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Campus Pulse 11

Sports

“A” is for Adderall

Triple Threat

A local look at ADHD, the increasingly popular “study drug” and its presence on campus.

A Q&A with three members of the women’s dive team reveals their hopes at the national competition.

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Opinion

Night at the Museum

Speaking Out on Ohio

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Petition amending ASR constitution gains support Student initiative moves to change ASR and “Big Six” membership rule

by Jeremy Keys

NEWS REPORTER

Sabina Lalani, an Association of Student Representatives’ first year senator, recently began circulating a petition to amend the ASR constitution in hopes of allowing students serving on Res Life or the Academic Honor Council the option of also being elected to ASR. The ASR constitution— specifically Article II, Section 6—currently prohibits undergraduate students from concurrently serving as leaders in more than one of

the following organizations: Residential Life, the Student and University Conduct Boards, Academic Honor Council, the Trinitonian, the Mirage and ASR. The constitution also states that “The president/chair/ director of organizations eligible to apply for funding proposals” is included in that list.

According to Joe Moore, president of ASR, “Organizations eligible to apply for funding proposals,” includes Greek Council, Student Ambassadors, Trinity University Volunteer Action Community, Trinity Diversity Connection and the Student Programming Board because they all submit yearlong budget proposals to ASR.

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Sara Marchionda reviews the Witte Museum’s new dinosaur exhibit.

Trinity professors voice their opinions about sexual assault and the events in Steubenville.

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“What’s all the buzz about?”

photo by Megan McLoughlin, intern Director of environmental studies Richard Reed spends his sabbatical farming, writing and tending to his two hives of bees.

Reed sat down with the Trinitonian and allowed us to taste some of his bees’ fresh honey. See Lauren Wilks’ story on Page 11 for more details.

Spring commencement speaker chosen

by Aynav Leibowitz

NEWS REPORTER

After holding auditions for the commencement speaker committee, creating the committee and holding auditions for the potential speakers, the committee has chosen senior Noelle Parsons as the commencement speaker for the class of 2013.

“The speaker is there to crystalize the thoughts and experiences of the graduates, but they should take into account the breadth of the audience,” said David Tuttle, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students. “We want the trustees, the faculty, the families to feel good about it and to have been engaged by it.”

In order to be chosen for the commencement speaker position, each candidate delivered a potential speech.

After each speech, the committee of eight seniors, faculty and staff discussed and rated the speaker.

photo courtesy of Noelle Parsons

“As for what inspired me to audition, I just love Trinity, period.”

Noelle Parsons Senior “At the beginning, we did not have a set rubric of characteristics each speech needed to contain, but by the end, we realized what we enjoyed the most,” said senior Lucy Cevallos. “As a panel, we agreed that the speech we liked most discussed memories at Trinity that we could all relate to.”

After 13 potential speeches and candidates, Parsons was ultimately chosen to speak at commencement.

“Although there were many well-written and thoughtful speeches, Noelle’s words just

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happened to resonate with all of us the most,” Cevallos said.

According to Parsons, who also spoke at her high school graduation, her initial interest in becoming commencement speaker dates back to her love for speaking in front of people as well as her appreciation for her alma mater.

“I love the challenge of finding a way to captivate a large audience,” Parsons said.

“I am still in shock that I was even chosen because I can only imagine how amazing the other candidates were. As for what inspired me to audition, I just love Trinity, period.”

“This school has been just wonderful to me, and I wanted to be able to speak about how

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great this place is as a way of thanking it for four amazing years,” Parsons said.

According to Tuttle, student speeches offer a positive and enriching contribution to the graduation ceremony.

“Although there were many wellwritten and thoughtful speeches, Noelle’s words just happened to resonate with all of us the most.”

Lucy Cevallos Senior

ADMIT ONE

Noelle Parsons selected to speak at the Spring 2013 graduation ceremony

“Student speeches have been fantastic,” said Tuttle.

“They are strong when they are emotional, proud, reflective and witty, [but] there needs to be a combination.”

Tuttle continued to say that every year a professor from the human communication department works with the chosen speaker to help him or her deliver a successful speech.

“I could not be happier with our choice, and I look forward to hearing Noelle speak at our commencement in May,” Cevallos said.

Parsons will speak during the graduation ceremonies beginning at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, May 18, in Laurie Auditorium.

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News TUPD Briefs March 7-20

ASR Briefs March 5

Life Launch $600 Passed Life Launch made a request to work with a program that helps battered women’s shelters.

Trinity Progressives and Amnesty International $295 Passed Money is needed for purchasing the license to show the documentary “Girl Rising.”

Afterward, ASR discussed the possibility of installing more blue lights on campus. Gary Logan, vice president of finance and administration, also discussed possible upper campus renovations, and the campus site plan was reviewed.

March 19-20

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship with Hill Country Institute C.S. Lewis Conference $12,000 Passed Funding is needed to subsidize student registration, scholarships and band.

League of Legends Club $257 and $1,028 The $257 will be used to hold a general meeting, and the $1,028 will fund the club’s participation in four video game tournaments.

Korean Student Association Bibimbap Night $175 Passed Funding is needed for food and utensils for recipe demonstrations.

Relationship Musical Event $500 Passed Filipino Student Diversity Night $40 Passed

Association

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Meet the Senators

McLean Hall 3-7-13 1:15 p.m.

TUPD officers responded to a sounding fire alarm within the hall.

McLean Hall 3-11-13 5:12 a.m.

TUPD officers responded to a sounding fire alarm.

Murchison Hall 3-8-13 1:52 p.m.

TUPD officers responded to a sounding fire alarm within the hall.

Thomas Hall 3-12-13 11:16 p.m.

TUPD officers responded to a reported burglary. This investigation remains open.

McLean Hall 3-8-13 9:08 a.m.

TUPD officers responded to a sounding fire alarm within the hall.

Lot X 3-9-13 4:23 a.m.

TUPD officers responded to vehicle burglary. This investigation remains open.

Holt Center 3-9-13 6:34 p.m.

TUPD officers responded to a sounding fire alarm within the hall.

Thomas Hall 3-10-13 12:23 p.m.

TUPD officers responded to a reported theft. This investigation remains open.

Thomas Hall 3-11-13 11:35 p.m.

TUPD officers reported possession of alcohol by a minor, a violation of the alcohol and beverage code.

Lot S 3-18-13 11:26 a.m.

TUPD officers reported possession of alcohol by a minor.

McLean Hall 3-18-13 9:46 p.m.

TUPD officers responded to a sounding fire alarm within the hall.

Cowles Life Science 3-20-13 11:51 a.m.

TUPD officers responded to a reported theft. This investigation remains open.

Information for these briefs is provided by the Trinity University Police Department. compiled by Faith Ozer

Megan Smith Junior Senator

“naughty presents for valentines lat minute”

On the Interwebs

What other orginizations are you involved in?

I am involved in Alpha Phi Omega and Eta Sigma Phi.

What are your goals for ASR?

To ensure that ASR not only handles maintenance problems, but makes Trinity a wonderful environment for the student body.

What is your proudest accomplishment as an ASR senator?

trinitonian.com exclusives Real search terms that led viewers to our website this week: “best weed shops in amsterdam”

I am proud to serve as the chair of the Student Life Committee.

“sexy r rated photos”

If you had unlimited funds and no restrictions, what would you do in ASR?

“bomb sniffing dog cries when he meets soldier”

I would renovate all of the dormitories.

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Index 1 News 7 Opinion

Staff

“san antonio megaplex sex” “wine glass shape nonsense”

11 Campus Pulse 15 Arts&Entertainment 19 Sports

editor:Tommie Ethington managing editor: Megan Julian business manager: Miroslav Getov print ad director: Travis Halff online ad director: Katrina Lichtenberg news editor: Faith Ozer campus pulse editor: Joe O’Connell arts & entertainment editor: Brian Westfall sports editor: Lydia Duncombe photo editor: Carly Cowen web editor: Matt Kafoury graphics editor: Caroline Jakubowski chief copy editor: Emily McMillan reporters: Kenneth Caruthers, Caleb Franzmann, Alison James, Jeremy Keys, Aynav Leibowitz, Aly Mithani,

Chloe Pope-Levison, Brooke Sanchez, Lauren Wilks writers: Paul Cuclis, Donald Dimick, John Mendiola, Abby Miracle columnists: Ben Conway, Gabrielle Shayeb cartoonist: Sarah Fulton copy editor: Brooke Griffis photographers: Sarah Cooper, Anh-Viet Dinh, Aidan Kirksey distribution manager: Jonathan Moore advertising executives: Krista Campolo, Lisa Hall, Paige Lanford, Hank Leeper, Bauer Magnusson creative staff: Ashley Leek, Katherine Kroll business assistants: Sydney Coleman, Laura Fraser, Gabriela Serrano social media manager: Madison Smith adviser: Katharine Martin

“looks good in drag” What do you search for?

Comments from our online viewers: “Just to clear the air, though a motion was made for a trial, it was a preferable alternative to what could have happpened... It was not an attack. It was a means of clearing the air...” -Bobbye Pyke “So why does it keep coming up in the Trinitonian? The situation, while ridiculous, does not need to be brought to the attention of the entire campus...” -Emily Mikhail from the article, “Professionalism. Respect. Have we lost that in APO?”

Corrections In the March 1, 2013 issue of the Trinitonian, on Page 1, the word “amendment” was misspelled in the title of the article by Jeremy Keys.

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News

158 prospective students visit Trinity for chance to win full-ride

by Caleb Franzmann

NEWS REPORTER

Admissions hosted the first Tower Scholarship day on Saturday, Mar. 2. The Tower Scholarship program is a scholarship competition for prospective students in which they can win one of 13 fulltuition scholarships offered by the university. One hundred and fifty eight prospective students attended the event.

“The whole drive of the scholarship program is to drive more top students to campus,” said Chris Ellertson, associate vice president for enrollment and student retention. “The turnout was great. We got a lot more top students to visit than

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would usually.”

Prospective students that attended the scholarship day attended a full day of activities including a class lecture and scholarly response as well as an academics and faculty fair.

Admissions based their offering of the 13 scholarships on the responses provided by the prospective students.

“We ended up with 158 students attending the scholarship day, which is too many to do individual interviews. And we thought that requiring an additional essay wouldn’t be robust enough,” Ellertson said. “So, we had Trinity professors teach classes to the prospective students, and we evaluated them based on their responses.”

The scholarship day also included many features similar to typical visits and Trinity 360, such as a campus tour and panels on student life at Trinity.

“Not only were we trying to evaluate them, but also showcase

our faculty and what is available to them at Trinity,” said visit coordinator Alexa Johnston.

“We also had a few breakout sessions about student life here at Trinity. We tried to combine the scholarly, evaluative aspect with a typical Trinity visit.”

Admissions also gave prospective students the option to attend a complimentary dinner downtown and tour of the riverwalk, and nearly 50 students chose to stay on campus with overnight hosts.

“For this event, we relied on our all-star hosts and members of Trinity Distinguished Representatives,” said admissions counselor Kealey Malott.

Funding for the Tower Scholarship program does not come from an increased scholarship budget. Rather, admissions decided to reapportion funds from existing scholarship programs in order to fund the 13 full-tuition scholarships offered by the

program.

“We ended up offering 13 full-tuition scholarships, but we expect that only a halfdozen or so will take them,” Ellertson said. “These are incredible students and they have a lot of options, so we don’t expect all of them to attend.”

Admissions intended this first Tower Scholarship day as a trial run, and has since decided to continue the Tower Scholarship program. The next scholarship day is set for March 1, 2014.

“We’ve had a lot of positive feedback from faculty involved and from prospective students,” Ellertson said.

“And not even the ones that won the scholarships. We got great feedback from students that didn’t win. Although we can’t really know the return on investment until we see the enrollment numbers in May, we think, based on the response, that the scholarship

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New water dispensers encourage campus sustainability Ten new water fountains and several new water bottle dispensers are being or have been installed on campus thanks to funds allocated last spring by the campus administration and Association of Student Representatives, according to Sharon Curry, coordinator for sustainability in the university’s Office for Campus Planning and Sustainability.

According to Curry, water bottle filling stations have been installed in several locations in both academic buildings and residence halls, including the Prassel, Thomas, and Lightner residence halls as well as in the Chapman Center and Northrup Hall.

All 18 of these stations are the result of cooperation between the various student organizations, including ASR and Students Organized for Sustainability.

“I do not recall the idea [for the new installations] having a single point of origin, but

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rather many voices over several years advocated for the installation of filling stations for a variety of reasons,” said Curry in an email correspondence.

According to Joe Moore, ASR president, the idea of the water fountains was originally discussed in ASR last year.

“The water fountains were discussed before I became president. It was a topic of discussion when I was a senator, if I recall. The previous president, Logan Walsh, really pushed for it.

He thought it was a good idea, and he took it to the administration,” Moore said.

“They said that if he went halfway [in terms of funding] that they would go halfway as well.”

According to Curry, the funding for the stations was split evenly between the administration and ASR. Both contributed $15,000 in funds towards the new fountains and water fillers. Campus

personnel started work on these new installations only recently, and work has not yet finished.

Curry also noted that even as this round of upgrades is nearing completion, campus officials have already made plans for the next series of fountains.

