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ASR makes amends
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n Student activity fee increase makes changes to constitution a necessity as funding for 2012-2013 is revised by Rachel Puckett Reporter
A poetic evening
Poets Joy Katz and Kevin Prufer pay a visit to Trinity for a poetry reading. Page 11
photo by Moira Allen
The university is currently looking at future on-campus dining options for students as well as continuing the push toward more eco-friendly initiatives.
University looks toward future of food on campus Darwin at Witte Viva breaks down the Darwin exhibit at the Witte Museum
n Trinity currently entertaining several different options for improving dining service for students by Aly Mithani
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Now that initial dining renovations around campus are complete, Trinity administration faces a host of prospects for future progress in its meal system. Since Aramark provided the funding for the Mabee renovation and the new Einstein’s Bagels in Coates University Center, it
is now up to the university to fund any future renovations. Future renovation plans include the potential addition of a science café to the new Center for Sciences and Innovation, a renovation of the Prassel snack bar, reimagining the Coates dining area and a liquor license transfer from the Tiger’s Den to the Skyline Room. “There are just a lot of thoughts right now. They want to get sushi back. There wasn’t really a place for it in Mabee, but the students really liked it so they’re thinking of doing that again,” said Josh Friedman, a junior marketing intern for Dining Services. n
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For the next two weeks, senators in the Association of Student Representatives will be working to amend their constitution in order to reflect funding changes that will go into effect during the 20122013 school year. The changes will affect the way ASR funds students groups. “What we’re going to do is open up funding to all students in the upcoming year, so [ASR] needs to change the constitution to reflect that all students will have access to the funds across the board,” said Raphael Moffett, director of Campus and Community Involvement and an ASR adviser. The decision to open funding to all student groups follows ASR success in raising the student activity fee from $90 a semester to $150 a semester. Moffett supports the student activity fee increase. “We’ve been working well below the average of most schools, especially in the [Associated Colleges of the South]. Now we’re right around the average of what most schools charge students,” he said. Moffett predicts the increase will facilitate an improvement in the quality of campus life.
“I think it will improve a lot of different events on campus. I think it will improve campus life in general,” he said. “A lot of student organizations, especially our chartered groups, they got cut over the past two years. Their budgets got smaller, so I think it will help them be able to do a lot more programs, better programs, sufficiently funded programs, next year. Some [programs] they had to cut, and some they’ve just been doing bare bones. And then I think it will open it up to students who have great ideas to bring to campus but don’t necessarily have the resources. They’ll be able to bring some of those ideas to the forefront. Student groups that have been functioning over the last few years will also be able to really branch out and make the Trinity experience way more expansive than it is now.” With the increase in the student activity fee, some of ASR’s responsibilities shifted. Tim Ward, ASR vice president, believes that the changes to the constitution need to reflect these new responsibilities. “With this new arrangement, we are taking over all of club sports and rec sports, so that’s all our funding now,” Ward said. “We have to write about how we’re going to deal with that. Travel’s always been a major issue, and it’s very weirdly lined in this constitution. We want to have it say exactly what we think of traveling which is that we don’t fund travel because it gets too expensive.” n
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Symposium pays tribute to architect’s legacy Teams dive in Women’s and men’s diving and swimming teams win conference championships. Page 19
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n All-day event highlights O’Neil Ford’s unique contributions to the creation and design of Trinity University by Kenneth Caruthers Intern
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Chapman Auditorium was filled to capacity for the O’Neil Ford symposium on Saturday, Feb. 18. The program, titled “O’Neil Ford and the Future of Trinity University,” began at 9 a.m. and concluded at 4:30 p.m. followed by tours of Coates University Center, Ruth Taylor Theater, George Storch Memorial Building, Margarite B. Parker Chapel and T. Frank Murchison
Memorial Tower, which was opened for the occasion. Kathryn O’Rourke, assistant professor of art history, organized the event to commemorate Ford’s legacy in designing Trinity, transforming it from an abandoned rock quarry into one of America’s most prestigious universities. “Ford was very smart. He traveled extensively and took photos of buildings he would see. He read much on architectural history. He was constantly learning, interested in absorbing everything he possibly could. He was committed to craft and great building. What Ford gave us is a sense of place. When you are at Trinity, you know you are at Trinity,” O’Rourke said. n See SYMPOSIUM Page 3
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Attendees learn about O’Neil Ford, Trinity’s architect, at a symposium on Feb. 18.
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TUPD Briefs Information for these briefs was obtained from the public police records of the Trinity University Police Department located at 538 Kings Court.
Fire alarm
02-16-12, Northrup Hall 12:08 p.m. Officers responded to an alarm activation. It appeared that a malfunctioning toaster oven started smoking, which activated the fire alarm system. Facilities Service personnel were also at the location.
World & Nation LOCAL
A train derailed early Thursday morning around 3:30 a.m., blocking traffic at five railroad crossings for several hours. The derailment occurred near the intersection of Hollywood Avenue and North Flores Street. The busiest crossing was at Hildebrand just west of San Pedro Avenue, but Union Pacific crews were able to separate the train’s cars and move them away, allowing the street to be reopened by approximately 5:30 a.m. No injuries were reported. mysanantonio.com
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Seven Marines died after two military helicopters collided Wednesday night near Yuma, Ariz. In a statement, the Marine Corps said the collision took place during “routine training operations” at around 10 p.m. Wednesday. A Huey helicopter and a Cobra helicopter collided in “a remote portion” of a training range complex near Yuma, according to the statement. The collision is currently under investigation. cbsnews.com
INTERNATIONAL
The commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, General John Allen, and President Obama apologized to Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the burning of Qurans by NATO troops. However, the Taliban rejected the apologies, and violent protests and demonstrations against America have broken out in the region. Two American troops were killed Thursday, but it is unclear if they were killed in revenge for the burning of Qurans. cnn.com compiled by Kenneth Caruthers
Fire Alarm
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02-16-12, CSI Building 1:32 p.m. Officers responded to an alarm activation. No smoke or fire found. It appeared that a contractor accidentally set off the alarm. Facilities Services notified.
Fire Alarm
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02-17-12, Dicke Smith Building 2:18 a.m. Officers responded to an alarm activation. No smoke or fire found. The alarm panel indicated trouble. Facilities Services notified.
Fire Alarm
02-18-12, Winn Hall 3:12 p.m. Officers responded to an alarm activation. It appeared that burnt cookies activated the alarm. A service request was initiated.
Fire Alarm
02-18-12, Bell Center 5:39 p.m. Officers responded to an alarm activation. The alarm panel indicated trouble. A service request was initiated. Facilities Services notified.
Fire Alarm
02-20-12, McLean Hall 12:23 p.m. Officers responded to an alarm activation. The alarm panel indicated trouble. A service request was initiated.
Health and Safety Code 02-21-12, Thomas Hall 9:20 p.m. Controlled Substance Act: Officers cited a student for possession of marijuana.
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In what other organizations are you involved? I am currently the treasurer and social chair of Phi Sigma Chi.
What are your goals for ASR?
I want to accurately represent the student body by addressing actual concerns raised by my peers. I also want students to become more aware of ASR as a resource for funding.
What have you done as an ASR representative of which you are most proud? I am currently working on adding a student element to the first-year advising process. Although I am just in the beginning stages of this process, I have a passion for improving the first-year advising program, and I believe that whatever develops from the process will benefit our student body.
If you had unlimited funds and no restrictions, what would you do in ASR?
I would love to fund bigger events on campus. If organizations did not feel restricted by the amount of money they could ask for, then there would be both more events and better events on our campus. compiled by Kellie Benn
Have a question, comment or correction? Drop us a line at trinitonian@trinity. edu. The article, “Softball starts the season off with wins,” on page 23 in the Feb. 17 edition of the paper was written by Chloe Pope-Levison, not Jessie Burch.
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American Medical Student Association $40 Denied AMSA requested funding for a tie-dyeing event in order to create awareness for the organization. The funds would have covered tie-dye materials and snacks. ASR denied the request on the grounds that it was not ASR’s job to fund PR initiatives that are not related to the requesting organization. Hindu Student Union $370 Passed HSU requested funding for a Holi event on the Prassel lawn. The funds will cover food, dye colors and advertising materials. compiled by Aly Mithani
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The first guest speaker of the symposium was Julia Walker, a 2001 graduate of Trinity University and an assistant professor of art history at Binghamton
people, not the other way around,” Walker said. Walker discussed how the architectural layout of Trinity’s campus encourages students to branch out in their studies. “Trinity’s architecture and
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Kathryn O’Rourke, assistant professor of art history, organized the O’Neil Ford Symposium, which paid tribute to the architect’s unique vision for the university.
University. Her lecture examined the sentimental aspects of Ford’s architecture. “There was no accusing Ford of decadence. His buildings were always restrained, dignified, and honest. The building should serve
planning seemed to open intellectual possibilities by quite literally dissolving the boundaries between disciplines. As the architecture of this campus expresses, each field of study here has its own integrity but remains
permeable, not just related to other areas, but closely linked to them,” Walker said. “The resemblance between learning and living spaces suggested to me that education at Trinity did not stop outside of classroom walls but was rather intended to be a diffuse and pervasive force that informed all aspects of being.” Stephen Fox, an architectural historian and a fellow of the Anchorage Foundation of Texas, focused his lecture on constructing identity in 20th century Texas architecture. “The architecture of Trinity shapes spaces and beckons visitors to explore, discover and learn,” Fox said. “Like architects working in Texas in the first half of the 20th century, O’Neil Ford and his collaborators used architecture, landscape architecture and site-planning to construct a particular identity at Trinity University and, by inference, affiliate with the community or imagined community of modern architecture advocates regionally and internationally.” Students of Trinity’s 20th Century Architecture and Urbanism class were present at the symposium and served as tour guides of Trinity buildings after the symposium. Erin Frisch, a junior enrolled in the class, believes Ford’s respectful treatment of the layout and design of Trinity’s campus elevates its uniqueness to new heights. “Ford’s work represents
a singular moment within architecture, the mid-century modern which rejects the historicizing forms typical of the majority of university campuses. The orthogonal, unornamented buildings are markers of Ford’s commitment to embracing modernity and celebrating the existing natural elements of the site. Instead of leveling the hill which runs across campus, Ford chose to respect the landscape, nesting irregularly placed buildings within it. As a result, the buildings blend with the natural environment, creating a unified whole,” Frisch said in an email response. Both Frisch and Walker enjoy the way Ford incorporated private nooks into the layout of Trinity’s campus. “One aspect of this campus that I deeply appreciated was the way in which Ford parceled out little places where one could find privacy within the constant throb of campus life,” Walker said. Frisch especially appreciates the way Ford incorporated the natural landscape into the architecture. “I enjoy the way that Ford’s work interacts with the landscape and nature. The irregular placement of unornamented buildings placed
along curved, tree-covered paths creates a dynamic campus which unfolds as you walk through it. The topography differentiates the functional areas of the campus, and Ford includes private outdoor spaces where students can pause and rest despite the demands of campus life,” Frisch said in an email. As Trinity adapts to embrace the needs of students of the 21st century, Dennis Ahlburg, president of the university, stated that the university will strive to remain true to Ford’s architectural design. “Buildings will only be taken down as a last resort,” Ahlburg said in his opening remarks at the beginning of the symposium. Frisch believes that the Trinity community should be aware of how Ford and his architecture make Trinity’s campus special. “The symposium taught me the historical value of Ford’s midcentury architecture, and it has increased my awareness of the campus’s design,” Frisch said in an email. “It’s important that the Trinity community realizes that our campus owes much to Ford’s legacy. His vision should be both honored and improved upon as our campus continues to evolve.”
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Members of the Board of Trustees managed to squeeze in a visit to Trinity’s most important ambassador, Jurgens, during their visit last week.
The Board of Trustees recently visited Trinity University on Feb. 16 and 17 for one of their regularly scheduled meetings. The Board was updated on Trinity’s academic and operational functions, and they also received updates on major initiatives that seek to elevate the university in the higher education community, including the strategic planning process. The Trustees and other donors were honored for their support at the president’s dinner with performances by the AcaBellas and the Trinitones. They were also shown the Trinity Journeys YouTube video, which features four Trinity students and their experiences centered around the themes of global awareness, interdisciplinarity, community engagement and learning beyond the classroom.
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Students were able to pick up information and free samples from various on and offcampus vendors at the Health and Fitness Day in the Bell Center on Feb. 21.
