain date is Sunday, May 7th from 9:00 AM-l:00 PM. If
there are any questions or donations, call Beth at 4277432. All donations can be dropped off at McMahon Hall.
Meal Plan Registration
Marriott is now accepting '95/'96 meal plan preregistration in the Cave on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays from 11:00 AM-2:00 PM or in the Marriott office
on the second floor of Mather Hall any weekday from 9:00
AM-4:00PM.
Contra Dance
On Tuesday, May 12th from 8:00. PM-11:00 PM at
the First Church of Christ, 12 South Main Street, West
Hartford there will be a New England Contra Dance.
There will be music by Mary desRosiers with the
TwoTones. Lessons are at 7:30 PM. Admission is $5 with
college ID. No partner is needed, all dances are taught
and beginners are welcome. Call 231-8999 for more
informations.
Aquatic Safety School
The Greater Hartford Chapter of the American Red
Cross is conducting the 1995 Aquatic Safety School from
June 11th to June 16th. This rigorous and intense course j
of study, taught by some of the finest and most select Red
Cross Instructors, has produced graduates with superior I
skills in Water Safety, Iifeguarding, First Aid, and CPR.
To enroll and for more information call (203) 678-2819.
Double 0 Del
Marriott's Bar-B-Que this year was far less
eventful than last year's World War III class food
fight. At least four Deans, various campus safety
officials, and a number of undercover police —
equipped with OC Pepper Spray — roamed the
crowd to make sure there was no hot dog hurling.
Reportedly, however, the most effective weapon
Marriott and the school employed against a food
fight was a plain clothed Del who surveyed the
crowd and chided anyone who even thought about
potato chip pitching or cheese chucking. Then
again, something about eating cold hamburgers
in the rain doesn't lend itself to tackling fellow
Trinity students and covering them with ketchup.
Walk Against Hunger
CINESTUDIO
Hoop Dreams
Tues 7:30 PM
(1994) A film by Steven James, Frederick Marx and Peter Gilbert. With William Gates, Arthur Agee, Emma Gates and
Sheila Agee. The year's finest documentary is also one of the most moving films ever made on the hopes and bitter
limitations for two talented youngbasketballplayers from Chicago, WilliamGatesand Arthur Agee. The film follows them
from high school through their first year in college, in pursuit of an ail-too elusive dream of turning pro. As we learn what
is at stake for the players, their families and the coaches, each moment on the court becomes high drama. Winner - Audience
Award, Sundance Film Festival.
Pulp Fiction
Wed-Sat 7:30 PM
(1994) Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Cinematography by Andrezej Sekula. Cast: John Travolta, Uma
Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Willis. Critics have pulled out all the stops comparing Pulp Fiction to
everything from the French New Wave to blaxploitation to the spaghetti western, but one thing is sure - writer/director
Quentin Tarantino is the most original new talent to shake up Hollywood in a long time. His new film is the screen
equivalent of a shaggy dog tale, funnier but no less bloody than Reservoir Dogs, that drops in on the crazy lives of a couple
nonstop trash-talking hit men, played with ease by John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson. Academy Award, Best
Screenplay. Best Film, Cannes Film Festival.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Fri-Sat 10:30 PM
(1970) Director: Russ Meyer. Screenplay by Russ Meyer and Roger Ebert. Cast: Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia
McBroom, Pam Grier. Believe it or not, this steamy addition to the overheated oeuvre of Russ Meyer came from the pen
of screenwriter Roger Ebert. The mind blowing collaboration of the demented master of schlock with the reknowned film
critic created a true masterpiece of camp, which manages to surpass even the excesses of the Patty Duke original. This time
around, the three young hopefuls trying to make it big in the land of L.A. are foxy rock and rollers who are willing
volunteers in the front lines of the sexual revolution.
Casablanca
Sun 2:30 PM; Sun-Tues 7:30 PM
(1942) Directed by Michael Curtiz. Screenplay by Howard Koch. Music by Max Steiner. Cast: Humphrey Bogart,
rngrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sidney Greenstreet, Dooley Wilson. More than
almost any other American film, Casablanca creates a time and place that has the magical ability to live on after the curtain
comes down. Enter the world of Rick's cafe, where the owner (Bogart) is content to make money of the desperate refugee,
until a ghost from his past (Bergman) reappears to challenge his cynicism. Tough, glamorous, and romantic with enough
greatlines to shame fifty new Hollywood films anda quirky supporting cast of character actors thathasnever been equaled.
Look for these movies coming to Cinestudio this month: The Madness of King
George, Peking Opera Blues, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, Bullets Over
Broadway, Orlando, Colonel Chabert, The Secret of Roan Inish, and Boys Life.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
May 2, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD
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PERFORMANCES
ALT. B E
May 4th-May 12th
Friday, May 5th
Thursday, May 4th
There will be an opening reception for the "Exhibition of Works by Seniors in Trinity College's Studio Arts
Program" on May 4th from 4:30 PM-6:30 PM in Widener
Gallery, Austin Arts Center. Exhibit hours: 1:00 PM-5:00
PM daily.
The Woodland Concert Series presents "The King's
Singers," one of the world's most renowned vocal ensembles. They annually bring a unique combination of
musical excellence, charisma, and fun-loving style to
sold-out recital and orchestral venues across the globe.
The concert will be held at the Immanuel Congregational
Church, 10 Woodland Street in Hartford at 8:00 PM. The
ticket prices are: General Admission, $20; Students/Seniors, $16. For tickets and further information call the
Woodland Concert Series at (203) 527-8121.
Toad's Place, 300 York Street, New Haven is having
a Reggae Springfest featuring The Fresh Band, Reggae
Culture, and U.N.I. The doors open at 8:00 PM and Hie
show starts at 9:00 PM. The tickets are $8.50 in advance
and $10.00 at the door.
Through May 10th
"A la Mode: Women and Fashion in La te Nineteenth
Century French Prints and Drawings" will be on exhibit
at the Yale University Art Gallery on Chapel Street in New
Haven. Works by such artists as Mary Cassatt, Edward
Degas, Edward Manet, and Berthe Morisot present a wide
range of images of the Parisienne in the modern city.
"History of Western Art from the Renaissance to the
Present" is at the Yale University Art Gallery on Chapel
Street in New Haven. An eclectic selection of prints,
drawings, watercolors and photographs that includes
works by Albrecht Durer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Giovanni
Battista Piranesi, Arthur Dove, Pablo Picasso and Walker
Evans.
Through Wednesday, May 31st
Prints from the book, "Frederick Douglas - in His
Own Words," by Stephen Alcorn will be at the Gallows
Hill Bookstore. The exhibit hours are: Monday-Friday,
9:30 AM-6:00 PM; Saturday, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. Prints
are available for sale.
Through Friday, June 30th
"Hugh Ogden: The Poet and His Craft," is an exhibit
focusing On the creative accomplishments of Trinity College Professor of English Hugh Ogden and celebrating his
donation of literary papers to the Watkinson Library.
Hours of the Watkinson Library: Monday-Saturday, 9:30
AM-4:30PM. For more information call 297-2268.
"Spy, Ape, and Company: Eminent British Victorians Caricatured in Vanity Fair," an exhibit prepared by
Trinity College Archivist, Peter Knapp. Hours of
Watkinson Library: Monday-Saturday, 9:30 AM-4:30 PM.
For more information call 297-2268.
Through July 9th
American artist Roni Horn is showing at Yale Art
Gallery. "Roni Horn: Inner Geography" features a selection of drawings, phoptographs, and writings the artist
made during and after her extended stays on the Arctic
Island, Iceland. Admission is free. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM; Sunday, 2:00 PM-5:00.
PM.
'
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May 6th-June 11th
The Hartford Stage presents George Bernard Shaw's
classic comedy, Arms and Man. The play is a scintillating
comedy offering a satirical look at the politics of war set
against the love story of Raina, the spoiled daughter of a
wealthy officer, and Bluntschli, a down-to-earth Swiss
mercenary who finds himself an unexpected love interest.
Already betrothed to Sergius, a dashing calvary officer,
Raina helps Bluntschli escape behind enemy lines never
expecting to see him again. When the war is over, Raina
and her suitors meet again in a hilarious encounter and
confrontation tempered with trademark Shavian wit and
irony. Performances of Arms and Man will be Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday at 7:30 PM; Friday
and Saturday at 8:00 PM; Wednesday at 2:00 PM and
Sundays at 2:30 PM. There will be additional matinees on
Saturday, June 3rd and June 10th at 2:30 PM, and Thursday, May 25th at 2:00 PM. For ticket prices and to order
tickets call (203) 527-5151.
May 9th-May 10th
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra Symphony Series presents the choral collection at the Bushnell at 8:00
PM (Free pre-concert talkat7:00PM). Beethoven's Leonore
Overture No. 3, R. Strauss's Don Juan and Walton's
Friday, May 5th
At 8:00 PM, Tapestry, a duo featuring Tony Morris
(fiddle, guitar, whistles and flute, among other instruments) andSusanLowenkron(flutes,Tecordeis,krumhoin,
whistles, and harp) plays their very skillful brands of
Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque chambermusicinthe
Espresso Bar at Borders Books and Music. Admission is
free. .
Electric Guitar virtuoso Gary Lucas appears in concert, with his band "Gods and Monsters" at 8:00 PM at
Real Art Ways, 56 Arboor Street, Hartford. Lucas is a
notable guitarist who has performed with Captain
Beefheart. The evening will include a solo set by Lucas
featuring rock, blues, jazz, folk and classical style, followed by a second set with Lucas and his band "Gods and
Monsters." Any fan of electric guitar should not miss this
concert! Tickets are $8. Call 232-1006 for more information.
Thursday, May 11th
Borders Books and Music in Manchester presents
Jazz b y Larry D. & Frank Varela. The lights in the Espresso
Bar will go down as the "gypsy lounge jazz," showcasing
the talents of pianist Larry Deviation and guitarist Frank
Verela, begins. The show is from 7:00 PM-9.00 PM.
Admission is free.
Friday, May 12th
Belshazzar's Feast will be performed.
Wednesday, May 10th
The Hall High School Choraliers will conclude the
spring season of "Enrich Your Luinch!" concerts presented by the Music Series at South Church at 12:05 PM.
Their program will include works by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, Igor Stravinsky, Palestrina and Jerome Kern.
Admission is free to this half hour concert, but donations
will be accepted. Luncheon may be purchased after the
program for $2.99. For more information cali (203) 2233691.
E l m T h e a t e r - New Britain Ave. next to Shawmut Bank
Prices: $3.50 adults; $2.75 matinees before 6:00 PM
For more information call 232-2820
Delores Claiborne (PG 13) 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM
Jury Duty (R) 7:15 PM
Pulp Fiction (R) 9:25 PM
S h o w c a s e C i n e m a - 3250 Berlin Turnpike
Price: $5.50
For more information call 666-1401.
The following showtimes are for Tuesday, May 2nd-Friday, May 5th.
Jury Duty (R) 4:20 PM, 9:40 PM
Dolores Claiborne (PG 13) 4:35 PM, 7:10 PM, 9:30 PM
Forrest Gump (PG 13) 7:00 PM
Puip Fiction (R) 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM
Showcase C i n e m a - 936 Silver Lane
Price: $4.25 before 6:00 PM; $7.00 all other shows
For more information £all 568-8810.
The following showtimes are for Tuesday, May 2nd-Friday, May 5th.
Rob Roy (R) 1:15 PM, 4:05 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:45 PM
Outbreak (R) 9:25 PM
Don Juan DeMarco (PG 13) 1:05 PM, 3:15 PM, 5:25 PM, 7:50 PM
Bad Boys (R) 1:10 PM, 4:00 PM, 7:05 PM, 9:30 PM
A Goofy Movie (G) 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 5:Q0 PM, 7:00 PM
Basketball Diaries (R) 10:00 PM
New Jersey Drive (R) 12:30PM, 2:45 PM, 4:50 PM, 7:40 PM, 9:50 PM,
Kiss of Death (R) 12:55 PM, 3:05 PM, 5:10 PM, 7:35 PM, 10:10 PM
While You Were Sleeping (PG) 12:45 PM, 2:50 PM, 5:05 PM, 7:25 PM, 9:35 PM
The Cure (PG 13) 12:35 PM
Destiny Turns on the Radio (R) 12:40 PM, 2:55 PM, 5:15 PM, 7:55 PM, 10:15 PM
Village of the Damned (R) 12:50 PM, 3:25 PM, 5:30 PM, 7:45 PM, 9:55 PM
Top Dog (PG 13) 1:20 PM, 3:20 PM, 5:20 PM, 7:20 PM, 9:20 PM
Friday (R) 1:00 PM, 3:10 PM, 3:55 PM, 5:15 PM, 5:40 PM, 7:30 PM, 7:50 PM, 9:40 PM, 10:10 PM
The Jabbering Trout is performing at 8:00 PM at
Borders Books and Music in Manchester. Just last winter.
