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Alice Walton shares love of art Staff assembly briefs university employees The university presses forward with Strategic Plan and marketing campaign overhaul

by Faith Ozer

photo by Miguel Webber Walton discusses her parent’s patriotism, her own childhood memories and the development of Crystal Bridges.

Walton expounds the importance of philanthropy and influence of both her parents

by Cassandra Watson NEWS REPORTER Alice Walton, a Trinity University alumna and heiress to Wal-Mart, discussed the newly built Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR in the packed Ruth Taylor Recital Hall on Feb. 18. Senior Trinity student Olivia Steiger led the discussion with Alice, a family friend and fellow Bentonvillian, about her experience here at Trinity and the impact it had on her life and pursuits.

Alice Walton came to Trinity in 1969 and started out as a theatre major. During her time at Trinity, Walton allowed herself the freedom to explore various fields of study until finding what she truly wanted to do.

“I’m glad I wandered around and tried different things because all those things have been a part of the path that’s brought me here,” Walton said.

Walton also expressed the importance of the values her parents instilled in her and her brothers as children that continued to influence her as an adult.

“A lot of really important things happened here that molded my life. I probably started out like a lot of you. I didn’t know what I wanted to do when I grew up...History, particularly American history

is one of my favorite things.

My mom and dad were very patriotic and always impressed upon us how fortunate we were to live and worship and have the opportunities that we have in this country,” Walton said.

When asked about how her upbringing and education have guided her life recently, she recalled this important bit of advice: “Whatever you have in life, you’ll find that the greatest joy is giving what you have, and I guess that’s the most important thing that’s stuck with me that I’ve learned from my family and other mentors along the way.”

Senior art major Jessie Dean appreciated Walton’s advice about living life with curiosity and a desire for experimentation.

and the surrounding region coming to Laurie Auditorium, offering students a chance to connect and network.

The fair was held in the halls surrounding Laurie Auditorium from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Students were asked to swipe their Tiger Cards at a career services table.

To Twyla Hough, director of career services, the event offered something for everyone, not just upperclassmen.

“For freshmen, they might be asking, ‘why would I come to career fair?” Hough

said. “They should be asking questions. What are employers looking for? What can I do to be prepared in the future?”

For upperclassmen, the event was an opportunity to really make connections with employers and look for internships and jobs.

“For juniors, it is a chance for networking with employers for careers or internships,” Hough said.

“It is hard as a senior to do in-depth research on employers, so as juniors it’s important to be prepared.”

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Last Friday, Feb. 14, in the Stieren Theatre, a staff assembly was held in which Trinity administration updated the faculty and staff on the state of the university.

Dennis Ahlburg, university president, began the assembly by commenting on enrollment.

According to Ahlburg, there was a downturn in applications last year, but, applications are currently up by 20 percent. He expressed hope that this trend continues.

“It’s about getting those students who have shown interest in Trinity and making sure that they have a good experience here,” Ahlburg said.

“We need to make them feel the excellence that is Trinity University.”

He also announced that the university will now be closed on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

Next, Michael Fischer, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty, commented on the newly instated curriculum change and the Strategic Plan. According to Fischer, the faculty assembly’s vote on Feb. 7 made for the first wholesale revision of the curriculum in 25 years, and it will go into effect in fall of 2015.

“As we begin implementing the curriculum, we continue to

implement the strategic plan,” Fischer said.

He went on to explain that there are currently five task forces working on aspects of the strategic plan, including: experiential learning, integrative marketing, international citizenship, student success and advising and a review of academic affairs and administrative structure.

According to Fischer, he and Lisa Jasinski, special projects coordinator, will present the conclusions of these task forces to the board of trustees and then begin forming new task forces.

Gary Logan, vice president for finance and administration, discussed Trinity’s sustained AA credit rating. According to Logan, last February the board of trustees authorized a retirement plan committee due to recent law changes.

“This is not an administrative committee,” Logan said. “It has a fiduciary responsibility to act solely in the best interest of the retirees on the plan.”

Town halls will be held in the upcoming months to inform faculty and staff of possible changes to the retirement plan. Logan went on to discuss upcoming projects, including the tentative renovation of Murchison Hall this summer as well as requests to the board of trustees for the preliminary designs for the McFarlin Complex and Coates University Center. The final budget for the 2014-2015 academic year will be presented this upcoming May, and Logan is projecting a balanced budget.

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Career Fair attracts students and recruiters to Laurie Spring ‘14 Career Fair facilitates networking and internship and career opportunities

by Luke Wise NEWS REPORTER This past week, on Feb. 19, Career Services held the Spring 2014 Career Fair, with over thirty companies, businesses and the armed forces from San Antonio

This mentality rang true with students attending the event, who were eager to see what opportunities the various companies presented to them.

To junior Nico Estrada, the career fair allowed him make connections with possible future employers and get an idea of his options.

“I’m looking for internship opportunities and just the basic idea of options and what jobs are interested in coming to Trinity,” Estrada said. “It forces me to interact

with people and hopefully make connections.”

Likewise, for senior John Nguyen, the event was a chance to look for job opportunities while planning for graduate school.

“I’m going to be graduating soon and was looking into graduate school”, Nguyen said. “In the meantime I need to be flexible and look for jobs and opportunities while working on figuring out graduate school.”

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James Moncada, 33, was arrested after soliciting sex from an undercover San Antonio police officer. Moncada is a firefighter with the San Antonio Fire Department (SAFD). According to police reports, Moncada was one of four individuals to solicit sex from the undercover officer. The officer was utilizing a website to chat with persons looking to exchange money for sexual intercourse. Police said six men arrived at the 7000 block of Pasteur Court on Jan. 11 at around 2 p.m. to meet the officer.

Adrian Broadway, from Little Rock, AR, was shot in the head after pulling a “retaliation” prank with friends. They were pulling a prank on a different teen who had committed a prank on Halloween. After the teenagers had thrown toilet paper, eggs and mayonnaise on a car parked at the teenager’s residence, Willie Noble emerged from the home and opened fire. He was charged with one count of first-degree murder, one count of a terroristic act and five counts of aggravated assault.

The dating app, Tinder, has become popular in the Olympic Village at the Winter Games in Sochi. Taking note of increased sexual activity in the Olympic Village, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) gave out approximately 100,000 condoms at the beginning of the games. Snowboarder Jamie Anderson, of the United States, recently revealed that the use of “Tinder in the Olympic Village is next level.” Anderson reportedly deleted her Tinder account to focus on the games.

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In the Feb. 7 issue, the article “Trinity community celebrates Lunar New Year” had incorrect information.

- Dzung Vu did not say, “SGA doesn’t give us enough, so we have to organize our own club money for the t-shirts and prizes we will give out.”

- Dzung Vu is not the treasurer for the Vietnamese Student Association but the public relations director. She is not in charge of the budget for the club.

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Spanish-American War 12 King of Camelot’s Court 14 Governor of Tennessee from 1839-41

1 Monticello was his retirement home 3 U.S. president during Pearl Harbor 4 Governor of Texas from 1995-2000 5 Succeeded to presidency after

Harding’s death 6 27th president of the U.S. 7 Pushed the 13th Amendment through Congress 13 “I’m not a crook”

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Communication Department launches Communication Day Event designed to prepare students for next step in life with a degree in communication

by Luke Wise NEWS REPORTER Today, the Communication Department hosts their inagural Communication Day, with a variety of events about future opportunities, networking, panels and varying workshops.

To department head and communication professor Jennifer Henderson, this opportunity is something that will be quite beneficial to students through the event’s different components.

The first event, at 1:30, includes workshops on résumé and digital portfolio building and tips for graduate and law school. Later in the day, panels composed of alumni will engage in questions with students and give advice regarding graduation on varying topics, from finding jobs, to what to expect and do upon graduation.

After the panels, a reception will be held, with alumni, faculty

and students encouraged to network, interact and connect.

“The goal in Communication Day is really to get people thinking forward into what their next step will be,” Henderson said. “This gives everyone an opportunity for everyone to do that.”

“I am attending because I think it will be a useful tool in preparation for the professional world.”

Sarah Clausen Senior Communication Major Friday has been a topic of discussion, particularly among alumni and faculty, for some time. For alumni, while many are happy in their success postgraduation, they realize the benefits that would come out of establishing such an event.

“This is our first ever communication day,” Henderson said. “It really came out of many of our recent alumni – they told us that while they ended

up with jobs, things like the transition right out of college and what to do next, they could have used some assistance in thinking about that.”

With various classes and divided goals among those majoring in communication, the event is a chance for them to come together.

To Robert Huesca, associate professor of communication, the event is a good chance to do that.

“Communication Day is a trial run on something that I think is a good idea,” Huesca said.

“Everyone is off in their separate classes with their own things, but with this, everyone can experience something similar.”

Along with the chance to come together and build skills, the event looks to help students make strong and lasting connections with alumni.

“It’s a great opportunity for students to learn about the possibilities that the major affords them but also in the networking reception to actually start to interact with some of those people,” Huesca said.

Communication major and senior Alexa Hong said she is eager to meet with the department’s alumni.

“I am excited to hear from recent alumni about how they got into their careers after graduation,” Hong said. “I think it will be relatable.”

“She would be sitting at home anyways, so it’s good for her to be here and let people

play with her,” Tuttle said. “I met a lot of students last year through Jurgens too, so this is

“Everyone is off in their separate classes with their own things, but with this, everyone can experience something similar.”

Robert Huesca Associate Professor of Communication Fellow communication major and senior Sarah Clausen said that she is also looking forward to the panels offered about résumé building and graduate school.

“I am attending because I think it will be a useful tool in preparation for the professional world,” Clausen said. “I am interested in getting advice about my résumé since I’ve applied to graduate schools.”

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Black labrador “Sochi” secures new home with Tuttle

by Faith Ozer NEWS REPORTER On Saturday, Feb. 15, David Tuttle, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students, adopted a new dog named Sochi. She is now available for walks and playtime with students on the Skyline Room balcony.