Health and Fitness Day keeps students active
by Aly Mithani
Trinity’s annual Health and Fitness Day was held Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the Bell Center. The event featured numerous vendors and campus organizations in an effort to raise awareness regarding health and fitness facilities available to Trinity students both on and off campus. Trinity’s Recreational Sports and Health Services teamed up for the venture for the third year in a row with help from the newfound Trinity Staff Engagement Committee. “We have brought in lots of vendors with information about lots of different things: body mechanics, personal safety, sexual health, adequate sleep, eating disorders, drugs and alcohol, body art. We want to promote healthy habits and teach students how to live a healthy life,” said Jackie Bevilacqua, coordinator of Health Services. The event recently shifted from a small fall event in the Fiesta Room to a larger spring event held in the Bell Center after a focus group of Residential Life members revealed that Fiesta Room events are viewed as generally geared towards faculty and staff members. The event was a prelude to the National Intramural-Recreation Sports Association’s National Recreational Sports and Fitness
Day on Feb. 22, held to honor NIRSA’s founding. “It’s a holistic take as a part of the university’s initiative to be a more healthy, well campus,” said Caroline Keener, coordinator of Recreational Sports. The event featured numerous activities and contests, including Nintendo Wii demos, “Minute2-win-it” games, door prizes
However, ASR will assist club sports in other ways. “We’ve taken a large chunk of the student activity fee to help them pay for league fees, trainers and referees so that they’re able to function, but travel and uniforms and things like that will all have to be from fundraisers,” Moffett said. In addition to reworking the constitution’s stance on club sports and travel funds, ASR will also take a look at the amount ASR funds for club banquets. “We’ll have to figure out how much money we will fund for banquets,” Ward said. “Is there a cap we need to set? An average per person we should set?” While the student activity fee increase required a vote by the Board of Trustees, the decision to amend ASR’s constitution will be a joint effort between ASR and Trinity students. According to Moffett, ASR realized in December 2011 that changes would need to be made to their constitution in light of the student activity fee increase. They have been working since the beginning of the current semester to find a solution. Once a solution is reached, ASR will present the amendments to the student
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ASR representatives will soon begin the process of rewriting the constitution to accommodate the student activity fee increase.
body for vote. This vote will coincide with spring elections for ASR representatives and will take place March 5-8, the week before spring break. Chartered organizations around campus will be required to submit their budgets for the 2012-2013 school year by March 19. Moffett explains that the current ASR intends to work with their successors on approving the budgets in anticipation of ASR changing hands on April 1. “It’s kind of a weird period because ASR is having elections, and so we wanted the Big Six to be able to turn in their budgets with the old ASR still able to coach up the new
ASR. The new ASR takes over in April, but the old ASR is still kind of able to walk them through the whole reviewing of the Big Six budgets,” Moffett said. In preparation for the elections and voting on the constitutional amendments, both ASR and Moffett are quick to encourage students to participate in the election and voting process. Travis Halff, a junior ASR senator, urges students to take a part in campus issues by voting. “Voting is the best way students can really affect policy. Ask the candidates about their opinions and positions on the issues,” Halff said.
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Penelope Harley, wife of university president Dennis Ahlburg, competes in one of the many contests that took place at the annual Health and Fitness Day.
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There is also the potential for a removal of the Coates drink station and opeing the area up into more of a “free flow space,” according to Friedman. With people becoming more conscious and concerned about where their food comes from and who supplies it, the question is whether Aramark has the potential to integrate more agriculturally sustainable food into Mabee. Friedman said, “I know that’s always a reach for them. The problem is usually finding the opportunities though. It’s not that it would be impossible for them.” For junior Mitch Hagney, the time for more eco-friendly dining is now. “I think that Trinity is making great strides in green construction techniques and that those standards have not been equally applied to food,” Hagney said. As a co-founder of the new Trinity University Community Garden and a member of Students Organized for Sustainability, Hagney would like for a contract similar to Einstein Bros. Bagels to be provided to a local and agriculturally sustainable vendor. However, the process for approving outside vendors is not as simple as it may seem. “The approval process for vendors is multifold in that for an accounting purpose we must be able to pay through our Philadelphia headquarters,” said director of Food Services Miguel Ardid. “If they’re
not set up in that distribution, then it would be a nightmare to try and pay them. The other process is to make sure that a company we would want to bring on board has to have all the limits on insurance. With how large we are, everyone has pretty much figured out who the best vendors might be.” Hagney would also like to see further transparency by Dining Services as to the sources of current food. However, Ardid indicates that this would not be feasible at this level. “As far as tracking where everything comes from, even though the warehouse has the information, we don’t have it to where we can see on every invoice where the food comes from,” Ardid said. The Houston-based company Sysco distributes food products to Aramark at Trinity. According to Ardid, the only circumstance in which information on food sources would be available to Trinity would be in the case of product contamination. However, despite the potential difficulties of adding new vendors and transparency, Dining Services is still attempting to be greener. According to Ardid, a recent sight visit by Texas Disposal Systems has initiated the potential for postconsumer composting for Mabee. Mabee’s current pre-consumer composting system recycles over 150 pounds of food per day to be made into soil enrichment products. However, if Mabee were to add a
post-consumer composting system as well, an additional 750 pounds would be recycled. The impetus for the composting initiative was student-initiated, and Friedman encourages further
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Both Ardid and Friedman hope that through further student input, Dining Services can continue to make campus dining facilities greener, healthier and convenient for the Trinity community.
Dining Services continues to work to improve dining facilities and contribute to a healthier, greener campus.
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Huntsman replaces Wallace by Kellie Benn
Chris Wallace, the FOX News commentator who was originally scheduled to speak at the April 3 Policy Maker Breakfast, has been forced to cancel his appearance, according to a letter sent on Feb. 18 by Ann Knoebel, director of Conferences and Special Programs. “FOX News is requiring his presence in the studio/news room the entire day of April 3,” Knoebel said in a letter. However, Jon Huntsman, a diplomat, businessman and politician, has been selected to
speak in Wallace’s place. Huntsman served under four U.S. presidents, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Barack Obama; was the U.S. Ambassador to China and Singapore; and served two terms as governor of Utah. According to the letter, new tickets will not be issued, but tickets for the original breakfast with Wallace will be honored at the door. Any questions may be directed toward the office of Conferences and Special Programs.
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Clubs and other organizations came under recent review as Campus and Community Involvement verified if these organizations were in compliance with copyright laws.
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I see organizations budgeting for it once a semester or once a year and going to ASR to purchase the viewing rights, which would be great because it would open up their mission to the larger campus community.
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Jamie Thompson
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CCI touched base with several organizations including Bad Movie Club, Anime Flux, Gaelic Culture Society, Alpha Phi Omega and Delta Epsilon Iota to ensure they were following
since those purchases are only licensed for individual use. The only exception to this rule allows organizations to show movies without acquiring private performance rights only if the movie screening is followed up by an educational discussion led by a faculty or staff member.
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There has to be an educational component, whether that be a discussion about the content or relating the content to something external and it has to be lead by a faculty or staff member.
Diane Graves
University librarian
“In an educational setting with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, there was a little gap made so that a faculty member could use a film in a course. We sort of use that as our open window. There has to be an educational component, whether that be a discussion about the content or relating the content to something external and it has to be lead by a faculty or staff member,� Graves said. Bad Movie Club uses this
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educational exception for all of its movie showings. The club recently met with CCI and Graves to ensure that Bad Movie Club’s practices were in line with copyright regulations. “We are meeting the educational requirements by conducting discussion, exploring the artistic elements of movies, creating puns, analyzing quotes, etc. We also have a graduate student who aids in facilitating and monitoring the discussion,� said senior Lyndsey Johnson, president of Bad Movie Club. The university has also purchased public viewing rights for numerous documentaries and movies on campus with a comprehensive listing on the library’s website. However, not all movies or documentaries available at the library have public performance rights. Graves suggests that the easiest way to find movies that have public performance rights is to use the online library catalog and perform a simple search. For student organizations interested in viewing a movie not available through the university, cost is a major concern. The price for a public performance license can range from around $300 to upwards of thousands of dollars, depending on factors such as the amount of times the movie will be shown and the popularity of the movie. Though these copyright laws create more of a hassle for student organizations, there are still ways to host a screening. Thompson suggests that student organizations plan ahead for events including movies and find ways to purchase the viewing rights using their own club funds or requesting external funds from the Association of Student Representatives. “I see organizations budgeting for it once a semester or once
a year and going to ASR to purchase the viewing rights, which would be great because it would open up their mission to the larger campus community,� Thompson said. For groups interested in showing a movie without purchasing the viewing rights, Thompson suggests finding a faculty or staff member who would be willing to lead a discussion on some topic present in the film. For instance, the Gaelic Culture Society recently showed “How to Train a Dragon� and followed the movie up by a lecture about Vikings.
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copyright regulations. Jamie Thompson, assistant director of Campus and Community Involvement, worked with organizations to make sure these rules were being followed, helping them make necessary changes if needed. “There were two organizations at the time that planned movie showings for one of their activities. One of them was APO, which was planning a fellowship event for its members and another was Delta Epsilon Iota. Unfortunately, those events we did have to cancel. We informed them through TSpace that, given our current copyright policies, an event like that cannot happen,� Thompson said. Violating these copyright laws can result in hefty fines both for the group members, particularly the student leaders, and for the university. According to Diane Graves, university librarian, the main copyright regulation that students are not aware of is the difference between private viewing and public performance licenses. “When you acquire a DVD or buy it for yourself, that actually is only licensed for individual use or private use as opposed to public performance rights. When we buy something with public performance rights, it costs literally hundreds or thousands of dollars more. That’s sort of the general rule for anyone in the world buying a DVD,� Graves said. Under copyright law, movies can only be shown if an organization or university has obtained public performance rights to show the movie to any general audience. Simply purchasing, borrowing, renting a movie and showing it to an audience violates copyright law
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Lyndsey Johnson
Senior and president of the Bad Movie Club
Overall, these copyright policies make it more difficult for student organizations to view movies but don’t eliminate the possibility completely. More information on the copyright policies and licenses can be found on the Trinity University website.
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-A Trinity Minute- by Kim and Chiara Ferrari
As student journalists, we at the Trinitonian are committed to finding the answers to questions that are important to the Trinity community. This week we were met with a roadblock to what we thought would be a simple question: from where does our campus food come? It turns out that the answer to this question is more difficult to get than we thought. The distance from the farm to our stomachs is a surprisingly long and winding road. Here’s a breakdown of the mileage: The food that Aramark prepares for us at Trinity is distributed by Sysco, the nation’s largest food-service distributor. Sysco only releases information on the source of their food products when there are cases of food contamination (See “University looks toward future of food on campus” on page 1). This raises some red flags. Why is this information a secret? The Trinitonian sat down this week with Judith Norman, professor of philosophy and environmental ethics, and William Grove-Fanning, professor of environmental philosophy, to discuss the problematic nature of the mystery surrounding the origins of our food here at Trinity. Both Norman and Grove-Fanning stressed that this is more than just an issue of eating right, but a larger sociopolitical and moral dilemma. “The lifeblood of democracy is access to information,” Grove-Fanning said, and the convoluted way in which food production and distribution is organized in this country is designed to maximize profit and keep consumers in the dark. He added that it’s unclear whether distributors like Sysco have information about from where their products come and how they were handled, and that the difficulty of tracing the origins of our food is indicative of a system that prioritizes revenue over transparency. Norman drew an analogy between sweat shops and food source, saying that people are more likely to speak up about improving the way their food is handled because it directly affects their health. “It’s not going to hurt me to wear a t-shirt that was made in a sweat shop, but it might hurt me to eat a cow that is produced poorly,” Norman said. The question of food source is a social justice issue, too. The lives of the people who work in food production industries are also at stake in a system that puts profit before morality. Workers at the Pioneer flour factory here in San Antonio have been on strike in an attempt to raise their wages since April 2011. There are many ways to make a change in the way we eat, treat and distribute our food here at Trinity and in San Antonio. In his Feb. 10 guest column in the Trinionian, junior Mitchell Hagney cited several compelling statistics regarding the nature of food production and its degradative affect on our global environment and promoted shopping locally to help reverse the damage (you can read his article “Locally grown food supports environment and community” at trinitonian.com). The veil of secrecy surrounding the source of our food on and off campus hinders our ability to make choices that protect the environment and respect animal and human life. This is an issue that affects every single one of us. Watching what you eat is imperative not only for your health but for the well-being of the community. You really are what you eat.
Christian allies offer support Guest Column by Bethany Dawson
Senior
Last week’s guest column by Sarah Dropek and John Dean Domingue supposedly wasn’t meant to depress anyone, but it did. It made me cry. Dropek and Domingue informed us about the same-sex couples who attended the annual free wedding ceremonies at the San Antonio courthouse on Valentine’s Day and who were subjected to hate speech from the Rev. Dr. Joe Sullivan before he performed their weddings.