“The Witt and Winn Residence Halls renovation project and phase 3 construction of the Center for the Sciences and Innovation both have bottle fillers included within the scope of these projects,” Curry said.

According to Moore, the new water fountains fall in line with the campus’ push towards sustainability, replacing disposable plastic water bottles.

“The idea was that we would slowly filter out the student use of water bottles.

We want people to not have to constantly have to buy those plastic water bottles everyday,” Moore said.

“We wanted to encourage sustainability as well as have an easy way to access that water. It’s better than fiddling

around with normal water fountains.” compiled by Jeremy Keys, reporter

photo by Anh-Viet Dinh Sophomore Dominique Davis utilizes a brand new water dispenser, one of the many placed in residence halls and other buildings around campus.

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San Antonio is hosting its own Texas Book Festival on April 13 at the Central Library. Until now, the festival was only celebrated at the state level. A Pulitzer Prize winner, a National Book Award Finalist, and more than 50 other authors will come together for the inaugural festival in San Antonio.

The festival is free to all and will include author presentations, panel discussions, book signings, and more.

Scientists revealed further evidence of water on Mars at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas. Curiosity, NASA’s Mars rover, found evidence of waterbearing minerals in the “Yellowknife Bay.” Additionally, Curiosity detected clay while drilling into a basalt outcrop in the same area. The clay was likely created by wet environmental processes. Curiosity landed on Mars on Aug. 6 on a mission costing $2.5 billion.

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cnn.com

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom went into secret session for the first time ever on Thursday, March 21. The court entered secret session in order to hear part of the government’s evidence against Bank Mellat, a Tehran bank accused of indirectly aiding Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

Due to procedures special to the secret session, Bank Mellat will not be shown all of the government’s evidence against them. Bank Mellat denies charges of aiding Iran’s nuclear program. thegaurdian.co/uk

compiled by Caleb Franzmann, reporter

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News Petition may amend ASR constitution •

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Lalani’s petition, which had received approximately 200 signatures as of Wednesday, aims to exempt members of Residential Life and the Academic Honor Council from this rule.

According to Moore, there are two avenues by which the constitution can be amended.

The first involves approval by two-thirds of ASR before the amendment is voted upon by the student body in either the general election or a special election.

The other option is for a student to create a petition and get 250 signatures. If the petition reaches this threshold, it is sent on to the president of ASR who then orchestrates a campus-wide vote.

According to Evan Lewis, ASR sophomore senator and vicepresident elect, this is not the first time this year that ASR has reviewed membership requirements.

“We kind of looked at that at the end of this term, but nothing really got hashed out,” Lewis said.

According to Lalani, who began the petition because she wanted to serve concurrently on Residential Life and ASR, there are others that share her concerns.

“There were maybe 10 or 15 students that said ‘yeah, it would be really awesome if we could do both,’” Lalani said.

While there may be benefits for some members of the Trinity community, others worry that the change will create a conflict of interest.

“I feel that ASR and Res Life fulfill different functions on campus,” Lewis said. “In the constitution,

ASR is specifically charged with representing the student body in any alterations of the students’ rights and responsibilities.

Basically that means that ASR is on the side of student interests, while I feel like Res Life is primarily charged with enforcing university policy and interests, and that puts them on opposite sides. Most of the time university interests and student interests are aligned, but sometimes they are not.”

Senior Cody Miller agrees with Lewis, pointing out other possible issues.

“Being an RM or an RA is a huge time commitment.

ASR is allegedly a huge time commitment also,” Miller said.

“I don’t see how one could juggle that effectively without it affecting their ability to hold their positions of leadership, and also if they were holding [both positions], I feel like that extends their sphere of influence too far, and it kind of disrupts the system of checks and balances we have here at Trinity.”

Lalani countered the notion that it is impossible to handle the two positions, arguing that effective time management can enable a student to successfully fulfill both roles, and asserted that the amendment is primarily intended to increase student representation.

“I just kind of wanted to reiterate, this isn’t just to allow students to do Res Life and ASR. It’s to allow students to vote for who they want to, and it allows every student on campus to be able to run for ASR because they are the representatives of the university. You can’t just say that because you’re doing [Big Six], you can’t be in ASR.”

Trinity recieves new chemistry grant Catalyst research leads to $350,000 grant, furthers student/faculty collaboration

by Sonam James

NEWS INTERN

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The National Science Foundation awarded a $350,000 grant to support future research endeavors that involve the work of chemistry professors Bert Chandler and Chris Pursell. The grant was awarded after a proposal was submitted that contained the collaborative efforts of Chandler and Pursell along with the help of senior student researcher, Luke Tibbitts.

The research project also included Robert M. Rioux, professor of chemical engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

“There is a peer review process and the top fifteen to twenty percent get funded,” Chandler said.

The grant will fund students both at Trinity University and at Pennsylvania State University.

The proposal was submitted in September of last year and was a collaborative effort by Chandler, Pursell and Rioux.

“It’s really about a year from when you start the proposal to when you get the grant,” said Chandler.

The research in the proposal centers on catalysts.

“The project with Dr. Chandler is in chemistry and involves small nanoparticles, catalysts and small metallic particles. We mostly use gold,” Pursell said. “Everything today involves catalysts: all the drugs we take involve catalysts and all the energy we use involves catalysts…

Understanding catalysis is really important.”

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Budget presentation focuses on transparency Ahlburg and Logan present 2013-2014 budget to faculty and staff

by Caleb Franzmann

NEWS REPORTER

On Friday, March 8, Dennis Ahlburg, president of the university, and Gary Logan, vice president for finance and administration, presented the 2013-14 budget to faculty and staff.

The presentation covered financial health, risk assessment, revenue estimates and capital projects as well as a question and answer session. The goal of the presentation was to promote transparency in the financial affairs of the university.

“This is a continuation of our feeling that in order to better understand the institution you need to understand the business model,” Ahlburg said. “This is… a view of where the money comes from and where the money goes.

Anything you want to look at, just ask us.”

While the presentation focused on the financial basics of Trinity’s budget, Logan and Ahlburg both said that a more detailed discussion of the budget will occur throughout the year.

“This is far more transparent in terms of where revenues come from and where spending goes.

I appreciate the effort to reach out to the faculty and staff about the budget.”

John Huston Professor and Chair of Economics “I would like to have periodic meetings with the campus community for those who would like to dive deeper into allocating assets and spending for the endowment and some of the more detailed financial metrics we use to measure financial health,” Logan said.

According to John Huston, professor and chair of economics, the focus on transparency is an improvement over past administrations.

“This is far more transparent in terms of where revenues come from

and where spending goes.

I appreciate the effort to reach out to faculty and staff about the budget,” Huston said.

“I think it helps in faculty decision-making to know more about the budget.”

“This is a continuation of our feeling that in order to better understand the institution you need to understand the business model.”

Dennis Ahlburg President of Trinity University

In terms of revenue estimates, Logan’s budget presentation focused on increasing student revenues rather than cutting costs.

Among peer institutions in Texas, such as Southwestern University, Rice, Texas Christian University and others, Trinity maintains the lowest total direct cost for students. In order to attract students and stay a quality institution, Logan said that the university should continue to increase the cost of attendance.

“I think that’s right on the mark. If we get into the business of trying to replicate what University of Texas does or what Phoenix does online — we have no comparative advantage,” Huston said. “Our edge is the personal experience. You can get experiential learning off-campus, one-on-one with faculty, undergraduate

research. There are things you can do here that you can’t at large universities or online.”

“We are clearly not at the bottom of the list academically.

And I think being priced at the bottom of the list is not a good place for us to be in the market.”

Gary Logan Vice President for Finance and Administration

According to Logan, the bottom line on net tuition

revenue comes down to a 4.9 percent increase in tuition for the 2013-14 academic year.

Logan said that the increase will likely be high relative to other institutions, allowing Trinity to lessen the price differential between Trinity and peer institutions in Texas.

“We are clearly not at the bottom of the list academically. And I think being priced at the bottom of the list is not a good place for us to be in the market,” Logan said. “We’re trying to bite into the price differential, but we are also sensitive to the fact that we cannot make up that ground instantly, considering the current economy.”

The budget presentation concluded with a question and answer session in which both Ahlburg and Logan answered questions from the faculty and staff.

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News

Mellon Initiative adds new student fellowships The Mellon Foundation donates $600,000 grant to arts and humanities research

by Aynav Leibowitz

NEWS REPORTER

This past January, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation granted Trinity its first arts and humanities research-specific grant. The grant, worth $600,000, created the Mellon Initiative, a fellowship program meant to increase opportunities for undergraduate research in subjects outside of the hard sciences.

The Mellon Initiative, directed by Ruben Dupertuis, associate professor of religion, will fund summer undergraduate research fellows in the following departments: art and art history, classical studies, English, history, human communication and theatre, modern languages and literatures, music, philosophy and religion.

“The goal of the program is really to promote undergraduate research in the arts and humanities, which isn’t traditionally as common as it is in the sciences,” said Dupertuis via email. “The value of undergraduate research is actually well documented.”

Funded for five years, Dupertuis explained three specific goals the Mellon Initiative intends to accomplish with the $600,000.

“The program has three objectives: one being to embed research into the curriculum more so that not just students doing summer research can benefit,” Dupertuis said. “The second being developing faculty expertise, which isn’t common in the arts and humanities, and then the third piece is summer undergraduate research fellowships, much like we have in the sciences.”

According to Dupertuis, this coming summer, there will be 10 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships available through the Mellon Initiative, 12 during the following summer in 2014, and 14 in the summer of 2015.

Miriam Lavenda, a junior religion major, expressed her enthusiasm about the recently donated grant.

“I think it’s great that this grant was given to the departments,” Lavenda said. “I feel like there is so much research about different religions and cultures, both inside and outside of San Antonio, that can be explored more.”

Lavenda also explained that she hopes the money can help fund trips to places outside of San Antonio as well as bring scholars from around the world to speak in classes.

According to Shelly Gordon, first year and possible human communication major, she also hopes to be a part of the new Mellon Initiative.

“I am hoping to go into speech pathology and that is definitely an occupation in which I need experience, and this opportunity can help me so much, as well as I am sure it could help my fellow peers,” Gordon said. “I think it is a fabulous opportunity and equalizes the playing field for all kinds of majors.”

According to Dupertuis, most professors will be the ones to approach the specific students they would like to research with them. However, students may approach professors as a viable way to express interest in the opportunity.

“Usually professors are going to want to work with students that have been in their classes because you have to have some sort of experience or basics under your belt, but that is not always the case,” Dupertuis said. “In other cases, students have come up to me and asked how they can find professors.”

Dupertuis explained that each department in the arts and humanities has a steering committee with a representative from each area of expertise.

He recommends going to the intended department and contacting the representative from that specific steering committee.

If any students would like more information and want to know how to get involved, the Mellon Initiative office is located in Chapman 260.

New chemistry research grant • continued from Page 4 Senior Luke Tibbitts played an important part in the research process. “Luke worked on the main ideas of the project for the last two summers.

His research and experiments led directly to a major part of the proposal,” Chandler said.

“I would set up and run the experiments as well as collect and organize the data,” Tibbitts said.

Tibbitts worked with Chandler and Pursell over the summers of 2011 and 2012. “I believe I was very fortunate and blessed to be

able to work with not only one but two top–notch professors on a daily basis,” Tibbitts said.

A portion of the grant money will go towards paying for student stipends so students may conduct research over the summer, hiring a postdoctoral fellow and funding equipment and supply. This particular grant will provide stipends for six student researchers in the summer.

“Students will be involved in a lot of parts. They will be developing new experiments and interpreting data,” Chandler said.

Opinion

On Steubenville

Cynara Medina and Sarah Topp weigh in on the controversy with insight and reflection Page 8

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Mistakes embarrassing, disservice to readers Letter to the Editor:

As a professor who has also published in popular print media, I know that typos are inevitable no matter how many times an issue has been proofread: that’s just the nature of deadlines and of human fallibility. That said, the March 1 issue of the Trinitonian featured a truly unfortunate number of misspellings-on the very same weekend that top prospective students were visiting campus. It was embarrassing enough to have an above-the-fold headline that screamed “ASR starts process of ammendments,” but the errors continued throughout the issue (for instance, “requirment,””orginizations,” “beacuse,””specifiicity”--and this only gets us to page 3. I’m not even including “busses,” about which we may argue over a delightful beverage.)

The Trinitonian clearly needs to reform its work-flow in order to nab these typos earlier in the process: the present system does both readers and writers a disservice.

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by Sarah Fulton

EDITORIAL

58 days and counting...

If you’re a senior, the date March 18 means something to you, or at least it should, and if you’re another member of the community that falls somewhere in between staff, faculty, administrator and the three other classes, you might have noticed a substantial change in those older students Monday.

That’s because March 18 marked two months ‘till the 2013 Spring Commencement (also known as G-Day to those of us who fear the possible impending doom that is post-grad life).

As the final spring break for the Class of 2013 came to a close (check out Page 9 for Gabby Shayeb’s take on the last holiday), and the commencement speaker was announced (see the front page), reality set in. Some of us are still trying to live in denial (though you do have to pick up your commencement tickets eventually), but it’s getting harder and harder with each day.

