Press Conference Launches Job Boycott

ECOnference 2000 is a two-day conference, held this year at the University of Pennsylvania on October15-17, sponsored by 40 socially and environmentally concerned organizations. The goal is to gather, educate and encourage students to participate and be aware of current environmental issues.

The Job Boycott Campaign, organized by Free the Planet!, Green Corps, Sierra Student Coalition, and the StudentPIRGs, intends to secure signatures of graduating college seniors who pledge that they will not take jobs with twelve specific companies, nicknamed the Dirty Dozen.

These companies were chosen because, according to research conducted by members of ECOnference 2000, they are the least socially and economically responsible.

These Dirty Dozen will be announced at a national press conference during ECOnference 2000.

The Job Boycott Campaign has a specific goal in mind for each of the companies and hopes to pressure them to successfully complete these reforms more quickly by limiting their job applicant pool. Full story...

Midsession Features Various Activities

The week before Midsession began, all students received a pamphlet in their mail boxes entitled "Midsession Happenings" for the week of October 7-17. This pamphlet gave a day by day description of the activities planned for students over Midsession. Dr. Sharon Hertzberger, Vice President of Student Services, said: "We have a flood of activities this semester." Most of the activites were put together by the first year program to encourage the freshmen to stay on campus. Throughout the week, a variety of activities ranging from movies to Broadways shows were made available to the Trinity community. Some highlights of the week consisted of a women's reading group on tuesday, a trip to the Apollo theater in New York City to see a taping of "It's Show Time at the Apollo," on Wednesday, a trip to see Miss Saigon in New York City on Thursday, stress relief massages on Friday and a paintball trip on Sunday. These were only a few of the activities students were encouraged to engage in to make their Midsession more productive and educational.

Along with the plethora of activities planned for each day, student services and the First Year Program worked together along with the College to make this Midsession different. "We worked with faculty to ensure they prepare a special assignment this week," said Hertzberger. "We also made sure all services of the College were running like a normal week. Mather kept its normal hours as did the rest of the offices on campus," she continued. Full story...
 

Multiethnic Festival Celebrates Diversity

The fair, held in the field house, was alive all Sunday afternoon with traditional costumes, the smell of different ethnic foods, and music from the performing groups dancing and singing on stage.

There were booths representing several different cultures, with food, information, vendors, and a booth for the International Student Organization scattered throughout the field house. Students were invited to take a break from their Midsession work and come to visit the multi-ethnic event.

The event, which represented 32 different nationalities this year, was sponsored by the World Affairs Council, the Greater Hartford Jaycees and the Sister Cities International of Hartford. Marjorie Anderson, the chairperson of the World Affairs Council in Hartford, commented that the fair was very successful, that students were wandering in and out all day and there was a possibility of the fair becoming an annual event. Full story...