EDITORS’ CORNER such as Ron Carlson and Bret Antony Johnston instructed us to be Already at only 20-some-odd- optimistic about our years-old we were building a upcoming careers as network of America’s future writers, critics, and literary critics. conversationalists of Additionally, the six of English literature. us took the opportunity to Carlson encouraged us to learn more about each other. push through the doubts we are sure to encounter We connected more over as writers as Johnston told a weekend than we had in us to not allow rejection to any number of courses we hold us back as our works had taken together. Passing become published (and time over our flights, we denied) in the nearing discussed editing tactics future. We were given a and conversed about the taste of success and the various authors we had been pride that comes with it. studying in our different We were given the literature classes. Above opportunity to not only all else, spending time with share our ideas, but spread people who share your same them to future teachers passion, both among our and journalists from all traveling companions and across the nation. We see the effect we can have the hundreds of students with our work and, as a attending the conference result, we are encouraged with us, reenergized our ambitions and excitement for to better ourselves as writers and analyzers the future. more than ever before. Professional writers LITERATURE CONFERENCE Continued from Page 4
A Note From the Editors We recognize the importance of a student paper as a place Over the past year, a number for students' voices, opinions, of students and faculty have concerns, and accomplishments approached us with concerns to be recognized and circulated. about the paper. We have taken By contributing and reading their ideas and opinions to heart this paper, you exercise your and are taking steps to improve freedom of speech and right the Reveille's quality and value to to your own opinion, as well Schreiner University. as discover the views of your You may recall the "Upgrade fellow Schreiner students. in Progress" discussions we Here, we would like to extend held last month, open to the our appreciation to all of the entire campus to voice what students who have submitted you, our readers, wanted from articles and photographs to your school paper. share with the student body.
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Beautiful specimen Don’t dance on the seal. I heard they buried something under the crest. I heard there's a secret tunnel in the library. NWTS. Suck it easy 50-year-olds partying on campus Someone's a syph-lord Weeeaaakkkk Take it with a grain of salt. Things will get easier with time. Mandigo party Alumni fuck If it doesn’t challenge you, it won't change you. Let your fate be bigger than your fears. Fuck it. Are you in the unicorn or ladybug sorority? What time does the den open? Schreiner High This class is going to be the death of me. This Texas weather is bipolar. Show my sexy body.
Additionally, thank you to the readers and supporters who make this publication possible. Next year, we anticipate a rather hefty change in staff on the Reveille Staff. Our Editorin-Chief, Eloy Rico, will be graduating this May, opening an editing position for next fall. We have also been working with faculty such as Dean Hueber to increase the newspaper's funding to produce more publications and
perhaps even hire a steady team of journalists, photographers, and formaters. The Reveille will still be open to the student body to write articles, but being on the team will give you more oportunities to get involved around campus and in the paper. We have also entertained ideas about having a more accesible online version of the Reveille and connecting with the Kerrville and surround Hill Country areas
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through advertising. As students of Schreiner University and readers of this publication, we value your voice and wishes. If you have any suggestions for next year's "upgrade," have anything you'd like to see in the new Reveille, or if you think you might be interested in applying for employment in the new team, please email me at klbishop@schreiner.edu.
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The Mountaineer Leadership Conference (MLC) is an annual experience-based leadership development program. Each year twenty to thirty students are selected based on their experience, goals, and engagement in different parts of campus culture. Students who don’t have leadership experience but would like to develop skills for future leadership are also selected. Each year the participants bring a variety of backgrounds, interests, ands experience levels to share with one-another. This year’s conference was designed around a weekend
The 2014 Mountaineer Leaders were bestowed the "Schreiner Ranger" title at the close of the conference.