Since Christianity gets such a beating in the public eye these days, not only does the LGBTQ community need to know that there is a Christian group of allies that welcome, accept and support them but so do the other Christian allies on campus.
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Watching what you eat is more important than ever
I cried because I was angry that someone could spew hatred in people’s faces by saying they are “disgusting” for loving each other. I cried out of shame that
someone who is a Christian leader supposedly representing the God I believe in claims that God condemns LGBTQ people. I cried because I am a Christian and supposedly so is Rev. Sullivan, yet our definitions and applications of that word in our lives could not be more different. Unfortunately, people with beliefs like Rev. Sullivan’s are the kind of “Christians” most publicized. All I need to mention is Westboro Baptist Church or Rick Perry for the words “anti-gay” and “Christians” to come straight into your minds (with some other accompanying adjectives, too.) It pains me so much that people dislike, disagree with, and end up rejecting Christianity because of these people. I am a Christian, and I have faith in a God who loves, not a God who hates. I really want the LGBTQ community here to know that not all Christians believe God’s love is reserved only for people who identify as heterosexual. The United Methodist Student Movement (UMSM) at Trinity is a small group of progressive students that meets once a week for Bible and book study. The Methodist motto is “Open Hearts. Open Minds. Open Doors.” and the UMSM sincerely adheres to that — even more than the actual Methodist constitution “allows.” Not all of our members are Methodist. Not all of our members identify as heterosexual. Not all of our members specifically identify as Christian. This organization formed from our common need for an inclusive group where we felt free to express ourselves and to give and receive the Christian love and support to and from each other. Our diverse members invite each other to think rather than tell each other what to think. Since
Christianity gets such a beating in the public eye these days, not only does the LGBTQ community on campus need to know that there is a Christian group of allies that welcome, accept, and support them but so do the other Christian allies on campus. We cannot be the only seven Christian allies here.
I am a Christian, and I have faith in a God who loves, not a God who hates. I really want the LGBTQ community here to know that not all Christians believe God’s love is reserved only for people who identify as heterosexual.
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There is a well-known hymn called “They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love.” I really wish most people still knew Christians by our love instead of hate. I hope this can encourage the other Christians and Christian groups at Trinity to join UMSM in a welcoming, accepting, and loving stance toward the LGBTQ community on campus and in the world. n
Bethany Dawson is a senior biology major and co-president of the United Methodist Student Union
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Constitutional rights at center of birth control debate Dear Editor, It’s about the Constitution, but. . . I read with interest the viewpoints expressed last week about the HHS regulation requiring faith-based organizations to provide insurance coverage for sterilization and abortioninducing drugs. I found that I could agree with certain points made by both writers, but there were also many points with which I disagreed. Ultimately, what I agree with most strongly is their First Amendment right to express their individual opinions. I also believe that public discourse (at least outside of the Trinity community) regarding the HHS regulation has gotten more than a little off track, following the path toward polarization that is common in our society. Engagement in genuine discourse is feasible only when individuals (or institutions) are willing to engage in a dispassionate study of the other’s position. In the current controversy, knowledge of the actual position of the Catholic Church, its principles and the reasons for those principles, would enable a dialogue of which we are surely capable! The Church has long been forthright about life issues as put forth in various encyclicals and in the Catholic Catechism itself. Although the current controversy is about Catholic teachings, it could have been about any other issue deemed to violate other First Amendment rights — “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . .” I heard a rather simplistic analogy several days ago that struck home. It compared the HHS regulation with one that would require a Jewish Community Center that served only kosher foods to also make non-kosher food available to its non-Jewish visitors. I could understand the analogy. I am not Jewish, but I have chosen to take classes at a JCC, where I have been welcomed much as Catholic schools and hospitals have welcomed patients and students for centuries without requiring a shared faith belief. However, upon entering the JCC, I was very much aware of the religious values and traditions that it represented; and I respected this free exercise of religion. That is what the Catholic bishops are seeking in their opposition to the HHS measure. The issue here involves constitutional rights, but perhaps the issue is so polarizing simply because it also involves the twothousand-year-old Catholic Church, which has long supported universal access to life-affirming healthcare and supports medical care for disease prevention, but which does not regard pregnancy as a disease to be cured by abortion-inducing drugs. The Catholic Church and its bishops have been consistent with their support for life from conception to natural death — yes, even opposing the death penalty. Whether one agrees or disagrees with those teachings, to put aside First Amendment protections and to violate the freedom of conscience of individuals and organizations that are faithful to Catholic teaching is overreaching on the part of the federal government and should alarm all citizens, not just Catholics. n Linda Specht is the sponsor of the Trinity Catholic Student Group.
Stray dog editorial seems contradictory
Dear Editor, As a fellow college student and animal lover with experience in observing stray/wild dogs, I must say that I agree with the opinion that these stray dogs must be dealt with, but I am also very confused on the editors opinion of these dogs. It is no surprise to me that these dogs have formed a pack and keep returning to the spot where they find guaranteed food. The cats on your campus may be loved pets in your eyes, but the dogs see nothing more than potential food to fill their starving bellies. Although this doesn’t make it right, they are simply hunting to survive just like all dogs did before being domesticated. I believe in the protection of your beloved feline friends but I also believe in the protection of these starving and stray canines. At the end of this editorial, it is stated that we should do all we can to relocate these dogs and hopefully find them happy homes so that they no longer have to roam the streets. This is a very nice idea that, I agree, should be the way this story ends, but in the beginning of the editorial these dogs are labeled as dangerous with the “potential to seriously injure people.” This is where I am very much confused because by labeling the dogs as a danger to people, you will not only take away their ability to be adopted into happy homes, but also create the idea that these dogs should be put down because it is possible that they could harm people. Since there is no record of these dogs attacking humans, and since this editorial also suggests that students are able to feed the dogs, they seem to be no threat to people. Action should be taken in order to keep the campus cats protected but also to get these dogs off of the streets where they starve and resort to hunting for food. n Katie Newport is a senior majoring in communication studies at
California State University Northridge.
Reading daze: the stuff your professors will never tell you TFYQA
(Google It!)
by Aaron Delwiche
Columnist
I’ve got a secret. Two secrets actually. I’ve held my tongue for years. I can keep quiet no longer. You deserve to know a fundamental truth about college life that is rarely uttered in polite company. You just have to promise that they won’t ever know that you heard about this from me.
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When I say ‘they,’ I’m referring to the academic mafia– that shadowy network of professors who constantly bombard you with lectures, quizzes, group projects and endless writing assignments.
When I say “they52,” I’m referring, of course, to the academic mafia – that shadowy network of professors who constantly bombard you with lectures, quizzes, group projects and endless writing assignments. That woman standing in front of your classroom and diagramming French sentence structure with a piece of chalk? She knows the score. She’s been running with the mob for years. That seemingly nice young man regaling you with stories about Roman cultural studies? Don’t be fooled by his anecdotes about popular culture and his penchant for indie rock. He’s a notorious capo bastone who knows where all the bodies are buried. I’m connected too. I’m part of the cabal. Have been for years. And, trust me, you do not want to cross the academic mafia. I heard about this one guy who was running rackets at a college near Las Vegas. He was jacked up on espresso during a morning lecture, when he accidentally spilled some secrets to a handful of students. The next day, he didn’t show up for class. Three weeks later, tourists stumbled across what was left of him in the Mojave Desert. He had been buried alive. Two tweed-clad arms emerged from the sand like some sort of twisted cactus. Rigor mortis had set in. One hand clutched a copy of Michele Foucault’s “Surveiller et punier: Naissance de la Prison.” The other hand gripped a scrap of paper on which an ominous message had been scrawled in red ink. “Deceased pedagogues
articulate few narratives,” read the message. “Grade: F. Tenure denied. Your manuscript has been rejected. Forever.” It was grisly. I know the risks I’m taking, but you need to know the truth. The first secret is this: You don’t have to do all of the reading. Shhhhh. Act natural. Keep it under your hat. It sounds crazy, but I’m dead serious. You don’t have to do all of the reading, and sometimes it is impossible for you to do so. Between textbooks, novels, primary texts, and articles on TLEARN, the typical Trinity student is asked to read hundreds of pages each week. Graduate school is even worse. Once a political theory professor told our seminar to read both volumes of “Theory of Communicative Action” by Jurgen Habermas over the course of weekend. Are you kidding me? She was asking us to read 965 pages of dense prose about “the paradigmatic objectification of personal relations of domination” and “consensus dependent coordination of action” in just three days? It was simply impossible. Then, it dawned on me. She wasn’t really expecting us to read every single word. I couldn’t read the whole book, but I could at least figure out what parts were supposed to be most important. After consulting library databases, I found some journal articles that discussed this miserable, torturous phonebook that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy’s groundbreaking work of political theory. Everyone seemed to agree that the really good stuff was concentrated in a handful of chapters in the middle part of the first book. When seminar discussion rolled around, it turned out that this was exactly what I needed to know.
It sounds crazy, but I’m dead serious. You don’t have to do all of the reading, and sometimes it’s impossible for you to do so.
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This is when the scales fell from my eyes. I knew the truth, and it was good. And this brings me to the second secret, which is a corollary to the first: You need to read everything on the list. This might seem contradictory, but it makes perfect sense when you think about it. You can’t always read every word in every article, but you can read at least a few pages in every article. The trick is to strategically skim every single reading that your professor has assigned. Will you miss some key details here and there? Of course you will. But it’s better than not reading the article at all. And, the more you do this,
the better you get at recognizing the important elements in each reading. It is unreasonable for college professors to expect that students will digest every single word of the assigned readings. (Side note to students currently enrolled in my classes: The assigned readings are fantastic and awesome in every way, and the quality of your life will improve in direct proportion to the quantity of pages that you read. They will make you a better person.) It’s just not going to
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happen. However, it is completely reasonable for college professors to expect that students will strategically skim every single reading on the list. What is the topic of the reading? What are the author’s primary conclusions? What shocking revelations unfold in the middle of the piece? Who dies on the final page? These are the sorts of questions that often end up on reading quizzes. And you don’t need to read every single word to know the answers to these questions. Don’t believe me? Give it a try in one of your classes. Make an initial pass over all the readings – skimming strategically – and then loop back for a deeper analysis of parts that seem most important. You’ll have more to say during seminar discussions, you’ll do better on reading quizzes and you might even have fun while doing so. Just don’t tell them that I’ve spilled the beans. Just think about how other members of the academic mob might react if you started applying these techniques in their classrooms. You could mess up the curve. They might have to give higher grades. Students would be constantly speaking up during class discussions. It would be a disaster. And, trust me. You do not want to mess with the academic mafia. n Aaron Delwiche is an
associate professor of communication.
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Pre-Academy Award thoughts: Contemporary film fails to live up to old classics slighting my idol, Bette Midler’s, performance in “The Rose,” and naming that inane, banal Sally Fields “best actress” in 1979. (It serves Fields right that she now does osteoporosis commercials while the Divine Miss M. takes Vegas with her “The Show Girl Must Go On.”) But, beyond fairness, I’m learning these days that, in my considered opinion, films just aren’t as good as they used to be. Obviously, technological advances permit interesting innovations, and there’s often some fascinating digitally enhanced wonder, but it’s been a long time since a scene in or lines from a movie imprinted on me. Perhaps if Cosmo (“Beginners”), Uggie (“The Artist”), or even Joey (“War Horse”) had received a nomination for their films, which they certainly carried, I would be in a less critical and cranky mood as this year’s show approaches. I believe Mel Brooks revisited black and white, silent films just
The Short List by Coleen Grissom
Columnist
Because I’ve listened to or watched the Academy Awards ceremony since I was a teenager, high on my Short List right now is this weekend’s 84th annual presentation. I’ve always been starstruck, spending my allowance on movie magazines and adorning my bedroom walls with photos of Olivia de Havilland, Tyrone Power, Katherine Hepburn, Gary Cooper, even Randolph Scott and Sunset Carson. My tastes range widely. Through the decades, when a favorite failed to receive the deserved award, I learned that hard lesson that life’s not always fair. In fact, it’s surprising that I continue to view the ceremony since I’ve never forgiven the Academy for
as brilliantly as “The Artist.” That favored “best” of 2011 was so predictable and cliché-ridden that a woman in the aisle near me slept soundly enough during it that she snored – which, in a production with only music for a sound track, isn’t a swell thing to do. I acknowledge that several performances in “The Help” are terrific, but the film version created dissonance for me because I had scribbled caustic criticisms in the margins as I read the novel, partly because I thought it trite and partly because I identified with it too closely, having lived through that era. (I could play with Annabelle, the daughter of our “colored” maid, all morning long in the yard, but I couldn’t eat lunch with her.) Here are two rhetorical questions: why are best sellers so often poorly written? Can a brilliant film result from a hackneyed text? What was the last film among those chosen by the Academy as the year’s “best” that contained
unforgettable scenes or lines? When was there anything as memorable as: Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster on the beach in “From Here to Eternity” – the gleeful performance of “The Rain in Spain” in “My Fair Lady” – Marlon Brando’s “I could’a been a contender” speech in “On the Waterfront” – the rescue of the little white poodle in “Silence of the Lambs” – Bette Davis’ admonition (so often misquoted) “Fasten your seatbelts; it’s going to be a bumpy night,” in “All About Eve”? How long has it been since we’ve experienced anything as brilliant and thus unforgettable as Susannah York and Albert Finney’s – let’s call it “shared meal” – in “Tom Jones” or Dustin Hoffman’s monologue as he descended the staircase on the soap opera set in “Tootsie”? They just don’t make ‘em like they used to. Why is that? Is this just another indication of what some label the dumbing down of
our critical taste, expectations, judgment? Since I admire contemporary literature, I need to examine my disappointment with many contemporary films so that I can try to understand and come to terms with the reasons I find them lacking. I have a suspicion that I may be becoming pretentious in my old age, and, if that’s the case, I blame it on Trinity’s high admission and hiring standards and my associating each and every day with such articulate, assertive, discerning adults. YOU may be responsible for encouraging me to hold what just might be unreasonably high expectations for movies I admire and literature I appreciate. Whatever the disappointments in store for me, I’ll be glued to the television set for the 84th Academy Awards ceremony and will be, as usual, talking back to the screen when choices don’t go my way. n
Coleen Grissom is a professor of English.
point counter point Does the Center for Sciences and innovation’s architecture harmonize or clash with the rest of campus?
