VOL.XC NO. 9 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE SINCE 1904 NOVEMBER 19,1991

Class Off95 ElectsLahey, Banfield,And Moore

50% Turn Out At Polls

• BYJIMBARRNews Writer

The freshman class of '95 electedits new class officers last Friday, Thewinners are President, Josh Lahey, Vice-President Duncan Banfield, and Secre-tary Matt Moore.

This election was especially re-markable because of the high voter turn-out. Exactly 50% of the 486 freshmenvoted in this election, compared to theelections held for other classes earlierthis year. The voter turnout for the sopho-more class elections was a minuscule25.2% this year, and the juniors and se-niors came came in with 36.3% and 47.8%respectively of their classes voting.

Asst. Director of Alumni RelationsDeborah Dworkin said of the freshmanelections that, "This is an extremely highvoter turn out for a class election. Thiswas due in part to the large number ofcandidates, and the strong campaignsthat they ran."

Mrs. Dworkin added that "Thesecretary position was very close," andthat "The other [elections] were a little

"Independents For Greeks"Mobilizing For The Battle

Newly-elected Freshman SUZANNE STEVENS

Class President Josh Lahey.

more skewed. I think that [the winners]all ran very strong campaigns. I thinkthat they all look like good officers."

Newly elected freshman classpresident Josh Lahey said, "I think theelections went very well. It was a fairelection.. .1 think all of the candidates stuckto their good points," and there was nonegative campaigning. Mr. Lahey urgedfreshmen go contact him with their inputon what they would like to see the classof '95 do this year. "If anyone has anyneeds or concerns, they should feel freeto call me," said Mr. Lahey.

The elected officers will hold theirpositions until the end of the school year.

• BY PETER M. FRIEDMANAssociate Editor

The latest twist in the battle to keepthe Greek system alive at Trinity hasspawned a new student group. In light ofthe Trustees' upcoming decision on thefate of single-sex and Greek organiza-tions at the College, several students havetaken it upon themselves to rally behindfraternities and sororities. Trinity Inde-pendents for the Greek System, a nascentorganization headed up by Rachel Gold'93, has pledged as its goal to join the frayon behalf of fraternities and sororities.

According to Ms. Gold the groupformed because "I, and a few of myfriends fejlt very strongly that many stu-dents at Trinity support the Greek sys-,tern even if they don't belong to any ofthe organizations. Wefeelthatthisgroupneeds a voice so that it can be heard."The group has not yet actually filed forrecognition or funding from the StudentGovernment Association.

Ms. Gold also said that the groupcurrently has ten core members, a major-ity of whom are women. The group isreally larger than that, she points out,because they have been circulating peti-tions since early November, and obtained150 signatures to this point.

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Who Makes The Grade?-And How Easy Is It?Questions Regarding Grading Standards Surround Trinity's Departments• BYRICKZEDNIK

Editor-in-Chief

It used to be that, on the scale oftraditional letter grades, an "A" meantsuperior work, a "B" was awarded forabove average performance, a "C" wasgiven for average results, a "D" signi-fied work below average, and an "F"indicated failure in attempts to fulfillthe minimum expectations. At Trinity,the average grade today is a high B,according to a study performed byDaniel Blackburn, Assistant Professorof Biology. This evident grade inflationis apparently a national phenomenon.

"I don't think that Trinity is inany way special," asserts Jan Cohn,Dean of the Faculty. "The differences ingrading from when I went to college inthe 1950's are astonishing."

Prof. Blackburn said that one fac-tor which led to the inflation of gradeswas the Vietnam War. He explainedthat students who were receiving poorgrades became disenchanted with theirpursuit of higher education and en-tered the armed services. Consequently,professors awarded ever higher gradeswith the hopes of retaining student in-terest.

Dean Cohn believes the changein grade value can also be attributed toa new relationship between teachersand students. She says the understand-ing became less one of "I'm the profes-sor and I know probably everything,and you are the student and you know

certainly nothing. Therefore I will gradeyou on how much of my everything youlearn." It evolved into, "You are an intel-ligent person with lots of informationand experience and I am an intelligent

Dean of the FacultyJan Cohn.

"In those departments wherethere is more impartment of infor-mation and testing on the success-ful absorption, there was some-what less erosion of grades"

person who just has more experienceand I will mentor you through this."

Dean Cohn continues to say thatthe "revolution" in student-faculty rela-tions "made its self felt differently indifferent disciplines." Thus, leaving as-signments with objective standards in-

tact may account for current perceiveddifferences in grading among depart-ments. "In those disciplines where thereis more impartment of information andtesting on the successful absorption,there was somewhat less erosion ofgrades."

A complaint commonly heardfrom students and faculty in the sci-ences is that their disciplines suffer dueto high grades doled out by other de-partments.

The study conducted by Prof.Blackburnrevealed differences smallerthan he had anticipated. Using datamade available from the Registrar, hecalculated the average grades receivedby all students in 29 Trinity depart-ments and programs for the fall of 1990.The grade point averages varied little,except when looking at the extremes.Physical Education was the only de-partment whose average grade was A.The lowest averages, compiled by Biol-ogy, Physics, and Mathematics, were

B--What Prof. Blackburn's exami-

nation showed was that the range ofgrades is very high.

Perhaps there is a problem here,but the problem seems to be nation-wide. Prof. Blackburn asks, "Should Cbe an average grade at Trinity?" Hethen answers himself, "It isn't at Wil-liams." The national trend of inflationhas leveled off, but subsequent defla-tion appears highly unlikely. No col-lege, in Dean Corin's estimation, "is

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The text of the petition addressesthe groups' two major arguements of theGreek system. First, that the Greek sys-tem is an integral and positive part of theTrinity community which adds greatlyto the Trinity experience, and secondlythey hold that students ought have theright to choose to belong to differentorganizations, including single-sex ones.

The group also believes that if theTrustees uphold the right of the Greeksystem then the College should droprestrictions against currently bannedsingle-sex organizations. Ms. Gold said"If more fraternities and sororities arecreated then there will be more choices,and then discrimination will decrease.As of now women only have four choices(Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma,Cleo and St. Anthony Hall); allowingmore organizations will broaden theiroptions."

Ms. Gold also said that the organi-zation was worried by the fact that fra-ternities are often blamed for problemson campus that aren't necessarily theirfault. Instead she said that fraternitieswere just easy targets for problems thatexist campus-wide. One of the problemsthat she cited with the process of investi-gating the Greek system that is going onnow, is that the accusations against the

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TRIBQBf.MH La Voz Latino, sponsored apanel discussion involving thereputation of Christopher Co-lumbus. Page 6. Also, did youparticipate in Hunger andHomelessness Week? If youdidn't, andyouwant to see whatyou missed, we have thestory;.,.,.... .See News, Page 4

ffiilThe Unites States must turnits attention to the current situ-ation in Cambodia. Turn to page8. Research & Development isthe key to preserving Ameri-can hegemony in industry.Page 8 as well. The reason forthe legalization of drugsshouldn'tbebecause marijuanamakes better rope, according toone writer SeeW&N,Page9

|1P| Wrestling, hockey and swim-ming are all previewed. Wintersports are set to begin this weekwith hockey's home opener Fri-day night at a sight to be deter-mined. Soccer and tennis intra-mural champions will becrowned this week. Look formore sports previews in the nextissue See Sports, Page 16

Page 2»THE TRINITY TRIPOD*November 19,1991

OPINIONDon't Just Talk About It-Do It

hat's the difference between an academic and a politician? Anacademic sees all of the problems, yet has none of the answers. A

_____^ politician has all of the answers yet sees none of the problems.Trinity College is not immune to the simple message my joke has to offer.To make matters brief, we over discuss and analyze, yet nothing seems toever be accomplished. Take housing for student groups or a seeminglyendless list of other college concerns. The Trinity method of dealing withthese issues consists of a standard fare, of panels, subcommittees anddiscussion groups. Yet the end results are either executive decisions orfrustrating inactivity. Action without thought is foolish, but thoughtwithout action is hypocrisy.

It is budget time at this point in Trinity's fiscal year. The questionof fraternities is in the hands of the Trustees. The future of program groupsis being decided. These are three very real issues that greatly affect Trinitystudents. Instead of the complaint and discussion that surrounds theseissues, it is time to take the route of action. Discussion and complaintmeans nothing to the board of Trustees. Kristina Dow can not hear theprivate dialogues that surround the question over program groups. TomGerety is deaf to students' angry mutterings over their wasted Trinitydollar. The time has come for these voices to be heard, and not in thepassive setting of sub-committees and panel discussions, but in the angrysetting of protests and sit-ins. Let us throw out the passivity and diplomacyof silence in favor of demands and confrontation. Students should not settlefor executive decisions. They should demand participation.

The issue at stake here is our own empowerment. Students have aright to see the College budget, and a right to have a say in how it isdetermined. Students have a right to demand exciting classes. Once thesethings, are made available to students it is pur responsibility to take fulladvantage of them. Just as in the classroom where, if we don't understandsomething, we ask questions on the material, it .is our obligation to ask hardquestions of our college when we don't understand a policy or decision.Student empowerment does not concern only the insular world of ourcampus, but is a call to action on a political level as well, •

How can the student of Philosophy stand for the stark contrasts ofeconomic condition that separate Trinity's neighbors from Trinity students?How can the student of Political Science stand for the farce that has becomeour system of government? Let the lessons hidden in our required readingsbe, more than just material {or a quiz. Let us act upon the lessons of history,biology and psychology.

The hypocrisy of higher education has crippled Trinity for too long. Itis time to prove the college guide books, which have labeled us as apathetic,wrong.

In the movie Manhattan, there is a seen where Woody Allendiscusses a Nazi Party rally in New Jersey among friends at a cocktail party.He suggests that a group go down to New Jersey with baseball bats andphysicallydisrupt the rally. Someone else then comments that a very nastyeditorial was written about the rally. Where upon Allen replies, "I thinkbaseball bats are a little more direct," We don't think it's time for baseballbats, but it is certainly past the time for more discussion. In the wise wordsof a Smack Head cover, "Don't just talk about it, DO IT, DO IT!"

E.J.L.

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Camp Paradox: TatallyFlawed By Its Use of Cliches1

To the Editor:In her review of a new play "Camp

Paradox" (November 12), your ArtsWriter Jennifer Saunders describes thegood acting, production and directingskills of the cast involved. Surprisingly,though, she is almost mute about the textof the play itself.

From her description, the readermight think that the play is mostly abouta grpup of female "happy campers" dur-ing the Summer of 1963. The play strivesto be much more than that. It dealscentrally with the erotic relationship be-tween the fifteen-year-old Cory and her28 year-old camp counselor Donna. Withthis premise, the play could delve seri-ously into important isues such as thedifficulties of gender identity, the dis-covery of love and the development of anindependent self.

Regrettably, the play is fatallyflawed by its use of cliches about every-thing under its purview, including love,friendship, growing up, etc. and by a

completely unbelievable sequence of ac-tions. For instance, we are asked to be-lieve that the character of Cory will de-clare her undying love and passion forDonna, just to abandon the relationshipwithout a second thought when a con-trived series of events occur.

There are many other aspects ofthe play that are deeply problematic.Following the stereotype, the "lesbian"character ends up abandoned while her"abused ex-lover goes about her lifewhimsically "getting in trouble". This isnot only superficial but perpetuates thenotion of the "abnormality" of homo-sexual relations. The only sorrow I feelabout the play is that the considerabletalent of the cast involved did not serve aplay that could make justice to the im-portant topics that Camp Paradox abys-mally fails to make authentic.

Sincerely,Etzel CardenaAssistant Prof, of Psychology

ORL Explores Benefits AndDrawbacks Of Program Groups

To the Editor:••',. I find it ironic that the Office of

Residential Life, the same group of peopleaccused of blindly supporting ProgramGroups, is also now charged with "exter-minating" them. I am referring to KattyaLopez's letter of last week.

The Study Group which she con-demns is nothing more or less than anexploratory forum through which wehope address the many questions sur-roundingProgramGroups. This includesbenefits as well as drawbacks.

We have not asked merely "thosewho are most opposed to this idea," butinstead have extended personal invita-tions to a diverse group of students. Wehope that this student involvement willallow the Trinity community as a wholeto both adequately and fairly assess the

situation.At our second meeting, we re-

viewed the history of Program Groupdorms at Trinity. We also establishedour goal for the next Study Group meet-ing: to evaluate the concept or existenceof Program Groups at Trinity.

This next meeting will be at 4:30tomorrow, Wednesday, November 20 inthe Committee Room. At this importantmeeting we intend to formulate our rec-ommendation as to.the future existenceof Program Groups at Trinity.

As always, interested parties areencouraged to get in touch with me at(x3053).