Jabbering Trout, featuring Tom Burris (acoustic guitar,
harmonicas, lead vocals) and Dylan Callahan (drums,
background vocals), won the Best Group category in the
Boston Acoustic Underground competition. They're an
exciting new mix of acoustic sounds, alternative sensibilities and wacky charm that proves you don't need electric
instruments to make high energy music. Admission is
free: ,
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THE TRINITY TRIPOD • May 2, 1995
Frontiers of Hope Features Dance, Music And Politics
BY AMY SHACKELFORD
Arts Writer
Faculty and students alike participated in Frontiers of Hope, a collage of
dances performed on Friday and Saturdaynightin Goodwin Theater. Theshow
consisted of seven individually choreographed dances entitled "Negro Spirituals," "Hymne/' "Moscow '94/' "Unlocked Doors," "Apparitions," "The Door
Keeper," and "Frontier." Theshow was a
culmination of the Theater and Dance
Department's work this semester.
The style of dances ranged from traditional physical interpretations of music as in "Negro Spirituals" and
"Hymne," to story telling dances that
were void of musical accompaniment,
such as "Moscow '94." All of the seven
dances were equally entertaining and in
many cases, thought provoking. Certain
dances left distinct impressions on me as
a viewer.
"Moscow '94," performed and choreographed by Nancy Chu '95, was particularly interesting because it moved
away from the expectations that most
Americans have about dance as a performance. Without music, Nancy danced
against a fiery red screen and acted out
her impressions of her time in Moscow.
Her only musical accompaniment was
her own sound effects. This factor, at
first, seemed highly unusual, but as the
performance heightened, Nancy's use of
bodily expression was intriguing and
powerful.
Much in the same respect, "Unlocked
Doors," choreographed by Kristen Chun
'95, was accompanied by live music performed on stage with the dancers. As the
piece began, two singers, Joanna Marsden '95 and Jason Pienkowski '95, sat
facing one another, chanting in turn. As
the dancers were revealed to the audi-
ence, Jason and Christopher LaFata '95
(located off stage) began to play music
while Joanna remained on stage, located
behind the dancers, singing. This use of
collective performance was enchanting,
and I was enthralled with this dance.
"Frontier," choreographed and
Essentially, "Frontiers" seemed to be a
representation of the human ability to
unfairly structuralize and oppress certain members of society.
The focus of this dance seemed not
to be merely the mistakes that have been
made in the past or even the present.
Without music, Chu danced against a fiery red screen
and acted out her impressions of her time in Moscow.
videographed by professor Pedro
Alejandro, was an interpretive dance representing the wars in Russia. The dancers were clad in militaristic garb as well
as Russian peasant wear. This dance
used imagery and symbolism heavily
and its effect was astounding.
It was the last performance of the
evening and considering all of the other
performances in Frontiers of Hope, it was
an appropriate way to end the evening.
Rather, it stressed, that this oppression is
a continuing cycle that will continue no
matter what land, or even planet, we are
put on. I enjoyed Frontiers ofHope overall
and I was impressed with how much
effort went into this entire production.
Take notice this week of the other
events in the Austin Arts Center, such as
the upcoming music lessons program
recital and the studio arts senior exhibition.
Professor Alejandro Comments On Dance As Artistic Expression
BY CINDY DARLING
Arts Editor
This past weekend, the Theater and
Dance Department performed the final
spring dance concert Frontiers of Hope.
Professor Pedro Alejandro played a large
part in coordinating the event and one of
his own works was featured in the concert. Alejandro worked with students in
his Repertory and Performance Class in
looking at issues surrounding the performance.
Alejandro has taught at Trinity for
three years. Next semester, he moves to
Wesleyan to continue his teaching. In an
interview with him, he shared some of
the background behind the pieces comprising Frontiers of Hope, as well as his
personal views on art and the role he
would like the dance pieces to play in
increasing awareness on campus.
The first piece in Frontiers of Hope,
Alejandro stressed how brave and revolutionary Tamiris' piece was.
Another piece in the concert, "Frontier," was written by Alejandro this year.
It was based upon the events involved in
the Russian/Chechian war. Alejandro
stated that he began research on the work
from newspaper articles which began to
come out at the time of the fighting.
Alejandro stated thatoneof the main
areas in which he feels frustration with
the political situation is with the "litigiousness that is pervasive throughout
the world that undermines the human
aspect," and which works against the
prevention of such a catastrophe.
Alejandro wanted his piece to specifically speak to these issues in an artistic
manner, through the language of dance.
He stated that working on this piece
was a learning experience for his students, in seeing "how these events affect
how we process information on an ev-
his work in integrating the moving image into the stage. In regard to this show,
Alejandro stated that though this work is
personal and formal, it can also be political. He feels strongly that any works
which are purely artistic are in themselves, political.
At a time when the NEA is going to
be cut back, Alejandro has been concerned with the violence of social scientists against the arts. He hearkened back
to Nazism's view of art as immaterial,
unless it was propaganda. He finds these
types of similarities between our society
and that of Nazism frightening.
Alejandro has worked all over the
U.S. He will also be on tour as a guest
artist at a number of schools in the U.S.
next year, while working at Wesleyan.
He also has performances planned in
New Haven and New York City.
Clearly, Alejandro has increased the
social and artistic awareness of his students throughout the past three years.
Frontiers ofHope was a showcase of work
done in the Theater and Dance Department over the semester. Its performance
helped to spread this artistic awareness
and enjoyment to the entire Trinity campus.
This sort of social awareness is prevalent throughout
'Alejandro's work, as it is one of his main sources of inspiration. As he said, "Art can be socially responsible and
still be good art, without becoming propaganda."
was a reconstruction of the Helen Tamiris
piece "Negro Spirituals," a suite of solo
dance which was performed from 19271930. The work was reconstructed by
Holly Lau of the University of Memphis.
Helen Tamiris was a white Jewish
woman who was a member of the communist party. According to Alejandro,
"Negro Spirituals" was important for its
breaking of the racial barriers in the world
of concert dance.
Until the 1960's black dancers and
choreographers had been segregated
from other artists, confined to the mediums of cabaret and vaudeville, mostly
commercial forms, as means of expression.
Tamiris' work is therefore an important historical piece, as it was one of
the first examples of addressing issues of
race and class directly in an art form.
eryday basis, and how they affect how
we interrelate." Ultimately, he hopes that,
"people will walk away being kinder
and more just."
This sort of social awareness is prevalent throughout Alejandro's work, as itis
one of his main sources of inspiration. As
he said, "Art can be socially responsible
and still be good art, without becoming
propaganda."
A third piece, "Apparitions," performed by Alejandro's own professional
group, was based upon the broader idea
of encountering an unknown presence.
In the work, angels serve as a metaphor
for a larger presence entering one's consciousness, whether this larger awareness be political or spiritual.
Video played a large role in this
production, as Alejandro is known for
his use of choreography and video, and
Senior Poets Read
This Thursday
This Thursday in the Faculty club
at 4:00 PM,, the English Department
and Poetry Center will sponsor the annual Senior Poetry Reading. This event
is held every year to honor senior poets
who have developed as writers over
the course of their semesters at Trinity.
Students will read from selections
they have created through their work
in poetry workshops, as well as on their
own. Faculty and students are encourr
aged to attend this afternoon of poetry
which promises to be lively and entertaining. Refreshments will be served.
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The Reason For "Celebrating W
Trinity's Unwritten History, Recovered
BY ROBYN SCHIFFMAN
Features Writer
How many of you out there know
that in the late 60's Trinity students locked
up trustees and administrators in Williams whilethe students asked for their
demands to be met?
It seems to me that this element of
history has been overlooked for more
than 25 years. Because it is this unwritten
history that lives on in the minds of the
few who were present and the few who
are around to tell the stories that made it
into newspapers and such. Because it is
important to get a sense of the pastbefore
we move solidly in to the future. Because
there are individuals currently at Trinity
who played an integral role in creating
the Trinity we now know.
This year, Trinity celebrated its 25th
anniversary of coeducation. As the academic year comes to a close, we can
reflect on what the celebration has
brought us, hopefully more than just an
SGA bash with the slogan "Celebration
o f 69".
As a member of the 25th Anniversary of Coeducation Committee, I had a
first hand knowledge of the events. But
what I took away from these events left
an impression in my mind and made me
question the reality of the history that I
am familiar with.
It appeaxsio me that there are many
"histories" at work in Trinity's history.
The ongoing celebration that took place
throughout this year offered a variety a
special events that showcased alumni
who graduated from different departments and who all had different agendas
while at Trinity. Most think that coedu-
cation was a relatively smooth process;
for those assembled last Friday for 'the
panel "Race, Gender Trinity Student
Activism in the Late 1960's", that reality
is false.
The fact that at one time at this college, students had enough passion to
lock up trustees and administrators for
an extended period of time is fascinating.
I looked at these five individuals all night
and tried to see what it was that distinguished them from myself or my peers.
Or when the Theater and Dance Dept.
showcased work from alumni in a two
day celebration of "Trinity Women in the
Arts" last month. Or when the English
Dept. and the Trinity Women's Organization had a weekend of events, most
notably "From Trinity Graduate To Published Author".
Not only did we invite alumni who
instituted change during their tenure
here, but also alumni who could reach
out to current students and give them
hope; that yes, you can do something
other than teach with a Guided Studies
Minor.
Yes, being on the committee brought
me in closer contact with the alumni; it
fed me dinners and I made new email
friends. But it also gave me a sense of
history that I was lacking. I know now
the history of the Theater and Dance
Department which came extremely close
to no longer existing in the 1980's. If it
wasn't for the help of many of its current
Trinity faculty, the Department would
not be here.
Some of the events highlighted current faculty who had opinions on various aspect concerning student life now
and when they went to school. I am
thinking of both male and female panels
of "Sex, Gender, Stereotypes and Social
Norms at Trinity".
It is interesting that we need the
excuse of celebrating coeducation for men
and women to communicate more, and
for questions like "why don't relationships work at Trinity" or "how come no
one holds hands" to be asked. But nonetheless, these panels were among the
most successful events.
In examining the past year and all
the events that fell under the umbrella of
coeducation, the one thing that remains
in my mind is a comment from David
Chanin '68 from last Friday's panel.
Chanin stressed the importance of
memory in preserving a sense of recognition and an acknowledgement that we
have meaning, whether that is constructed or revisionist. And he is right. I
would question how we come to learn
this unwritten history, if not from celebrations such as these. .
Too many people need to be thanked
for their efforts throughout the year, most
notably the alumni who came and told
their stories. I feel strongly that it would
behoove the current students to educate
themselves on the past before they embark on the future.
Oprah Winfrey once said, "sometimes, when I look into the future, it's so
bright, it hurts my eyes". Well, Oprah,
we are looking backwards as well so that
we can make the future a brighter one.
Because, some day, we will all be alumni
as well.
Hipp Hopp Lollipop in a Bee Bop Green
BY PEDRO
A Blind Caucasian
Lush Like the limes of a peachy peached tree. Lush like the plush, plush
of the rush, rush of a rushing blushing lush. And yeah so I stole it...
Oh Gallant Piglet where forth art thou, in our hour of need. The sun shall
still rise, and the work is a 1 ways there so go back to sleep he said, in that dreamier
than dreamy voice of his. That voice that wooed the hearts of a thousand
women, yet never landed a one. That voice, that other voice, from that nook of
the mind that we never look into (off to the left in some dark cobwebbed corner).
And stole the most important heart of all, or accidentally walked off with it- the
heart that was mine (i mean meant for me, not my heart you Freudian/Feminist
deconstructionist freaks). And a misspelling made a ewe from a u or you, but
that's kind of stupid and silly, but isn't that exactly what these late night
masturbatory sessions are for. To push the envelope justa bitfurther, and make
something richer to grew nice petunias in. Blah.
And then there's the whole hole problem; what is its relation to the whole
hole anyway, or the self or the body, or anything else that may tickle one of your
many fancies. And why am I still up at this late of a date? A paper, an
examination, no no none of these terribly blase notions, it is for something
grander, far more reaching into the depths of man's soul and nature, that I still
remain awake. I just want my tape back!
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SPRING WEEKEND '95
THE TRINITY TRIPOD • May 2, 1995
Mav2 1Q<W • THE TRINITY TRIPOp
SPRING WEEKEND '95
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PHOTOS BY RYAN EMERY & MATTHEW PMNCE
FEATURES
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THE TRINITY TRIPOD - May 2, 1995
A Sojourn Into The Depths Of Spring Weekend
BY BRYAN SATTER AND TIM
SULLIVAN
"
Sports Editor and Features Writer
Upon waking up Sunday
morning and finding the second floor Men's Room of
Funston steeped in the aroma of
fresh vomit, only one explanation was possible. It must be
Spring Weekend. Not even the
quiet dorm was safe from a
night's drinking turned upsidedown.
The festivities on Saturday
night were rowdy and raucous,
as usual, and yet the amount of
entertaining antics that went on
in the periphery exceeded the
normal Trinity average. What
follows then, is the account of a
brief, but busy sojourn into the
depth's of Trinity's social life as
we track a writer, his roommates, and some off-campus
compadres through their Spring
Weekend.
The evening began innocently enough, as, like every
Trinity student who values his
education here, a solid amount
of reading was done between 810 PM. Gotta keep Mom and
Dad happy. After that was out
of the way, a solo walk across
campus to Hallapalooza followed, where the writer met up
with the aforementioned cronies.
The party at the Castle was
enjoyable enough after negotiating Check Point Charlie and
bribing Herr Malieckal the requisite tribute of Alexander
Hamilton. Once the wallet became about lObucks lighter, and
the drug dealers had been successfully waded through, the
night was allowed to officially
begin.
