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PANCAKES GALORE! Story By HAYLI PHILLIPS
Pancakes, yum! As simple as a pancake is to make, I can honestly say that I’ve never had a pancake that was as delicious and wonderful as the pancakes in the dining hall. Of course, I’m talking about the pancake bar! These were pancakes far different from the ones we grew up with. After all, whose mother actually let them have chocolate chip pancakes with sprinkles and chocolate sauce? There were many different concoctions created at the pancake bar, however the weirdest one was by far the goldfish pancake with caramel sauce. When I asked the head show cook, Chris Cross, about his strange creation, he replied: “My boss handed me a large box of the goldfish crackers and told me to get creative and do something with them. I knew we were having the pan-
cake bar, so I decided to use them for that.” This random idea sparked quite the buzz around the diner with many people questioning this odd combination, or simply trying it without a care. For some it was the best thing they had ever tried, for others it was simply a pancake. However, there was hardly any negative feedback with regards to these delicious breakfast/ dessert items. Some of the popular combinations included the classics of blueberries and chocolate chips, and a new twist “The Almond Joy” pancake, which consisted of chocolate chips and coconut. Honestly, these pancakes were absolutely amazing. Needless to say, the pancake bar was a success and I strongly recommend that everyone create their own pancake concoction, should the opportunity present itself.
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With the January deadline fast approaching, it may be difficult to keep On January 1, 2014, all tobacco products off the Schreiner University is going campus since many students to become an official tobacco- use tobacco products. free campus. Students have offered Tobacco items to be banned different opinions about the include any of the following new rule for tobacco products. products: cigarettes, hookahs, “I feel that the new snuff, cigars, pipes, etc. tobacco use policy is not The former rule for necessarily right," said SU smoking was that students student, De Hetherington. could smoke anywhere on "I understand that it was campus if they were 25 feet put in force to help improve away from any of the buildings. the health of the students of As a result of the the campus, but I honestly transition which began in think it might make it harder June, Schreiner has now on smokers and I do not limited the smoking zones to believe that they really were three locations – the outdoor a problem; not once did they tables near Pecan Grove’s ever bother me or anyone foot-bridge, the gazebo at else around me. With that Facility Services, and an area being said, I do realize across from the Elaine B. how this could improve Griffin Welcome Center. the campus and everyone’s
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health.” Hannah Dejong, senior, also saw a downside. "I believe the new smoking policy influences chain-smoking students to begin sneaking around campus to smoke,” she said. “As a result, there will be cigarette butts littered around campus because there is no longer a designated smoking location. I think that the arrangement before worked well, where the campus had scattered designated smoking A Schreiner student smokes at one of few temporary designated smoking areas. areas." places was worse for the The majority of students were smoking areas or not, but they thought that environment than actually interviewed seemed to not having any smoking having designated ones. not really care if there
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SU a BOARDing School? Freshman Victor Garcia says of this new phenomenon, “It feels like freedom, In the recent with the wind semesters at Schreiner blowing in your face University, students and no worries at and faculty have all.” Garcia is one of seen many changes – many freshmen to construction on the bring their boards to buildings, sidewalks, Schreiner. and a new quad have given the campus a new “It’s just a fun way to get to class f low and style. These improvements unless you hit a patch of gravel and have coincided with f ly off your board,” another development laughs freshman on campus that boasts Blaine Hansen. a f low and style all its own. Skateboarding and Incidents like its fraternal twin sport, these beg the question – is skateboarding is longboarding, have become an increasingly a dangerous pastime? Danny Flores, head popular means of of campus security, transportation and states, “We’ve had diversion for S.U. A Schreiner student drifts on by in front of the Logan Library. no filed complaints students.
about skateboarders on campus. The only trouble I’ve seen has been when they are hanging onto moving vehicles.” A dangerous activity indeed, but one Flores believes is easily remedied by “caution and common sense.” Even Schreiner’s health and wellness department believes that skaters are at “no greater risk than the average active student,” according to head nurse Dayna Gwaltney. Gwaltney has treated some scrapes and sprains from skating related accidents but most of these spills could be attributed to "slippery sidewalks from the morning dew or all of the rain lately.”
