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Breaking Binary Transgender discussion gives national topic campus scope Trinity and San Antonio community host panel offering insight and an informative look into the transgender perspective

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by Luke Wise & Tyler Boelts NEWS EDITOR & REPORTER On Thursday, April 16, Trinity Diversity Connection hosted the second Diversity Dialogue: “The Transgender Tipping Point.” The talk, moderated

by Richard Reams, associate director of Counseling Services, hosted various panelists, including Lauryn Farris, the assistant director of Thrive Youth Center, a support center for homeless LGBTQ youth.

Farris started the discussion, noting the high rates of violence towards the LGBTQU community, including south Texas.

“The most common reasons for all youth to be on the streets is abuse and that abuse is very often even accelerated or amplified when it is LGBTQU,” Farris said. “Did you know one of the most commonly used ‘cures’ for lesbianism in south Texas is incestual rape?”

Reams expanded on the hardships faced by transgender individuals, reading a statement submitted anonymously to the panel.

“The transgender community faces a multitude of problems. Around the world it is quite literally illegal to be transgender and in Russia transgender people are considered unfit to drive.”

Again quoting from the submitted statement, Reams spoke on the issue of acceptance.

“On a smaller scale there is the issue of acceptance, it is estimated that transgender people make up 1 percent of the population. That’s a small number but that doesn’t make the issue of acceptance any less important. The constant threat of hate crimes and

violence is so prevalent that we are always seeing transgender women in the news and in television.”

The panelists continued discussing the notions of acceptance, elaborating on personal experience and the struggle of all transgender individuals.

“I think suicide is a real experience and talking about this is super emotional the experience of trans folks is one ridden with violence written on our body everyday, just getting dressed in the morning,” said Saakred, senior. Everyone deals with body issues but it’s a constant issue with being misgendered.”

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SGA survey opens discussion on possible campus smoking ban Amidst national focus, universities nation wide question their policies regarding tobacco usage

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The Student Government Association published the results of their annual smoking survey this Wednesday.

The survey received 1,000 responses and the results found that a majority of responders would support a smoking ban

on campus, with 507 in favor, and 493 against. The results of the survey will be used in deciding how the university will proceed in addressing this issue.

“It is definitely interesting to see the responses,” said SGA president Sean McCutchen. “I think the general tide in the United States is that campuses are going smoking and tobacco free.”

McCutchen explained that the survey is distributed yearly, but this year students and faculty members expressed additional interest in opening a dialogue around the issue.

While there are individual surveys for dormitories to decide whether or not they

allow smoking on balconies every year, this survey seeks to discover student views on smoking across campus. The issue has been discussed by senators during SGA meetings and has been a common topic of discussion on social media.

“I don’t put that much weight in anonymous social media,” McCutchen said. “But I think that it is a good indicator about what issues to approach.”

Smoking bans have been a topic of discussion on campuses across the country this year.

Much of the basis behind banning smoking on university campuses has been to minimize exposure to secondhand smoke.

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The U.S. versus Mexico soccer game took place April 15 at the Alamodome. The U.S. men’s national soccer team continued their streak of dominance over Mexico with a 2-0 win. The sold out game was played in front of an audience of 64,369 people.

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• continued from Page 1 Saakred continued on this notion, noting the difficulty present in a society that is not welcoming.

“If you live your day—every single day—in a world where you don’t exist, where there is no community for you to be real, to not be subhuman, you think about what your purpose is,” Saakred said.

“This is definitely the future to change the idea that gender is linked to the body. Its a far out idea, but it is very real and spiritual in many ways; the spirit can be genderless.”

“I hope their perception of what ‘transgender’ means will be expanded...I think all of us need to have our misperceptions enlarged to come closer to the diverse reality that there is.”

Richard Reams Associate Director of Counseling Services

Reams noted that as the issue becomes more visible in society and a part of national discussion, Trinity needs to educate individuals on the issue.

“The transgender presence at Trinity is now visible in a way that it has not been in the past, and understandably there is a lot of education that needs to be done,” Reams said.

Reams explained, that while Trinity has addressed the issue, it still needs to make progressive steps in the future to raise awareness.

“I don’t know how good the awareness is. This is not the first transgender presentation that we have had. We have had several in years gone by. And it’s certainly addressed in some classes but I would say, overall, there hasn’t been any real campus-wide opportunity,” Reams said.