As the seniors on the Trinitonian staff, we feel we speak for our class when we say there are definitely mixed feelings and emotions surrounding this passage of time. Sure, we’re excited at the prospect of no longer having homework, tests or papers due and the idea of actually making money instead of just spending it also sounds nice. But, like with every major life change, there’s the understanding that there are certain things you’ll never get to experience again, like eating at Mabee, walking to class up Cardiac Hill and past Miller Fountain, hanging out with friends in your dorm room and studying in the library.

At the beginning of the year, we did a special section called the Trinity Bucket List (which can still be found online under “Special Sections”) and it seemed as though checking everything off would be easy, because there was so much time. But staying true to our college kid persona, most of us have probably procrastinated and we’re now trying to cram four years into 58 days. We encourage everyone to look back at your goals from the beginning of the semester, whether it be making the Dean’s List or going to class still drunk from the night before, and do what you haven’t done now.

But also, don’t be afraid if you don’t get to everything (you can always take a victory lap), and if it really does become too much, read Paul Cuclis’ column this week (Page 15), take a risk and distract yourself. Finally, remember that there are so many exciting opportunities yet to come.

This week’s story involving Richard Reed’s newfound love of beekeeping and gardening (Page 11) reminded us that your life can change as you grow, and it doesn’t end here.

Your friendships don’t end here. Learning doesn’t end here. Your involvement with Trinity doesn’t end here (they’re always going to want our money). And while there’s a healthy balance (you don’t want to be “that” person), understanding that you can still be involved might make the transition easier.

Reflection will also make it easier, so don’t be afraid to cry. Don’t be afraid to be sad or happy or vomit uncontrollably.

And then after you’ve picked yourself up from the depths of despair or come down from your cloud of euphoria, consider writing a senior column for the Trinitonian, due April 29, to mjulian@trinity.edu.

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Not a victim: implications of Steubenville Media With Medina Cynara Medina, Professor My name is Cynara M. Medina.

I am 42 years old. You might know me as your professor or as your colleague, or maybe you just recognize my name because I have written a few columns for the Trinitonian. I was molested as a child. My abuser was my music teacher. He told me that if I ever said a word to my mother, she would not love me anymore. I was nine and I believed it. I lived with the shame and the fear for many years after it happened. I was just a little kid and I thought that it was all my fault. I look back now, and I think I understand why. I grew up in a culture in which women are expected to be responsible not only for their own behavior, but for that of others. Maybe you grew up like that too.

“ No one asks to be abused, regardless of their age. By the same token, no one, male or female, gay or straight, has the right to impose their sexual desires over others. It is wrong.”

I did not ask for it, nor did I deserve to have my life almost completely ruined; if you think that I say this because the abuse happened when I was a child, you would be wrong. No one asks to be abused, regardless of their age. By the same token, no one, male or female, gay or straight, has the right to impose their sexual desires over others.

It is wrong. Furthermore, anyone who excuses sexual abuse by saying that the victim “had it coming,” who jokes about abuse, cheers for the abuser, or otherwise justifies unconscionable behavior is also wrong.

You might wonder what would compel me to write this, as it is deeply personal. In fact, I would not be surprised if it’s considered distasteful or pointless. After all, I should be over my abuse by now, shouldn’t I? It happened over 30 years ago. It should be buried in the past. Well, it is not.

The events at Steubenville, Ohio have dug out some very painful memories, but I have no intention of dwelling on them. I have worked really hard to restore my life, my family, my ability to form healthy relationships, and to become a productive member of society. That also means that I will not stand by as though what happened Steubenville doesn’t affect me or those around me. It does, and not just because I have my own pain to deal with. It’s because Steubenville has, once again, made it very obvious that rape culture exists.

Steubenville has also made it quite clear AGAIN that we need

to stand up against rape culture.

So this is my plan. I will not be quiet if I hear anyone call another person a slut. I won’t sit quietly and condone rape jokes because of some misguided interpretation of the right to free speech, and I won’t accept that non-consensual sex is the victim’s fault. I don’t think anyone else should either.

the verdict was read, reported to anchor Candy Crowley on CNN that it was incredibly difficult to watch two boys who are great football players and very good students “with such promising futures” have their lives destroyed as a result of their crimes. Two girls from Steubenville High School have been arrested for threatening to take the life of the rape survivor, shaming her for coming forward and prosecuting the rape. One of the boys’ lawyers argued that he should not be punished harshly because, at age 16, his brain is not yet fully developed and therefore he cannot be held responsible for his actions.

Unfortunately, the narrative expressing sympathy with the perpetrators is coupled with a strong victim-blaming discourse. Countless Facebook messages and tweets have argued that if the victim hadn’t drunk as much alcohol as she did then the rape wouldn’t have happened. For example, Jimmy Momenee, a disc jockey at the University of Toledo tweeted, “Disgusting outcome on #Steubenville trial. Remember kids, if you’re drunk/slutty at a party and embarrassed later, just say you got raped!”

Tragically, his comments are not isolated or uncommon; they are part of a large social chorus arguing that women falsely cry rape and that attire and demeanor are asking for sexual encounters even when they say “no.”

No matter the angle, all of these accounts are disturbing.

They conflate responsibility, blaming the victim for the rape and grieving the perpetrators.

It was not the verdict that ruined the young men’s lives.

It was their choice to rape an unconscious teenager. What she wore or didn’t wear or whether she drank alcohol is not to blame for the assault. The two young men made a choice that affected not only their future, but hers. They should be held responsible for their actions and so should the media. Their depictions of the crime and those involved are an integral part of the cultural discourse of rape culture. Changing the accepted popular narrative is an essential step to stopping future rapes.

“So this is my plan.

I will not be quiet if I hear anyone call another person a slut. I won’t sit quietly and condone rape jokes because of some misguided interpretation of the right to free speech, and I won’t accept that non-consensual sex is the victim’s fault.”

What we do and say matters.

I have chosen to disclose this because I want to be able to walk around this campus with my head held high. My name is Cynara M. Medina. I am not a victim anymore. I am a survivor. I am an advocate. I hope you will be an advocate against rape culture too.

Cyanara Medina is a visiting professor in the department of communication.

We must stop grieving the perpetrator Topp Thoughts Sarah Topp, Columnist In the wake of the the guilty verdicts in the rape trial of two high school students from Steubenville High School in Ohio, there seems to have been a forgetting of the true victim, which is the young woman who survived the rape. Rather than expressing outrage over the crimes committed against her, there has been an apologetic and mournful tone expressed in defense of the perpetrators of crime.

The list of media outlets and social networking sites that have expressed their horror at the ruined lives of the two convicted teens is long, growing and depressing. Before the verdict was announced, both ABC and NBC aired rosy depictions of the rapists, emphasizing their future potential and playing up their dreams of going to college.

Reporter Poppy Harlow, who was in the courtroom when

Sarah Topp is a professor in the department of human communication. She is also the debate team coach.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Damaging column goes beyond journalism Dear Editor, I can appreciate the Trinitonian covering the story regarding APO’s current situation, in that APO is a large and active sorority on campus. Even before the article published two issues ago that detailed the internal APO conflict, I heard comments from people I both knew and did not know about APO “drama.” Thankfully, no one would give specific details in the interests of protecting the people involved: the talk I heard wasn’t interested in “outing” anyone so much as expressing concern for members who were and are continuing to struggle to calm the situation. While many people reacted negatively against the February 22 APO article, I stand by the Trinitonian’s decision to include it, as it presented the internal strife in a relatively unbiased manner.

The article does not seek to blame anyone and keeps personal issues confidential while still informing the greater campus community of these relevant events.

That aside, I have a different opinion of Abby Miracle’s column this past issue. Miracle does deserve to have her opinion on the matter, and I appreciate her message to not let personal issues of APO effect the ASR elections. However, after talking with many different people on campus and incorporating my own views, I’ve found the column damages more than it journalistically adds to the APO situation. The column promotes inflammatory gossip by moving from an informative, factual view of the events to blaming the people within APO itself. Many people I have talked to claim that an “anti-Megan Smith group” or “hoopla” was never present at the meeting that Miracle describes. While I can’t solely believe in Miracle’s column or what people have merely told me about the meeting, I can believe that Miracle’s column paints the members of APO as disrespectful and unprofessional — specifically as “twelve-year-olds.” I disagree with this depiction entirely, and Miracle’s fantastic message of not allowing APO strife to affect ASR elections is easily lost underneath the column’s pejorative gossip.

• Julia Smith is a sophomore member of Alpha Phi Omega

Miracle’s APO piece misleads, oversteps bounds I am writing to you about Abby Miracle’s article in the Trinitonian on Feb 22. This is not an accusatory or aggressive writing, but simply some clarifications that you may want to consider before allowing a writer to voice such unsubstantiated claims.

In the article, it is stated that allegations against Megan Smith/Allie Trigoso had been “proven false.”

This is not so. While the administration and other authorities may have beaten around the bush and stated that there was no reason (yet) to suspend Smith/Trigoso in order to attempt to handle the issue with delicacy. However, being that there was a known mediation by administration with Smith/Trigoso/ Stepchinski (an unsuccessful one at that), it must be assumed that there WAS an issue, not that nothing is wrong. The administration and APO higher-ups have stated that there was no reason to immediately suspend APO activity or our officers, but that is not sufficient commentary for such strong language as “proven.”

Miracle has overstepped her sources, and has not only made claims of Smith’s assured innocence that are unfounded, but has then followed up on this assumption by turning all of these issues into a degrading and scathing commentary on the behavior of those trying to speak against Smith.

I agree that the organization has made a bit too much “drama” over this issue, but Miracle is incorrect in her assumptions, unsubstantiated in her sources, and in ignorance of evidence.

This issue is far from a simple “sixth grade dance” melodrama, and many members of the Trinity community are upset by Miracle’s brash and overly-simplified and rude presentation of an already sensitive situation. This issue is not about APO, nor is it even simply about personal issues between Megan Smith and other members; it is much larger and needs to be treated with tact and tentative commentary, not foolish mockery.

• Cody Miller is a senior and former member of Alpha Phi Omega.

The Gift of Gab Gabrielle Shayeb, Columnist Welcome back, dear readers.

Hopefully you survived the existential experience of spring break and are now easing yourself back into the daily grind that Trinity folk know and despise. Whilst writing this article in the very center of Club Lib, I realized that it was exactly two months until the blissful day of my graduation. After this, I will no longer be a silly undergraduate. On the contrary, I will be a graduate, filled with the knowledge of how to succeed in the world.

And that’s when it hit me. I am old.

“I have come to accept my alcoholic limitations with great sadness in my soul. Live it up, young people.

Because one day, a single beer will make you sleepy, too.”

During my various spring break endeavors, I attempted various times to feel younger and less like the “senior” citizen that I am. Through singing awful karaoke at seedy bars, occasionally imbibing and having a “go with the flow” mentality during vacation, I believed I would relive the days of my college and high school youth that had passed me by.

I was terribly wrong. Let me

enlighten you, dear friends, as to what actually occurred during my spring break and how I came to realize that this last hurrah cemented me as a part of the elderly world.

Karaoke would’ve been nice… if there hadn’t been a cover. Now that I am old enough to legally drink, my realization that it’s millions of dollars cheaper to drink at home than go out made those $10 cover charges absolutely unbearable. So enjoy your rocking nights at Rio before

“Now that I am old enough to legally drink, my realization that it’s millions of dollars cheaper to drink at home than go out made those $10 cover charges absolutely unbearable. ” you realize that three-buck chuck from Trader Joe’s is the only way you can afford to live. Adult realization #1 I am no longer a freshman.

I have come to accept my alcoholic limitations with great sadness in my soul. Live it up, young people. Because one day, a single beer will make you sleepy, too. Adult realization #2 Old people cannot possess carefree spirits. This is because we are the ones driving, paying, talking with officers evicting the 18-yearold state-school sorority girls next door and planning graduate school interviews while on the beach. So for all you young people, please, stop planning this very instant and soak in all the adventure and carelessness that youth

affords. Because one day, you won’t be able to. Adult realization #3

“Enjoy the unknown, throw caution to the wind (don’t die in the process), and make memories (even if they’re small) that will make you laugh as you slowly enter the world of the aged and decrepit.”

Now, I don’t mean to imply that my vacation was boring in any way. I actually had the time of my life. I reconnected with friends I hadn’t talked to in months, relaxed on the beach, and laughed every day.

However, in truth, I felt that I was making my final swan song to the undergraduate world and transitioning into a world of adulthood—which sucks.

Thus, my purpose with my small recounting of my week of realizations is simple: please stay young. Even if it’s just for this weekend, stay young. Enjoy the unknown, throw caution to the wind (don’t die in the process), and make memories (even if they’re small) that will make you laugh as you slowly enter the world of the aged and decrepit. With this small pre-weekend plea, I take my leave and bid you farewell and happy recovery. It’s 9 p.m., “The Golden Girls” will be on soon, and I am getting quite sleepy. Until next time…

Gabrille Shayeb is a senior majoring in history.

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Relaxing and spending time with family.

Leah Pressman Sophomore

Going to Panama.

Pamela Mitchell Senior

Legal strip clubs in Canada.

CJ France Sophomore

Hiking in the woods and falling into a waterfall.

Liz Malik Senior

Catching up on sleep.

Andrew Culberson First Year

Ladies and the drinks.