in total. The possibilities for this grant are numerous and will benefit Schreiner Schreiner University University greatly. recently received a grant that Provost Dr. Charlie is designated for HispanicMcCormick, Dr. Candice serving institutions. The Scott, and Beth Bourland, grant is for $650,000 annually worked with consultant Linda for five years-$3.25 million
According to an e-mail sent out by University President Dr. Tim Summerlin, of some 230 proposals submitted last year, 13 grants were awarded in 2012 and 11 this year. Continued on Page 2
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Dowden to put together a very strong proposal for Schreiner to receive a Title V Grant, officials said. A Title V Grant is a grant in support of institutional improvements in learning, academic support, and persistence to graduation.
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Students do not like limits, especially limits to technology. They will go where opportunity, atmosphere, and technology exist because the value students receive from the aforementioned give the impression of variety. Schreiner has many initiatives to provide opportunities and stay ahead of what students need to be competitive in our ever growing global economy and workforce. One of those initiatives is the Texas Language Consortium (TLC), not to be confused with the Teaching and Learning Center (also shortened to TLC). In the TLC’s second semester, the spring of 2013, 32 percent of consortium students attended classes through a live, life-sized video communication system. Just like a normal course, they were doing group projects, inclass discussions, tests, and even laughing together in class – the only difference is that they and their professor and course mates were up to 275 miles away from each other. The students utilize technology in a unique way to make the class work. Moreover, their efforts provide them with skills they can offer employers because consortium students have a necessity to become competent in inventive, successful, collaborative techniques. When questioned in early 2013, Professor Silke Feltz said the motivation behind the TLC was “to keep foreign languages alive and flourishing. [To do so,] several private institutions
Schreiner student, Rene Garza, makes a presentation during her language class in the TLC.
… combined forces so new courses, coordination of languages could be offered exams and holidays, book … and schools could broad- orders, how to effectively en the educational horizon accomplish group work, of individual universities.” virtual office hours, and the Pre-2009, Schreiner offered occasional inconsistency in Spanish every semester, but sound quality or availabilGerman and French were ity. As the program grows, only available during the the previously mentioned even years. challenges We now decrease have Chinese “..the only difference each seMandarin, is that they and their mester and French, some no professor and course- longer exist. German, Spanish, and mates were up to 275 New pedPortuguese agogical miles away..” every semesapproaches ter. This new created by availability is participatdue to the collaboration of ing professors and student Schreiner University, Texas resourcefulness in researchWesleyan University, Texas ing and utilizing technology Lutheran University, Lubhave led to group successes. bock Christian University In a March survey of 1,026 and Concordia University. Schreiner students and 150 Past TLC challenges Texas Lutheran students, have included: the effort 77 percent and 64 percent required to inter-campus of those responding respeccollaboration, the time to tively were interested in a design and implement the language minor. In a differ-
ent survey, 100% of those students surveyed said they would take a consortium class again. The TLC is in its third semester and continues
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to grow. TLC’s success is due to the dedication of the faculty, the IT staff, administration, and students across the multiple campuses. Currently, a student/ faculty project is underway that will introduce students to the effectiveness of combining resources, hoping to develop group projects, maintain student-led chapter discussions, novel discussions, travel abroad information, and address difficulties with homework assignments, by means of Google Docs, Wordpress, BlogSpot, and Zotero. The possibilities these hybrid classes have to offer are limitless and the TLC student’s liberal arts education is an enlarged experience because of an unspoken requirement: find a way to successfully communicate.
"I had no idea there was even such a thing as a Title V Grant," said freshman, Continued from front page Jose Bernal. "I hope the One out of 10 grant students will be receiving proposals submitted was some of this money." awarded, and one of those To be completely honest went to Schreiner. I am not sure what all of that Most often you see means, but I love this school grants like this under Title and I trust Dr.Summerlin III, but a Title V Grant and the rest of the staff is reserved for Hispaniccompletely," said freshman, serving institutions, meaning Thomas James. "I know that that the campus must have they have our best interests at least 25 percent Hispanic in mind and will not be population. Of course the selfish with that grant." ultimate goal of Schreiner Both Bernal and James for this grant is to serve the are hopeful that they will get entire student population, Dr. to see the Title V Grant used Summerlin said. to the fullest of its potential. In the same e-mail, it They only hope that the staff was stated that the goals for does its best to let all of the the grant would focus on students know about this retention, graduation rates, grant so that they can all be and student engagement, well informed. among other things.
