Comments on: Students Silently Protest During Trinity’s Annual Festive Tradition

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[…] of the year to advocate for divestment from and condemnation of Israel, with the first happening at last fall’s Light the Long Walk event and the second being held shortly after fall break in response to a Palestinian Trinity student […]

By: Disappointed Alumnus

Disappointed Alumnus — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 02:53:33 +0000

Still trying to figure out what the protest was intended to accomplish. Apparently, so are the protesters.

By: Firas Karnac

Firas Karnac — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 01:23:57 +0000

Wait a minute… let me get this straight: so the organizers “had already dedicated so much work and time into preparations” yet simultaneously “Every member expressed uncertainty of the protest’s objective.” This poetically summarizes not only Trinity’s caliber of student, but more so the aesthetic facade that overlies the anti-Israel sentiment so vehemently defended by college-aged intelligentsia. If you don’t truly grasp what you espouse yet spew the most loaded language including genocide-speak, consider a serious refrain from your actions.

By: Efren Daniel

Efren Daniel — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 02:59:18 +0000

It amazes me how quickly the two students interviewed managed to make it all about themselves, pulling attention away from the cause they were supposed to be demonstrating about.

Maybe Trinity should, instead of requiring Wellness and Experiential credits to graduate, require students to volunteer at hospital, clinics, or soup kitchens. Perhaps this could help them to understand the true meaning of human rights advocacy, social justice, and selfless empathy.

Also: “Especially as a person of color, you almost expect institutions like these to let you down”…

Only that the President of the College is BIPOC; so is the Vice President of DEI (Anita Davis); so is the College Chaplain and Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life (Marcus George Halley); so is the Dean of the Faculty and VP of Academic Affairs (Sonia Cardenas); so is the Dean of Student Life (Jody Goodman); so is the Director of Community Standards and Restorative Justice (Selders); so is the General Counsel and Secretary of the College (Mathieu); so is the Chief of Staff and Associate VP for External Affairs (Rojas), etc., etc.

If anyone feels that this institution is letting them down because they are a person of color, then maybe they should take it with all of those administrators listed above. All of them highly recognized and accomplished academic professionals who have reached the highest administrative echelons at Trinity College.
Surely things at Trinity are far from perfect. I think we all can agree. But when was the last time you heard any of those administrators complaining of how “unjustly” they have been treated by the College?

By: Gabriel Sorondo

Gabriel Sorondo — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:14:35 +0000

In reply to David Copland. So the lack of highlighting the protest, as per your argument, is because student dissent (which Trinity encourages) is not markeatable?

By: David Copland

David Copland — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:50:52 +0000

Marie is disappointed the College’s P.R. vehicle “Trinity Campus Weekly” didn’t highlight the protest. However, she is not surprised. Okay, I can follow that. But then she shares a bizarro world view that the reason Trinity Campus Weekly didn’t highlight a protest during the College’s festive event is an institutional oppression of people of color. No, Marie. Trinity Campus Weekly “contains news about the life of the college and the accomplishments of our campus community”. It is prepared by the College’s Office of Communications and MARKETING. The reason Trinity Campus Weekly didn’t highlight the protest is because publicizing protests during festive College events is not the purpose of Trinity Campus Weekly.