Upon running into one of
the roommates, it became apparent that a distance should be
kept, as he was in the middle of
getting picked up by a nymph
who had had just a little bit too
much too drink, and just a lot
too much to eat. After further
inspection of the vile temptress,
it was estimated that her tonnage was akin to that of the
Queen Mary. Upon closer
sightings, the estimate was
revised and her lines and
girth were found to be
more like H.M.S. Iron
Duke. Once said roommate navigated his way
through the fat jungle
though, he was safe to <*•
hang out with, although not without
casting wary glances
over his shoulder for
a fear of a return by
the behemoths.
Next point of order was to get a beer
to satisfy the parched
throat that had occurred as the result of
a long walk over from
South Campus. After avoiding the mud
pit in front of the keg
line, the patron was
greeted by a very
snotty and arrogant
bartender, who used
his influence over control of
the tap to warn everyone to "jusi
back the hell up," unnecessarily
so. This apish behavior
prompted the response "They
paid $15,000 for this party, and
they couldn't even buy this guy
a personality!" • Even worse, by
the time Mr. Bartender condescended to serve, he filled the
cup with nothing but foam, and
said mockingly, "All tapped
out."
Despite this setback, another development was happening back on the home front that
served to distractthe disappointment of remaining dry for the
time being. Apparently one of
the party going knaves had gotten hold of a bottle of mustard,
and in his drunken state decided
to squirt it all over the backs of a
few unsuspecting victims. This
prompted one of theroommates
to go up and ask one of the Oscar Meyerwieners, "Pardonme,
but do you have any Grey
Poupon?" Of course his query
evoked a perplexed look and no
response by the person, who
probably finally got the joke
sometime shortly after she took
off her jacket.
After a few guffaws over
that scene, the writer was descended upon by a cigar-wielding pal, who, contrary to Freud's
hypothesis, was obviously
"compensating" for a deficiency
in his anatomy, and was offered
a puff on the stogie. After sucking on the Cuban for about a
nanosecond it was quickly decided that it was not a good
idea.
Luckily, Frito-Lay came to
the rescue, as a friend carrying a
bag of Cheetos walked by, providing the opportunity to wash
down the taste of the cigar. Unfortunately, the particles of cigar and cheeto commingled to
form a critical mass of cheese
and smoke, which was reminiscent of ear wax.
Finally, after finding that
elusive beer, and almost putting a fist through the head of
the cigar buddy for having his
paws all over a girl who obviously didn't want them
there, nature called
and we headed for
the bathroom.
Fortunately
there was no line
at the Port-OPotty,but that was
probably because
the pot was practically overflowing,
and people decided to take their
chances with the
bushes and some
soft leaves. There
was little to report
about the commode experience,
except that all footwear
remained in tact, and a sense of
urgency prevailed throughout
the relieving, for fear of having
the can tipped over by friends.
We decided to head out
shortly thereafter, in part be-,
cause the Max Creek Band refused to change the CD which
they were lip-synching from, but
of course not before some of the
off-campus friends could get a
little groping in off the girl who
wasdoingthestagedives. Upon
arriving back at Funtown, the
consensus was to watch the recently acquired Forrest Gump before heading back out to Elmo
and Psi-U. Gump was "a goddamned genius, who was going
to make a general someday,"
but it was determined that we
should go back out, and would
watch the exciting conclusion
later. After all, Gump would
still be a half-wit wheri we got
back:
We cruised Broad Street on
foot at about 12:45 AM—something every prospective should
do before committing to come
here—looking for the party at
Elmo. When, much to our chagrin, we found none, we opted
for Plan B, the Psi-U spring formal.
Upon arriving there, we
realized that a) we were severely
under-dressed, andb) we didn't
want to pay another $10 to get in
anyway. We did, however, hang
out long enough outside to see a
couple of clever frat boys streak
across the street, wearing nothing but a jock-strap and a smile,
and crash the formal. So much
for our being under-dressed.
The playful antics of the jocksquad got the attention of Campus Safety who pursued the hooligans by car, bike, and foot, obviously in an attempt to find out
where the rest of their tuxedos
were.
By this time, the writer came
to his own unanimous conclusion that it was time for bed.
And along with his entourage,,
he returned back to Jhe room to
enjoy a little more Gump.
And guess what?
He was still a half-wit.
" I D A H O " (WHO
V«4h
IS HST
May 2, 1995..,«. THE TRINITY TRIPOD
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Halfway There: A Wise Fool No More
NICHOLAS MOREHEAD
Features Writer
"In no position to give advice, my
heart spoke, and I wrote it down. You
know every wisdom has it's price. My
head up in the stars and my feet planted
firmly on the ground." J.Popper
Do at least give me some credit. I am
well aware of the fact that there are, most
likely, a great many of you out there who
feel they can claim some rights on this
quote, probably dating back to the days
when SAT's, blurbs, and senior pages
were all top-priority.
very words in fact were the most accurate and righteous I could find, unparalleled in that content which I could relate
to in graduating, and in essence moving
on from the conquered land of high
school. Well, it's been two years now
sailing the stormy seas of college, and as
this year is quickly going the way of th.2
dodo.
." ? •
My thoughts return to smelly, wet
towels, early morning hearts games, and
all the sweet pain I've felt in Watson 101.
And so, I guess, now most of you are
scratching your heads, true outsiders in
an inside joke, let me say that I do have a
I have seen sunsets that made 95 North seem like the
road to paradise, and others that make you simply forget
where you are, never wanting to get back on your bike
and pedal home.
I'mno exception. Yours truly heavily
contemplated using Popper's words of
wisdom for one of my own senior quotes.
But I didn't.
At the time, I was overcome by the
feeling that too many of my highschool
contemporaries were going to use the
very same quote, thus erasing any significance, truth, and even individuality
it may have had for me.
As it turns out, I wasn't completely
off the mark. A few others indeed found
this quote meaningful enough to put it in
their pages. They, too, let it's interpretational meaning speak for them in summarizing their high school experience, as
I had wanted it to speak for mine. I
thought I was one up on the adolescent
system, forrto ether reason than my wily
use of someone else's words, or rather
lack thereof.
No, you certainly weren't going to
catch me-employing some smidgen of a
vastly overplayed song to represent my
reflections on highschool, even if those
reason for reverting back to Popper's
sentiments as I have done. I thought I
knew in highschool, high-and-mightyknow-it-all-senior that I was, just how
Popper was speaking for me through
that song. What I'm getting at is, the fact
that I didn't find it in me to even use
those words, just goes to show, as they
say, "little did I know."
Have I learned a great many things
since then? Perhaps, perhaps not. This
year alone has been one of experience,
salted with irony and peppered with
confusion. I have been humbled by rejection and rebuilt with flattery. My immediate view outside my window, over the
course of the year, has utterly transformed fromone of elysian fields of green,
to one which serves as a reminder of the
fact that my car could get totaled at any
moment, I could lose'a limb in the process, but alas, I can always get drunk
afterwardsslong live Stowe. -•••-••
I have seen the social hierarchy
climbed, side stepped, tripped over,
abused, and flat-out take it's toll on a
great many. I have divided my time somewhat equally between entrepreneur and
slacker, still on that quest to find my
harmonious blend of each. I have basked
in the initiative, and wallowed in indecisiveness. I have seen sunsets that made
95 North seem like the road to paradise,
and others that make you simply forget
where you are, never wanting to get back
on your bike and pedal home. I've
watched Seymor grow from a wee pup,
to a feisty young dog. I've walked right
•up to some, but so to have I watched
others walk right on by. I've said my
prayers in God's natural, outdoor church,
and I now know that Hell's Cherubs will
ride again.
I've heard the questions, "What are
we doing? Why are we here?" spewed
out so many times, I can't help but find
myself asking them. I think the probability of ever finding an answer is somewhere between zero and one. I have
caught up with old friends, and in so
doing, have been reminded that time
alone is indeed time well spent. Trying to
keep my head bowed, humble, like the
dust, I have found my spot. There, I have
listened much, and learned the difference betweenspeaking, and merely wanting to hear yourself talk. Only there, with
open eyes, ears, and mind, have I now
begun to hear the music, and learn the
dance, like any budding superstar would.
I've tasted the sag panir and smelled
the incense. I've laughed until it hurt,
and cried until it didn't. Within two years
I have seen the merry-go-round of life
come full-circle, which has gotten me
curious as to where the rollercoasters
are. With all this as my sunshine and
water, I have grown. My first step has
gotten better, but I still can't dunk yet.
Perhaps now I am a touch more worthy
of embracing that quote I began with. I
guess I wasn't big enough to let it speak
for my senior year, but now I feel that it
alone does not even do me justice. I have
outgrown it so that now, I need the entire
stanza to even begin to make me feel at
peace, the rest of it reads:
"When will I embrace this life I see?
I've been wondering for so long.
Thinking back the truth may be,
I've been unaware, but I've been
Living it all along."
So again, I'm sorry If I have stolen
anybody's senior quote, favorite lines, or
evennew and brilliant idea, but what can
I say, except that you just can't put a
trademark on wisdom. Hunger for
knowledge and thirst for life vary among
us, but my appetite is growing as I grow,
and I don't think it will ever be satisfied.
Remember that this quote is merely one
verse, in one particular song, on the
grander and greater dim sum platter before us. The dinner bell is ringing. Summertime means cookout time. And there
are so many more things you can still
throw on the grill, the grass need be
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THE TRINITY TRIPOD • May 2, 1995
Summers With The Jacksonville Sims
dinner. But Suns tickets are so cheap that
we can go to a better restaurant: usually
either McDonald's or Burger King
(Wendy's when we are really in the
money).
There are always the regular fans as
well. They can provide more entertainment than the game. We have Louie (he
wears a shirt with his name on it and
often groans "Louie likes the Suns !")
who comes to every game yelling and
stomping and always leaves in the sixth
inning no matter what the score is. There
is Tex who wears a black cowboy hat and
spits out wads of tobacco. Benny, who
turns 85 this year, sits around and talks
of when he heard Woodrow Wil son, FDR
After over seventy games, I can assure you that, at least
("First time my family ever left the Party
in Jacksonville, the minor leaguers on the visiting team
of Lincoln. We haven't voted Republican
since."), LBJ, and Martin Luther King Jr.
get no respect from the crowd.
speak.
sonville the home for their AAA teams. swear at an ump, he'll turn and look at
The speakers play some of the worst
No doubt the Jacksonville team would you with disgust. Players respond to music ever recorded. The stench of beer,
continue to stink. There is something being taunted. When I was a junior in hot dogs, and popcorn hovers over the
about the St. Johns River which ruins high school, my friends and I taunted stadium. The free gifts provided by Publix
one Chattanooga Lookout pitcher with supermarkets or Barnett Bank or other
minor league teams.
Yet once again this summer I'll be the chant, "Bring out the Rolaids! We community businesses always ends up
there cheering them on to the annual need some relief!" To this he yelled, in the outfield and the game is delayed as
defeats. I always ask myself why I do "Don't see you out here!" Good point. the custodians clear the mess.
this. I know the Suns will end up around After over seventy games, I can assure
.400 every year and be at least fifteen you that, at least in Jacksonville, the migames behind the leaders. But the ben- nor leaguers on the visiting team get no
respect from the crowd.
efits outweigh the liabilities.
The tickets cost $3.50 each (there are
Despite the fact that the Suns are
terrible, I get to watch famous players. I cheaper ones but sitting on metal bleachwatched Michael Jordan and Bo Jackson ers for three hours hurts). When my
strike out four times each. I watched friends and I go out for the evening, we
Alex Rodriguez, Seattle's hot infield pros- keep an eye on our funds. When we go to
pect, turn base hits into outs. I watched see a movie, we have to go to Taco Bell for
Delino DeShields, Andres "The Big Cat"
Gallaraga, and Dave Fleming mature into
good ballplayers.
This summer, Iain going to do what
There is something about minor
I have done every summer for over five league baseball which really turns me
years. I am going to watch the Jackson- on. You get to watch some lucky spectaville Suns fail miserably in their quest for tors play "BLAM-O" where they attempt
the Southern League pennant.
to pitch balls at a wooden replica of a
The Jax Suns are a "AA" team in the hitter. If the ball hits the giant Marlboro
Seattle Mariners organization. And they cowboy on the rightfield fence, everyone
stink. They stunk when they were the 18 and over gets a free pack of reds in a
Jacksonville Expos. They have stunk for soft pack.
the eleven years I've called Jacksonville
The "Sun Rays", waitresses from
home. The Florida Marlins and the Tampa Hooters pretending to be cheerleaders,
Bay Devilrays are looking to make Jack- appear at least twice a season. If you
BY K. MICHAEL DERBY
News Editor
The drunks always get the national
anthem confused with "Take Me Out to
the Ballgame." Some idiot wants Jacksonville to "beatthedamn Yankees" from
Birmingham. The Suns continue to lose
three out of the five games in the
week....for the ninth week in a row.
There really is something minor
league baseball has over the major
leagues: character. The character may
not be positive but minor league baseball, even when my beloved Suns are
losing to Orlando by over ten runs, is
never boring.
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May 2, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD
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A Game Of Spades: Class, Comraderie And Cash
BYMICKNAKDELLI
Features Writer
My father has given me
countless pieces of advice in my
19 years, all of which I have remembered, considered, utilized,
and always been thankful for.
Much of this advice came shortly
before I matriculated to college.