Sincerely,Lara Schaeffer'94Facilitator of Program GroupsOffice of Residential Life

The Trinity College Community Orchestra performed Sundaynight, too late for coverage in this issue. An account of the concert willappear in next week's Tripod.

In E. Clive Bard's letter in the November 5 Tripod Mr. Bard statedthat after talking with Dean Winer he "was surprised to learn that thepossible' abolition of fraternities did not include sororities." In re-sponse to this letter, the Dean said, "I certainly never said that. If I saidthat, I would agree with Mr. Bard that it would have been a hypocriticalstatement."

Have you ever had the urge to Fox Trot like Fred Astaire? Do youwonder how your parents learned to do the rrtamba? Are you lookingfor a new way to impress a special someone? "Learn to Dance Like anAdult" Friday, November 26 at 8:00 p.m. in Hamlin Hall.

'Please note: Lettersto Vie Tripod should be received by 5:00 p.m. the Friday preceeding publication thefollowing Tuesday. They'should be typed and signed, or on a Macintosh disk. No unsigned or anonymous letterswill be printed, although names may be withheld if so requested after a signature. All letters are the soleresponsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of this paper. Please limit all lettersto five-hundred words. '.-v.

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OPINIONAbolition Does Not Solve The ProblemTo the Editor:As the weeks roll on, so does the

debate over the potential abolition ofthe Greek System. Instead of offeringanother biased discourse, or offeringone more debate of absolutes rooted indisparate ideology, I would like to ad-dress the more practical issues at stake.

The decision that the Trusteeswill make this spring concerns the fu-ture of our social life at the College, andwhat their vision of Trinity's futurewill hold. I am hoping that their ulti-mate decision will include fraternities,but only in a tangential role. For far toolong, fraternities have been forced tobear the burden of this campus's sociallife alone.

Very few members of the pro-abolition stance have considered, oreven felt compelled to consider, what

will replace the inevitable void at a Trin-ity without a Greek System. This shouldconcern everyone! How can we blindlydestroy the establishment without solidplans for the future?

By now, everyone knows thatColby College abolished fraternities.However, one look at a campus securitybrief or a quick stroll around the neigh-borhood and it will be painfully clearthat we are not nestled in the bucolicsetting of Waterville, Maine. A similarinvestigation of Mather Campus Centerwill reveal that we are not endowed withthe multi-million dollar facility that Colbynow heralds. Quite frankly, we are Trin-ity College and must be evaluated en-tirely independently.

Historically, the College has re-fused o offer space for student organiza-tions. Wean lounge, a once open lounge

Breckenfeld ContestedTo the Editor;For about a week now, I have suf-

fered an on-again off-again annoyanceat one short paragraph of WilliamBreckenfeld's anti-gun control piece inthe Oct. 29 issue of the Tripod. Breckenf eldwrote, "The death of Karen Wood in1988, at the hands of a hunter namedDonald Rogerson, was unfortunate andunnecessary, but no reason to imposestrict gun laws. In fact, the jury atRogerson's trial did not convict him. Thereasoning was that it was assumed thatpeople living on the border of huntinggrounds should have common sense towear orange clothing to warn hunters. Isthis too much to ask? I think not."

GobdGod! Does Breckenf eld trulybelive that he can advance the cause ofanti gun-control by transfering the bur-den of responsibility for accidents fromthose who shoot to those who are shot?Ms. Wood was standing in her own backyard when Rogerson, perhaps catching aglimpse of Wood's white glove throughthe trees and believing it to be the whitetail of a deer, fired the fatal shot at hisimaginary target. So where should Ms.Wood have been standing? Inside, per-haps? Unfortunately, bullets don't give

a damn about glass. If Ms. Wood hadbeen standing near the window insideher own living room, the tragic resultcould easily have been the same simplybecause glass, doors, and even orangeclothing are no defense against the typeof frenzied irresponsibility displayed byRogerson when he fired at a target whichhe could not even see, muc,h less identify.

The fact of the matter is this: thelegitimate hunter fires his or her firearmonly if there are positively no individu-als downrage of the bullet, and only if thetarget is still, clear, and within range.Rogerson fails these tests. He was merelya boob with a gun, and he drove a bulletinto Ms. Wood with the very negligenceand culpability of the drunk who driveshis auto into a pedestrian. It is a disgracethat this man was not indicted by thegrand jury.

I close by noting that I do not hunt.I also do not favor government control ofguns. Do I own a gun? I have too muchrespect for the keeping and handling ofweaponry to ever answer in a publicforum.

Sincerely,David MauroMath Dept.

CoraiPIRG Says ThanksTo the Editor:The students of the National Stu-

dent Campaign Against Hunger andHomelessness would like to thank thefollowing people for the activies that theyhelped to sponsor during Hunger andHomelessness Week: Marriott,Smackhead, Peter Alegi and Company,Jen Siglag, Jamie. Murphy, The Under-ground, Student Government Associa-tion, The Trinitones and The Pipes, Coun-cilwoman Sandra Little, Bob Thomas ofthe Connecticut Coalition for the Home-less, Miguel Alberez of the House ofBread, Paul Laffin of St. Elizabeth'sHouse, John Gregory Davis of Immacu-late Conception Church, Michael Wil-liams of Hartford Community HealthCare, Prof. Timothy Crane, Prof. CherryGreenberg, Prof. Helen Raisz, Commu-nity Outreach, The RA Program, TrinityWomen's Center, Eddie Perez and Ev-eryone who participated in the week'sevents.

The party sponsored by IFC willbe postponed until next semester.

ConnPIRG's National Student

Campaign Against Hunger andHomelessness would like to encouragestudents to submit ideas for education,awareness, and fundraising for hungerand homelessness issues to box 6000 orcall ext. 3510.

A heartfelt thanks,The Students of ConnPIRG's Na-

tional StudentCampaign Against Hunger and

Homelessness

PKA ClarifiesTo the Editor:As a point of clarification regard-

ing the Features article on Pi Kappa Al-pha, the Female Monitor system was aninitiative of the women of Trinity Col-lege and not of our organization. Wemerely have been, and will continue tobe, an active participant in the program.

Thank you,Nick MaglioPresidentPi Kappa Alpha

in Mather (the Student Center), has beenconverted to office space of which onlyhalf was given to the students. The otherrooms are consistently occupied by off-campus organization, thus further re-stricting space for student activities,

It seems inevitable that if fraterni-ties are abolished, then the Trustees willhave to construct some sort of new socialcenter. If so, whynot challenge the statusquo by providing this space and allownew organizations to complement theGreek System. Despite the preponder-ance of allegations, the Greeks never havebeen challenged by serious alternatives.Therefore, it is unfair to assume that thismore diverse system would fail. •

An opportunity to test this hypoth-esis exists immediately. The old St. ElmoHouse, which was taken from a studentorganization and converted to office

space, now remains empty. Will the Col-lege again waste ah opportunity to ex-pand the students' opp ortunities on cam-pus?

The administration cannot admin-ister the social life of the students. Itmust be self-initiated and not force-fed.Sadly, it is almost exclusively in fraterni-ties where this opportunity exists. It isnot just alcohol that attracts students.The administration's failure to success-fully administer thelronPonyPub shouldprove this point.

It's not a time for polemic. It's atime for rational, imaginative thought ifwe are to emerge from this debate for thebetter.

Sincerely,David GerberPresidentSt. Anthony Hall

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Outreach Program, I would like to thankall involved organizations:Intrafraternity Council, La Voz Larina,PAA, TCBWO, The POSSE, Alpha ChiRho, Pike, AD, PRAXIS, PSI-U, TCAC,SGA, the RA Program, Students forEquality, and CLEO for their assistancein the production of "Halloween onVernon Street," October 31,1991. Withthier input and cooperation, our Hallow-een alternative for neighborhood chil-

dren was a smashing success. We esti-mated that over 400 children attendedthis event, this will exceed allnumbers inprevious years. Thanks again, and hopethat you will continue to support oureffforts with the Hartford community.To find out what Community Outreachis doing next, stop by the Student ActionCenter. All students and faculty mem-bers are encouraged to join the program.

Sincerly,Corrie FosterCommunity Service Coordinator

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Hunger and Homelessness Week Raising Money And Awaieness• BYAFSHANASGHAR

Assistant Arts Editor

The Trinity campus was amongthe many other campuses around thecountry where issues of hunger andhomelessness were discussed last week.The different panel disscussions andspeak-outs were all part of an effort toheighten awareness about the hungryand homeless of America whose num-bers seem to be growing rapidly, espe-cially because of the current economiccrisis in the country. • -

The week started with a panel dis-cussion organized by Gommunity Out-reach and held in the Praxis dorm. TwoVietnam veterans described the horrorsof thewar and the after-effects it had onthose who were lucky enough to survivethe War. They claimed that the VietnamWar veterans were among the majorityof those who were hungry and homelessin America today. Both speakers, SixMinton and Art Snyder, described waysin which the Vietnam War veterans net-work was aiming to improve the situa-tion today and help the veterans over-come PTSD (post-traumatic stress disor-der). The panel continued for muchlonger than the organizers had envi-sioned and all the information was metwith a barrage of eager questions.

The next event on the agenda wasan informal musical evening in the Un-derground with Smackhead, Pete Alegi'92, and a few other songs by Jen Siglag'93 and Jamie Murphy '93. The organiz-ers hoped that.the evening would helpraise conciousness and awareness amongthose observing, and voluntary dona-tions of food or money were collected atthe door.

The focal point of the whole eventwas the Oxfam fast followed by the"Speak Out." Oxfam International, a.hunger relief organization, sponsors such

events worlwide. The fast was a part ofthe Fast for a World Harvest which hasbeen an ongoing event ever since 1973.Each Trinity student that took part in thefast gave their S.A.G.A. money for theday which was then contributed towardfeeding a homeless and hungry person.The fast Was broken on the cave patio bya simple meal of bread and soup, whichis basically the staple of those who findthemselves flocking to shelters for foodand a warm bed.

The speakers at the "Speak Out"were not only those who had lived on"the streets " but also Trinity professors.Michael Williams from Hartford Com-munity Healthcare, Bob Thomas fromthe Connecticut Coalition for the Home-less, John Greg Darvis from ImmaculateConception, Paul Lafflin from St.Elizabeth's shelter, Miguel Alberez andBob Ware from The House of Breadspoke. Assistant Professor of ChemistryLeslie Craine, Assistant Professor of His-tory Cheryl Greenberg, and Visiting Lec-turer in Sociology Helen Raisz were alsospoke..

This event was followed by theOxfam Global dinner. Those who at-tended the dinner were divided into dif-ferent groups; 15% ate "real meals,"50%ate beans and rice and 35% ate just rice.The different percentages are exactlycomparable to the differences in thedistribution of foodbetweenThirdWorldcountries and America. This dinner wasfurthur symbolic because the secondpoint the organizers of the dinner at-tempted to make was that there shouldbe a sharing of food amongst the threegroups, thus showing how those whoare better off are willing to share theirgood fortune with others.

It was in keeping with this spirit ofsharing that the organizers planned aBowl-A-Thon to raise money for thehomeless and a canned food drive at area

Campus Safety Update• BYAMYMCGILL

News Writer

Two new security alerts have sur-faced around the Trinity campus. Thefirst refers to an incident which' tookplace on November 10 on the corner ofBrownell Street and Broad Street when afemale student and two alumni wereconfronted by two males. One of themenwascarryingaknife anddemandedmoney from the victims. They left thescene after receiving ten dollars andpunching one of the victims.

The second alert warns car own-ers, especially those with foreign makes,of the ongoing problem of car theft oncampus. The alert specifically warnsVolvo owners to be on the alert of theft ofcar part. Criminals have been removingparts of Volvos, such as grills, and trans-ferring them to their own automobiles.

According to Director of CampusSafety Brian Kelly, the College is plan-'

ning to install fencing, similar to thatnear the chapel lot, down Summit Streetin hopes of a adding some relief to thecars parked there.

In addition to the actions that Mr.Kelly and the safety department aretaking, the SG A has also gotten involved.They have appointed a security commit-tee which will discuss issues in hopes ofcoming up with ideas to better the safetyof the campus. The committee will serveas an advocate for a safer campus andMr. Kelly said that he looks forward toreceiving input from the student body.

The security problems that havearisen are not unique to Trinity or Hart-ford. However, they do exist and need tobe dealt with. There are ways to takesafety precautions on campus and as Mr.Kelly stated, "I strongly re-emphasizethe importance of using the oftcampusas well as on-campus shuttle as a safetymechanism. We welcome and encour-age all students to use it." Q|P

Nominations For Next Semester'sTripod Officers Are Tonight At 7

supermarkets. Apart from the organiz-ers (ConnPIRG and Community Out-reach), other organizations on campusthe S.G.A. and the Residential Life pro-gram also played a major role during theweek. The S.G.A. sponsored a toiletriesdrive and the R.A, program sponsoredthepreparationofThanksgivingbaskets.The Inter-Fraternity Council sponsor-ship of a party was postponed to nextsemester.

