Interested in participating in Trinity’s first-ever campus-wide squash tournament which also happens to benefit a good cause? Then register today for the First Annual ConnPIRG Campus Climate Challenge Squash Global Warming Tournament! It’s only $15 to play, and no experience is required! For more information, contact me, Bryce Blum, or Maggie Thomas!
After seeing the high student demand Trinity’s two Zipcars have gotten, we’re adding another one! This one will be conveniently located in Mather parking lot, and we expect it to be on campus by the time we get back from winter break. If you haven’t yet signed up for a Zipcar membership, go to www.zipcar.com/trinity — it’s only $35 to start, and that amount goes towards driving credit! Zipcar is wheels when you want them, at the rate of only $8 an hour or $65 per day! Give it a try!
I sincerely enjoy this advertisement every time I watch it on YouTube. It never gets old.
Rebecca Herrigel ‘10, Peter Walters ‘11, Mark LaVoie ‘11, Lorenzo Sewanan ‘12, and I (Krystal Ramirez ‘10) have been hard at work. Here are a few bullet points about what we’ve accomplished thus far:
For more information about the Campus Infrastructure Committee, please click here.
In today’s issue of the Hartford Courant, there is a photo and caption about Trinity’s First Annual Campus Sustainability Day, held yesterday on the grassy knoll in front of Mather. Click here to see the picture and read about the event!
I had a meeting earlier this week with the Director of IT and he has promised that at least 50% of the dorms on campus will have wireless access by the time we get back from winter break in January. The rest will be done by the beginning of the 2009-2010 academic year. Just thought I’d share the exciting news!
Just wanted to remind everyone that the voter registration deadline for the state of Connecticut is Tuesday, October 21. For most other states, the deadline has already passed, so if you’re not registered, do so! You can pick up a form in the FACES Lounge (downstairs Mather) and fill it out and ConnPIRG’s New Voters Project will deliver it for you straight to the Registrar of Voters’ office.
I know there are many people eager for recycling bins in Jarvis, and I just wanted to let everyone know that the Facilities Department and the Recycling Task Force are working on it, but because Jarvis was being renovated over the summer, it was not included in the first order of bins that are currently being distributed. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to e-mail me at Krystal.Ramirez@trincoll.edu.
See John McCain and Barack Obama duke it out one final time! Free snacks and beverages will be served! Join the Public Policy & Law Department and ConnPIRG’s New Voters Project in the Washington Room at 8:30 PM! See you then!
Some people have been reporting trouble lately accessing wireless in the library. I have spoken at length with Bryan Adams, Director of Systems and Networking in the IT Department, about this, and here is what you should do if you encounter a problem:
Go down to the Computing Center Help Desk and report the incident. This is crucial, as it gives the technicians details so they may get more of an idea as to how to proceed. Be as specific as possible. Tell them where you were sitting when you couldn’t get access/lost access, and bring your computer with you so they can take a look at it. Even better, get one of the student workers to go with you to where the incident occurred and see if you can replicate the failure. For the most part, the situation seems to be happening to certain individuals rather than all users, so it could just be a matter of “certificates.” According to Adams, you need to “accept the certificate presented by the controller to manage the secure tunnel needed to use TrinAir.” In short, there’s no easy fix here until enough information has been gathered, but please know that it’s on the radar of the appropriate people.
Also, today at 8 PM an upgrade is going to be taking place that will cause the wireless access points in the library to “reload,” so just be aware of that. It may cause disruptions, or it may resolve some things. The ultimate take-away from this is that if you don’t file a complaint, there’s not a whole lot anyone can do…
If necessary, don’t hesitate to contact me via e-mail at Krystal.Ramirez@trincoll.edu or call me/send me a text at (281) 795-0880.
Christina Conti and I were interviewed about our views on the current campaigns, specifically John McCain’s choice of running mate, and we have quotes in an article titled, “To Liberal Female College Students, Palin No Feminist.” Read the article here and see what other CT undergrads had to say!
Here is what we hope to get accomplished by the end of the 2008-2009 academic year:
1. Wireless all over campus. Period.
2. A campus pub open by April
3. Improvements to the Chartwells dining service, including meal “rollover” and lowering the prices of items sold in Outakes, the Cave, and the Bistro
4. Upgrades to our dorms’ bathrooms and laundry facilities
5. Access to our dorms using our Personal Access Codes (PACs)
We are obviously working on a number of other things, but these will be our priorities. Visit our committee page to read about the other issues we are tackling.
The SGA has received numerous complaints from students about the lack of wireless access recently in the library, and we have, in fact, contacted the IT Department (we spoke with Bryan Adams, the Director of Systems and Networking) and they suggest that students open a help desk ticket whenever any incidents occur, because without them, there is no way to pinpoint the problem and resolve the issue. They have not noticed anything wrong with the system, and therefore need the specifics and details in order to be able to address any concerns. The phone number to call is 860-297-2007, or pay a visit to the Computing Center on Level B of the library.
Presidential candidates Obama v. McCain, Round 2
8:30 PM in the Washington Room! Free snacks and beverages!
Join the Public Policy & Law Department and ConnPIRG’s New Voters Project as we watch VP candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden duke it our during their debate. There will be free snacks as well as voter registration opportunities/information about requesting an absentee ballot. See you there (Washington Room @ 8:30 PM)!