Jackson Bush Sophomore

Driving around Austin shout-singing with the windows down.

Adrianne Cohen Senior

Seeing my puppy.

Victoria Mosqueda Sophomore

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Sleeping out for the H.O.P.E. and the homeless Guest Column Danielle Hoard Each week, every member of H.O.P.E Hall volunteers with an organization where they encounter some form of homelessness - whether it’s tutoring children at a children’s shelter, serving food at the San Antonio Food Bank, participating in a spiritual recovery circle at Travis Park or interacting with adults and families at Haven for Hope.

“Some days we witness their tears and others their triumphs. The individuals we encounter each week give us so much more than we could ever hope to return.”

As relationships grow, we in H.O.P.E. Hall get to hear their stories. Some days we witness their tears and others their triumphs.

The individuals we encounter each week give us so much more than we could ever hope to return.

Although every experience is unique, most H.O.P.E Hall members would agree that these interactions broaden our perspectives and afford us a tiny glimpse into the life of the homeless, the key word here being tiny. It’s the most difficult part of it all— trying to understand a circumstance most of us have never experienced.

to raise awareness for the homeless community in their respective cities.

“The night will be filled with discussion, a video and, of course, board games for some fun. We will conclude the evening by spending the night outside to raise awareness for the homeless individuals “We don’t know who have no other what it’s like to be in choice.’ their shoes. But with the H.O.P.E Hall At 7 p.m. Friday, March 22, H.O.P.E. Hall will step out Sleep-out we hope to for our own sleep-out on raise awareness that Murchison Lawn. The night these shoes exist— will be filled with discussion, a video and, of course, board around 4,000 on games for some fun. We will any given day in conclude the evening by San Antonio alone.” spending the night outside

We don’t know what it’s like to be in their shoes. But with the H.O.P.E Hall Sleep-Out we hope to raise awareness that these shoes exist— around 4,000 on any given day in San Antonio alone.

Numerous sleep-outs have been conducted on college campuses across the U.S

to raise awareness for the homeless individuals who have no other choice. We encourage anyone from the Trinity community to join us with their sleeping bags for this unique and eye-opening opportunity. A sack meal will be provided.

Through my service at Travis Park Ministries, I’ve heard some chilling stories of

There are up to 4,000 homeless people in San Antonio on any given day.

Sleep-outs are held by colleges across the country as a way to educate the public on this issue.

The H.O.P.E. Hall Sleepout starts at 7 p.m today, March 22. life on the streets, particularly of finding a safe place to sleep. Both homeless men and women at Travis Park openly voice their fears of being mugged or assaulted each night.

I struggle to come to terms with the fact that while I take refuge in my cozy, locked dorm room each night, homeless individuals are slumbering in courtyards and streets— left vulnerable to the elements and

to mental and physical harm.

It’s this unsettling reality that motivates the members of H.O.P.E Hall each week to volunteer, and it’s the reason I’ll be rolling out my sleeping bag on Murchison Lawn for a less-than-comfortable but memorable experience.

from their jobs because they illegally used peyote as part of their religion in Smith v.

Employment Division (1990), Justice Scalia, on behalf of the Court, notes that this is one of the ramifications of Native Americans choosing to live in a democracy. This theory might work for many individuals who immigrated to the United States, but surely not Native Americans.

and mission of woman are to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. This is the law of the creator.” The oppressive treatment of women later triggered Justice Brennan to lament that governmental policies and previous court decisions “put women, not on a pedestal, but in a cage.” Still, the Supreme Court has upheld state sterilization policies of the “feeble-minded” and habitual criminals in Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942), affirmed placing Japanese citizens in relocation centers and the denial of due process in Korematsu v. United States (1944), and Justice Scalia sarcastically argues in a dissent that permitting same sex partners the right to engage in physical intimacy could naturally lead to bestiality in Lawrence v. Texas (2003).

This discussion of treacherous treatment of minority groups by the Supreme Court is far from exhaustive. If a group is interested in a branch of government that might protect the minority from majority oppression, the Supreme Court is probably not the place to redress its grievances.

Danielle Hoard is a sophomore living on H.O.P.E Hall

Are Supreme Court justices superheroes?

Politics with Hermann John Hermann, Columnist

As an undergraduate student, I was attracted to studying the United States Supreme Court because I incorrectly perceived that our nation’s highest tribunal’s central role is to protect minorities from majority oppression. Under this view, the justices of the Supreme Court are like superheroes. They would fly across the United States, eliminating unjust policies that trample on fundamental liberties. Undoubtedly, the justices would ensure equal opportunity and justice for all. In theory, the superhero view has credence. After all, the Supreme Court is the only branch of government that is unelected.

The justices have the opportunity not to concern themselves with election returns. They are free to interpret the Constitution in a way that protects minorities from the excesses of majority rule in a constitutional republic. The Court did play the superhero role in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), finding that segregation in

public schools contravenes the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

Similarly, the Court ensured that Congress could enforce African-Americans right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment in South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966).

“The justices have the opportunity not to concern themselves with election returns.

They are free to interpret the Constitution in a way that protects minorities from the excesses of majority rule in a constitutional republic.”

More frequently, however, the Supreme Court and individual justices’ decisions reinforce majority opinion.

Scholars have found only three areas where the Supreme Court is not in harmony with public opinion: Prohibition of school prayer, protection of flag desecration, and the recent Citizens United (2010)

decision. More disconcerting than the Supreme Court and individual justices not acting as superheroes is that there are many instances when the justices have acted like “superzeroes.”

This “superzero” behavior manifests itself when the Court and individual justices oppress individuals or a particular group in a way that contravenes the letter and spirit of our constitutional principles. For example, in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857), the Court ruled that AfricanAmericans were property and, thus, did not have a right to sue in Court. Even after the Civil War Amendments were ratified (13th in 1865, 14th in 1868, and 15th in 1870), the Supreme Court conferred legitimacy on the Jim Crow laws in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).

African Americans were not the only group to receive negative treatment by the “superzeroes.” In connection with Native Americans, the Supreme Court has affirmed countless federal policies that violated the basic tenets of their treaties, violently stole their lands, and stripped them of basic religious rights. More recently, when the Court denied members of the Native American Church unemployment benefits after being fired

“More disconcerting than the Supreme Court and individual justices not acting as superheroes is that there are many instances when the justices have acted like ‘superzeroes.’”

Women have also had some ruthless rulings made against them by the Supreme Court.

In Bradwell v. Illinois (1873), the Supreme Court upheld a state law that prohibited women from practicing law.

In his concurring opinion, Justice Bradley contended that the Court did not go far enough in its discussion of the role of woman in society: “The paramount destiny

John Hermann is an associate professor in the political science department.

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Professor spends sabbatical farming, beekeeping and writing Richard Reed’s time off from teaching takes him to Wisconsin and back

by Lauren Wilks

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Richard Reed, director of the environmental studies department, is on sabbatical this semester. Trinity faculty members are given sabbatical leave for the purpose of encouraging them to engage in research in their fields or other activities that relate to their fields of scholarly interest.

Reed is taking the semester to work in the field, literally: he is spending portions of the semester at his family farm in Wisconsin, and when he is in San Antonio, he is fostering hives of bees.

“As director of environmental studies, I have a couple of different things going on. As a professor, you study and think about your subject all the time, but that’s different than actually doing it. Putting it into action is different than writing and analyzing, so I’m doing a bit of both this semester,” Reed said.

Reed’s family has had a farm called Basswood Hill since 1886, when they homesteaded a section of land in northern Wisconsin.

Growing up, Reed visited the farm for vacations; however, he never really experienced the farming part of Basswood Hill. During spring semester of 2012, Reed thought that it would be an interesting experiment to actually try to run the farm himself, while being especially conscious of environmentally friendly practices.

“My family used to work this farm—wouldn’t it be fun to actually do it? In an environmentally friendly way? After classes ended last spring semester and before graduation, I went up to Wisconsin to plant a garden of organically raised heritage vegetables with seeds from Iowa. My brother-in-law, my son and I plowed and planted the produce,” Reed said.

The three of them spent the rest of summer 2012 engaged in organic garden production and cattle management. Reed sees the summer of 2012 as an experience in which he put his field of scholarly study into action. During that summer, Reed started his own project in addition to produce farming and cattle raising: beekeeping.

“Bees were basically my project. I started with bees here in San Antonio. The winter before going up to the farm, I contacted the Alamo Beekeepers Association and got on a list that basically facilitates bee collection,”

photo by Megan McLoughlin, intern Richard Reed holds up a frame from his hive of Russian bees. He is using his sabbatical to raise two hives of bees, the other of which is from Italy.

Reed said. “When someone calls complaining of bees on a fence, or in a chimney, we go up and capture the bees, or the swarm.”

In a single swarm, there can be around 30,000 bees, and one of the bees is the queen.

The queen of the swarm is the central focal point of the entire hive.

“She’s the most important because everyone organizes around her. If you can get the

queen, all the rest of the bees will follow. The thing about bees is that they aren’t really domesticated—they’re wild.

All you can do is create an environment that they want to live in and hope that they stay with you,” Reed said.

By the time summer 2012 came around, Reed had collected a lot of bees, which resulted in a lot of honey, but had not had success maintaining a hive.

Environmental studies and art double major Allison Skopec appreciates Reed’s willingness to venture out of the classroom to enrich his knowledge of environmental studies and relate that knowledge to other scholarly fields. She also does beekeeping in Seguin and is aware of the amount of effort necessary but also the excitement that comes from the process.

Leon Moore and Jim Corbett write about how Garrett Hartley, a placekicker for the New Orleans Saints National Football League team, received a four-game suspension for testing positive for Adderall, a banned stimulant.

Sophomore Emily Wilkins does not support the use of ADHD medication without a prescription, but she can understand why some students would be tempted to try it.

“I think college is stressful as it is, and there’s definitely a lack of sleep, a lack of time and when someone gets behind, there’s a rush to pull all-nighters and do all of that work at once. I can definitely see why it happens,” Wilkins said.

Richard Reams, associate director of Counseling Services, points out that students who take ADHD medication without a prescription can experience adverse side effects.

“Because Ritalin or Adderall is a central nervous system stimulant, it might cause nervousness or jitters, insomnia, sped up heart rate and increased blood pressure are some of the things that may happen,” Reams said.

Since Adderall is a Schedule

II psychostimulant drug with a high dependence liability according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, selling the drug is considered a Class B felony. In an effort to avoid getting charged with illegal possession of Adderall without a prescription, some students have been known to fake or dramatize ADHD symptoms so that they can legally obtain a prescription for the drug.

Reams said that this may be possible because ADHD can be difficult to diagnose.

“There are difficulties sustaining attention, getting easily distracted and impulsivity and hyperactivity for some people. Part of the difficulty is you’ve got to rule out depression as the cause of the difficulty for sustaining attention, you’ve got to rule out anxiety as the cause, so it’s a little tricky to clearly define something as ‘ADD’,” Reams said.

Sedia believes that doctors diagnose ADHD too often, without considering other possible diagnoses.

“I think ADD is overdiagnosed, but there are people

out there like me who really do have it and really do need ADD medicine. I hate that I have to take a pill, and I think pharmaceutical companies are making a crap ton of money off a lot of people. However, I am one of those people who actually need it, and one day I will be off the medicine,” Sedia said.

Sedia does not like the idea of students abusing ADHD medication just to give themselves an advantage in school. Sedia acknowledges that although that method may help in the short term, the long term effects and chances of addiction are not worth the risk.

“For people who are ADD, the medicine makes them normal. It doesn’t make it easier; it makes it to where you can remember what most everybody else does. For people who don’t have ADD and take ADD medicine, their body treats it like speed. If you’re normal and you take it so you can study, you’re being lazy because you don’t want to have to put the time into it,” Sedia said.

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“Study drugs” used by students to increase focus, attention Stimulants like Adderall may help during an allnighter but can have adverse effects

by Kenneth Caruthers

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It is common for students to say that they have trouble concentrating in class, but some students find it even more challenging than normal.

Sophomore Stephen Sedia, for example, has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactive disorder and was part of the clinical trials for Adderall XR. He has been taking ADHD medication since the second grade, and Sedia says that he would not be able to focus in class or on schoolwork without the medication.

“I wouldn’t be here at Trinity right now without it. I almost flunked out of second grade, and then I got ADD medicine.

With ADD, you can focus as hard as you want on something, and you don’t get to decide whether you remember or not,” Sedia said.

ADD, attention deficitt disorder, is one of three subtypes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The term was formally changed to “ADHD predominately inattentive” in 1994 in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, commonly known as the DSM-IV. However, it is still often referred to as ADD. According to a 2005 article titled, “Illicit Use of Prescribed Stimulant Medication Among College Students” in the Journal of American College Health, Adderall and other ADHD medications like it, such as Ritalin, have gained popularity on college campuses across the country for their use as socalled “study drugs.” Students usually resort to Adderall use when they find themselves in a position where they have to pull an all-nighter or during finals.

Adderall is also commonly found at law schools, where a student’s grade for a class comes down to a single test held at the end of the semester.