long leadership game. All of the conference attendees were asked to take on the perspective of world leaders trying to
The Schreiner Experiment Story By DREW ROUSE
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Faculty-based research is a standard by which many universities around the world judge themselves and others. It represents field relevance and esteem that draws
students, awards, and grants. As Schreiner University has grown, so has its support and encouragement of faculty research. The annual Academic Showcase and the Dean’s Scholarships, for example, have enabled the
rebuild society after the zombie apocalypse has destroyed most of the human race. The game was played in sessions students to become more deeply involved in this type of field-based research. These faculty-student research teams are investigating a wide array of topics from an even wider variety of discipline perspectives. Perhaps their findings could impact an
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entire field of study, maybe some of their work will get published in an academic journal, but their findings, however trivial, are most important to the students who are learning to apply their knowledge and skills in their major’s field. Continued on Page 4
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Each player was assigned to one of five countries that managed to survive the war against the undead. Everyone playing was given complete freedom in how their character approached the situation, what their character’s personality would be, and how they interacted with other characters. These freedoms lead to a huge amount of engagement and participation at the conference this year. There were costumes, arguments, and a lot of great memories made. Equally as important were the
about learning them. There are some skills and strengths that lessons learned. The true value escape that helps participants have to be developed through and purpose of the MLC lies in really connect with each experience and the MLC the unique approach it takes in other and with overwhelming provides an giving students an opportunity to opportunity to learn explore those about themselves experiences as leaders and in an members of a team. environment The biggest that maximizes selling point for the the lesson conference is really while the fact that it’s a minimizing the fun experience. One risk of failure. of the biggest parts It leads to of putting the whole Ice Breakers at The Mountaineer Leadership Conference. many students event together has been making everyday experiences. In other learning more than they expect words, it’s easier to learn some to, about leadership and about sure it’s a program students things when you’re not thinking themselves. will enjoy. It’s a weekend
A living, growing, adaptive program, the conference will continue in the future, though its theme will change annually as it has in the past. It will always be improved and altered to best serve the attending students. Whether you are a student leader who wants to develop some improved skills, or someone who has never had a leadership experience and wants to see what leadership is about, the Mountaineer Leadership Conference is a great opportunity that shouldn’t be overlooked.
NO DREAM IS TOO BIG Auckland University of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand; and Fall 2014 looks to be bright Montalvo will attend for four Schreiner students who Pompeu Fabra University have been selected to study abroad: Helena Steen, Rebecca in Barcelona, Spain. “Ever since I was Ottinger, Bernardo Montalvo, a child, I’ve wanted to and Devin Rodriguez. travel!" Rodriguez, who To say they are thrilled is expected to graduate is an understatement. The in 2015, noted, "This rigorous application is no opportunity has been joke, but after taking the such a blessing and I can’t necessary steps, their hard wait to embark on a new work clearly paid off. adventure!” Next semester, When asked about how Rodriguez will be at the she feels about this trip, she prestigious University of replied, “I’m so excited, Westminster in England; but at the same time so Steen at Heriot-Watt scared. I guess it’s probably University of Edinburgh, just the unknown and the Scotland; Ottinger at
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uncertainty of things, but I’ve never let my fears hold me back!”
To students intrigued by this opportunity, you too can follow in their footsteps. First, contact Martha
York, Coordinator of International Studies, in Dickey Hall. She will
take you step by step to complete the application. However, the study abroad program requires that you start the application
process a year in advance, Devin said. The application is very extensive and requires a lot of work to get in order by the due date. After completion of the application, the next step is getting approved by financial aid; following that is organizing the classes that you will be taking with the registrar. Lastly, write a proposal to the academic provost, Dr. Charlie McCormick. After the waiting process, find out if you were selected and then prepare for an adventure of a lifetime!