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NEWSIt Does Not Take Much To Make The Grade These Days

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proud to participate in grade inflation."At this point, however, there seems noviable alternative. "It would be awkwardfor a college to step forward," say DeanCohn, "and say 'we're going to deflateour grades 30%/" because prospectivestudents would then shy away from thatschool.

What possible solutions exist? "Ifthe currency is debased and everybodyknows, then we've ruined it," Dean Cohnsays. "I don't think we can reissue it." Sowhat then? Should grades be standard-ized? "Total uniformity would not behelpful," surmises Associate AcademicDean Ronald Spencer, "but we must nar-row the differences."

Conversation may soon give forthto action. The topic has been addressed"only peripherally" at Trinity's first twoNew Faculty Orientations, according toNoreen Channels, Professor of Sociol-ogy and Secretary of the Faculty. "I thinkthere surely will be a workshop on it forfaculty this year."

As for the possibility of increaseduniformity, Prof. Channels points to theprotectiveness faculty members have fortheir academic freedom. The AmericanAssociation of University Prof essors hasa formal outline of those freedoms bywhich "any credible College" stands, ac-cording to Prof, Channels. Grading is awell-respected faculty prerogative.

She says that many faculty mem-

bers have established guidelines for grad-ing which they distribute to their stu-dents at the outset of each semester. "Ithink that is a good thing. However ithappens, there has to be that kind ofcommunication."

Workshops and guidelines arehelpful, but Assistant Professor of The-ater and Dance Josh Karter has a far moreradical notion for an improved atmo-;.sphere. "If I had my druthers, I'd likeTrinity to be a place that didn't givegrades." Prior to corning to Trinity, Prof.Karter taught at the University of Cali-fornia at Santa Cruz where lengthy evalu-ations were given in placeof letter grades."My experience at UCSC is that studentswork just as hard. Graduate schools hate

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reading [the lengthy evaluations], butthe students still get in."

All of the debate raises the ques-tion of what is the meaning of a grade?Milla Riggio, Chairwoman of the En-glishDepartment, calls grades "academicmoney in the bank." She further explains,"They are the currency of the realm. It isthe transcript you walk out of here withthat, among other things, will determinewhere you go next, what you're able todo, and what your options are." Prof.Riggio advises both her students and herchildren to "Keep your options open.Grades will do that."

She warns her pupils, "Don't makethe mistake of thinking that because yougot an A you've learned all there is tolearn or if you've gotten a C, you'vereally messed up the course. There isn'tan exact ratio of grades to learning. Youcan learn more in a course you got a C inthan one in which you an A."

Dean Cohn offers one story, butdoes not suggest that it should be takenfor more than amusement. "When I wasa j unior faculty member, I was teaching awriting course." She then describes one :of her students as a large, relatively aca-demically apathetic young man. "I willnever forget the first line of his first pa-per. It read, 'PA and W. VA are boarder toboarder."1 She gave him and F for theassignment. The next paper he wrotetold of how he and his friend had mur-dered their English teacher.' I gave him a

IndependentsFor Greeks...

continued from page 1Greeks were vague. She said that

it is the position of Trinity Indepen-dents that the fraternities and sororitiesshould be given a bill of particulars sothat they can answer any charges againstthem.

As for tactics, Ms. Gold said thatthe organization would continue to tryto collect signatures for the petitions,and then give them to the Trustees. Inaddition the group intends to bring thematter of abolition of single sex organi-zations to the attention of major newspublications.

"We feel that this could be an-other step in wha'thas become a trend ata lot of schools like ours." Gold said, inreference to steps taken by Colby,Middlebury and other schools, to abol-ish their own Greek systems. The groupalso plans to rally support among inde-pendents on campus and amongalumni/ae.

"We need to show the trusteesthat Trinity students like and want tokeep these organizations the way theyare." At least one poll seem to back Ms.Gold's point, a question on the S.G.A.ballot last year 86% of all students sup-.porting the status quo in terms of theGreeks.

Ms. Gold said that she had beenin touch with all of the House presi-

"' dents, and the members of the Inter-Fraternity Council. While they werereceptive to her ideas, she noted thatshe wanted to keep some distance be-tween her organization and the Greeksthemselves.

"If we were attached to them wewould have a serious credibility gap,and we don't want that. And besides,we don't speak for Greeks, rather wehope to speak for other members of theTrinity campus." ®

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NEWSColumbtis: Villain Or Hero?

Oilfnr» f nd fb*> ProH^rn "f the Other "• BY LAUREL PORTNOY By questioning the ethical and moral

Copy Editor issues surrounding the event, Dr. Langsought to explain how one can account

"Should 1492 be remembered as for "the taking of a holy land that turnedthe day that America was discovered or out to be a massacre." She concludedas the day it was raped?" With the hopes that the geographic underpinnings ofof educating students about one of • strengthhad "sailed away" fromColum-today's more controversialissues, La Voz bus. This moral and ethical distance wasLatina sponsored a panel last Tuesday translated into sheer brutality,night in Rittenburg Lounge to explore Representing the Modern Lan-different topics surrounding the arrival guages Department was Assistant Pro-of Christopher Columbus and beyond. fessorRoger Zapata who addressed "The

The event was organized in light Conquest of Paradise and the Historicalof Spain's preparation for their "1992 Construction of The Colonial Subject."Quincentennial Celebration of the Ar- He described the Spaniards perceptionrival of Christopher Columbus to the oi the Indians as children in the Ameri-America's." A diverse panel of fiveTrin- can paradise,ity professors spoke on various aspects Prof. Zapata explained how, be-regarding the upcoming event. cause of acculturation, Indians learned

The panel began with Dr. Dario to read and write and consequently usedEuraque of the History Department who these skills to resist colonization. "Toaddressed "History and Commemora- learn to write in the language of yourtion: Columbus and the Discovery." oppressor is to become acculturated,"Euraquenbtedhowcommemorationand said Prof. Zapata.celebration depends on the organization Discussing "The Economy ofof historic knowledge. He suggested Christopher Columbus" was Assistantthat, "commemoration finds its legends, Professor Brigitte Schulz of the Politicalmyths, heroes, and warriors in the his- Science Department. She argued thatthetory of the oppressed" and that in the oppressive economic system that evolveddehumanization of millions, the explor- from Columbus continues to the presenters dehumanized themselves. day. This system, which was designed to

Assistant Professor of Psychology serve the needs of the mother country,Etzel Cardena spoke on "The Psycho- introduced such concepts as the divisionlogical Trauma of Conquest." He ex- oflaborandisalastinglegacyofChristo-plored the notion that victims of a trau- pher Columbus and the Europeans thatmatic conquest suffer from a lack of self- followed,identityandloseallsensesofbelief. "The The panel, designed to enlightenfuture no longer has reality," Cardena the Trinity College Community aboutnoted, "and an intellectual people lost the multi-faceted issues surroundingany regard for what the future held." Columbus'sarrivalin America, thougrit-

Dr. Helen Lang, from the Philoso- fully explored this controversy that hasphy Department, explored "Spanish continued for almost five centuries. ®

Students of Color VisitationProgram Held Last Week• BY JAY WISE

News Writer

For four days last week, there were several unfamiliar faces seen aboutcampus. Many of them were participants in the "Student of Color VisitationProgram," Trinity's special orientation program for about one hundred speciallytargeted high school seniors.

Associate Director of Admissions Karen Mapp was in charge of the event,and called it an unqualified success. "It's been a great program...Trinity studentshave been fabulous."

Response to the program was also very positive. Ashisha Shah, aprospective freshman of Orange, Ct., said "staying here for just the first two days,I can really get a feel for the school." Another prospective student, AuroraSimmons, said "people are really friendly, the classes are small. ..I think it's my firstchoice."

"I love it here," added Dorothy Cunningham.Prospective students were each given a "host," a Trinity student partici-

pating in the program, with whom the prospective student would stay for the fourdays.

The responsibility of the hosts was also to act as a tour guide and helperduring their prospectives' stays. For the most part, the hosting aspect of theprogram won praise from both the prospectives and Trinity students. "She saidshe's going to come back and visit me, so I guess she had a really good time," saidElaine Palucki '95 of the prospective she hosted.

Over their stay, the prospectives went to a pizza party, attended aluncheon where President Gerety spoke briefly, a student panel on the experiencesof Students of Color at Trinity, and alumni/ae panel, and went through a "studentinterview" process.

At the luncheon, President Gerety said that Trinity College offered"liberal arts in the real world," and spoke positively of Trinity's accessible faculty."When you choose a college," he said, "you may not think of it then...but one of themost important things is the faculty you chose."

Ms. Mapp said that Trinity had paid for all of the students to travel to theevent. She also noted that several other colleges had similar programs, including"Brown, Wesleyan, Williams, and Connecticut College." However, she pointed outthat many of those colleges have such programs in the spring for students whohave already been accepted. "We feel it's important to get people to apply," shesaid. #

WKTC linksTiinity Witix The Hartfoixi Community• BY JANE REYNOLDS

News Editor . • . . . • • • • ,

Does WRTC stand for Radio Trin-ity College? Rock This City? Rock ThisCampus? Trinity's campus radio stationServes many diff erentpurposes/just as itappears to have numerous names.

ApproximatelyonehalfoftheD.J.'sare community members who "make upan integral part of our station," said Sta-.tion Manager Catherine Brescia '93. Sheadded that WRTC is very prominent inthe Hartford community, and that "a lotof times, people's first real knowledge ofTrinity is through WRTC."

"We have a dual responsibility toserve the school and the community,"said Public Service Announcement Di-rector Clayton Hurd '92. "One of theadvantages of working with WRTC isthe chance to work and hang out withcommunity people."

Technical Director Bill Schreiber'92 said, "we deal with real-life experi-ence with adults," while most studentorganizations deal mainly with other stu-dents.

Prof. Reger also sees WRTC as aunique student group since "the studentswho run the station are constantlybrought into contact with folks from out-side the College," and "the radio stationlives the College's commitment to beconnected to Hartford."

The program directors of WRTCattempt to create a diverse line-up, pro-viding Polka shows for the Polish com-munity, Portuguese shows, a largeamount of reggae air-time, the Que Pasa

show, and gospelprograms on Saturdayand Sunday mornings. Most of the stu-dent shows feature alternative rock andjazz. WRTC also sponsors concerts, suchas the King Missile show this Tuesdaynight in the Cave. Opening for KingMissile will be Smackhead, a popularstudent band. The show will be simul-cast as a part of the weekly "Notes FromThe Underground" program in whichthe station invites bands, many of themfrom the Hartford area, to play in theUnderground.

Another upcoming event open tostudents and the community is the FourthAnnual Ska-Pest, which will be held inthe WashingtonRoomthisFriday. Therewere about 500 to 600 people at last year'sevent, and this year they are expectinganother large crowd. These events areregarded by the station as part of theirobligation toprovide the community withmusic, but also as alternative social events -for Trinity students.

The station has a potential audi-ence of one million, and Ms. Brescia notedthat probably the most listeners tuned inat one time would be about 20,000.. SinceTrinity has about 1800 students, obvi-ously of the listeners are from the com-munity.

"The level of student involvementis pretty good," said Mr. Schreiber. Thestation is run by a seven-member Boardof Directors which is currently composedsolely of students, but a community mem-ber will be added to the board as of theirnext election.

Prof. Reger became WRTC's fac-ulty advisor this year. He sees his func-

tion as faculty advisor as "serving asliaison between the students at the sta-tion and the administration."

Prof. Reger hopes that some minorchanges can be made in WRTC's statusas a student organization that wouldtake into account the fact that they are anactual radio station and that they haveresponsibilities to non-students as wellas to students.

For example, at the present timestudent organizations are not allowed toadvertise off campus. Many of the con-certs and promotions sponsored byWRTC, however, are aimed at both stu-dents and community members, and theyfeel a responsibility to reach more thanthe student body with their publicity.

There is the possibility of new stu-

dio space for WRTC, but nothing is defi-nite at the present time. WRTC has alsoapplied for FCC approval to move theantenna and transmitter to the top ofHigh Rise, which is the highest point inHartford. This would allow the stationto broadcast on Wednesday and Fridayafternoons, which they currently cannotdo since the antenna in its present loca-tion on top of the chemistry buildinginterferes with experiments on thosedays. WRTC would also be able to in-crease its potential audience.

Prof. Reger noted that his experi-ence with the radio station so far "givesme a window to an aspect of student lifethat I find very positive" and that this"runs counter to the stereotype of whatTrinity students are like." Q$

John Zakaiian '92, D. J. of the the Dr,Stimpy Show.