New building represents new direction Glass promotes distraction, not learning Point by Ryan Townsley
Copy Editor
To really consider how the new Center for Sciences and Innovation harmonizes with our existing campus architecture, one must remove all the debris around the building. Just ignore the Moody Engineering Building and try not to focus your attention on what seems to be a gravel pit and long concrete ramp (complete with wooden railing) leading up to what is supposed to be a very impressive façade. Alright, it’s gone? Good. The new CSI building clearly represents the direction in which Trinity is moving. It is impressive, sleek and modern. It demonstrates Trinity’s goal to always look to the future, to improve and to create an environment that is all about innovation, creativity and academics. While being flanked by outdated buildings makes CSI seem out of place, don’t forget that one of those buildings will be heavily renovated and the other destroyed and replaced with a sleek and modern building like CSI and the entire complex will be cohesive. Looking at various elements of the building’s architecture, one can see that it is reflective of the style in which Trinity’s campus is moving. The older, ‘outdated’ buildings are being replaced by buildings like CSI and Northrup, or are being renovated into buildings like the Dicke Smith building. These buildings are designed to be impressive. Just look at Northrup. Its façade is glass and it has an enormous awning covering the entrance that emphasizes the height of the building. This same idea has been carried over into CSI. The façade is, again, nearly entirely glass and there are columns that emphasize the height of the new building. The rear of Northrup is nearly as impressive as the
front, with the windows looking in on the large, open stairs. Though this same idea is not repeated in CSI, the rear of the new building makes an effort to tie the architecture of Trinity’s older buildings to the new. The windows at the rear of CSI are inset behind framing brick and the ground floor windows are outlined in arches that play off of the arched portico at the nearby entrance to Chapman. I feel there is a major flaw in emphasizing the arches in lighter stone in an attempt to tie in the interior element of the limestone veneer in the atrium of the building. This element isn’t seen anywhere else on campus, and if it had remained all brick the rear of the building would harmonize much more with other buildings on upper campus. But the same can be said for other buildings like Dicke/Smith, with its huge concrete column that looks very out of place next to Ruth Taylor Theater building. CSI is certainly different from the original Texas modernist style buildings of O’Neil Ford, but once completed CSI will harmonize with the architectural style of Northrup, Coates University Center and Dicke/Smith. It is clear from the architecture of these buildings that Trinity is striving to create a campus that impresses and invites an innovative, open and creative academic atmosphere.
To read more about the new architecture and the future of Trinity turn to page 1 to read about the O’ Neil Ford Symposium held on campus last Saturday, Feb. 18. n
Ryan Townsley is a senior majoring in English.
Counter Point by Monica Stanton
Intern
With its glass-and-red-brick façade, the new Center for Sciences and Innovation looks — from the outside — as if it might embody similar architectural principles as the other classroom buildings on campus. The building’s combination of these two familiar materials, however, indicates a new and slightly questionable view of the purpose of glass in academic architecture. Glass normally serves in Trinity’s classroom buildings in one of two ways. Most of our lobbies have huge glass walls to create inviting transitional areas between indoor and outdoor space, and most of our classrooms have several windows to create a more pleasant, less cave-like learning environment. The CSI building, though, has introduced a new use for glass in the classroom. Rather than natural light or pretty scenery, the giant glass walls on several of the new science labs provide students with clear, unobstructed views of: the hallways! And while these hallway views may be lacking in live oaks and lawns, they have several things you normally don’t get to see while sitting in the science lab: friends and acquaintances and infinite varieties of random passersby. This design decision has a rather different effect on the learning environment than a typical classroom window. Anyone who has ever had class outside near a high-traffic sidewalk is well aware that these pedestrian views often present a tricky predicament: whether to rudely ignore your passing friends at this random-and-unexpected-andsomehow-so-exciting chance to wave to each other, or whether to rudely ignore your professor at this everyday-and-fully-expectedbut-still-wonderful chance to gain knowledge and wisdom. Avoiding this dilemma is the reason professors often try to steer outdoor
classes to secluded grassy knolls, and — to me — it seems like it’s also the reason classrooms normally have solid walls. Why the glass, then? From what I’ve gathered, the new glass architecture is intended to have truly worthwhile and exciting effects. The impressive new facility is supposed to convey Trinity’s investment in science to prospective students and faculty, and the glass science labs are intended to show them and the campus community what exactly the science students are doing. This increased openness and transparency in architecture also reflects a desire to promote greater interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, so that this shining glass monument is meant as both a gesture of faith in Trinity’s future and a material embodiment of the fundamental ideals of a liberal arts education. In reality, however, even though these intentions are completely valid and beautiful, the new glass labs and classrooms seem more like an example of too much idealistic symbolism and too little grounding in practical material concerns. While, yes, we should certainly let people know what’s going on in the sciences, one has to wonder whether these science-student display cases might be slightly uncomfortable for said science students. Rather than allowing visitors to peer at students through the walls — and to distract them as they handle mysterious chemicals — maybe it would be better to arrange for science exhibitions or write Trinitonian articles about current projects and events. And as for interdisciplinary communication, we might have to realize that realistically, opaque walls don’t keep people from collaborating. Only people can keep people from collaborating. With conscious effort and planning, and maybe some meetings between faculty and students from different departments, I’m sure we can achieve the goals this new building symbolizes. But for those meetings to work most effectively, we should have them in rooms with real walls. n
Monica Stanton is a junior majoring inurban studies
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Sidewalk Symposium How did you survive the campus power outage?
Men’s fashion: tips and wisdom from the best Alright gentlemen, although I have done my best to help you see the error of your ways (i.e. poorly fitting jeans, Ed Hardy tees and the ever classic “I don’t shower or ever change out of my workout clothes” style), I understand that while I may enjoy telling you how to dress, you would probably like to have a male perspective on the subject. Well how about five male perspectives? Yes, believe it or not, there are men on this very campus who dress impeccably well and who are being delightfully co-operative by Taylor Dolan Columnist despite my having to creepily ask them if they would dispense a little advice to our community. These men were each selected to represent a wide array of styles, personal decisions and regional influences that set them as ideal examples of classic fashion choices, while still being relatable to the lifestyle of a Trinity Student. The five men helping me out today are: Ben Conway (a first year from Jackson, Miss.), Rodrigo Gallegos Anda (a sophomore from Quito, Ecuador), Peter Dancy (a junior from Houston,), Sam Elder (a junior from Chicago) and Drew Cauthorn (a senior from Austin).
Hannah Michaelsen Sophomore
À La Mode
I had to fight to find an outlet in the library because I ran out of battery for my computer.
Caleb Franzmann Sophomore I just slept.
John Issacson Junior Candles and alcohol and Clue.
Jennifer Vasquez Sophomore Went off campus for all my meals and got my grandma to buy me breakfast.
Adam Costi Senior I just stayed at a friend’s place.
Thomas Adams Sophomore I went off campus a lot, mainly to eat. I actually slept through most of it.
Doreen Dang Senior I live off campus so that was totally fine with me.
Kristin Burnam Sophomore I went to my grandma’s house and enjoyed the perks of hot water and electricity.
Annie Simpson Junior We had the red outlet working so we plugged in a lamp and went to HEB for lots of snacks. compiled by Christina Velasquez
I have cited in previous articles that I pull my influences from blogs (thesartorialist. com, hel-looks.com and thelocals.dk), my travels and the beautiful golden age of Hollywood. Do you have any style icons or personal sources of inspiration that you draw from? Ben: I love looking at Bill Cunningham’s photos in the New York Times. He takes pictures of well-dressed people on the streets of New York who are great sources of inspiration because street-style is so much more accessible and wearable than anything you’ll see on the runway. Of course, I look at the Sartorialist all the time and love reading Fantastic Man – it’s a really well done men’s’ fashion magazine. Marc Jacobs is my style icon because he breaks all the rules. Rodrigo: There are many good sources, but if I had to choose one it would be lookbook.nu. It’s a web page where people upload pictures of their own clothing styles and daily outfits. It’s a great page to look at, absorb some ideas from and then create your own. Peter: Honestly, no real icons that I look up to. A lot of it comes from just listening to my mom growing up and figuring out what I agree and disagree with from there. Sam: I really dig old rather than new. So ‘60s icons and the like. Drew: While I don’t have any icons that I draw from, I’d say that the styles I adopt most often vary somewhere between the “hipster” look and the “boarder” look. Jean cutoffs are super comfortable, but then so are the boarder shorts, so I like to mix it up.
If I were to select one clothing item that needs to be in every male closet, I would have to go with one pair of well crafted shoes. Throw out the flip-flops and bring on the Oxfords! What do you think is clothing staple? Ben: One: a classic, well-tailored navy blazer. Dress it up, dress it down... you just can’t go wrong. Two: jeans with a solid, dark wash and no rips, embellishments or obtrusive logos. Three: a pair of really great, smart-looking leather shoes. Loafers or boots, it doesn’t matter so long as they don’t have sport soles or any form of Velcro strap. Four: a nice wristwatch with an analog dial. Five: nice underwear. Nothing is worse than cheap skivvies that came in a 5-pack wrapped in plastic. Six: a buttondown shirt in a color that looks good on you. Color is important. Rodrigo: I think the most important thing is fit. I don’t mean to say that everyone should wear tight jeans, just that loose clothes looks bad. Once you have the right fit, its about getting rid of those halfmarathon and “that’s what she said” t-shirts. It’s always better to overdress than to underdress. Peter: A good pair of jeans, nice shoes (even if they get a little dirty), a good jacket and a favorite shirt that looks good no matter what. Drew: Staples of the male wardrobe, in my opinion, can swing between the simple one colored v-neck tee and a cool and often “rebellious” T. I like to wear things that have resonance with me. I am really fascinated with Asian religions, so I tend to support the Hindu or Buddhist-type character T. Sam: Button-down man-tailored in spades, really. And one pair of nice brown shoes along with one pair of nice blacks. Personally for me it’s more about what not to wear: ratty t-shirts, and sneakers.
Article after article, I have been stressing the importance of having a wardrobe of clothing that fits you well. Any last pieces of fashion advice that you think needs to be heard? Sam: My only advice would be to just start transitioning what you wear, trading in your nonbuttons for buttons, your Nikes for brands that aren’t the least athletic, etc. And black is always a great color, but I wouldn’t go crazy with it unless you want to be overheated and dour. Ben: Gentlemen: you’re going to class not a gym in Yonkers, so dress accordingly. Whether you like it or not, your clothes are a huge reflection on yourself. Show some self-respect and start using your clothes to express your individuality and attitude. Rodrigo: When it comes to clothing, it is not about buying expensive, now-fashion or designer clothes. It is about spending some time looking for something at a great discount, that looks good and that matches a style you are trying to achieve. Stop spending so much money on alcohol and try to at least buy a shirt, a pair of jeans or a pea coat instead. Loose the sandals with socks, if it is cold, then wear shoes. One good pair of black shoes, maybe oxfords, goes with almost everything. Drew: While I’m certainly no pro on fashion, I would advise you to stick with whatever makes you feel like yourself and of course with what feels comfortable. Don’t wear something because it’s what’s “in,” wear it because you enjoy it! Peter: Don’t be afraid of color. Seriously. It’s nice to be wearing a bright red shirt in a sea of neutrals, sometimes. Makes it easier for friends to find you in a crowd.