Reams continued on this idea, stating how we all need to become more aware of what transgender really means and how to be open and accepting.

“I hope their perception of what ‘transgender’ means will be expanded...I think all of us need to have our misperceptions enlarged to come closer to the diverse reality that there is,” Reams said.

Even with the steps made throughout the ongoing discussion, the panelists made note of difficulties they have faced, not only in general, but here at Trinity.

“Some of the most hurtful experiences I have had have been with my professors saying my name even after I have sent them a personal email,” Saakred said. “I think being as progressive as a liberal arts school like Trinity there should be some basic knowledge of pronouns and the respect of such.”

Farris explained that being transgender does not define her, although it is a critical part of how others perceive her identity.

“Being transgender is not what defines me but it is what other people use to define us,” Farris said.

Farris elaborated on the struggles facing youth today as well, stating how society must do everything it can to protect them.

“It is so important to understand the youth of today.

We can build those bridges for people your age,” Farris said.

“We just can’t lose another generation.”

Farris noted the misconception regarding transgender individuals and issues of choice.

“That misconception that you’re just choosing it, for some devious reason or just because you’re making that choice, really? These folks have already talked about the fact that not only is it now a choice, sometimes you get misgendered and you start questioning yourself,” Farris said. “You just want to be normal. How can I not get into that difficult, hurtful situation where I’m like this?”

To panelist and sophomore Oz LaBelle, the notion of gender is something one

photos by Karina Duran, intern Students and faculty sit in on the panel (above) offering questions and discussion on the topics presented by the panelists. Lauryn Farris, a panelist and the assistant director of Thrive Youth Center, discussed the issues of acceptance and awareness regarding transgender and LGBTQU individuals.

makes it, and not something that individuals should worry about conforming around.

“You don’t have to conform to anything. Because the thing about gender that’s great is that we make it.

Gender is a human thing: we

have made gender. So gender can be anything that we want it to be. And that should be ok,” LaBelle said. “You can identify as male and love to wear dresses and makeup and wear sweet heels and look hella fine.”

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Trinity looks forward to large first-year class of 2016 as applicants increase following continued marketing With increased name recognition, Trinity is expecting increased enrollment for the next academic year

by Tyler Boelts NEWS REPORTER Trinity admissions expects another large first-year class starting in August. Trinity has recently seen smaller class sizes in the last five years including the current sophomore and junior classes, with hopes of increasing numbers in the coming years.

Chris Ellertson, the associate vice president for enrollment, plans to continue enrollment with larger incoming first-year classes as part of a long-term plan to regain the student population that previously existed at Trinity.

“Our enrollment goal this year is to enroll 640 first years and 25 transfers and we would like to maintain that number.

If you look at a five-year plan, that’s really our target—not only this fall but the following four years,” Ellertson said.

The current standing firstyear class is larger than the standing sophomore, junior and senior classes. The smaller class size has not been

the traditional amount of enrolled students in the past at Trinity.

“Last year we enrolled 655 first years and roughly 25 transfers. We hope that this year will be similar. So far our projections are that it will be similar to last year’s class,” Ellerston said.

“We are fortunate right now in that the sophomore class is a very small class. So they [admissions] intentionally increase the numbers the following year to balance us out and get us back to where we needed to be.”

Sharon Schweitzer Vice President for External Relations Trinity has begun to see an increase in applicants as the university has increased marketing and received more name recognition than in the past. Trinity admissions and leadership have additionally looked to regain the class sizes it had in the past.

“I think that having a few years past the beginning of this decade that had smaller classes, we would like to build back to where we once were,” Ellertson said.

In addition to an increase in applicants, admissions at Trinity as also begun to see a difference in the academic profiles of students receiving admission to the university.

“If you look at the average on the SAT and the ACT, all of those are up rather considerably for the students we have admitted. And today we are up in all categories for the students we have admitted,” Ellertson said.

The decision to increase or decrease class sizes is made by a group comprised of members of various departments at Trinity.

Some of members include interim president Michael Fischer and Gary Logan who oversees fiscal affairs.

In addition to the admissions group, there is a subcommittee for the board of trustees.

“The enrollment group will include a number of people. Then we have a trustee subcommittee as well that’s really dedicated to enrollment issues,” Ellertson said. “The enrollment goals are established by the enrollment group and then vetted through the trustees and then it’s up to admissions to implement them and satisfy those goals.”