Adderall has also made headlines in the realm of professional sports. In a USA Today article from Nov. 12, 2012, sports reporters David

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Tommy & the High Pilots take off in Fiesta Room on Saturday Austin band makes stop at Trinity during tour around United States

by Rachel Cooley

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At 8 p.m. Saturday, March 23, in the Fiesta Room, Student Programming Board hosts a concert by Tommy & the High Pilots, an alternative rock band from Santa Barbara, Calif.

SPB executive members attended the 2012 Central Region Conference of the National Association for Campus Activities, a showcase of entertainers for college performances, including Tommy & the High Pilots.

“We saw musicians, comedians, dancers and many more types of entertainers,” said Omoyemi Idowu, director of SPB. “When Tommy & The Highpilots performed, we were definitely entertained and enjoyed their music. We immediately wanted to bring them to campus, because it is the kind of music and vibe that a lot of Trinity students are into.”

Tommy & the High Pilots are currently on tour around the

U.S., including stops at other colleges and music festivals.

“They are a great college band… They played at Texas State earlier this week and played South by Southwest in Austin last weekend,” said Briana McGlamory, coordinator, for fraternity and sorority life.

“The concert will be fun and upbeat with awesome music and a nice sound/lighting combo.”

“This is the last concert of the year until welcome week. So if people want good, free music, then this is a good place to get it.”

Deborah Kilpatrick Associate Director of Concerts for SPB

The first 100 concert attendees will also receive a free t-shirt promoting SPB’s next event, Headphone Disco.

“Imagine a dance party with two different DJs, and you can choose which station to listen to with just the click of the button on your headphones. The dance

craze started in the U.K., so we think it will be a lot of fun,” Idowu said.

The money for the concert comes from the student activity fee which was allocated to SPB’s budget by the Association of Student Representatives.

“We’d like for people to take advantage of the money from their student activities fee,” said Deborah Kilpatrick, associate director of concerts for SPB. “If students attended all of SPB’s events, they would get more than their money’s worth.”

The student activity fee funds this concert as well as SPB’s other events keeping them free for students, and Idowu believes that that is something students should take advantage of. “[Tommy & the High Pilots] are an up-and-coming band with a lot of good feedback from other campuses they have performed at. This will be your chance to attend a free concert by them before they start getting big and famous and maybe even charging $100 a ticket,” Idowu said.

Check out new music by Tommy & the High Pilots on Facebook and YouTube, and come to the concert Saturday, March 23, in the Fiesta Room.

Doors open at 8 p.m., and the band will begin playing at 8:30 p.m.

“This is the last concert of the year until welcome week next year,” Kilpatrick said,

“So if people want good, free music, then this is a good place to get it.”

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Social bike rides provide outdoor outlet for students Trinity Social Bike Ride creates oncampus bicycle culture

by Alison James

CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER

For students without cars who struggle to get off campus and see the rest of the city, there is now an opportunity to not only venture outside the Trinity bubble, but to make friends along the way with the new social bike rides.

What makes these bike rides so unique is that they are not hosted by any particular group on campus. A small group of friends on campus were inspired by the Downtown Highlife Bicycle Club that puts on a similar type of bike ride from the Alamo.

“It was such a blast that we thought there’d probably be interest among Trinity students for a similar ride, so we made the group and put up signs, and 18 people showed up for our first ride on Thursday, Feb. 7,” said Aaron Price, a senior and one of the students responsible for organizing the event.

Along the way, they stopped at multiple sites around San Antonio where participants

could relax, catch their breath and take a look around the city.

“We rode about 12 miles around downtown and the paved river paths, and ended the night at Alamo Street Eat Bar, a great little foodtrailer/bar set up in the south downtown area,” Price said.

According to senior Valerie Jeannin who also helped organize the bike ride, the motivation for the group is not exercise or physical conditioning, but instead to socialize.

“We started this ride because we love biking, and social rides are a great way to meet with friends and new friends, see San Antonio, exercise, and there’s no better way to procrastinate,” Jeannin said.

The bike rides typically leave from Chapman Fountain and last about two and a half hours. They are open to anyone who has a bicycle.

“We’d love to get more people out there, so any student with a bike is welcome.

We expect to have them every other Thursday. The Facebook group is called ‘Trinity Social Bike Ride,’ and we invite anyone who is interested at all to join,” Price said.

Other students on campus who frequently ride their bicycles around the city in

photo by Anh-Viet Dinh Spencer Bard, senior, and Marisa Olmo, junior, are two of the many students who participate in social bike-riding around campus each week.

their own time are already becoming interested in joining the social bike rides.

“I do not consider Trinity’s campus to be biker-friendly— Cardiac Hill, hello. They do seem to make sure it is golfcart friendly, however, which I find quite lazy,” said Jacqueline Golden, a sophomore with her own bicycle who often goes on bike rides off campus.

“I ride to different parks, restaurants and coffee shops

around campus, occasionally downtown, but to the Pearl mostly every weekend. I love biking through Brackenridge Park because it’s really big and has lots of riding trails.”

Jeannin encourages all students to try out a ride to get involved in the biking community, regardless of whether or not they know someone in the group.

“It’s pretty awesome that a group of friends with a

common interest can invite a bunch of people, some that they don’t know, to go on a bike ride. Not only do people turn out, but the vibe of the ride is friendly, fun and really speaks to the sense of community that biking can create,” Jeannin said. “We hope that people aren’t shy about coming on the rides. At the risk of sounding motivated and driven, the goals are to ride and have fun.”

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Reed experiences environmental studies in new light • continued from Page 11 “I have been interested in bees and beekeeping ever since I first saw an episode of Magic School Bus where the class journeys into a beehive and the gang learns about the intricacies of bee social hierarchy. In January, I started beekeeping in Seguin and it’s been nothing short of fantastic.

I think it’s very important that beekeeping grows in popularity because bees are crucial to our survival as humans; we depend on these little guys to pollinate our crops. In fact, bees are responsible for pollinating 80 percent of flowering crops which constitute about one third of the food that we consume,” Skopec said.

Due to the amount of effort and attention necessary to attain and keep bees, Reed decided to jumpstart the process of successfully keeping a hive.

“I ordered four hives of bees and sent them to Wisconsin, and we got started with the bees up at the farm that summer,” Reed said.

Reed kept the bees all of summer 2012, and then when it began to get cold, he transported the bees himself down to his home in San Antonio.

“I put the bees in my station wagon and drove them down to San Antonio, which probably would’ve made anyone who wanted to pull me over nervous, because there was this swarm of bees confined by a mosquito net taking up the majority of the back of the car,” Reed said.

Skopec, who has taken classes with Reed before, respects his enthusiasm.

“One of Dr. Reed’s most admirable qualities is his enthusiasm to wholeheartedly inject himself into whatever new project he is taking on. Beyond being extremely well-read in the nuances of beekeeping, he’s actually starting to take care of his own hives. This is no small feat and he learned firsthand how difficult it can be to start out—bees can spontaneously swarm if they’re unhappy with their location, there is a daily risk of being stung, and bees are very susceptible to disease, including mites,” Skopec said.

Reed integrates his three primary fields of study— environmental studies, anthropology and sociology— into his work with the farm and with the bees. Reed observes the bees both from an environmental studies perspective and from an

anthropological perspective, and assesses what bees mean in the context of greater society.

“Dr. Reed has been taking time to learn about the ins and outs of organic farming and what it takes to make a sustainable business model work. When Dr. Reed comes back to Trinity, he will be able to incorporate his time on the farm into constructive and interesting dialogue with students. His teaching style is very accessible in the sense that academics are always supplemented with tangible knowledge,” Skopec said.

According to Skopec, there is already an existing trend toward eco-friendly farming on campus.

“There is a rising interest in the student body in organic and sustainable farming, especially seen through the Trinity community garden, and Dr. Reed will be able to help advise students who want to start their own garden, whether professional or personal, on gardening techniques and practices,” Skopec said.

To unify the concepts of studying and engaging with his field of study, he is also writing about the landscape history of the past 200 years of the plot of land in northern Wisconsin on which his farm is located. This

analysis includes a discussion of the demise of farming in the United States. He finds that there is a basic need to reorganize the way our society “does things.”

“In terms of energy, and the effects of the energy we use, we need to consciously think through how we do things. We need to constantly be aware of the change in our relationship with the environment—we shouldn’t be afraid, we should just be aware and accepting of the changes we’re going to have to live through,” Reed said.

In these writings, Reed uses a different voice than that of a traditional academic.

“It’s not that of a scientist, and not an anthropologist—it’s a different way of looking and understanding,” Reed said.

“There are bison bones on the farm, which goes back to the indigenous people who settled there long before anyone else. I’m also going back to the first settlers, my family, and moving forward to the present and analyzing the relationship of people who have lived there and farming, and their relationship with the land itself,” Reed said.

Senior Mitch Hagney, a double major in international environmental studies and human communication,

recognizes the value of a professor who follows his or her passions outside of the university setting.

“We all want to get our hands dirty in environmental studies, but we’re not usually sure where to start. Courses like environmental ethics pose theoretical choices that are intended to challenge students.

Dr. Reed now provides actual choices from his experience that he can force students to fully explore—professors are best when they are passionate. His experience has brought out the best in him, which will bring out the best in his students,” Hagney said.

On Thursday, March 21, Reed began a trip back to Wisconsin for maple syrup season, and he plans to stay there for a while before coming back down for end-of-semester activities and graduation. Afterward, he plans to take the bees back to Wisconsin.

“I don’t think I’ll try to do the farming this summer—I’m not meant to be the farmer as much as the anthropologist, and that’s okay,” Reed said.

“Last year, we did everything— we sold to farmers’ markets, marketed beef locally, and those experiences shifted the way I think about farming and agriculture,” Reed said.

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a prescription when it’s not prescribed to you. I feel like the Honor Council’s focus is on integrity and honor in our work in order for it to have value, so just from our motto I feel like Adderall and other drugs do go against it because it gives someone an advantage —or otherwise they wouldn’t be using it,” Wilkins said.

Wilkins also stated that it would be difficult for the Honor Council to catch potential abusers because the pills can be easily concealed, and proving that someone took the drug is not as easy as citing someone for plagiarism in a paper that was turned in.

“For having trials on that or being able to catch people, it’s a lot different than plagiarism and cheating because it’s not as obvious, and it’s more of a substance abuse problem than a cheating problem,” Wilkins said.

Although counseling services does not diagnose students for ADHD here on campus, students can be screened for it by filling out an inventory test. If the screening indicates ADHD symptoms are present, counseling services may refer students to an off-campus psychiatrist.

Counseling services is located above the bookstore in upstairs Coates and is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Non-medical use of stimulants poses issues Sophomore Josie Hammons, who has a prescription for Ritalin, thinks that students who take ADHD medication as “education-enhancing drugs” without prescriptions are giving themselves an unfair advantage over their fellow classmates, essentially breaking the Honor Code in the process.

“They most definitely give themselves an advantage.

Kids who have [ADD] take it so that they can have a normal attention span, whereas kids who don’t have it but take it are giving themselves extra focus time in addition to the time they already have naturally, in their normal state, without the medication,” Hammons said.

Wilkins, who joined the Honor Council this semester, does not believe that the bylaws of the Honor Code say anything specific about attention-increasing drugs, but she believes that they would be in violation of the motto of the Honor Council.

“I don’t want to speak for the Honor Council completely since I’m new, but I’ve read the bylaws and I don’t think there’s anything specific on drug use. I think that would be more just using

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graphic by Caroline Jakubowski

by John Mendiola A&E Writer “There are too many words in this and not enough pictures,” cried one student.

“Gosh, there are like no words in this. My imagination is not at all challenged,” cried another.

At first glance, these could be very accurate portrayals of college opinions, but these are just straw men. Though these reductive opinions are silly, the sentiment behind them suggests that a medium containing literary and visual elements would fill a void. Instead, this medium — with comic books being one of the more popular formats — carries a stigma of either being for children,

or for adults who aren’t very respectable. This prejudice is eroding — graphic novels can now be seen in traditional bookstores — though not quickly enough.

Without mainstream support and with the languishing print industry (the Trinitonian aside, right guys?), publishers have to try to appeal to their readers by using gimmicks, innovation and talent.

The New 52 is DC Comics’ initiative to draw new and old readers alike. Their entire line of monthly comics was cancelled. Some were rebooted, some were axed, new series started and some old ones revived. In total, 52 different series were released, all first issues. The history of the different universes and characters were made to be more modern and approachable. Critically, the revamp was well-received

by reviewers and fans. There are some duds in the new lineup, but overall, the new art, characters, storylines and talent have breathed life into DC’s familiar lineup. The “Batman” series has never been stronger, while weaker series like “Wonder Woman” have been rejuvenated. Even the previously floundering series “Aquaman” has been made into a respectable and beloved series.

Even before the acquisition of Marvel Comics by Walt Disney Company, Marvel had the largest market share of the comic book industry and the movie industry but even they felt the pressure to draw more readers.

The “Avengers vs. X-Men,” Marvel’s big crossover event, concluded in 2012, resulting in massive changes in the comic universe. Marvel used this opportunity to return to issue No. 1 on almost all

of their ongoing series. This reboot isn’t as defining as the DC one because it introduces a lot of new things, but it’s mostly a continuation. The most notable series to read are “The Superior SpiderMan,” ”Young Avengers” and “All-New X-Men.” The most interesting aspect of the comic industry is the part that doesn’t deal with spandex-wearing superheroes. The writers and artists of traditional superheroes do plenty of interesting things, but a lot of the innovation and maturity come from smaller publishers.