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ANNOUNCALENDAR

Lectures19 Tuesday"Legal Dilemmas of the

New Reproductive Technolo-gies," by Angela Holder, clinicalprofessor of pediatrics at YaleUniversity School of Medicineand author of the book "TheMeaning of the Constitution," 8p.m. Austin Arts Center'sGoodwin Theater. Free admis-sion. Second of the lecture se-ries: "The New ReproductiveTechnologies: Ethical and LegalDilemmas."

"The Struggle AgainstApartheid: An Update," by Fr.Malusi Mpumlwana, a blackAnglican priest from South Af-rica. Fr. Malusi has been de-tained, barred, and tortured al-most to death by the South Afri-can authorities. He is pastor to16 congregations in some of thepoorest townships near PortElizabeth, S.A. His talk will ad-dress in particular the plight ofWomen under apartheid. 8:00p.m. Life Sciences Center, Room134.

21 Thursday"Desperate Love: Reflec-

tions on Fatal Attraction," byKurt Bellhorn, visiting assistantprofessor of psychology at Trin-ity College. 12:15 p.m. Women'sCenter, Mather Hall. Lunch Se-ries Fall 1991 presented by theTrinity Women's Center and theTrinity College Faculty GrantsOffice.

22 Friday"Ethical Issues Related to

the Use of Medical Technology,"by Maurice Wade, associate pro-fessor of philosophy at TrinityCollege. Friday, November 22.7:00 p.m. Seminar Hall, Hart-ford Graduate Center.

ChapelHoly Eucharist will be cel-

ebrated at 7:00 p.m. on Sundays.Evening Prayer will be

said weekdays at 5 p.m. It will

beheldintheFriendship Chapelon Mondays, Wednesdays,Thursdays, and Fridays, and inthe Crypt Chapel on Tuesdays.

Roman Catholic Mass willbe held on Sundays at 5 p.m.

Exhibitions"Mark Twain's Hartford

Connections," the inaugural ex-hibition of the Mark Twain Me-morial Program at Trinity Col-lege. Watkinson Library, Trin-ity College Library. Hours: Mon-day through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to4:30 p.m. through January 31.

"Persistence of Nature:Recent Works by Joan WadleighCurran" will be on display inthe Austin Arts Center's WidnerGallery. Hours: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.daily through Sunday, Novem-ber 24th.

"TheVictorianParlorGar-den," an exhibition of books ofinterest to indoor gardeners ofthe late 19 th century, curated byKaren Clarke. Watkinson Li-brary, Trinity College.Library.Monday through Friday 8:30a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through March30.

"DifferentPerspectives onLiving," an exhibition of photo-graphs by Darrell Fitzgerald, aTrinity College sophomore.Mather Art Space, Mather Hall.10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily throughNovember 29.

ReadingsPoetry reading by prize-

winning writer Ishmael Reed ofCalifornia, whose books of po-etry include "Conjure" and"Chattanooga."Friday,Novem-ber 22. 8 p.m. Austin ArtsCenter's Goodwin Theater. Freeadmission. Sponsored by theTrinity College Poetry Center.

Theater"Tartuffe," the classic com-

edy by French dramatistMoliere, (1622-1673), will beperformed in French by LaCompagnie Claude Beauclair.

WRTC893FMpresents the4th Annual International SKA-FESTFriday, November 22nd9 p.m. to 2 a.m. (doors open at 8:30)in the Washington Room.

Featuring:The Mighty, Mighty Bosstones;New York Citizens;and Skinner Box.

Five Full hours of powerful skanking. .

Monday, November 25. 8 p.m.Austin Arts Center's GoodwinTheater. Presented by the Trin-ity College departments of mod-ern languages, theater anddance, and English, as well asthe office of the dean of the fac-ulty, Alliance Francaise and theAustin Arts Center, Information:(203) 297-2001.

MusicBrazilian and other Latin

American music will be per-formed by Matthew Allen andJean Searle, two American mu-sicians. Friday, November 22.4:00 p.m. Rittenburg Lounge,Mather Hall. Free Admission.Sponsored by the Trinity Col-lege Latin AmericanStudies Pro-gram. Refreshments will beserved.

The Trinry College Con-cert Choir,_with orchestra andconducted by Gerald Moshell,associate professor of music atTrinity College, will perform"Requiem" by Faure as well asmusic by JBach, Bartok andDowland. Nov. 22 & 23. 8:15p.m. Trinity College Chapel.General admission: $6; studentsand senior citizens: $4. For tick-ets and information call (203)297-2001.

Films /A series of films, "Women

in French and Italian Cinema,"showcasing outstanding direc-tors and actresses, will be shownin the Seabury Chapel. 7 p.m.Free admission. Wednesday,Nov.20-"EntreNous."

GeneralThe ConnPIRG student

board is in the process of decid-ing campus projects for nextspring. If you have an idea thatyou would like to see ConnPIRGwork on, call Sakina Natar x3078or JaredHaller 231-8610 or puta note into Box 6000. Thank you.

On December 21st, theAfrican Affairs Association ofGreater Hartford is sponsoringa celebration of the indepen-dence of Kenya (1963) and Tan-zania (1964) and Christmas. Fes-tivities include a dance with-African, American, andCarribean music. African foodwill be sold at a low cost.,Thepublic is very welcome.

The location is VFW Post254, Newington Avenue, Hart-ford. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Donationsare $10, $5 for students. Call346-0265 for more information.

The Women's Committeeof the Wadsworth Atheneumannounces four days speciallyprogrammed with events andentertainment for children, se-niors, and families during theeighteenth annual Festival ofTrees. The Festival, a commu-nity-based holiday celebrationorganized by the all volunteerWomen's Committee, will beheld at the downtown Hartfordmuseum December 7 through15,1991. All proceeds from the

Festival of Trees are donated tothe Wadsworth Atheneum.General admission: $3; seniorcitizens, $2. Festival admissionis taken in lieu of general admis-sion for the event. Hours: 10:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day ex-cept Monday, December 9,when the museum is closed.

The following exhibitionsare being held at the WilliamBenton Museum of Art:

"Encore: Reviewing thePast" with art from importantexhibitions at the Benton in thepast 25 years, including Shakerfurniture, Connecticut Impres-sionism, African sculpture,Mexican masks, paintings byDwight Tryon, Milton Avery,Nicholas Vasilieff, and more.

"Sculpture by DavidBakalar. Icons for the 21st Cen-tury," twenty-one works of con-temporary sculpture crafted inaluminum and stainless steel.

The museum is located at245 Glenbrook Rd. at UConn,Storrs,

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Dare to Discover willbe held in the Career Coun-seling Office on November20th. Non-seniors shouldmeet at 4 p.m. and seniors at6 p.m. Everyone must pre-register and fill out the nec-essary inventories prior to themeetings!

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WORLD AND NATIONCambodian Peace Settlement Faces U.S. With Dilemma

Q BY JAY WISEWorld & Nation Writer

The Cambodian dilemma is one ofthemost impossible of knots to untangle.It is also fascinating for the internationalrelations ethics questions which it pre-sents to the U.S. and the whole world.

One week ago, the United Nationshelpedbroker a peace settlement in Cam-bodia that brought an end to ten yearsworth of civil war. This conflicthas nearlycompletelyravagedthatnatiori-stateandher peasants.

Theproblem?Thepeacesettlementwill give the murderous Khmer Rouge ashare/>f power, at least until democraticelections can be held there. Even then,though, the chance that the Khmer Rougewill still be able to return to power isgreat.

The Khmer Rouge took power vio-lently in Cambodia sixteen years ago;they soon embarked upon a campaignwhose only proper name is "genocide."Led by dictator Pol Pot and supportedbyChina, the Khmer Rouge had killed overonemillionCambodiansby the year 1978.Their goal was to achieve a completelyagrarian society, one untouched by west-ern culture.

To this end, they forcibly removedpeoplefrom the capital city/PhnomPenh,making them become peasants. To insu-

late their society from corrosive westernideals, they decided their society must beilliterate; ergo, they killed all who woreglasses (To find out more about this pe-riod, please watch the movie "The Kill-ing Fields," a visceral and frighteningstory told by someone who was there).

By 1979, Khmer forces had startedto engage the Vietnamese troops in bor-der skirmishes, When the Vietnamesegrew tired of this, they sent in their armyand overthrew the Khmer Rouge, re-placingitwithaVietnamesepuppetgov-ernment made up largely of ex-KhmerRouge members. Yet the world did notcongratulate Vietnam on the overthrowof a fanatical, murdering dictator. In fact,the United States actually condemnedVietnam for its action, saying that it hadviolated Cambodia's right to self-deter-mination.

For eleven years, the Khmer Rouge,along with the United States backed fac-tion of Cambodian Nationalists cumRoyalists, led by Prince NorodomSihanouk (widely loved in his country)waged war against the Vietnamese gov-ernment, led by an ex-Khmer namedHun Sen. In reality, as ironic as it seems,the United States was actually indirectlysupporting the Khmer Rouge, who wereby far the largest, most heavily armedfaction in the conflict.

Finally, after a great deal of fight-

ing, and talking, the conflict seems tohave finally been resolved, though casu-alties from hidden mines will still prolif-erate through the countryside for someyears. (The true losers in this war, asmuch as it a cliche to say so, are really thepeasants, the innocent bystanders.) Noone considers the Khmer Rouge to havechanged ideologically over the civil war;yet the United States has given its O.K. toa peace settlement that includes theKhmer Rouge in a new government.

No one considers the Khmer Rougeto have changed ideologically overthe civil war; yet the United Stateshas given its O.K. to a peace settle-ment that includes the Khmer Rougein a new government.

The roots of this enigmatic U.S.policy which seemed to support theKhmer Rouge had their beginnings inthe U.S.1 ignominious defeat in Vietnam,right next door to Cajnbodia. After thathumiliation, the Vietnamese were per-ceived as mortal enemies in SoutheastAsia; any action they took would havebeen instantaneously deplored by theUnited States.

There were other political matters,as well. True, Cambodia's right to self-determination was crushed; yet, therehas to be some balance struck between

what is ethically correct and the funda-mental rights of nations.

Finally, the issue of racism must beconsidered in looking at U.S. policy inthe region. I find it a little hard to believethat if a fanatical dictator came to powerin Europe, and killed a million Frenchpeople, that the United States would beso passive, much less backhandedly sup-portive of the regime. And it is unthink-able that the U.S. would actually protestthe dictator's removal. This is the sort ofracism we are never really conscious of,the kind that says that this sort of thing isO.K, if it goes on in some dark, third-world corner of the globe.

Now the United States finds itselfin a quandary. For the Khmer Rouge hasrepeatedly said it would go back to warif not included in a peace settlement.Being the largest, most well armed of thefactions (and without the well-disciplinedVietnamese army to hold up an unpopu-lar government) there isno doubtit wouldhave a large chance at winning. Throughpetty antagonisms we have eliminatedour options one by one so that now weare in a situation where the only way togain the peace is to allow the KhmerRouge back into power. So we must holdour noses and look the other way, andallow the wolf back into the henhouse,hoping that the chickens will somehowbe able to vote him away. ®

More Aid For Research And DevelopmentNeeded To Save American Industries

D BY WILLIAM H. MACONWorld & Nation Writer

One of America's recurrent prob-lems in today's global marketplace is itslack of emphasis on research and devel-opment costs. This has led to the declineof once-dominant American industries.The problem can best be exemplified bylooking at two cases; that of the commer-cial airplane industry and that of defensecontracting.

The commercial airplane industryis presently dominated by two Americancompanies, Boeing andMcDonnell Dou-glas. These two giants occupy 75 percentof the world market for commercial air-craft. However, this position is now injeopardy; In 1970, a company was startedas a consortium of European countries tobuild airliners. That company is AirbusIndustrie.

Airbus began as an experiment tosee if the American monopoly on aircraftproduction could be broken. Twentyyears later, that experiment threatens toovertakeMcDonnell Douglas as the num-ber two supplier of jet airliners and takea large portion of Boeing's business aswell. How was this company able to dosuch a thing? The answer lies in govern-ment spending on research and develop-ment. Currently, Airbus receives $8.2billion per year in subsidies from themember European governments. Thatcompares with zero dollars spent by theU.S, government to help Boeing orMcDonnell Douglas.

With the recent introduction of itslong range A340 model, Airbus is charg-ing straight at the American companies.Boeing and McDonnell Douglas are nowdeveloping newer models, yet the lattercompany is far behind. If the aircraftindustry collapses, the U.S. will .suffer

immensely. Aircraft exports now accountfor the largest amount of export goodsfrom the U.S. ($16 billion annually). Nowthese companies are looking for Asianpartners in developing aircraft for thefuture because they get no help fromtheir pwn government. This particularcase applies to the majority of America'sbusinesses.