With a larger class anticipated to join Trinity next year it is expected that Residential Life will need to continue reassessing. The current standing sophomore class, which is smaller than previous years, has allowed for easier housing for ResLife.

“We are fortunate right now in that the sophomore class is a very small class.

So they [admissions] intentionally increase the numbers the following year to balance us out and get us back to where we needed to be,” said Melissa Flowers, assistant director for residential education.

Flowers also noted the change regarding the use of staff in various halls on campus because of class size differences.

“The other main difference that it does for us is we shift our staff around,” Flowers said.

The first years in residence halls require more staff to assist with the transition from life at home to living away in college.

With larger class sizes coming in, residential life has shifted more residential members into the first-year dorms.

“First-year students need a lot more hand-holding: they need a lot more guiding, they need to understand the resources; they need some assistance,” Flowers said.

With new students expected to take up more living spaces on campus, the three-year living requirement has become a topic of discussion. Sean McCutchen, president of Student Government Association, has continued to push the reduction of the oncampus living requirement.

“I think what’s encouraging is that the North dorms filled out so quickly. I think that is a very good indicator of what people want.”

Sean McCutchen SGA President and Junior “I think what’s encouraging is that the North dorms filled out so quickly. I think that is a very good indicator of what people want,” McCutchen said.

Students can accept and decline admissions until May 1, at which point Trinity will begin to gain insight into the amount of first years planning to attend school in the fall.

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Trinity community discusses smoking ban on campus following mixed responses to SGA survey • continued from Page 1 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is no level of exposure to secondhand smoke that is risk free. Exposure to secondhand smoke can also lead to complications from inhaling it for individuals with existing conditions such as asthma.

The CDC reports that smoking kills around 480,000 individuals a year, with over 41,000 of these deaths coming from secondhand smoke. A 2013 study showed approximately 17.8 percent of the U.S. population smoked, with ages 18-24 making up 18.7 percent of that total, behind the leading age group, ages 25-44, consisting of 20.1 percent.

“Students lobbied us to provide condoms on campus for their sexual health,” said David Tuttle, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students. “They pushed us to adopt the responsible friend policy to ensure safety related to alcohol. They ask for healthy choices in dining areas. So it seems a little duplicitous to say we should then stay out of

their lungs, especially when secondhand smoke is such an issue.”

“We want students to be bright, engaged, and productive citizens. We are hiring a wellness coordinator to help students learn to lead healthy lives. Why do that and then give smoking a pass?

So I suppose a ban makes sense.”

David Tuttle Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Affairs

McCutchen reported that the results of the student survey would lead the actions of SGA

going forward, potentially leading to a public forum in order to discuss the ban.

The Safety, Health and Security committee will likely consider the issue as well.

While the survey found that a majority of students would support a smoking ban on campus, a majority of students voted “no” when asked whether or not they would support a ban of electronic cigarettes or complete tobacco use. However a majority of students opposed a complete ban on tobacco.

“It is our job to listen to what students and faculty feel is important,” McCutchen said.

“This year this issue seems to be a lot more prominent.”

As of Wednesday afternoon, a decision had not been made in response to the survey’s findings. McCutchen reported that he would be meeting with Safety, Health and Security committee leader and professor of human communication John McGrath to speak about the plans of faculty or the administration.

McGrath could not be reached for comment.

photo by Sarah Thorne With a vote of 507 in favor to 493 against, students responded to their support for a ban on smoking. The issue, which has been a topic at Trinity over the years, has been gaining momentum as discussion takes place nationally and at other universities, including the University of the Incarnate Word.

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learn to lead healthy lives,” Tuttle said. “Why do that and then give smoking a pass?

So I suppose a ban makes sense.”

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Counseling and Career Services move suites According to David Tuttle, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students, some of the goals written in Trinity Tomorrow have begun to be implemented across campus. One of the first objectives of the plan is to create three centers which include the Center for Experiential Learning and Career Success, the Student Success Center and the Center for International Citizenship.

With the creation of these new centers, Counseling Services and Career Services will no longer be housed in the same building.

“For many years Counseling and Career [Services] has been together and people have wanted to separate them for a number of reasons…it was imminent that those two were going to be separated physically. And so the Trinity Tomorrow strategic plan came up with three centers,” Tuttle said.

