My street, Quai de Jemmapes, runs parallel to the Canal Saint-Martin, a utilitarian waterway opened by Napoleon in 1825. It could be called the river Seine's smaller, uglier sister who doesn't get out much. Lining the canal are scores of battered tents that house the homeless.
0 CommentsAs a student of Professor Schub for the past three years, I feel compelled to respond to Fatima Jafri's opinion piece from last week. I would specifically like to address her statement, " I [can] find [no] justification for articles and videos shown by Professor Schub as they clearly create a hostile environment in which Muslim students and those sympathetic to them are deprived of the opportunity to learn without being attacked for their religious beliefs.
3 CommentsSuper Bowl Sunday proved to be yet another grand spectacle of American culture. This is not a new concept in the realm of sporting events, but we all know the Superbowl is something special. It has practically become a national holiday. So what can we learn about ourselves from this high profile indicator of American culture? Well, the implications of the sport itself are a loaded issue.
5 CommentsHow do you think we could make students feel safer on campus? Trinity faces the same daily issues that any of our sister institutions face if they are located in a major urban environment. As many of our readers know, The New York Times just last week ran a major story about today's undergraduate students who seek urban institutions in which to spend their four formative college years, almost as evidence of what we are striving so hard to do here at our own College: to stress living in a major, capitol city as part of our corporate experience as members of the faculty, staff, and student body.
0 CommentsHis name was Danny Atwood. He was the mentor for my first-year seminar: the Interdisciplinary Science Program. He was the first upperclassmen I knew at Trinity College. I saw him during class, asked him some questions outside of class, and attended the programs he coordinated (like the famous game, "Assassin").
0 CommentsSlow and steady wins the race. That was the secret the girls knew that the boys didn't in the relay race with a golf ball on the spoon. As opposed to the boys who repeatedly dropped the golf ball while concentrating on moving at a faster pace, the girls knew that exercising the patience to make sure the golf ball did not drop was more important.
0 CommentsIn a previous issue of the Tripod, Ms. Jafri recounts an incident of alleged religious intolerance involving Professor Schub that occurred in Dec. 2005 when she was a student in Arabic 201. I (Dario Del Puppo) was chair of the Modern Languages and Literature Department at that time.
2 CommentsOn Wednesday, Feb. 14, come out to show your support for Frankie Acevedo as he stands trial in Hartford for exercising his First Amendment rights. In June 2006, Conard High School (West Hartford) senior class president and political activist Frankie Acevedo was arrested by a West Hartford police officer on the school premises because he had the audacity to videotape the police officer using what Frankie believed to be excessive force in arresting a fellow student.
0 CommentsI was fortunate to attend the Squash match against Harvard this past week, and while I was thrilled by our team's fantastic victory, I was less than pleased with the behavior of some of Harvard's fans. It seems improbable that, at what is reputed to be the best and brightest university in the nation, so many students would have forgotten the basic rules of courtesy and kindness.
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