Vertigo may be an imprint of DC but they are focused on original and creator-owned stories. Neil Gaiman is writing a new story to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his seminal series, “Sandman.” It was part of the “British Invasion”

in comics that saw a move away from superheroes and into mature and intelligent stories.

Image Comics owns the publishing rights to Robert Kirkman’s “The Walking Dead.” It is, and has been for a while, the best-selling comic book series. “The Walking Dead” is still going strong even though it’s spread to every other medium — and it has just as dark and violent. Another notable series is “Saga”

by Brian K. Vaughan; his other works include “Y: The Last Man” and “Runaways.”

Some may feel alienated by intergalactic intrigue and drama, but there’s also “Chew” for those who want something more normal and mundane. It’s the story of an FDA agent who solves crimes by eating things and people to get an impression of their past.

Activities for the above-average adventurer Paul’s Picks

by Paul Cuclis

As May 18 crawls ever closer, many of my fellow graduating seniors and I have increasingly exchanged our anxious thoughts on the impending horrors of postcollegiate life. During these conversations, I’ve often come across those who claim that they “feel so old,” and even once heard someone say they were experiencing their “quarter-life crisis.” The advice I give to people when they feel low like that is the same advice I apply to myself: do something adventurous, uncharacteristic, potentially ridiculous and relatively safe.

I’ve found that the resulting adrenaline rush usually clears up any anxieties and melancholic feelings, at least for a while. Here are three suggestions for adventurous activities you can do in and around San Antonio to take your mind off things.

Watch a Cage Fight at Cowboys Dancehall When: April 6, 6 p.m.

Where: 3030 NE Interstate 410 Loop

Many Trinity students have gone to the Cowboys

A&E columnist Dancehall in the past to show off their cowboy boots and dance the do-si-do, but I bet only a few have ever gone there to watch amateur cage fighters duke it out toe to toe. Apparently, in 2006, a group of local Mixed Martial Arts practicioners decided to debut a match at Cowboys, and they’ve been doing it off and on ever since. Beginning at 6 p.m. on April 6, a series of amateaur matches will take place at Cowboys. General entry will cost you $20 at the door, while ringside will cost $40. Tickets bought in advance online are $5 cheaper. If you’re looking to be distracted from your anxieties, I’d wager a Romanesque pummeling match inside of a cowboy bar would do the trick nicely.

Get Powerisers Jumping Stilts and Bounce

So I know that many of you have seen me bouncing around campus on these things at one point or another, and I’ve got to tell you, they are really fun and surprisingly easy to use.

In terms of my checklist,

they are adventurous, uncharacteristic (though my friends may disagree) and certainly ridiculous. As for safe, well, I haven’t been hospitalized yet, so take that as you will. For those that haven’t ever heard of them, Powerisers are basically fiberglass pogo sticks strapped onto your legs and turned into high-tech stilts.

It’s possible to run faster than 20 miles an hour in them and jump up to six feet in the air, but the real fun/ scary thing about them is that they make the wearer almost two feet taller. On a normal day, I border on the short side of average in terms of height. When I wear these things, I’m just shy of Yao Ming’s stature. All in all, it’s an interesting change of pace and perspective. The only real downside is that they are expensive, ranging from $200-270 for a pair when buying them online.

Go Skydiving Where: 517 Airfield Rd, Fentress

For this one, we have to leave San Antonio and head to San Marcos Skydiving Inc., which is about an hour away (this is the closest one to San Antonio). It’s pricey — around $200 — but you’re jumping out of a plane. I mean, how often are you going to get to do that? I tried skydiving

photo by randomly accosted stranger You may have seen senior Paul Cuclis bouncing around on these jumping stilts, and he encourages you to try them out yourself.

for my 19th birthday, and I highly recommend it. It’s scary, fun and safer than you’d think. It would also make for a memorable bonding experience between

graduating seniors just before they hit the real world. Plus, if you can trick enough friends into coming, you can probably get a group discount.

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The official A&E workout regimen by Megan Hageney A&E Writer You know what you need to do when you almost have a heart attack just by walking up Cardiac Hill? Work out. You also know that it becomes a necessity to break a sweat when your favorite jeans are pretty snug, and by snug, I mean that you have to pull

Michael Jackson-esque moves just to get into them.

If you can relate to these painful experiences, then I am in the same boat as you, brotha/ sistah. But no fear, here are some tips to get you in your best shape all in healthy and safe parameters. Just, please, do not become the person that excessively talks about their diet and exercise plan, because those people are pretty sucky. And just drink regular beer instead of light, because you might as well have water. Do not take

this too seriously; have fun and focus on health instead of trying to achieve society’s ridiculous beauty standards, because you are beautiful just the way you are.

Fitness Regimen

In my mind, “workout” is a dirty word. If I ruled this world, it would be considered filthy enough to have your mouth rinsed out with soap. I think a less intimidating way to engage in physical activity is to do something fun. Here are some ideas:

1) Go swimming at Trinity or at San Pedro Springs Park. You can enjoy the outdoors and work on your tan.

2) Pick random fights with strangers — preferably people who are bigger and stronger than you.

3) Go on a hike with some buddies.

4) Play a pickup game of ultimate Frisbee, basketball, soccer or a combination of all three that you should refer to from here on out as “ultimate Frisbascer”.

5) Play on the construction sites on campus and pretend they are adult jungle gyms.

6) Engage in foot races with cars on Shook.

Acquire a Fitness Buddy

There is no worse feeling in the world than letting down a friend. Well, if you work out with a buddy this feeling can serve as an incentive to get a move on and actually go on your scheduled fitness date. Choose someone with health aspirations similar to yours and who is willing to kick your butt by holding you accountable. This translates into that person calling and texting you a million times, and forcibly removing you from your bed if needed. Also, time goes by much faster if you have a friend that will distract you with embarrassing stories and gossip.

The ultimate fitness playlist A bumpin’ playlist is essential to any workout. Not only does good music make it more enjoyable, but it can be motivating. Let this playlist inspire you as you get your sweat on.

LMFAO, “Sexy & I Know It” Tegan and Sara, “Closer” Beyoncé, “Bow Down / I Been On” Iggy Azalea, “Work” Rye Rye, “Party in the USA Remix” Britney Spears, “Toxic” Eminem, “Lose Yourself” Spice Girls, “Wannabe” Green Day, “American Idiot” Taylor Swift, “22” The White Stripes, “Seven Nation Army” M.I.A., “Bad Girls” The Go-Gos, “Our Lips Are Sealed” Kimbra, “Warrior” Marina and the Diamonds, “Primadonna” Kanye West, “Stronger” Destinys Child, “Survivor” Jay-Z, “99 Problems”

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The Witte’s “Dinosaurs Unearthed” great for children, not so much for college students

by Sara Marchionda A&E Writer

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From the stegosaurus to the gigantoraptor, the “Dinosaurs Unearthed” exhibit, which opened on Feb. 23 and will remain open until Sept. 2 this year at the Witte Museum, features models of many dinosaurs, including those that were familiar to me from my days spent watching “The Land Before Time,” and several I never even knew existed. The Witte says that this exhibit allows visitors to experience “the world’s largest and most advanced lifesized animatronic dinosaurs,” created with electronics instead of hydraulics allowing the models to “capture some of the most life-like motions ever created.”

In addition to these animatronic models, the exhibit showcases complete skeletons, fossils and even “dung stone” (yes, it’s what you think it is). There are interactive aspects to many of these displays, as well, some of which even encourage you to play with iPads. For one dinosaur model, you can push buttons to make the life-size

model move – a kid’s dream come true. If you want to embrace your inner child and rekindle your love of dinosaurs, this is a great place to go.

However, I feel that I should inform you of some qualms I had with my visit to the Witte Museum. Firstly, I went under the impression that there is a student discount.

The volunteer at the door even thought that students get in for free. Much to my surprise, upon reaching the front of the line to get the tickets, I was informed that there is no longer a discount for students, and I would have to pay the full price for admission, $10, plus an extra fee for the dinosaur exhibit, $5. A $15 per person charge in a small, less than world-class museum that you could easily walk through in an afternoon is rather ridiculous. I thought, “this exhibit better be good.”

I was disappointed.

I imagined full dinosaur skeletons galore and expected a high-class atmosphere similar to that of museums

I have visited previously.

But, despite the Witte’s impressive exterior, visible when driving down Broadway, the interior seemed quite small, and the “Dinosaurs Unearthed” exhibition was tiny. As for the atmosphere, poorly-supervised screaming children running rampant ruined any hint of class that may have possibly previously existed. In the end, it seemed to be much more of an overpriced children’s day trip than a fun, educational collegiate experience.

Although I’ve ranted about all of this, please don’t let me completely talk you out of going. It really is cool to check out, and I wouldn’t have complained as much if there were free admission. Luckily, you can go for free.

Even though there is no longer a student discount, after paying for my ticket and reading the visitors’ guide, I discovered that admission on Tuesdays from 3 to 8 p.m. is free. This is the perfect opportunity to check it out, although there is still a fee for

the “Dinosaurs Unearthed” exhibition.

All things considered, if you have a passion for dinosaurs, definitely go. I would recommend going to the Witte at least once in your years at Trinity, and if you’ve never been to the Witte, now would be a great time to experience it. Do it on one of these beautiful spring days, and you can meander around the various buildings on the grounds and stroll along the river as well. The setting is quite beautiful.

However, if you aren’t particularly interested in dinosaurs or visiting a mediocre museum, save your money.

If you decide to check it out, keep in mind that the museum is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. except on Tuesday when it closes at 8 p.m and on Sunday from Noon to 5 p.m. Other than “Free Tuesdays,” admission is $10, and, as previously stated, there is an additional fee for special exhibitions. For more information, call (210) 3571910.

The AV Club

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Originally the media section for The Onion News Organization, “The AV Club” now serves as the one of the largest collections of episodic reviews by seasoned critics and columnists. Rarely does a show have any following without being “picked up” by the site and given a dedicated critic to write about it each week and even, in some cases, a secondary writer to provide another look.

Beyond episodic reviews and one of the liveliest comment sections in the industry, general news and rumors are covered at a breaking-news pace and with all the sarcasm and comedy one would expect from a subsidiary of The Onion. Although the site has consistently been on top of the industry for TV, music and movie reviews, by absorbing “The Gamelogical Society” website, they have also made their gaming reviews incredibly interesting.

One of the most popular blogs under the Uproxx “network,” this review site may not have the same breadth or staunch professionalism as others, but it is probably the best at keeping its finger on the pulse of what’s hot and upand-coming in the industry.

The episodic reviews tend to center around the most popular and cult shows with the most avid fan bases.

If they cover one of your favorite shows, it is definitely worth checking out their reviews and interviews with industry insiders. If all that doesn’t entice you to check it out, their affinity for creating slideshows of the greatest GIFs from around the TV comedy landscape is unmatched anywhere and is often the comedic highlight of my day.

An independent pop culture news site founded by industry insiders, HitFix was designed to fit somewhere between gossip-driven publications like TMZ and trade journals like The Hollywood Reporter.

Although I tend to find the general news more towards the TMZ side and less than gripping, with the full-time employment of Alan Sepinwall — one of the most renowned critics in the industry who is credited with the mass adoption of episodic reviews and many other aspects of the modern critical TV reviews.

Specifically, Sepinwall and the site’s other TV columnist, Daniel Feinberg, produce a weekly podcast called “The Firewall and Iceberg Podcast” covering the industry in general and typically produce some of the most in-depth reviews and discussion available.

5) Minor Threat “Salad Days’ 6) Youth Lagoon “Third Dystopia” 7) How to Dress Well - “Ocean Floor for Everything” 8) Chairlift “Sidewalk Safari” 9) GG Allin - “Beer Picnic” 10) Motion Sickness of Time Travel - “The Dream”

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The best TV episode reviews you can find online TubeTalk

by Donald Dimick A&E columnist

For many, the appeal of watching shows live as they air allows them to engage in the collective experience, discuss with others and feel like a part of the rest of the country reacting to and having an opinion on the thrills, laughs and shocking moments that made up last night’s episode. Although still dubbed “the water cooler effect,” referring to the way in which co-workers gathered around the office appliance to discuss the different events in TV and pop culture, the discussion has moved on to friends and family and found a sustainable home online. The most common sites center around episodic reviews, similar to traditional movie reviews but posted directly

after each episode airs, giving an “expert” opinion on the themes and events of the episode and providing a space for viewers to comment on, respond to and discuss the episode and the review itself. These sites make up much of the TV critic’s culture and daily reading — typically enriching a viewer’s experience and enjoyment of a show immensely. Personally, I spend an incredible amount of time reading episode reviews (even sometimes for shows I don’t actually watch) and felt obliged to list and briefly review a few of my favorite sites so that you might check them out and gain more insight into and enjoyment of your favorite programs.

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San Antonio’s other 24-hour dining options by Abby Miracle A&E Writer

It would not be possible for me to count the number of times I have found myself eating honey butter chicken biscuits at 3 a.m. after a night out on the town or a night locked up in some study room on campus mass-consuming bits of history and the like ... or sipping stale coffee and pouring liters of maple syrup over cold blueberry pancakes...

