Talk:Trinity College (Connecticut)
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[edit] Old requests/discussion
Id like the see the section about white flight related to Trinity - this is more about city of hartford then Trinity.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Afinemetsfan (talk • contribs) 20:31, July 15, 2005
Some statistics about the crime would be nice- they are somewhere on trincoll.edu —Preceding unsigned comment added by Afinemetsfan (talk • contribs) 20:34, July 15, 2005
"Hartford gives Trinity many advantages over other liberal arts colleges, or LACs" -- this is an opinion and hardly belongs in an NPOV article. 15.235.153.107 14:37, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Hartford, as an urban center, has opportunities owing to its size and infrastructure which suburban and rural colleges cannot match in such close proximity: that is hardly an issue for NPOV. If you want to detract from the school's prestige, you're welcome to factually research and report on the implied varia suffered by Trinity and its community from being located in Hartford - IF you can find and document it. I'd like to see some illustration of the college's recent proactivity in recruiting more minority students instead of rehashing the Princeton Review's yellow journalism.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.83.243.7 (talk • contribs) 16:37, March 19, 2007
this whole article is nothing but glowing words about trinity and its surrounding community. every time i add something about the huge and frightening problem with crime, people getting stabbed at frats, and there being an ice cream truck that sells crack, it gets taken out. if trinity wants to advertise for themselves, dont do it on wikipedia—Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.252.66.54 (talk • contribs) 11:19, April 5, 2007
- Gosh, that's awful. How can you have a complete, balanced article about the college without including ice cream trucks selling crack and frat murders? This article is supposed to be a factual report on the college, not a crank's tell-all pulp novel about the neighborhood, and whether true or urban myth, these horror stories are hardly typical or representative. Sounds to me like you're the one who needs a sense of perspective. If you're just here because you have an axe to grind, well, don't do it on Wikipedia. 69.30.112.12 22:22, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
i agree with what the last individual wrote. i have lived in the same neighborhood as trinity almost all my life, and i know what this neighborhood is like. recently, it's gotten better but it can still be called a troubled area. but the thing about trinity is that it is very insular. it does at times cooperate with local communities, but it is a bubble world. and any talk about diversity in trinity is pure crap. trinity is selective, and it usually chooses members of hartford's 'old money' families, or rich folks in general. it has made little progress in diversifying its student population with people of color from hartford.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.251.55.200 (talk • contribs) 14:54, April 5, 2007
- The assertion that Trinity 'usually chooses ...'old money'... and 'rich folks in general' is ignorant and sad. That may have been true 100 years ago, but hasn't been for a long time. Trinity has a vested interest in accepting the best students who apply, and has been extremely proactive about recruiting for diversity. Do you know anything about what you're talking about? You could learn a lot with five minutes of honest, intelligent effort. Sure it's insular. A lot of colleges are. They're not studying Hartford. Sorry. And sorry if this is a harsh reality for you, but Trinity is not a community college or some kind of public charity, and does not owe 'people of color from Hartford' some kind of unearned free ride just because they live nearby, as you imply. I think it's pretty clear you have a chip on your shoulder. Go educate yourself a little before you open your mouth. That's something YOU owe people. 69.30.112.12 22:22, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] References
I started to mark a few sections as unreferenced but I'm stopping as I would have to do that to every section. Please add citations to this article. --ElKevbo 23:55, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] International Hip Hop Festival
Having been site of the first International Hip Hop festival I'm surprised there isn't anything in the article about this, especially given that it's become an annual affair since 2006. Is it worth researching in order to add this sort of information to the article? Angel of Mons (talk) 22:52, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