“We were at the Pearl Farmer’s Market, and they had the Spray Neuter Inject Protect of San Antonio (SNIPSA) event. We saw her, and our family dog died last April and we had to give Jurgens up the previous October,” Tuttle said. “My wife had said, ‘The dog will find us. We won’t find the dog.’ So we hadn’t planned on getting a dog, and we walked past and were just petting dogs and we saw this one. She is just so sweet, and we all just naturally fell in love with her. She picked us.”

According to Tuttle, Sochi is a black labrador mix and is less than two years

old, although she has already had one litter of puppies. She was found in a field and had been in foster care for ten months before her adoption.

Lack of human contact made her naturally timid and she was unable to recognize her previous name, Ebony. His wife and daughters named her Sochi, inspired by the current Winter Olympics in Russia.

However, according to Tuttle, he likes it because it sounds like “so chill.”

“She’s our family dog, and then for me it’s a good way to let students have a therapy dog to just pet. People miss their family pets, and my office [in the upstairs of Coates University Center] gives me an opportunity to have a door right onto the balcony.

Students don’t have to come through my office, so it’s low maintenance and they don’t have to schedule a time like we did with Jurgens,” Tuttle said.

Sochi will be available as weather and Tuttle’s schedule permits. There will be a sign downstairs in Coates to notify students on when she will be present.

just another way to meet students when they want to come up here and pet her.”

photo by Anh-Viet Dinh The labrador, according to the American Kennel Club, is the most popular breed in America and comes in three colors: black, yellow and chocolate.

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Complementary bus service is available for students to and from AT&T Center

by Cassandra Watson NEWS REPORTER Spurs tickets are now on sale at the Winn-Witt Center for the upcoming Spurs vs Mavericks game. The game will take place at the AT&T Center.

Residential Life is responsible for organizing Trinity Spurs Night every semester. For each game, Trinity sells tickets on campus for a discounted price of $10.

Residential Life uses money from their funding to pay the difference between the discounted price and the cost at the door.

Residential Life started sales with 200 tickets and has sold approximately half of that number.

Senior secretary Cecily Cassidy said that, at this point,

sales are comparable to past years.

“We have sold about 100 tickets and we are comfortable with that number right now,” Cassidy said. “In past years we have sold out, but we’re not quite there yet.”

The event attempts to emerge students in San Antonio culture and fun.

“The goal of the event is to make it affordable for students so that students can have fun without killing their pocket book,” said Lisa Chapa, residential life housing assignments coordinator.

In addition to subsidizing the cost of the tickets,Trinity will also provide a bus for transportation for the first time in several years.

“There used to be a bus that would transport students to and from the game, but the bus would often get chaotic and we weren’t able to fit it into the budget, but this semester we thought we would try and see what kind of interest there is,” Chapa said.

Cassidy said that the bus will be taking students to and from the AT&T Center and will depart Trinity from the William H. Bell Center.

“At this point, the bus is not full,” Cassidy said. “Students can still sign up for this free service.”

Residential Life chooses one game every semester that will spark as much student interest as possible. They typically aim to schedule a game where the Spurs play another Texas team from either Houston or Dallas, since many Trinity students are from those areas.

“We think it would be fun for students to be able to watch their home team even when they’re not at home,” Chapa said.

The event is also organized in consideration of students’ academic commitments so that all students who are interested in going can find time.

“We try to find a time when students don’t have midterms or finals or during a real busy time and then see which games have the higher interest,” said Chapa.

The Trinity Spurs Night was initially started by David Tuttle, dean of students and vice president of student affairs, when he was the director of residential life, before becoming the dean

of students. Trinity has sold tickets to a Spurs game each semester since then.

“I’ve been here thirteen years and the Trinity Spurs Night has been going on since probably before then,” said Chapa.

First-year political science major Hanna Niner said that she is torn between the two teams because she was raised in the Dallas area.

“I moved from San Antonio to Dallas when I was younger, so I always felt conflicted on which team to cheer for,” Niner said. “Even though the Mavs are a great team, I personally enjoy going to Spurs games, especially with Trinity, because San Antonians truly love their basketball team.”

Niner said that she also attends Spurs games to watch her favorite power forward, Tim Duncan.

“All I can say is that I hope Tim Duncan has a few more years in him to get me through the next four years of college,” Niner said.

The Spurs are currently ranked 1st in the Southwest Division and the Mavericks are ranked third.

Assembly updates faculty Following Logan, Charles White, vice president for information resources, communications and marketing, discussed the integrated marketing plan, beginning with the launch of the new website and continuing with the distribution of marketing information cards, essentially summarizing the marketing campaign for Trinity.

“Each of you in this room is an ambassador for the campus,” White said. “The biggest challenge is getting everyone on the same page in terms of messaging.”

According to White, these cards continue an initiative to

synchronize Trinity’s message.

He continued by mentioning new rollouts for the website, including a higher emphasis on internal messaging, updating the search feature and a new portal.

Lastly, Lisa Boronio, vice president for alumni relations and development, commented on Duckapalooza. According to Boronio, on Feb. 27 between 3 and 5 pm there will be a lotterylike drawing of the ducks from Miller Fountain for prizes. She went on to show the faculty and staff the video “What does the duck say?,” which was followed

by Logan tossing complimentary tiger ducks. The assembly concluded with a short questionand-answer session.

that was encouraged by her parents, particularly her mother. It is this love of art that inspired her to build the museum in her hometown.

“I’ve always loved to draw.

Even in grade school, I’d sit in my classes and doodle, and I’ve also always had a lifelong love of horses. Our parents would take us camping in the national parks each summer.

I think it was one of the great experiences in our family life.

While on those trips, I would take my watercolors and my charcoals and I would climb up on the mountain and draw the beautiful landscape,” Walton said.

Walton chose world-renown architect Moshe Safdie to design the museum. Impressed by his other projects and his ability to create a “sense of

place,” the glass-and-wood design museum consists of a series of pavilions nestled around two creek-fed ponds.

“You’ll notice when seeing Crystal Bridges that there’s been a lot of thought and care behind it, and it really shows that [Alice Walton] is a lifelong learner, and I think that’s something we value here at Trinity,” said Oliva Steiger, senior.

Dean said that Walton’s humanitarianism was inspring, and something she found “pretty fantastic.”

“You could tell how much art means to her and how she wanted to share that with her hometown,” Dean said. “Still, she did not stick around for questions, and I wish she had been a little more open in that regard.”

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Walton espouses personal love of art • continued from Page 1 “I think that was sound advice,” said Dean. “Having time to figure out what suits your interests is something that I think is true for Trinity.”

Alice eventually graduated with an economics and finance degree and started her career as an equity analyst for First Commerce Corporation.

Since then, she has overseen the formation and served as the first chairperson of the Northwest Arkansas Council.

She has also contributed to her local community through the Walton Family Foundation and the creation of Camp War Eagle, a Christian camp for children of all socioeconomic backgrounds.

Walton has had an enduring love of art since her childhood

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Trinity recruits athletes for performance on and off the field Trinity student athletes not forced to compromise academic goals for athletic success

by Lydia Duncombe MANAGING EDITOR Solid academics balanced with the opportunity to play high-caliber athletics is a winning combination for 30 percent of Trinity students.

Coupled with the work the admissions and coaching staff do, this makes the opportunity to be a Trinity Tiger a reality.

“Upon surveying the students last year, we found one of the top five reasons students came here was for athletics,” said President Dennis Ahlburg.

“Our coaches do a great job of recruiting athletes here.”

Trinity, as a Division III university, is not allowed to give out scholarships to athletes

based on their athletic ability.

Instead they are eligible for merit based scholarships and financial aid.

“Our merit-based scholarships and awarding of need-based aid is what we are going out with as a package, and so far we have been keeping pace with what other schools of our caliber give out,” said head volleyball coach and associate athletic director, Julie Jenkins. “The university has done a good job of gradually increasing meritbased scholarships over the years.”

Even though students can receive other forms of scholarships, there are other challenges coaches and admissions people face when recruiting.

Many students are not able to meet the academic requirements of the school.

The ones that are, are often sought after by other Division III schools as well.

“Finding the combination of athletic and academic skill is a hurdle that most DIII schools have to go through. When we

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with potential employers • continued from Page 1 To those who attended the fair, the benefits were clear. By connecting with real people, they hoped to make good relationships and further their future career and build experience.

“You can’t lose anything,” Nguyen said. “It’s not a scary thing at all; it allows you to get connections and an idea of what you are really interested in.”

Just as students are looking to find what they want to do, the companies are looking for good future employees. To many, Trinity students represent great assets that they are looking to recruit into their companies.

“Overall we have many alumni coming back that want to bring students in,” Hough said. “Most employers are very interested

in Trinity students, and they want that quality of students associated with the university.”

To those who graduated from Trinity, in their success, they recognize the bright futures of students at Trinity, something that they want to foster and develop. Using the same skills as those still here, alumni like Nicole Hall, class of 2011, realizes how important Trinity’s education is for the workplace.

“A lot of people ask ‘why a liberal arts school?,’” Hall said. “You can teach employees technical skills, but you can’t provide them with life experiences and other skills like the ability to communicate, a cultured background and a love of learning. Trinity offers that avenue for students.”

photo by Nayeli Perez Students approach the tables of more than thirty prospective employers.

find those kids, everyone wants them because it is a fairly small pool,” said Jeremy Boyce, 03’ alumnus and Coordinator for Athletic Recruitment & Success.

“We at admissions make the caliber of our academics a very strong point. A student can come to Trinity, get a great education and compete at a very high level in their sport.”

Jeremy Boyce Coordinator for Athletic Recruitment and Success Once this happens, the coaches and admissions staff do their best to set Trinity

apart from similar DIII schools the athletes are being recruited by.

“We at admissions make the caliber of our academics a very strong point. A student can come to Trinity, get a great education and compete at a very high level in their sport,” Boyce said. “Trinity offers a lot of freedom to students to get out and do what they are passionate about.”