Now don’t get overwhelmed if you have spotted contradictions between their opinions, these are five very different men so OF COURSE they are going to have differing views. The most important point to take away from their advice is intentionality. They don’t spend any more time in front of the mirror than the rest of us, but there is a purpose and a pride in the clothing that they select to wear. Don’t believe me? Well, then check out what they are wearing today! n
Taylor Dolan is a senior French and studio art major.
Alumni Spotlight Alumna Natalie Geistman discusses how Trinity shaped her life and career Page 14 February 24, 2012
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Kevin Prufner talk about sentiment and sentimentality by Pamela Torres Reporter
Joy Katz and Kevin Prufer, poets, gave a poetry reading at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at the Holt Conference Center. The main topic of the reading was Sentiment and Sentimentality.
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Joy Katz has written three poetry collections. Among her several accolades are a Pushcart prize and a Stegner fellowship. She teaches in the graduate writing program at the University of Pittsburg. Her poems are about perception,
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Poet Joy Katz reads and discusses her work with a room full of Trinity students. Katz’s work has garnered her a Pushcart prize and a Stegner fellowship. texture, history and intimacy. She writes about her young son, New York City and many other different topics about what she sees, feels or hears. Some of the poems she read are “From Paradise Lost,” “Rescue Song” and “Just a Second Ago.” Her newest poetry collection, “All You Do Is Perceive,” will be published in the fall. Kevin Prufer has written five
books of poetry. He currently teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston. His poems are inspired by history and his past experiences, like “El Paso” which was written while he was in El Paso staying at a Quality Inn. Some of the poems he read include “Inside the Body,” “Autowreck” and “Show us.” His latest book of poetry, “In
a Beautiful Country,” was published six months ago and he will be publishing a sixth book in 2014. Each poet began by reading their favorite poem written by the other. Katz read “Love Poem” and Prufer read “Excuse Me, Where Is Varick Street?”, and then proceeded to read from their own collections. Katz’s poems were more about her
son and her fears, thoughts and feelings while he was young and she was a new mother. Her poem “Rescue Song” is about reading the children’s book, “What Do People Do All Day?” by Richard Scarry with her son. Prufer’s poems were more about some interesting
directly focus on students and student groups making an impact. Jamie Thompson, assistant director of CCI and chair of the Division of Student Affairs selection committee, said that the changes are for the better. “We can focus now on strong programs that we feel good about, and we can also recognize not only students, but also student organizations,” Thompson said. An individual can nominate students or organizations by filling out the Student Leadership Awards nomination packet and turning it in to CCI by the deadline, which is usually in late January. In order to be considered by the selection committee for a Student Leadership Award, the organization or student in question must be nominated in this manner. Once the selection committee considers all of the nominees, the group decides which organizations and individuals will receive awards and notifies them. However, students and
student organizations do not find out what award they are recipients of until the award ceremony, which this year will take place Friday, March 30. “Generally, we like to keep [the specific awards] a surprise
even for the recipients each year, so that while the students know that they are to receive an award, they don’t know which one until they get there,” Thompson said. “There is a certain sense of creativity for the selection committee as well, in that it can ultimately place recipients in a category for which they are not necessarily nominated.” Individual students who are nominated can invite parents, guests and family members to the award ceremony, and student organizations can select up to five representatives from the group to attend as well. The selection committee reserves the right not to give certain awards if none of the nominees for a particular category seem to have effected significant change on Trinity’s campus. “If the nominees for Student Organization of the Year, for instance, do not seem worthy of the recognition, none of them have to be selected,” Thompson said. The nominees for the student organization awards include
the recently reorganized Trinity Progressives. Jacob Uzman, president of Trinity Progressives, was excited that the organization, which this year changed from Young Democrats to Trinity Progressives to hopefully become more inclusive, was selected as a nominee. “I was really excited and immediately forwarded the email to our other officers so they could see the good news,” Uzman said. Henry Ubelaker, Financial Vice President of Alpha Phi Omega, Delta Pi, Trinity’s chapter of the national service fraternity and another student organization award nominee, expressed similarly pleased sentiments at the nomination. “APO is honored that we are nominated for this award. A lot of hard work has gone into making APO an amazing organization and we’re proud to be a part of the Trinity campus community,” Ubelaker said.
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Trinity recognizes outstanding student organizations Community Involvement announces the nominees for this year’s Student Leadership Awards by Lauren Wilks Reporter
Annually since 2002, the Division of Student Affairs has recognized individual students and student organizations on campus with Student Leadership Awards. A selection committee comprised of faculty, staff and students meets and sifts through nominations and eventually chooses recipients for each of the different categories, of which there are ten. The four reserved for student organizations or groups are Student Organization of the Year, Emerging Student Organization, Diversity & Inclusion Award, and Student Program of the Year. In recent years, the awards have changed so that the selection committee can more
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Robber Bridegroom 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25 Stieren Theater
This Saturday will be the last chance to see Trinity’s spring musical. Directed by Stieren guest artist Tim Hedgepeth, the musical is a delightful romp through 18th century Mississippi following the tale of the legendary Jamie Lockhart, played by senior Jory Murphy.
Marx in Soho
6 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26 Chapman Auditorium
A performance of Howard Zinn’s one-man show exploring the ideas and personality of the father of communism, Karl Marx.
Chuck Klosterman Lecture 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 27 Ruth Taylor Recital Hall
In a lecture titled “Life Through the Prism of Pop Culture� put on by the Stieren Arts Enrichment Series, author Klosterman will examine the changing effect of popular culture on daily life.
Publishing, Editing and Writing Career Panel 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 28 Woodlawn Room
Career Services hosts a panel of professionals to help students explore a variety of careers in writing.
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experiences he had or conversations he overheard. His poem “Autowreck� is about being at the airport in line behind a lady who forgot her ID, so the guard would not let her pass. In the heat of the moment, she forgot a plastic bag with mysterious contents, which she had been carrying. When writing a poem, it’s not always about the inspiration, but about just writing your thoughts down. “I don’t really believe in inspiration very much,� Katz said. “I believe in just sitting down to write and seeing what happens. “ Jenny Browne, professor of English and poetry, hosted the evening’s festivities. She introduced the poets and described each one’s different style of writing. “They both are excellent writers and they read really
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well, so I think that’s a good combination. I think Kevin’s poems sort of tell stories but in sort of swirling and expansive ways,� Browne said. “And I think Joy’s
poems shift gears in a lot of different ways, but how she manages to just move from association to association is really beautiful. I love how they kind of accumulate as they move along. I thought they were really powerful and really great and funny too; it’s good to be funny.�
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To aspiring poets and writers, Prufer suggests that they keep writing even if the outcome or the reactions of others are not positive. “Honestly, to people who want to go into writing, I would say failing at writing and getting rejected, because that’s a sort of pair of ugly clowns that you have to deal with when you are a writer all the time and especially when you are beginning, and the writers whom I know who have done well at it have been able to just plow through rejection and bad writing and get to the good stuff,� Prufer said. “And by bad writing I mean writing bad stuff yourself, not other people’s bad writing. It’s your own bad writing that’s the worst.� They should write even when they have no inspiration. “Write every day, even if you think you have nothing to say,� Katz said.
SPB Perfect Date Night
Black – Jew Dialogues 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 28 Laurie Auditorium
This two-actor play combines fast-paced sketches, improvisation, audience participations and multi-media to keep audiences laughing while learning about the history of prejudice and racism in the context of the American experience.
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 1 Northrup Hall 040
Elizabeth Cleland will give a lecture on “Renaissance Tapestries and Beyond at the Metropolitan Museum of Art� as part of the Stieren Arts Enrichment Series. A reception will be held outside the auditorium after the lecture.
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Alumni spotlight: Natalie Geistman, ‘11 n Recent graduate
finds calling at the National Western Art Foundation by Maddie Rau Reporter
Natalie Geistman, who graduated from Trinity last year with a bachelor of science in business accounting and economics, describes what postgraduate life is really like in San Antonio and how she got her job. Q: Where do you work, and what does your job description entail? Geistman: “I just started this past Tuesday at the National Western Art Foundation. My job title is Administrative Assistant. It’s not a glamorous title, but it’s kind of a catch-all kind of job. I do administrative stuff and run operations to help in opening up the museum. I do paperwork, go to board meetings, work events—a little bit of everything.� Q: How did you get this job, and how is it relevant to your major? Geistman: “It’s not really relevant to my major at all. I met the executive director of the museum I now work for through my mom, actually. She was doing an executive search as a headhunter to find
a director while I was working for her, so I essentially got this job by networking. I didn’t have to go through any application or interviewing process for my job—I was the fourth employee that’s been hired and the museum hasn’t even opened yet.� Q: What does your job as Administrative Assistant mean to you? Geistman: “In essence, this is the kind of place that I want to be working. I knew I didn’t want to do accounting when I was looking for jobs, but I had no idea what I actually did want to do. I wasn’t looking for a specific type of job, so I guess I was just kind of testing the waters. I think of it as a stepping stone.� Q: Why did you decide to stay in San Antonio and how did you start out looking for jobs? Geistman: “I did look for jobs in other places, but I was mainly looking in San Antonio. I even applied for a job in California. The reason I wanted to stay in San Antonio is because I really like the city once you get outside the Trinity bubble, and the economy here and in Texas didn’t take as big of a hit as other places have. Q: What was the most difficult part about finding a job directly after college? Geistman: “It took me about eight months to find a job
Notable Trinity Alumni Brunson Green Green graduated with a degree in economics and has been pursuing a career in film since graduation. Recently, the alumnus and producer has found considerable success with his film “The Help.� The film has already won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer’s performance and over $169 million in revenue. “The Help� has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
mostly because I didn’t know what I wanted to do. In my mind, I just thought once you graduate college you just get a job and start working. But in reality, one of the biggest things people look for is experience. It was also hard because the first thing people look at is your major when you’re fresh out of school, and I wasn’t applying to places very relevant to what I studied in school.� Q: What is life after college like? Geistman: “Almost all my friends are still in school, but I want to experience a noncollege lifestyle, so it was weird at first. It’s different now that most of the things I do have nothing to do with Trinity. But I work 9-5 every weekday, so it’s definitely nice to have free time on the weekends.� Q: Do you have any words of wisdom for Trinity students nearing graduation? Geistman: “Just remember that it’s important to network and make connections. I limited myself a bit by saying I wanted to stay in San Antonio, so I also think it’s important to keep an open mind about where you work. Even if you don’t like the way a job description sounds, don’t be scared to try it because it could be a lot cooler than it sounds— you have to work your way up somehow.�
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Although an engineering major, Geistman has pursued a career path as an administrative assistanct at the National Western Art Foundation.
FINAL PERFORMANCES Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.
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David Lubetzky Lubetzky graduated in 1990 with a degree in economics and has been recognized as one of the world’s leading young entrepreneurs. Lubetzky is the founder and CEO of KIND Healthy Snacks, a company he launched in 2003 with the value proposition that snacks should be kind to one’s body, one’s taste buds and the world. The brand became a $30 million hit using healthy and simple ingredients.
