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The Trinity Tripod wishes everyone a safe and enjoyable summer! We will resume publishing in September. Congratulations and good luck to the Class of 2008! |
Leonard Kendrick, a dispatcher with the Trinity College Campus Safety Department, was dismissed on Tuesday, April 29, after having failed to report multiple larceny convictions while employed at Trinity College. Responding to an anonymous tip, The Trinity Tripod pursued an investigation last week regarding Kendrick's alleged criminal background.
On May 5, 2008 Dean of Students Frederick Alford released the following statement: "This morning the Campus Safety Office received a report from the Hartford Police Department that sometime between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Monday, May 5, an adult female non-student went to the dormitory room of a Trinity student and asked him to accompany her to a site that is approximately a mile off campus.
The Trinity College baseball team, ranked second in Division III, extended their undefeated streak, which is now making national headlines, to a 30-0 record behind a 5-0 week. The Bantams opened the week with a Tuesday evening game against the Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors, expected to be Trinity's most difficult opponent this season.
Lisa Kassow, Director of Trinity College's Zachs Hillel House, will receive the Vision Award in Jewish Heritage for her lifetime devotion to Jewish Arts, Culture and Education from the Charter Oak Cultural Center. Kassow is one of the three Hartford residents who are being honored by Charter Oak for their dedication to "repairing the world" through teaching, promoting social awareness, and working for justice.
I am extremely disappointed that The Trinity Tripod took down the article David Kimball-Stanley '09 and Ryan Haney '10 wrote in response to the article Whitney Duprey '09 wrote on the fraternities. If, as the Tripod Web site claims, there had been a personal attack in the article, then why did they agree to publish it in the first place? A lot of the article dealt with issues and ideas that could not even be construed as personal attacks; why, then, did the Tripod not ask to just cut a few sentences? Not to mention the fact that there have been much more offensive personal attacks in the Tripod and on the Tripod Web site, many of them written by anonymous contributors.
Any kind of music always sounds good in the Chapel with its great acoustic design, but last Friday, April 25, the Trinity College Chapel Singers' Spring Concert sounded especially pleasant. The pews were filled with an ample crowd from the Trinity community, including parents and students.
I'm glad that my cousin chose last weekend to visit Trinity College, because he witnessed a rare and exciting event that reflected well on our student body: Trinity students from a variety of groups coming together for a common cause. The Third Annual Relay for Life was on Saturday, April 26, an impressive event with music, speeches, and one thing that always attracts people whose meal schedules revolve around that of a dining hall: free food.
On the occasion of Dean Spencer's formal retirement, I would like to thank him for his many years of service to Trinity. Although Ron and I were students at around the same time, I did not get to know him well until I joined the Trinity faculty in 1972. During that time I have worked very closely with Dean Spencer and I often asked myself what would the College do without him? I can't think of a single person at Trinity whose instincts and educational values I respect more.