The most memorable advice which my father bestowed upon me as I ventured out into higher
education was that
college is more than
classroom education.
It is a
combination
of intellectual,
social,
and
moral learning.
By this, I have
quickly discovered that
he meant there is more
to college than the classroom.
One must adapt himself
socially to the community, mor-
ally to the expectations of the
system, and he must discipline
himself in order to balance these
scales.
If he lacks this discipline,
he will find himself discovering
only one of these facets of education.
Well, as a freshman, I definitely found social education,
and at times sacrificed the others to fulfill it. However, as
my experience here at Trinity continues, I find myself more challenged
by the discipline
my father spoke
of. A new fad
has swept the
lives of several Trinity
students; a fad
which has tested
all of our self-discipline, and a fad which,
at times, has overcome
this discipline and succeeded inleadingus astray from
our education. This fad is
Spades.
It is hard to believe that a
mere card game could have become such an overpowering
force in a student's life? If so,
just wajk into the Student Life
Resource Center at any time.
Whether it be one in the afternoon or one in the morning,
chances are good that there will
Trinity education out. I do take
pride in this, and I think the
others would as well. Here's
why.
When we play Spades, we
don't simply sit there and arbitrarily toss cards onto the table.
By no means. We have, through
this game and other types of out
We trained others to play,
and we created a way in which
everyone, despite their personality and prejudices, can interact socially and intellectually.
This seems to be what Trinity is
now trying to do.
Well, let it be known that
we have the way to unite the
A new fad has swept the lives of several Trinity students; a fad which
has tested all of our self discipline, and a fad which, at times, has
overcome this discipline and succeeded in leading us astray from our
education.
be four people gathered around
a table playing this infamous
game. You might ask yourself,
why do these people waste their
time? Don't they have lives? The
answer is not as simple as you
might think.
It started with four of us:
Jim Moodie, Jason Cincotti, Justin Van Etten, and me. We were
the forgers of this hellish metal
which has been used to build
strong fortresses to keep the
of class education, developed
analytical and methodical
minds.
To be able to count 13 cards
of each suit, to know which cards
have been played, to know how
not to win the trick which might
set you...these are aspects of the
game which take precise skill
and intelligence to master. By
no means are we masters. However, we founded the game in
SLRC.
student body. We have the way
to establish camaraderie and
class between people of different opinions.
And, if you have the right
skill, we have a way to help pay
for tuition here at Trinity. Anyway, on a final note, why don't
you look for a spades tournament next fall, and more importantly, remember that The Ace
of Spades will always take the
trick!
L.A. gets in one last word...
Deep Thoughts At Dinner: Musings From A Senior
BY JON MOSKOWITZ
Senior Editor
Before I sign off on my career at Trinity College, I felt like
sounding off on a cornucopia of
issues. Consider it random
musings by a senior from Los
Angeles.
..-. .One of the most popular
conversations during my tenure at Trinity consisted of ice
cream toppings. The controversy took about a year to resolve and covered whether the
toppings we put on our desserts
are called sprinkles, jimmies, or
shots. My observations lead me
to believe that sprinkles are a
universal name, jimmies are
unique to the Northeast, and
shots is thenameusedbypeople
from Connecticut. The proper
resolution is to dub the rainbow
toppings sprinkles, the chocolate toppings jimmies, and the
silver balls shots. Then everyone is happy.
...Another thing I could
never understand was the need
for dirty shoes and destroyed
baseball hats. Growing up, my
mother always made sure my
clothes were clean. I can still
hear her saying, "Make sure you
wear clean underwear, in case
you're in an accident." What
has changed to make people
want to wear dirty clothes? You
always see people buying new
clothes and trying to keep them
from getting dirty, but when
HOWTOUSE
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people buy a new hat, the first
thing they do is try to destroy it.
Someone explain it to me,
please?
...Can the people responsible for cable be any more inefficient. I've been hearing rumors about cable television for
four years.
Finally, the students were
told to expect the cable in September, then November, then
after the Christmas holiday.
Well, you know the rest. But
now, to say that cable T.V. will
lead to the demise of the student
body is ridiculous. That's right,
Jenny Jones, Richard Bey, Ricki
Lake, and Gordon Elliot are
much better than the programs
we would watch on A&E, CNN,
and HBO.
...I've got a suggestion for a
new program dorm on campus.
It's called, 'I enjoy my time here
at Trinity, and if I can get up
early enough for my morning
classes then I'll go, otherwise I'll
attendmy afternoon classes, stay
up until 2:00 AM working, go
out until 5:00 AM, and then do it
all over again dorm.' Since everyone else these days seem to
be getting specialty dorms, this
dorm can teach people time
management and effective procrastination skills. I think it's a
real winner.
...There are many people at
Trinity that constantly complain
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Now, wtie norsayii^mu
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should stop raking showrs
them all, the toilet, try putrinj*
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...One subject that has always bothered me are politically
correct names. For example.
Trinity College students are
dubbed the Bantams. A Bantam
is a fighting rooster, a male
chicken.
Yet people constantly find
it necessary to call our teams
Lady Bantams or Bants. Why?
We are all Bantams, that's our
name, and that is how all our
teams should be referred.
...The newest piece of conversation among my friends revolves around trendy and mainstream. Here is a simple definition so you too can know the
symptoms of trendy and mainstream. Mainstream is doing
something everyone else is doing while trendy is in the
'tweener' stage. Trendy can go
either way, it can become mainstream, or it can just as easily
become worse than counterculture (like bell-bottoms).' Now
you know and knowing is half
the battle; hopefully you won't
catch either.
There are many other topics that are quite deserving to
make this list, many more complaints to be made, but I think
I'll save them for my next stupid, but enlightening, dinner
conversation.
But until then, happy dining!
Let us
combine all
your debts into one
easy-to-manage payment
tbw's a for of natural rt
gonig down the drain.
about the type of students we
attract, that we accept too many
people, and that no one wants to
come to this school. Walk with
a tour across campus and these
same individuals are screaming
outof theirroom, "Trinity sucks,
don'tcomehere!" Well, how do
you expect to attract students
when you are putting down
your own school. The fact is,
Trinity's best recruiting comes
from the students themselves,
we know what is happening on
campus and have the greatest
amount of influence when
prospectives look at the school.
...With a few new environmental organizations around the
campus, one would think that
ConnPIRG's' influence would
diminish. But what is really
being done around campus?
From the trash on the quad before intramural Softball games
to the mess left behind this
spring weekend, its amazing
that any of these organizations
claim to be helping the campus.
Yet the students continually vote
ConnPIRG back into the budget. The Pirgs are no different
from any other lobby group. In
fact, in this sense, they are similar to the NRA because they raise
money and send it directly to
Washington to lobby for their
issue. Where, then, in this sequence of events does the money
help Trinity? The fact is, it
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THE TRINITY TRIPOD • May 2, 1995
Audrey Stross: Anything For The Team
never saw me pitch in high
school and the fact that we had
some new pitching talent (Patty
Sarmuk '95), I did not pitch. I
was really a utility player."
Stross played mostly first base
her freshman year and batted
.261.
During her sophmore year,
Stross started to realize her potential. She started to play in the
outfield because the team
needed someone there and of
course Stross could play that
position, too. It was Stross' performance at the plate that really
turned some heads, batting a
blistering .370, leading the team
in hits with 20, and placing second on the team with 13 RBI.
She followed up her
sophmore season with an
equally impressive one in 1994.
Stross batted .340 and led the
Bantams with 11 RBI. Periodically in 1994, Stross took the
mound and found mixed results.
She had a 2-3 record and had a
modest5.35ERA. Stross admits
that it was difficult trying to
pitch after a two year break, finding that those skills need to be
consistently honed and improved. The captain has rarely
pitched this season and explains
how she feels about the situationbysaying, "Istulmisspitching, but when I get out there I
realize it isn'tbest for the team."
Although on paper Stross'
batting average and overall performance at the plate has progressed the most dramatically
since her freshman year, Stross
thinks another aspect of her
gatne'tias" shbwfr the most im-provement. "I enjoy hitting, it is
BY BRIAN WOODWARD
Sports Writer
The 1995 Softball seasonhas
been a frustrating one for the
Lady Bantams, but one of the
bright spots on this team is the
leadership and play exhibited
SPORTS
SPOTLIGHT
by senior captain Audrey Stross.
Over the past four seasons,
Stross has been the consummate
team player, assuming a myriad
of positions in order to serve the
needs of the team. Stross'strong
performance at the plate (second on the team for the third
consecutive year in batting average) and her versatillity in the
outfield playing both left and
center field has made her an
invaluable asset to the team.
The '95 season has not
turned out like Stross thought it
would. The team has played
some very close games this season, but have found multiple
ways to blow late-inning leads.
Stross explains, "This season has
been the most frustrating because the potential is there. I
think we had a fantastic preseason. We get into ruts—when
we start making errors, they
become infectious. We start
making them in the field, and
then it happens at bat. It is more
mental than talent."
Audrey Stross '95 makes a throw from left field, one
of many positions she has played for the Trinity
Softball team, in recent Bantam action.
eluding Stross), but there were
Stross' development as a
nine freshmen. TheFarmington, Softball player is interesting beCT, native does not think the cause she joined the team as a
team's youth has placed more walk-on her freshman year.
pressure on her in terms of lead- Stross was a jack-of-all-trades in
One reason for the mental ership. The captain says, "I re- high school, playing several polapses might be the number of ally don't feel any extra- pres- sitions and especially enjoying
new players on the team. Com- sure because we play as a team. pitching. The senior admits that
ing into the season there were '• Everyone comes together in soft- whenmadethe team she wanted
to pitch, but, "because the coach
nine returning letterwinners (in- ball."
the most consistent part of my
game. I have not struck out in
four years," she said. "[But] I
think the area where I have
shown the most improvement
is in the leadership role. I think
as the years progressed and I
gained more confidence, and I
have become more vocal and
improved my mental aspect of
my game." The senior is definitely the most vocal member of
the Lady Bantams and is a positive influence in the team's clubhouse.
Off the field, Stross has
plans that make most seniors
still looking for jobs want to cry.
The mechanical engineering and
math major will be attending
Stanford University nextyearin
their mechanical engineering
master's program (one year).
Stross will be concentrating in
thermal sciences and hopes to
use that experience in the engineering firm she has been working in for the past couple of summers here in New England.
However, the biggest news
Stross has to report is that she
will be getting married in January.
Stross believes her experience playing athletics at Trinity
has helped her immensely.
"You learn so much playing a
sport. Most importantly it
teaches you to learn to work
with a team and other people,"
she said. "For instance, my
fiance and I coach a legion t>aseball team, and that experience
has made me learn to work with
men. And in the engineering
firril "I have been working in is •
mostly men."
Softball Rides Out Six-Game Losing Streak
BY K. MICHAEL DERBY
News Editor
The Lady Bants Softball
team continued to struggle this
week but they did break out of a
six-game losing streak by crushing Williams 10-0 in the second
game of a doubleheader Saturday.
The Bants tried to defend
their turf on-Tuesday when
Mount Holyoke came to play.
Senior starter Patty Sarmuk
looked strong as she dominated
the foe for the first five innings,
allowing no runs. Senior shortstop B.J. Toolan hit a homerun
in the fifth to give the Bants take
a 1-0 lead.
However in the top of the
sixth inning the Bantams collapsed and Sarmuk, hurt by poor
defense behind her, gave up five
runs. Trinity picked up another
run in the sixth when freshman
outfielder Anna Norland and
third baseman Sue Church '97
hit back-to-back doubles.
Holyoke recovered to get the
next three barters out.
Trailing 5-2 in the bottom
of the seventh and final inning,
Trinity appeared to be on the
verge of a comeback as both second baseman Tara Hanlon and
fellow freshman outfielder Chris
Tsoules scored. Designated hitter Laurie Small and Norland
both hit doubles ki the inning
but Michelle Lombard '98,
pinch-running for Small, was
tagged out between third and
home. Holyoke held on to win
5-4.
Against Teikyo-Post on
Thursday, the Lady Bants took
a 4-0 lead into the third only to
be crushed as their opponents
scored nine runs in a row. Toolan
continued to hit well as she
blasted a two-run homer, her
second of the week. According
to Coach Dick Ellis, the Bantam
defense collapsed and walks and
errors killed the team's chances.
"Teikyo-Post is a good-hitting
team but we didn't help ourselves with all of our mistakes.
After we led 4-0, they brought in
their best pitcher who helped
turn the game around for them,"
said Ellis.
The Bants then took a fivegame losingstreak home against
Williams in a doubleheader Saturday. Sarmuk started her third
game in a row and gave up four
runs in seven innings with six
walks and only one strikeout.
The team took a 3-0 deficit into
the sixth inning when Norland
and Church scored off of freshman DH Tina Rideout's double.
However the Bantams could
produce little offense after that
and gave up another run in the
seventh to lose 4-2. While
Church went 2-for-3 and
Rideout 2-for-2 in the game,
none of the other team members
got hits. Norland and Tsoules
reached first by walks.