As a part of the strategic plan, Career and Counseling Services will fall under two of the three new centers. Career Services will be apart of the Center for Experiential Learning and Career Success, and the Student Success Center will include Counseling Services.

Gary Neal, the director of counseling and health services, explained that Counseling Services will be temporarily moved to Suite 201 in Halsell Hall by the beginning of summer while Career Services expands into the Coates University Center.

"Our location in Halsell is temporary; we’re told a year and half so I expect it to be a year and half to two years.

And we hope to ultimately move back into some part of the Coates Center… or at least something more central to campus,” Neal said.

While the university plans for the final location of the new center,

Counseling Services will remain in Halsell Hall.

Neal believes moving Counseling Services to Halsell Hall will have some advantages for clients.

“I think one advantage is…it would be a more discrete entry than walking across the bridge, which we have over the years gotten feedback from our clients that it is highly visible,” Neal said. “The tradeoff is we will be less central, less geographically convenient, but we will have more privacy.”

Tuttle explained how a geographically convenient location for Counseling Services is a top priority to meeting the needs of students.

“Ideally we will get them back into the Coates Center at some point.

Because number one, there are different plans for Halsell Hall, and number two, generally speaking we want the Counseling Services at the center of

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The Student Success Center and the Center for Experiential Learning and Career Success are anticipating new positions as a part of their creation.

The Center for Experiential Learning and Career Success will be adding two new staff members—Jacob Tingle and Edwin Blanton. The Student Success Center is also searching for a “wellness coordinator” as a new staff member, according to Tuttle.

Tuttle explained how the changes that Career Services and Counseling Services are undergoing as a part of Trinity Tomorrow have been done with students in mind.

“All of these things are intended to improve the Trinity student experience,” Tuttle said.

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Trinity sees increase in student-started clubs In recent years, several new clubs and organizations have been formed at Trinity. Among the unique and exciting new groups is the Bass Fishing Team.

“During my senior year of high school, some students started a bass fishing team. I didn’t get to be a part of it, but I thought it was a good idea, and I wanted to make one at Trinity,” said founder Craig Burton, first year.

While Trinity has several requirements for new organizations to follow, the university makes sure the guidelines aren’t too difficult for students to abide by.

“We just had our first info session with 11 members. Ten students are needed to start a club sport. New clubs don’t get financial support for the first year, so we have to collect dues from fundraising to keep stable right now,” Burton said.

So far, students have found the process of creating and running a new organization manageable.

“It was pretty simple to get started. There hasn’t been a lot of paperwork involved. First you meet with someone in student organizations, and they’re pretty helpful. Then you talk about your idea, and you just see where it goes from there,” Burton said.

With a variety of interests found on campus, the possibilities for new organizations are wide. Even if students are uncertain about their ideas for planning a club, they can get help with their interests from the faculty at Trinity.

“Go talk with someone in club sports or Student Involvement. It can’t hurt to talk to somebody; even if it’s a vague idea, they’ll help you develop it,” Burton said.

Any student interested in starting a new organization or finding new activities to join is encouraged to reach out to Trinity’s Student Involvement office.

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Megan Reynolds, Columnist I’m not sure if anyone really knows about this (because I definitely didn’t), but on May 5, The Big Give is coming to San Antonio.

The Big Give is a 24-hour day of giving, an event that takes place not only in San Antonio, but around the country and the globe, including places like Toronto, Seattle and the United Kingdom. San Antonio’s own Big Give (called The Big Give SA) will host more than 750 local nonprofits as each nonprofit tries to raise as much money as possible within the 24-hour period.

I automatically imagine them each duking it out “Hunger Games” style, but in reality, each nonprofit, while hoping to raise as much money for themselves, wants to see others succeed as well.

The only problem I’ve encountered among us students is the fact that so few of us actually know this event is occurring.

Trapped in the Trinity bubble, I feel as though many of The Big Give SA’s advertising simply does not reach us, and that’s a shame. Even though I’ve only lived here for three

years, San Antonio has become incredibly close to my heart. Let’s face it, we all may call somewhere different home, but for nine months out of the year, San Antonio serves as a home away from home. This is the place we transform into adults, into individuals, into people who may one day not need to call their mom to book their plane tickets.

As such, I feel like this community deserves our support.

This is why I’m calling the Trinity community to action. Whether you want to support local art, education or puppies, I guarantee that there will be a nonprofit serving that cause. All it takes is a little love.

