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Shabazz talk centers on learning truth

Meet Jurgens!

Trinity’s newest student is majoring in the fine art of bomb sniffing.

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Trinity University students participate in the 25th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. March. Over 200,000 participants attended the 2.75-mile march in San Antonio to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The San Antonio march is the largest of its kind in the country.

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Wins for Lady Tigers Women’s basketball team wins against Oglethorpe and Birmingham Southern.

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At the beginning of this semester, Trinity University moved the offices of 50 faculty members to vacant, universityowned houses on Oakmont Court in order to accommodate construction projects on campus.

The move of these offices coincided with the final phase of Trinity’s $1-million construction project, a project that will bring cutting edge science facilities to campus. This stage involves demolishing Moody Engineering Building, but this step precedes the completion of the Center for the Sciences and Innovation and thus leaves several departments without space for their offices.

According to Sharon Jones Schweitzer, assistant vice president of University Communications, the decision to move faculty into the vacant houses came after several other temporary office spaces were investigated.

“The university explored a number of options to accommodate the displaced faculty, including moving them into our residence halls, but that would displace students,

and we did not think that was fair to students, and it would involve considerable expense…

Trinity determined that using some of the university-owned properties along Oakmont Court was its best option for housing these departments while we

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Once one begins either tearing things down in the middle or nibbling away at the edges, that’s where things begin to unravel.

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nTrinity decides former Oakmont residences are best option for faculty office space despite protests from Monte Vista community

Vincent Johnson

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finish off the last phase of this construction,” Schweitzer said.

Trinity owns 13 houses on the streets adjacent to campus, and nine of those houses are on Oakmont Court. As of the beginning of this semester, four are being used as faculty offices.

The additional houses are used as long and short-term faculty housing, and most of the houses have been university-owned for over 60 years according to Schweitzer.

The decision to use the four Oakmont houses as offices for

faculty members has caused quite a stir in the community.

The properties that Trinity owns on Oakmont Court are part of the Monte Vista Historical Association. The association is dedicated to maintaining the houses in the Monte Vista National Historic District as single-family residences.

Despite Trinity’s attempt maintain transparency with the historical association, its decision to use the houses as offices has inspired no small amount of backlash from association members and district residents.

The historical association’s main concern about the alternative use of the houses involves its belief that this use foreshadows the eventual westward expansion of Trinity’s campus as well as foreshadowing the demise of the Monte Vista neighborhood.

One Monte Vista resident, Vincent Johnson, supports this belief.

“Once one begins either tearing things down in the middle or nibbling away at the edges, that’s where things begin to unravel,” Johnson said.

Johnson, also in accordance with the feelings of the Monte Vista Historical Association, disagrees fundamentally with the idea of using the houses for anything other than single-family homes.

“Once [the houses] are no longer used as residences, they are no longer going to be a living part of the community,” Johnson n See OAKMONT Page 3

nAuthor of “Growing Up X” encourages young people to learn their true history, gain a strong identity and stand up for what they believe

by Kellie Benn News editor

Ilyasah Shabazz, author, producer and activist for social justice, spoke at Trinity University for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture on Tuesday, Jan. 18 at Laurie Auditorium amidst murmurs of approval and agreement and spontaneous applause from the audience.

Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, started her lecture with a simple premise.

“Every single child should have an opportunity to feel good about him or herself, and every child regardless of race, creed and gender should feel safe and secure simply to be – to be beautiful, to be proud and to be progressively successful,” she said.

Although her speech contained a serious message aimed at AfricanAmericans and the younger generation as a whole, it was dotted with memories and anecdotes of her parents and a few humorous interjections along the way.

Her father, Malcolm X, was assassinated when she was not quite three years old. She, her mother and her older sisters were present at the time but Shabazz recalls nothing of the incident. Her memories of her father are relegated to flickering moments, vaguely remembered details and her mother’s stories. She chronicles these details and her life in her memoir, “Growing Up X.” She laments the degradation of youth of today, citing a poll in which when adolescents were asked what they wanted to be when they grew up, the most popular answer was “rich.”

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The City Council on Thursday unanimously approved the acceptance of a $1 million donation to Animal Care Services from pet specialty retailer Petco.The donation will support animal rescue and welfare efforts and collaboration between ACS and two high-volume pet partners. The donation is the largest single contribution in ACS’ 60-year history, said Joe Angelo, Animal Care Services interim director.

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More than 1,600 illegal immigrants who are not considered security threats will be allowed to stay in the United States after a review by the Obama administration.

The New York Times reported Thursday that 1,301 deportation cases were recommended for closure in Denver; that’s 16 percent of the 7,900 being considered for deportation there. AP reported that 366 of the 3,759 cases were recommended for closure in Baltimore.

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The US-owned cruise line that operated the Costa Concordia, a cruise ship which ran aground last week, opened talks on compensation with survivors, as attention switched from the role of the captain to that of his employer.

Divers continued searching for passengers on the stricken vessel, which is grounded off the island of Giglio.

Eleven passengers and crew are known to have died and 21 are still not accounted for. guardian.co.uk compiled by Kellie Benn

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Students proudly march for MLK

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Students affiliated with the Trinity Diversity Connection and members of the Black Student Union, University President Dennis A. Ahlburg and his wife, Penelope Harley, as well as Trinity faculty and staff members joined other residents of San Antonio on Monday, Jan. 16 in the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. March.

The march took place on the historic East Side and will mark the city’s 25th year commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr.’s contributions to the civil rights movement.

The event drew a record 205,000 people, making it the largest of its kind in the country.

Trinity also hosted Ilyasah Shabazz, the guest lecturer for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture. Trinity has honored the memory of Dr. King for decades and launched the speaker series in 1994. photos by Abhishek Chhetri

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Candidates gain steam as primaries loom closer nPerry announces the end of his bid as frontrunner Romney continues to pull ahead in the GOP race to the presidency

by Avantika Krishna Reporter

With election season heating up, contenders Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum continue to battle for the Republican nomination for president.

Frontrunner Mitt Romney won the Iowa and N.H. primaries, anticipating another win in S.C. Accused of job loss during his time spent as CEO of Bain Capital, a private equity firm, Romney supports a decrease in the corporate and personal income tax rates and intends to implement a zero-dollar regulatory cap.

Unable to maintain his momentum from the Iowa primaries in N.H., Santorum hopes to appeal to the strong evangelical base in S.C. Building his reputation as a staunch social conservative, Santorum strongly opposes abortion, contraception and gay rights and favors a 0 percent tax on manufacturing.

Well-known for his fiery rhetoric throughout the years, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich plans on extending Bush-era tax cuts and reforming the FDA, EPA, Federal Reserve and entitlements.

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would also institute an optional flat tax and favors dramatic deregulation.

Gaining recognition throughout the years for his consistent opposition to the Federal Reserve, war on drugs, overseas military involvement, and entitlements, Paul, an ardent libertarian, advocates for a $1 trillion cut, no personal income taxes and abolishment of five cabinet-level agencies including the Department of Education, and Energy.

For many of these candidates, the S.C. primary may make or break their campaigns.

After forgetting which agencies he was going to cut in a recent debate in Michigan and suffering serious setbacks and low numbers in his bid for the presidency, Perry finally announced he was dropping out on Thursday. He will be endorsing Newt Gingrich as the primary race continues without him.

David Crockett, associate professor of political science, suggests looking at the “vote breakdown between Gingrich, Santorum and Perry. If you combined all three together, would they beat Romney? If so, that indicates a lingering weakness for Romney.”

Students express varied views on whom they are favoring as the next president.

Voicing her support for Romney, first-year Lou Lou Durant said, “He is a principled conservative who will uphold our economy’s free market capitalism, and his recent endorsement by

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These are the current standings for the GOP race according to the Gallup Poll. The Texas primary is scheduled for April 3, 2012. graphic by Katie Browne

Huntsman makes him an even more appealing candidate.”

Meanwhile, Christian Nardini, a first year, said, “I am still undecided who to vote for in the primary. I see Mitt Romney as the 2004 Republican version of John Kerry. He flip-flops instead of sticking to principles.

I will probably vote for the GOP candidate in November but I am not a huge fan of any of the

candidates.”

Running for reelection, Obama still finds support among students who don’t find any suitable presidential candidate among the Republican contenders.

“While I have not been perfectly satisfied with Obama’s recent decisions, he seems to be the only candidate that respects the rights of homosexuals, women and all ethnicities,” said

junior Travis Halff.

Similarly, junior Taylor Capps said, “Although I’m not thrilled with the Obama administration, I am hopeful that his potential second term would be better than anything from the Republican candidates.”

Voters can make their voice heard in Texas’ primary on March 6 and the presidential election on Nov. 6.

expansion and community depletion by pointing out that this is not the first time that Trinity has used its Oakmont properties in non-traditional settings.

“Over the decades they have been used for a variety of purposes, and we feel that this is what we need to do in order to fulfill our academic mission and do the very best we can for our students in this circumstance,” Schweitzer said.

Michelle Bushey is a chemistry professor whose office was recently transferred

to 115 Oakmont Court. Bushey is adjusting to the difficulties of having an office slightly removed from campus, but finds little reason for the Monte Vista Historical Association to suspect the worst of Trinity.

Bushey’s biggest concern revolves around students’ ability to seek out the chemistry department with questions and concerns.

“I am concerned about how much students will be around.

In Moody, in chemistry, students were there all the time, and I really think that students

saw our department as their home away from the dorms in many ways, and I hope that that continues here,” she said.

In an attempt to help students reach professors, the chemistry department will be reserving a room in the library for professors to conduct office hours.

As for working in the historic Monte Vista neighborhood, Bushey has no qualms about the faculty’s ability to fit in with the district’s prestigious origins.

“We’re going to be very good neighbors,” Bushey said.

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said, “You might prop them up like a corpse, and try to make them look good, but they’re not going to be living persons.

They’re not going to be part of

the community.”

Schweitzer and the rest of the Trinity administration have attempted to quiet the historical society’s fears of westward

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Olive tree and bench dedicated in Reinis’ memory nFamily, friends and faculty remember the life and legacy of student in memorial service on Miller Lawn

by Avantika Krishna Reporter

Celebrating the life and legacy of junior Alex Reinis, Trinity held a service in his honor at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 13 on Miller lawn

by Alex’s first-year residence hall.

A memorial that included an olive tree and bench was dedicated to Alex during this time.

David Tuttle, dean of students, opened the ceremony with a speech,

followed by a short prayer by Richard Reams, associate director of Counseling Services, and a tribute to Alex by his close friend, junior Matt Prendergast.

The olive tree, which represented Alex’s abilities as a talented peacemaker, was dedicated with guests adding soil to the base of the newly planted tree. Guests then

made their way to the Skyline room for the remainder of the program.

Senior Katie Leonard, Alex’s first-year RM, served as master of ceremonies in a program where those close to Alex talked about their favorite memories. President Dennis Ahlburg also talked about Alex’s time in London.

Junior Tommie Ethington, a close friend of Alex’s, said, “The memorial for Alex was fitting, and

the number of people that showed up is a testament to how many lives Alex touched in his short time at Trinity.”

A large showing of family, friends, faculty and guests commemorated Alex’s legacy. Both the Reinis and Grubbs families were in attendance, along with Ahlburg and his wife, Penelope Harley, Tuttle and the local IES Abroad representative. Numerous friends and faculty were also present.

“Be awesome” bracelets with Alex’s initials were distributed, celebrating Alex’s zest for life. The memorial on Miller lawn matches the memorial in London down to the plaque, which used the same London manufacturer. Both are true tributes to Alex’s memory and legacy, which will always be remembered.

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Professors talk future of North Korea nDon Clark and Hyon Joo Hoo recently gave a lecture on the country as it moves forward without Kim Jong Il

by Rachel Puckett Reporter

On Tuesday afternoon in the basement of Northrup Hall, two Trinity professors discussed

“North Korea Post Kim Jong Il: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives and Issues.”