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"Thirty Days of Literary Abandon" Story By KATIE BISHOP
It’s the single most common bullet on bucket-lists everywhere: writing your very own novel. Creating worlds and characters, sending them on adventures; causing all sorts of emotional trauma…who can honestly say they haven’t thought about giving it a shot at least once? Well, this year you may just give that thought a bit more time to brew. A few years ago, I was introduced to an organization that would change everything about my yearly calendar; not to mention my life in general. Known as “NaNoWriMo”, National Novel Writing Month was initiated in 1999 by Christ Baty and 20 other adventurous writers as a group effort to see if at least one person could complete at 50,000-word novel
in a mere 30 days and nights. It sounds like a challenge fit for the Old Testament, but the fledgling authors sped forward, undaunted, racking out daily word counts like bats out of hell. Although few of those creative minds were successful in their venture, the next year their numbers multiplied to 140. By 2004, over 42,000 writers had joined the ranks, ranging from first-time writers to fully-published authors hungering for a challenge. Lasting from November 1 – 30 of each year, NaNoWriMo is nothing short of one of the most incredible (and sometimes stressful) events a person could ever participate in. As previously mentioned, the aim is to click out 50,000 words in a comprehensible novel by the 30th evening of the month
of November. For those who with advice on how to control enjoy math, that is just about your “plot bunnies” and how 1,667 words a day. Using a to follow through with the basic font and size, that’s about publication process. 4 pages a day of writing output Other gifts are on Microsoft Word. How do from companies such as I know this? CreateSpace, "..but the fledgling Because I have who will participated for give winning authors sped three years and Wrimo-ers five only won once. forward, undaunted, free paperback This year, I aim copies of their racking out daily to win again. completed word counts like bats novel as a Joining NaNoWriMo prize. Other out of hell.." is completely example free. Go to www.nanowrimo. companies are Dragon Writing org and find the Sign Up tab, Software, Outskirts Press then go from there. There is no Publishing, and 48 Hour physical prize for winning, but Books. As you write and use there are countless perks – for the NaNoWriMo site, there participants and winners alike. are also Forums available to With your sign-up, you will put you in contact with other be sent weekly pep-talks from writers experiencing the same successful (and sometimes accomplishments and obstacles incredibly famous) authors as you are. There is even a
NaNo University Forum board for college students like us! Even though this event is called “National” Novel Writing Month, within the past few years the hype has crossed through customs and over borders and seas. Today, we write with Canadians and Frenchmen; Egyptians and Cambodians. This is now an INTER-National competition where intellectuals simply elect to challenge their minds to accomplish great creative feats. If you have an interest in joining me as my brother or sister in words this November and would like to know more about NaNoWriMo, or would like to entertain the idea of developing a writing group with me, please don’t hesitate to e-mail me at klbishop@ schreiner.edu. It would be an honor to write with you.
answered yes to all of them, unless the answer to number two was that the problem was fixed. As individuals of a community it is our responsibility, whether it be as a Schreiner student, an American citizen, or a global member of humanity, to be the improvement and the reflection of our reality. But, there are times when a louder voice is needed because awareness or concern is at a minimal. This is one of those times. If you are a leader, then lead. If you have responsibility, take it. If you have taken it and led, then thank you. If you have not, please go back
face of Schreiner to the world. Keeping it up-to-date is a lot of work. Each department is responsible for the content on their page. If you, you Schreiner student, wonder what the world thinks of your Schreiner degree, then go to the Schreiner website. If I was considering hiring someone from a school I never heard of, I would not go to a top 100 list of anything; I’d go to their website. I challenge you to pick five pages, open a document or read the ‘current’ information. I also challenge you to go to that department and ask to be of assistance on getting it and keeping it current, plus mentoring the person who will take your place when you leave. I challenge you to be a contribution to your world.