However the Lady Bants
came out on fire for the second
game. Hanlon, Church,
Norland, freshman center
fielder Sarah Martin, Toolan,
and Tsoules all produced offensively but Rideout outshone
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Senior Softball shortstop B.J. Toolan throws out
another runner. Toolan was one of two Bantams
to have a two-home-run week last week.
them all by continuing to own up in home run territory. The
Ephs pitchers. Rideout again Williams coaching staff came out
went2-for-2asshehit iwohome to protest and argue for a ground
runs and picked up six RBI. She rule double but the umps gave
also scored after being walked. Rideout credit for a hoiner. The
The first home run went out of game was called after the top of
the softball field and ended up the fifth due to the eight-run
in the outfield of the baseball rule. Picking up the victory and
field. The second dinger, a grand the shutout was freshman
slam, was more controversial as pitcher Kirsten Graham. She
a Williams outfielder crashed threw for five innings, giving
into thefemce and thebaH landed up no walks, four hits, and s hik-
ing out four Ephs.
Ellis praised Graham for
pulling it together after having
earlier rough outings. Ellis
pointed out that his freshman
starter was throwing changeups,
had much more spin on her
pitches, more confidence, and
was starting to field better. The
coach also had praise for Rideout
who finished the day going 4-4
with two homers, two walks, a
double, and a single for three
runs and eight RBI. "She's wonderful. Tina is a dangerous batter as well as a smart hitter,"
said Ellis "She can look bad at
the plate but zero in to pull herself out of a jam. She doesn't let
batting mistakes get her down.
It's the sign of a mature hitter
who can overcome such difficulties."
Coach Ellis also thanked
President Dobelle who watched
the second game and said his
presence brought the team luck.
As the season soon draws to a
close, Ellis believes routing Williams to end the slide will help
the Bants with momentum for
next year. "This is going to help
us finish. This boost of confidence will make us better. This
team has worked hard and we
deserve these next few games,"
said Ellis.
May 2, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD
SPORTS
Page 19
Robin Leaiy: All-America Scorer Also Quick On The Draw
BY SANNY BURNHAM
Features Editor
her tricks to her coach before
she graduates so that her talent
can be spread to the next draw
taker.
As captain this year, Leary
has been able to lead the team in
every possible way. According
to players on the team, the
amount tha t Robin knows about
the game and her clear, precise
way of relating i t, gives them an
extra coach on the field at crucial moments in practice and
during games. As center, she
has made it her responsibility to
master all levels of play, offense
and defense.
Leary, however, is primarily an offender; every team
she's ever played against can
attest to that. According to Robin
Sheppard, "With a little more
speed and without her awful
asthma, Robin could be a strong
Division I player."
Leary will surely be scor-
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The women's lacrosse team
has been a strong, winning
squad for many years running.
Post-season play has become a
given, and a top ranking among
NESCAC schools has been fre-
SPORTS
SPOTLIGHT
quent. Much credit to the team's
success in the past four years
can go to co-captain Robin Leary.
Leary, the Bantam's center
from Andover, Massachusetts,
came to Trinity from Middlesex
School, where Trinity lacrosse
was much talked about. Her
coach in high school was a Trinity alum and the woman with
whom she was co-captain in her
junior year at Middlesex,
Braxton Jones '94, came to Trinity, too.
But Leary didn't pick her
school based on athletics or the
legacy Middlesex had with Trinity. Although she ended up playing a sport two of the three seasons her freshman year, Leary
considered academics and other
factors in choosing Trinity. But
lacrosse has always been an important part of her life.
Leary has been starting on
the lacrosse team since the first
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RYAN EMERY
Women's lacrosse co-captain Robin Leary '95 is a four-year starter for the
Bantams and a two-time All-America selection.
game of her freshman year, and lacrosse, and athletic ability to said Sheppard.
In a game like lacrosse, poshasn't missed a game yet. Ac- srtike fear into the oppostion
cording to her coach, Robin and amass impressive statistics. session is trie most crucial eleSheppard, "Robin has been a
Leary's career points add ment of the game. And Leary's
crucial part of the team since her up to over 185. She has accumu- contributions to that aspect of
freshman year. Even on a bad lated more points than anyone
day, Robin rises to the occasion currently on the team, with the "Even on a bad day, Robin [Leary] rises to the
and gives it her all."
next highest far behind at 77.
Leary is a two-time Divi- Leary's goals began mounting occasion and gives it her all."—Women's
sion III All American, and has three years ago, and although Lacrosse Head Coach Robin Sheppard
been nominated once again this she has not scored as many this
year. She has also been nomi- year as others, she has found the game, beginning at the draw ing more points for the Bantams
and continuing down to ground before she graduates. And when
nated for the Senior North-South different ways to contribute.
All-Star Team. According to
This year, more than ever, balls in front of the net, have that time does come, the teamCoach Sheppard, she is among Leary has mastered the draw at been vital to the success of the mates that remain will have
the most talked-about players the center field. "Robin knows laxwomen. Leary has succeed learned from Leary and admired
in the league. Leary has used more tricks than anyone on how in winning about 90% of her her example and ability as a laher left-handedness, a rarity in to do the draw successfully," draws, and has promised to tell crosse player and a leader.
,500 Finish Tennis's Best in 11 Years
Toogood, won one ma tch apiece
in the main draw while Tim
Stringer '98 and Jon Katz '98
The men's tennis team reached the semifinals of their
ended their short yet, produc- consolation draws. Captain
tive season on Saturday after, Beard's last tournament showthe top players battled it out at ing was nothisbest, yet he pulled
Middlebury College to a ninth off a tight victory over the numplace finish in the NESCAC ber one player from Middlebury
Championships. The Bantams before losing to the third seed in
closed out their regular season the draw from Conn. Jon Beach
as well last week by falling to '97 ran into the best 5th singles
Connecticut College and tri- player in the league after receivumphing over Holy Cross. ing a bye in the first round, but
They were able to achieve their he but up a great fight. It took
season long goal, which was to Cole, out of Amherst, three sets
be a .500 team. At 5-5 the Ban- and a tie-break to dispense of
tams have achieved an unbe- Beach. The final score was 7-5,
lievable feat by producing the 5-7,7-6 (8-6). Beach still hold the
school's best record in 11 years. best regular season record of 7The Bants had a respect- 3.
able showing at the NESCAC
"All and all we had a pretty
Championships, considering good showing up there," stated
that last season they failed to coach Paul Assaiante. "In terms
win a single match. Though of a total team effort I thought
many members of the team we did a great job and I am
were stopped in early rounds happy with the results. I think
by the conference's top ranked we can still get better but we
I players, some had good show- have come a long way."
| ings. Each player was placed in
The last two matches of the
! a specific draw depending on
season
were indicative of how
j their learn rank, so there were a
total of 6 singles and 3 doubles competitive Trinity has become
tournaments going on during this season. Conn. College is
the two day tournament. On one of the top four teams in the
Saturday, Trinity won four out league, but the Bantams did not
of the five ma tches they played. let this intimidate them. They
Notable results came from gave their ali before bowing to
the 3rd doubles team of Chase the Camels, 6-3. Beach again
Toogood '96 and James came out on top with the only
Lawrence '95, as they reached singles win 6-4,6^1, which shows
the quarterfinal round of the how match tough he had bemain draw. They eventually come. Stringer and Toogood
lost to the #1 seeded team from both lost in three setters 5-7,6-4,
Amherst, but to reach the 6-2, and 5-7,7-5,6-7 respectively,
quarterfinals they had an im- giving their opponents a good
pressive win over the fourth workout. At 1st singles Beard
seeded team from Bates 6-4,4- lost 7-5, 6-4. He was able to
6, 6-2. Lawrence finishes his rebound, however, as he and
career at Trinity on a winning Stringer won at 2nd Doubles 8note with these results and with 4, while Lawrence and Toogood
Toogood he compiled a 5-0 were also winners.
Trinity's last regular searegular season record.
son match and win was over
Meanwhile, Noah Evslin Holy Cross. Matches looked
'98, Adam Beard '95, and tight early on but the result ;vas
BY LIZ ALEXANDER
Sports Writer
a singles sweep in favor of the
Bants, 7-0. Their only loss came
in first doubles and all other
results were straight set wins.
Their coach was unsure if they
would bffable ,to. sj^tv4jup to
the pressure reaching .500, but
the team concentrated on the
task at hand and came up with
the 'W. Beard and Stringer
brought their doubles record
to 5-1, while Katz was able to
stay .500, at5-5, a steady record
for the freshman. Beach at #5
singles, and the doubles team
of Toogood and Lawrence also
finished extremely well, with
7-3 and 5-0 records respectively.
Senior Captain Beard finished off his season in, what is
mostfrequendy called themost
unenvied spot of first singles,
with a respectable 4-5 record.
His dedication to the team, superb play, as well as his sportsmanlike conduct these past
four years has made him a huge
asset to this team especially in
its transition.
The future looks bright for
this team, its players, and for
the program itself. They are
losing only two seniors, and
are expecting some fresh faces
in the fall that can only help
efforts . Assaiante is also now
preparing to reorganize the
program. "Next year we will
be revamping the schedule,"
he said. "We will have a fall
schedule with a Trinity College invitational Tournament.
We will have winter practice
and our spring trip will involve
four preseason matches. This
revamping will make us more
competitive and we should be
able to attract the same level of
tennis as Middlebury, Bowdoin, and similar teams. We
have to put together a more
meaningful program so that
kids will think of us when it is
time to go to college. "
Arena Football
Invades Hartford
kicker, quarterback, and one offensive specialist.
Scoring and rules are the
Over the last year the Hart- same in both games, but certain
ford Civic Center has trans- physical features of the AFL acformed itself from a hockey-only count for almost twice as much
arena. The CBA Hellcats may scoring as the NFL. 32-foot high
have failed inbasketball,but the nets are strung at the back of
Coyotes believe they have the each endzone helping to create
winning formula with Arena much more offense. Since the
Football. It's the inaugural sea- field is only 50 yards long, the
sonfor the ConnecticutCoyotes, league doesn't allow for puntthe newest of 12 teams in the ing, leaving the offensive team
Arena Football League (AFL).
to either go for the first down,
Originally begun in 1987 attempt a touchdown, or attempt a field goal on fourth
with 4 teams, the AFL has seen
down. But, if the ball
itself expand dramatiis kicked into the
cally throughout the
net, it's a live ball
Midwest and the
that the offensive
South. With teams in
team can reTampa Bay, Orcover. Similarly,
lando, and Phoenix,
a passing play ',
the league has
can bounce off
found success in
the net and is a
large markets.
live ball until
Tampa Bay aver- ff$"§g
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the ball touches
aged 20,292 fans in
1993, while Arizona and Or- the playing surface. The altered
lando sold out every home rules help take the ordinary footgame. Arena Football has ball game and repackage it with
caught the public's attention and a new look.
is a welcome addition to many
Hartford's new look is to
arenas who are looking for vi- see whether Arena Football can
able income sources during the catch-on in the capital city. Over
summer months.
3,000 people attended an indoor
The AFL incorporates the tailgate party this past Saturday
action and scoring of an out- for the team, and the Coyotes
door football game and displays have sold over 1,800 season tickit indoors on a field the size of ets. But, the test will come this
most hockey rinks. The game is Friday, May 5, when they play a
played on a 50- yard field that is preseason game against the
28 yards wide (typical NFL field Iowa Barnstormers at 8:00 PM.
is 100 x 53) with goal posts that Tickets throughout the season
- are only 9. feet wide with a 15- can be purchased for as little as
foot high crossbar (typical NFL $10 per seat, and fans can get in
goal posts are 181/2x10). Since for half price against Iowa by
the field is about half the size of bringing in a nonperishable food
an NFL field, eight players are item for a donation.
The Coyotes open the reguused on each side. The players
play both offense and defense lar season against the Orlando
and allow substitutions for the Predators on May 13 at 7:30 PM.
BY JON MOSKOWITZ
Senior
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Fair or Foul? You Mate The Call
Each of the following situations
describes the path of a batted
bail in a baseball or softball
game. If you were the umpire,
how would you rule - FAIR or
FOUL?
1. The bail hits in fou! territory
outside the third-base line, hits
a pebble and bounces into fair
territory, crossing the line
between home and third. The
ball is fieided, or comes to rest,
near the pitcher's mound.
2. The bail hits in fair territory
but spins into foul territory,
crossing between home and
third, and comes to rest, or is
touched, in foul ground.
3. The ball hits in foul territory
on the third-base side of home
plate, spins forward, and
comes to rest directly
on home plate.
4. The ball hits the
batters leg while he
is in the batter's box,
bounces into fair
territory, and is fielded
there.
5. There is a runner taking his
lead off third base in foul
territory. A line drive hits him
and bounces into fair territory,
where it is fieided.
6. A line drive hits the pitcher's
rubber without touching a
player and caroms into foul
territory between home and
third and bounces into the
seats.
7. Ball rolls directly along the
foul line, touches a corner of
the base and then rolls foul,
never passing the bag.
8. Ball bounces in front of third
base, crosses directly over the
bag and lands in foul territory
beyond the bag.
9. Line drive zooms over third
base in fair territory but lands
on the foul side of the left field
line.
10. Ball hits on fair side of third
base line, spins foul, hits a
pebble, comes back into the
diamond, crossing directly over
the bag and comes to rest in
fair ground.
11. Bail rolls inside fou! line,
then dips into foul territory
before reaching the bag, but
after it passes the behind the
bag, it hits a pebble and goes
fair again, settling in the
outfield grass.
12. Third baseman, standing
in fair territory, reaches out into
foul territory and touches a line
drive which is definitely on the
foul side of the line.