Trust me: I understand that money can be tight. I, too, am a poor college kid. Really, who am I to tell you where to spend your money? I can’t force you to do anything, but I can encourage it, right? The Big Give SA works not only to bring in money to local nonprofits, but also strives to create a sense of connection and community. As I’ve said, each nonprofit is local, so if you do decide to support any of the organizations, the money will feed directly into the San Antonio community.

The Big Give SA brings nonprofits and donors together to forge a strong sense of community.

Last year, in its inaugural year, The Big Give SA raised over $2 million for more than 450 participating

organizations. That’s incredible!

Now imagine how much we can help if everyone at Trinity gave just $5 to their organization of choice. Together we can really make a difference.

As I’ve said, The Big Give strives not only to raise money but to also bring people together.

Imagine where nonprofits could be if everyone in America participated in their own Big Give. In reality, that could happen! The Big Give SA is part of a national day of giving called Give Local America.

This means that we can all help our communities while strengthening the entire country.

Together.

I encourage people to give not just because nonprofits rely on donations to work and our local community relies on nonprofits to function, but because I feel as though we all have a responsibility to our community. We all owe it to ourselves and each other to try and better San Antonio because even though I may not be living here in two years, five years, 10 years, etc., I will always have a connection to this city.

Megan Reynolds is a junior majoring in English.

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Smoke and mirrors

On April 9, Sean McCutchen, junior and Student Government Association president, sent out an email survey to the student population at the apparent instruction of university faculty and administration. In a quest to do their bidding, six “yes” or “no” questions were issued, according to McCutchen, to localize national discussion of tobacco use on college campuses. However, this survey appears to be a reaction to a chain of recent anonymous posts on the Trinity Confessions Facebook page, hotly debating both sides of smoking on campus. If nothing else, the survey, its results and the method of opinion polling have raised the question: On a campus such as Trinity’s, how does one gauge student opinion in a meaningful and productive way, and how do these opinions translate into changes in policy?

To say that Trinity students are oversaturated by surveys would be a grand understatement, yet this survey has proved unique. Unlike past efforts to gauge campus climate—even those by McCutchen on issues such as the residency requirement, polled over a month ago—these particular results were reported back to the population in a mere and unprecedented six days. Albeit lacking statistical analysis, these 1,000 (what a splendid and efficient number, what are the odds of that?) “yes” or “no” responses lent themselves to simultaneously straightforward yet elusive results: Do you believe that smoking is an issue on campus? 351 Yes, 649 No (65 percent).

Would you support a smoking ban on campus? 507 Yes (51 percent), 493 No. Do you think tobacco use is an issue on campus? 279 Yes, 721 No (72 percent).

Would you support a complete tobacco ban on campus? 432 Yes, 568 No (57 percent).

Do you think e-cigarette use is an issue on campus? 218 Yes, 718 No (72 percent).

Would you support an e-cigarette ban on campus? 306 Yes, 694 No (69 percent).

When interviewed earlier this week by a Trinitonian reporter, McCutchen asserted that these results suggest a town hall discussion of a possible campus-wide tobacco ban, but to us, they seem a bit less conclusive. Although the majority (65 percent) of students surveyed did not believe that smoking was an issue on campus and would not support a complete tobacco ban (57 percent), more than half (51 percent) would support a smoking ban. Although David Tuttle, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students, relates the possible smoking ban to requests for condoms in Health Services and healthier food choices, we don’t see the general student population pointing to smoking as a problem and neither do the numbers. Outside of the comfortable anonymity of Trinity Confessions, there has been no town hall, no point/counterpoint, no debate preceding the survey.

Although legal consumption of beer and wine is permitted on campus, smoking is often pointed to as an invasive form of substance use. While many would argue that few things are as invasive as your roommate having slap-the-bag induced alcohol poisoning at 2 a.m. while you’re trying to sleep, we do understand that the presence of secondhand smoke is often pointed to as a health risk. So, why is this not a question of smoking etiquette, considering that we are all adults required to reside together for three years, rather than a total ban? Wine, Dine, and Act Fine gets a separate counterpart, Have a Light and Act Right?

So, we would like to leave the student population with some questions about this discussion and policy changes across the board. What could serve as an accurate litmus test for instances such as these? If this survey, tally, change method is the new standard for policy change at Trinity, why have alterations with greater support such as the liquor ban and three-year residency requirement experienced a similarly expedited process? Is this enough to change policy, or rather, is this a casually interesting and unproductive reaction to the complaints of the anonymous?