The second case I mentioned fo-cuses on both American companies andthe government. In the development ofthe B-2 bomber, the only thing a prospec-tive builder had to do was show the AirForce a neat looking computer test oftheir ideas. This done, a contract wasawarded to the company with the bestsimulation, none of which had a realproduct to sell. The result of this wassignificant cost overruns on a programwhich may now be cancelled.

The problem-ridden B-2 programcan be contrasted to that of the develop-ment of the Adavanced Tactical Fighter,or ATF. Before any contract was awarded,Lockheed and Northrop had to providethe air force with an actual fully testedairplane. Each company only received$818 million from the government. Theother $1 billion in costs was from, privatemoney. When the companies were forcedto use their own money, they had to beefficient. Each company had to build aproduct that the air force would want tobuy. What this resulted in was the cre-ation of two new types of jet engines fortwo completely new planes.

This same process was attempted

six years ago by Northrop. In the mid-1980's, this company saw the need for aninexpensive yet effective fighter for theAir Force. Northrop went out and in-vested their own money in the F20Tigershark, a very effective plane. Theaircraft did every thingNbrthrop claimedit could and then some. Howey er, the AirForce rejected the concept because theplane was not developed in the usualinefficient Air Force way. It was not untila new general was put in charge of pro-curement that the Air Force began to usecompetitive bidding as a way of pro vid-ing superior planes..

The B-2 took eight years to de-velop, the ATF only took four. The B-2has cost $33.2 billion to date, the ATFonly $3.9 billion. There have been almosttwice as many test flights of the ATF asthere have of the B-2. There wasn't evenan airplane to be seen when the air force

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decided to purchase the B-2, there weretwo for the ATF.

The lessons from my two examplesare simple. If the U.S. government choseto invest in business as the Europeanshave, we would still be enjoying a lead-ing position in the global market. As it isnow, the country's most successful com-panies are facing stiff foreign competi-tion. The majority of American compa-nies do not have the funds to researchand develop new products on their own.

By investing in research and de-velopment, the U.S. government couldlevel the playing field for American com-panies. If the government fails to takethis role, the U.S. will crash and burn, justas the B-2 program has done. The U.S.-government must meet corporateAmerica halfway if it hopes to go all theway toward achieving a dominant rolein the global marketplace. ($1

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WORLD AND NATIONDavid Duke Powered ByLower-Middle Class Discontent• BY DOM LARUFFA

World & Nation Writer

In a recent commentary, New YorkTimes writer Anna Quindlen argues thatDavid Duke's constituency would dras-tically erode if he were to win the gover-norship of Louisiana. She reasons thatthe vast majority of people would op-pose the actual carrying-out of Duke'sreactionary agenda because what they"really" want is political action coordi-nated with, not against, socio-economicdevelopments. "People want results...it's not enough to take us back to the 19thcentury when what most of us seek is aroad map for the 21st." Such an analysisfails to appreciate the nature of the groupswhich back David Duke.

It is that diverse collection of peoplewhom we commonly refer to as the"lower middle class" which supportsDuke. The lower middle class includessmall farmers, skilled workers, shopkeep-ers, clerks, government emloyees, non-commissioned military officers, teach-ers, retail employees; food servers, inde-pendent truckers, technicians, and lowlevel management. Unlike the prole-tariat and the upper middle class, thesegroups do not have much of a commoninterest. Indeed, it is only their "falseconsciousness" as members of the bour-geoisie which binds them together. Forthis reason, the "petitebourgeoisie" usu-ally votes (if it votes at all) Republican—the party which promotes bourgeois in-terests. Of course, the Republicans do "little for these people, but neither doesthe Democratic party, which advancesthe cause of the unskilled worker. Some-times described as the "silent majority,"the lower middle class lacks representa-tion in America's two party system.

Granted, what I have just outlinedis a gross simplification of late twentiethcentury American voting patterns. Awealthy individual who believes in awoman's right to control her own bodymight support a Democrat; a personwho lives in a housing project ravagedby crime may vote for a "law and order"Republican. I should also concede thatthe class distinctions which I am makingare increasingly outmoded in our post-industrial society. Nevertheless, the"David Duke Phenomenon" can be bet-ter understood if we considered it as anexample of lower middle class politicalbehavior.

At this moment in Louisiana, itslower middle class is undergoing eco-nomic hardship. While the rest of thenation experienced considerable growththroughout the 1980s, Louisiana's oil-driven economy has been in a slumpsince the early 1980s when oil pricesdropped. "Our economy took the sec-ond-worst dive in the century," saidJames Michael of Louisiana Tech Uni-versity (as cited by Don Terry, NY Times,11-9-91). "The worst dive was in theGreat Depression, but that only lastedeightyears." The ill-effects of this down-turn have been intensified in the past twoyears by the nationwide recession.Whereas most of the recessions sinceWorld War II have taken their greatesttoll upon industrial laborers, this one hasimpacted white-collar workers — mostof them members of the lower middleclass. In an age of state and federalbudget deficits, thousands of govern-ment employees are being cast into thelines of the unemployed. Across the

country, businesses are cutting what theyregard as unnecessary "bureaucratic fat."But CEOs do not fire themselves and thepeople around them; they fire the lowerlevels of management. The resultingdecrease in consumer spending has leadto additional lay offs in the retail sector.In Louisiana, conditions are among theworst in the nation, and its lower middleclass has grown exceptionally restless..

While the petite bourgeoisie usu-ally votes Republican, it switches its alle-giance to reactionary and anarchist fac-tions when it suffers through an eco-nomic crisis. For it is in times of hard-ship that the lower middle class realizesthat it is not apart of the bourgeoisie.Barely scraping together a living, itsmembers no longer wish to supportpolicies which allow for them to bedeprived of their property in such aseemingly arbitrary way. Instead, lowermiddle class attempts to dismantle thecurrent"system"whichhasserved them 'so poorly, while looking back to a"Golden Age" when economic condi-tions were supposedly more secure.

David Duke had stepped in to fillthe political void. Both he and his reac-tionary views appeal to the "silentmajority" of Louisiana. His blond hair,blue eyes, and surgically reconstructedface say "W.A.S.P." He is the visualrepresentation of the antebellum South— a "Golden Age" of sorts. Members ofthe lower middle class remember it as apurely white, Protestant socie ty, in whichevery white man reigned over a prosper-ous plantation, Never mind the fact thatLouisiana never was a homogeneoussociety, that it has had a mix of whites,blacks, and Cajuns since the early 1800s.Never mind the fact that most whites atthis time were mere subsistence farmersliving in relative squalor. Reasonmeans nothing to these people, for itbelongs to the progressive elements ofspciety.

Duke's entire platform consists of"reforms" designed to turn the clockback on recent socio-economic develop-ments. He opposes both affirmativeaction and environmental negligence.Hismostpopularrhetorichasbeenaimedat welfare abuse. He talks about howmembers of the lower middle classstruggle financially to have one or twochildren, while recipients of public aidhave dozens of illegitimate children atthe taxpayers' (read:petitebourgeoisie's)expense. This is a "...thinly disguisedattack on blacks, who, along with otherminorities, account for 74 percent of thestate's welfare recipients" (Don Terry,NY Times, 11-9-91). In attacking blacks,Duke stirs the petite bourgeoisie's desirefor a return to the mythical white societyof old. It also awakens a sense of racialidentity in a group of people who havelittle in common. By speaking of"illegitimate" children, Duke exploitstheir yearning for a return to the moralstandards of the past. Never mind thefact that the average welfare family inLouisiana consists of only two children,with each additional child allotted only$11 a week. Never mind the fact thatwelfare payments account for about 2percent of the state's budget, and thatgrants under Louisiana's public aid pro-gram to families with children are thethird lowest inthenation. Reasonmeansnothing to these people, for it belongs tothe progressive elements of society.

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It is difficult to predict who willwin the governorship of Louisiana. Bythe time this article is published, we willknow. Whatever the case, the resultswill have a lot to do with voter turnout.Traditionally, blacks have a lower rateof voter turnout than whites in Louisi-ana. But in a two-day registration periodafter the open primary, 32,243 black

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voters registered. However, it is the"silentmajority," the lower middle class,which most often fails to vote amongwhites. During the same two-day regis-tration period, 35,054 new white voterssigned up (Don Terry, NY Times, 11-9-91).

It is thought that people who votefor David Duke do not know what theyare"swallowing." Commentators chargethat Ronald Reagan, with his 1980 po-lemic against "welfare queens," andGeorge Bush,withhisWillieHortonadsand opposition to civil rights legislation,have made racism palatable to the tastesof American voters. Well, I think thatLouisiana's lower middle class knowsexactly what it is doing: they are votingfor a racist. "A tiger can wallow in themud and cover up his spots. He's still atiger" (Shirley Randall of Hahnville, ascited by Don Terry, NY Times, 11-9-91).Although we,alongwith Anna Quindlen,want to live in a better tomorrow, weshould not assume mat everyone elsedoes. Some people, namely the lowermiddle class of Louisiana, would ratherlive in the 19th century. $

Page 10• THE TRINITY TRIPOD*November 19,1991

FEATURESAnd All Over Campus, Not A Creature Was Strirring...Q BY CLIFF FULLER

Features Writer

Once upon a "-day" (names havebeen changed to protect the innocent), itwas nighttime in the Computing Center.It was late there, and I was up late therefor forgettable, academic reasons. Hoursago, I had sighed and resigned myself tothe fact that I would be awake for most ofthe evening and early morning. Now, asI was settled into my squat maroon officechair, tickling the keyboard, I reached anepiphany. I began with the thought ofeveryone else that I knew on campus thatwas asleep. Then, of everyone else that Iknew of on campus that was asleep, andthen of everyone else anywhere else thatwas asleeping. Through this logical pro-gression of slumber, I reached an aware-ness of my aloneness. I was awake; existence was not. As I caressed the keys andnurtured a sickly paper back to health, Icontinued to wonder...

About the Subculture here at Trin-ity College. Thefreakish, nocturnal cote-rie of students who are in their elementfrom dawn to dusk, each night avampire's eternity. Wide-eyed insomni-

acs who match wits with the televisionuntil the television finally surrenders andraises the flag with its stirring renditionof "The Star Spangled Banner." Themartyrous "allnighters" as they scurryabout procrastinating and telling every-one, between cups of coffee and coldshowers, that they are pulling anallnighter. The weary students in thelibrary who are shocked into coherenceby the buzzer as it announces last call.The die-hard revelers who stay until thebitter end at the View or a fraternity "latenight," weaving their way back home,unaware of their membership to this elitegroup, this Subculture. As my paperlanguished on the electric screen, I won-dered...

Subculture notwithstanding, wasthere a time at which the entire campuswas dead asleep? A time when even thelate-nighters had off-nights, and went tobed at a reasonable hour like everyoneelse? When, if ever, was this time? Andcould I find this eyelashed moment atwhich Trinity wassleeping,droolingintopillows,and dreaming fitfully withpuffyeyes? I chose to find out as I bundled upand left the Computing Center. To dis-

cover the sound not of one hand clap-ping, but of Trinity snoring.

Exiting the empty Center, I beganto roam. The campus was following theexample that Funston, the Quiet Dorm,was setting to my left. I glanced up at thedorms as I passed them. No muted lightswere visible behind shades - there wasnot even the flickering blue glow of tele-vision static on the usual windows. Ipassed through these buildings and didnot see anyone. I tried Mather. Theperson at the front desk was curled up inan armchair. In Saga, various studygroups were all napping, heads down ontables and planted in history or physics.Strange. I tiptoed downstairs, takingcare not to wake anyone. The game roomand Cave were closed, and consequentlythe place was deserted. Stifling a deepyawn, I moved on.

As I scanned the dorms overlook-ing the Chapel, everything appeared tobe closed. The only light emitted notfrom Cook or Jarvis, but from orangelanterns with glazed looks in their eyesand the "red alert" lamps shining out-side the Cinestudio. I'searched for signsof the Subculture, but surprisingly found

none. No phantom individuals on theQuad playing fetch with a pet. No impa-tient, cold carnivores waiting on the streetfor a pizza. No bike riders, no fellowLong Walkers, not even Campus Secu-rity was around. The same held true forthe fraternities and the north end of cam-pus. No sound, no lights. Where werethey all? Could this be? Not a soul atTrinity was awake! I didn't know how,or how I knew, but I must have been theonly one! I checked my watch for thecorrect time, the exact time of the historicmoment at which I had witnessed thesound sleep of Trinity-

Thenl stopped. Not everyone wasasleep. There was no way that I couldever see the campus in peaceful slumber,because I would have to be asleep inorder for that to occur. A tragic, sleepyparadox. I sighed once more in futility,then walked back to Funston, the QuietDorm. Experiencing the almost perfectnoiselessness and realizing that it was asclose as I would ever get, I gave a longprimal scream. Loud enough, in fact, towake me from my dream in the Comput-ing Center, hunched over the keyboard.I must have been sleeping. ̂ |j)

Sigill.CoUTiiiLSanc:MvisingsoniheCollegeSeal• BYKARENKAREN

Features Writer-At-Large

You have asked me for an in-terpretation of asealandlarn tellingyou that I see before me ashield of the kind and vari-ety that St. George used to \smite a dragon. There tooare the weapons that St.George used before he flung downhis shield victorious his weaponsare blunt, yet made of heavy metal.A crook and a key can skewer whenthey are held fast within clenchedfists,St. George roared as he

skewered. Then inmomentous ac-cord with them o m e n t o u s

% portent of thisthing thirteen

stars fell from the

sky and the pope saw andwhispered in St.George's ear "Proecclesia etpatria" mean-ing "youm u s tbury thedragonw i t hbooks"so nowsee themark ofa libraryon St.George'sshield. Aliterary rriancan light a firewithhisbooks thatwould devour thewhole of a carcass of a dead

dragon, a literary man candriveacrookorkeyinto

the well protectedbreast of any

mean abomi-nationpush-

ing towardthe heartburied asit is andb u r s tt h ew h o l easunder.