13. Left fielder goes into foul
territory for a long fly. At the
last second, the wind carries it
into fair territory. While
standing in foul territory he
reaches into fair territory to
touch the ball.
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THE DEFINITIONS: A fair
ball is one that "settles on
fair ground between home
and first base OR between home
and third base, OR that is on or
over fair territory when bounding to
the outfield past first base or third
base, OR that touches firsi or third
base, OR that first falls on fair
territory on or beyond first base or
third base, OR that, while on or
over fair territory, touches the --•.•••
person of an umpire or player.
NOTE: A fly ball shall be judged
according to the position of the ball
and not whether the fielder is in fair
or foul territory at the time he
touches it."
The Trinity Sailing Club returned to
action at Pettipaug Yacht Club this March
in record numbers. The team is pleased
to report the addition of an excellent
new coach, Art Dufresne. Dufresne,who
had no "idear" how difficultpryingTrinity sailors away from their weekend lodgings could be, brought a competitive
vigor to the club. The club braved the
c©M and practiced with Coast Guard
Academy this Spring in addition to the
Feg^riar practices at Pettipaug and Friday
evening strategy sessions at the Black
Seat,
' Led by captain Dan MacKeigan '95,
•fisjsfty sailing raced against local ConHecScut saiiors in a series of "Frostbite
Regattas" hosted every Sunday this
Men's Lacrosse Forces
Union To Surrender
continued from page 24
'96, who finished with 2 goals and 2
assists. Charlie Leatherbee '98 chipped
in two goals and Alex Kollack '97 finished with one assist for the day.
The attack was led by senior cocaptain Gus Phelps, who had one goal
and one assist. Greg Cartin '96 had one
assist, and Karim Karmi '95 had one goal
to round out the scoring. Although the
Bants success hinged on the offensive
outputof themidfield, the defense played
a solid game that gave the offense a chance
to score. The Cardinals were given eleven
man up opportunities, but a stifling defense led by goalie Edward Ronan '96
kept them scoreless each time.
The Bantams not only played their
last home game of the year versus Union
Saturday, but probably played their best
game to date as well. Starting off the
scoring was midfielder Kollack, who
blew by his defender with a beautiful
split dodge, finishing with a hard lefty
shot to the upper corner. After four minutes of solid defense the Union Dutchmen tied the game with an outside rip
that escaped the hungry stick of Ronan.
The next few series displayed a frustrated Bantam offense that could not
find the goal until Joe Lerner '97 scored
on a Cartin feed. Ending the quarter were
two goals by the Dutchmen that had
Trinity down 3-2.
Taking a lesson from the Wesleyan
game plan, the Bants came out on fire
outscoring the Ductchmen 4-1 in the second. Taking the 6-4 lead into half time,
Bantam fever never subsided as Trinity
came out on fire out of the locker room.
However, theDutchmencametoplayas
well. Starting with a quick three goal
burst. Union reclaimed the lead, 7-6. The
Bantam attack countered right back, tak-
ing things into their own hands and scoring three unanswered goals to finish the
quarter with a 9-7 advantage.
Knowing that they only had one
quarter left and a slim two goal lead, the
Bantams quickly distanced themselves.
The Bants blew by the Dutchmen, scoring five unanswered goals to end the
game 14-7. Leading the team was a potent attack threesome of Lerner, Cartin,
and Chris Byars '98 who combined to
tally 13 points. Lerner scored two goals
and had three assists, Cartin netted three
with two assists, and Byars scored three.
Leading the midfield again was
Franco who had three goals and one
assist. Kollack scored one goal and tallied two assists. Tansill and Karmi each
netted one goal to round out the scoring.
The offense came together to score fourteen goals, but the intensity surge came
from a fired up defense that denied the
Dutchmen on seven straight man up
opportunities.
Playing mostly a zone defense, no
one defender outdid the other as they
came together as a unit to shut down
Union. Leading the way was Ronan who
finished the day with 17 saves. The six
pieces to the lockout zone were defenders Ryan Hankard '96, Josh Newsome
'95, andjono Lenzner '96, Midfielders
Clayton Siegert '96, Hale Everets '97 and
John O'Connor '98.
At the end of the game Phelps had
positive things to say about the team.
"Although we've realized our potential
too late in the season to reach the playoffs, we're playing great lacrosse and
should give Bowdoin a great game next
Saturday."
- The Bantams will be in Brunswick to
close out their season next Saturday at
noon.
Rugby Turns Things Around
Trinity advanced to take on the Pioneers of Sacred Heart University, described by team members as the dirtiest
After an 0-5 fall season, the rugby rugby squad in New England. The BanA foul ball is one "that settles on
team decided a change was in order. In tams led 3-0 for most,of .the game, but
foul territory between home and
March they hired Bob Morona, a veteran SHU took advantage of a disputed penof fifteen years with the Hartford Wan- alty call and scored a try with five minfirst base or between home and
derers, as coach. In less than three weeks utes remaining. The much larger Piothird base, OR that bounds past
he began to turn the squad into a squad neers team held on for a 7-3 victory, and
first, or third base on or over foul
went on to win the tournament, defeatreminiscent of the previous spring.
In its first game of the season, the ing every other opponent by at least fifterritory, OR that first falls on foul
squad turned in "one of its best perfor- teen points, including a 40-3 victory over
territory beyond first or third base,
mances in over a year," according to Yale. The loss was disappointing for the
OR that, while on or over foul
team member Josh Freely '96. The Ban- Bantams, as they displayed a strong perterritory, touches the person of the
tams thoroughly dominated Central Con- formance against the more undisciplined
necticut
State University, handing the team.
umpire or a player, or any object
Blue Devils a 47-0 defeat. Paul Pearlman
• The rugby season ended with last
foreign to the natural ground."
'951edTrinitybyscoringthreetries. Chris weekend's trip to the Southern ConnectiBond '95 punched in two, while John cut State University Tournament. The
—compiled by Mark Mentone
Donaldson '98, Chris Bonny '96, Brian team was not as successful in New HaPatterson '97, Bill Padula '95 had one ven, losing to the Coast Guard Academy
SOURCE: little League Baseball, Inc.,
each. With concentration on tight ball in a tough 7-3 loss and then dropping a
Williamsport, FA
control in the forwards, the Bantams con- 24-15 decision to defending New Entrolled the pace of the match.
gland champion Western Connecticut
Inspired by their new-found suc- State. The Coast Guard match was deSpring by the Essex Yacht Club. Junior
captain Jim O'Hare '97, and his crew cess, the team went on to defeat Wesleyan cided once again in the last five minutes
Sarah Hinkle '96 excelled in Frostbite University by a 29-5 tally in an overly by a blocked kick in the Bantam try zone,
competition, racing in the Vanguard class. sloppy affair. All 24 Trinity points were which was recovered by the Coast Guard
After earning the respect of the veteran scored in the first 23 minutes of the game, offense. Adam Schaye '95 punched in
the penalty kick. In the second match,
sailors in Essex, Trinity has been invited fulfilling a goal set by Coach Bob.
to return to for the Essex fall series racThe team's firstroad trip of thespring the Bantam offense was slow in responding.
season was to Providence, Rhode Island, ing to WestConn's furious attack. Pete
Off the water, the club engaged in a for the Providence College Beast of the Reilly '95 was injured in the first match,
fund raising campaign that included so- East Tournament. In the opening round, requiring Jeff Vencus '97 to step up as the
liciting alumni donations and selling the Bantams shut out Union College 15- Bantam hooker. The Trinity scrum found
Trinity Sailing shirts on campus. The 0. According to Coach Morona, the key difficulty in stopping the drive of the
club has one week left of sailing and is to Trinity's success was "keeping a terri- giant Western squad.
planning an end of the year banquet.
Of the season, the team was enthusitorial advantage the entire game." Matt
The club would like to wish'a fond He siy '96 scored his first career try off of astic. . "It was a lot of fun improving from
farewell to Senior skipper Dave Bernard. a close pass from Pearlman. Pearlman the fall," said Freely about the spring
Also graduating are two of the Sailing and Freely scored the additional fries for success. Added Donaldson,. "Trinity
Club's founders Douglas Loutit '95, and the Bants. The match pace was con- rugby will be ttie team to beat in New
MacKeigan, whose efforts and devotion trolled by the Trinity squad fro-m the England in the coming years." With an
made the Trinity sailing program pos- kickoff to the closing whistle, sending recruitment program pending in the fall,
sible.
this very well may be the case.
Union home early.
Sailing Returns To Pettipaug With New Coach
BY KEN LYONS
Sports Writer
THE TRINITY TRIPGD • May 2, 1995
BY MARK MENTONE
Sports Editor
SPORTS
May 2, 1995 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD
Page 21
Dowling, Ranieri, Kane Help Baseball Salvage Split
continued from page 24
diving catch in foul territory.
Coppola tried tagging up on the
play and was thrown out a home
for the second out of the inning.
Rob Kane '97 tried to help his
teammates by hitting an apparent single through the left side
of the infield, but an incredible
backhand play by Warrior shortstop Joe Funaro ended the in-
BasebaE!
ning and stopped the Bantams
attack.
Funaro would come back
to hurt Trinity again later in the
game. With ECSU leading 1-0
entering the bottom of the fifth
inning, Funaro, a .379 career hitter, was intentionally walked
with two outs to load the bases.
Irving walked thenext batter on
four pitches and gave up a two
run single to right before retiring the last batter in the inning.
Down 4-0 entering the bottom of the sixth inning, Trinity
intentionally walked Funaro
again with two outs to load the
bases. The Warriors proceeded
to score another three runs to
put the game out of the Bantams' reach. Trinity's lone run
came in the eighth inning when
Kane singled to right driving in
Carbone.
Despite the final score, Irving pitched solidly against a top
ranked New England team. "I
think he pitched a good game
and handled the situation
[crowd] well," commented senior rightfielder Chris Donahue.
The crowd and stadium may
have impacted the performance
of Trinity, which has had difficulty playing at Alumni Field.
Eastern is 5-2 all-time at home
against the Bantams, who will
be glad when the Warriors open
up their new stadium next season. "Generally I don't like playing under the lights anyway,"
said Donahue, "but that stadium
has bad hops, the sun goes down
in the wrong direction, and there
is a street going through the
outfield," said Donahue.
The Bantams then traveled
to Williams for a Saturday afternoon double-header, figuring
that they needed a sweep to keep
their NCAA hopes alive. But in
the opener, they once again
could not deliver the big hit. On
the hill for the opener was
Carbone, who, despite giving
up only one earned run, found
himself on the short end of a 3-2
decision, as his teammates left
two runners on base in each of
the first six innings.
Despite outhirting the Ephs
8-6, Trinity once again struggled
at the plate with runners in scoring position. In fact, the only
two Bantam runs were scored
as the result of an error and a
wild pitch.
Trinity took advantage of
back-to-back fielding miscues by
the Ephmen to score an unearned run in the first. With two
out, Mike Ranieri '96 singled,
and senior tri-captain Pete Tighe
reached on an error. Sorio then
Chris Lembo '96 makes a throw from third base
in a game earlier this season.
hit a ground ball to the Williams
shortstop, whose flip to second
base for the force-out was wide
of the bag, plating Ranieri.
But the favor was returned
in the very next inning. With
two outs and a runner on third,
Carbone induced Williams's
Thad Schilling to hita grounder.
But Armstrong threw the ball
past Tighe at first, and the game
was knotted at 1.
Carbone, helped by a Williams baserunning blunder, gave
up just one run on four hits in
the third inning. In the fourth,
oddly enough, Carbone's only
strikeout of the game led to the
Ephs' third run. The senior lefty
got John Lieb swinging, but the
offering was mishandled by
catcher Sorio, allowing Lieb to
reach base. Lieb stole second,
was bunted to third and came
home on a sacrifice fly.
Trinity had two more big
chances. In the fifth, the Bantams loaded the bases with no
outs. Brendan Falvey '98 was
BY CHARLES W. BAKER :;
Business
Manager.:
• - ; : : .'• :
The Bantams traveled to
| frigid Waterville, Maine, this
past Saturday and Sunday to
compete in the New England
Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Outdoor Track
and Field Championships. The
Trinity men, ledby sophomore
Ray Jones, finished fourth out
of eleven teams. Jones placed
first in the triple jump with a
bound of 46'2", breaking the
school record of 45'11.24" set
in 1967. Jones, who scored a
total of 19.5 points, placed third
in the long jump by leaping
21'6", eighth in the high jump
[ by clearing 5 1 1 " and also con' tributed to the 4 X100 M relay.
The relay, which also included
Myro rt Thomas '96, Bill Bannon
'97 and Shawn Marshall '96,
NESCAC CHAMPIONSHIPS ®
Colby
Men Team Results
Williams 223, Tufts 162, Middlebury
80, Trinity 76
High Jump
6. Ray Jones
14. Frank Taylor
Long Jump
2. Frank Taylor
3. Ray Jones
6. Myron Thomas
which rais,sed ^ e 4 k i h g :;:the;
; gchbptirecbr^ by £ 0 ? seconds/
qualified them for both the Division I and Division III New
England Championship race.
The Trinity women's sixth
place finish was spurred by
Michelle Miller who scored
23.25 points, over one-third of
the team total of 60 points.
Miller repeated as the 100 M
hurdle champion with a time
of 15.30 seconds. She also
placed third in the 100 M sprint
with a time of 26.45 seconds.