History professor Don Clark spoke first. He examined the origins of the feud between North Korea and the U.S., a feud that parallels the Kim family’s rise to power. Clark outlined this rise to power by talking about the first Kim ruler, Kim Il Sung.

He chronicled the country’s slide into a dictatorship and noted the North Korean people’s

tendency to blindly trust what their leaders are doing.

From here, Clark began talking about the differences between the political cultures of North Korea and the U.S. He was careful to note the American media’s habit of oversimplifying the troubles of North Korea by portraying them as a nation brainwashed by a hermit leader.

His presentation also touched on the reasons the U.S. cannot use physical force to overthrow the Kim regime. The most pressing issue is North Korea’s possession of nuclear weapons and the certainty that, were they attacked, they would retaliate with said weapons.

Following Clark’s presentation, political science professor Hyon Joo Hoo spoke about the state of North Korea’s diplomatic relationships. She began her talk by examining different country’s formal responses to the death of Kim Jong Il. Of the countries she examined, only China expressed condolences about the actual death. The U.S., South Korea and Japan all expressed condolences to the people about losing their beloved leader.

Hoo then discussed North Korea’s aversion to transparency and their devotion to crippling isolation. She supports the idea that North Korea’s new leader, the youngest son of Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, will maintain the state control of the media, limit internet access to societal elites and prevent foreign aid agencies from reaching citizens in need.

Despite the limited access to outside information that average North Koreans have, Hoo noted that the outside world is creeping into North Korean society. In the most affluent North Korean city, 60 percent of the citizens have cell phones that can make calls outside of the country. In addition to using cell phones to glimpse life outside of North Korea, citizens also watch South Korea movies for examples of life outside their country.

The lecture concluded with the assertion that North Korea is in desperate need of an economic overhaul and needs to expose its citizens to the wider world. Unfortunately, right now it appears the new supreme ruler has little intention of doing either of these things.

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“Not rich in service, not rich in helping humankind, just rich, and it touched me,” Shabazz said. “What happened? What happened to our humanity?

What happened to our compassion? Because this sort of preoccupation with material gain only should be unacceptable.”

Shabazz related a recent story about she and her sisters ringing the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia as an example of how far African-Americans have come since the days of civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. However, she stressed the movement is not over. She encouraged young AfricanAmericans to learn their own true history and to use this knowledge to continue the civil rights movement. She spoke of the Transatlantic slave trade, which took healthy and skilled Africans away from their homes, enslaved them and caused an African holocaust where millions of Africans died.

She asks, “How can any of us think that this movement is over when we, in fact, come from a strong, productive, powerful heritage if we just learn the truth about history? How can the movement be over?”

Shabazz said Americans must learn to speak openly, honestly and truthfully about the African experience without fear of being labeled a racist in order to move forward as a nation.

Her advice to young people is to work hard, gain an education, build a strong identity and to stand for something and fight for it. She invokes the image of her own young, widowed mother raising six babies on her own and still managing to overcome and earn her Ph.D because she never accepted that she couldn’t do it.

“My mother’s life serves as such an inspiration when you see all the obstacles that she had – and with six daughters,” she said during a media event earlier in the day. “There are no excuses.

We can achieve anything that we put our minds and hearts to just as long as we know we can do these things.”

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Construction delays cause class confusion nOpening of new building put off, relocation of 75 classes originally scheduled to be held in CSI

“We used the Cowles Life Science Center as a backup for the lectures that were scheduled in CSI,” registrar Alfred Rodriguez said. “Rescheduling the labs was more difficult.”

Even though the next phase of

in order to find appropriate locations for labs that require special equipment,” Rodriguez said. “It was a collaborative effort to allow for the most efficient and appropriate reassignment of classroom and

we had some planning meetings with the administration, facility services and the contractors to make sure we had a contingency plan ready to go,” Rodriguez said.

After the meeting, Rodriguez

by John Reesman Reporter

Due to logistical delays, the new five-story hub of the Center for the Sciences and Innovation (CSI) was unable to hold classes at the beginning of the Spring 2012 semester.

Advanced contingency planning allowed enough options to reschedule sections originally opening on CSI to other facilities on campus. The cause of the delay appears to be minor and temporary.

“We are still waiting on some materials to be delivered,” John Greene, director of facility services, said. According to Greene, the contractors are responsible for the delivery delays. Greene added that CSI has officially received a Certificate of Occupancy from the City of San Antonio.

Although CSI was not ready to accommodate 75 sections scheduled in the building, existing science facilities allowed flexibility for the Office of the Registrar to move classes around.

The Center for the Sciences and Innovation.

construction slates the Moody Engineering Building for demolition, the space became useful again by accommodating the needs of laboratory courses, which need certain materials.

“We coordinated with the science department chairs

Internet controversy over SOPA and PIPA

written by Kellie Benn

Widespread Internet protest against two bills in Congress known as the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act have resulted in lawmakers backing off the original language and promising to make changes.

As written now, the two bills, which are aimed at ending online piracy and protecting intellectual property, would also “censor the web and impose harmful regulations on American business,” according to Google, who came out at the forefront of opposition against SOPA and PIPA along with Wikipedia.

After being flooded with phone calls and emails from those opposed to some components of the SOPA and PIPA bills, legislators promised to remove a controversial section which would allow Internet providers to block access to certain sites which distributed pirated material, particularly foreign piracy sites.

While most opponents of the legislation agree with the intention of the bill, they disagree with how the piracy laws will be enforced and what the bills will accomplish.

Wikipedia blocked out the English version of its site for 24 hours in protest and to call attention to the bills. The site urged visitors to sign a petition which asked lawmakers to vote no to SOPA and PIPA. The Obama administration released a statement, saying in part, “Any effort to combat online piracy must guard against the risk of online censorship of lawful activity and must not inhibit innovation by our dynamic businesses large and small.”

Although lawmakers have agreed to change the legislation, opponents warn that the fight is far from over. They continue to urge legislators to pull the bills from the fast track and rewrite them in a way that would keep the Internet free and uncensored.

Wikipedia’s site is now back up and running normally but it continues to campaign for the cause, proclaiming, “We’re not done yet.” According to the site, 162 million people signed petitions against the legislation, but “SOPA and PIPA are not dead; they’re waiting in the shadows.”

The petition is still available to sign on Wikipedia and other sites across the Internet.

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laboratory space.”

Meetings among Facility Services, the Registrar, the administration and the general contractor allowed a contingency plan to be formulated before the winter break.

“Before the Christmas break,

created a final contingency plan, which was disseminated to students and faculty via email over the weekend before classes began. Today, a meeting will be held between the Registrar, the administration, Facility Services and the contractors in

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order to finalize a completion date for the new building.

“Our expectation is that we will be moving into to CSI on Monday,” Rodriguez said. “I will send an email to students announcing more details about the transition to CSI on Friday.”

According to Rodriguez, CSI will not only incorporate various science lectures and labs but will also serve as a multidisciplinary space for departments across campus.

“This spring, there is a firstyear seminar in CSI as well as courses in international studies,” Rodriguez said. “We really do want to make this facility available to the entire campus.” Rodriguez added that some science classes would actually be scheduled across campus, instead of solely on the north side of campus.

As students walking to class have observed the construction of CSI over the course the last year, some are starting to take note of its unique architecture.

“The large glass panels are an interesting way to add transparency to the classroom,” first-year Galvé Deleste said.

“I hope to fulfill my science requirement in CSI.” As soon as the construction is is officially completed, classes which were originally scheduled to be held in CSI will be moved from their current locations into the new building.

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Tough puppy love for a purpose

These are definitely exciting times at Trinity, particularly in the newsroom. We have a new addition to our staff: puppy Jurgens! We’ve been trying to keep her a secret from the rest of campus, but we figured it was too selfish to keep her all to ourselves.

Jurgens definitely fits in around here. Like any puppy, she loves to tear around the room and get into all sorts of mischief. She’s very smart: she can already find her toys when hidden in simple places and is fairly well behaved on walks. Her worst inclination is “indiscriminate eating,” especially on walks, where she will try to snatch anything on the ground for a quick snack.

Jurgens is a normal puppy with the extraordinary challenge of becoming an explosives-detection dog.

Because she is in training, there is a certain set of rules that we have to follow when being around her. As hard as it is to resist running up to her and petting, cooing and drooling all over her, this kind of lovey-dovey behavior is ultimately to her detriment. The Transportation Security Administration requires that Jurgens associate love with objects rather than people, so she can only be shown affection when she has a toy in her mouth. If you’ve seen her around campus, you might have noticed that she wears a special vest that identifies her as a service dog. Her walks and play time are work time, so it’s important that she isn’t distracted by people trying to pet her.

When Jurgens isn’t working or playing, she spends a couple hours at a time in her kennel in Katharine Martin’s office. The Humane Society accepts kenneling or “crating” as a humane method of training, describing a dog’s crate as his personal den where he can relax. Besides keeping her out of trouble, kenneling teaches Jurgens how to be calm in solitude and recognize the boundary between work and down time.

The restrictions might sound harsh for a puppy, but Jurgens is a special kind of dog. Although she is quickly becoming a cherished and loved member of our campus community, she is not our pet. We are fostering her for a life that requires tremendous discipline, one where she will one day serve and protect travelers in a mass transit facility somewhere in the United States. The Tuttle family and Martin have graciously devoted their time to training and housing Jurgens with principle and compassion, while TSA supplies the necessary food, equipment and medical treatment. Her life is full of love and purpose. Although we may feel deprived by her strict lifestyle, Jurgens has everything she needs to grow into a happy and healthy service dog.

While we are here to prepare Jurgens for her professional career, she is here to provide us with some good old fashion puppy love. Email Martin at kmartin1@trinity.edu if you would like to be trained to walk Jurgens and play with her. You can also follow her on Facebook (search “The Dog Jurgens”) and Twitter (@ thedogjurgens).

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Save Facebook, fight SOPA

by Ashley Feinberg

Senior

Unless you’ve been living in a cave awaiting the Apocalypse (Ron Paul), you were probably aware that, this past Wednesday, several highprofile websites were missing from our beloved interwebs. These sites that included Wikipedia, Reddit and the ever-erudite Cheezburger Network were protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act (SOPA and PIPA) by blacking out for a full 24 hours (not that kind of blackout. Finishing a fifth of vodka still won’t make you socially aware. Although, it will make you wittier and more attractive).

Currently making its way through Congress, this legislation could open the door to heavy Internet censorship.

While most major websites voiced their opposition to the bills, some, such as Facebook, were criticized for their choice to stay live. However, I believe we must consider the consequences of removing something that has become a central point in the lives of many. After all, we could

Without the aid of emoticons, LOLs or caps-lock, citizens found themselves at a loss when trying to express their thoughts, having totally lost any knowledge of the ancient practice of body language and social cues.

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have woken up to a story like this Thursday morning: In the wake of the 24-hour removal of Facebook, the country was in a state of panic this past Wednesday as millions of Americans were forced to face their friends, family, coworkers and the guy they think they maybe talked to at that party last year in direct, oneon-one human contact for the first time in years.

Without the aid of emoticons, LOLs, or caps-lock, citizens found themselves at a loss when trying to express their thoughts, having totally lost any knowledge of the

ancient practice of body language and social cues. Even more heartwrenching, some found themselves unable to forge any connection whatsoever.

“I’ll usually post pictures of me and Tommy on his wall three or four times a day, after Photoshopping them with phrases like ‘Real love stories never have endings’ or ‘If you ever cheat on me I swear I’ll ****ing kill you in your sleep,’ so he knows I’m there for him,” said 19-year-old Veronica Ensayne.

“I’m trying to stay normal in the wake of the blackout, so any time I pass him on campus I’ll yell, ‘I LOVE YOU, heart, heart, heart, winky face.’ Except now that I can see the disgusted look on his face in response, something’s changed between us.”

