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.
0 CommentsThis Week, Carver interviews J. Ronald Spencer (JRS), Associate Academic Dean, originally from St. Michaels, Md. Carver Diserens: You're retiring at the end of this year, what are your plans? J. Ronald Spencer: Yes, but I'm going to be back about 40 percent next year.
0 CommentsThis past Saturday, April 26, the Best Buddies Organization, an outreach program to help mentally-handicapped adults, held its annual Spring Dance, culminating another successful year. The dance incorporated all Best Buddies groups state-wide and was extremely well attended.
0 CommentsNathaniel Fick, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Captain, New York Times best-selling author, and CBS News military affairs expert spoke last Thursday in Vernon Social Center to a captive audience of faculty, students, and guests on the Iraqi War and Middle East conflict.
1 CommentsNow that the whole schoolwork thing is out of the way, I have the time to focus on the real reason I came to Trinity: to get my "Mrs. Degree." If I'm going to accumulate alimony, I need to start right away. Screw graduation and the whole walking over the plaque thing, the only thing I wanted to walk down is the chapel aisle as part of my fantasy pink and green wedding.
0 CommentsLast Wednesday, April 23, Robert K. Musil, Scholar in Residence and Adjunct Professor in the School of International Studies at American University, visited Trinity College as part of Earth week events organized by Green Campus and ConnPIRG's Campus Climate Challenge.
0 CommentsDJ Unk (Short for DJ Unknown) performed at the Psi Upsilon (Psi U) formal last saturday, April 19. Unlike past Psi U formals, this dance, organized by Psi U President Josh Biren '09, was for charity. Biren began planning the event at the beginning of the semester in an attempt to bring to the fraternity scene something that had not been done before, and he was certainly successful.
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