A senior midfielder from New Mexico, Darren McAfee, was recruited by several schools spanning across all three of the divisions, but ultimately chose Trinity because of the combination of school and soccer he would receive.

“Attending a school that could not only be successful in soccer, but had a strong engineering program, was important to me.

Trinity had the unique situation of both, so it was the best fit for me,” McAfee said. “They did a great job of selling how much they wanted me as a student and a player.”

Coaches are also given the opportunity to rank incoming

recruits on how much they want them in the program.

“Franchise players, the ones that will make an immediate impact on the program, receive the highest ranking. This just means we at admissions take an in-depth look into them,” Boyce said. “It does not mean they automatically receive admissions-they have to go through the same process as everyone else. This enables us to speed up the process, though, because these are usually the players being recruited by other schools.

Other designations within this recruiting system include “blue chip” and “varsity,” which are the athletes that won’t necessarily make an impact on the team immediately but will have a long-term impact. This system is not exclusive to the athletic department, though; every extra-curricular activity, such as theater or choir, is also allowed to rank prospective students to speed up the process.

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by James Godfrey NEWS REPORTER At the Feb. 18 SGA meeting, President Evan Lewis introduced the meeting by asking for senators who would be willing to partner with the campus Sexual Assault Committee. Three senators volunteered. At the end of the meeting, a weekly bulletin that would be put out by the SGA was discussed to further allow students to understand what goes on at their meetings. There was also discussion about potentially funding a portion of the costs for a representative from the organization that helped the university write its sexual assault policy to come to campus.

Additionally, the SGA considered several funding requests this session. The following requests were considered: The Chinese Cultural Club requested funding for a calligraphy teaching program they intend to set up in the Coates University Center in order to promote interest in their group, as well as

to fund a contest between students which will be judged by professors in the foreign language department. The request was approved in full.

The Trinity Review requested funding to pay for items at the Love Poem Contest and their planned release party for this year’s edition of the review. Their request was funded in part.

A group of students going on the Alternative Spring Break trip requested funding for backpacks for their trip, and funding was given in full.

The Student Athlete Advisory Committee requested funding to attend the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, which will include an ad in the Trinitonian. Their funding request was approved in full.

The International Club had two requests, one of which was to fund a table in Coates University Center with the name, ‘What Drink Is This?’ that would help the club sell tickets for the international banquet.

Their first request to fund the table was funded in full, but their second request has been tabled by the association due to lack of clear information regarding costs.

However, the ranking process does not have a large impact on the overall recruiting process.

The process is made easier for coaches when Trinity is already on the radar of prospective athletes.

“We are lucky with the reputation we have. Trinity often comes up in potential universities for athletes that are good players and have high academic goals,” head women’s basketball coach and 99’ alumnus Cameron Hill said. “From there, it is up to us to show them the inner workings of our program. We want to show students that they will be very loved here and we want them to love the game.”

Another recent trend that has been helping the recruiting process is the employment of multiple alumni in the coaching staff.

There are at least 14 head coaches and assistant coaches in the athletic department.

This makes up almost half of the coaching staff.

“Being an alumni of the school gives us coaches an advantage in recruiting because we have an immediate frame of reference about what it takes to be successful here,” Hill said.

Traveling to recruit players can also make a difference on the ability to successfully get a player here.

“We are recruiting players year-round, but during the offseason we usually travel 10 to 11 weekends around Texas and the country,” Jenkins said. “Last year, we went to tournaments in Houston, Dallas, Las Vegas, Denver, Orlando and Southern California. Seven out of 19 players on our team this year are from out of state.”

“We are lucky with the reputation we have. Trinity often comes up in potential universities for athletes that are good players and have high academic goals.”

Cameron Hill Head Women’s Basketball Coach Although traveling is helpful, it is certainly not necessary.

Many international players are recruited every year without the coaching staff of the sport actually visiting them. For example, the men’s soccer team has 18 international players – the most out of any sports team at Trinity.

“We’ve developed pipelines, the same as we do for domestic recruiting. Salvador, Brazil and Cali, Colombia, are two examples of places where we’ve established

connections that keep sending us talent,” said assistant men’s soccer coach and 09’ alumnus Edward Cartee. “Also, Coach McGinlay has a lot of contacts internationally, whether they be coaches or agents, and those contacts tip us off about players. We discovered both of our Australian players through one of Coach Juan Lamadrid’s contacts.”

With no actual recruiting budget, coaches travel on dollars left over in their general program budgets.

Even so, coaches say recruiting goes well for Trinity athletic programs.

“There are no complaints on the recruiting budget. It is well worth it for them and for us to have that money,” Jenkins said.

However, Trinity’s greatest asset in recruiting is the current athletes themselves.

The best showcase of what Trinity can do for a prospective scholar-athlete is current Trinity scholar-athletes.

“If a recruit comes on a campus visit, they’re sold, every time. My visit was what sold me on Trinity. Our biggest selling point is our players,” Cartee said. “When a recruit gets to spend time with our players, that recruit always wants to come to this school and join our team.

Generally speaking, it’s not hard to sell recruits on coming to Trinity, because here they can get an excellent education and play for a nationallyranked team, and few, if any, of their other options offer a comparable combination of both elite academics and elite athletics; but if they still need to be persuaded, their visit and their interaction with our players is always the clincher.”

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Your neighborhood procrastination

Dear Trinitonian,

Good journalism has become a dying art. Even the best news organizations fail to tell truthful, in-depth stories rather than simply report the news. The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity would like to recognize the Trinitonian for reporting the news regarding our recent sanction. However, we do not condone the story written

about us. It was riddled with false information. Moreover, not only did the author of the story fail to cross-check her sources’ testimonials, but so did the editors of the Trinitonian’s staff. The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity has a picture showing nearly 20 members at their community service rush event volunteering at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon - Not “like 5 Pikes,” as the source in the Trinitonian’s article claimed. While we

can’t focus’ and other pitiful justifications.

Needless to say, the deadline was approaching. I didn’t have much time left and I was cursing myself profusly for not getting anything done.

It took everything I had to tell procrastination to take a hike, and I buckled down and finally ended up completing the assignment, proud of myself for finally having it out of the way.

No one wants to succumb to procrastination. It’s not something any of us asks to deal with. What’s important is that you do your best to keep yourself focused and resigned to what you need to accomplish. Don’t put things off, or else the consequences might be dire. If you get things done now, then you can goof-off all you want and get a sense of satisfaction that you were able to not let procrastination dominate your day. Yes, the pressure is hard to face. Yes, the assignment might not seem like a lot of fun. But once you take the time to do it, it’s smooth sailing from there.

When procrastination comes knocking, don’t open the door.

Allison Smith is a junior majoring in English.

empathize with the difficulty of running a newspaper, the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity would appreciate it if the Trinitonian would do their due diligence as journalists if they intend to tell stories about our organization in the future.

Sincerely,

Pi Kappa Alpha Lambda Sigma Chapter

EDITORIAL

Learn together, grow together This week at the Trinitonian we have been thinking about mistakes and missed opportunities. A recent spate of procedural errors and sloppy reporting have required us to both print corrections and scrap stories altogether. Receiving these emails and printing corrections is embarrassing.

The Trinitonian is a newspaper devoted to getting the facts straight, and it is unpleasant to realize that we printed misinformation. We would like to thank the students and faculty who take the time to read our paper and email us when they notice mistakes. Above all, we want people to enjoy reading the newspaper, and we want them to enjoy it because the articles are fun and informative and not because spotting mistakes in the newspaper is a Friday night drinking game.

All of that being said, if you want to see something in the Trinitonian, email us. Drop by the newsroom (it’s in the basement of CCI). Stop by after Milk N’ Cookies on Thursdays. We’ll be down here, and we would love to hear from you. Of course, we need a little heads up in order to get your event or article idea into the newspaper. We prefer a two week heads up. Talk to us about your ideas. Our articles rely on interviews. The easiest way to guarantee that the information in our stories is accurate is to tell it to us yourself. There’s a saying about journalists that conveys something to the effect of “a journalist is the person in the room who knows the least.” Often times, reporters and writers walk into a situation knowing very little about it. We are blank canvases. Use us to paint a masterpiece.

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it does come, you feel like you’re trapped and there’s nothing you can Staff do to escape. Sometimes Column you’ll succumb to it and wind up with a terrible score on your assignment.

Other times you might find Allison Smith , Columnist yourself engaging in an epic siege with it a la Game of Thrones. But regardless of As the freezing the outcome, one thing is temperatures begin to for certain: we need to take subside, the semester is procrastination out. already almost halfway I remember it well; it over. We’re mere days away was last year and I had from midterms and soon an eight-page paper to we’ll even begin setting write for my modern novel our sights on next year’s class. The essay involved classes, mentally preparing finding animal imagery ourselves in advance for how throughout the assigned to manage our schedules in book and providing three the fall. No doubt that many major examples to analyze. of us have a mass number of Combine that with the task papers to write in the coming of finding at least three weeks, scouring the far practical scholarly articles corners of academic journal on the topic and you can websites in the blind hope bet I was shaking at my that there are decent sources desk. I didn’t want to do afoot. For some of us, the it. I wanted to pretend challenge will be tough but it didn’t exist. It was in rewarding, and we’ll do our those brutal, exhausting best to get it done as quickly days that procrastination and efficiently as possible. took complete hold over For the rest of us, it will be me, making me ignore my the single most grueling responsibilities and goof experience of our lives. off to my heart’s content.

Procrastination is pretty I always had some lame much that ex-partner with excuse for why I wouldn’t the warped captivity fetish do it—‘oh, I still have time that you don’t want to see today…I’ll do it later,’ or coming your way. But when ‘it’s no use trying it now if I

What T.V. show are you addicted to right now? “‘Revenge’ and ‘Scandal.’ I like dramas.”

Lian Logan First Year

“‘Sherlock,’ it’s very well made and creative.”

Nikita Viswasam Junior

“‘The Following’ because it keeps you guessing.”

Joseph Stags First Year

“‘The Office’ because it’s hilarious.”

Franz Liebster First Year

“‘Community.’”