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Homophobia, tolerance, diversity: the lies we live with From the Wild Frontier David Crockett, Professor I have watched with fascination the debate about religious freedom that has unfolded in Indiana over the past few weeks. An attempt to craft a “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” (RFRA) very similar to the existing federal law has prompted the full weight of the political, economic and cultural left to come crashing down on Indiana’s head. Governor Mike Pence’s weak response has effectively eliminated him from contention for his party’s presidential nomination next year. We have seen threatened travel bans and boycotts, proposals to move the Final Four and a family pizza joint forced to close down over its theoretical— not actual—objection to catering a gay wedding.

Reflecting upon this spectacle, it strikes me that this is a good opportunity to call attention to the lies we live with.

Lie No. 1: This is all about homophobia. We have come to the point where adhering to a conjugal definition of marriage, in which males and females are united in a covenant relationship marked by sexual complementarity, makes you no better than a racist bigot. The standard rhetorical technique is to make comparisons to the Jim Crow South. “Would this law allow a business to discriminate against gay people?”

And that’s the lie. Not only is no one arguing that businesses should be able to deny service to any class of people, there is no systematic effort to do so, nor is there any structural oppression such as existed in the Jim Crow South. This has nothing to do with selling tires or eating in restaurants, and most establishments are quite happy to take money from everyone.

Instead, this has to do with wedding ceremonies— something many people see as a religious rite firmly grounded in theological doctrine. So, the appropriate question isn’t, “Would this law allow a business to discriminate against gay people?” The appropriate question is, “Will the law compel someone to participate in a

religious rite that violates his or her understanding of his or her duty to God?” The notion that those who adhere to a conjugal definition of marriage are homophobic is, quite frankly, risible. Let’s say someone has a talent for photography or cake design, but she also happens to be a traditional Catholic. She sees her talent as a gift from God and wants to use it to celebrate the basic building block of society, in accordance with her faith’s teaching. It is in this way that a florist shop or photography studio can be considered “Christian.” Refusal to participate in a gay wedding is not an act driven by homophobic bigotry; it is an act of piety. And forced participation in rituals that violate the faith of the owner is an assault on freedom of conscience.

All of which brings up two more lies.

Lie No. 2: We love diversity.

Our society treasures only a particularly constipated form of diversity, limiting it to skin tone, clothing fashion, culinary style and sexual taste. Diversity of opinion, arguably the most important type of diversity, is not really

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acceptable. There should be enough social space in America to accommodate a diverse range of views about important issues, allowing deliberation and intellectual discourse to bring understanding, even if not agreement. Certainly we can allow people with different views to live in peace—at some level, anyway.

Instead, we have talking heads shutting off the microphones of guests they disagree with; we have opinion-shapers making the most invidious comparisons of religious believers to Bull Connor; and we have searchand-destroy campaigns in which various forces seek out individuals and small businesses that do not conform to the new orthodoxy and brand them with scarlet letters. We have advocates stating bluntly that “there are no good arguments against marriage equality”— thus ending the discussion.

Diversity is now enforced conformity.

Lie No. 3: We love tolerance.

The collapse of genuine diversity leads inevitably to the corruption of tolerance. Properly defined, tolerance means putting up with things you think are wrong, usually for a larger

social good. In the debate over marriage, however, tolerance is no longer enough. What is being demanded is not tolerance, but compulsory approbation. And if that isn’t enough, we’ll force active participation.

None of this should be a surprise. Tolerance was long ago redefined to be a synonym for affirmation. That redefinition, however, guts the concept of true tolerance of any meaning.

And when a different religious orthodoxy takes over—a secular or progressive one— the notion that one may have a duty to someone higher than the state (God) goes out the window. Instead, the full power of the state is used to coerce actions that violate religious conscience, or else follow that conscience at the cost of one’s economic livelihood.

No doubt, strong emotions are at play in this issue. I respectfully suggest that using the state’s power of the sword to compel actions that violate conscience runs completely contrary to the values of a polity based on liberty.

David Crockett is a professor in the political science department.

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Beware of mosquitoes Staff Column Joy Lazarus, Columnist The first co-ed party I went to was a success. I sat in the back row of the movie theater next to the birthday boy and watched “Star Wars: Episode III.” Afterwards, our fourth-grade teacher drove a group of girls to his house and we listened to Kelly Clarkson in her jeep with the windows down. I felt like I had made it.