Veronica wasn’t the only one with anxieties running high. The police force had to be called upon to direct mounting traffic in several major cities. The trouble began when young adults realized they had no way of sharing the 73 pictures they had taken the night before at their friend’s totally exclusive party.

Many found they had no choice but to frantically hunt down not only all of their own friends but also the friends of anyone in the photo, thrusting their digital cameras in the face of all who would look. n See SOPA Page 8

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Opinion

High expectations for the high seas

by Tommie Ethington

Abroad Columnist

Well, this should be interesting. I’ve worked at almost every level of the Trinitonian– as an intern, reporter and last semester as managing editor – but I’ve never been privileged enough to write a column. And I have to tell you, I have a newfound respect for all those brave enough to put their thoughts out there for the world to read (Okay, who am I kidding? Hi Mom).

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I plan to revel in the cultures, eat amazing and sometimes oddly shaped food and to make a fool of myself interacting with the local people.

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But seriously, there’s a lot of pressure to be funny and thought provoking and entertaining, and choosing a topic is difficult.

Lucky for you and me, there’s a lot to work with.

Because for the next four months I will sail the high seas on a seven story cruise ship, the

and maintaining high levels of laziness aside, I force myself to find comfort in the fact that I’ve successfully mastered this phase at least once before. And hey, if it doesn’t work out, I’ve always got Trinity to come home to, right?

But for guys, heavy drinking holds other unpleasant consequences, even during mutually consensual sex using a condom.

Consider the well-known quote from “Macbeth”: “[Alcohol] provokes and it unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.” Perhaps Shakespeare knew from personal experience that although alcohol disinhibits, thus provoking desire, intoxication can also reduce sexual arousal, leading to an inability to obtain or maintain an erection.

Intoxication can also inhibit orgasm or diminish the intensity of orgasm. These effects can occur because alcohol tends to decrease the production of testosterone.

The relationship between alcohol consumption and sexual behavior among women may surprise you.

Consider a fascinating study of 69 young women age 18 to 34 who completed daily logs of their drinking and sexual behaviors over three consecutive menstrual cycles. Would you expect that increased alcohol consumption was associated with the women taking more sexual initiative? Well, the data indicated the reverse. These women tended to initiate the most sexual encounters when sober!

Additionally, their daily log data failed to show any relationship between alcohol consumption and subsequent sexual arousal, sexual

pleasure, or orgasm. However, the women tended to believe that alcohol enhanced their sexual desire, activity, and enjoyment according to their retrospective questionnaire responses.

The study’s authors concluded that the women may have viewed alcohol as an aphrodisiac despite the contradictory evidence contained in their daily logs.

Is alcohol an aphrodisiac that enhances desire and enjoyment?

What about the other myriad of beverages, foods, substances and scents that are touted as aphrodisiacs?

Even though research does not consistently support the efficacy of aphrodisiacs, aphrodisi-addicts continue to make special meals, waft essential oils throughout the bedroom and loudly proclaim the potency of certain roots or berries.

What if you could enhance the sexual experience without negatively affecting your awareness, the way that alcohol can? Join us at 8 p.m. Monday night in the Coates University Center’s Waxahachie Room for the next installment of the Pizza & Pleasure series as we explore aphrodisiacs in a program called “Love Potions.”

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There’s no Facebook.

No Google. No Wikipedia. Nothing.

Just me and a small library that is apparently the size of Trinity walk-in closet.

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I’m on a Boat!

MV Explorer, to 11 countries in 105 days. On my voyage, I will travel to the Bahamas, Dominica, Brazil, Ghana, South Africa, Vietnam, India, Singapore, Mauritius, China, Japan and Hawaii.

On this grand adventure, I hope to encounter people and situations that challenge how I think and understand this world. I plan to revel in the different cultures, eat amazing and sometimes oddly shaped food and to make a fool of myself interacting with the local people.

Still, with all these expectations (and hours upon hours of research) I feel that I have no idea what it will actually be like. In fact, the more I reflect on it, the more I realize this experience is a lot like going to college.

I’m dreading that awkward freshman phase where you don’t know anyone, you’re in a new place and you’re worried your roommate is going to turn out to be a psycho. I’m afraid the food will suck and I’ll be homesick or the classes will be too hard with limited access to the Internet.

Yeah, you heard right.

There’s no Facebook (for those who don’t understand this social media site’s role in doing my homework, you clearly haven’t mastered the art of procrastination). No Google.

No Wikipedia. Nothing. Just me and a small library that is apparently the size of a Trinity walk-in closet.

So I’ll keep you updated on how that goes, but worries about missed freeping opportunities

In closing, if you’ve stuck with me this long, thank you. I hope this column will meet both our expectations. I’ll try to make it funny, thought provoking and entertaining, but really I just hope that you can get something out of it. There are so many people at Trinity with so many great ideas and I consider it an honor that I’ve been given this space every other week to write about whatever I want. I look forward to sharing my adventure with you. Bon voyage!

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junior communication major currently studying abroad on Semester at Sea.

Alcohol and sex: misconceptions Guest Column

by Cay Crow

Lecturer

Alcohol and sex. The two are so often paired, it’s worth exploring a few aspects of the relationship for both men and women.

Perhaps it is an unfortunate legacy of our Puritanical heritage that so many people feel the need to disinhibit themselves with alcohol in order to pursue sex. (Some people have never had sober sex!)

Then again, even if our culture were more open about sexuality, we might continue to seek disinhibition through alcohol because of anxiety — fear of rejection, perhaps, or insecurity about our appearance or sexuality skills. Whatever the reasons, and they are probably myriad, alcohol and sex are often linked.

Disinhibition occurs at a rather low Blood Alcohol Concentration (the .02-.06 range, which Dr. Reams has dubbed The Optimal Buzz). Drinking at a level that well exceeds the optimal buzz can lead to rather dire consequences, as I’m sure you are already aware, such as sexual assault, regretted sex, and sexually transmitted infections.

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Cay Crow is a sex therapist working in San Antonio.

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Sidewalk Symposium What TV show or movie premiere are you anxiously awaiting and why?

Phillippa Sands Junior “Bad Girls Club.”

Connor Gorman Senior “The Hunger Games because it’s hot.”

Kara Schoenemann Sophomore “Arrested Development because the TV show is the greatest TV show I’ve ever seen.”

Sarah Wigginton Sophomore “Madagascar 3 because I love penguins.”

David Nikaido Junior “Game of Thrones because I can’t wait for the Dragon Lady.”

Jamie Banks First Year “Once Upon a Time because I loved the storyline and find it very entertaining.”

Sam White Sophomore “Batman: The Dark Night Rises because I’m excited to see Bane, the villain.”

Madison Kahler Junior “Gossip Girl because Chuck is on the brink of death.”

Denisse Paredes Sophomore “The Walking Dead because zombies are RAD.”

compiled by Purushottam Shah

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Opinion

Trinitonian January 20, 2012

point counter point

Join something bigger than yourself Stay indepedent and true to yourself Point

by Joe O’Connell

Pulse Editor

I am a proud member of a fraternity.

Joining that fraternity was the best decision I’ve ever made and I’m willing to bet that the majority of Greeks feel the same way. There certainly is a lot of negativity towards Greeks these days. According to some, we pay for our friends, judge and exclude outsiders and party excessively.

Some may even go so far as to say that Greek life is toxic.

Pay for my friends? That clichéd insult doesn’t even make sense. If I were paying for my friends, wouldn’t they be the ones getting my money? Dues are a way for organizations to pool their members’ assets to pay for group activities; most organizations at Trinity have some sort of dues program. I’ve also made great friends throughout my time at Trinity that are not in my fraternity. I certainly wouldn’t have as many friends if I hadn’t joined a fraternity, but since when is making a bunch of friends with different interests, from different walks of life, from different parts of the country a bad thing? That is something I couldn’t have accomplished without my fraternity. I wouldn’t have met guys that now will be at my wedding and at my funeral. They’re my brothers.

Frankly, the idea that all Greeks are judgmental and only party is just a stereotype, and just like any stereotype it has some truth to it, but to say that all Greeks negatively judge non-Greeks is just as much of a negative judgment.

Sure, there’s nothing we like more than having a good time, but any Greek will

tell you that we do so much more. Greeks do an immense amount of fundraising, community service and philanthropy work. We work hard, we play hard.

I know I didn’t just join a fraternity to have a good time. I joined to be part of something bigger than myself, to be part of the fraternal tradition that is as old as America. Tradition seems to be an idea that is fading away in our times, but Greeks are the ones keeping it alive. At the beginning of every chapter meeting I repeat the exact words that our Founders wrote down in 1868 at my fraternity’s first meeting. I’m confident that every Greek can tell a similar story. We put a lot of work into our respective organizations because we want to leave something better behind for future generations, and we believe that anything worth having is worth earning. We use our past, our heritage as fraternity men to succeed. We stand on the shoulders of giants to reach new heights.

Yes, being in a fraternity has changed me. It has allowed me to experience new adventures, to face new challenges, to grow up and mature as a person. Honestly, I feel more like myself than I have my entire life. The fraternity is not an end, but a means. Your brothers or sisters are there to help you grow and have a great time doing it. Don’t fear change, embrace it.

Being Greek opens the door to a bright new future and continues to be the best decision I’ve ever made. In short, we are not toxic, we do not only party, and we are not petty or shallow as we are often portrayed. If I’ve paid for my friends, I haven’t paid nearly enough for my brothers. n Joe O’Connell is a junior

economics major and a member of Pi Kappa Alpha.

Counterpoint

by Lydia Duncombe

Sports Editor

I’m known as a GDI (God Damn Independent) to the Greek system. It’s meant to be a derogatory term to refer to non-Greek members. I take it as a compliment. There is nothing wrong with being independent. I live my life at college according to my own rules. There is not a specific way I have to act or dress.

This is why I don’t agree with the Greek system and why I didn’t join it.

One of my favorite shows of all time was “Greek” on ABC Family. The show made Greek life look larger than life and an experience that everyone would want to be a part of. I didn’t understand the falsity of the show until I came to college.

Seeing Greek life first hand made me realize all the problems that come along with it.

First is the judgment. In order to be picked to be a member of greek life an immense amount of judging must occur.

Do they look the “right” way? Do they have the “right” personality? Will they attract the “right” opposite sex? A person shouldn’t have to be subjected to this kind of judgment. Isn’t there a way to get around this? Can’t sororities and fraternities accept people without judging them? I don’t know and it’s not my job to figure it out. All I know is that it should change.

My second problem is: do people in the Greek system actually own any other items of clothing besides their jerseys or t-shirts that say their letters on them? Seriously, it’s a bit ridiculous.

They owned clothes before coming to college. Where did those clothes go?

People refer to people in the Greek system by their jerseys. “Oh, those are the ‘insert color here’ people” or “Omg, that ‘insert sorority girl’ is dating that ‘insert fraternity guy’.” No one actually knows your name. All I ask is be a little more creative with your wardrobe and not so conforming to match every single other person in your group.

My last reason and biggest issue with the Greek system is the way friends are made and the fakeness that it entails.

When I came to college, I made friends right off the bat. Those friends quickly became my best friends and before long I was part of an amazing group of people. Because I had these friends, I didn’t feel the need to join Greek life. It is my personal opinion that people join the Greek system because they don’t have that great group of friends yet and are looking for that.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to make friends. The problem I have with the Greek system is that it inhibits people in making their own friends. Instead they have to be friends with everyone in their sorority/ fraternity – even if they don’t like them they have to put on an act that they like everyone. Fakeness isn’t something that should be condoned. People should make their own friends instead of “buying” them.

As a final statement I want to include that I have some wonderful friends that are in Greek life and I wouldn’t trade them for anything. My issue is more with the institution itself than the people. In my opinion greek life is great for parties and that is about it. n Lydia Duncombe is a

sophomore communication major.