The 4 X 100M relay team was
also successful with Miller running the anchor leg. ValWalker
'98, Michelle Stone '95 and
Christine Siegfried '95 also contributed to the first place finish.
The relay team has qualified
for the Division III National
Championship race in Minnesota.
5'11"
5'9"
22'1"
21'6"
20' 7"
4 X 100-Meter Relay
1. Trinity
43.35
10,000-Meter Run
5. Eric Lavigrte
33:18.7
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6. Shawn MaiiShali". •: 4
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finished firstwitha timeof 43.35
seconds.
The 4 X 400M relay team
was also successful, placing
third with a time of 3:23.05.
Bannon ran the opening leg,
Clyde Ettienne-Modeste '95 the
second leg, Thomas the third
and Tom McDavitt '95 the anchor leg. Their performance,
4 X 400-Meter Relay
3. Trinity (Bannon, McDavitt, Thomas,
Etienne-Modeste)
3:23.05
16. Blair McGinnis
4 X 400-Meter Relay
5. Trinity 4:07.55
400-Meter Int. Hurdle
7. C. Etienne-Modeste 56.61
Pole Vault
7. Dave Spector
200-Meter Bash
4. Michelle Miller
12' 6"
10,000-Meter Race
3. Alexis Colby
38:30.8
400-Meter Race
7. Christine Siegfried
1:01.82
400-Meter Int. Hurdles
9. KaSe Reid
1:10.69
11. Ah/son Guild
1:11.74
15. Alisha Wavman
1:13.09
12.94
12.95
12.96
5,000-Meter Race
9, lizWprthy;
26.45
ump.: i
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;S: RayJ<mes:
.
4 X 800 Relay
6. Trinitv 10:11.31
Women Team Results
: Williams 157:5, Bowdoin 127, Colby 108,
Tiifts 81, Middlebury 69.5, Amherst 60,
Trinity 60
lOOrMeter Dash
2. Michelle Miller
4. Michelle Stone
5. Vai Walker :
12:10.12
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caught looking on a questionable call, and during the at-bat
of Matt Sullivan '95, Tighe
scored on a wild pitch. With
runners on second and third, a
base hit would likely have given
Trinity the lead. But it was not
to be, as Sullivan struck out and
Armstrong popped to second.
Consecutive hits by Chris
Lembo '96 and Ranieri gave the
Bantams two morebaserunners
in the sixth. With one out, Tighe
could only manage a ground
ball back to the pitcher, and
Lembo was forced to hold at
third. WhenSoriofollowedwith
a comebacker, another Trinity
rally was by the boards. The
Bantams went down 1-2-3 in the
seventh, and Carbone was
handed his second consecutive
loss, dropping him to 5-3 on the
year. .
In the nightcap, Trinity's
bats awoke from their two-game
hiatus immediately. The first
two batters of the game, Kane
and Donahue, singled, and
Ranieri followed with a long
home run, his 2nd of the season.
The Bantams would go on to
score in each of the first five
innings and coast to a 13-3 victory, Ranieri had three hits and
5 RBI in the first three innings.
Kane also had three hits, and
went 5-for-8 in the doubleheader. Rob Dowling '95 was
the beneficiary of the explosion,
scattering five hits in five innings to improve his record to 51. Dave Henry '96 and Garth
Ballantyne '97 each pitched a
perfect inning to mop up and
secure the split. In the contest,
shortstop Sean Gillespie '98
picked uphisfirstcollegiateRBI.
The race for Trinity's alltime career hits record also
heated up this weekend. Ranieri
collected five hits on the afternoon to give him 115 for his
career. Not to be outdone, Dan
Coppola, the current record
holder, had three of his own to
hold off Ranieri. Coppola is two
hits ahead of Ranieri heading
into this weekend.
The Bantams close their
regular season this weekend
with three home games against
the Maine schools, Bowdoin and
Bates. The Polar Bears invade
the friendly confines for a
twinbill on Saturday, while the
Bobcats and Bantams will play a
single game on Sunday at noon.
"There's still a chance [for the
NCAAs]," said Ranieri, "but its
not just up to us anymore." At
the very least, a strong finish
would solidify them a berth in
the ECAC Tournament in two
weeks.
Crew Winds Down
With New Englands
BY BRYAN SATTER
Sports Editor
The buzzword for the Trinity men's crew team this season
is "Repeat!" The Bantams, coming off last season's New England Championships successes, are primed for a similar
performance in this year's race,
which we be held this weekend
in Worcester.
The heavyweight boat,
which has been led by captains
Tucker MacLean '95 and Jeremy
Wilmerding '95, has been on a
collision course with a New England title all season. After finishing 8th last year, the squad is
currently ranked #1 in the region, and has boasted impressive wins this year over Coast
Guard, UMass, Holy Cross,
Tufts, and Boston College. The
varsity is anchored by coxswain
Jeff Smith, Wilmerding, Dave
Irving, MacLean, Gary Koening,
Wayne Ogorzalek, John
Pickford, Cedric Barringer, Jeff
Penning-ton, Jim Washburn,
and Sam Distan.
The lightweight boat has
gone through a very paradoxical season. After winning the
New England's last year, the
squad has struggled during the
1995 campaign. They have experimented with a variety of
combinations in their boat, and
as such their results have been
inconsistent. Nonetheless> they
are still considered the boat to
beat going into the Championships.
. ->';~.; •
"The competition has been
more intense this season," said
co-captain Matt Cini. "But we
expect to turn things around on
Saturday. The other teams still
look up to us, they still fear us."
The lightweight crew,
coached by Mike Irwin, enters
Saturday seeded fourth. "We
definitely will have a presence
there," said Cini. The squad
consists of Cini, fellow co-captain Doug Connely, coxswain
Tim Malieckal, Mark Franzone,
Caleb Howard, Adrian West,
Alex Ladd, Rich Geniope, and
John O'Hara.
The women's crew team
has suffered from a shortage in
numbers, and has been forced
to row in the "fours" contingent
this season, down from eight
last year. The Bantams are led
by captain Suzanne Taylor,
Brooks Holtan, Aina Williams,
Aanika, DeVries, and coxswain
Hardy Stecker.
So far, Trinity has scored
some major victories on the
water this year. They defeated
Coast Guard in their season lidlifter, and followed that up with
victories over Clark, and
Georgetown, a team they hadn't
beaten in four years.
The Bantams head into
Saturday's Championships
seeded third out of the twelve
four-boat teams.
"We have the opportunity
to do very well," said DeVries.
"We raced well against Bates,
and URL the two teams ahead:of us going into this;weekend."'
SPORTS
Page 22.
BASEBALL
THE TRINITY TRIPOD • May 2, 1995
FOOTBALL
BYMIKERANIER1
Sports Writer
Sports Writer
In order to determine what sport yields the best athletes, one must define what
makes an athlete great. There are so many beliefs in the sporting world about
athleticism, but there are very few people who actually clarify what athleticism is.
Is the best athlete someone who can run far? Is the best athlete the one who canjump
high? Or maybe it is someone who can throw a ball hard?
In my opinion, characteristics of physical prowess by themselves do not
automatically make someone a great athlete. I believe it takes a combination of
physical ability, as well as intelligence and skill to make a great athlete. No sport
combines all of these characteristics like Major League Baseball.
Probably the most convincing argument that supports baseball as the sport that
yields the best athletes is the concept of hitting. As Hall-of-Famer Ted Williams
once said, the hardest and most skillful task in sports is to hit a baseball. With only
60 feet of space and one quarter of a second to find the pitch and decide whether to
swing, a baseball player tries to hit the small white ball thrown sometimes close to
95 MPH. This equation is further complicated by the fact that the pitcher can make
the ball move in almost any direction in mid flight In my opinion, the act of hitting
is the ultimate athletic action because it combines every ability that describes my
definition of an athlete: speed, strength, quickness, intelligence, concentration,
skill, gracefulness, timing and confidence.
Catching and throwing a baseball also require tremendous athletic ability and
skill. To get the ball from point A to point B requires extreme accuracy and handeye coordination. If the infielder misjudges the ball, grips it wrong, or has a
mechanical problem in his throwing motion, the ball, many times is hurled into the
bleachers.
Besides coping with mechanical difficulties, a baseball player must be aware of
the mental aspects of the game. He must be able to react to the ball, field it and then
have the inteOigence and poise to throw it to the proper base according to the
situation of the game. For example, an outfielder must be able to run while
concentrating on the baseball, catch it, and accurately throw it to the plate hundreds
of feet away, hopefully in time to get an out. This combination of coordination, skill
and intelligence, in my view, are key factors in being a great athlete.
However, baseball is also dependent on sheer athleticism as well. The speed
and quickness of stealing bases, the explosiveness and power of hitting the ball out
of the park, and the ability to make diving catches or climb the wall to rob a home
run are all exciting aspects of the game. What makes this sport so unique is that there
requires a tremendous amount of discipline and concentration in order to harness
all of these athletic abilities into the precise nature of the game.
Because baseball players possess athleticism, skill and intelligence, I believe
that baseball yields the best athletes in sports.
The National Football Leaguehas the bestathletes. Particularly at the positions
of runningback, receiver and cornerback, the NFL has the most athletic individuals
in professional sports.
My contention here lies in my definition of an 'athlete.' I believe that athletes
must have strength, speed, agility and coordination. No other sport combines these
characteristics in its players like football. The proof lies in the amazing fitness
statistics of NFL backs, wideouts and corners: 4.5 second 40-yard-dash times, 35
inch vertical leaps and 350 lb. bench presses are the norm.
These athletic qualifications are not as pervasive in other sports. There are
some players that are exceptions to this rule, such as basketball's Michael Jordan or
baseball's Ken Griffey Jr. But no sport has the thorough athleticism of football.
Certain situations in a football game display the players' unique athleticism: a
running back juking defenders, a receiver leaping for a ball and a cornerback
playing one-on-one pass coverage. These abilities are not taught to football players.
These abilities are expected of them.
To play football, one has to be an athlete. However, in other sports, participation is determined by acquired skills.
For example, does it take athleticism to shoot a three pointer on a basketball
court? No. The act of shooting is a skill that is developed after years of repetition.
Same goes for hitting a baseball. Players of these sports can play and succeed
without athletic talent if they have honed certain skills.
Take Larry Bird as a example. Is he an athlete? Personally, I do not consider
Bird to be an 'athlete.' He is arguably the greatest basketball player in the history
of the game, but he is not an athlete. He is extremely smart and he can rebound and
shoot, but he cannot run 40 yards in 4.5 seconds or jump 35 inches in the air. If you
think Bird is an athlete, consider the following proposition: Would Bird have been
abetter player if he had the aforementioned athletic talent? The fact that athleticism
would have made him a better player proves that he is not an athlete.
Unlike in other sports, NFL players would not be able to play if they were not
superior athletes. A running back cannot play in the NFL if he is slow and weak.
He cannot employ a practice regimen that will make him outrun and avoid eleven
would-be defenders. Likewise, a slow cornerback cannot simply develop a new
technique that will allow him to cover a fast receiver. The ability to play footbail is
dependent on the unbridled physical prowess that makes football players the best
athletes in sports.
I cannot envision baseball, hockey, or even basketball players roaming the
gridiron because they do not possess the size, speed or strength to compete. On the
other hand, I do see most football players having the athleticism to play either other
sport.
Which Sport Produces The Best Athletes!
BASKETBALL
KE HOCKEY
BY BRYAN SATTER
Sports Writer
Sports Editor
Generally, when the debate of athleticism comes to the forefront of a discussion regarding mainstream sports, ice hockey is rarely considered to harbor the 'so
called' best athletes. Members of such a discussion commonly refer to sports that
involve basketballs, baseballs, tennis balls, footballs, and the many other types of
circular objects used in sport. However, I would like to present the reader with an
alternative view of the term 'athleticism.'
First, it is important to define what we mean by the best athletes. Commonly,
people believe that those who excel in sport are those with a natural inclination
towards athleticism. In other words, the best athletes are those that can succeed in
a variety of sports because of their athletic talent. We look to the likes of Michael
Jordan who reaches to the top of his game in one sport and then picks up another
with little difficulty. Yet, while Jordan was able to make the transition between
professionalbasketball and baseball, he would notbe able to become a professional
hockey player. Thus, though Jordan is considered to be one of the best athletes in
the public eye, there are some sports that he could not immediately conquer.
The average college or professional ice hockey player begins the game at the
age of six or seven. In addition, before becoming a hockey player, the athlete must
learn to skate proficiently. It must also be noted that ice skating in itself is also
considered to be a sport. Anyway, after the athlete has mastered the basics of
skating, he then may begin the process of learning the game. While sports such as
basketball, baseball, swimming, and others may be mastered in a short period of
time, it takes an ice hockey player a great deal more practice to rise to the top.
Although skating is the primary constraint on the average athlete seeking to play
the game/the basic skills are often overlooked. The athlete must learn to shoot,
stick-handle, and understand the game.
While these present the player with a challenge, the most difficult aspect of the
game is to obtain the ability to skate backwards while performing all other skills.
Though this seems a trivial skill, the reader must recognize the fact that, as human
beings, our motor skills are programmed to forward motion. In other words, when
we throw or hit objects, we are trained to follow through in a forward motion.
Hockey players must leam to move backwards while still performing forward
motor skills.