The feeling of bliss wore off once we arrived. We played freeze tag in the birthday boy’s front yard and I kept leaning over to itch my leg. I counted 32 mosquito bites once I got home. They were all swollen and shaped like Flubber.

The tiny enemies sabotaged me to the extent that I was frozen for the entire game because I was constantly lightly scratching my ankles. Thus, mosquitos are terrorists because they prey on my sanctity and aim to destroy my idea of the American Dream in which I can happily play freeze tag in a suburban lawn without being attacked.

Mosquitoes are not to be trusted. They suck your blood like tiny vampires and then fly over to the next victim. Mosquitoes are also known carriers of viruses such as yellow fever, malaria and West Nile virus. Therefore, they are known to kill people. The female

mosquito is the one that sucks your blood, and it’s her mucus that causes the irritation. They are literally flying leeches, with murderous intentions to ruin the human population.

To evade all of this, simply do not go outside, ever. Enjoy the summer sun from the safety of your dorm room window. Go virtual by Skype-calling into all of your classes. Think of the capacity of computers the classrooms could accommodate for!

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

For a more practical approach, there are products to shield you from mosquito attacks as well. Bug spray, for example, works fine if you want to smell like a bug yourself for the rest of the day. If you are looking for a stylish tactic, OFF! sells little fans you can clasp onto your belt loop that ward off the mosquitos. And if you prefer an allnatural option, you can search Etsy for homemade remedies probably manufactured in a kitchen with a DIY guide. Or, you could go to Whole Foods or Central Market and pay for the packaging.

If you didn’t grow up in Texas then you might not be as familiar with these flying, blood-sucking creatures. On behalf of my state and the temperate weather climate, I am sorry. We have great barbeque, if that’s a condolence. It’s mosquito season and I’m staying indoors.

Join me.

Joy Lazarus is a sophomore majoring in art and communication.

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APO hosts annual Brightest Bulb fundraiser

Students vote for favorite professor through charity donations

by Julia Elmore

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Although showing favoritism is usually frowned upon at Trinity, last week students were encouraged to do so for a good cause by voting for their favorite professor through charitable donations during Alpha Phi Omega’s Brightest Bulb fundraiser.

The Brightest Bulb fundraiser is one of APO service fraternity’s annual fundraising events and allows students and professors to work together to give back to the community.

“It helps students see professors in a way outside

of them being our teachers,” said senior Josie Hammons.

“We get to see that they care in ways outside of their job.”

“Brightest Bulb is a great event because it’s a way for Trinity professors to get their names out there and show what they are passionate about.”

Becca Burt President of APO

Hammons also says that fundraisers like this help fulfill APO’s threefold mission:

leadership, friendship and service.

“We get to practice leadership by contacting the professors and organizing the whole thing. We get to work with our friends, and it’s a way to serve in our community,” Hammons said.

Six professors, nominated by members of APO, selected charities that they wanted to support. Students then voted for their favorite through monetary donations.

“Brightest Bulb is a great event because it’s a way for Trinity professors to get their names out there and show what they’re passionate about,” said junior and APO president Becca Burt.

At the end of the week, the competitor with the most votes was professor of history Aaron Navarro.

All of the money raised during the campaign will go to the San Antonio Food

Bank, the charity that Navarro selected.

APO members believe that getting involved in the community through events like this is important for Trinity.

“It is important to get involved in the San Antonio community and events like Brightest Bulb are a great way to do that,” said sophomore Mollie Patzke, APO service chair. “Helping others in our community is always a good thing to do.”

The other professors in contention were: Rosana Blanco-Cano, assistant professor of modern languages and literatures; Andrew Hansen, associate professor and chair of human communication and theatre; Nicole Marafioti, assistant professor of history; Kevin McIntyre, assistant professor of psychology; and Sheryl Tynes, associate vice president for academic affairs.

“We get to practice leadership by contacting the professors and organizing the whole thing.

We get to work with our friends, and it’s a way to serve in our community.”

Josie Hammons Senior APO Member The Brightest Bulb contest raised $143.80. Patzke, who coordinated the fundraiser, says that she learned from the experience and got ideas for how to improve even more next year.