GloriousS t .G e o r g e !

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shouting to us"Books and beasts, books

and „ __ beasts, filled towhere the wallscrack and bulgeso well en-dowed is this!"Men then

huddled undertrees in the forest

fearing bestial brutality sawthe light shine forth from the fallenstars, from the library windows, theyheard St. George shout and gath-ered together saying " Sigill coll trinsane" meaning "What you've got Imust have" and n e v e rcould St. George say^^w^no, no, no,he said yes. Thus^=^today thebooks remain they do not burn butare read by men everywhere anddragons are the wiser less demon-strative they are left free to roamand fly albeit higher up, in a morerarefied atmosphere. ^

Luna's: White Pan Pizza & Toppings GaloreQ BY ANNA DAVID

' Features Gourmet

Over the last few years,'I haveheard people talking about the "LittleItaly" section of Hartford. I always as-sumed that they were a little mixed up,becauselfoundithard to believe thatthe"Insurance Capitol of the World" couldalso be home to such cultural activity.But then I went to Franklin Avenue,which -though only five minutes fromTrinity - surrounds you with Italian eat-eries and pizzerias (along with a fewrandom Chinese restaurants, as well).At the Center of this section, at 341Franklin, is Luna's Pizza, specialising in"white pan" pizza and a homey atmo-sphere. Now, I realise that I've calledboth "Luos Nehctik" and "Reader'sFeast" homey, and I do hate to butcher aword, but Luna's surpasses all others interms of its hominess.

One enters Luna's through a porch-like screen door, and immediately face

their brick oven. There are about tentables, all the kind that, "either yourmother or grandmother had at somepoint," according to co-owner Louie.They are all different, and they rangefrom yellow formica lo ones withslide-out leaves for enlargement.

The white pan pizza beatsCampus's any day. The crust is fairlythick, and toppings vary from spinach(recommended) to broccoli, zucchini,eggplant, and all of the more commonchoices. It is, however, on the expensiveside - a large is $12, and toppings are$1.50 each - but the price is worth the bestpizza in Hartford. While the menu iscertainly not extensive (they really donot serve anything besides pizza), whatis served is universally excellent. Theirwhite pan pizza is really normal pizzawithout sauce and with extra herbs andspices. If you like, you can always'goahead and order normal pizza, or justsplit it down the middle. It used to be aBYOB place, but it is in the process of

Luna's Pizza, at 341 Franklin AVenue- Home of White Pan Pizza ONTHM KRON

changing, so the neon "Miller Lite" signsare misleading. However, alcohol willbe served starting very soon.

If you have time, hang out and talkto the waitress, Isabel, and the owners,Peteand Louie. Oneofmyfriendsshared

stories about their common Brooklyn/Italian roots- if s just that kind of place. Ifyou don't have time to soak up the atmo-sphere,.you can always get a pizza to go-it's only supposed to take seven minutesfrom the time you call in. ®

November 19,1991 • THE TRINITY TRIPOD«Page 11

FEATURESAfter ADecade At Trinity, Delta Delta Delta Continues Its Growth• BY RAN BARTON, HI

Features Editor

Delta Delta Delta, Trinity's firstsorority, arrived on campus almost tenyears ago, in February of 1981. Sincethen Tri Delta has flourished, as a greatmany of Trinity's women have chosen toparticipate in the Greek system. So manyin fact, that Tri Delta, with 42 sisters, 32pledges, and 15 sisters abroad, repre-sents nearly ten percent of Trinity's fe-male student body. Still, according to TriDelta President Liz McDonald '92, thereis no sign of the growth slowing down,since "every year there is a stronger andstronger turnout at rush." McDonaldattributes this strong interest in sorori-ties to "the women on campus wantingto be part of a tight-knit group ofwomen."

However, there is more to the ap-peal than the social bonds of sisterhood.Sororities, or female fraternities as theyare also referred to, serve as examples towomen of their capabilities and strengths."Trinity doesn't realise that joining a fe-male fraternity is not solely joining asocial group, that apart from our com-mitment to community leadership, weare an organisation dedicated to better-ing ourselves and our group," explainsMcDonald. "We are a successful, well-organised group, run top-to-bottom bywomen. It builds a great deal of confi-dence to see it in action, it's an excitingthing."

Tri Delta's sisters are involved innearly every aspect of campus life, andrepresent a genuine force on campus. Inacademics, they have a 9,,,5.GPA (nearlyan A-), and count two of the President'sFellows among their ranks: MerrittColaizzi, of the Art History Department;and Jennifer Chi, of the History Depart-ment. In athletics as well, they excel,with both the Field Hockey and LacrosseCaptains being AAA sisters this year.

Commu-nity service hasalso long been apriority, andapart from theirannual cannedfood drives,booth at theSpring WeekendFun Fair, andH a l l o w e e nParty, AAA hasmade truly sub-stantial contri-butions to thecommunity overthe last two yearsin terms of themoney theyhave raised intheJail'n'Bail. Injust two years,they have raised$31,500 for theAmerican Can-cer Society, in- _ BILL BERARD.NOeluding $5,000 The sisters of Delta Delta Delta: (1 to r) Front row-Kathy Littlefield, Jennifer Chi, Christinamore this year Davison, Biz Tomlinson, and Amy Chick. Second row-Anne Driscoll, Betsy Lubwig, Nessythan last. All of Thompson, Merritt' Colaizzi, Ashley Houston, Bath Ann Carter, Liz McDonald, Kate Mortimer,the money was Sarah Harris, Kelly Suhay, and Lindsey Marshall. Third row-Bonnie Tomlinson, Molly Gerber, Alesraised in two Andros, Jennifer Hardy, Katie Stewart, Caroline Gilman, Holly Stewart, Anne Nicholson, andone-dav peri- S u s a n R°st. Back row-Courtney Pattison, Ann Busse, Lydia Sanders, and Sarah Evans. Not

, H pictured are: Liza Baumgarten, Missy Beal, Kathleen Buckley, Crista Demasi, Ashley Farrar,o s, an repre- Vanessa Genova, Emma Ketteringham, Jennifer Leach, Claire Meehan, Jen Morris, Lexi Rice, Amysents the largest s t r a i e y i a n d K a t ie Wade

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single commu-nity service event held on campus.

Apart from its benefit to the Can-cer Society and Tri Delta, McDonald feelsthat Jail'n'Bail is valuable because, "it isa Trinity community response, everyonewas involved. It felt good to know that,we could put on a fund-raiser thathelpedpeople pull together."

McDonald again stresses TriDelta's constructive role as an all-womenorganisation. "It's thrilling to see eventslike Jail'n'Bail run by all women. It's areal confidence builder, a strong founda-

tion for the real world with its glass-ceiling."

On the subject of reform of theGreek system, McDonald feels stronglyabout Delta Delta Delta's future. "Wewill not go coed. One of the reasonsp̂ eiSple join a sorority in the firstplace to'to find a safe place, devoid of sexualtension. If reform is to take place, I'd liketo see a few more options added, such asan equal number of all-male, all-female,and coed fraternities. It's the presentratio of eight fraternities to two sororitiesthat is the built-in inequality. If we had

two more sororities, they would fill up ina second. As far as abolition is con-cerned, it's just removing choice, takingaway student options. They always saywe're supposed to be gaining responsi-bilities, and then they try to take the:decisipjfts*away from iis, tolegislate Whatwe can and cannot do."

As to whether or nor sororities arevaluable, McDonald has no doubt. "I'vegained so much, learned so much aboutmyself. I've met a lot of terrific people Iwouldn't have otherwise, and it's broad-ened my connections to Trinity." (&

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Page 12»THE TRINITY TRIPOD-November 12,1991

ARTSIshmael Reed, Prize4Vinning Writer To Read From

His Poetry This Friday In Goodwin Theater• BY SARA WEDLOCK

Arts Writer

The field of criticism and satirehas been allbut abandoned by Americanwriters. The ideological civil war of the60's and 70's was exhausting, and pres-ently, the movement is at a standstill:"flattened by conservative orthodoxy",according to Jacob Epstein. Instead, •American writers have turned to thesmaller controversies of the historicalnovel: sex, gexual politics and self. Butthe war is not over. Ishmael Reed is oneof the few writers who still mans thebattlements of satire. Friday, November22nd,Reed will be reading fromhisworksin Goodwin Theatre at 8:00.

He has a message for politi-cians and anyone wanting to learn moreabout how blacks live: join him on thefront lines. "I think I'm atypical becauseI live in a ghetto. WhenI talk about issuesin black: neighborhoods, I'm speakingfrom experience; I'm not making it up,I'm not a tourist. You have to be on thescene to know what's happening. A lotof the stuff I'm reading is'not true."

Reed is especially sensitive tothe place of the black male. Reed criti-cizes The Color Purple,both the novel andthe film, in his essay "Steven SpielbergPlays Howard Beach" for, unconsciouslyor not, encouraging themy th of the black' •man as Evil. But Reed does not seek tospeak for anyone but himself, and hecertainly does not limit his targets to anyone ideology. Everyone is fair game:conservatives and liberals, feminists andbigots, politicians and educators, blackwriters and white writers.

His most recent novel. The Ter-rible Threes (Antheneum, 1989~>, proposes ,

an American government of the 1990's:waging war against the Third World and"surps"—surplus people consisting ofthe homeless, the poor, women, blacksand Jews. Reed's America is led by a neo-Nazi who denounces Ronald Reagan as aleft-winger who presided over the big-gest sell-outto the Soviets since Rooseveltat Yalta! Reed's other novels include TheFree-Lance Pallbearers (1967), YellowBack Radio Broke-Down (1969), MumboTumbo (1972), The Last Days of Louisi-ana Red (1974), Flight to Canada (1976),The Terrible Twos (1982), and RecklessEyeballing (1986).

Reed is not only a novelist, how-eve'r. He is also an essayist, televisionproducer, magazine editor, playwright,songwriter, and poet. He finished hisfirst play in second grade, wrote jazzcriticism for a local newspaper at 13, andbegan writing essays in high school. "Ifound I could defend myself by writing;it was my way of fighting back." Reed'slatest collection of essays is entitledWritin'Is Fightin',

"Here and elsewhere the writing inthis book possesses the sort of snap missingin 99 percent of everything we read. Fart ofthis can be attributed to Reed's smart way .with words. But plenty of people get smartwith words all the time, and it don't mean athing., What kindles the flame inside thisprose is Reed's passion for what he writesabout:*/ '•"'"'': ;" ; ;" \. ' :_ \

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Reed has also received great praisefor his New and Collected Poems (1988),whichis, according to John Aielloj essen-tially a history of his poetic life. Thesepoems take the reader frbmReed's home-town of Chattanooga, Tennessee, through

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••,.!.'•• Novelist, dramatist,essayist and poet Ishmael Reed to give a reading of hispoetry collctions which include ''New and Collected Poems", "Conjure", for whichhe redeved a National Book award nomination ,"Chattanooga'' and "A Secretaryto the Spirits" at the Austin Arts center at ,8pm. '••'.'•-.•••

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Through Sunday, November 24."The Persistance of Nature ."Recent works by Joan Wadleigh Curran."

Austin Arts center's Widener Gallery, lpm to 5pm.

Wednesday, November 13 -29.."Different Perspectives on Living",an exhibition of photographs by Darrell

FitzgeraLd,Mather Art Space.l0am-8pm daily.Free admission.Openingreception:Wednesday,November 13from 4:30 -6:30 pm. . . .

Film . .

Wednesday, November 20Film "Entre Nous " will be shown as part of a series titled "Women in

French and Italian Cinema". Seabury 9-17. 7 pm. Free admission.

Music

Friday, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov. 23The Trinity College Concert Choir, with orchestra and conducted by

3erald Moshell, will perform "Requiem" by Faure, as well as music by Bach, Bartok,ind Dowland. 8:15 pm in the Chapel.