Lauren Hedgren Senior

“I’m addicted to ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians.’

The drama makes me feel good about myself.”

Paige Brown First Year

“‘Archer’, it’s funny.”

Henry Householder First year

“‘True Detective.’”

Michael Evans Senior compiled by Matthew Brinkj

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Junior Christian Tovar-Vargas and first year Anthony Sanchez excited to share their passion for dance

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Mocha Life brews up serving of culture

Black Student Union combines talent and history at 7 p.m. tonight in Laurie Auditorium

by Alessa Hutter

COPY EDITOR Tonight in Laurie Auditorium, the Black Student Union will be hosting its 8th annual Mocha Life event, a celebration of Black History month. This year’s theme, “106 and Park,” was voted on by BSU and stems from the BET television show of the same name.

“We were looking for a program that presented AfricanAmerican society in a positive light, and ‘106 & Park’ did that, particularly the original hosts AJ and Free,” said Salome Wilfred, a senior psychology major and

Mocha Life co-coordinator.

“Last year we chose the Apollo theme because that was a place where you made your name known. ‘106 & Park’ is kind of the opposite—you go there when your name is made.”

BSU hosts this event as a way of teaching the Trinity community about the deeper aspects of African-American culture.

“The opportunity to present black history to Trinity was something that moved me,” said Chaz Davis, a sophomore accounting and finance major who is one of the show’s hosts.

“We are a small populace on campus, so this gives us the opportunity to show the campus who we are and our culture—more than what is just on the surface.”

Mocha Life is not only an opportunity for members of the community to learn more about African-American culture; it is

photo by Anh-Viet Dinh Chris Williamson, Jr. and Rodney Kennedy rehearse in Laurie Auditorium on Thursday night for their Mocha Life performance.

also a way for Trinity students to show off their talents. The Daytrippers, a band comprised of juniors Victor Vo, Mason Walker and Reagan Wilkins, and Trinity’s own dance team, the Prowlers, are just two of the many groups performing at the event.

Although Trinity hosts many events where students get to perform, Wilkins said in an email that The Daytrippers are anxious to perform and are ready to reveal what they have been working on.

“As a general rule, most of the time we like to keep the song

we are performing a secret until the actual performance, but we have been working on our song for a few weeks now, so we are excited to have an opportunity to bring something new to the table,” Wilkins said.

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Program tackles mental illness Vagina Monologues Junior Tyler Howard selected as student ambassador for Clarity Guidance Center’s 1 in 5 Minds

by Subrat Mahapatra CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER Tyler Howard, a junior psychology major, has been training for several weeks to become a student ambassador for a program called “1 in 5 Minds” in order to spread awareness about the different kinds of mental illnesses and therapeutic services in San Antonio in a way that helps citizens, primarily students, deal with the different mental processes.

1 in 5 Minds is supported by Clarity Child Guidance Center, an agency funded by United Way and donors statewide. The name of the program derives from the fact that one in five young people in the United States experience a mental, emotional or behavioral health disorder such as depression, anxiety, posttraumatic disorders or ADHD, according to Clarity’s website.

“Clarity is the only nonprofit child therapeutic service in Southwest Texas and one of the only ones that starts to treat kids as early as three years old,” Howard said.

According to Clarity’s website, Bexar County alone has approximately 80,000 children that are affected by mental health illness. 20 percent of the children have a mental illness, and 80 percent of these children are not able to get medical attention due to lack of resources, social stigma and insurance issues.

Social stigma is a large reason

why people don’t get help. Social stigma is an attempt to label a group as less able than others. If you are a parent, you aren’t going to want them to get help because its a mark of shame in your genetic makeup.

“Children are suffering mainly due to stigma and cost of access,” said Rebecca Helterbrand, vice president for Marketing and Resource Development of Clarity Child Guidance Center.

Right now, Texas has moved up from last place to 46th place when it comes to having every diagnosed child get treatment for mental illness.

Howard came to Trinity with the intention of educating children, but he steered towards developmental psychology when he discovered his passion in that field. He believes that Clarity has provided him with an opportunity to further his interests. While most other facilities specialize in bolstering the concept of reward versus punishment, one of the reasons Howard supports Clarity is for the different approach they take.

“Clarity believes that every child does the best he or she can, and their treatment reflects that,” Howard said.

1 in 5 minds encourages people to learn and help prevent fallacies of logic regarding mental childhood illnesses. The program sponsors “Walking Tours” to showcase facilities in order to help others find “Clarity.”

Because there are programs in place that keep information under wraps for confidentiality purposes, people often think that there is nothing that they can do because mental health workers and volunteers need specialized training to work in the mental health field, but Howard’s role as student ambassador is meant to change that misperception.

“This is Bexar County’s baby, a city-wide program, that trains student ambassadors to try and spread word through elder members of society,” Howard said. “They are currently trying to spread information into collegial environments.”

“Clarity believes that every child does the best he or she can, and their treatment reflects that.”

Tyler Howard

Junior and 1 in 5 Minds Student Ambassador

Howard wants to stop jokes about mental health at their “root” because if they are told frequently “people can grow into them.”

Some students who have heard about Howard’s role as student ambassador for the 1 in 5 Minds program support his cause and ambition.

“It’s an excellent idea to spread this level of awareness about mental health all over campus,” said senior Pramath Parijat.

Howard is working with Trinity Progressives to have a mental health week that is specifically designed to address several issues. He plans on getting Alpha Phi Omega, a coed service fraternity, to spread awareness at a fundraising gala that is coming up. Howard also opens the invitation to any Greek organization that wants to stand by his side in helping people understand mental illness.

sparks conversation

Faculty and staff host play to benefit charity

by Alicia Guerrero

COPY EDITOR

With Women’s History Month just around the corner, faculty and staff will be performing “The Vagina Monologues.” Tuesday, Feb. 25, to help honor women around the world. The event will take place in the Stieren Theater at 7 p.m.

This play, written by Eve Ensler, is made up of various monologues each speaking to different aspects of being a woman. The monologues are taken directly from interviews that were conducted of women who have been through the experiences talked about in each one.

Co-chair and performer in the play, Dania Abreu-Torres, hopes that this performance sparks even more conversation on Trinity’s campus and keeps the conversation from the town hall going.

“The idea is to respond to the different stereotypes that women have,” Abreu-Torres said.

Each monologue speaks to a certain part of a woman’s life.

While many of the monologues are humorous, there are some that are serious because of the issues the readers speak on.

“Most are comical and some are very serious,” Abreu-Torres said.

Debra Ochoa, co-director of The Vagina Monologues and

women and gender studies, says that one important thing will hopefully be remembered among the laughter.

“Of course we’re going to laugh, but the most important thing is we are dealing with issues that women suffer due to discrimination because of their sex and gender,” Ochoa said.

While the monologues can be funny, the hope is to spark conversation on bigger issues.

These issues touch on sexual assault and discrimination.

Cynara Medina, participant in the monologues and visiting communication professor, hopes that this performance keeps the conversation about sexual assault going.

“This is meant to be thoughtprovoking and make people wonder what is going on in the world,” Medina said. “It’s more than just faculty members saying dirty words.”

Each year faculty and students take turns presenting the play. This year, faculty will be participating in the monologues. Students will help by selling tickets but only faculty and staff will be performing the monologues.

Medina believes that this is an excellent opportunity for faculty to be involved in the conversation outside the classroom.

“With the recent town hall meeting that we had on sexual assault policy, I think the more faculty that are visible in this issue, the better we are,” Medina said.

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“Hips don’t lie”: Latin Dance Society will hold kick-off event tonight in Lightner Tea Room Christian TovarVargas and Anthony Sanchez co-found group to bring another dance genre to campus

by Kenneth Caruthers CAMPUS PULSE EDITOR Trinity has a good assortment of student dance groups on campus, ranging from Swing Bums to the hip-hop dance of Loon-E Crew, but two students felt there was something missing.

Enter junior Christian TovarVargas and first year Anthony “Scuba Steve” Sanchez. The two students recently co-founded Trinity’s very own Latin Dance Society, and the club is now official with Campus and Community Involvement.

“Throughout last semester, we kept hearing students point out that there’s swing dancing and hip-hop dancing here at Trinity, but there’s no Latin dance. The idea has been thrown around, so it just needed

the people to make it happen,” said Sanchez, vice president for the Latin Dance Society.

Tovar-Vargas, the president of the Latin Dance Society, has now taken all of the dance courses offered by Trinity’s physical education department. He wants to share his passion for dance with other students and give them a fun weekend night option on campus.

“I really thought it would be awesome if we had a place on campus where people could come learn dance and not get charged. We really want to teach people a new style of dance,” Tovar-Vargas said. “We want to teach as many people as we can, give them a venue to practice in and help them embrace the culture.”

Although the new organization is still finalizing its schedule for the semester, Tovar-Vargas tells students what they can expect from the dance club.

“We plan to have a weekly lesson and social dance every Friday night for two to three hours, and then we also plan to have a major social event every month that’s themed after a particular style of Latin dance,” Tovar-Vargas said.

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Sanchez explained how the teaching portion of the Friday dances are valuable.

“The reason why we set up our events this way is because we can teach whoever comes, and then they apply it. It’s not one of those things where you learn it then never use it again,” Sanchez said.

Junior Kelly Seeber heard about the Latin Dance Society because she is friends with Tovar-Vargas.

Tovar-Vargas knew she enjoyed dancing, so he kept her updated on the development of the club.

“I’m incredibly excited to learn about new types of dancing,” Seeber said. “I am already a member of the Swing Bums, and the chance to learn more dancing excites me a lot.”

Tovar-Vargas and Sanchez are aware that Swing Bums also hosts dance lessons on Fridays, so they purposely set the time for Latin Dance Society later in the night. They hope to collaborate with Swing Bums for future events that blend the two genres.

“We pick our times on Friday so that it’s after Swing Bums.

We don’t want to interfere with any other dance groups on campus,” Sanchez said. “We

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want to be highly supportive of everybody, and we hope to work together with groups like the Swing Bums to organize even bigger dance sessions for the Trinity community.”