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One More Dead Pen catch yourself before including “LOL” or “You know what I’m saying?” in your assignments So, you’re in college at last. Do you still write in cursive like for ENGL 1302. According to astudy done your elementary school teachers by OnlineCollegesandUniversities.net, prophesied so many years ago? Do you compose your essays and this is no longer uncommon for today’s students. In lab reports on notebook paper fact, the article revealed with a blue or black ink pen? that 64% of U.S. teenagers No. Chances are high that you used emoticons and 67% use don’t even take physical notes anymore, what with technological internet writing shortcuts, such as abbreviations or “text advances such as laptops and language,” in their official tablets so easily accessible to schoolwork. Clearly, our today’s student population. writing and communication On the flip side, however, styles have taken a turn surely some of us have toward the conversational, wondered how all of this rather than the formal technology has affected our style eagerly sought out by generation's ability to write businesses, professionals, and in general. Every once in a while, perhaps you have had to our own professors. Story By KATIE BISHOP
Concerned that my background as an English major may have exaggerated my opinion, I interviewed Mark Nugent, a Music major and a non-traditional student with experience in the professional world, about how students today might fare in the real world. He explained his stance with a personal reflection: “Throughout my entire professional life, it has been an absolute requirement to write clearly and be able to present and defend a position clearly and succinctly. My success depended on this.” However, concerning some resumes and other documents peers and friends have brought him to examine, Nugent noted
Voice Your Choice
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January 1, 2014 was a time for many New Year’s resolutions and, on the grounds of Schreiner University, the atmosphere is no different. Although more convenient gym hours and a healthy choice in the cafeteria is the typical remedy for a University trying to give healthier opportunities for its students, Schreiner had something different in mind. The new tobacco free campus requirements have left certain parties befuddled, some angry, and some confused. Some students feel that making a personal choice to use tobacco does not harm the
institution enough to have a zero tolerance rule. Schreiner University, specifically the Health and Wellness Center, decided to make the entire campus and campus-affiliated sites tobacco free. There was a grace period leading up to the final instalation on January 1, 2014, but now the campus is completely stricken of tobacco. According to the SU website, the Health and Wellness team eliminated tobacco for reasons such as: tobacco is leading cause of preventable illness, secondhand smoke is third in preventable death, and the policy is in alignment with the university's mission. There is a buzz among
that he was “shocked at the writing incompetence that was displayed. If I were in a management position and I received those documents, I would…view them as unprofessional and would not care to do business with them…” Perhaps he didn’t mean that the resumes were riddled with “JK’s” and “BRB’s,” but he did attribute thethe unacceptable level of writing in undergraduate schools to an increased reliance on technology-based communication and a decreased emphasis on formal writing skills in classes. But, what can really be done about this epidemic? Frankly, I don’t believe such drastic changes as replacing our beloved
“The smoking policy does promote a healthier campus but at the same time I feel as though it punishes smokers students for partially taking for their addiction,” said Rico away an act that is a choice by Juarez. There is recognition of many people who consume the movement that Schreiner tobacco products and University is endeavoring in but there is a cost tied to the "...left certain movement. The voice and the parties happiness of the students are in jeopardy because the privileges befuddled, they practice by choice are some angry, being taken away. Some students excited to and some see the movement go into confused." effect have also raised their understand the risks. The policy own voices. “Smoking is a smelly habit, it is a little nicer has done more damage than to walk around campus and good as it has upset students not smell a cigarette prevalent more than assist them. The consumption of tobacco is not as in some places” said Ryan harmful in the students' eyes as Pisseri. A health detriment and air pollutant, it is sometimes it could be.
text language with proper punctuation would solve all the writing problems faced by American college students, but there are plenty of opportunities to improve your writing on your own. For example, Schreiner has an excellent writing center available to all students to help edit and improve written assignments before they are turned in. In addition, many professors give extra credit for visiting the writing center, so be sure to ask yours what their policy is. There are also plenty of online help tools, such as tutor.com, which has access 24/7 tutors, from essay writing, to proofreading, and even subjects like math and science.
praised for being outlawed. “Smokeless tobacco is discrete and in most cases used in a manner that is not harmful to others in any way” said Ethan Evans. To completely wipe out an addiction cold turkey with no viable alternatives leaves what seems to be the majority of Schreiner University’s campus in disarray. The act of smoking and using smokeless tobacco is a choice, and should not be punished by zero tolerance. The university outlawed tobacco for health and wellness but did not account for the wishes of students, who are a majority leader in campus life and its promotion. There are many ways to quit smoking, but taking away a person’s choice is not a proven successful method.