Point-counterpoint is a standing feature of the Trinitonian and is intended to be a forum for community members to discuss various issues on campus. What topics would you like to see addressed? Gives us some ideas and you might see yourself or a friend featured!

E-mail trinitonian@trinity.edu prior to the Tuesday before publication.

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“Ok, maybe I shouldn’t have put tire spikes in the road, but I didn’t know how else to get people to slow down enough to where I could see if they were a mutual friend or not,” said Desparit Foratinshun. “How else am I going to make sure that people know I’m living for the nights I can’t remember with the friends I’ll never forget?”

Everyday interactions quickly became even more troublesome, however, as many began to lose their voice. No longer able to instantaneously share every thought, witticism and gripe with entire friend lists, people found themselves shouting their hilarious observations and complaints at highly

inappropriate times, often uncontrollably. The real strain, however, seems to have been the incessant need to yell “like” any time someone saw something they mildly approve of.

Vocal chords, however, weren’t the only things being hurt. Back injuries hit a record high today as Americans everywhere were left with no choice but to carry backpacks with every book, CD and DVD that changed their life and just really explains who they are at the core, man. After spreading out this array of media prior to allowing any interaction to take place, some were also given public indecency citations after exposing body parts that had been tattooed just hours before

with their favorite quotes from Dane Cook, Old School, and Socrates.

“We just didn’t have the resources to handle all the back problems and tattoo infections,” said a frantic walk-in clinic attendant. “Plus, the number of people who came to us with minor poking injuries was astonishing.”

Perhaps the saddest part of the day, though, came unexpectedly with the absence of Facebook’s personalized ads. On this fateful Wednesday, lonely hearts abounded, wandering the Facebook-less, post-apocalyptic wasteland in solitude and without any viable way to meet hot singles in their area.

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this week in history

But honestly, who would want to spend every day in the gym and making the best grades of their life when they could be eating delicious food and sporting new shirts?

Students Earn Poster Freedom

New Year’s resolutions, Trinity style All Day All Night

by Alli Day

Junior

While New Year’s Eve has come and gone and January more than halfway over, the feeling of newness that comes with the oncoming semester likely leaves many of us wrestling with resolutions, even if we didn’t act on them as midnight struck a few weeks ago. New year’s resolutions are often unrealistic as they may last only a day or two before they are either deemed impossible to keep or simply forgotten.

For those of us who haven’t already driven ourselves into a resolution frenzy, there are many new semester resolutions we may choose to act on over the next few days, weeks and months. Thus comes the ultimate Trinity New Semester Resolutions guide: 1. Collect as many free T-shirts as possible. It’s always exciting

to expand your wardrobe even if you are sporting a t-shirt that says “GYT” or “Trinity Cat Alliance” to the gym. You can never have enough T-shirts, plus then you’ll have plenty to choose from when you make a tacky T-shirt quilt at the end of college.

2. Try all of the delicious types of candy in the POD and discover the absolute best combination. Let’s face it: we are extremely blessed to basically have a candy store on our campus. Remember when going to the candy store at the mall was the highlight of your week as a six-year-old?

Now all of these candies are at your fingertips, so reward your twenty-something-yearold self with delicious sugary concoctions on a regular basis.

3. Eat at one of the Commons stations or Einstein’s often enough that they memorize your order. There’s nothing more comforting than someone knowing what food you like!

It’s almost as great as having your mom prepare your favorite sandwich or your dad fixing your favorite dinner without

you even asking.

4. Make a Four-Square account and become mayor of as many on-campus locations as possible. Believe me, when you are mayor of the library, it’s a lot less miserable to be there on a daily basis.

5. Figure out the fastest possible route through the ongoing construction. Not only will this instill a sense of accomplishment and ingenuity, it will also provide you with four extra minutes of sleep time every morning, thus allowing you to fulfill your “get more sleep” resolution.

6. Make friends with one of the cats. (Or not!)

Perhaps you are already hard at work accomplishing your other resolutions and you see no time to accomplish this list. But honestly, who would want to spend every day in the gym and making the best grades of their life when they could be eating delicious food and sporting new shirts? That’s right, no one. n

Alli Day is a junior sociology major.

To current students, the posters in Mabee are just a part of Trinity; much like the bell rings every 15 minutes, Mabee is always decorated in colorful signs promoting organizations and events. Any student group can create a sign down in the CCI basement and hang it up without question. However, things weren’t always that easy. At this time 6 years ago, the current head of CCI made a change to policy that simplified the process for all students.

Rather than filling out paperwork and gaining approval from both Aramark and CCI, starting in the spring of 2006, students had freedom over their own promotional posters.

Mabee would likely be far less colorful and fun today had this policy not been changed. text by Megan Julian

Meetthe the Press Press Meet What’s your favorite part about working for the Trinitonian?

I love knowing about all of the different events on campus and in the SA area. We live in such an interesting and fun community.

What’s the most interesting story you’ve covered?

I got to take photos for Si Clovía on Broadway. They blocked off the entire street so people could go play and ride their bikes in the streets. I saw someone riding on rollerblades and walking about 10 dogs. It was so much fun.

If you could travel to any place in the world, where would you go and why?

New Zealand. The landscape is breath-taking and I love Flight of the Conchords.

Carly Cowen ‘13 Photo Editor

Music Education Major

What’s your favorite part about working for the Trinitonian?

Learning about what’s actually going on around campus is my favorite part about working for the Trinitonian. Many of the stories we consider writing about or actually write about are things I would not have heard about had I not been involved with the Trinitonian. For a campus as small as ours, it always amazes me with how much we constantly have going on.

What’s the most interesting story you’ve covered?

Although it sounds terribly boring, writing about alumni participation and alumni give-back rates was the most interesting assignment I have been given because it allowed me to understand how many different segments of the university rely++65465516 on alumni and donor support, why supporting the university is so crucial to maintaining its reputation, and how much it mattered to give back to a place that has already given me so much in my short time here.

If you could travel to any place in the world, where would you go and why?

Israel. I’m a huge history and religion buff, and Israel’s location is inundated with famous sites teeming with history and politics that I simply could not get enough of, particularly Jerusalem, which serves as a really important city for three of the world’s major religions. compiled by Megan Julian

Avantika Krishna ‘13 News Reporter Undeclared

New Spring Courses Trinity debuts new classes for spring 2012, including a second-level HUMA seminar.

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Event Calendar 2012 Veteran Family Event 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 21 3014 Rivas St.

This free family event will provide information from federal, state and local resources to all veterans, reservists, National Guard members, their families, significant others and caregivers. There will also be door prizes and entertainment for all.

Andreas Lecture

Schleicher

8 a.m., Friday, Jan. 20 Ruth Taylor Recital Hall

Dr. Andreas Schleicher, head of the PISA international assessments and international educational rankings from the OECD, will share the latest international rankings and education lessons that can be learned from the highest performing countries.

SOLI Chamber Ensemble Concert 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 24 Ruth Taylor Recital Hall

Trinity’s ensemble in residence performs. Meet the musicians at the reception following the concert. Tickets are half off for students, and free with TU ID.

Federal Government Career Panel

5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 25 Woodlawn Room, Coates University Center

Find out how you can make a difference by working for the federal government. A panel of experts will talk about the myriad opportunities and how to “get an edge” in the application process.

Tutankhamen in Context 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26

Chapman Auditorium Dr. Gerry Scott, Director of American Research Center in Egypt, will present an archaeology lecture on the context of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb. compiled by Joe O’Connell

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Look for a break down of Trinity’s fraternities and sororities in next week’s issue.

January 20, 2012

Trinity to train explosives detection dog n Transportation

Security Administration entrusts yellow Labrador Retriever to the university

by Lauren Wilks Reporter

This semester, Trinity University welcomes a new and unusual individual to campus: she’s three months old, very energetic and is in training to be a future explosives detection dog, entrusted to Trinity by the Transportation Security Administration via Lackland Air Force Base.

The puppy, Jurgens, is the first TSA dog-in-training to be fostered by university— ordinarily, such dogs spend the first year of their lives in the home of an individual or a family being simultaneously cared for and trained by the members of the pre-approved household through TSA’s Puppy Program.

Through Trinity’s relationship with the TSA in San Antonio, the university has been given the express privilege to care for the puppy.

Trinity University traditionally brings TSA puppies to campus during finals each semester as a de-stressing measure for students, and the popularity of this event led the Mirage yearbook editor, senior Natalie Brown, to wonder whether the incorporation of puppies into yearbook photos could increase the normally very low turnout of upperclassmen.

“As I was trying to come up with some ideas to get people to take their yearbook photos, I came up with the idea of bringing puppies as incentive,” Brown said. “I then talked to Res Life and TSA people and eventually got the puppies to campus for the photos. I remember when I was talking to the TSA officials about the benefits of them

photo by Abhishek Chhetri

Students take Trinity’s new dog-in-training to the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. March on Jan. 16. bringing the puppies out [to Trinity], and those included the program getting its name out, and socialization for the puppies.”

It was during this time that the idea of Trinity adopting one of the puppies materialized, and Katharine Martin, adviser to Campus Publications, began talking with dean of students David Tuttle and officials related to TSA’s Puppy Program about the likelihood of the program trusting a campus to be caregivers to a puppy with such specific needs. Eventually, a proposal was made and approved. The presence of a puppy from the TSA program

on a college campus is unprecedented, and Trinity is a special candidate because of its proximity to Lackland Air Force base.

“When I think about the effort that went into procuring a puppy for our campus, I just want to thank Natalie Brown, the university administration and the confidence of the TSA program,” Martin said. “Also, we wouldn’t have been able to keep her if the dean and his family hadn’t accepted Jurgens into their home for nights and weekends.”

Jurgens’s daily schedule is very particular, as she is training to be more than an ordinary pet.

Although her day is made up of walks, play time and rest time in her crate, called her house, each activity has a purpose.

Her walks around campus allow her to learn how to focus, even with distractions in the form of students and changing environments. Her play time is structured around her attempts to obtain her toy from whoever has signed up to spend time with her. Her rest time in her house is intended to teach her how to be self-sufficient. Every three weeks the puppy reports back to Lackland Air Force base to be tested on her training progress. n

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Concert for the Cure at Cowboy’s Hall n Kyle Park among the

acts performing at the annual philanthropy event

by Maddie Rau

Reporter

Tomorrow, Jan. 21 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Cowboys Dancehall will host the 7th Annual Concert for the Cure.

The highlight of the event will be a live performance by Texas country singer Kyle Park with the Aaron Einhouse Band opening the show.

All ticket sale proceeds for the event go to the American Cancer Society camp for

children who are suffering or have suffered from cancer. You can still buy tickets at Coates from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, at ticketmaster.com or at the door.

Senior urban studies and Spanish double major Evin White, who is the co-chair for the event along with junior Brittany Hjalmquist, has been in charge of raising the $20,000 necessary just to put on the concert.

“We’ve been making payments for this event all through the year, so we totally sustain ourselves,” said White. “We had all kinds of little fundraisers, donations from individual families and a huge T-shirt campaign. A lot of people are under some

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In less than seven years we have been able to send 100 kids to camp that otherwise wouldn’t have been able to go.

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Kate Fulkerson

Gamma Chi Delta president

misconception of how we raised it, but [Hjalmquist] and I raised its existence.”

The event is sponsored by Trinity organizations including Gamma Chi Delta Sorority, Chi Beta Epsilon Sorority, ASR and the Student Programming Board, who donated $1,500 apiece toward the cause. This year in particular will be meaningful for those close to Concert for the Cure because it is expected that they will hit the $100,000 donation mark after giving a total of $85,000 to Camp Discovery over the past seven years.

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Martin cites the similarities between Jurgens’ life and the lives of the rest of the Trinity constituent.

“Jurgens, like most college kids away from home for the first time, has to learn how to be self-sufficient in the face of numerous new and exciting distractions,” Martin said.