Alas, the college life lends itself to a much different sleep cycle and meal schedule. Seeing as everything (both on and off campus) closes before midnight, most of us find ourselves, on one too many occasions, at IHOP, Whataburger or Taco Cabana in the middle of the night.

However, I am here to let you know that these are not your only options. Here are some restaurants that you should try the next time you find yourself looking for something to eat in the wee hours of the morning.

Southern food. Try the chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes. They might have a better recipe than your mom. If you are looking for something a little sweeter, or a little larger, than you could also order the three-pound cinnamon roll. It is the very same cinnamon roll that made an appearance on the Food Network show, “Man vs. Food.”

Mi Tierra Restaurant & Bakery 2188 Produce Row San Antonio, TX 78207 Open 24 hours

If you haven’t been to Mi Tierra yet, than you are really missing out. You really should have hit it up when you visited as a prospy. It is a very touristy type of place that is generally populated with first-time visitors to San Antonio. However, it is open 24 hours a day, and it does have fabulous food. If you are craving enchiladas verdes in the middle of the night, you don’t have to settle for Taco Cabana. Mi Tierra is on the River Walk, and it is only a short drive away.

Lulu’s Bakery Cafe 918 N Main Ave San Antonio, TX 78212 Open 24 hours

Bobby G’s Old School BBQ and Catering 2203 Nogalitos San Antonio, TX 78225 Open 24 hours

This is a great place if you are craving some down-home,

For beer, sweet tea and great barbecue, check out this

restaurant ... any time, day or night. Vegetarians, be warned, you may not have much success at this ode to read meat. As a Texan, my summers are always filled with late-night poolside barbecues, but if you are an exchange student from Antarctica or somewhere with a slightly less pleasant climate, then you should probably stock up on these experiences before you head back home. When else are you going to get barbecue this good?

Sinbad Cafe 5750 Evers Rd San Antonio, TX 78238 Open until 4 a.m.

Whatever you want, whether it be coffee, tea, hamburger, hookah or music videos you never know, you can get it at Sinbad.

The Pomegranate 555 W Bitters Rd San Antonio, TX 78216 Open until 4 a.m.

This is a relatively new establishment, but is definitely the best late-night option for vegetarians and vegans alike. Their food is exceptionally healthy for an open-after-midnight restaurant and it is all delicious.

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Review: Justin Timberlake, “The 20/20 Experience” by Brian Westfall A&E Editor With Adele working on making a baby (not an album) and Lil Wayne reportedly dying, then actually NOT dying, it seems that the race for the bestselling album of 2013 is a one-man sprint — that man being Justin Timberlake and his hotly-anticipated “The 20/20 Experience.”

The *NSYNC crooner and “The Social Network” actor is back with his first solo album since 2006’s “FutureSex/ LoveSounds” and it looks like JT and producer Timbaland are up to their usual antics of combining R&B, pop and dance to bring that sexy back.

The album will undoubtedly sell well, but the big question is — is it actually any good?

While there are noticeable hiccups, “The 20/20 Experience” does represent another successful venture for Timberlake in providing an “experience” filled to the brim with suaveness and grandeur.

Sex. Drugs. Lust. These are the three commandments of “The 20/20 Experience,” and Timberlake preaches them early and often. If you have conservative ears, this album is not for you. Steaming lyrics like “So high I’m on the ceiling, baby. You’re my drug so come and be my dealer, baby” in opener “Pusher Love Girl” are par for the course — with many tracks seemingly meant to be played in both the dance club and the bedroom. Nowhere is this more evident than the first single off the album, “Suit & Tie.” Continuing the jazz and soul influence of “Pusher Love Girl,” “Suit & Tie” is contagiously catchy and unabashedly sultry. It would easily be the highlight of the album if it weren’t for Jay-Z’s unnecessary guest rap verse that slows the song

down to a screeching halt and never succeeds in gaining momentum again.

From there, “The 20/20 Experience” takes an “allyou-can-eat buffet” approach — a little of this, a little of that — with some tracks being more successful than others. One highlight is “Don’t Hold the Wall” with an African chant and percussion that changes just enough throughout the song to hold your attention. Another hit is “Let the Groove Get In,” which features a Caribbean vibe reminiscent of Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long.”

Without a doubt, Timberlake saved the best for last. The second-to-last track, “Mirrors,” is the song that will remind people the most of old JT and it’s just plain awesome. Expect to hear a radio edit of this jam in the near future, and don’t expect it to leave anytime soon. “The 20/20 Experience” ends with a more abstract, slow song called “Blue Ocean Floor” that may not be for everyone, but I, for one, found it to be a melodically fitting ending to bookend with the rising orchestra on the first track.

If there was one word to describe this album’s weakness, it would be length.

With seven of the 10 songs being over seven minutes long, this is not your typical pop album, and some songs fail to keep things interesting (especially the atrocious “Strawberry Bubblegum”).

However, “The 20/20 Experience” should be lauded for its experimentation and Timberlake’s alwaysseductive vocals.

When this album hits #1 on all of the charts, you shouldn’t feel nauseous about the current music scene. Justin Timberlake is here to assure us that popular music doesn’t have to be bad music.

Score: 8.0/10

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Baseball continues season with 20 wins Men sweep numerous series over spring break

by Brooke Sanchez

Sports Reporter

The Tiger baseball team has been on the diamond nonstop, playing seven games over the break and adding another on Tuesday while they continue with four more games this weekend.

“It was a solid overall week,” said assistant coach Zach Fregosi. “We had a good Tuesday win against TLU, and then a tough road sweep on the weekend against Dallas. This is a nice place to be at this point of the year, but we need to continue up this pace of play in order to finish where we want.”

The Tigers took one game of the three-game series at Centenary College, defeated Texas Lutheran University in the single-game matchup and swept the three-game series against the University of Dallas before returning this week to take the win against the University of Mary HardinBaylor on Tuesday. The Tigers jumped to a 20-4 overall record and are 9-3 in conference.

“Offensively, we execute our game plan, get runners on, move them over and score with team at bats,” said junior outfielder Ryan Schweers. ”Defensively, we control the tempo and hunt the out. Ryan Lucero has also led our team as a senior and is pitching awesome.”

In the first series at Centenary, the Tigers won the opener 3-0 before falling 11-1 and 6-5 in the next two. Senior pitcher Ryan Lucero got the win while first year pitchers Andrew Alig and Michael Walker were charged with the two losses.

“The Centenary series was disappointing from a results perspective, but it was a great chance to discover what we needed to work on and address those things,” said assistant coach Zach Fregosi. “Losses are only negative if you don’t adjust and get better because of them. We lost two games, but it highlighted our weaknesses and helped us grow for the future.”

Last Tuesday’s game against TLU was a close 8-6 win for the Tigers. Trinity jumped out early, scoring four runs in the first inning to seemingly control the game; however, TLU came out in the seventh to score six runs as the Tigers struggled

to get the last out of the inning, going through four pitchers in the single inning. Trinity tied it up at the bottom of the inning and added another pair of runs in the eighth to secure the win.

“Our pitcher Zack Speer threw a great game for us,” said senior right-fielder Will

Donnan. “Our bullpen helped seal the deal. It was a great win after losing two in a row.”

Sophomore pitcher Zack Speer started the game and pitched six innings for the Tigers, but it was senior pitcher Michael Bentz who earned the win for the Tigers.

“The TLU game was a solid ‘W,’” Fregosi said. “Zack Speer pitched very well for us. We also showed resiliency in coming back late in the game.

It was a true team win.”

not conducive to fast times, but we still competed well with some big teams. Track is unique in that we compete against all NCAA divisions at our meet. Just about every scholarship school we see has national-level athletes from their division, so it is always a good challenge for our athletes.”

On the women’s side, sophomore Sarah Pickett reached right over five feet in the high jump for her new personal best. Junior Kelsey Oelze ended up with three personal bests in her events.

The SCAC Field Athlete of the Week, Oelze threw 10.91 meters in the shot put, 31.32

meters in the discus throw and 37.22 meters in the javelin for third place.

In the 800-meter run, junior Vanessa Moreno raced into third with her personal best 2:19.17 time. First year Mariana Sigala came in closely behind Moreno with her 2:21.83 finish, putting her in sixth place for the event.

“We started off the meet with Sarah Pickett jumping a high jump PR,” said junior Jackie Newell. “With Kelsey also doing really well. So that was really exciting; and then the meet kind of rolled with that momentum. The women’s 1500 went really well, despite the windy conditions and then

Vanessa and Mariana both ran really great 800 races.”

Sophomore Michelle Oberndorf was sixth in the 1500m with her personal best time of 5:00.66. Junior Jackie Newell finished in tenth place with her time of 5:06.60.

Sophomore Genevieve Primeau earned third place in the 5K with her 20:14.54 finish.

“We had a lot of really big sprint season PRs, especially Bailey Drury and then the women made a strong showing in the 4x4,” said junior Jackie Newell. “It was a good way to end the day; they ran really well. This is the best meet we’ve had coming off spring

break in the past couple of years.”

Junior Salome Wilfred ran a 12.83-second 100m dash, which is a hundredth of a second off her personal record. First year Bailey Drury reached a personal best in the 400m dash with a time of 59.91, helping her to earn SCAC Track Athlete of the Week honors.

“We are always stressing to get a little better each day,” Whitehead said. “I really think that all of our groups are taking this challenge to heart and getting a little better each week.”

photo by Aidan Kirksey Sophomore pitcher Zach Speer strides forward as he prepares to rocket a pitch to home plate during the Tiger’s victory over Mary Hardin-Baylor Tuesday night.

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Track and field competes against upper level teams Men and women get big PRs regardless of troublesome weather

by Brooke Sanchez

Sports Reporter

Trinity’s track and field teams enjoyed a successful spring break meet in Kingsville, Texas at the Texas A&M-Kingsville Cactus Cup. Competing against mostly NCAA Division II athletes, many Tigers stood out and reached personal bests in their events.

“The meet went very well,” said head coach Marcus Whitehead. “The weather was

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Successful spring break for men • continued from Page 19 Last weekend’s series was positive for the Tigers, winning 3-1, 10-2 and 7-5 against the Dallas Crusaders.

After gathering six hits in the first game, the Tigers came alive with 13 hits in game two and 12 in game three. Lucero, Alig and Walker were credited with the wins for the weekend.

“After losing two games to Centenary, we won four straight,” Donnan said. “This shows a lot about our team’s character and camaraderie.

Hopefully, we can keep playing great baseball.”

Tuesday’s victory over UMHB was finalized at 5-2, helping the team move to the second spot in the nation in Division III, according to polls by both the American Baseball Coaches Association and D3Baseball.com. Despite the Tigers’ six hits against UMHB’s seven, Trinity was able to secure the game, capitalizing on four errors and putting up four unearned runs. Speer earned the win for the Tigers.

“Zack Speer and Troy Ward carried us on the mound,” Fregosi said. “It was a great

job by those guys the whole way through.”

Trinity hosts Rockford College this weekend for a four-game series beginning at 7 p.m. tonight. They will continue tomorrow with a doubleheader beginning at noon and finish up with another game at noon on Sunday.

“We’re just staying the course and trying to keep winning ball games,” Schweers said. “We’ve just got to play it one day at a time and do what’s best for the ball club and hopefully everything will work out.”

performances throughout the team,” Kozak said.

“Considering we’re leading the conference competition in almost every event I’d say we’re doing fantastically for this early in the season. “ For the 100m dash, sophomore Darian Sommers reached a personal best with his time of 11.41, which puts him in first place for the conference. Sommers was named the SCAC Track Athlete of the Week after his performance.

In the men’s 1500m run, senior Sal Perdomo earned fifth place with his 4:03.53 time. Senior Mark Greene

followed in seventh place with his 4:09.06 finish in the event.

“We had great performances in poor conditions,” Kozak said.

“That should only motivate us to work that much harder and get better until season ends.

I’m happy with the way we performed. Despite the wind, we fought hard and did well.”

The Tigers return to action tomorrow at the UTA Invitational in Arlington, Texas.

“I feel good with where we are as a team right now,” Whitehead said. ”Arlington is a big meet, and I know we will continue to take steps forward.”

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For the men, junior pole vaulter Joey Kozak blew his previous personal record away with his 13’5” mark. Kozak soared a whole foot higher than his prior record and was rewarded with SCAC Field Athlete of the Week honors. In the discus event, senior Justin Campbell moved into fourth place in both the meet and the country for Division III with his powerful 49.6m throw.

“It was really windy, so the runners had a rough time, but despite this there were still some PRs and other good

photo by Sarah Cooper First year Connor Dunn fires the ball at his opponents during a doubles match with John Hopkins University on Wednesday.

Men excel over break Tennis gets big win over nationally ranked team

by Chloe Pope-Levison Sports Reporter

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Over spring break, the men’s tennis team headed on a road trip through California, ending the week 3-2.

“We ended up with a 3-2 record which of the teams we played was really positive,” said junior Nicolas Moreno. “We were able to beat a higher—ranked team and we gave pretty good battles to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and California Lutheran.”

On Friday, March 8, the men’s tennis team lost 6-3 to California Lutheran University, who was ranked 6th at the time.