The Choice Is Yours
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To be an American is to have opportunity. We have opportunity every second of every day. Do you recognize it? Do you own it? A few do. Most do not. We are the students and future Alumni of Schreiner University; and, it is our responsibility to ensure what is happening around us is what we want to reflect on us. We can improve Schreiner (and the world) by specifically addressing the lack of ownership, accountability, and communication. So I propose a few questions to you:
1. Have you communicated any and all concerns you have about Schreiner to someone who should be able to fix or address the problem? 2. Did that individual actually fix the problem or did they put it on their list? 3. Did you go back and ask again if it was not addressed? 4. Did you take ownership of a problem when you found one or when one was brought to you? 5. Have you proposed solutions and contributed to those solutions? If you answered yes to one of those, you should have
to question one and start writing your answers down so you can do what you’re expected to do. And if what you’re expected to do is too much, tell someone; because, owning your mistakes is better than being known by your mistakes. Student leaders, communicate with the students. Schreiner faculty, if you’re wearing too many hats and can’t do everything you’re supposed to do, tell someone. And if you’re not willing to tell your supervisor, ask a student to assist you with something. We are pretty smart. Schreiner’s website is the
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Mike the Music Man “ I think we will be better this year because our director actually teaches us and helps If within the last couple us learn to play the music of years here at Schreiner rather than throwing it at us, you were a fan of the concert and expecting us to be able band, now starting its third to play the music right then consecutive year of existence, and there,” claims Tiphany you might notice a couple Schulze, solo flute player. of changes to the small And, indeed his teaching group beyond a few of the style and ambition are what instrumentalists. That change makes him the band favorite. comes in the form of a new Beth Mader, saxophone director, hired to lead the player, notes his dedication handful of band members on to performance. to new heights they have not “He is more interested explored before. in improvement and takes The new director, Mike the initiative to help make Kasberg, takes the place of Dr. us better,” she said. “He Tamara Raatz for the small seems not only interested concert band on campus. in us musically but also Story by KRISTA YARBROUGH Photo by SAM MEYER
individually. I am happy he is here.” Kasberg is excited about the possibilities. “I hope to nurture the musical seed already planted and to give the music department a firm foundation to grow into a well-respected music organization,” said Kasberg, and it appears that even the students can tell through his instruction that this is his aim. Through this vast improvement the band now has the opportunity to accomplish anything they aspire to. According to Kasberg, raising the group’s profile is a priority.
Are you looking for something to do? Do you like to read and enjoy discussing books with other people? Then Monday Night Fiction is definitely something you’ll enjoy. September 23rd, I decided to give it a shot, even though I hadn’t read David Liss’ "The Coffee Trader." I was pretty surprised when I walked in and found that the author himself (who won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel after writing "A Conspiracy of Paper") would be a moderator in the discussion. "The Coffee Trader" revolves around commodity trader Miguel Lienzo, and his activities. Living in 17th century Amsterdam as a refugee recovering from near financial ruin, Miguel embarks on a coffee trading scheme with a Dutch woman, even though it is forbidden by his community council. Picking up on the plot while listening to the other
participators’ questions, I was immediately intrigued by a book I had never even read. Avid readers kept asking deeper and deeper questions as the night went on. Liss explained everything
from how he developed his main character to what he did to understand how people lived in the 17th century. One of these lifestyle researches included mixing coffee with beer and
wine, as Miguel does in the story, as well as eating coffee beans. The topic came up that it was very hard for him to write his first novel ("A Conspiracy of Paper"), so I just had to ask what made him decide to go through with it. He told us that he
went to go see a movie, which happened to be about a man who was a true intellectual – he was a math genius, knew tons of history, etc. – and all without studying. This was evidence alone that he never needed to actually crack open a book, let
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Dr. Hueber to pursue a career in education. "Originally I thought I Dr. Charles M. Hueber was being led to coaching," he remembers his days at college recalls, "but one day it just hit fondly. Even before he knew me that there were other options what he wanted to do, he recalls out there, and I made a very being "what we often refer to as deliberate choice to work in hyper-involved." higher education." Dr. Hueber, who has been Schreiner University's new Dean Before coming to Schreiner, he worked as a Judicial Officer of Students since June of this year, attended Stephen F. Austin for other universities. Dr. Hueber explained that "a judicial officer State University, and earned oversees the campus student his degree at Texas A&Mconduct process..." and often Commerce, but to him, college was more than just academics and "has to work with campus police/ security, local law enforcement, degrees. "From student government to faculty, staff, and administration to make sure that students are student activities, I jumped right given due process." in," he explains, "and really got When making his decision way more out of my experience to come work at Schreiner, Dr. than most students." Hueber says the dedication of the It was this immersion in the staff and faculty to the student college environment that drove body was a big influence. Story by TYLER JACKSON Photo by ADAM BOYD
The Schreiner band with their new director, Mike Kasberg.