Ice hockey is just one sport that takes years of practice in order to excel. There
are also many other sports that entail similar amounts of experience, the point is,
sure we can say that there are some athletes who have greater natural ability than
others, yet not all the best athletes can master every game. Ice hockey is game of
great athletes. However, regardless of pure athletic ability, hockey takes years to
master. In conclusion, I could simply say that other sports have better athletes than
that of ice hockey, but I truly believe that these sports cannot compare athletically.
Michael Jordan soars toward the basket with the ball in his right hand, his
tongue hanging out, ready to score. At the apex of his leap, he switches the ball to
his left hand, and finishes the spectacular play. He is graceful. He is agile.
Dennis Rodman bangs heads on a nightly basis with men who are often seven
feet tall and weigh over 250 pounds. He must fight for rebounding position
amongst these oak trees, and in the process takes a physical bearing 82 times a
season, not including the playoffs. He is strong. He is quick.
John Stockton sprints up and down the court, weaving through traffic in an
attempt to get a teammate theball. He makes a no-look bounce pass to Karl Malone
who sends home a resounding dunk. Stockton is heady. He uses his instincts.
All these players epitomize the definition of athletic. They excel in a multiplicity of skills, and exhibit tremendous endurance and dexterity. Basketball players
make the best a thletes because they combine all of their physical attributes - speed,
strength, agility, coordination, height - to maximize their output on the court.
The best basketball playersmustbegiftedinseveralareas. Theymusthave the
flawless mechanics of a jump shot that will allow them to release the ball within a
fraction of a second from a range of up to 25 feet. They musthave the ability to use
both hands equally in order to avoid defenders with the dribble. They rriust be able
to contort their bodies in mid air to change a shot that mightbeblocked. They must
have the stamina for short bursts of speed up and down the court, often with little
rest period in between. Most of the other major sports are not as continuous as
basketball, so a hoopster must be in better shape than a lot of his contemporaries.
As much as raw talent defines how athletic a person is, a major factor in
considering "the best" athlete is the how much intelligence is required to play his
sport. Basketball p]ayersmustbesmartmentally,ahd constantly aware of the other
players on the court They must also have the ability to recognize different defenses
and adjust their strategy accordingly. Furthermore, a basketball player must have
the ability to move adeptly while going backwards, as the nature of the game
requires him to play with, his back to the basket. Foot coordination is a must.
One of the most endearing elements about the game invented by James
Naismith is the grace and beauty it allows its players to embody. Basketball athletes
seem to glide in the air, typifying poetry in motion. They must have the ability to
control their bodies once they leave the ground, and the toughest part about the
game is that so much of it is played once you have left your feet.
Anyone who has ever witnessed Jordan dunk from the free-throw line, or
Rodman pull down 25 rebounds in front of David Robinson, or Stockton dishhis
frenzy of passes to eager teammates cannot question the athletic ability- of the
basketball player. The strength, coordination, agility, and skill, that the game
demands are the defining characteristics of what sport is all about.
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BANTAM
INTRAMURAL PLAYOFFS-SOFTBALL
MAJOR DIVISION
American League
| Tuesday, May 2nd
! Women's Lacrosse @ Springfield 7:00
Saturday, May 6th
Crew @ New Englands @ Lake
Quinsigamond TBA
SOFTBALL vs. BOWDOIN (DH)
1:00
BASEBALL vs. BOWDOIN <DH)
1:00
! Women's Lacrosse @ Bowdoin
12:00
Men's Lacrosse @ Bowdoin
12:00
I Track @ Division !!! New England Championships:
Men @ Tufts 11:00
Women @ Williams 11:00
Sunday, May 7th
BASEBALL vs. BATES 12:00
SOFTBALL vs. BATES 12:00
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Have You Emptied
Your Locker Yet!
Students are once again
| reminded to empty their lockers
j in the Ferris Athletic Center by
Monday, May 8, 1995, and
return athletic equipment, lock
I and towels to the equipment
I room.
Brown Death Machine (Capt. Jason Brown)
vs. Murph's Team (Andrew Murphy)
National League
Farm Team (Harrison Mullin)
Num Nuts (Pat Bruno)
vs.
MINOR DIVISION
Brown Death machine (Jason Brown) vs. Excrement (PJ. Louis)
The Tribe (Chien Chen) vs. Coochamala (Mark Mentone)
INTRAMURAL PLAYOFFS-SOCCER
Wildsnakes (Josh Borus) vs. Nutterbutter (Stockey Jacobs)
All-Sports All-Stars (Pat Bruno) vs. Dandelions (Kevin Kane)
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Sounds Like A Ere Ken Record
The assault on the Trinity record book continues.
•MIKE RANBERI '96 added another entry in the baseball books by setting the single-season
mark for doubles with 13 as of May 2nd. Ranieri is eight hits shy of tying his own singleseason record of 52, and despite having another full season remaining, is only two hits from
the career record held by teammate DAN COPPOLA '95.
•There were only five home runs hit in the history of the Softball program before this year. In
1995, there have been five more, including four in the past week. In a single afternoon last
Saturday, TENA RIDEOUT '98 set the school record for home runs in a game, season, and
career with two, three, and three respectively. The last two were shared by LeANN LeBRUN
'89, and B J. TOOLAN '95, who got to hold the record for only about two hours or so.
Toolan hit her second in the opener of Saturday's doubleheader against Williams. Rideout
proceeded to hit her second and third in the nightcap. SHEILA ANDREWS '86, LISA
LAKE'88, and JODIFALCIGNO'93 have the other Bantam home runs.
•RAY JONES '97 eclipsed a 28-year old Trinity record by triple-jumping 46'2" at the
NESCAC Championships at Colby College last weekend. Jones also placed in the long jump,
high jump and 4X100M relay events.
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TINA RIDEOUT '981
Rideout, a rookie first baseman and
designated hitter, had a monster day in
the softball team's doubleheader split
with Williams on Saturday. The
Tewksbury, MA, resident was 2-for-2 with j
2 RBI in Game 1, but she was apparently
just getting warmed up.
In the nightcap, Rideout was again 2f or-2, but this time both hits were home
runs. Her two-run blast and a grand-slam
not only set a school record for hpmeruns
in a game, but were as many as anyone in
Trinity history had hit in a career. Since
Rideout had hit another round-tripper
earlier in the year, she now owns the
school record for home runs in a season
and a career, with three. Both records
were set by LeAnn LeBrun in 1988 and
tied by B.J. Toolan in the first game of
Saturday's twinbill. For the day, Rideout
was 4-for-4 with 8 RBI.
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Vol.XCIH No. 22
PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904
May 2, 1995
Winning Tradition Inspires 9-1 Laxwomen
BY SANNY BURNHAM
Features Editor
Years and years of success
have given the Trinity women's
lacrosse team an edge. Tina t edge
helps then out when they need a
little luck, a little push, or a little
Women's Lacrosse
more drive to win. This past
week, the 7-1 lacrosse team had
a bit of a fright. Their season of
landslide wins and inferior opponents took a backseat to Amherst who showed this talented
team a challenge.
To warm up for the week,
the Bants took on Sacred Heart
on April 27 and pulled out with
a win of 17-5. Although they
had never played this Connecticut team based in Fairfield, the
Bants assimilated and learned
their style quickly and easily.
"They were a very talented
squad," says co-captain Robin
Leary, "And their field was turf
which pretty much explains the
half time score of 7-3". But apparently the Bants got used to
the surface and widened the
lead. Trinity racked up one more
win and returned to Trinity to
prepare for Amherst, a team tha t
had not been a threat on the
lacrosse field in the past.
Beginning with the first
scoring opportunity, Trinity and
Amherst alternated goals
throughout the first half. The
Lord Jeffs were under the influences of a new coach, one of the
most respected in the league. In
general, the team was wellcoached and well trained as compared to their strengths 1 ast year.
The Bantams were prepared for
a challenge from what they had
heard of this very young team,
but the competition they had
was not among the most relaxing of their season. The Trinity
women had not been behind for
more than 11 /2 minutes all season (besides the Middlebury
game, their one loss). Amherst
had them fighting for each goal.
. The entire game consisted
of trading goals back and forth.
Each goal was more spectacular
than the last as each team tried
new plays and different shots.
According to Coach Sheppard,
Trinity's downfall was that,
"there were too many free players and not enough denial defense. We gave them 5 or 6 shots
every time they went down into
our defensive end." The most
fundamentalsimilaritybetween
these two teams was that they
both had more than one top
scorer. Amherst, as well as Trinity,boasts many excellent shooters and scorers. Everyone was a
threat and was someone to
watch out for.
With 9:55 left in the game,
out onto the field with a vengeance to score.
The first goal which led the
Bants from the time out to the a
win came from sophomore
Kearney Harrington. She had a
beautiful goal right off the draw
as the Bants exhibited their usual
Women's Lacrosse
•SOtS
**—K~,
fast break talent. Next, Jen
Martinelli, the high scoring
freshman, received an assist
from Sarah Berkman '96 who
held the ball behind the goal.
The assist materialized into a
goal, tieing up the score. Detense wing and co-captain Sarah Menoyo '95 pumped in the
winning goal at 4:48 and sealed
the score at 2:53, her third of the
day. Menoyo's hat trick exhibited her talent as an all-around
player.
Defender and co-captain Sarah Menoyo '95 (9)
intercepts a pass in one of the women's lacrosse
team's nine victories this season.
the Amherst coach took a time Sheppard used the opportunity
out, a questionable strategy with to tell the Bants that they could
which she hoped to give her indeed win this one, too. She
players some confidence to win. asked the team if they thought it
The Lord Jeffs were up by two was possible to score three goals
goals at this point, the largest in nine minutes. For this team,
spread of the entire game. When three goals had been a breeze in
the at whistle blew at 8-10, Coach the past, and each player went
Men's Lax Finally Hits Stride
BY PETER RHOADS
Sports Writer
The Trinity men's lacrosse
team finished a week of triumph with wins over Wesleyan
University and Union College
which improved their overall
record to 6-7.
Traveling to their in-state
rivals in Midd'i.'tuwn. on
Wednesday, the Bantams faced
the Wesleyan Cardinals. The
Cardinals unceremoniously up;et the Bants last year, ending
Trinity's playoff rim, and Trinity was out for revenge. Also,
the Bantams were trying to end
a four game losing skid, dating
back to their 8-6 victory over
Tufts on April 8. Although the
team started slowly, making a
too many mistakes, they still
had a 2-1 advantage after the
first period.
Good teams know they
have to step it up in right games,
and the Bantams did just that in
the second period, outscoring
Wesleyan 2-0, to take a 4-1 lead
into the locker room. After halftime the Bants started to make
mistakes again, but were still
able to play the quarter even
and end up with a 6-3 lead. In
the fourth quarter the Bants
NCAA
Left On Base?
BY MARK MENTONE AND
jONMOSKOwrrz
Sports Editor and Senior Editor
Men's Lacrosse
Chris Byers '98 cradles while on the attack in
Trinity's 14-7 victory against Union on Saturday.
quickly opened up with a two
goal scoring burst which ended
both the Cardinal hopes for a
win, and the Trinity losing
streak. The final was 9-4.
TheiTiidfield dominated the
Scoreboard with eleven points,
RYANEMERY
and the ground with 44 ground
balls. Leading themidfield was
the hot stick of Greg Franco '96.
Franco tallied three goals and
one assist for the day. Also scoring four points was LukeTansill
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In all, the Amherst contest
turned out to be a big win and a
learning experience. This game
told the lacrosse team that the
better you are, the better you
need to be prepared for teams to
come against you with extreme
strength. More importantly, the
Bants proved their abili ty to win
in pressure situations and
against teams who were talented
enough and encouraged enough
to put up a fight.
The baseball team entered
last week with a record of 18-9,
including a sparkling 13-3 clip
up north. Standing between the
Bantams, the fourth ranked team
in New England, and selection
into their first NCAA Division
III tournament were three road
games against two other members of the New England polls.
But after leaving 38 men on base
against top-ranked Eastern Connecticut -State University and
No. 6 Williams College, including 26 in back-to-back losses, a
berth in the national championship tournament may be a
longshot.
"The NCAAs are always in
the back of our mind, and maybe
guys are pressing," said junior
tri-captain Mike Ranieri about
the two-game lack of run production. "We seem to play better when we're loose and there's
no pressure on us."
On Wednesday, the Bantams traveled to Willimantic to
face Eastern Connecticut, the
fourteenth-ranked team in the
country, in what Coach Bill
Decker dubbed, "Our most important game of the year." The
Bantams
sent
freshman
righthander Mike Irving to the
mound against ECSU junior Bob
Aronson.
Trinity rattled
Aronson early but could not
Baseball
push a run across until he left
the game in the eighth. Meanwhile Eastern tallied often in the
later innings en route to an 8-1
victory. The game was much
closer than the score though, as
the Bantams couldn't convert
on many opportunities and left
14 men on base.
In the first inning with runners on first and third and two
out, Lembo hit a slider to right
field that was tailing away from
the Warrior outfielder, who
ended up making a fantastic diving catch to deny Trinity a run.
In the second, a walk to Dan
Coppola '95 followed by consecutive singles from Al
Carbone '95 and Paulo Sorio '96
loaded thebasesforTrinity.with
no outs.
Freshman Kyle
Armstrong then popped up to
the first baseman who made a
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