Sophomore Charlie Curtis won the only singles match for the Tigers, while Curtis and junior Nicolas Moreno won in the No. 2 position in doubles and junior Greg Haugen and first year Connor Dunn won at the third spot for the Tigers.

“In the losses that we had, even though they were all pretty decisive, I think we had some close matches that could have gone either way,” Dunn said.

The next morning, the Tigers lost 7-2 to Claremont-MuddScripps. Moreno and sophomore Jordan Mayer won in singles in the fourth and fifth positions, respectively, for Trinity.

“CMS is just a very strong team,” McMindes said. “They are extremely deep and have high level players playing at all positions.”

Two days later, Trinity came back to clinch a 7-2 victory against seventh-ranked Case Western Reserve University

in Redlands, Ohio. The Tigers swept the doubles matches, led by senior Erick De la Fuente and Mayer in the first position, and followed by Moreno and Curtis and Haugen and Dunn.

“Our doubles went really well the entire trip,” Dunn said.

“Especially since doubles is always played first in the matches, that tends to give us a pretty good advantage over other teams.”

In singles play, sophomore Aaron Skinner won in the first position, followed by Haugen in the third position, Moreno in fourth and Mayer in fifth.

“Case Western is another team similar to us in that they have solid doubles and pretty solid depth throughout their singles lineup,” McMindes said.

The Tigers finished off their California road trip with an 8-1 win over Carnegie Mellon University on Tuesday, March 12.

Skinner won in the first position in singles, followed by Haugen in the third position, Mayer in fourth, Curtis, and Dunn. In doubles play, Skinner and Mayer won in the No. 1 spot, Moreno and Curtis won in the second spot, and Haugen and Dunn won in the third position.

“We played better at the end, and it gave us a good look at what we can do for the rest of the season,” Moreno said.

The Tigers returned home on Wednesday to beat John Hopkins University 5-4. Haugen and Dunn got the only win in doubles at the No. 3 spot. Skinner won in singles in the first position, followed by Haugen at No. 3, De La Fuente and Mayer.

“This last match showed how capable and strong we are,” Moreno said. “We’re recognized for being good doubles players, and it was pretty great to show that we’re strong in singles as well.”

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photo by Sarah Cooper Junior Stephanie Williamson prepares to hit a serve to her John Hopkins University opponents during a doubles match on Wednesday, March 20.

Tennis has tough losses Women fight back from tough spring break matches

by Aly Mithani Sports Reporter

The Trinity women’s tennis team took a west coast road trip over spring break before returning home for a match against Johns Hopkins University.

The Tigers dropped their matches out west against Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, University of Redlands, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, Bowdoin College and Whitman College before falling at home to Johns Hopkins University. The losses pushed the Tigers’ skid to eight matches.

However, the team is maintaining a positive attitude.

“It is definitely nice for us to play on our home courts, where we are backed by the support of fellow students and Trinity supporters.”

Kylie Hornbeck Junior

“It’s been pretty rough on us, but the best we can do is put it all behind us and start fresh. It can only get better from here,” said first-year Kristy Hamilton.

The team had to sacrifice a large majority of its spring

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break in order to make the trip to California. However, the team enjoyed the experience despite the tough outcome.

“It is definitely nice for us to play on our home courts, where we are backed by the support of fellow students and Trinity supporters,” said junior Kylie Hornbeck. “I would never consider myself to be making a sacrifice by playing tennis during spring break. We have played a lot of tough teams and had a lot of tough losses.

However, it is the ability to bounce back from difficult times that shows a team has character.

Our team has not given up by any means. We are focusing on keeping high levels of intensity during all practices, and no matter how many matches we have had, I don’t think our coach or any of us, as players, would expect anything less.”

The rigorous travel schedule of the road trip also made it more difficult for the team to maintain playing shape.

“The biggest obstacle our team has faced is managing our caffeine withdrawals,” Hamilton said. “Since caffeine can really dehydrate you on court, our coach has us stay away from it during our trips.

Four connecting flights, three time changes, and 16 singles/ doubles matches later, we can get pretty ugly.”

With the losing streak, the team’s record now stands at 3-13. However, the team continues with more home matches facing Lewis & Clark College at 9 a.m. Friday, March 29, followed by a doubleheader against local rivals University of Incarnate Word and Texas Lutheran University starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 6.

The Trinity softball team was busy over spring break, winning six of their ten games.

“A few of the games, our defense and offense went well, and when that happened we were successful,” said senior third-baseman Nicole Powers.

“Our struggle was when we didn’t have both sides of the game being played.”

On Friday, March 8, the Trinity softball team split their doubleheader at home against Division II St. Mary’s University. The Tigers lost the first game 8-0, while sophomore catcher Caitlynn Dykes and senior outfielder Becca Rush got the only hits for Trinity.

Led by senior pitcher Sydney Friday, Trinity won the second game 4-3. Friday struck out four batters, while Dykes went 1-2 with a home run in the first inning.

“The win against St. Mary’s was a blessing morale-wise,” said head coach Brandi Crnkovic. “We came out and performed the way I was hoping the girls would play all year.”

Next the Tigers competed on Wednesday, where they won two games against Hardin-Simmons University.

Although tied going into the final inning, Trinity stuck it out to win the first game 2-1.

“We did a really good job of taking advantage of the opportunities we were given by the other team and executing in clutch situations,” Crnkovic said.

Dykes hit a two-run home run in the first inning of the second game, setting the stage for an 8-1 Trinity victory. Junior shortstop Brooke Sanchez and junior second-baseman Chrissy Armstrong each had two hits, while first-year pitcher Kaci Wellik struck out eight batters.

Trinity headed to Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday to compete in the Tucson Invitational.

The day started with a nine-inning 6-4 win over Baldwin Wallace University.

Sophomore outfielder Lauren Mercado went 3-4, while Armstrong went 2-3 and Wellik struck out ten batters.

“That was a really exciting game,” Crnkovic said. “We had some clutch hitting and pulled through.”

However, the Tigers lost their second game 5-0 to Central College. On the mound, Friday allowed two earned runs on three hits.

Trinity won their first game the second day 12-2 against Chatham University.

Sophomore catcher Brittany Haby was 4-4 and Powers went 3-3. Trinity lost the second game 4-3 in eight innings against Dickinson College.

Friday struck out nine batters, while Armstrong went 2-2 and Mercado went 2-4.

“In the outfield, we’ve been working on fixing our angles to the ball, and we seemed to do that really well in the Tucson games so that was exciting to see,” said senior outfielder Lindsay Weyand.

On the final day, the Tigers won their first game 9-1 against Alfred University.

Russell led at the plate with two runs and two RBI. However, Trinity lost their second game 7-0 to Central College and Sanchez recorded two of the team’s five hits.

“Central has a lot of energy,” Powers said. “We went in there, executed, but as soon as they got points on us, we would get down.”

The Tigers return home this weekend to play the University of Dallas in a fourgame conference series.

“Those will be the first conference games we play, and we’re looking to take four away from them,” Weyand said.

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Trinity’s men’s and women’s golf teams both finished in the top 15 during their spring break trip to the Jekyll Island Collegiate Invitational in Jekyll Island, Ga. The men tied for 14th and the women finished ninth in their respective divisions.

“Jekyll Island is a tournament that we go to every year. It is an important tournament because all of the top teams in the nation are at this tournament and we played very well against them,” said junior Molly Zumbro.

Zumbro finished in a threeway tie for fourth place overall in the women’s division held at the Indian Mound Golf Club.

The ninth place team finish put the Tigers in the top half of the 21 teams present. Mary-Hardin Baylor finished first overall, led by third-place individual golfer Victoria Thane, who finished only two strokes ahead of Zumbro.

First years Madeline Moran and Brigette Lee also finished in the top 50 individually, ending in a tie for 42nd and 50th, respectively. This was the team’s first trip outside of Texas in the season. They will next compete on Monday, April 8, in the 2013 West Region Invitational at Berry Creek Country Club in Georgetown, Texas. That will be

their last tournament prior to the SCAC Championships on Saturday, April 20 in Shreveport, La. “We are not changing our practice schedule even though we have a big break between tournaments.

We’re not changing what has been working for us,” said director of golf and women’s head coach Carla Spenkoch.

Meanwhile, the men tied with Millsaps at 14th at the Pine Lakes Golf Club, only one stroke behind the two teams tied for 12th place.

Sophomore Kalen Vos finished in a tie for 29th place, while firstyear Alex Hartzell finished in a tie for 45th while sharing Trinity’s best individual round with junior captain Tyler Lehmann, a 1-over 73.

“Unfortunately, we did not play as well as expected. We had some good individual rounds every day, but we could never put together a good team score that would put us in contention,” Lehmann said.

While the women will have a large break before their next tournament, the men only get a week off before they head to the West Cup in La Verne, Calif.

“It is an advantage for us to be playing again next week in California as we got a full spring break of practice and three tournament rounds in the week before this next tournament. We are all in good tournament shape and have a week to work on some areas that need improvement before next week,” Lehmann said.

After the trip out West, the men will share the same schedule as the women for the remainder of the season.

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Sophomore Julia Nguyen sells bracelets and headbands for the Pulsera project that supports children in Nicaragua.

Three women travel to nationals in diving Q & A with the athletes in preperation

Ashley Heline, first year

by Brooke Sanchez Sport Reporter

Three Trinity divers qualified for the NCAA Division III nationals this week in Shenandoah, Texas.

First year Ashley Heline, sophomore Katie Sheldon and senior Ruth Hahn share their experiences as they prepare for the final meet this week. Heline competes with seasoned veterans in her rookie season, as Sheldon returns for the second time and Hahn for the third. Hahn is the defending national champion in the 3-meter board.

Hahn and Heline also earned All-American honors on Wednesday after placing fourth and eighth respectively in the 3-meter diving competition.

The women compete in the preliminary round of the one-meter diving competition at 10 a.m. today then potentially move on to the finals at 6 p.m. today.

Keep up with the three divers through tomorrow evening by visiting the NCAA Division III website at http://www.ncaa.com/ sports/swimming-women/ d3. Live results can be found by going to the “Live DIII S&D Championship” tab and clicking on “up-todate results,” or at http:// www.collegeswimming.us/ results/21478/.

and was this a goal from the start of the season?

It is such an honor to qualify my first year. It was a goal of mine, but anything can happen during a meet. There was really good competition at Zones and it was super relieving to qualify the first day.

Katie Sheldon, junior

How did you feel when you found out that all three of you qualified?

I could not have been more excited because Trinity has never had three divers qualify for nationals before, and it’s also the only team to have three women divers competing.

How does qualifying with two teammates help you train further as you go into nationals?

It made the experience much more rewarding, especially being able to train with the national champion, Ruth. Both teammates are so talented which helps to motivate me more and more every practice.

How does this set or uphold the standards for Trinity divers in the future and for yourself in the next few years?

Going as a freshman will help me get a feel for the environment at nationals.

Seeing the competition now and meeting the other girls will help me prepare myself for the next three years.

What does this mean to you to qualify in your first year

How did you feel when you found out that all three of you qualified?

I was so excited when I realized that all three of us qualified for nationals. Our coach Stan has been saying for years that more than two Trinity divers deserved to make it (but with the old video selection method which was somewhat biased, the most we’d ever been able to send was two) so when we finally proved that he was right, it was awesome!

Do you feel a greater pressure or desire to win nationals considering Trinity’s legacy with recent national champions?

I definitely feel like we have a legacy to uphold, which can be a lot of pressure. I know we’re all going to try our best to keep

it up. But regardless of what happens, I think it’s impressive just that Trinity is sending three divers to nationals.

How does this set/uphold the standards for Trinity divers in the future and for yourself in the next few years?

I hope that we can continue the legacy that Trinity diving has established, and encourage everyone to keep training hard and to aim high. Next year I hope to improve even more, and end my college diving career on a high note, hopefully at nationals again!

How does it feel to qualify for nationals for the second time?

It feels great to make it a second time. Since I was abroad last semester and I didn’t get to train very much, I didn’t think I’d make nationals this year.

I’ve made a lot of improvement in the last few weeks though, and I’m excited for the opportunity to dive against some great competition.

Ruth Hahn, senior

What were your thoughts as you were competing to qualify for nationals?

I was so nervous at Zones. I really just wanted to qualify; I didn’t want Zones to be my last dive meet ever. So I was really just hoping for a good meet so I could have one more meet this season.

How does qualifying with two teammates help you train further as you go into nationals?

Since we train here over spring break, having two teammates with you makes it a lot more fun.

It’s more fun and encouraging training with two other people rather than only one other person or no one else. It also was more fun outside of practices since there were three of us.

Do you feel a greater pressure or desire to win nationals considering Trinity’s legacy with recent national champions?

Not really, I definitely felt the pressure last year to win, but since I already won, it’s Ashley or Katie’s turn to win. No Trinity divers have won more than one title, and it’s really hard to defend a national title, so I feel like there’s way less pressure to win this year.

How does your past experience at nationals help you in this run at nationals?

Well, I think there’s at least 12 girls there that have been at nationals the other years I was there. I know how good they are and it won’t be a shock seeing them warm up for the first time, so hopefully I’ll be able to contain my nerves a little better. Also it’ll be really fun seeing all of those girls again; I’m friends with most of them so it’ll be really fun catching up with all of them and competing against them one last time.

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