When asked about how far he thinks he can take this band, he said: “I won’t measure in accomplishments but in community awareness. I want people to know and recognize Schreiner has a band program.” Even though there
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alone do any work, to succeed. Liss said he left the movie theater staggeringly depressed. He said he thought for a long while about why that may be, and came to the conclusion that the movie embraced a myth that we have in America today. There are certain kinds of hard work that we respect culturally: For example, we admire people who work hard in business and athletics. In the arts, however, we don’t respect people who just work hard; we respect genius. The person who doesn’t have to work at what they do is the real artist, and the person who has to work is a fake. He realized he had never written a novel before because he had absorbed this myth. Every time he did try to write a novel he had stopped because it proved that he wasn’t a genuine writer. After seeing the movie, he told himself “This awful movie with this awful message is going to make me work harder to write a novel.” After that, he did. I was
are only a couple of performances on campus and a concert this semester, those few performances are bound to make a statement about this old band given a new life through harder music accompanied by a better teaching quality.
in absolute awe after hearing this message. It truly was in every bit of its essence a story that proved that “you can do anything you put your mind to,” and was a beautiful message for any person to hear – especially students. Monday Night Fiction meets the third Monday of the month in the Library’s Scarle Phillips room at 7 pm. There are food ideas each month, depending on the book’s theme. For example, "The Coffee Trader" had Starbuck’s coffee and various muffins and scones. Monday Night Fiction is not only a campus wide book club, but is open to the Kerrville community as well. The current coordinater is Silke Feltz, instructor of English and German. The books to follow in the following months (in chronological order) are Donald Hays’ "The Dixie Association," George R.R. Martin’s "A Game of Thrones," Heinrich Boll’s "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum," Markus Zusak’s "The Book Thief," and Ben Rehder’s "Gun Shy." Hope to see you there, and happy reading!
"I intentionally choose Schreiner in large part because of the very specific relationship between academic affairs and student affairs…” he recalls. “As a small liberal arts university we can do so much more for students and impact students in ways the larger schools cannot." His first year at Schreiner, in addition to being his first position as a dean of students, Dr. Hueber also teaches an IDST class on campus, which brings him even closer to the students. “He relates well to the students and takes into consideration different learning styles,” explains Chris, a sophomore in Dr. Hueber’s IDST class. Chris also believes that Dr. Hueber “really makes an effort to get the class involved. He strives to pull the information out of
people, and he doesn’t take himself too seriously.” When looking back on his decision to becoming a Dean of Students, Dr. Hueber says “It was just a natural progression. It was a good opportunity Dr. Charles M. Hueber teaching his IDST class. to continue in much sooner [on campus]… education and There’s also a stronger sense of help students be successful.” belonging among the students.” Dr. Hueber also finds the Dr. Hueber says his goal campus has some good qualities is “to continue to support the to help students along. student needs as best as possible” “Size is a major strength,” to ensure everyone on campus he says. “[A] smaller student succeeds at what they strive for. body [means] things can happen
Same Classrooms; New Faces Story by JESSICA LESLEY
want to go. Dr. Ryan Naughton, Dr. Kim Arvidsson, assistant professor of English, assistant professor of physics has lived in Missouri, Colorado, and astronomy, is from a England, Indiana, Ohio, and small village called Bjärnum now Texas. He has always been in southern Sweden. Since he fascinated with the medieval was a kid, he was fascinated world and British literature and with outer space, and became culture. He received a B.A. in interested in astronomy. He English with a minor in history received her undergraduate from Arizona State University, degree in Physics from Lund his M.A. in Medieval history University in Sweden, her Ph.D. from the University of York, from Iowa State University, and UK, and his Ph.D. in English became a postdoc at the Adler Literary Studies from Purdue Planetarium in Chicago, Illinois. University. Dr. Arvidsson preferred Dr. Naughton was to teach at a small, private impressed with the strength university. He really liked the of the programs and extraSchreiner campus, students, curricular offerings at and faculty during his visit this Schreiner. He is really past spring. His experience so enjoying Schreiner, his far as a Schreiner professor respectful, intelligent, and has been good. He says his diligent students, and just departments are great working learning the Texan culture. environments and he enjoys Dr. Naughton’s goal is to his nice, motivated students. engage students on their level, His goal is to be the best regardless of what they’re teacher he can be and to help studying, while broadening his students get to where they students’ horizons by