Ishmael Reed, prize-winning writer, will read from his works onFriday, Nov. 22 at 8 pm in Goodwin Theater.

the Afro-American slave traditions of hisheritage, and into the urban America ofthe streets of Oakland, where reality at-tempts to dampen his "romantic vision".Rock musician Sting has recorded sev-eral of Reed's poems and released themon his album, "Nothing But the Sun".

Two of Reed's books have beennominated for National Book Awards,and he has received numerous honors,fellowships and prizes, including theLewis H. Michaux Literary Prize,awarded to him by the Studio Museum

in Harlem in 1978; He is director of I.Reed Books, which publishes works byblacks, Chinese Americans, PuertoRicahs, Eskimos and other groups. In1976, he founded the Before ColumbusFoundation as a means of prdmoting andpropagating American multicultural lit-erature. Reed also founded There CityCinema and publishes the literary jour-nal Quilt. He has taught at Harvard, Yaleand Dartmouth and for twenty years hasbeen a lecturer at the University of Cali-fornia at Berkeley, W

The Way We Wore: AmericanCostume and Portraits On Display

At The Wadsworth Atheneum

[~] BY LAUREL PORTNOYArts Writer

The Wadsworth Athenum'sfirst permanent gallery for the display ofthe museum's extensive costume collec-tion opened to the public with its pre-miere exhibition The Way We Wore:American Costume and Portraits onNovember 13. The exhibition will re-main on view in the first-floor gallerythrough April 5,1992.

The Way We Wore chroniclesdress in the eighteenth and nineteenthcenturies by creating vignettes using cos-tumes, portraits, and furniture of eachperiod.

The exhibition begins with theearliest known dated New England por-

. trait. "MissElizabethEggington," (1664)painted by an unknown American artist,shows a young woman wearing a hoodand apron that were typical of the mid-seventeenth-century English colonists.Also included in the exhibit is the wed-ding gown Faith Robinson wore for hermarriage to future Connecticut governorJonathan Trumbull,

The exhibit traces the changing

fashions that would prevail in designstyles for years to come. As well aschronicling the various fabrics used ineach time period, the exhibit highlightsthe various clothing styles as they paral-lel certain historical periods. Typicalclothing in the industrial revolution ofthe 1840's include constraining corsets,larger skirts, and tight sleeves, whichmade it nearly impossible for women todress themselves, much less engage inphysical activity.

The exhibit is supplemented byphotographs. One of them is of FrankCheney, Jr., circa 1866, of the Cheneymill-owning family of Manchester, Con-necticut, and shows him wearing a char-

• acteristic velvet suit. The actual suit isalso on display in the museum.

Carol Krute, curator of this ex-hibition, will give a gallery talk aboutThe Way We Wore on Tuesday, January28,at noon. The talk is free with museumadmission. Docent-led tours are alsoavailable by appointment. Admissionfor adults is $3; students $1.50. Admis-sion is free all day Thursday and from11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. TheAthenum is open Tuesday through Sun-day, 11:00 a.m .to 5:00 p.m.$)

November 19,1991 -THE TRINITY TRIPOD'Page 13

ARTSKing Missile: Strap One On

WRTC Sponsored Event Brings First Major Label Band To Trinity This Year• BY PAT WEST

Arts Writer

Social alternatives? Well, sincethat's what everyone has been askingfor, Trinity's going to get one tonight,November 19th. Starting promptly at7:30 in the Cave, a show featuring KingMissile will commence and is guaran-.teed to relieve the masses of their per-petual boredom! And with the recentunbelievable success of alternative bandssuch as Nirvana, Fishbone, Fugazi, andJane's Addiction, it'll be interesting tosee how receptive the Trinity studentswill be.

After months of trying to gettop bands to Trinity, someone has finallydone it. WRTC was able to book KingMissile and did it so that all Trinity stu-dents get to see the show for free. This isthe first major label band to hit Trinitythis year, with the Missile boys recently

signing with Atlantic Records, andshould prove to be a very large show.But many students may be asking them-selves "cool, finally a good band comesto Trinity, but who the hell are they?"Have no fear, the information is here.

While it would do an injusticeto try to label King Missile, it'd be evenharder to successfully do so. Combininginfluences which range from The Clashto Led Zeppelin to Sonic Youth, KingMissile has been able to establish theirown sound which may be best describedas story-telling sung over melodic chordsdriven by a fast beat designed to gener-ate thought and movement. Abstract? Alittle, but why the hell not, especiallysince King Missile doesn't concern itselfwith paying homage to the norms. In-cluding their latest album "The Way ToSalvation," King Missile has put out fouralbums over a span of 5 years of exist-

ence. After a few line-up changes, KingMissile has settled into a groove withpoet/seer-of-the-absurd John S. Hall,Dave Rick on guitar, Chris Xefos on bass,and David Ramirez on drums.

Since most Trinity students areunfamiliar with what has been labeled"College Radio," it is only fair to warnthem that King Missile hit it big on theindependent charts with "Mystical Shit"a couple years back. The reason why thisis a warning is because they have a prettybig following in the alternative ranksand the Cave should be pretty packed,but hopefully not to the point wherestudents have to be turned back due tolack of space. The atmosphere and musicshould get people going, and don't besurprised if things get a little hectic andcrazy. .

So if you're looking for somealternatives, tonight is the night. Even if

King Missile's style doesn't suit yourtastes, it will be very hard not to getexcited and feel the power. And if you'rejust plain sick and tired of work, not tomention the day-in, day-out routine, thisis your chance to let out some aggres-sion.

Smackhead will operi up theshow with a 35 minute set to start, andpromise to deliver with an array of blis-tering funk, metal, rap and pure crazi-

' ness. While it is doubtful that a knifefight will happen again, rumor has it

' that bassist Al Day was seen recentlywith a handful of bottle rockets and hasvowed revenge for last year's SpringWeekend. King Missile will be broad-cast live over the air on WRTC (89.3 FM),but nothing beats the real thing! Soshow up at 7:30 tonight in the cave,armed with your Trinity ID. and asoulfulL of energy! $>

Mighty, Mighty Bosstones And Ny Citizens To Rock Trinity CollegeFT BY CLAUDIA CARTAGENES

Arts Writer

WRTC will host its fourth an-nual Ska-Fest this Friday night in theWashington Room. Appearing will beBoston's Mighty MightyBosstones, theNew York Citizens, and Skinner Box,both of whom hail from New York City.

Ska is an early Jamaican musi-cal form that combines the Reggaebackbeat with a rhythm-and-blues stylehorn section. Very popular in the 196G's,it formed the basis for the style of musicthat was later to become Reggae,Jamaica's most popular musical export.The sound of Ska can best be character-ized as a faster, more energetic style ofReggae.

After the explosion of Reggae,Ska virtually disappeared from the Ja-maican music scene. However, in theearly 1980's, Ska enjoyed tremendouscompetition from bands like the Spe-cials, Bad Manners, and Madness capi-talized on the danceability and vibrantenergy of music.

Today, Ska music lives on in atightly knit underground network ofbands and followers. Three of the mostpopular Ska bands in the country willbe• appearing in the Washington Roqm on1

Friday night courtesy of WRTC. One ofthe newer bands on the scene, the MightyMighty Bosstpnes, combines the flavorof traditional Ska music with the'rawpower of Punk and Metal. Their firstalbum, Devils Night Out, made a huge

splash in college radio stations all over(hecountry. Recently, theMighty MightyBosstones have atttracted a great amountof national attention to themselves, hav-ing appeared on nationwide televisionand in magazine advertisements for Con-verse shoes. Their original blend of mu-sical styles and over-the-top energy have.made the Bosstones one of the Northeast'stop acts.

Hardly new-comers to the Skascene, the New York Citizens have beenplaying their own special brand; of Ska;for nearly nine years. Fast and verydanceable, with a few slow Reggae num-bers thrown in, their music is much truerto the Sk^.music:pf the early eighties:revival. Lately, however, their music hastaken a new Funk direction. The New

York Citizens are constantly on tour andhave attracted a large and loyal follow-ing throughout the country. Their de-but Trinity performance is definitelysomething to look forward to.

' Skinner Box, a new band alsohailing from New York, will be openingthe show. What makes Skinner Boxunique is theuse of Latin influences intheir music. In a very short time, theyhave gained a strong reputation as a anexciting and talented band.

• - JHie Mighty Mighty Bosstones/the New York Citizens and Skinner Boxshould provide a welcome escape forthose tired of hearing the same old songsovejf and over. Admission is, $5 in ad-vance and $6 at the door. Doors open at8:30 pm.$>

Trinity Sophomore Darrell Fitzgerald's 'DifferentPeispedlYes on Living" Photo E>diibition In Mather Art Space

• BY SUNNY ASGHARAssistant Arts Editor

Mather Art Space has always beenthe site of a variety of art expos andDarell Fitzgerald's " Different Perspec-tives On Living "was the latest to grace

the walls. Mr.FitzgeraldisasophmoreatTrinity and this is his first exhibition atTrinity itself. His photo exhibition is ashe says himself a "life long dream". MrFitzgerald has been interested in photog-raphy ever since he was a child.Whereasother art students tend to steer towardsother art forms he has found that he can

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view the world more closely through acamera lens, He believes very stronglythatthecameracancapturestrongvisual'images. His talent was very apparenteven while he was in high school. Hepursued his interest strongly by takingPhotography!, 2 and 3 in high school.' iMr.Fitzgerald describes one of his teach-ers Karen Johnson as being'his mentorand says that it was she who encouragedhim to pursue this field. Throughout hischildhood Mr.Fitzgerald hadalwaysbeenthe trusty photographer at family gath-erings and was also co-editor of the schoolart newspaper " Insight", but under theguidance of his teacher he decided tobroadenhis field and decided to send outhis business card to various photo agen-cies, Mr.Fitzgerald was as he says "ex-tremely lucky " to be asked by the CountyMarketing Agency to join them on theiron location shoots and thus under thesupervision of Jane Seale, he spent histime furthur perfecting his skill,

Mr. Fitzgerald would in the futurelike to focus his exhibition on politicalissues especially those affecting the Afro-American community. He hopes to bringto the forefront black culture , historyand political life throughhispictures. Hewants to make a "political statement"with his photos.

When asked what his favorite

piece in the exhibition was, he said thatthey all were works of love and labourbut right now one appealed to him alotand that was thephoto entitled "Home",The photograph is one one of a tenementbuilding in the South Bronx. Itis accord-

' mg.to Mr.Fitzgerald aesthetically-nar-row and concentrated, The picture is

• taken with a vertical perspective andadds a sharp contrast between the fireescape and the white sky. He has tried toportray the entrapment of the ghetto bythe use of the picture. Mr.Fitzgeraldhopes to soon help the people in theghetto through his pictures.

Mr. Fitzgerald claims that it ishard to maintain full artistic potential inTrinity,because he says that resourcesare-very limited.He adds that right nowTrinity has no major programs to helpstudents of photography develop their-talents, a situation he hopes will im-prove in the future. Mr. Fitzgerald hadto take out a loan to open the showalthoughhe says that the school did help

, him considerably. As Mr.Fitzgerald says"art is an expression of life " and hehopes to continue expressing himselfthrough photography for a long time.Mr.Fitzgerald's exhibition will be inMather Art Space until Friday, Novem-ber 29. 10 am to 8 pm daily. Freeadmission 4$

Page 14*THE TRINITY TRIPOD'November 19,1991

SPORTSWrestlers Are Ready To Surprise New England

continued from page 16

of wrestlers, the team record fell to 3-11.This year's problem is not the lack ofnumbers, but rather the abundance ofeager wrestlers. For the first time inyears, Amato is organizing an intrasquadwrestle-off to determine who will repre-sent each weight class. In the 118 poundclass, Brian Roberts '95, who had an out-standing high school record, will be com-peting at the lightweight spot. Roberts isanxious to carry his previous achieve-ments with him to the Bantam mat.

Freshmen Ron Cino and John Falkwill be looking to fulfill the 126 poundclass. Amato asserts, "Both are enthusi-astic to compete. It will be difficult todetermine which one will represent us."At 134, both Brian Burke '94 and JeremyBurden '93 will be a tough tandem tobeat. With Burden overseas until Janu-ary, Burke is sure to be a winning ingre-dient for the Bantams. After missing hisentire sophomore season due to a nag-ging back injury, it will be interesting tosee if Burden can bounce back to his trueform.

Wrestling off for the 142 poundposition will be sophomores Paul Moorerand Dan Herbert. Moorer gained a lot ofexperience in the 150 class last year andshouldbeevenquickerataHghterweight.Herbert missed most of last season dueto injuries but posted a 2-0 record in dualmatches while he was healthy.