The Latin Dance Society will have a kick-off dance

starting at 8 p.m. tonight in Lightner Tea Room. The first 30 minutes to an hour will be dedicated to teaching merengue. A social dance will follow the teaching session and will last roughly until 11 p.m.

Junior Rob Matsurra, aka DJ Raw Dog, wins Red Bull’s iPod Play and Destroy Battle

everyone was there to have fun.

I had a blast making the list, and to have it come off as a win was awesome. Everyone there was really into it and we all had a lot of fun together,” Matsurra said.

Another one of the contestants was sophomore Zachary Treu, who competed under the name DJ Treu Chainz.

Treu faced Matsurra in the competition and lost in the first round on a tiebreaker. Treu described how he found out about the competition and how it went.

“Well, Zac Coplen told me about it since we play soccer together, so I decided to enter.

I worked really hard on my list with my friend Callum Squires and was really disappointed he wasn’t allowed on stage with me,” Treu said. “The crowd was incredible and everyone there was so loud. The people came to hear some good music and some classics they hadn’t heard in a while, and I think they were provided with that.”

Trinity students did not only compete, but they also showed up to watch the contest. One of the many students that was in the crowd was first year Katherine Wilkes. Wilkes went to support a friend that was in the competition and stayed for the whole contest.

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This is the logo for the Latin Dance Society. The club’s first event will be tonight.

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Trinity students showed up in droves to support their fellow students and friends in a recent competition put on by Red Bull in San Antonio, at the ReBar on Broadway called the iPod Play and Destroy Battle.

Contestants were given 16 song categories. They then chose 30-second clips from three songs in each category.

They would go against each other head-to-head in rounds, and the winners were decided on crowd reaction.

There were eight different contestants in the competition, and Trinity student Zachary Coplen was in charge of the event.

There were several Trinity students that participated in the event, including the contest winner, junior Rob Matsurra.

Matsurra competed under the DJ name DJ Raw Dog and described the atmosphere and the contest.

“It was incredible. The building was so loud, and

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• continued from Page 10 “It was really fun. All the categories were awesome, and I got to hear a lot of songs I really like and some that I haven’t heard in a really long time. The atmosphere was really positively charged,” Wilkes said.

By Eve Ensler

Tuesday, February 25th, 2014 7:00pm, Stieren Theatre

Play examines womanhood

Admission: Students $5 (in advance)/ $7 (Door) Faculty, Staff and Friends: $7

• continued from Page 9 Although “The Vagina Monologues” focuses on women, men are also encouraged to join in the discussion—not just in the classroom, but beyond.

“The hope is that this opens the door, or many windows, to have discussions about women and not only women but men—not just in the classroom but in their rooms when they’re talking about these monologues,” said Abreu-Torres.

Tickets are on sale in Coates now through Monday.

Tickets are $5 in advance for students and $7 for faculty, staff and friends. Tickets can be purchased at the door by everyone for $7. All proceeds from the event will go to charities. 90 percent of the proceeds will go to the San Antonio Rape Crisis Center, while 10 percent will go to V-Day 2014 Spotlight on City of Joy in Congo.

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by Davis Mathis CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER There are few things in life that gather friends and family together toward one united goal.

One of those things is cancer.

Sophomores Audree Sullivan and Sarah Friedlander recognized this and decided to step in to bridge that at Trinity University.

Sullivan and Friedlander have a passion for the topic and a drive to get the group off the ground.

“I’ve been thinking about starting a support group because my dad was diagnosed with cancer last semester. At first it was thyroid cancer, but it spread to throat cancer,” Sullivan said. “It’s become this whole process. There are some things that are hard to explain, like the frustrations you and your family feel, so I was thinking this group would help deal with something like that.”

Friedlander wanted to start a group that would fundraise and have relays and drives to raise

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cancer awareness and research.

She talked to Sullivan and realized that they could work together and form one group that could help support those with cancer and raise funds in support of cancer research.

“We really hope to accomplish something on a personal and meaningful level.”

Michaela Knipp

Sophomore Group Member of TUCSS

“Back home, I’m really involved in our Relay for Life, so when I came to Trinity a lot of schools have their own relay or one in the town they are really involved in. When I looked into the San Antonio relay it was the same week of our summer, and this year it’s the same week as our finals so it wasn’t really plausible to get people involved,” Friedlander said. “I wanted to look into starting a campus-wide relay with other schools using their cancer club as the program behind it, so we looked into starting our own.”

The group wants to provide support and care for those

who have a family member or loved one that is battling with cancer. It provides a place where people can meet others that are going through or have gone through the same issues.

Even people who have not had that experience are welcome to help with the fundraising and awareness side and give support to the group. Group member and sophomore Michaela Knipp spoke on the group’s goals.

“We really hope to accomplish something on a personal and meaningful level. The club is going to be what the members make of it,” Knipp said. “It might be purely a support system where those affected by cancer can find a confidant or a place they can interact with others in similar situations. The club might become one that puts on fundraisers to raise funds for various cancer societies. It also may end up being a club geared to raising awareness about all forms of cancer and the many ways it affects others. Simply put, we hope to accomplish something meaningful to the members and to the cancer community.”

The group had their first meeting and are now looking to secure a permanent meeting area. In the meantime, the meetings will be held in upstairs Coates.

• continued from Page 9 Wilkins also said that Mocha Life is a different kind of performance-based event because it brings together both beauty and culture.

“You know, there are a lot of performance-based events on campus. You have Trinity Idol, Spotlight and things like that. Events like Mocha Life sort of give a specific focus to student performers. It is a celebration of a specific kind of beauty, a beauty that is synonymous with culture,” Wilkins said.

Although this is The Daytrippers’ first time to perform at Mocha Life, many of the students involved last year couldn’t wait to be involved in it again.

“I played a minimal role in Mocha Life last year, so when I was offered the opportunity to host [this year] I jumped on it,” Davis said.

BSU is expecting a large crowd this year, especially since the show has

encouraged more audience engagement over the last couple of years.

“It [Mocha Life] is a celebration of a specific kind of beauty, a kind of beauty that is synonymous with culture.”

Reagan Wilkins

Junior and Member of The Daytrippers

“We started in 2006, so this is our eighth year. Since then, we’ve become a lot more theme-oriented and we are slowly becoming more audience-engaged,” Wilfred said.

Beside musical performances, Mocha Life will also feature spoken word and a mime performer.

The event is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Laurie Auditorium, and it is free and open to the public.

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Camping Enjoy the great outdoors!

Check out the deals with O-Rec or plan your own adventure with a group of buddies. Consider Los Maples, beach camping in Corpus Christi or Ink’s Lake.

Go Home If you live close enough to campus, go home. Get some quality cooking and some quaility time with your pets and parents.

Stay-cation There is something eerily magical about deserted dorms.

Stay back and catch up on some homework, or you know, Netflix.

Last minute Spring Break ideas Road Trip

Beach

Get your Themla and Louise on and go on a road trip. Past Spring Break road trips from Trinity kids includes the Grand Canyon, Colorado and even California!

Take some advice from Nicki Minaj and “Go to the beach, beach!” Check out Port Arthur, South Padre or make a drive to Gulf Shores.

SXSW Check out one of the best music gatherings in the world!

And you don’t have to drop dollar bills to hear some great music. There are a plethora of amazing showcases and they free.

What Maddie knew: lessons in love and good personism

After my complete rejection from both Christian Mingle and Craigslist, my only option was the classic OKCupid.

In an attempt

to complete this series of articles, I figured I ought to go on a date. So, I began contacting a few potential suitors and asked if they

would want to get dinner at some point this week.

While I thought I was going to have to basically pull people’s teeth out to get a date, it was surprisingly easy. Pretty soon, I had a date set up for Wednesday at 8. He wanted to take me to see “Citizen Kane” to which I was like…really?

This isn’t “Girls” and we aren’t meeting on a dating website and then pretending like we can impress each other with a movie we heard is really smart. So, I suggested we go to Tomatillo’s because that’s so much better.

However, last minute, I decided to cancel the date. Call it a fear of getting murdered or an aversion to using somebody’s loneliness for a tiny article in a college newspaper, but I went ahead and vetoed the idea.

I honestly put almost nothing on my profile—basically just a picture—so I wasn’t feeling too keen on hanging out with a guy who was willing to

drive from who knows where for a pixelated photo. I also felt like I shouldn’t make somebody, who’s probably just looking for a genuine connection with another person, think that they’re having a real romantic date.

It might come off as a little mean. As fun as the idea sounded, I didn’t want to hurt a real person.

I’m not exactly sure what the breakdown of those looking for a relationship versus those looking for sex is on OKCupid. In my meager experience, it seemed that almost everyone was in it for some physical aspect— people just wanting to get laid. Dr. Medina sent me a Cracked article about a woman who published an OKCupid profile where she wrote horrible things about herself, but included a really hot picture. She got a lot of messages.

Despite that, there were some folks who genuinely seemed interested in finding

somebody to connect with.

In this ever-growing digital age, maybe things like social media are becoming a new form of interpersonal communication.

Can trying to have a romantic engagement online be as strong as meeting somebody in person? I’m not sure, but I think that dating websites are a good way to find people to have these oneon-one interactions with.

So, if you are feeling daring, and understand the risks involved, I’d say you should go for it. Try to be honest about yourself and keep an open mind to others.

Don’t get discouraged if the people messaging you aren’t the greatest because this is nothing but a shot in the dark.

Also, be safe and always meet in public places— after you tell someone where you’ll be.

Good luck! And it looks like I’m back to putting a towel over my pillow so my tears don’t get it wet every night when I go to sleep!

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Graphic by Caroline Jakubowski

John Waters once stated, “We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them. Don’t let them explore you until they’ve explored the secret universes of books. Don’t let them connect with you until they’ve walked between the lines on the pages. Books are cool, if you have to withhold yourself from someone for a bit in order for them to realize this then do so.” While we do not necessarily condone these coercive tactics at A&E, we highly encourage you, our dear readers, to read more. Not just to be cool by John Waters’ standards (which are as cool as one can get), but to be a better friend, a better lover and an overall better human being. Here are some of our recent favorites.

“Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.”

By Mason Walker, A&E Columnist In the past year or so, my bookshelf has been taking me on a thrilling journey through the last decade. It is now clear to me that, with so many exhilarating and edifying works published during those ten years, I probably should not have frittered away quite as much time on Tolkien-for-dummies fantasies. “On Beauty,” “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” and “The Corrections” were all, I discovered, totally deserving of their reputations as some of the greatest reads of the New Millennium.

Yet, perhaps, even these laurel-loaded books did not receive quite as much praise as Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.” That rare work that can win over both Oprah and The New York Times, this novel was widely hailed as the single best book of the last decade—and one of the best of all time. After countless pleas from friends and sufficient shaming from a former English teacher, I finally picked up a copy two months ago.

I am quite glad I did.

The book’s overall plot is well known by now, as are its themes.

Over two hundred and eighty pages, we bear witness to the travails and triumphs of a boy and his father as they make their way through the aftermath of nuclear fallout.

But, as any good English student knows, what happens in a story is not what the story is actually about. As the boy and the father journey through a world with frequent brutalities and few resources, they attempt to do more than survive—they attempt to carry within them what the father refers to as “the fire,” the virtues of honor and courage and compassion that most survivors have abandoned in their Darwinian race against impending death. This book has within it a more compelling refutation of moral relativism than any work of philosophy I have ever read.

On the macro level, it is gripping, intelligent and necessary.

On the micro level, it certainly has its issues. Like any great writer, McCarthy is constantly experimenting with the English language.

Some of those experiments fizzle out. McCarthy has a penchant for occasionally penning sentences that are formally gorgeous but thematically empty. When one of his character asks, “How does the never to be differ from what never was?” the reader can be forgiven for answering “I don’t freaking know!”

These moments of fake profundity hamper the book’s overall quality. But for every empty phrase, there’s a moment of linguistic genius: depraved criminals are “creedless shells of men tottering down causeways,” and all lovers have “a common provenance in pain.”

When McCarthy really gets going, it is like reading James Joyce, if Joyce had surveyed the heat-swept deserts of Texas instead of the foggy seas of Dublin. A sentence is just as likely to knock you out as an entire scene.

This book is, quite obviously, a very good one. It is not perfect, but it has a chance at being something even greater; immortal. Whether our society tends towards pain or pleasure, towards anarchy or complacency, “The Road” will always have the potential to lead us in a better direction.

By John Mendiola, A&E Writer “The Fault in Our Stars,” John Green’s latest novel, is about— surprise, surprise— precocious and angsty teenagers. The precocious and angsty teenagers have more of a reason to be precocious and angsty due to being afflicted by cancer. Hazel Grace Lancaster, a sixteen year old suffering from thyroid cancer, narrates the story of what her life is like: support group meetings, friends and strangers dealing with awful diseases and unexpected oblivion.

The main thrust of the story starts when Hazel Grace comes to a support group meeting and sees a boy across the “Literal Heart of Jesus” (the center of the floor) staring at her with an intense gaze. The boy, Augustus Waters, is a friend of another member of the support group. Augustus came to provide Isaac some support because he has to have his eyes removed to be NEC (no evidence of cancer). Hazel finds the boy handsome with a crooked smile and an attractive body.

He starts talking to her and is upfront about his attraction to her.

He tells her, “I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence.”

I personally thought the plot felt contrived. It did provide an opportunity for me to get attached to the characters. The characters and their views on each other, their experiences on life leave me in awe. Hazel Grace and Gus are full of these life-affirming and lifequestioning quotes. I wish I could just insert dozens of quotes from the book. Here are some of my favorites: “My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations,” “That’s the part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence,” and “Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That’s what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway. “ I knew months before I read this book how sad it is and how almost everybody cried when they read it. I steeled myself and resolved that I would not let this book manipulate me into shedding tears. I thought to myself, “Oh, John Green is writing a book about cancer. He found a new avenue to exploit my emotions. Just killing off people normally was not good enough.” I tried. I really di,d but to no avail. I cried. I tried yet I still cried.

Maybe this book is not the most elegantly written. Both in its plot and its writing. But “A Fault in Our Stars” left a hole inside me after I finished it regardless of its imperfection. John Green has a way of grabbing your emotions before you realize you have already lost the battle. You are hooked and are vulnerable to the highs and lows.

One more for the road, “You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world… but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.” Life is awful and painful but it makes the beauty and warmth so much brighter when we encounter them.

“I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is inprobably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed.”

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Men’s tennis team sweeps weekend matches Tigers win by 5-4 margin twice in three matches

by Claire Hoobler-Curtis SPORTS REPORTER Last weekend, Feb. 1415, the Trinity men’s tennis team went undefeated against Tyler Junior College and University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on Friday, and then beat Midwestern State University on Saturday.

This marks the second time that the Tigers have faced off against Tyler Junior College, who are the reigning junior college champions, and the first time that they have beaten them this season.

In their first match earlier this season the Tigers fell to them 4-5; however, this time, the men turned the tables and beat them 5-4.

The Tigers came away with two doubles wins, one by senior Greg Haugen and junior Jordan Mayer and the other win from sophomore Paxton Deuel and senior Nicolas Moreno. Then, in the singles, freshman Chas Mayer, Haugen and Jordan Mayer all won their matches to give Trinity the 5-4 win.

“We had a better showing in doubles, went up 2-1 after the doubles this time instead of being down 1-2. We got some much-needed wins from No. 1 and 2 doubles, which was the big thing we were trying to find it that first weekend but never really got it going. Fortunately, we are catching fire at the right moment,” head coach Russell McMindes said.

Freshman Clayton Niess agrees. “We had a really strong showing this weekend. We beat a team that we lost to earlier in the season, which was great to get some redemption.

We knew two of the teams, Tyler Junior College and Midwestern State, were going to be tough, so our goal

Baseball Away at Southwestern 7 p.m.

Basketball Away at Southwestern Men: 6 p.m.

Women: 8 p.m.

Men’s Tennis Away at ITA National Indoors vs. Cal Lutheran

photos by Matthew Brink Left: Junior Charlie Curtis aggressively follows through on a shot during his singles match against Mary-Hardin Baylor on Saturday, Feb. 15. Right: Sophomore Connor Dunn chases down a shot during his singles match against Mary-Hardin Baylor on Saturday, Feb. 15.

was to start really strong and get ahead in doubles, which we did in both matches.

Our strengths had to be our doubles play, as we won most doubles matches.”

“Fortunately, we are catching fire at the right moment.”

Russell McMindes Head Coach The next day, on Saturday, Feb. 15, the Tigers had an 8-1 win over fellow DIII school, Mary Hardin-Baylor. They swept in doubles, going five for six in singles matches. The Tigers remain undefeated against DIII opposition.

Baseball Doubleheader away at Southwestern 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Men’s Tennis Away at ITA National Indoors vs. Cal Lutheran Track and Field Trinity Open 10 a.m.

Men’s Tennis Away at ITA National Indoors vs. Cal Lutheran

Later in the afternoon, the Tigers hosted Midwestern State, which is a DII Texas school. They won the match 5-4, winning two of the doubles and splitting the singles again.

“It was a battle, but we pulled off a big win. Skinner and Haugen played some really close singles matches that they pulled out in the third set and we got two of the doubles wins.

Also, Mayer clenched it and pulled off the No. 5 singles win.

This is the first match we have played as a whole team, that I have experienced, where we had tons of energy out there and it was a really strong team environment out there,” Deuel said.

Next, the team heads to Cleveland, Ohio, to play in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Indoor Championships from Feb.

21-23. Once there, they face California Lutheran University in their first match on Friday afternoon. If they win that match, they will play one match Saturday and one match Sunday, but if they lose then they play two on Saturday.

“This is the first match we have played as a whole team, that I have experienced, where we had tons of energy.”

Paxton Deuel Sophomore

“It is our first real national test this coming weekend,

Softball Doubleheader away at Mary HardinBaylor 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

and it is important at indoors to see how we stack up against the best teams in DIII. That first round is important to keep us in top half of the draw. We’ve played Cal Lutheran a couple times last year and they got us,” McMindes said. “They’re always a talented team, but they are missing a couple of the pieces they had last year that made them very strong, so we will see. I know they’ve got talent and a great coach, so it is going to be a tough match. We are just excited to get up there and get going.”

The Tigers will not play at home again until a doubleheader on Saturday, March 29, facing HardinSimmons at 9 a.m. and Laredo Community College at 3 p.m.

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Swimming and diving win SCAC championships

Both teams have now won three consecutive titles

by Elif Yucel

SPORTS REPORTER

The Trinity men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams won their third consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship last weekend in Rockwall, Texas. The competition extended from the 12th15th. The men’s swim team scored 819 points in the competition, outscoring second-place Southwestern University 603.5 points by a large margin, and the women’s team scored 904 points, compared to secondplace Colorado College’s 693 points. Both the men’s and women’s teams captured Swimmer of the Meet and Diver of the Meet awards this year. The Tiger men’s coaches were also selected as the SCAC Coaching Staff of the Year.

In men’s swimming events, Junior Stephen Culberson was selected as the SCAC Men’s Swimmer of the Meet.

Culberson won the 100yd freestyle with a B cut team of 44.62, breaking the SCAC Championships Meet

record. He also took first in the 100-yd butterfly (50.34) and the 50-yd freestyle (20.25). The various men’s relays teams won four different events, including the 200-yd (1:21.64), 400yd and 800-yd (6:52.88) freestyle relays as well as the 200-yd medley relay (1:33.54). The team of Culberson, Jon Hoffman, junior Adam Thomas and first year Isaac Johnson won the 400-yd freestyle relay with a B cut time of 3.03.22.

“The guys were lights out.