The yellow Labrador Retriever, named for a heroic 9/11 victim, lives with Tuttle and his family nights and weekends. The family has already adjusted to the newest addition to the Trinity community and feels strongly connected with her.

“There’s this sense that she’s ours and although we have to keep this emotional barrier up, we’ve definitely bonded and at the end of her ten-month stay, it’ll be hard. She loves to play and is possessed by endless energy — students are encouraged and welcomed to, once

they’re trained, text me and schedule to take Jurgens on her nighttime and weekend walks because she does demand a lot of attention,” said Dean Tuttle.

In addition to becoming part of the Tuttle family, Jurgens is becoming part of the Trinity community; she already attended a Trinity basketball game and has her own Tiger Card. Some students have already completed basic training with Martin required to become one of her handlers and are already beginning to play with her. Jurgens has both a Facebook and Twitter so that students can interact with her even more.

The participation in TSA’s Puppy Program at Trinity should be beneficial not only for Jurgens, but for students as well. The strengthened sense of community surrounding her and the therapeutic sensation of being needed and comforted promise to be gratifying for all who get to know the new campus puppy.

Jurgens goes for an afternoon walk on the Esplanade with trained students.

photo by Abhishek Chhetri

Westside Horns perform at KRTU’s Year of Jazz n Guadalupe Cultural

Arts Center hosted local jazz band last Saturday

by Pamela Torres

Reporter

The Year of Jazz continues to draw out the crowds in 2012 featuring the Westside Horns on Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.

KRTU-91.7 FM, in association with the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, set the stage for a concert full of life and excitement. There is no better word to describe the jazz music than “soulful,” as Ron Nirenberg, associate manager of KRTU called it. The setting showed off the Hispanic heritage of the city, which made it a great place for the jazz concert.

“This event is about celebrating KRTU and jazz in San Antonio, but it’s also about celebrating the mission and significance of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center as the gateway to the Westside and the importance of the Westside Hispanic culture in our city and our city’s history,” said Nirenberg.

The Westside Horns have been playing jazz at the Guadalupe for about 30 years.

They began as a three-person band and then grew into what they are today, incorporating different instruments like the saxophone, the trumpet and the drums.

“The Westside Horns are a collection of some of the finest soul, soul-jazz and rock musicians in the city and they’ve been playing now for over 30 years. They’ve had a huge following over the years,” Nirenberg said. “Some of the members have changed, but their sound really represents the

culture on the west side and is uniquely San Antonio. We are really happy to work with them almost every year.”

KRTU is partnering up with different organizations throughout the year where they will host a monthly event.

“Here at the Guadalupe we feel honored to be a part of the year of jazz,” said Belinda Menchaca, class of ’84 and PR marketing director at the Guadalupe. “By allowing all the organizations to host a night of jazz, not only are they promoting the music, but I am certain that people are going to be tuning in to KRTU, people who may not have even heard of the radio station. We are also benefitting from this because a lot of KRTU members have probably never been to the theater, and so that’s very exciting for us to build audiences.”

KRTU brings a piece of Trinity to the people of San Antonio through the art of jazz. “[The Year of Jazz] is part of the outreach for Trinity to be more involved in the community.

The only connection that the African-American community has with Trinity is KRTU,” said Dr. Dennis Ahlburg, President of the university. “KRTU is incredible and it reaches into all parts of the community.”

The Year of Jazz is a great opportunity for Trinity students to interact with people from all over San Antonio.

“I support and encourage anything that gets Trinity students off campus and into the larger community,” said Dr. Arturo Madrid, chairman of the board of trustees at the Guadalupe and Trinity University professor and director of Mexico, the Americas and Spain Center. “I take my students out into the larger community to concerts and tours and the like. I think it’s important for Trinity to interface with the Westside, not

simply with downtown. The Westside has this reputation of being this forbidding place, but in fact it’s a very lovely space, and a very welcoming space and the Guadalupe is a particularly welcoming space.”

Every concert or event is

aired the Friday following the event at noon and 6 p.m. The next Year of Jazz event will take place at 8 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the Carver Community Cultural Center. Next on the Year of Jazz calendar is a celebration of black history month featuring a

1950s tribute to Miles Davis at the Carver Community Cultural Center on Feb. 11. Then the Year of Jazz will continue on to the San Antonio Botanical Garden on March 23. For more information visit www. yearofjazz.org.

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You voted and here are the results of the Best For Trinity ballot!

Best Burger Chris Madrid’s

Starbucks

Locations in Quarry, on San Pedro and Broadway

1900 Blanco Rd • Known as “burger heaven” by Trinity students • Texas-sized burgers.

• Relaxing, casual environment where you will frequently spot TU kids.

• Most everything delicious is under $10. Yummy.

Best Off-Campus Study Spot • •

2nd place: Grace’s Coffee

Best Auto Shop

3rd place: Whataburger

Best Pizzeria

Jiffy Lube 5921 San Pedro Avenue

Main Street Pizza and Pasta

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1906 N Main Ave

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Good food, good service, good quantity for your buck (everthing under $10!).

Super casual environment where you will always spot TU kids and professors between classes.

Plus Trinity kids get free Luziana iced tea!

Taco Taco It’s not just Trinity that thinks they’re the best, they were voted the “Best Tacos in America” by Bon Apetit.

Handmade tortillas that are fresh and delicious!

Always expect a long line wrapping around the door if you go on the weekends.

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Said to be “stress-free heaven”.

There are over 70 different spa treatments you can choose from; from facials, stone massage, Swedish massage..etc.

Voted best spa of the city by San Antonio Magazine readers too.

It’s pricey but we’re sure it’s worth every penny.

2nd place: Doo or Dye

3rd place: Anne’s Nails

Best Ethnic Food

3rd place: La Gloria

Best Off-Campus Housing Rosemont

Pei Wei

999 E Basse Rd # 199 • No surprise here, (Trinity kids need to get out more and try more ethnic foods).

• Delicious food, friendly staff, clean restaurant for a quick eat.

145 E Hildebrand Ave • •

Walking distance from Trinity.

Expect it to feel like living in a dorm just nicer and off-campus.

2nd place: Legacy Heights/The Crescent

3rd place: The Mansions

255 East Basse Rd., Ste. 950

2nd place: Taco Cabana

2nd place: Olmos Chevron

Woodhouse Day Spa • •

145 E Hildebrand Ave

Friendly, talkative staff makes you and your vehicle feel comfortable.

Go online to get coupons & find great promotions.

Best Place to Pamper Yourself

3rd place: Florio’s

Best Tacos

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2nd place: Dough

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3rd place: Candlelight

2nd place: Big Bob’s Burgers

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Great study environment, strong coffee and a friendly staff makes this our #1 choice for finals week.

Google Starbucks and you will find multiple in a five-mile radius.

2nd place: Thai Dee 3rd place: PF Changs

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Make sure to visit these Trinity favorites the next time you burst the bubble.

Best Hangover Food Whataburger 3130 Broadway Street • • •

Delicious when you’re coming home late from a bar/frat party/ study sesh—basically good at any point in time.

Fast food prices- anywhere from $1- $6.

Casual environment, where you can expect to see a cop at the door if you decide to go in. So sober up, kids.

Best Cupcake

Kate’s Frosting

2518 N Main Street • Delicious cupcakes and you can get a mini-cupcake for only $1.50. The jumbo ones (extremely large) are only a few dollars more.

• These are really good for a meeting, a birthday or for anyone who really loves a good cupcake.

2nd place: Cupcake Couture

2nd place: Taco Taco

Best place to get spoiled

3rd place: Taco Cabana

Best Vegetarian Food

5011 Broadway Street

1017 N. Flores Street

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Cappy’s

• They have everything on this menu- one thing you can say is that it’s extremely unique. expect to spend anywhere between $11- $30.

•You can

Green Vegetarian Cuisine • • •

Good, clean, healthy and locally produced food.

Special recommendation: sweet potato fries.

This is a very relaxing and casual place to eat, expect some crowds if you go for dinner any time after 6:30 p.m.

Decently cheap, items are under $10.

2nd place: Fogo de Chao 3rd Place: Cheesecake Factory

Best Bar

2nd place: India Palace

Best Place with a View Boudro’s 421 E Commerce Street • • • •

You’re paying for view—but it is a nice one.

You can expect to spend anywhere between $30- $60.

Good food, great location, GREAT VIEW plus you get to wave at tourists.

Go here when someone comes in town and they’ll be wowed!

2nd place: Acenar/Casa Rio

3rd place: Iron Cactus/Iguana Grill

Best Frozen Yogurt

Red Mango 300 E. Basse Road • •

3rd place: Candlelight

Looking for a healthy alternative to ice cream? This is it.

You can get a big cup, with 2 toppings and spend roughly $4 and bust way less calories. What a good deal.

2nd place: Chill Out 3rd Place: Yogurt Zone

Howl at the Moon 111 W Crockett St, Suite 201 •Get ready to sing along to some oldies (but don’t worry, you probably know them all).

•If you go on a Friday evening, you probably know someone who won a howl happy hour party. You really can’t go wrong with 2 $1 drinks and then half-off drinks till 8. If you’ve never been, you should go you’ll have a howlin’ time.

•They also have a gorgeous patio where you can overlook the riverwalk!

2nd place: Bombay Bicycle Club 3rd Place: Broadway 50/50

Didn’t get a chance to vote?

Don’t worry, “Best For” will be back again next year! In the mean time don’t forget to visit all these places and let them know you came from Trinity!

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Pulse

New semester offers new courses in humanities Add/Drop may be over, but consider these classes for the fall!

HUMA 2301 Further Readings in Western Cultures

This follow-up to HUMA 1600 examines controversial ideas in the history of Western cultures from the Renaissance to the presents. Students will read and discuss literary, religious, philospohical and political texts from the post-classical world.

THTR 1101 University Theatre Company II

Students will get an in-depth look at University Theatre Productions, including performance, construction, running and operating crews, assistant stage management and a weekly course meeting.

THTR 3311 History of Dress and Style

A study of how the social, political and cultural environment shaped western dress from the Greeks to the present. Students will learn how changes in fashion are related to art, trends and traditions.

“This term, we are reading Dante’s Inferno, Milton’s Paradise Lost, as well as some Romantic poetry, some Freud, some Marx, some Joyce, and other important texts.”

Willis Salomon Associate Professor, English

“History of Dress & Style will examine how historic changes in fashion represent contemporaneous art, cultural trends, and traditions that give each era a distinct look and effect. How have the social, political, and cultural environment within each era shaped the fashions of rich and poor?”

Jodi Karjala Costume Designer and Costumer, Speech and Drama

compiled by Pamela Torres graphic by Katie Browne

Concert is the seventh annual fundraiser n continued from Page 10

with cancer—which is why it’s such a big deal,” said White.

“This year my sorority has been hit hard with the disease, so I am glad to have played a role in helping and really giving back to people.”

Hjalmquist, a business and history double major cochairing the event with White, explained that she is admittedly not the most up to date Texas Country Music individual.

“I am from Colorado, so I hadn’t exactly heard of Kyle Park until we knew he would be headlining the event,” said Hjalmquist. “But now, Kyle Park is all I listen to in my room. The owner of Cowboys said that Kyle is really excited about the cause, which is great because at the end of the day it’s like you’re on the same team and you want your (team) to be just as enthusiastic as you are.”

Senior Kate Fulkerson, president of Gamma Chi Delta Sorority and a political science major, described her role in this year’s Concert for the Cure.

“I pretty much just oversee the Concert for the Cure Committee and support them to make sure everything is on track,” said Fulkerson. “After getting bigger and bigger every year, this is the year where we can really say that Concert for

the Cure is self-sustaining—an institution and event in itself.

For me, it’s the perfect year to be a part of it. Being President (of my sorority) is awesome enough, but I am more proud of what we do together as an organization.”