integrating a variety of teaching methods into his course. Dr. Susan Klinedinst, assistant professor of Biology, was born in rural eastern North Carolina, but moved to Richmond, Virginia when she was in middle school. She fell in love with biology at such a young age, she doesn’t remember wanting to do anything else. She received her B.S. in Botany from North Carolina State University and her M.S. in plant biology from University of Maryland at College Park. After her Master’s degree, she worked as a research technician at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute where she was exposed to fruit fly genetics. She received her Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of Michigan. After her Ph.D., Dr. Klinedinst worked as a postdoc in Dr. Paul Garrity’s lab at Brandeis University. After
a few years at Brandeis, she moved back to Michigan and started another postdoc under Dr. Catherine Collins at the University of Michigan. Dr. Klinedinst wanted to teach at a small, liberal arts school because the classes are smaller and she would get more of a chance to interact with, encourage, and support undergraduates continuing her research projects. Her top goal is to develop the Cellular track for Biology majors as well as to get her research program up and running here at Schreiner. Dr. Kristen McAlexander, assistant professor of exercise science, is from Houston, Texas and went to Texas A&M University for her bachelor’s degree, Sam Houston State University for her master’s degree and University of Houston for her Doctorate degree. As a personal trainer and Kinesiologist specializing in obesity, Dr. McAlexander has always been fascinated by
human movement, performance and health. Dr. McAlexander never planned on this career. Growing up, she thought she would be a chemical engineer, but she had always enjoyed sports and exercise. She was a personal trainer during and after college and decided to start a Master’s degree to gain more knowledge in exercise science. She started teaching and doing research to help pay for school and loved it. Dr. McAlexander chose Schreiner because of its emphasis on the students. She was also impressed with its excellent exercise science program, faculty and lab. Her top goal is to prepare and train students for the career and/or program of their choice. The five remaining new professors are Daniel Coleman (Professional Studies), Patricia Eldredge (Math and Sciences), Clay McClure (Professional Studies), Maureen Russo (Liberal Arts), and Carrie West (Liberal Arts). If you see any of these professors on campus, make tytsure to give them a big, Schreiner welcome!
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Are you “Learning by Heart?” Greystone Honor Code young college students to question what life is all about. For Walking into Ballroom 2 in Travis Pflughaupt, a co-leader of Shine, “Jesus is the one sure the Flord & Kathleen Cailloux foundation upon which we can Campus Activity Center, you hear contagious laughter and see build the rest of our lives.” Bible study is held every genuine smiles on everyone’s faces. It’s a Wednesday night, the Wednesday night at 9 p.m. and usually ends whenever the ending of “hump day,” but the energy in the room is so vibrant group wants it to. It’s a laid and alive that it could be mistak- back get-together of students simply wanting to figure out en for a Friday night. what God is to them. You might be thinking Don’t own a Bible? Shine “what is this about?” It’s about has got you covered. Shine is Schreiner University’s Shine always willing to give out free Bible study – a Christian stuBibles to anyone who is willing dent-based organization that is to come with an open heart. fairly new to the campus. Shine activities vary from Chris Whitehead is the group’s founding father and feels overnight retreats at camps, to climbing hills in search of a sethat finding yourself spiritually cret cross at the top, to jamming and becoming closer to God is out to Christian rap songs with “the real college experience.” fellow “brothers and sisters” It is a common thing for Story By MARIAH SILVAS
and to just hanging out with other students. According to Travis, the importance of Shine on the Schreiner campus is to “give the opportunity for anyone on campus to come face to face with Jesus and have their lives forever changed.” As a Presbyterian-affiliated university, Schreiner encourages its students to look much deeper into their thoughts and hearts and find the fire that fuels them. To find the purpose God has put them on this planet for, and thus implementing our motto “learning by heart.” You don’t have to know the whole Bible inside and out in order to come to Shine. You just have to know the time and the place.
