2008 Woodie Awards
Trinity hosted "The Illicit Drugs - Burden and Policy" conference last weekend at Mather Hall as a multidisciplinary effort to educate individuals about the many facets of the drug problem in the Hartford area with a focus on current setbacks with resources, ineffective drug policy and the inefficiency of current solutions.
Despite a growing trend of prescription drug abuse across the country, the phenomenon has gone largely undocumented at Trinity College. "Our nation is in the throes of an epidemic of controlled prescription drug abuse and addiction," according to a July 2005 report by The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.
After five years the Trinity College television station is returning to the air with new programming. This venture is headed by TrinTV, a new student organization led by seniors Evan Norris, Andrew Aydin and Brendan McGowan. The team will produce new broadcasts, as well as running footage of sports games and other campus events.
During the trustees' last meeting on Family Weekend, the members decided to restructure their system of governance. This decision to change, however, is not a recent one. Beginning in the spring of 2004, the Special Committee of Institutional Administrative Governance (SCIAG) reviewed the governing system of various liberal arts colleges, to see how things were done differently at other campuses.
Ground Breaks on CT Center for Science and Exploration Government officials ushered in the groundbreaking of the $149.5 million Connecticut Center for Science and Exploration Friday. Situated next to the new downtown Convention Center on the Connecticut River, the interactive museum will open its doors in 2008 and feature six major exhibition areas on four floors.