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FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER Story by KATHERINE HARRELL
Looking to have a ball on a Friday night? If you are a Schreiner student yearning to get up and dance, that chance may come sooner than you think. With dancing becoming quite the craze among many college students, Shine, a Christian social group, has put plans into action to keep students entertained. On Friday nights at 10 p.m., members of the organization have started hosting dances held in the Rex Kelly pavilion. “We really want to see people come together on campus,” said Ben Jean, a leader of the Shine organization. “What’s important to us is building a unified community among students.” This Friday night gettogether has sparked much curiosity in some students who say they don’t always have the time to drive to country dance halls in San Antonio. “I would really enjoy being able to have a dance like this on campus,” student Kelli Bolen said. “This could really help with the cost of gas, and I feel like it’s so much safer.” Shine hopes to be able to continue their efforts in giving Schreiner students a place to have fun in a safe
environment when school gets out for the weekends. “For those of us who stay over the weekend at Schreiner, it can become a real dead zone. So we are pushing to change the culture hoping that it will not only bring people to dance, but break a few barriers,” noted Jean. Talk of holding dances on campus tends to circulate through the air but is rarely put into action. For Jean, the idea came from a student attending an Alamo college. Jean states, “She and her friends would just pull up their vehicles and play country music and dance on Friday nights, so we figured, ‘Let’s try it!’” Ultimately, Shine wants everyone to come together as a whole and have a good time when school ends for the week. “Sometimes we get into groups and we forget that we are all Schreiner students, from sports teams, to fraternities, to Bible studies, and all other groups. Yes, we belong to something, but at the end of the day that shouldn’t matter,” Jean said. So if you are looking to dance the night away, look no further than your very own Schreiner University.
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However, I would like to add a few elements. For instance, I left the theater with a distinct appreciation
Knowing that a performance has irrevocably changed the way you view the world
I was warned about Dog Sees God, and yet I still found myself ill-prepared for the variety and depth this show delivers. I wasn’t warned that I would laugh hard enough to annoy the guy sitting next to me. No one told me I would regret not making my friends go with me so I’d have someone to talk about it with after. More than anything, I wish someone could have predicted my surprising desire to hug every member of the cast after the CB, portrayed in Dog Sees God by Theater Major Jeffery Hensel. show. (I left quickly, fighting the urge to for the connection that around you is just as embrace strangers). takes place on the most interesting and impactful as What I was told about basic level between human watching a friend portray the show is true: it can beings. I walked away a character so well that the be offensive, it has adult with a burning desire to person you know become language live my life unrecognizable. We truly and content, in such a are blessed to have such "I walked away and it way that talented students in our portrays the with a burning I would theater program. I would hardships never like to thank everyone who desire to live of high wonder had a part in bringing this my life..." schoolers. if I had show to the stage, and I Now, I can contributed wait patiently for the next understand to bullying. I feel acutely opportunity to see what how they are the first aware of my inf luence on this amazing group of things that come to mind those around me because students has in store for us. when describing this show. of this show.
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LOOKING TO THE PAST for high grade instruction and military training to boys Schreiner University was and young men as preparafounded in 1923 by Captain tion for college and universiCharles Schreiner, a Hill ty work.” Country rancher and former As you can see, SchreinTexas Ranger. er used to be a very different He had dreamed of esplace. In 1971, the military tablishing Schreiner several aspect of this school was years before its creation; upon diminished. Soon after this, deciding to take a course of the school became entirely action, he asked the Presbyco-ed. Two years later, in terian Church for assistance. 1973, Schreiner University He donated a portion of phased out of its high school his personal land along the curricula in order to focus Guadalupe River and with the on its college curriculum; church established “facilities this has led to the university Story by JACQUELINE OGLESBY Photo by ELOY RICO
being the four-year college that it is today. Eight years after that, Schreiner became a four-year institution. “Schreiner has a much richer history than many other Southern schools; we’ve tried several ways to educate the young minds of tomorrow, unsuccessful and successful. Thankfully, I think we have finally found a method that works for everybody. Becoming a university was a crucial step in Schreiner’s success,” said Thomas Goodwyn, former student
and now a SU professor. Though our school has changed quite a bit over the years, the faculty and students have been given various statues and other
unique architecture left behind by generous alumni. With these small pieces of history, we are able to briefly relive some of our school’s oldest memories.