I think the guys had the best meet in school history. They swam out of their minds. Our team was really strong this year. The captains really kept the team together and their hard work showed by the whole team swimming fast. I think this was a big step for the men’s team,” said head coach Michael Schuber.

Sophomore Andrew Thiesse won first in the 500yd freestyle (4:33.45) and the 1650-yd freestyle events (16:21.88).

Sophomore Nikita Chirkov placed second in the 400-yd IM (4:08.33). Hoffman took first in the 200-yd IM (1:52.99).

Thomas placed second in the 50-yd freestyle event (20.28). Many Tigers broke both school and personal records.

In women’s events, Kara Beauchamp repeated as the SCAC Women’s Swimmer of the Meet. She barely missed breaking the SCAC Meet record in the 200-yd breaststroke with her B cut time of 2:20.71.

“They swam out of their minds.

Our team was really strong this year. The captains really kept the team together.”

Michael Schuber Head Swim Coach Beauchamp also took first in the 200-yd IM (2:06.27) and the 400-yd IM with a B cut time of 4.27.40. The team of Beauchamp, juniors Lydia Jones and Sarah Miller and senior Leah Selznick took first in the 800-yd freestyle relay (7:48.29). Jones took first in the 50-yd freestyle event (24:08), second in the 100-yd freestyle event (52.53) and first in the 200-yd freestyle event with a B cut time of 1:53.39.

Sophomore Becca Bond won the 100-yd backstroke event with a time of 58.62,

and placed third in the 200-yd backstroke (2:08.90).

“My goal from the beginning of the year was to win the 100back, so I was really happy about that; I just happened to do everything right, just like I needed to in the finals, to pull through and win. In the 200back I dropped four seconds, which was something that I had really worked for all year,” Bond said. “My goal was to go under 2:10 and I ended up going 2:08 and getting third, so I was pretty excited about that. As a whole, the team was ahead from Wednesday to Saturday. We swam extremely well the entire four days.”

Senior Melanie Gustafson took first in the 1650-yd freestyle event with a B cut time of 17:38.74, and Miller placed second in the same race with a time of 18:10.57.

Gustafson also placed second in the 400-yd IM with a B cut time of 4:34.24 and first in the 500-yd freestyle (5:03.69).

Senior Meghan Varner placed second in the 500-yd freestyle event (5:14.54).

Trinity had several B cut times for the weekend, and will now wait for the official selections for the NCAA Championships.

Trinity diving also swept the SCAC competition; sophomores Philip Whalen and Ashley Heline won Diver of the Meet awards. For the

women’s competition, Heline won both the one-meter and the three-meter boards. Senior Katie Sheldon took second on the three-meter board and first year Mollie Patzke took third. On the one-meter board, Sheldon, Patzke and senior Gabi Caglieris placed second, third and fourth, respectively.

“We had an outstanding week, both men and women.

All the divers performed really well; we’ve had an outstanding year and all the divers have contributed to our success,” said head coach Stan Randall.

For the men’s competition, Whalen won the three-meter board and junior Galve Deleste took second.

Deleste took second on the one-meter board and Whalen took third.

“The weekend was fantastic.

Winning the three-meter meant so much to me. I couldn’t have asked for anything better to finish the weekend on Saturday morning and then at night being nominated for Diver of the Meet,” Whalen said. “As a team, we did really great. It really showed our progress and all the hard work we put in, all the way back since October-the everyday training and practicing, the funny moments we had, the stressful times—it all showed in our performance last weekend. I couldn’t ask for a better end of the season for me or my team.”

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Trinity women’s tennis shuts out Mary HardinBaylor but lose twice over weekend slate Both losses came at the hands of nonDivision III teams

by Kaileigh Phillips

SPORTS REPORTER

Trinity women’s tennis team’s home opening weekend was divided with two losses and one win.

The team took on Division II St. Mary’s University on Thursday, Feb. 13 for their home-opening match, but lost with a score of 8-1. This marked the team’s second consecutive loss this season, though both defeats have come at the hands of nonDivision III opponents.

“Each match is different and each match is a new opportunity. Having two matches in a day, you have to focus on each one separately, not worrying about the other,” said head women’s tennis coach Matthew Haugen.

During the game on Thursday, senior Kylie Hornbeck and first year Liza Southwick scored the team’s only points in the individual matches.

Sophomore Kristy Hamilton and senior Stephanie Williamson almost took their matches, but fell 9-7, and fell to 2-1 overall.

St. Mary’s swept all six singles matches, including three matches that went to three sets. Southwick lost 4-6, 6-2, and 1-6, while Williamson lost 3-6, 6-4, and 2-6. Senior Kathleen

Lundquist lost 5-7, 7-6, and 5-10 during her match.

“Having two matches in a day, you have to focus on each separately, not worrying about the other.”

Matthew Haugen Head Coach “You’re not always going to come out with a win on paper, that’s just the nature of the sport, but there is so much more to a match than the final score,” Southwick said. “We didn’t win against two top-ranked DII schools, but we fought for every ball, every point and every game. That’s what it comes down to: How we go out on the court and compete. The results will take care of themselves.”

The team’s next home matches, which took place on Saturday, Feb. 15, were split with a shutout victory of 9-0 over University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, followed by a shutout loss of 9-0 against Midwestern University. It was the team’s first shutout victory of the season, and the Tigers won all nine points with straightset victories.

Southwick, Hornbeck and Williamson all scored points

photo by Matthew Brink

First year Liza Southwick goes for a difficult return during her singles match against Mary Hardin-Baylor on Saturday, Feb. 15. Southwick won SCAC Player of the Week for her performance over three weekend matches.

in both singles and doubles for Trinity in the opening match. Williamson teamed with Hamilton for an 8-1 win at No. 3 doubles, and she also took a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 5 singles.

Hornbeck and Southwick were top line winners in doubles (8-1), then won the top two singles positions for the Tigers. Hornbeck won 6-1, 6-0 from line two, while Southwick took the line one singles point 6-0, 6-2.

Against Midwestern, Hamilton and Williamson lost a narrow 8-6 decision at line three doubles to fall behind 0-3 overall.

Southwick forced a third set in her No. 1 singles match, but eventually fell 1-6, 6-2, 4-6. Lundquist lost 5-7, 5-7 at line six as well, finishing off the day for the Tigers.

“I think one of the main things that gives us an edge over other teams is our

support for each other. We all have each other’s backs, and we know that no matter how long we are out there on the court, we have 12 other girls right behind us cheering,” Lundquist said.

Trinity will be back in action on Saturday, March 1, at St. Edward’s University.

Following a West Coast road trip, the Tigers will return home to host Schreiner University on March 28.

“In our first half against Schreiner we played well, but we just didn’t keep it up for two halves. We didn’t keep the same energy throughout the game,” Kitzinger said.

entire 40 minutes, rather than just a half or in spurts.

This upcoming weekend, the men face Southwestern University away on Friday, Feb. 21, in their last regularseason SCAC game. Going into the game, the Tigers are still top-ranked in the conference at 10-3, but if they do not win the game, they will not be topranked going into the SCAC Championships.

“The next game against Southwestern is a mustwin for us. It will determine whether or not we hold on to the one seed going into the conference tournament.

I feel confident about the postseason. We have been steadily improving and I think we will play even better in the tournament,” said senior Zach Lambert.

The SCAC Championship is next weekend, Feb. 28

through March 2, after the last regular-season games of the year.

Men’s basketball team takes down Texas Lutheran but falls to Schreiner in road play Tigers still on top of SCAC with 10-3 conference record

by Claire Hoobler-Curtis SPORTS REPORTER The Trinity men’s basketball team split their games this past weekend as they beat Texas Lutheran University on Friday, Feb. 14, then lost to Schreiner University on Saturday, Feb. 15. Following the win and loss, the Tigers now have a 15-9 record overall and a 10-3 conference record, which places them top in the SCAC. In their first game of the weekend on Friday, Feb. 14, the Tigers beat TLU 74-50 in an away game. Senior Robert Kitzinger lead the Tigers

with 22 points, followed by junior Matt Selling with 11 points and senior Jonathan Wilt with 9 points. Kitzinger also lead rebounds with 6, then by Selling again, who had 5.

“We played with a lot of energy and we played hard and had good team chemistry when we played against TLU,” Kitzinger said.

The following day, the Tigers took on Schreiner in another away match, where they narrowly fell 61-62.

This was the second close loss Trinity has had against Schreiner this season.

During that game, Kitzinger and Lambert lead the team with 15 points each, and Wilt and Selling both brought in 10 points for the Tigers.

Kitzinger, junior Matt Hopper and senior John Lavanway all grabbed 5 rebounds for the Tigers on the night.

“We played with a lot of energy and we played hard and had good team chemistry when we played against TLU.” Robert Kitzinger Senior Guard

Assistant coach Ross Burt adds, “I thought we defended really well in the first half against Schreiner on Saturday. We need to make sure we are focused for the

“We need to make sure we are focused for the entire 40 minutes, rather than just a half or in spurts.”

Ross Burt Assistant Coach

This year, the SCAC Championship is held at Trinity University.

All eight teams will play, but only the champion will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA DIII National Championships.

Other teams will need an at-large bid to qualify.

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Women’s basketball loses two games Tigers fall to Texas Lutheran and Schreiner University

by Kaileigh Phillips

SPORTS REPORTER

In a battle for first place in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference standings, the Trinity University women’s basketball team suffered two straight losses this past weekend against Texas Lutheran University and Schreiner University.

The Tigers fell to 17-7 on the season and 9-4 in conference play. Texas Lutheran took over first place in the standings by improving to 18-5 (10-2 SCAC) on the year, while Schreiner improved to 14-10 overall and tied Trinity with a 9-4 SCAC mark. Trinity and Schreiner are currently tied with Southwestern for the second spot in the SCAC standings.

“Of course, our goals are to win and we still want to win the rest of regular conference games, but with the losses in the back of our minds it will help us push further to win and to dominate in the future games,” said head women’s basketball coach Cameron Hill.