The first Concert for the Cure took place in 2005 and was a small fundraising event held in the Webster Gym. Conceived largely by ’08 Trinity graduate Amy Walton, the event began as a philanthropic effort close to the heart—Walton herself was afflicted with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in her youth.

“That is why Camp Discovery is so near and dear to us—because the member that founded Concert for the Cure went there when she had childhood cancer,” Fulkerson said. “In less than 7 years we have sent more than 100 kids to that camp who otherwise wouldn’t have been able to go.”

At 2:20 p.m. today there will be a Concert for the Cure day on the Esplanade with free cake and give-a-ways. There will also be a group photo opportunity if you wear your Concert for the Cure t-shirt from any year. Additionally, a free guitar signed by Kyle Park will be given away at the concert itself.

Golden Goodies

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Baked Tilapia

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Graphic novels: Get into them or I will hunt you down

by Margaret

The Sandman

Maus

Persepolis

Ghost World

This series follows the trials and travails of Dream, lord of the dreams, which in this series are actual creatures that interact between their own realm and ours. Neil Gainman creates stories that invite the reader into a complex world with its own original mythos, but it is also influenced by traditional fairy tales, modern day narratives and classic stories. It also possesses a darkness that wavers between traditional macabre and modern day grit. The images have a traditional comic book feel yet have a slightly gothic quality, but some of the presentation feels a little awkward.

This graphic nonfiction novel illustrated and written by Art Spiegelman is a biography of Spiegelman’s father and follows closely his father’s experiences through WWII and the Holocaust. It is an amazing story and it gained a lot of attention for Spiegelman’s depicitons of characters: Jews as mice, Nazis as cats and other assorted Europeans as other animals — pigs, dogs etc. Through his method of illustration Spiegelman creates a stripped and hard depiction of the holocaust and the personal trials of his own father and looks deeply into how his father’s experience has affected his own.

“Persepolis” is an autobiographical work by Marjane Satrapi about her experiences growing up and living in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and war between Iran and Iraq. This book, like “Maus,” gives a new perspective on historical events through personal testimony and the power of imagery. The black and white illustrations and style of Satrapi are powerful (her depictions of God are very memorable) and very straightforward and simple in style however her narrative oftentimes seems to lack an awareness or wellrounded perspective on the events that transpire, though this can be expected because the story is her own.

Written and illustrated by Daniel Clowes, it follows the lives of two adolescent girls— highly sarcastic, cynical and defiant of mainstream culture— as they graduate from high school and adjust to their futures. The story is also very much about their friendship and how they develop into young women. It’s an incredibly smart book,with smart female protagonists and a very hard, appraising perspective on adolescents and pseudointellectuals. Though the story is very much character driven, I still felt disappointed by the lack of rise and fall within the plot.

Score: 8.5

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Score: 7

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Graphic novels take a story and break it down to the most expressive and illustrative of images in order to convey the story in a way that is aesthetically powerful, because it’s not only about the story but also its presentation—the images’ sequence, size, layout, etc.

I’m still the novice when it comes to reading them, so for all of you hardcore graphic novel fans, I duly apologize for my limited knowledge and experience. But to those of you with no experience, graphic novels can provide a new medium for you to explore the most awesome of worlds.

Here is a list of graphic novels that introduced me to the field and my personal evaluation of each:

Editor’s Note: We have a new grading scale for reviews!

All reviews are based on a 10-point scale from 0 - 10.

Ex) Cold shower - 0.5 Pillow fort - 8

TV characters I Love to Hate

by John Wendell

Mendiola

The characters here may be objectively evil, or they may be objectively kind. But for one reason or another I cannot bear to hold anything but ill will towards these people. They inspire and breed hate; the type of people that Mother Theresa wouldn’t think twice about strangling with a rosary. Most of them feel that they’re above the law – that they can step on the little guy (like a dwarf!) – but no more. I’m putting them in their places with my strongly worded article! Yeah, take that!

5. That One Guy That’s A Fruit Vendor in That One Episode “Flight of the Conchords” I doubt anybody remembers this guy, but he’s part of the issues and problems in society so we’ve all got to think about it. It’s not just the ladies of the world being affected by his blatant and misplaced sexism.

Even Albi the Racist Dragon, a dragon who is very racist, wouldn’t stoop to such lows as calling New Zealanders “a bunch of cocky aholes descendant from criminals and retarded monkeys.” Those are actually Australians. Such insensitivity is uncalled for. Special mention to That One Girl in That Other Episode who made Jermaine

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and Bret (not) cry.

4. Captain Hammer – “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” This entry is my obligatory reference to Joss Whedon. Captain Hammer is beloved by the entire town for his heroic deeds. But should he be loved? No. He’s shallow, sexist, anti-homeless and terrible at double entendres. He’s also guilty of the egregious crime of causing Dr. Horrible to turn into a murderer. The one positive of Captain Hammer: Nathan Fillion.

3. Rich Stephenson – “Community” An accomplished doctor, friendly and jovial student, carpenter, pottery expert,

community volunteer, owner of a banana suit and a master at cooking kettle corn. On paper, he seems like a perfect person, but a person cannot be as kind, considerate and talented as him! I can’t stand anyone better than myself, so I hate Rich! He’s evil really deep down.

One day, his facade of purity will slip and I will be there, ready to feel better about myself.

2. Professor Oak (Pokemon) Here are some choice Oak quotes from the first episode: “Each one is available to every trainee” and “You look like you’re ready for bed, not Pokemon training.” Oak waits for Ash to open each of the

three starter pokeballs then informs him that each one was “already taken by someone who was on time.” He gives Ash a defective yellow pokemon, Pikachu, instead; the only warnings he gives Ash are vague puns like “quite shocking” and “electrifying personality.”

Professor Oak is a jerk. I can see where Gary gets it from.

1. The Lannisters and Joffrey Baratheon (Game of Thrones) The pure blonde family is what inspired the uncontrollable and vitriolic hate spewing from my very soul. Aside from Tyrion, a kind, intelligent dwarf that engenders no love, every single soul in the House of Lannister is brutal, unforgiving and unworthy to be called a human being. Also, there’s incest. Remember the incest? I hope so. I just mentioned it. Joffrey, a little brat, is the byproduct. The only moment where I didn’t hurl obscenities at my TV when he was on screen was when he first showed up, but then he opened his mouth.

I’m not a big proponent of violence, but Joffrey deserves violence more than any other character in existence. Everyone, please put the newspaper down, and watch the five seconds of Tyrion slapping Joffrey. For more catharsis, there are 10 minute remix loops on the Internet. Enjoy the unadulterated bliss.

Releases To Look Forward To Through The End of January

Movies

January 20: “Underworld Awakening”, “Haywire”, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”, “Red Tails” January 27: “The Grey”, “Man on a Ledge”

Music

January 24: Foxy Shazam, “The Church of Rock N’ Roll”; Kellie Pickler, “100 Proof”; Lamb of God, “Resolution”; Seal, “Soul 2”; Tim McGraw, “Emotional Traffic” January 31: Hit The Lights, “Invicta”; Leonard Cohen, “Old Ideas”; Ringo Starr, “Ringo 2012”; Rodrigo y Gabriela, “Area 52”

DVD/Blu-ray

January 24: “50/50”, “Paranormal Activity 3”, “Real Steel”, “The Whistleblower” January 31: “The Big Year”, “The Double”, “Drive”, “In Time”, “The Thing”

Video Games

January 24: Silent Hill HD Collection (360, PS3) January 31: Final Fantasy XIII-2 (360, PS3), NeverDead (360, PS3), Soul Caliber V (360, PS3)

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Trinitonian January 20, 2012

Indie Overnight Playlist

KRTU 91.7

1. Atlas Sound - Mona Lisa 2. Thee Oh Sees - The Dream 3. The Decemberists - E. Watson

4. We Were Promised Jetpacks - Medicine 5. Youth Lagoon - Cannons 6. Twin Sister- Spain

compiled by Ryan Kilpatrick

THE GAMES WE PLAY

by Judson Rose

7. Class Actress - Weekend 8. Deer Tick - Main Street 9. Phantogram - 16 Years 10. YACHT - Shangri-La

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Most anticipated games of 2012: Mass Effect 3

Discussing music with

Isaiah David Putman The Weeknd: “Echoes of Silence”

The Weeknd (that’s how it’s spelled) is the recording name of Canadian R&B artist Abel Tasfaye, not to be confused with Canadian band The Weekend. Very different. Tesfaye is as of this publication only 21 years old, and in a single year, since last March in fact, he has gone from being an unknown musician to doing the official remix of Lady Gaga’s “Marry The Night” and appearing on five tracks from the new Drake album “Take Care”. It was Drake, in fact, who brought attention to The Weeknd by Tweeting about The Weeknd’s debut album/mixtape “House of Balloons” the night of its release. The album was made available for free download, as was the second album/mixtape Tesfaye released in August, called “Thursday”, which featured a track by Drake himself. The Weeknd’s sound and lyrical content is noticeably darker than most R&B songs, but the quality of his singing and the actual sound of his music is undeniable. His personal style makes its complete culmination on his newest album and third of 2011, “Echoes of Silence”. After a perfect imitation of Michael Jackson in a cover of the pop king’s “Dirty Diana”, The Weeknd brings us eight original compositions which are as beautiful as they are disturbing. I don’t recommend not listening to this album.

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Guided By Voices: “Let’s Go Eat The Factory”

I have some good reasons to review this album: 1) It’s a new major release by a band legendary in the indie community, one that split up eight years ago. 2) Musicians don’t usually release new albums in December and January so there’s not much else happening now anyway.

I also have some reasons I shouldn’t review this album: 1) Our own J.D. Swerenski, Trinity alumnus and studio manager for KRTU, did a nice review of the album in the SA Current last week. 2) I didn’t grow up listening to obscure music so I’d never even heard of Guided By Voices until I listened to this album. 3) GBV frontman Ron Pollard has over 1,500 songs registered with BMI, so my listening to the one album doesn’t give me a good perspective of it in relation to his other work. 4) Every review I’ve read about the album dismisses it as an attempt to do an album in the style and format of their most popular albums “Bee Thousand” [1994] and “Alien Lanes” [1995], which I’m not familiar with. My only thoughts while listening to the album were: “Well, I like it.” All the good things I read about GBV is that they have catchy melodies with weird song structures, and this album has both, so I don’t get where the disappointment is coming from. Maybe I should listen to all the GBV albums so I can dislike this one the right way, but for now I’ll give it an ample recommendation to people that like weird grungy music and funny lyrics.

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It’s a new year, the last if the Mayans are to be believed.

I think it’s only fair that the Mayans—or any culture with an “obscure” religion—turn out to be right about everything.

We really did a number on the natives on this side of the globe.

Woof. I don’t exactly buy it, though; when I stop taking notes in class, that doesn’t mean the class is over, right (unfortunately)? So why does an abandoned calendar mean that time is suddenly ending?

This is beyond the point though. We encourage each other to live life like this is the last year we have to live, and since it’s 2012 all of a sudden, video games have one more year to earn their place amongst the already crowded annals of world culture. Luckily, for games and gamers alike, Mass Effect 3 will make its long awaited debut this year.

I’ve written about Mass Effect 1 and 2 a little for this paper, and for the one or two of you who’ve kept up with my writing, you know that I love this series. Forgive me; I’m going to beat this dead horse one more time. Bioware is one of the few major game developers who values storytelling as an essential pillar of video game design, and this emphasis is no more apparent than in their Mass Effect series.

As Commander Shepard, millions of gamers all around the world have ventured into the tenuous and politically charged climate of outer space amongst alien species who view humans

as an adolescent race unready for galactic partnership. They have become Spectres, agents with agency to travel across the known universe to defend one of the most interesting spacewestern communities imagined in any medium.

Now, after two critically acclaimed games, the trilogy is about to come to a close.

This isn’t just exciting from the perspective of yet another piece of media to consume and forget—this is about tying up a story that has become personal to each commander of their individual Normandy starships.