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We Leave At Midnight interview Isaiah talks to John Dailey, the singer/songwriter of the up-and-coming SA band Page 16
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Darwin exhibit leads to evolved relationship with scientist by Margaret
Browne
There is a man. A man who changed the world, my life, your life and the ideas that percolate in the kettles of our heads. You’ve seen his face in the library, around campus and probably on street banners around town. You see his face and you think, “My goodness, what a distinguished beard on such a distinguished man.” Like Hephaestus stealing proverbial fire from the gods and giving it to the humans, this man uncovered secrets of
life and divulged them to us, empowering us. But he did it not with magic or Titan abilities, but with science. What’s that you say? My descriptions are too vague for you to possibly know who it is I am talking about? Then, the worst … is you. And no, it is not (inset current cultural reference); none of my aforementioned stipulations even apply to him! The answer is Charles Darwin, the man who changed — with his theory of evolution — our concepts of life, its origins and ourselves as humankind. And you’re seeing his face, as well as a large blue-footed boobie on
his head, because of the Darwin exhibit at the Witte Museum. The exhibit will be open until September 2012 and costs only $5, and I visited not only of mine own interest, but also for your benefit, because Trinity, I care. The exhibit is, as you kids say, off the hook-izzle. The information provided within the exhibit is not only informative and fascinating, but at times even gave me the giggle-spats with little anecdotes about Ol’ Charles himself. Like the time he put a beetle in his mouth to keep it from getting away and it shot burning fluid on his tongue? Priceless! We may not be best friends, but Chazzy and I are
getting there. Besides the fleshing out of Chuck Darwin himself (I do not know if he and I are on a nickname level yet, but I am throwing caution to the wind), the exhibit goes in depth on not only his theory of evolution and the evolution of man, but also gives a huge amount of information on the animals and plants that inspired him to postulate his theories in the first place, and the exhibit contains samples of flora and fauna to depict the things that Darwin saw and was inspired by. You’ll get to closely look at hummingbirds, butterflies, barnacles (with which he was
particularly fascinated), the skeletons and fossils of related animals and an even wider variety of samples that not only teach you about Darwin and his theories, but invite you into it. Oh, and did I mention there is an iguana? One that is alive. We made extended eye contact and had a little bit of a HarryPotter- and-the-Sorceror’s-Stone moment right then and there. If I had an overweight cousin with me, who also tormented me, I would have trapped him in the enclosure right then and there. And gotten my ticket out of here to Hogwart’s. And it would have all been thanks to Charles Darwin.
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Deanna Husting Do you ever have those moments where you are browsing the internet and come across the coolest blogs or websites? I am here to share one of my experiences with such a phenomenon. I don’t even remember what I was initially looking up before I came across WotWentWrong.com. This website is sort of like Mad Libs for break-ups. It will help you compose a text to your ex if you want to know “what went wrong.” All you do is fill out some questions and select the kind of tone you want to have (flirtatious, cool, etc.), and the site will compose your message for you! They even send the message for you, which I think would be more awkward than helpful, but that’s just me. This is one of the most hysterical websites I have ever visited. I really hope that as mature college students you are able to compose text messages on your own, and that you know handling relationship problems over text or Facebook messages is really not how adults do things. But in case you can’t work on your own, you now have WotWentWrong.com to do it for you. So I decided to play along with the website for the purposes of writing a newspaper article and because I think it is funny. I used an actual guy I dated back in my junior year as the example so I could get the most accurate results. Enjoy.
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Discussing music with
Isaiah David Putman
¡Viva! Columnist
Album review: fun. - “Some Nights”
by Brian Westfall
Interview with John Dailey (from We Leave At Midnight)
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IDP: How often does WLAM do shows?
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John Dailey is the singer/ songwriter of We Leave At Midnight, a local band whose debut self-titled album can be purchased on iTunes, at WLAM concerts and soon at Hogwild Records. IDP: How long has WLAM been around? JD: We’ve pretty much been established for two years with our somewhat current line-up, but we’ve gone through many transitions. It originally started as a side project that I was doing, so I was in a couple bands, but I was putting out some folk songs, and I wouldn’t say that was quite the beginning of the actual We Leave At Midnight though, even though I went under that name. The official answer I’ll stick with is two years, ‘cause that’s when we had our steady line-up and our sound that we were trying to accomplish.
IDP: What are some of your general influences? JD: The backbone influence is definitely old Motown, old R&B, mixed with a lot of ‘60s pop, like the Zombies, the Kinks, the Beatles, the Beach Boys-type stuff. But it does have a lot of new influences like Elliott Smith and of Montreal, and all those Elephant 6 bands. IDP: Are there some other bands in San Antonio that you guys work with or appreciate, or have similar fans with? JD: Definitely the Cartographers; we’ve all been like best friends for a long time, and we’ve been playing together since we were kids. Yeah, I’d definitely have to say the Cartographers are my favorite band here. We seem to do a lot of shows together, just because it’s fun and we like each other’s bands.
Indie Overnight Playlist 1. Dr. Dog - Do The Trick 2. Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless 3. M83 - This Bright Flash 4. A Classic Education - Baby It’s Fine 5. Childish Gambino - Bonfire 6. Dum Dum Girls - Wrong Feels Right 7. Girls - Alex 8. Pacific UV - Be My Only Shallow Love 9. Grouplove - Lovely Cup 10. Allo Darlin’ - Darren
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JD: Pretty frequently. We try not to wear ourselves out, because if you book a show every week then no one’s going to really find it exhilarating or anything to come out for. You’ve got to space it out so you can promote it and actually get people out there. We play Limelight at least once a month, and we try to keep it as minimal as that. And we try to make it up to Austin and Houston when we can. IDP: For recording the album you worked with Jaime Radar as producer? JD: Yeah, Jaime’s a really good friend of ours from Morris Orchids. I have a studio myself, and basically I recorded all the parts at my studio, with the exception of a couple things, but once we actually recorded all the takes and stuff, I took it over to Jaime’s place and we started mixing it and running it through a bunch of gears. Although I did mix the harmonies myself. But I couldn’t have done it without him; he’s almost like another member of the band. I’ve been trying to get more press on him. He’s also been doing the Morris Orchids, Cartographers and Bad Breaks albums. We’re about to start working on a new album already, and he’ll be involved in that as well.
Upcoming concerts in SA/Austin February 24: Cloud Nothings @ The 1011, Pat Green @ Cowboys Dance Hall 25: Passion Pit @ Copa / Deseo 26: Matisyahu @ Empire Theatre 27: Drake @ Frank Erwin Center March 1: Earth Wind & Fire @ Moody Theater 6: Red Hot Chili Peppers @ AT&T Center 7: Radiohead @ Frank Erwin Center 14: Good Old War @ The White Rabbit 18: Comeback Kid @ The White Rabbit 24: Young the Giant @ Stubb’s BBQ 25: Doobie Brothers @ Majestic Theater 29: Hot Chelle Rae @ La Zona Rosa April 5: Childish Gambino @ Stubb’s BBQ, Tech N9ne @ Emo’s 20: Mastadon @ The Backstage Live 21: Willie Nelson @ The Backyard 25: Eddie Vedder @ Lila Cockrell Theater, Black Keys @ Frank Erwin Center May 4: Death Cab for Cutie @ ACL Live 5: Tom Petty @ Frank Erwin Center 5: Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Stubb’s BBQ 12: Marilyn Manson @ Sunken Garden Theater 17: Snow Patrol @ ACL Live 18: M83 @ Stubb’s BBQ 24: Rammstein @ AT&T Center 26: Skrillex @ Whitewater on the Horseshoe Compiled by Brian Westfall
Once in a blue moon a pop album seems to come out of nowhere, break the mold of the top 40 and yet still find commercial and critical success. The most recent example that comes to mind is the synth-heavy but lusciously peppy “Torches” from Foster the People. Honestly, how many times did you hear “Pumped Up Kicks” alongside the Lady Gaga’s and Nicki Minaj’s of the world last year? The answer is probably too much. So imagine my (non)surprise when I saw a song called “We Are Young” by the New York-based trio, fun., start skyrocketing up the charts. Not only is the song getting heavy radio play, but it’s been featured in a Super Bowl ad and has been covered by the gang on Glee. With the rise of the song came the anticipation for fun.’s new album, “Some Nights,” which was released this past Tuesday. We’ve seen this story before, so does fun.’s meteoric success spell ultimate doom for “Some Nights”? After a couple of listens through, I can safely say that fun. is a band that should stay on people’s radars for quite some time. If anything, “We Are Young” is the least noteworthy of the bunch as the whole album bursts with energy, emotion, flair and swagger. “Some Nights Intro” begins the whole album on a whimsical and operatic note. Hints of Queen and Panic! At the Disco ring throughout as lead singer Nate Ruess (who sounds like a modern day Freddy
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Mercury) pours out lyrics like “Some nights, I live in horror of people on the radio. Tea parties and Twitter, I’ve never been so bitter” over thundering timpanis and thick orchestral scores. The most interesting aspect of the whole album lies in the combination of classic rock, top 40 pop and Kanye West-esque hip hop (which is no surprise, given that producer Jeff Bhasker worked on West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”). Don’t be surprised to hear songs with piano, autotune and wailing background guitar solos. This album is just that crazy. Surprisingly, however, it works. Hands down, my favorite track is “All Alone.” It’s almost overwhelming how many different sounds and genres are going on behind Ruess’ soaring melodies. Marching style drums and brass, 8-bit sounding synths and crunchy guitar can all be found here, but they all manage to come together under a grand pop umbrella. I wouldn’t say this is an album for everyone, but those who are looking for something epic in scale and truly unique should give “Some Nights” a listen. And even if you don’t care to check it out, be prepared to hear it everywhere you go for months to come, as fun. are proving to live up to their “next big thing” hype.
Score: 8.5/10
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TV review: “Awake” – “Pilot”
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scenarios are not distinct. Michael frequently uses information he learned from one to help solve cases in the other. The dichotomous storylines, while intricate, do have traditional and stereotypical cop show elements. The two formulaic cop twosomes are present: the one with the veteran and the new guy in addition to the two old cops that have been partners forever and converse in witticisms. However, I do not think that the familiarity is stale but actually a positive aspect because it provides accustomed precedents in an unorthodox plot. So if you are not convinced to watch it by the amazing storyline, here is the hook, line and sinker: Jason Isaacs. The actor plays the protagonist and he epitomizes “old guy attractiveness.” Also, for all you Harry Potter fanatics, he played Lucius Malfoy in the films. It is actually quite refreshing to
THE GAMES WE PLAY by Judson Rose
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Steam Gems: Flotilla For those of you somehow unaware, Valve has a virtual store you can download onto your computer — Steam — that makes it easier than ever to get access to a cornucopia of video games and painlessly helps you piss your money away without the inconvenience of actually having to get up. There are some independent games that can’t be found in stores and are only proliferated at all by virtue of being on Steam — such as Flotilla. Flotilla, from Blendo Games, is a quaint and oddly addicting game that will only make you ten dollars poorer. It’s a space simulation turn-based strategy game in which you begin the adventure mode with the knowledge that you have some sort of wacky space disease that will eventually kill you. Neat! After receiving the good news, you are free to hop from planet to planet, either getting into battles or acquiring more ships to add to your fleet and upgrading them with various stat modifiers. Adventure mode ends either when you’re blown to crap by the enemy or your wacky space disease catches up to you; it’s an interesting mechanic that relegates each adventure mode play-through to about 30 minutes, which is perfect for play in small bursts for people like me who only
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have a limited amount of time to waste. What really sells this game are its stylized graphics, intuitive and strategic combat, the music and the offbeat humor laced throughout the adventure mode. Most planetary encounters involve running into space cat refugees or incorrigible space pigs. After the encounter, a short summary of the happenings is added to a time line of the exploits you experience before you die of your wacky space disease. You’ll encounter many of the plot points multiple times as you play through the adventure mode, but mixing and matching them often leads to constructing some humorous bucket lists. As I said, the combat is turnbased, but with a unique twist. Each encounter pits you and your enemy’s fleet in a blow-upeverything fight for survival. The player and opponent take their turns simultaneously, choosing where their ships move, their orientation, what and if they attack and so on. There are several different kinds of ships with varying speeds, weapons and effective ranges, and many ships are only vulnerable to attack from their underside or behind. Once you’ve made your choices, you hit play and watch yours and the computer’s turn play out
see him play something different. Also starring in the series is Wilmer Valderrama. And yes, that is the actor who played Fez in “That 70’s Show” and the host of “Yo Mamma.” But so far, he is not nearly as annoying as his previous characters and personas. So this is the essential information you need to take away from this article: there is a new show called “Awake,” it is really good and, therefore, you should watch it. The series is scheduled to premiere on March 1 and will air on NBC on Thursday nights at 10/9 Central. However, you can watch the first episode early through Hulu, YouTube and iTunes. So what are you waiting for? Go watch it!
Score: 7/10 simultaneously; combat is strategic, easy to grasp and a helluva lot of fun. Flotilla’s graphics aren’t going to make anybody’s computer sweat these days, but the mix of cell-shaded solid color pallets and geometric space ships gives the game a refreshingly atypical look. The sound and music are particularly well done, with the classical music fading out between turns and missiles becoming audible only when the player zooms in close. It’s an all-around great game, and for $9.99, it’s unfortunate that you don’t already own it. It’s embarrassing, frankly. You should fix that.