Co-Captain Mike Taylor '92 willbe increasing from 142 to a heftier 150. Athree-year letterwinner, Taylor has tre--mendous ability and should be a finalistin the New Englands. Praising his co-

captain, Amato says, "Mike is a winner.His leadership and wrestling enthusi-asm is instrumental to all the underclass-men. Mike's ability and desire shouldtake him a long way this season."

In the 158 pound class, freshmenBobby Bligh and Jacob Shaw willbe con-tending for quaEty action. Amato claimsthe 158 class will be another hard posi-tion to determine as both newcomersbring a lot of successful high school ex-perience. It will be interesting to seehow both Shaw and Bligh can adapt tonew weights in college competition. At167, there is no mystery as to who willrepresent the Bantams. Co-Captain JackKirkpatrick, the team's MVP for the pastthree seasons, will be a threat to all hisNew England competitors. Amato as-serts, "Jack is loaded with effort anddesire. He's a smart wrestler and willfight anyone to the mat. He gives 100percent to every practice and match."

Freshmen Tucker MacLean andGreg Zito will be looking to compete atthe 177 pound class. Amato definesMacLean's style as unorthodox but ef-fective, while Zito carries a lot of strengthand agility to the mat.

The toughest wrestle-off will be inthe 190 pound class. Just coming off thefootball field, Adam Dunn '93 will try torekindle his dominating style from ayear's past. Dunn placed sixth in theNew Englands last season with a 9-5record ̂ n dual matches. His competitionat 190 will be junior Matt Pedersen who.is moving up from 177, Pedersen had animpressive sophomore season as heposted a 6-6 record in dual matches and

Matt Pederson (below) puts a textbook move on co-captain JackKirkpatrick as the two prepare for the upcoming wrestling season.

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earned a third place finish in the com-petitive Plymouth State Invitational.

The Bantam heavyweight dutieswill be handled by Dan Finkelstein '95.Standing at 6'3 feet, Finkelstein shouldbe an intimidating force throughout theleague. Bringing yet another impressivehigh school record to the Bantams,Finkelstein will be an integral part of therejuvenated Bantam success.

'-" . , Trinity's blend of raw talent and

revived enthusiasm will prove to be athreat throughout New England. LastSaturday, the Bantam grapplers traveledto Roger Williams to compete in an invi-tational scrimmage and opened a lot ofeyes. Their success at the scrimmage wasonly a stepping stone for a great season.According to Amato, "If teams don'ttakeus seriously, they're going to get a rudeawakening. We're a tough bunch ofachievers on a mission for success."*^

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Denver 24, Kansas City 20Detroit 21, L.A. Rams 10L.A. Raiders 31, Seattle 7

Minnesota 35, Green Bay 21Philadelphia 17, Cincinnati 10San Diego 24, New Orleans 21San Francisco 14, Phoenix 10Washington 41, Pittsburgh 14

This Weekend's GamesN.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

San Diego at N.Y. Jets, 4 p.m.Atlanta at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m.Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m.

Denver at Seattle, 4 p.m.Detroit at Minnesota, l p.m.

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•Intramural Update

The CAMPUS FUN RUN will take place this Saturday,November 23, at 11:00 A.M. The course will consist of a 2.5mile loop around campus. To enter, call extension 2069. Theentry deadline is tomorrow.

BASKETBALL sign-ups have begun and will runthrough December 14. Although play does not begin untilJanuary, sign-ups must be in prior to Winter Break in order toget all games scheduled. THERE WILL NOT BE A SIGN-UPPERIOD IN JANUARY AND NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BEACCEPTED.

The SOCCER finals were held yesterday. Alaric,captained by Ernst Vegelin, and Muntle, captained by NedRollhauf played yesterday afternoon for the honor of wearingan 'Intramural Champions' T-Shirt.

The TENNIS finals will be held later this week. Theintramural office is still awaiting the results of semifinalmatches.

Coed VOLLEYBALL has just begun. There are tenteams battling it out for the championship.

Team Captains and Coaches

Captains for Winter Sports:Men's Basketball:Women's Basketball:Ice Hockey:Women's Squash:

Men's Squash:Women's Swimming:Men's Swimming:

. Wrestling:Men's Indoor Track:

Mike Allen , , ,, ; ;,Amy ChiodoSteve Burgess, Scott Leddy, Tom ScullSusana Dyson, Stephanie Spahr,Mary TomlinsonCameron HopkinsAnn ReutterDavid ShapiroJack Kirkpatrick, Michael TaylorDoug Wetherill, Yussuf Khan

Women's Indoor Track: Carrie Pike, Jackie Kupa

Coaches:Men's Basketball:Women's Basketball:Ice Hockey:Women's Squash:Men's Squash:Swimming (both):Wrestling:Indoor Track (both):

StanOgrodnikMaureen PineJohn DunhamWendy BartlettJohn AnzChet McPheeSebby AmatoDave Barry

Statistics

RushingMullaneyWallaceCraigAllardKirbyHolstead

ReceivingGiardiMcDavittWallaceMullaneyMudry

PassingLane

TacklesDauphineeBradley 'Devanney 'Chisolm 1McHugh ''Masi '.

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Att957382231911

Att4626181312

Att225

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Yards500387354112

7968

Yards486386318147'146

Comp135

Asst746051504747

Avg5.35.34.34.94.26.2

Avg10.614.817.711.312.2

Yds1736

Total1247469645756

1991 Field Hockey Statistics

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Men's Basketball:Women's Basketball:Men's JV Basketball:Ice Hockey:Women's Squash:Men's Squash:Swimming (both):Wrestling:

November 30 at 7:30 v Albertus MagnusNovember 26 at 7:30 v Albertus MagnusJanuary 29 at 6:00 v WPINovember 22 at 7:30 v HamiltonDecember 4 at 3:00 v HarvardNovember 25 at 4:00 v MITSaturday November 23 v UMass-DartmouthJanuary 25 at 12:00 v Williams and WPI

This Week In Bantam SportsGames frdta 11-19 through 11-25

Friday 11/22: Hockey--T--i-y Hamilton-— 7:30Saturday 11/23: Hockey—-r-'v Williams—7:00

, • Wrestling-—--at AIC -—-1:00M. Swimming-v UMass-Dart-l:00W. Swimming-v UMass-Dart-l:00

Monday 11/25: M. Squash—-^ v MTT 4:00

NEW ENGLAND DIVISION HI FOOTBALL RANKINGS

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YOU CAN WIN AND STILL NOT SUCCEED, AND YOU CAN LOSE WITHOUT REALLY FAILING AT ALL.

Defending North-South Champs Moving UpIce Hockey Unable To Defend Title Because Of Move Into East-West

• BYJOHNTWICHELLSports Writer

The Trinity Hockey team is com-ing off one of their best seasons ever. The1990-91 team captured the ECAC Divi-sion III North-South championship withan exciting 4-3 victory over a powerfulFitchburg State squad. Happily for theBantams, the bulk of the championshipteam returns.

Led by senior tri-captains SteveBurg«ss, Scott Leddy, and Tom Scull, the1991-92 Bantams face a transitional sea-son. They are moving up from the North-South division to the East-West divisionof the ECAC. The Bants will play aschedule of half North-South, and halfEast-West games. Because of this, theywill not be eligible for any playoff action.However the team is blessed with enoughtalent and chemistry that they shouldhave a fine season.

The Bantam defensemen are spear-headed by tri-captain Leddy. Leddy,who was North-South player of the yearlast year, directs the team's offense, whilealso controlling the defensive end. Tri-captain Burgess is also a standoutdefensernan, but plays a more "stay athome" style. Others in the defensivecorps include the physical trio of TomPresz '92, BUI Grube '92, and HarryEinbender '94. Freshmen who shouldcontribute at the blue line are Pat Brunoand Dan Good.

Tri-Captain Scull is one of the manyhard nosed Bantam forwards. He hasplaymakingand scoring skills> while also Ice Hockey captains: Scott Leddy, Tom Scull, and Steve Burgess. CVNTHIA KRON

excelling in the corners. Another keyforward is winger Jay Monahan '93.Monahan proved to be the Bants mostconsistent scorer down the stretch lastseason. Penalty killing expert MartinMooney '92 is an important two waythreat. Other returning forwards includetheflashyandhighscoringJohnSnecinski'93, rugged cornerman Chris Golini '94,Geoff Kelley '93, Jeff MacDonald '92, andTodd Mills '94. Freshman center ToddCarroll should see plenty of power playtime, and be an offensive threat. PatAshe, O.D. Cook, Pete Krawiec, BrendanMonahan, Dan Ogilvie, and BobEiserman are other freshmen forwardswho will get ice time.

Goaltending continues to be astrength for the Bantams. Jeff Tuck '92backstopped last season's championshipwith clutch play. His size, technique andquickness make him one of the best goal-ies in New England. Backing him up isRich Getzoff '92. Getzoff, who wouldprobably start at most other schools, wasECAC South goalie of the week twice lastseason.

The Bantams are coached by JohnDunham. Dunham is the man respon-sible for bringing the hockey team froma club sport in the 1970's to the dominat-ing power that it is now. He is alwaysable to get the most out of his Bantamsquads. The team opens their season thisFriday evening against Hamilton. Thegame is scheduled to be at Wesleyan(Trinity's home rink for now). Trinityalso has a home game scheduled for Sat-urday night against Williams.®

Swimming Hopes On The Rise• BY PETER CUOMO

Sports Writer

The Trinity Men's and Women'sswim teams are tuning up for their firstmeet, this Saturday, against U-MassDartmouth. For each team, the new sea-sonbrings new faces and a fresh outlookfpr head coach Chet McPhee. WhileIVtcPhee and assistant coach Greg Carterhave high hopes for their women, themen's team will behard pressed to matchtheir success of last season.

The men's team who finished witha (7-2) record in 1990-91, will be led bysenior captain David Shapiro, Shapiro,who holds three individual records, willbe one of the returning swimmers thatthe team will depend upon if they are tobe successful. ,;

On a team that coach McPhee de-scribes as "talented but thin", as far asdepth is concerned) the veteran swim-mers willbe the key. Along with Shapiro,the top returners include RenGetzertdanner '92, David Lynch '93, JonNusbaum '93, John Donahue '94, BenCarvalho'92andRobLenois'93. WayneOgorzalek is a promising freshman whowill also play a big role this season.

Coach McPhee will have to adaptto the loss of sprinter Frankie Monacoand the possible loss of junior LukeMcCarthy, McCarthy, who holds fourindividual records, was a key swimmerfor the Bantams the past two seasons, butit is not clear as to whether or not he willbe swimming with the team in the sec-ond semester. His return would be a bigboost to the team's c! stance events.

Though the team's top swimmersfor each event are solid, the team needsfast times this season from the second

and third swimmers to be successful.Without three swimmers for every event,it will be hard for the Bantams to winagainst opponents with bigger anddeeper teams, The swimmers McPheedoes have must all swim well.

The womens team has a muchdifferent outlook than the men. After thebest recruiting class in five years, thewomen look* to return to the glory yearsof the early 80's. The women are rich intalent and depth, and in addition to thenew freshmen there are plenty of veter-ans returning to lead the team. After a (5-5) record last season, the team should bemuch improved. McPhee is high onsophomores StephanieCope and Kim Aguilar whohe says will be two of thetopswimmersintheleague.They willbe joined by cap-tain Ann Reutter '92, Bar-bara Oseguera '92, ChrissyHewitt '93, Renee Mailloux'93, Amanda Johnson '94,and Natascha Kontny '94 asthe team's top returningswimmers.

The addition of fresh-men Kim Blondin, CherylBuchanan,' ElizabethDowner, Sarah Stuckey,and Leslie Orlando, willbolster the team and give ittalent and depth which ithas not had in years, Un-like the men, the womenhave enough swimmers tocover every event. Fastswims from everyone arenot as essential in order forthe women to win most oftheir meets. 68}

Wrestling Primed For Success• BY TED O'CONNOR

Sports Writer

Let me introduce you to the reju-venated 1991 Trinity Wrestling Pro-gram. Just as wrestling seemed to be aforgotten sport at Trinity, a new breedof freshmen have kept the program'sresurgence burning. The Bantams areentering the 1991-1992 season with achemistry of talent that will unques-tionably place them at the top of thecharts in the New England rankings.

Returning with eight lettermenand the arrival of one of the most prom-

ising freshmen classes in years, the Ban-tam grapplers will be a menace to thosewho underestimate their true talent anddesire. Entering his sixth season, CoachSebby Amato feels the awaited revivalhas finally emerged. According toAmato, "The atmosphere is totally dif-ferent. Their enthusiasm is rubbing offme everyday I walk into practice.They're a dedicated group of achieversWho want to turn the program around.I'm psyched to get under way."

After having to forfeit particularweight classes last season due to a lack

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Triuiiy's swimmers are practicing for their first meet of theseason, at home this Saturday at 1:00.

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