When sequel games are released, one of the first questions asked is “Do I have to play the prior games to fully appreciate the sequel?.”

Normally the answer, due to the nature of the game business, is no. Mass Effect as a series offers a healthy and invigorating exception to the rule: those who have played the first two and continued their personal stories are likely going to find much to love in the ultimate chapter of a story that they had equal influence in creating alongside the experts at Bioware.

It isn’t often that a series of games resonates so resolutely with people, and Mass Effect 3 will undoubtedly be a worthy finish to one of the most important movements in modern gaming yet: games whose narrative are as much part of the game play as the combat. Nothing satisfies like a story that players are not only proud of telling, but were indispensably a part of.

¡Viva!

Trinitonian January 20, 2012

Brian’s Trinity

Dinners by Deanna Baked Tilapia with Mango and Black Bean Salsa

I love tilapia because it is not a fishy-tasting fish and will take on the flavor of any sauce. This mango and black bean salsa works the best served over the fish or just served on chips. The nice thing about this dish is that you can use some on your meal and eat the rest as a snack later and not have to worry about too big of portions. It takes about 10 minutes to assemble and only 25 minutes to cook. This recipe should serve four: One filet of tilapia per guest (you can buy a pack of six frozen filets from HEB for under $4) Mango and Black Bean Salsa • 1 large mango, chopped (I recommend using a fresh mango, but prepackaged also works) • 1 cup of canned corn, drained • 1/3 cup red onion, chopped • 1 cup black beans, rinsed and drained • 1/4 cup freshly chopped cilantro • Juice of 1 lime Drain your can of black beans in the sink and then add one cup to a large mixing bowl. Drain and add one cup of corn. Dice the red onion and add to the bowl. Rinse and dry your cilantro and pick the leaves from the stem. Chop them and then add to the bowl. The cilantro does not need to be finely chopped but should be small enough to eat in small bites. Chop up the mango into bite-sized pieces then add to the bowl. Slice your lime in half and add half a lime’s worth of juice to the mixture. Mix well and salt to taste. Try the mixture. At this point, I usually add more red onion and cilantro depending on how it tastes. The great part about this salsa is that you can add ingredients depending on what taste you like best. If it needs more lime, add it at the very end.

In order to get the most flavorful salsa, allow it to sit (covered) in the fridge overnight. This allows the juices to mix and will soften the mangos.

To bake the tilapia, drizzle olive oil across the bottom of a baking pan (glass pans work the best). Lay the tilapia on top of oil. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Take the dish out of the oven and spoon a portion of the salsa over the fish. Stick the dish back in the oven for another five minutes at 350 degrees. Take out of oven and serve.

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Golden Globe Winners

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It’s time to start making your Oscar predictions. Here is the line up of Golden Globe winners in case you missed it. You didn’t have to watch the show to know that Meryl Streep won, but for some reason she didn’t win in every category.

Motion Picture, Drama: “The Descendants” Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: “The Artist” Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama: George Clooney, “The Descendants” Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady” Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Jean DuJardin, “The Artist” Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn” Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Octavia Spencer, “The Help” Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Christopher Plummer, “Beginners” Director: Martin Scorsese, “Hugo” Screenplay, Motion Picture: Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris” Foreign Language Film: “A Separation”, Iran Animated Feature Film: “The Adventures of Tintin” Original Score, Motion Picture: “The Artist”, Ludovic Bource Original Song, Motion Picture: “Masterpiece,” Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry; W.E.

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TV Series, Drama: Homeland TV Series, Comedy: Modern Family TV Movie or Miniseries: Downton Abbey Actor in a TV Series, Drama: Kelsey Grammer, Boss Actress in a TV Series, Drama: Claire Danes, Homeland Actor, TV Series Comedy: Matt LeBlanc, Episodes Actress in a TV Series, Comedy: Laura Dern, Enlightened Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Idris Elba, Luther Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie: Jessica Lange, American Horror Story Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones CECILE B. DEMILLE AWARD: Morgan Freeman compiled by Brian Westfall

by Brian Westfall

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Three board game-based movies that need to happen It’s no secret that Hollywood has a wretched history when it comes to turning beloved board games into films. From the early stinkers like “Clue” in 1985 all the way up to what should statistically be the worst movie ever in this year’s “Battleship”, no filmmaker has yet to capture the magic of a forced family game night or a bunch of minors with nothing else to do.

In case you didn’t know, I am an amateur filmmaker [citation needed] and I have a couple of ideas that should rock the foundation of this horrid genre, like…

1) “Monopoly” Starring: Random Little Boy and Michael Caine An orphaned boy is down on his luck when, one day, he passes GO and collects $200 that flip his world upside down. Under Michael Caine’s tutelage, the boy slowly invests in properties around town until he has luxury hotels all the way down Boardwalk.

Unfortunately, the money and greed that become part of the boy’s being eventually cause his downfall. Against Caine’s wishes, the boy continues to roll the dice even though he already got doubles twice. The dice land on double sixes, and a warrant is issued for the boy’s arrest. Before they can catch him, the boy consumes massive amounts of cocaine and dies of an overdose. Hey, nobody said Monopoly was a happy board game.

2) “Jenga” Starring: Liam Neeson and Alan Rickman The world has just witnessed the completion of the tallest all-wooden building in the world right in the heart of New York City. Neeson, the building’s architect, couldn’t be more proud.

Then the phone rings. It’s a terrorist, played by Rickman, who has lodged a bomb in one of the wooden structures of the building. He demands $10 gazillion or he’ll blow up the building – money that the government won’t give him because that isn’t a real number.

With hostages being held in the very building he created, Neeson must use a crane to remove parts of the unstable building to find the bomb before it explodes. But if Neeson is wrong one too many times the entire building will crumple, along with all of the people inside.

Needless to say, Michael Bay would direct.

3) “Checkers” Starring: Will Ferrell, Will Arnett and Aziz Ansari In this lighthearted comedy, three buddies are as tight-knit as can be. Nothing can come between them. Then suddenly, something comes between them.

Without knowing it, Ferrell has made it to the end of the board and has now been made king. Ferrell has now assumed control of the land and is letting his best friends know it. Arnett and Ansari must work together to get their friend back.

They come up with a plan to go to the end of the board themselves and become kings like Ferrell, but Ferrell predicted this and is using his newfound army to guard the end of the board. In the final battle, Ansari gets the strange idea to jump over Ferrell to thwart him and he succeeds.

Although their friend is dead, Arnett and Ansari learn a valuable lesson about responsibility and loyalty. Also, there are probably poop jokes.

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S ports Women’s basketball wins two key games January 20, 2012

In this issue pg. 18:

halftime.

“We kept composed after they went on a couple runs,” said sophomore guard Murphy Burns.

“That 9-0 lead had our team a little bit worried, but we ended up really running through our offense and ended up getting out on shooters during transition defense. So we caught up pretty quick and we were really able to get up the transition for our offense and found freshman Hannah Coley open for some threes.”

The Tigers were relentless in the second half, using their defense to help extend the lead.

“We pressed the entire second half just about, and our team really responded to that,” Bradley said. “I think they wanted to get off to a good start in the second half, and it showed. Our intensity was a lot better in that half.”

The intensity was evident in the Tigers’ performances, with Burns leading the pack with 24 points, a season-tying five steals, three assists and three rebounds.

Women’s basketball has success pg. 19: Swim and Dive team has upcoming season pg. 20: Club Sports begin their spring seasons pg. 21: Men’s basketball had two home games pg. 22: NFL Playoffs broken down with predictions pg. 23: Week in pictures

This weekend

6 p.m. Friday, 1/20 Women’s basketball plays at Sewanee in Sewanee, Tenn.

8 p.m. Friday, 1/20 Men’s basketball takes on Sewanee in Sewanee, Tenn.

5 p.m. Saturday, 1/21 Women play Centre in Danville, Ky. 7 p.m. Saturday, 1/21 Men’s basketball plays Centre in Danville, Ky.

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All day Saturday, 1/21 The Swimming and Diving team will compete vs. Centenary College in Magnolia, Texas.

In The Spotlight Lynne

Bettinger Diving Bettinger, a senior from Albuquerque, was selected as this week’s SCAC Women’s Diver of the Week following her performance at the Austin College Invitational. Bettinger hit NCAA qualification scores on both the one-meter and three-meter boards at the meet, held at the Rockwall ISD Aquatic Center. She was third in the one-meter competition with a score of 260.00, but won the three-meter event with a 322.65.

Murphy Burns Basketball Burns, a sophomore from Oklahoma, led the women in scoring for both games against Oglethorpe and Birmingham Southern. In the Oglethorpe game she scored 24 points, had five steals, three assists, three rebounds and five steals. In the Birmingham Southern game, Burns accounted for 27 points. She has also tied the season for steals.

Photos by Christina Velasquez

First year guard Lauren Splawn dribbles down the court in a game.

n The Tigers had a successful weekend beating both of their opponents

by Brooke Sanchez

Reporter

The women’s basketball team earned a SCAC sweep last weekend, defeating Oglethorpe 77-51 on Friday night and conquering BirminghamSouthern on Saturday, 70-65.

This improves their record to 6-9

overall and 4-2 in the SCAC. “It was a great weekend to build some confidence,” said head coach Amie Bradley. “We are now tied for second in the West of the conference, which is great because all of that will play into our seed for the conference tournament. So we are very excited to protect our home floor and come away with two wins.”

Friday night started out with Oglethorpe stretching a 9-0 lead, but the Tigers soon found their rhythm and were ahead 36-25 by

It was a great weekend to build some confidence.

”

Amie Bradley

Head Coach

Coley followed with 17 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals. Sophomore forward Libby Kruse led the game in rebounds, grabbing 12. She also tallied six points and three assists.

The solid performance drove the Tigers to a 26-point victory that would create further momentum for Saturday’s game against Birmingham-Southern.

“Hannah Coley just went off in the beginning,” Kruse said.

“Then Murphy came up big with triple three pointers in a row.

Their offense kind of sparked our defense and we were just playing with high energy.”

By halftime, the Tigers led the

“

I think, with these two games, we came together and decided that this is our team.

”

Libby Kruse

Sophomore forward

three-point shooting team 36-30.

“In the locker room we talked about really going out there and getting on a big run at the very beginning, which is what we did,” Burns said. “We got to the free throw line a little bit more and started making most of our free throws down the stretch, which enabled us to win the game.”

Burns’ 27 points and Coley’s season-high 25 points highlighted the high-powered performance, along with Kruse’s 13 rebounds and five points. The team will work to continue the success this weekend with two more conference games on the road: 6 p.m. tonight at Sewanee and tomorrow at 5 p.m. at Centre.

“This was definitely a turning point in our season,” Kruse said.

“Those are two huge conference games that we really had to win.

I think with these two games we came together and decided that this is our team. We’re definitely really excited about stepping it up even more for these next couple of games.”

Trinity athletic department up for awards n NCAA success leads

Trinity in the run for honors

by Chloe Pope-Levison

Reporter

Trinity University is currently ranked 28th in the competition for the NCDA Learfield Sports Director’s Cup. This cup, given each year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, is awarded to the school that exhibits the most success in the NCAA championships.

Points are calculated depending upon where a team finishes in postseason play, and the team that wins the championship receives 100 points.

“That’s really our goal, to place highly in the Director’s Cup,” said director of athletics Bob King. “That’s a significant correlation to how you’re doing nationally with your athletic department. We’re really excited about that.”

For eight straight years, from 1998-1999 to 2005-2006, Trinity finished in the top 25, some years reaching as high as fourth place. Currently, with 139 points, Trinity is ranked 28th out of 450 schools.

Also, for the first time since 2004-2005, Trinity is in the lead to win the SCAC President’s Trophy. The trophy, a 300pound railroad bell, is given annually in May to the school with the all-around top athletics program in the conference. n

See AWARD Page 19

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The actual bell Trinity is in the run for receiving when the year is over.