THE FOUNDERS OF KERRVILLE party decided on the place to begin their business, located near what is presently known The first settlers in Kerrville were led by Joshua as the 900 block of Water Street. They worked for a few D. Brown, a shingle maker. In the late 1840s, Mr. Brown months but were eventually driven off by the Apache led a small group of men to find cypress trees; it was ru- presence in the area. Mr. mored that the trees could be Brown and his party returned found in the Guadalupe Val- to the area in 1848 and settled ley. The area was called the “Brownsborough”. More settlers came, building small Guadalupe Valley because farms along the Guadalupe. in 1689 a Spanish explorer, In 1856, Kerr County was named Alonso De Leon, formed from Texas County discovered a beautiful river lined with cypress trees. He Land District Number 2. It named this river “Our Lady was renamed at this time as “Kerrsville.” There are a of the Guadalupe.” couple of conflicting stories In 1846, Brown and his as to why the name of the city Story by Adele Robinson
was changed. Firstly, it was said that there were too many places known by “Brown,” so it was requested that a different name be used. It is when explaining why “Kerr” was used is where the story differs. Some people say that Major James Kerr, a major in the Texas Revolution, had plotted the area in 1856, when he worked for the state. Still others say that Major Kerr was a friend of Mr. Brown, and that Mr. Brown decided to call it “Kerrsville” in his honor. (In 1866, a special session of the city council was called, and the “s” was dropped. The town then be-
came Kerrville.) In 1857, a saw and gritsmill was built near the river by Christian Dietert and Balthasar Lich; it would become a permanent source of power. With all of the new settlers in the area needing supplies, Mr. Charles Schreiner opened a mercantile store and freighting enterprise; which proved very profitable for the family. The Schreiner family’s downtown home is still located at 226 Earl Garrett Street, but is now the site of the Hill Country Museum. The town continued to grow, and in 1894 the Kerrville Water Works Company
began to supply water to people who lived in town. In 1896, telephone service came to the area, and in 1912, they began to pave the streets of Kerrville. Captain Charles Schreiner established Schreiner University in 1917, which offered boys preparatory school and young men their first 2 years of college. At this point in our history, it was still mandatory that males receive military training in high school and college. In 1957 the training became optional for college students, but it wasn’t until 1971 that military training was altogether discontinued.
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Student-Faculty Research
“I believe it has certainly Continued from Page 1 interested in beginning to build placed me at a Photo by GLENDA GUTIERREZ a better resume for graduate higher level with school.... With outside research professors than Dr. Carrie West works such as the one Dr. West has other students. in the rapidly growing created, I feel as though I am The professors Communications Department one step closer to expanding working with me of Schreiner University. Last my curiosity and interests that are able to define semester she acquired two I might want to pursue later on a better trust with dean scholars to assist her in in life.” me, and that's a the planning, administration, Gutierrez is currently great feeling,” and analysis of original working with Dr. West on Gutierrez said. research for which they will be furthering the field of widow As the Dean’s recognized as coauthors. research, which was the Scholarship is for According to Dr. West, topic of Dr. West’s graduate upperclassmen the Dean’s Scholarship dissertation. Working on students who, allows students to directly this assignment has helped no doubt, have apply the principles and Gutierrez to take her education many assignments concepts they have been to the next level. and projects for learning in their upper-level “It has allowed me to their other classes, courses. It will also provide think on a deeper level when recipients must have excellent them with an introduction it comes to specific lessons I time management skills, a fact to the professional field of learned in my communication Gutierrez can attest to. communication research. courses, and even in some of “The only drawbacks I Glenda Gutierrez is one of my psychology courses since could say is that it is very time Dr. West’s student research the two are closely related to consuming and can be difficult partners this semester. one another in a sense.” juggling this with everything Glenda is a senior psychology Working so closely with else that is going on in my major with a minor in her professor has also afforded life,” she said. Communication Studies. Gutierrez the opportunity However, the overall “I applied for the Dean's to stand out in the eyes of experience enables students Scholarship because I was very university faculty. to become that much closer
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Glenda and Dr. West analyze the last of their research. to working as a professional within their fields of study or even to further their research in graduate schools. “I really hope to gain knowledge and future resources that I could implement in order to successfully become a graduate student research. I hope, with the experience that I am receiving, that I could better understand the time it takes to create research such
as these.“ Schreiner’s Dean Scholarship program is an important tool for undergraduate students who are looking to further their experience in their field of choice. There’s even an opportunity to present their completed research as an equal partner at conferences with the possibility of publication or even funding for further research.