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By no means do I claim to be a television connoisseur. In fact, the only shows I consistently watch require no mental capacity because they usually are on E!, TLC or the Travel Channel. I am attracted to such quality programming because I have difficulty focusing if it entails too much concentration. I like to simultaneously watch, finish homework, text and eat. So it took me by surprise when I actually took interest in a grown up show: “Awake.” This crime drama is unparalleled to anything I have ever seen. It begins with police detective, Michael Britten, getting into a car crash with his wife and son. He subsequently lives in two separate realities: one where his wife dies and his son lives and the other where his son dies and his wife lives. He moves from one reality to another when he falls asleep. Michael can distinguish between them because he wears a green rubber band in the reality where his son survived and a red one in the storyline where his wife did. Additionally, the viewer can differentiate between the different narratives because the director utilizes a green hue and a red hue. Interestingly enough, the two
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Disclaimer: I’m a huge nerd. Alright, now that that is out of the way, let’s talk about the Playstation Vita. For the uninitiated, the Playstation Vita is the newest handheld gaming system to drop from the heavens into the feeble arms of gamers around the world, and while the $300+ dollars it cost me for the system, a starter kit and a game was a swift kick to my wallet’s crotch, I can easily say it was worth it. The Vita may not be for everyone, but for those who really want an awesome gaming experience on the go, this is a product well worth your attention. Here are a couple of reasons why: The Hardware Besides those beefy tablets, the Vita may be the most powerful machine you can hold in your hands right now. I won’t go into the technical aspects for fear of losing, well, everyone, but trust me when I say the Vita is a beast. The beautiful 5” OLED screen still blows my mind every time I turn it on, as it looks almost as good as a console. As my roommate put it bluntly, “that looks better than most TV’s.” I wholeheartedly agree. I like to think of it like this: if I showed this screen to 10-year-old Nintendo 64-era me, he would’ve pulled a gun out and shot me in the face for fear that I was a wizard. I was a paranoid kid. Once you’re done marveling at the screen, you can really get into the gaming. You get a D-pad, two analog sticks, four buttons, two triggers, a front touch screen and a rear (hehe, REAR) touch panel. The Vita also has a gyroscope to detect tilt and two cameras that also play a role in how you interact. Folks, we’ve come a long way from the Game Boy. The Features Remote Play. What’s Remote Play, you ask? Shut up, I’m about to tell you. Say your dorm room has one TV (crazy, right?) but you want to play your PS3 while your roommate wants to catch up on Gossip Girl. What do you do? Well, with a Vita, you can connect wirelessly to your PS3 and play whatever game is in your PS3 on your Vita. No longer does your game have to stop when you go to class. You can continue your quest on the way there! That’s cooler than Nick Cage on fire. Besides Remote Play, there is also a cool function called Near. Say you’re out and about playing your Vita. If someone in your area is playing the same game as you on their Vita, your Vita will tell you and you can play against them in multiplayer. Unless that player in your area smells or has weird mom issues, this is an awesome new opportunity for gamers to meet one another. Or you can just play by yourself in the dark, you sad sack of lonely. With the Vita it’s up to you! The Games The average launch lineup of games for a new system is 10-12 games. On day one with the Playstation Vita, you can choose from 30 different games to play. That’s like going to a new all-you-caneat buffet in town and getting a free jet ski too – more bang for your buck. And these aren’t your average Mom & Pop side scrollers either. Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Escape Plan, ModNation Racers: Road Trip, FIFA Soccer and Touch my Katamari are just some of the fully-featured fantastic games you can pick up to truly show off what the Vita can do. And the games can only get better as developers have more time with the system – something you should think about when wavering on a new console.
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In this issue Swim and Diving teams win conference title pg. 20: Baseball goes
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This weekend 6 p.m., Friday, 2/24 Men’s basketball plays in the first round of the SCAC Championships in Ala. 8 p.m., Friday, 2/24 Women’s basketball plays in the first round of SCAC Championships in Ala. 10 a.m., Saturday, 2/25 Track and Field has its first offical meet of the season at home. 12 p.m., Saturday 2/25 Softball takes on East Texas Baptist at home. 2 p.m., Saturday, 2/25 Softball plays its second game against East Texas Baptist.
In The Spotlight Sydney Friday Softball Friday, a junior from Texas, is the SCAC Pitcher of the Week after her work in the Shreiner games on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Friday threw a one hit shutout in the game which was her fourth career shutout. She also struck out seven batters in the game and only allowed three base runners. Friday also leads the team with an ERA of 0.54 in two games pitched this season.
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Junior Lisa Tucci swims the 200 meter butterfly in competition. The women won the 2012 SCAC Championship for the ninth year in a row.
n Men’s and women’s teams both nab the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Champhionship by Chloe Pope-Levison Reporter
On Saturday night, the Trinity men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both won their respective Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships. “We’re thrilled and it was the first time the boys won in a while, so that was a great thing for them,” said sophomore Meghan Varner. The women’s team won the conference championship for the ninth year in a row, beating out second place Centre College by more than 300 points. Sophomore Katie Sheldon won the one-meter dive, followed by
junior Ruth Hahn in second and senior Lynne Bettinger in third place. Hahn won the three-meter dive for the Tigers and was named the SCAC Diver of the Meet for the second straight season. “Overall it was just an excellent meet with all their diving kind of coming together at the one big meet that counts,” said dive coach Stan Randall. The women’s swim team also dominated. Sophomore Melanie Gustafson won the 400 IM and junior Mary Price won the 100 fly. The Trinity women won in the 400 and 200 medley relay, setting a new school record in the 400. “We did really well with our focus and we went out to race as a team rather than worrying about our own individual times,” Varner said. “We came out and everyone cheered for each other and supported each other.” The men’s swim team won the
championship for the first time since 2004, beating out second place Colorado College by almost 300 points. “We went in with the expectation that we would have to swim fast and we did and the end result is what it is because of how hard we worked,” Fronczack said. Senior Alex Miranda won the 500 freestyle for the third time in four years and won his third consecutive title in the 400 IM. Miranda also won the 1650 freestyle with the second fastest time in SCAC history. Junior Spencer Bard won the 200 butterfly and the 100 fly, setting a new Trinity record and breaking a 12-year old SCAC championship record in the latter event. First year Stephen Colberson won the 100 backstroke, followed by Fronczak in second place. Fronczack also won the 200
backstroke, followed by senior Andrew Battles in second place and Culberson in third. Senior Matthew Wey also won the 200 Individual Medley. In the relay races, Trinity men won the 400 medley relay, the 200 medley relay and the 200 freestyle relay. In the 200 freestyle, Trinity barely edged out Colorado College to break a 10-year school record, qualifying them for a berth at nationals. “Our relays were outstanding this year and I think that played a big role in our success,” Fronczack said. In men’s diving, for the third year in a row, senior Kevin Martin won the one-meter dive, becoming only the second person in SCAC history to win that event three times in a row. “It was really lots of fun,” Fronczack said. “We worked really hard all year and it paid off.”
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Muscarello Baseball Muscarello, a sophomore from Arizona, is the SCAC offensive player of the week after the team went 4-1 last week. Over five games, Muscarello collected eight hits in 20 at-bats, as well as accounting for 16 of the team’s runs during the past week. He drove in 10 runs, scoring six more, and had a double and three home runs among his eight hits.
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Sophomore Drew Dinkens dives into the water at the Jan. 21 meet.
Junior Madison Kahler spins off in a dive in a recent spring competition.
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Three recent wins give baseball a 10-1 record
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Sophomore shortstop Christian Muscarello throws the ball in a game two weeks ago in a game against Centenary.
n Tigers off to a great start in conference play after games delayed due to weather by Brooke Sanchez
Reporter
The baseball team collected three wins this week with a sweep against Hendrix on Sunday (7-2, 10-0) and a solid win against Mary Hardin-Baylor on Tuesday (5-3). The Tigers improved their record to 10-1 and started conference play 2-0. “It was a great weekend,” said sophomore shortstop Christian Muscarello. “Our goal was to win all our games, and we did that in convincing fashion. Having to delay the Saturday game until
Sunday was tough, but we did not let that affect us and we were able to come out with wins.” Muscarello was also named the SCAC Offensive Player of the Week. Senior right-handed pitcher Ben Klimesh earned his fourth win for the season with his performance in game one. He gave up two runs on three hits and struck out nine. Hendrix got on the board first with a second-inning run, but the Tigers pushed three across in the third to take the lead. Hendrix scored their second run in the fifth and the Tigers responded with four. “Ben Klimesh pitched another great game for us,” said assistant coach Zach Fregosi. “It was close; we got some timely hitting late
in the game and we extended it to 7-2. But it was a tight game for the majority of it. We just made plays and got timely hitting.” Junior second baseman Kevin Clements and junior catcher Kelly Woodruff both hit homeruns in the game. Clements had two RBI for the game and one scored run while Woodruff went 2-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Senior left fielder Nick Pappas also brought in two runs for the Tigers. “We collected a lot of hits,” Woodruff said. “When we just hit line drives and hard ground balls, that’s when things are going really well, and then we’ll show some power. When our pitchers throw strikes it just speeds the game up. We’ve had good defense this year; it’s been more of a priority.”
Game two was more like a continuation of game one, with the Tigers putting up four runs in the bottom of the first. In the bottom of the sixth they had gotten all ten runs in before allowing Hendrix one last chance to escape the mercy rule to end the game. “We jumped out to a big lead early in game two and never looked back,” Muscarello said. “Our offense put together a lot of big hits and Ryan Lucero pitched lights out for us. It can sometimes be tough to stay focused throughout the day when you have doubleheaders, but we were able to maintain our focus and take care of business.” Junior left-handed pitcher Ryan Lucero had an outstanding performance to mark his first career shutout. He gave up three hits and struck out four batters. “Lucero dominated,” Fregosi said. “We won 10-0; we got the bats going. It was just one of those methodical, relentless wins that we put up some runs and kept scoring and with Lucero pitching the way he did, they never really had a chance to get anything going on their end. It was a very controlling effort by him.” Muscarello gathered five RBI with his bases-clearing double and a two-run homer. Junior first baseman Jonathan Hall went 3-4 and Clements added two more RBI for the day. The Tigers fell behind early on Tuesday to Mary Hardin-Baylor, as they gave up a run in the first and fourth before Pappas’
homerun in the sixth. This got the Tiger bats going as they scored in every inning after. Senior right-handed pitcher Josh Fink was credited with the win – his third of the season – and junior right-handed pitcher Michael Bentz came in for his second save of the season. “It was a well-pitched game,” Woodruff said. “Josh Fink didn’t have his best stuff but he battled. Michael Bentz was really clutch coming through in the last two innings and pitching well at the end. We played hard and executed our bunts and hits when it mattered most.” Pappas’ homerun was the 20th of his career, which ties a spot in the top 10 in Trinity history. Senior designated hitter Dominick Robusto went 2-3 with a run and an RBI. Junior third baseman Kevin Francke went 1-2 and scored the game-winning run for the Tigers. “I think the whole team feels that we have the capability to win a national championship this year,” Muscarello said. “Starting 10-1 has shown that we have the talent to do so. Now it is just a matter of continuing to get better every day and never being satisfied with what we have done up to this point. If we can continue to focus on each and every game and play to our potential, I think we will continue to have a great season.” The Tigers will play at 1 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday on the road this weekend facing the University of Dallas for two conference match ups.
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Coach’s milestone n Head men’s
basketball coach Pat Cunningham gets 400th career win by Jessie Burch
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On Feb. 12, not only did the Tigers men’s basketball team vanquish Colorado College in an epic home game that ran into overtime to a 69-67 win, but coach Pat Cunningham racked up his 400th win, too. “400 wins is a sign of age and longevity — I’ve been around a long time,” said head coach Pat photo by Purushottam Shah Cunningham. Head men’s basketball coach Pat Cunningham poses in front of his team during a practice last week. His career spans 25 years. His players can appreciate the wisdom that comes with so much experience. “He gets the most out of each Hopson and sophomore gave us a game plan and we ran player on defense; he gives a lot of n Wins against forward Zach Lambert led the it perfectly.” power to the players to make their University of Dallas Tigers with 16 points each. The Tigers will play their own destiny each year… At the and Austin College Sophomore forward Robert first game in the 2012 SCAC end of the day he has a reason for secure SCAC West Kitzinger and sophomore Tournament against Sewanee at everything,” said senior captain guard Matt Selling both 6 p.m. today, Friday, Feb. 24, in Division Ryan Beall. recorded eight points, while Birmingham, Ala. Although Cunningham didn’t by Chloe Pope-Levison sophomore forward Jonathan “With the wins this weekend, realize what was riding on this Wilt contributed seven points. we have set ourselves up Reporter game, both his players and his “We’ve managed to figure for a really good schedule at assistant coach, Ross Burt, did. out defense and more than conference,” Hopson said. “We had it announced at the The Trinity men’s basketball anything else, our offense “Sewanee’s a team we lost to end of the game, to let people team won both their games has started to come together,” earlier this year in the final know and take a moment to last weekend securing the said senior guard Ryan Beall. minutes. This is a really recognize this achievement,” No.1 spot in the SCAC West “With our defense clicking important game for us. It won’t said Burt. “The athletic director Division. and our offense finally starting be a harder game, but it’s a came down and shook his hand “As a basketball team we to produce, we’re going be a game where we’re looking for and the team was standing continue to improve,” said tough team to beat.” revenge, so we’re ready to beat behind him in center court. It head coach Pat Cunningham. Trinity beat Austin College them really bad.” was really nice.” “We’re continuing to get better. 72-58 on Saturday evening, So at this time of the year lengthening their winning that’s what you’re looking for streak to eight games. is playing your best basketball at the end of the year and right now hopefully that can maintain for another week or two.” On Friday night, the Tigers beat the University of Dallas 74-59.