On Friday, Feb. 14th, the Tigers led 72-64 with 5:20 to play, but the Bulldogs scored the final 10 points of the game to pull off the upset. Trinity missed its final eight shots in the game, as well as committing two turnovers down the stretch.

Trinity led by as many as 21 points in the first half, jumping out to a 13-0 lead to start the game. The Tigers were up 44-29 at the half, and looked to be in control before suffering a tough ending to the game.

Sophomore forward Anecia Richardson led three Trinity players in double figures with 24 points in the game, hitting 1018 shots, and pulling down eight rebounds.

“In order to prepare for our games we start warm-up an hour before our actual game time. We have our pre-game talk with our coaches and discuss the other team’s strengths and how we are going to attack them. We also like to watch our own film to see what areas we can improve and what our strengths are so we can maximize those during game play,” Richardson said.

Senior forward Libby Kruse led all players with 14 rebounds for the Tigers, as well as dishing out a game-high six assists. Senior guard Murphy Burns added nine points, while junior guard Lauren Splawn and junior center Taylor Hollins chipped in with six points each off the bench.

“We take each game at time and win or lose. Our primary goal is to get to post-conference play. Each team experiences some type of adversity, and those three losses for us will just make reaching our goal that much sweeter,” Hollins said.

Schreiner shot better than 50 percent from the field in the game on Saturday, Feb. 15, including a blistering 57.7 percent in the second half of play. The Tigers trailed 34-36 at intermission, but turned that around for a fourpoint lead (40-36) early in the second.

The two teams went back and forth for most of the second period, but six unanswered points from Schreiner made it a 63-55 game with five minutes to play. The Tigers fought back to within five, but the Mountaineers pushed the lead to 10 points with a minute remaining to seal the win.

Trinity finishes the regular season with a game at Southwestern University on Friday, Feb. 21. The Tigers will host the eight-team SCAC Tournament the following weekend, with the three-day event beginning on February 28.

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3 Trinity swimming and diving teams have each won three consecutive SCAC titles after both took home titles on Saturday, Feb. 15.

22 Senior forward Robert Kitzinger dropped 22 points in addition to six rebounds in the Tigers’ 74-50 victory over Texas Lutheran on Friday, Feb. 14.

5-4 The men’s tennis team won two of their last three matches by a 5-4 margin over Tyler Junior College and Midwestern State on Friday, Feb. 14 and Saturday, Feb. 15.

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Softball starts season 1-3 after split with Our Lady of the Lake and two losses to UT-Tyler Trinity plays strong against tough nonSCAC teams

by Kaileigh Phillips

SPORTS REPORTER

Trinity’s softball team was swept in a Wednesday afternoon doubleheader against fifth-ranked University of Texas-Tyler, falling 7-0 and 12-0.

The Tigers fell to 1-3 on the season, after opening with a split against NAIA Our Lady of the Lake on Sunday afternoon.

Trinity allowed two runs in the second inning of the opening game, then suffered a five-run inning in the fifth.

UT-Tyler hit back-to-back home runs in the inning, beginning with a two-out grand slam on a full count.

All five runs were unearned, as the Tigers committed a costly error in the inning.

“Our team goal is to be the first seed and champions of the SCAC conference tournament. We have been so close to doing just that in the past, so we know it’s within

our reach. We just have to stay focused, sharp and play with an all-or-nothing mentality,” said assistant coach Kara Reeves.

Sophomore pitcher Katie Castillon (1-1) suffered her first loss, giving up just two earned runs and striking out seven batters. Castillon scattered 12 hits over her seven innings of work, though five of those hits came in the high-scoring fifth inning.

“Every game is a learning experience, and these games were no exception. We know what we have to work on and we’re going to work hard every day to improve. I’m very optimistic about this season because I believe in my team and our abilities,” Castillon said.

The Tiger offense managed just three hits in the game, coming from three different players.

Junior outfielder Lauren Mercado cracked the team’s only extra-base hit, scoring a double late in the game.

Senior second base Chrissy Armstrong and sophomore outfielder Emily Fleischman also collected hits in the opener.

photo by Anh-Viet Dinh

First-year third baseman Sarah Paller goes for a tag during Trinity’s doubleheader against University of Texas-Tyler on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The Tigers lost both games 7-0 and 12-0.

UT-Tyler scored in each of the first four innings of game two, pulling out to a 7-0 lead.

The Tigers gave up another big inning in this game, allowing five runs in the sixth to set up the run-rule—which shortened the game to just six innings.

Fleischman and first-year third baseman Sarah Paller had Trinity’s only hits in the second game.

“We have a lot of big hitters on the team this year. Our line-up is pretty stacked in terms of who can really hit the ball hard. We have had a slow start in making solid contact with the ball in this past week’s games, but I’m confident that by the time our conference games have started we will be crushing the ball,” Fleischman said.

Sophomore pitcher Kaci Wellik (0-2) took the loss

in the game, giving up nine runs over five-plus innings of work. Castillon finished off the final inning of the game, but did allow three runs on four hits.

Trinity returns to action on Feb. 25, taking on the University of Mary HardinBaylor in a road doubleheader.

The Tigers return home on March 8, hosting Calumet College of St. Joseph (Ind.).

out seven batters and only allowed one walk.

the loss for the game, coming on as the relief pitcher during the seventh inning.

Sophomore pitcher Mike Walker started the game and pitched six innings, allowing three runs on four hits and struck out four hitters.

“I think overall we did a lot of things really well. I think the only game we lost we just came out a little flat in, mostly because we came out with a big blowout win from the first game,” Bianchi said.

On Sunday, the Tigers took control of the game early, scoring two runs in the first inning, but the Majors responded with a run at the bottom of the inning. They scored another four runs in the fourth inning, but Trinity fought back and scored three in the fifth and only allowed one run at the bottom of the inning.

The Tigers trailed 10-7 at the bottom of the eighth inning, but scored three runs in the ninth inning to tie the game, forcing extra innings.

The Tigers closed out the game, adding three more runs in the eleventh inning to finish the game 13-10. Bianchi hit 5-6 in the game with two runs batted in and three runs. McEachern hit 4-7 with two runs batted in and three runs. Hirschberg hit 3-5.

First-year pitcher Kevin Flores earned his first collegiate win for the Tigers, pitching the final 1.2 innings, retiring all four batters he faced, including crucial strikeouts in the 11th inning.

Senior pitcher Kyle Bogese started the game for the Tigers, allowing six runs over five-plus innings and striking out five batters.

“Being able to take two of three games against a team as highly ranked as Millsaps is a big step in the right direction. As a team we were able to string hits together when we needed them most, and the fact that we were able to overcome multiple run deficits in the last game was great for the team’s confidence as we head into conference play,” McEachern said.

Trinity will play Southwestern this weekend at 7 p.m. today and 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. tomorrow in Georgetown.

“Against Southwestern, we’re looking to clean up the pitching side and get that back on track. It’ll be a different weekend series, but they’re conference games, so they’re all important. We should win, but we still have to take care of business,” Fregosi said.

Baseball takes two out of three games against rival Millsaps including 11-inning comeback win Tigers score six runs from ninth inning on to win

by Elif Yucel

SPORTS REPORTER

The Tiger baseball team won two out of the three game series against Millsaps College last weekend in Jackson, Miss., improving their record to 5-1. The Tigers started the weekend with a double-header on Saturday, winning the first game 11-2 and losing the second game 5-3. On Sunday, the Tigers took the game into extra innings and finally closed out the game in the 11th inning by scoring three runs.

Senior catcher Chris Bianchi earned SCAC Baseball Player of the Week for his performance over the weekend.

“It was a great weekend in the sense that Millsaps is a really good team and has a really good program,” said assistant coach Zach Fregosi. “We pitched well for 1.5 games and then didn’t pitch well for the rest of the second game, but then had a great comeback win on Sunday, so it was a really satisfying series win,

especially on the road. It was a really good weekend overall. We hit great, and our guys fought all the way through; it was a great team experience and we just never quit.”

In the first game of the double-header on Saturday, sophomore third baseman Carter McEachern started things off for the Tigers with a run in the first inning. The Tigers took a 3-0 lead in the third inning with two more runs from senior outfielder Pat Hirschberg and sophomore first baseman Nick Jewett.

Millsaps finally got on the board in third inning with a single. Neither team scored until the eighth inning when the Tiger scored five runs on four hits; Jewett and junior outfielder Nick Griffith scored, and McEachern closed off the inning with a three-run homer.

Millsaps scored a run at the bottom of the eighth inning, but the Tigers scored three more runs in the ninth inning to seal the game.

Trinity finished the game with 17 hits and 10 runs batted in. Junior pitcher Zack Speer is now 2-0 for the season, only allowing one run on seven hits in seven innings. Speer struck

“We hit great, and our guys fought all the way through; it was a great team experience and we just never quit.”

Zach Fregosi Assistant Coach

Millsaps took the lead in the first inning of the second game with a single run.

Neither team scored until the fifth inning, when Trinity finally got on the board with two runs from Bianchi and sophomore outfielder Austin Singer.

The Majors scored a run at the bottom of the fifth inning and another in the seventh inning. Senior shortstop Christian Muscarello hit a home run in the eighth inning to tie the game at 3-3, but the Tigers could not hold off the Majors, who scored two more runs in the eighth inning to seal the game at 5-3.

Bianchi was 3-3 in the game and Muscarello had two hits.

Senior pitcher Carter Lauck, now 0-1, was charged with

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Top Left: Lichi Fuentes and Agustin Lira perform during the Concert for Chile in Parker Chapel as a part of the Alvarez Lecture Series sponsored by M.A.S (Mexico-AmericaSpain) on Thursday, Feb. 20.

Top Right: Senior Stephanie Williamson returns with a backhand during her singles match against Mary Hardin-Baylor on Saturday, Feb. 15.

Bottom Left: First year Chas Mayer returns a shot near the side line during his singles match against Mary Hardin-Baylor on Saturday, Feb. 15.

Bottom Right: Students pose for a quick picture during CCI’s weekly Milk N’ Cookies on Thursday, Feb. 20.