In September, 42 students of the Greystone Preparatory School created and signed their very own Honor Code and Standards of Conduct for the 10th year in a row. Presider of the ceremony, Judge Pat Tinley stated that, “(The students at Greystone) have created these documents, will present them, and will be responsible for living by them for the rest of their lives.” Greystone is a federal service academy preparatory school located on the Schreiner University campus, where students from all around the country attend for one year in hopes of attending a federal service academy (the United States Naval Academy, West Point, the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and the United States Coast Guard Academy), after havare given an inside look at ing been denied by one of the what it is like to be an LGBTQ academies their senior year student, and how to give in high school. Commander David Baisupport to students who may ley, founder and executive confide in them. The training director of Greystone, stated can be completed by students that this ceremony is “a vital and faculty. How do you know who is an process that is very important here at Greystone and at each Ally? of the 5 service academies.” All students and faculty For the past month, who complete the training are honor committee chairman given a placard that display Chris Tanega and stanthe word Ally across the dards of conduct chairman Sandro Lione have been top followed by Schreiner working diligently with the University. These signs 40 other members of the are displayed on the office class to mold together the doors of the professors who Greystone Class of 2014’s have completed the training. unique documents. They Student Allies will also have researched and studied the their placards displayed on Honor and Conduct codes their dorm/ apartment doors, of each Academy as well as laptops, etc. the codes of previous Grey If you are interested in stone classes to create their very own documents. taking the training session These documents conand becoming an ally, please tain in them values and contact Sara Schmidt at promises of things each of spschmidt@schreiner.edu.
Advancing With Allies Story By DEVIN RODRIGUEZ
Understanding and acceptance are key to an environment where all residents feel comfortable. The Schreiner campus has an organization put in place to ensure that this is possible. What is Allied Advance? Sara Schmidt is an assistant professor and librarian here on the Schreiner campus and is heavily involved with Allied Advance. She describes the Allied Advance as “a network of support for LGTBQ students. Anyone can join, and all that is required is a 2.5 hour training session whereby one learns about issues faced by LGBTQ students and how, as Allies, we can be a resource for success at Schreiner.” What is LGBTQ? The acronym LGBTQ
stands for: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, and Queer/ Questioning. What do the Allies do? The Allies are, in the simplest of terms, a support group. Allies are here as a positive influence during
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an individual’s coming out process. They are also taught how to respond and stop situations of discrimination, violence, and harassment. What does the training entail? The training that all Allies take gives an in-depth explanation of the history of gay rights and the progression of those rights over the past couple of decades. Trainees
Story & Photo By JOSHUA CALDERON
New Greystone students sign the Honor Code.
the members of the class will and will not do. For example, the Honor Code states that the students of Greystone will not lie, cheat or steal, whereas the Standards of Conduct frown upon the use of alcohol, drugs, and any sexual activity that prevents these students from getting into the academies. Honor committee chairman Chris Tanega said, “At Greystone we are striving to become officers in our nation’s military and we are held to a higher standard. For that reason, we have created our own honor code so we could be held to this higher standard.” Once at the academies, all of these students will have a leg up on their contemporaries as they have already been living by an honor code and standards of conduct, and so they know what to expect once the academy has them sign their own unique honor codes or concepts. Members of the local Kerrville community were invited to witness the signing and presentation along with parents, relatives, and close friends.