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Baltimore Ravens

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Trinitonian Editorial Staff Picks for 2012 final four playoffs.

Katie (Editor-in-Cheif) - Texans. O wait they lost.

Brian (Viva Edtior) - 49ers win NFC and Patriots Patriots?

Meagan (Managing Editor) - New England for AFC.

49s for NFC, I hate little Manning. Hurts me to even say the Patriots outloud so the 49ers for the SuperBowl.

Kellie (News Editor) - Ravens because they are located close to where I’m from.

Joe (Pulse Editor) - Giants win NFC and Patriots win AFC. Patriots win SuperBowl.

win AFC. In an upset 49s beat Patriots in SuperBowl. Tom Brady’s knee explodes in first quater of the SuperBowl.

Lydia (Sports Editor) - Ravens lose because they beat

the Texans. Giants win over 49s. Giants take the SuperBowl win, burrying the Patriots in the ground.

Carly (Photo Editor) - Patriots for AFC. 49ers for the

NFC because the giants beat the cowboys. Rooting for San Fran for the SuperBowl though.

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Swim and Dive teams prepare for season

n continued from Page 18

D R A W A After winning conference championships in both football and women’s soccer, and finishing second in women’s cross country and volleyball, Trinity currently has a 17.5 point lead (282.5 to 265 points) over second-place Centre College.

The point system is configured so that the points are awarded from the bottom up. A last place finish in any sport awards the school five points, and points are subsequently awarded in five point increments up to first place.

Photos courtousy of Gabi Caglieris

Trinity divers practicing in a pool in Puerto Rico over break to help prepare for their future competitions coming soon in the spring semester.

n The Tigers are

getting ready for their promising upcoming season

by Jessie Burch

Reporter

The Tiger swimming and diving team trained hard over winter break to be prepared for conference, now only four weeks away. The SCAC Championships will be taking place Feb. 18 in Rockwall, Tx, and the team has high hopes this year.

The swim team returned back to campus as of Dec. 27 to swim for two weeks during the winter break, alternating one and twoa-day workouts putting up to 15,000 yards a day.

“We’re way more ready than we were on the 23rd of December,� said head swim coach John Ryan.

Divers made their fourth annual trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico for a ten-day stint, working on new dives in two sessions a day. “This year’s training was perfect,� said head diving coach Stan Randall. “It represents the last chance to learn any new difficult dive... Now we’re just polishing dives they already have.�

The training in Puerto Rico is crucial for divers as they prepare for conference. “It always helps a lot, because it trains you not only physically but mentally. Diving at the end of a really long week, you’re

really tired like at a meet-but you just have to focus and do your dives,� said junior diver Ruth Hahn.

In accordance to the season the teams will compete in two more meets before conference ,then two weekends without competitions prior to the SCAC Championship. “Regardless [of the outcome], we have no expectations from now until February. We have to focus on that and not get too emotional [about the outcome of these meets],� Randall said.

On the men’s side, the team is expected to win first in the conference. “I’m pretty optimistic about our competitiveness if we can stay healthy,� Ryan said. “If I

were picking a winner, I’d pick us.�

On the women’s side, the competition could be a little more intense against conference favorite Centre College, but they are also expected to do well. “We’ve beat the favored team in the past. If the women go out into it with fire in their eyes and pride in their heart, then they are prepared to compete hard and will do well in February’s conference championship. We’ve established a winning tradition; they’ll do well,� Ryan said.

Although there is still work to be done before conference, winter training has laid the groundwork for a strong team that will compete hard and looks to excel at the conference championship and even at nationals.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fantastic, and it is in direct relation to what the coaches and the student athletes did in the fall season,â&#x20AC;? said King.

DePauw University has won the bell for the last six consecutive seasons, seven times overall, yet this past year they exited the SCAC after 13 years of membership, hence giving up their run for the bell.

Centre College follows Trinity, having claimed a conference championship in womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cross-country and coming in second in menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cross-country, menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer, football and field hockey.

Rhodes College is in third with 227.5 points after winning its third consecutive field hockey championship.

Colorado College is in fourth place with 192.5 points, having won its third consecutive menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cross country championship and second consecutive volleyball championship.

Since Trinity was introduced into the SCAC in 1993-1994, the Tigers have finished either first or second every year, winning 11 times and finishing second seven times. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re only one-third of the way through the sports, so thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a long way to go,â&#x20AC;? said the Assistant Director of

Athletics/Sports Information, Justin Parker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we feel good about being in first place. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good place to be.â&#x20AC;?

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Call for Trinity to respect Club Sports more Spring club sports start

Six teams are gearing up for tough competion

by Jessie Burch

Reporter

Photo by Abhishek Chhetri

Senior Haley Royer looks for a pass during a lacrosse practice.

Staff Column

by Lydia Dun-

Sports Editor

Club sports aren’t varsity sports. This is stating the obvious.

Club sports don’t have mandatory practices, nor do they have coaches, nor do the players get recruited to go here. However, club sports do work hard, have real athletes and also compete against other schools – so shouldn’t club sports be treated with respect? One would think so, but Trinity is disrespecting club sports more and more.

Trinity has nine different club sports, all of which pay for the vast majority of their own equipment, uniforms and travel costs. The school allocates a very small amount of money to the teams, which barely covers any of

their high league costs. Each member of the team often pays a high fee to join the sport to help pay for costs.

This often discourages new members from joining because of their inability to spare the extra money. Trinity gets a lot of money from donors, but I never see it being put to use in the form of extra-curricular activities for the students. If Trinity gave us an acceptable amount of money to pay for all the costs, more students would be able to participate in club sports.

Money is not only a major issue in recruiting new members but also in competing against other schools. Trinity cannot stack up in competition against schools such as UT because of the lack of resources we are given. Teams will also not want to compete against a team that is not prepared to play them, such as last year when Trinity “forgot” to line the fields

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Sophomore Sara Miller serves the ball in a club volleyball game. multiple times for lacrosse games.

The lack of playing fields and courts is the most serious issue though. Teams such as the volleyball and lacrosse teams have had major problems with the club sports office in scheduling home games. This is not necessarily due to a lack of space, but a lack of legitimate excuses.

For example, the women’s lacrosse team has been having a horrible time trying to schedule home games. This is due to halfhearted excuses coming from the club sports office in regards to scheduling conflicts with the football field, the lack of willingness to find them trainers and other absurd reasons for not being able to use the soccer field.

After all of this struggle, the team has been forced to look at different fields to play on around the city of San Antonio. A suggestion has been made to make the games night games, which are not possible for other teams, making the suggestion invalid. The club

handbook mentions that the club office will do everything possible to get their team home games, and if not possible, then help them find alternative places to play; it is their job, after all, which they are not doing.

Another example is that the women’s volleyball team was not allowed to use old varsity uniforms that were gathering dust in a storage closet, instead having to purchase their own.

The handbook repeats over and over that Trinity is all about giving students opportunities to participate in competitive athletics.

The problem is, Trinity isn’t giving club sports the opportunity. The lack of solid reasoning behind the club sports office’s decision-making and unwillingness to even find a time to meet with the members of the team is appalling.

Club sports cannot continue if the school does not give them its complete support. It is not fair for the athletes that put in hours of hard work and get little in return.

We love you! Thanks students, teachers and staff for all of your support!

Club sports are looking forward to an exciting spring semester with plenty of competition and fun in store.

Men and women’s lacrosse, men and women’s volleyball, equestrian, ultimate frisbee, tennis and fencing will all be representing Trinity this season.

Women’s water polo will no longer be competing, as the team was recently disbanded.

The men’s volleyball team is gearing up for three spring tournaments, in which they expect to do well. As the only Division III team in their league, the team placed fourth behind University of Texas, Texas A&M University and Texas State University last year.

“Our goal this year is to play in nationals in April,” said junior captain and co-founder Tim Connor. “However, it might be a trip that our allotted university funding may not cover. Even if I pay out of my own pocket, it’s worth it. We deserve to play at that level and it would be a lot of fun,” Connor said.

The tennis team also has their sights set on nationals, which will take place in North Carolina. The bid for nationals depends upon their performance at sectionals in March at UT Austin. Another big event on their calendar includes a charity doubles tournament hosted on campus for students, faculty and community members. All the proceeds will go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, but the date is not yet determined.

“Trinity club tennis has never been to Nationals before, so I think it would be a great experience,” said senior president Claire Baxter.

Men’s lacrosse, who went undefeated last season, are expecting to do just as well this year with a team of both new and returning players. Their first game of the season will be Jan. 29 at St. Edwards University.

“I’m excited about the semester, especially with those players that were abroad returning,” said club sports coordinator Caroline Keener.

According to Keener, while there were some issues raised by club sports last semester regarding scheduling, adequate space to practice, etc., the majority of problems have been resolved.

For example, the women’s lacrosse team may be hosting a much-contended home game this semester in the form of a night game. The game could also take place at another school’s facilities.

“We are always trying to find a solution to the lack of space, but I’ve been looking into using other parts of the city,” Keener said. “I don’ foresee any problems this semester.”

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Tough weekend for basketball n The men’s team

went 1-1 on Friday and Saturday facing tough opponents.

by Brooke Sanchez Reporter

The men’s basketball team split last weekend’s SCAC games as they defeated Oglethorpe 7654 and fell to the 19th-ranked Birmingham-Southern 66-58, making their overall record 96 and their SCAC record 4-2.

They are now tied for second in the West Division.

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You always want to win two, but I think the most important thing is getting better.

”

Pat Cunningham

Head Men’s Basketball

“I think we made improvements as a team,” said head coach Pat Cunningham.“Having been off for three weeks, not having played a game, I thought we did a really good job of competing and getting back at it. I think we picked up where we left off [from the winter break]. You always want to win two, but I think the most important thing is getting better.”

The Tigers came out strong on Friday night against Oglethorpe, going into halftime 38-27 and coming out with a 22-point victory. Sophomore forward Robert Kitzinger accumulated

23 points, tying for the second highest individual point total of the season. He also grabbed four rebounds, blocked two shots and had two assists. Senior guard Ryan Beall added 16 points, nine rebounds, three steals and three assists. Sophomore forward Zach Lambert earned 14 points and five assists.

“The Oglethorpe game was one in which we definitely played well together,” said junior forward Heath Hopson.

“We really helped each other out as a team.”

Getting back into the swing of things was difficult for the team, coming off of the winter break and going right into two-a-day practices. They showcased their talent throughout the weekend.

However, playing back-to-back nights isn’t the easiest task, and unfortunately the team couldn’t secure the second win against Birmingham-Southern.

“The first half was an awfully good basketball game, tying it 30-30 at halftime,” Cunningham said. “We gave really good effort, played really hard and made some good plays. And then early in the second half we just had a hard time getting going.

On the other side of the ball, [BSC] was very energized. Then when we did get energized we had shots that we just couldn’t make.”

Trinity came up with a comeback with a 20-9 run, but unfortunately couldn’t catch up to take the game.

“They’re a top twenty team, so we knew it was going to be a tough game,” said junior forward John Boxberger. “In the second half, they started getting shots within the first six minutes and it was just hard to come back from.”

Beall led the team with 13 points, four steals, five rebounds and five assists. Kitzinger

accumulated 12 points, four blocked shots and three assists.

Lambert collected 12 points and eight rebounds.

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As long as we learn from our mistakes we’ll continue to get better.

”

Pat Cunningham

Head Men’s Basketball

Though the Tigers could have taken the victory, they are still building and preparing for this weekend’s games against Sewanee and Centre.

“We need to come out strong in these upcoming games,” said sophomore post John La Vanway. “We really need to keep our energy up and need to be able to get our shots down low. As long as we learn from our mistakes we’ll continue to get better.”

The Tigers will be on the road this weekend, facing Sewanee at 8 p.m. tonight and Centre tomorrow night at 7 p.m.

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