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“From the very start we played hard and together and never looked back,” said junior forward Heath Hopson. “We didn’t ever pause and everyone played really hard the whole game.” Despite a somewhat shaky first half, Trinity picked it up in the second half and Dallas could not get closer than 13 points for the remainder of the game. “In the first half, it was a kind of a back-and-forth game and then the second half I thought we played really, really well,” Cunningham said. “We shot the ball well. We got out to a 25 point lead and got a chance to play everybody.”
“It was a good game,” Cunningham said. “I told our guys it was like a SCAC Tournament game - it was that kind of intensity. It was an important game for both teams, so it was kind of a testing point to see how we could come out of a game of that stature.” Kitzinger led the team with 19 points while Wilt scored 15 points and Lambert contributed 11 points. Both Wilt and Lambert recorded five rebounds. Sophomore guard Matt Feldman and Selling combined for 17 points off the bench. “Everyone came ready for the Austin game,” Hopson said. “We came in knowing what we had to do. Coach
Cunningham will add a basketball with the date commemorating his 400th win to his collection in addition to being recognized at the NABC Conference in April. “It’s nice to be recognized; a nice milestone,” said Cunningham. But after a little celebrating, “We move forward and focus on our goal, which is SCAC Championships,” he said. That’s one of the outstanding characteristics that make Cunningham such a winning coach: the ability to see the big picture and focus on the end goal. “He’s got his priorities right,” said Burt. “He always has a strong finish at the end of the season… he’s a master of being more concerned with the end result.” Cunningham attributes this accomplishment to the quality of the student athletes and other people that surround him. “Really what makes the memories are the teams and the individuals. Whether the team has won three games and lost 22 or vice versa, there have been interesting experiences in all of those seasons,” Cunningham said. The team will travel to Birmingham, Ala. to compete in the SCAC tournament this weekend. Cunningham, together with his team, is expected to add a few more wins to that tally and take the conference title.
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Club Sports funding gets makeover Talons intern shares n Reform of student
activity fee will help underfunded teams by Jessie Burch
Reporter
Underfunded club sports teams have been struggling to make ends meet in recent years; between uniforms, league dues, equipment, travel expenses, trainers and referees, budgets have been stretched very thin. However, a new funding plan will be implemented in the fall of 2012 that will hopefully alleviate some of the burden.
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“Club sports has been the one thing that has been historically underfunded. It’s been an issue for a while and we are just now able to increase funding and thereby fund different student groups and activities sufficiently,� said Director for Campus & Community Involvement Raphael Moffet.
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The student activity fee, previously $90, will be raised to $150 for the coming school year, which will increase the funding available to student groups. Club sports will receive 30 percent of that budget, which will total about $28,000—more than double they have received in past years according to Director of Athletics Bob King. Senior Staci Robinson, captain of the women’s club volleyball team, broke down her team’s costs for this year. “Our league fees are $725 and $150 for the other, and that’s not including refs, which are about $30 a match and we have 6 home games that we pay for,� Robinson said. Not including travel, equipment or jerseys, that’s $1,080. Her team received $425 from the university. “We have yet to petition ASR,� Robinson said. Part of the problem is that club teams are partly funded by the university itself through the athletics department, but they are also having to apply for funds through ASR. “Right now they get a very small budget from athletics, so they are having to piece their funding together. We don’t want them to have to do that next year,� Moffet said. Even between the two sources, funding is still insufficient. According to Robinson, they make up the difference in concessions sales,
player dues and donations. Club sports are able to raise money through certain lowlevel fundraisers such as family and friend donations, etc., and will be able to do so in the future as well. However, in order to streamline fundraising efforts at Trinity, a policy was adopted two years ago to bar “rogue� or “ad hoc� fundraising at a higher level, for example, asking a big company like HEB for donations. “We are trying to tighten up [fundraising], so we aren’t going separately to the same person for, say, lacrosse sticks and scholarships,� said assistant vice president for University Advancement Rick Roberts. Although the teams will still have to do some fundraising for equipment and travel, the new funds will significantly help cover costs for referees, league fees and trainers. Club sports will no longer be able to petition ASR for more funding, starting in fall of 2012. “The idea of club sports has always been that the participants will have to pay for some of the costs to sponsor a team,� King said. That being said, thanks to the leadership of ASR, the Athletic Department, Mark Detterick, Raphael Moffett, Caroline Keener and Seth Asbury, club sports are finally receiving much needed funding.
Guest Column by Richard Dolezalek
Sophomore
For the past few months I have had the honor of working for San Antonio’s new professional football team, the San Antonio Talons. The Talons are a member of the Arena Football League. Before you ask, yes, they are very much a professional football team despite not being a member of the NFL. The Arena Football League has been around for 25 years now and has produced many NFL stars, such as Kurt Warner, former MVP and Super Bowl winning quarterback of the St. Louis Rams, New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals. Arena football games are incredibly high scoring and fast paced because the field is only 50 yards long and each team fields eight players at a time. I’m a sports management minor with the dream of someday working in the front office of a professional sports team and when I heard about the opportunity to intern with the Talons I knew this was something I couldn’t pass up. As an intern I’ve been blessed with a lot more responsibility than I expected, but this is some of the most important experience I will ever get. The old saying is true, “every job is looking for
someone with experience.� I quickly figured out this is the best way to get it. On the job I’ve had to make advertisement deals, talk to potential players, work on the team media kit and handout more fliers and mini schedules than I thought Kinko’s could print! I’ve also been amazed at the Talons management’s helpfulness and willingness to use their connections across the sports industry to help all of their interns find opportunities that wouldn’t have otherwise been possible. I hope this column can serve two purposes 1) to help promote a team that I love being a part of and 2) to remind all of you that all it takes is one small internship for a world of connections to suddenly open up to you. Talons Season at a Glance: Free Exhibition & FanFest: 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 29, at the Alamodome vs. San Jose SaberCats (doors open at 5:30 p.m.) FREE ADMISSION with ticket voucher from team website, ticketmaster.com, or from the desk in Coates redeemed on or before Feb. 27. Home opener: 3 p.m. Saturday, March 10, vs. Utah at the Alamodome.
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sophomore majoring in business.
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O-Rec on open trail Unlucky weekend for women Guest Column by Peter Vidmar
Sophomore
It was horses and cattle and coyotes (with a touch of burning man) for O-Rec this past weekend, as participants and trip leaders alike drug out their buckles, boots and spurs to embrace the West in a grand adventure a-horseback. Saturday morning was spent readying the gear to the tune of some good country tunes (from the ‘90s, of course, as that decade produced superior country music), and then ORec was on the trail to the corral. The driveway to the ranch was long and dusty, heightening the expectations of all on the trip. Excitement probably reached its zenith when we saw our mounts behind a fence festooned with some weathered cowboy boots. The rain was drizzling and the wind was a bit nippy, but that did not deter the hearty ORec-ers from saddling up, and, in slicker and hat, setting off through the rolling hills at an easy-going pace. It didn’t take long for folks to get the hang of their horses, and all quickly settled in to the soothing rhythm of hooffalls, swaying in the saddle to relieve a week of mid-term stress. All too soon, though, our ride was at an end. After gracefully dismounting, the wranglers at the ranch gave us the opportunity to reward our mounts with peppermints, an event that garnered much
attention from all the horses in the corral. While the horses were still savoring their peppermints, we all gathered for a hum-dinger of a group picture (for once, I was not the only horse’s ass in a picture). Relaxed and looking to complete the cowboy experience with a camp out, the group headed for a beautiful campsite in Hill Country State Natural Area. Leading us to our campsite was a couple mounted on fine-looking horses, leading some of us to question our decisions that led us away from the cowboy life. We quickly set up camp and went about the routine task of starting cooking fire for our rustic cowboy dinners. The group ran into some difficulty here as a result of wet wood. Eventually, though, we were able to coax the fire to life with the (a bit too) liberal application of Coleman fuel and dry wood. After efficiently removing my mid-digital hair and cooking dinner, we settled into a relaxed evening of campfire chats and friendly banter. Eyelids eventually grew heavy, and it was off to bed, with the coyotes providing the Western lullaby. The warm sun woke us up the next morning and provided a beautiful scene to watch as we ate breakfast and broke camp. Driving past pastures filled with longhorns and seeing the odd rider made all of us wish the trip was longer, but with academia (and the next ORec) trip calling, we headed home, humming “I Shoulda Been A Cowboy” all the way to Trinity. n Peter Vidmar is a sophomore
majoring in history and human communication.
photo by Moira Allen
First-year guard Hannah Coley dribbles the ball in a recent home game.
After two loses on the road, Tigers continue on to SCAC playoffs by Brooke Sanchez n
Reporter
The women’s basketball team faced a disappointing weekend as they dropped two games on the road to the University of Dallas
(83-77) and Austin College (7868) last Friday and Saturday. They concluded regular season play 9-16 overall and 79 for the SCAC; however, they continue their campaign as the West Division’s No. 3 seed for the SCAC Tournament in Birmingham, Ala. this weekend. “I think we had some spurts where we played really hard, but we had more spurts where we didn’t play as hard as we needed
to,” said assistant coach Marvin Walker. “Towards the end of the games our defense really kicked up and gave us a chance to close the gap.” The Tigers jumped ahead on Friday night, but Dallas battled back in the last several minutes of the first half to take the close 3937 lead at halftime. The majority of the second half was a tight battle, but, unfortunately, Dallas got the upper hand at the end by outshooting the Tigers. “The University of Dallas had a point guard that was really good,” Walker said. “She was a very good player and probably the difference in the game.” First-year guard Hannah Coley led the Tigers with 20 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals for the night. First-year guard Hannah Gulley went 4-4 from the field and 3-3 in threepoint range for her 11 points while sophomore guard Murphy Burns also contributed 11. Burns also had five rebounds and five assists. Sophomore forward Libby Kruse grabbed 11 rebounds for the team. In Saturday’s game at Austin College, the Tigers had a good start, leading for most of the first half. By halftime, however, Austin went up after scoring 13 unanswered points. In the second half, Austin’s 68.2 percent shooting from the field held the Tigers from jumping back. “We did a good job of controlling the rebounds in parts of the game,” Coley said. “Offensively, we were able to get to the free throw line. Defensively, we were able to force some turnovers with some defensive pressure. Austin just did a good job of moving the ball.” Coley again led the Tigers with 29 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals. First-year guard Alison Salmon collected nine points. Junior guard Anne Waidelich led the team with eight rebounds while sophomore guard Victoria Perko and junior post Jana Tucker each grabbed six. Despite the losses, the Tigers have a chance to extend their season past the conference championship this weekend by winning the tournament. “This past weekend’s games were definitely a disappointment,” Waidelich said. “However, they have caused us to focus even harder this week on defensive intensity and overall enthusiasm. We’ve had good practices this week and are ready and prepared for the tournament.” The Tigers play at 8 p.m. tonight, Feb. 24, in Birmingham. against the East Division No. 2 seed, Millsaps College. “We are taking what we learned from the first time we played Millsaps,” Coley said. “We are seeing what went wrong in that game and fixing those things. We’re working on a defense specifically designed for them and breaking their defensive pressure. We definitely have the talent and the ability to beat them, it’ll just be about everyone winning their individual battles and if we do that we’ll be good to go.”
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Photos of the Week
photo by Abhishek Chhetri
photo by Purushottam Shah
photo by Kendra Moloney
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Top Left: From left to right, first year Ethan Valdes, sophomore Addison Freeman and sophomore Kevin Culver sing as members of the Trinitones. Top right: Head men’s basketball coach Pat Cunningham poses for a picture with a basketball during a practice after winning his 400th career game. Bottom: Penelope Harley and son participated at Health and Fitness Day put on by Health Services and the athletic department.