SPORTS
The Reveille - Fall 2013
Boarding
many skaters on campus. But where does this Continued from front page innate camaraderie Reasons for this influx come from? The cultures of boarding enthusiasts of skateboarding and could be attributed to the longboarding, though modern revitalization of the subtly different, belong to skateboard as a healthy and the same strain of laidfun means of commuting. back culture derived from Bigger wheels and a their common ancestral longer board make for sport of surfing. a smooth and easy ride. “I just like to ride Although ill-suited for around with my friends,” the massive aerials and says freshman skater handrail grinds attributed Dakota Pebworth, who, to the sport of extreme like many students on skateboarding these campus, picked up the
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Changes On the Surface Story By JAEMI GROVES
Slight changes have been made to the Edington Center/Gymnasium in the past year. The first and most apparent are the nine flags hanging high in the gym. The second is the new logo painted on the gym floor. These changes are the result of the decision to switch athletic conferences. In January, Schreiner University joined the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). Coach Ron Macosko, the Director of Athletics as well as the head golf coach, explained the switch by noting, “It’s a better fit of where we are today and where we want to be tomorrow.” Over the course of Schreiner’s history, boards are perfect for sport because their the university has been getting to class around friends were doing it. “All in different athletic Schreiner campus. long-boarders know each associations. Before This new design also other on campus,” claims Schreiner was a four-year institution and still playing makes the sport more Blaine Hanson. football, the school was accessible. You don’t As the sport builds have to be young or in momentum on campus we identified as a junior college. great shape to ride a may soon see a Schreiner In 1981, Schreiner became longboard, its smooth University campus where a four-year institution and moved into the National and easier to push than a the buzzing of wheels Association of Intercollegiate standard skateboard. against the pavement Athletics (NAIA). Seventeen It would appear that will echo across the years later in 1998, Schreiner Schreiner University campus like the drone of once again switched is becoming a “board a beehive. divisions and became a friendly” environment Students and faculty Division III university. which may be thanks to alike will ride across “You can make the the same such friendliness the quad hi-fiving their argument that we have in the sports participants. friends as they zoom past been around since 1923. Some people can make the In fact, there is talk on their way to class. So amongst some of these hop on board as Schreiner argument in some ways we enthusiasts of starting an cruises into the sunset on started or restarted in 199899,” said Coach Macosko. official RSO to connect the four wheels of freedom. When joining the
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1998, Schreiner joined the American Southwestern Conference (ASC). Schreiner remained in this conference until recently when Schreiner once more changed conferences to join the SCAC. Coach Macosko continued, “They view Division III as a balanced situation between academics and athletics. This is the way we have always been philosophically. We fit in better with our new peers.” Zach Oliver of the men’s golf team stated, “I believe that our athletic program is ready for this switch. This switch will also give us a push to get better in everything we do here at Schreiner. Moving conferences will force us to be better in our athletics, and also push us in our academics.” Tyler Guderyahn, a member of the men’s basketball team, admits that the bar has been raised. “The SCAC seems to have high standards and expectations for each of their schools. I think Schreiner is only going to grow in its academics and athletics as well, which help to increase its enrollment,” Tyler said. The new change occurred after Schreiner experienced its best year academically and athletically in 2012-13, although there are those who disagree with the shift.
“We could have been very successful in the ASC instead of starting from the bottom again and making a new name for ourselves,” Brittany Boyett of the volleyball team said, adding that “everyone thinks we are the underdogs because we just joined the conference.” However the athletes do not seem intimated by this, instead they understand the need to work harder and accept a higher level of competition. Oliver describes it as “trying to get away from the personal feelings and move towards the team’s feelings and how we will overcome any obstacle that is in our way.” For Bri Brunner of the softball team, progress will require focus. “Each game is taken one game at a time. The focus is placed on the opponent rather than the conference we play in,” she said. “I think we are ready for the SCAC or any other conference. We have already competed against teams in the SCAC and we continue to be competitive no matter which conference we are in.” The athletes seem excited for a new chance to start over, work harder and establish themselves in a well-respected conference. Brunner added, “In this new conference we can open the door to new competition and new recruiting opportunities that will help to continue building our program.”