English Majors Go The Distance Story and Photo by KATIE BISHOP
As an undergraduate, it seems that seeking out conferences and networking connections isn’t exactly a primary topic on students’ minds. However, opportunities come in the most unexpected of places. Recently, I was one of six students accepted to the National Undergraduate Literature Conference (NULC), introduced to us by Dr. Lydia Kualapai, who avidly encouraged us to take advantage of the opportunity
to pursue the skills we would need as professionals. She helped us edit our drafts to excellence and directed us to how we could apply to the conference and, when we were accepted, she taught us how to prepare for our presentations and how to go about making travel preparations. We worked closely with her for weeks before departing for Utah for the event. While in Ogden, we discovered the usefulness of networking, both between
ourselves and among the hundreds of other students from across the nation. In each of our conference rooms, we heard literary analyses from so many different perspectives and found the opportunity to discuss ideas and approaches we had never considered before. We explored literature with complete strangers and exchanged emails with the students we had particularly connected with. Continued on Page 8
SPORTS Baseball Captains Optimistic
Kelli Bolen, Nate Aubin, Katie Bishop, Christine Evans, Kendra Powers, and Adele Robinson venture to share their discoveries in Ogden, Utah.
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Three captains on the Schreiner University baseball team have stepped up to the plate to express their expectations and efforts towards the 2014 season. As inner-squad scrimmages started up, Sophomore Captain Richard Laurin reflected, “Everybody has been working hard during offseason and it is showing out on the field.”
The baseball team’s hard work and dedication off the field might be the secret ingredient as to their improvement on the field. Inner squad scrimmages and pre-season games have started up and Sophomore Captain Rick Martinez loves what he sees. The team has set the bar high in Martinez’s eyes. “Our expectations are to play the best to our ability and go as far as our talent takes us. We’ll settle
possibly can.” After a long off-season, these eager players are ready to knock this season out of the park. Every player has a specific quality and role that they contribute to the team. If everybody can keep working together and give 29, therefore the chances of being a captain are “leading their all on and off the beating last season’s record by example…staying field, then the outcome are in their favor. positive, keeping everyone will be nothing less than To lead a team can be up and into the game, and challenging, but Senior just going out everyday and satisfying. Captain Chase Valdez having as much fun as I is holding the right for nothing less than the attitude when it comes to conference tournament,” Martinez said. Last season motivating his team. Valdez says his goals of they won 11 games and lost
"Everybody has been working hard during off-season and it is showing out on the field."
New Conference; New Opportunity baseball team has earned a spot in this tournament. With a new conference and “There are two very good a young squad, the sky is the teams at the top and then I limit for this year’s baseball think it’s kind of anybody’s team. But how far will they ballgame,” said Head Coach allow themselves to travel? Ryan Brisbin, “the top four This year, Schreiner’s go, so our sights are really sports teams, including men’s on making the playoffs in the baseball, are competing in the end. I think it’s doable and Southern Collegiate Athletic I’m excited.” Conference (SCAC) for the More than three-fourths first time in school history. A of the team this year new conference could mean a consists of underclassman, fresh start with a bright future which could bring concern or a continuation of losing about experience when seasons in recent years. it comes to on-the-field The ultimate goal for this situations during games. season is to make it into the “There’s going to be tournament held between mistakes made, but we the top four teams in the just use them as a learning conference. It has been more experience and get better. The than 10 years since a Schreiner great thing about that is that
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our future is pretty bright,” Brisbin noted. “I’m really looking forward to this season and what we can accomplish; this is my last year,
so I’m really trying to go out on something memorable,” said Senior Captain Chase Valdez. The baseball page on the “Athletics” tab at the Schreiner
University website displays this year’s schedule with date and times for the Mountaineer men’s baseball games.
Coach Brisbin encourages the team at the end of practice.