Two seniors honored for outstanding service Seniors Benjamin Whitehead and May Lea Watson were honored by Trinity University’s Alumni Association for their outstanding service to the university and to San Antonio.

Whitehead, an economics major from Boerne, Texas, played a significant role in the founding of HOPE (Homelessness Outreach Pursuing Education) Hall and has worked with the MEYO (Multi-level Educational Youth Outreach) program through TUVAC (Trinity University Volunteer Action Community) and serves as a Student Ambassador.

He has also been president and treasurer of the Trinity chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, an academic honor society.

Furthermore, Whitehead has been a university Tour Guide since his first year at Trinity and has been part of the restructuring of the tour guide organization and the overall improvement of the campus visit experience.

Whitehead has also worked and volunteered for admissions in many other ways, including being a TDR member (Trinity Distinguished Representatives).

“I've always been willing to step in and help with various projects headed up by others, such as voter registration drives and tabling for Dean Tuttle's half-marathon challenge food drive,” Whitehead said.

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Seniors May Lea Watson and Benjamin Whitehead were honored for their service to both the university and surrounding community by Trinity’s Alumni Association.

Whitehead says he is driven by the deep sense of community.

“There's an African proverb that I learned about while reading one of Desmond Tutu's books. It's called ubuntu and reflects this idea that someone is a person through other people, so my humanity is inextricably tied to yours. I think that idea—that feeling— of interconnectedness and interdependence is what truly

drives me to serve,” Whitehead said.

Watson, an urban studies major from Wimberley, Texas, is the co-founder and director of Peace Camp, a nonprofit summer camp for children and youth on San Antonio's West Side, through the Divine Redeemer Presbyterian Church.

"For most of these kids, their parents work all day," Watson said. "We believe they

are already at a disadvantage, coming from high poverty, and most are first generation, so we want to offer a safe, loving community...I'm passionate about this program; my ultimate big picture is that I dream of a national urbanbased camp nonprofit program so there can be a lot of peace camps everywhere.”

She has served as a program head for TUVAC and organized Trinity students to

serve the MEYO program during the academic year. Moreover, Watson is a Student Ambassador, serving as the 2014-15 senior gift committee chair, and was involved as a firstyear student in the Trinity Plunge, a mission outreach in downtown San Antonio.

She has served a total of over 250 community service hours.

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Students showcase musical talent through solo recitals Recitals allow students to combine their learned skills and techniques

by Julia Elmore

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Rather than studying for a final exam or putting finishing touches on a paper, Trinity’s music students have been performing in recitals this week to showcase all they have learned and the work they have put in this semester.

Similar to a capstone or senior project in other disciplines, the music department requires majors, and allows non-majors, to perform in recitals to combine the skills and techniques they have learned over four years into one cohesive product.

“A lot of time, energy, emotion and practice has gone into preparing for this recital,” said

senior Carolina Lozano. “It is like a capstone because it uses all the skills you learned in your four years in one project that is presented to the public.”

A 40 minute piano recital gave Lozano the opportunity to play four pieces that highlighted her experience as a piano student at Trinity.

“These four pieces are absolutely the highlight of all the pieces I’ve played during my time at Trinity,” Lozano said.

“My pieces range from all eras of music. I wanted my audience to share the love for each genre and composer.”

Lozano is a music minor and was not required to perform in a recital but chose to, just like junior Laurel Meister. Meister performed as part of Stephanie Key’s clarinet studio class.

“The recital featured music from many different time periods,” Meister said. “Recitals are optional for studio classes,

but private lesson students who are not partaking in a recital must perform a private jury for two judges. Why not have an excuse to get dressed up and serenade the Trinity community?”

Meister says this opportunity helped her learn to play with others, as she was accompanied by a pianist. The ensemble played Leonard Bernstein’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano.

“One of the biggest challenges for me with this concert was recognizing that, in many ways, Bernstein’s piano writing is much more technically demanding than the clarinet part,” Meister said.

“I had to learn sensitivity and understand exactly how my part aligned with hers.”

On the other hand, senior Lauren York’s flute recital several weeks ago gave her the opportunity to play on her own for a change.

“I play in the wind ensemble in the symphony orchestra, but

the recital showcases our talents as solo artists,” York said. “I started preparing last semester, considering that I needed to fill up 30 minutes of music, which is more than I would normally work on.”

Both Meister and Lozano say that their final pieces are the result of hours spent meditating and practicing their music as well.

“All of the technique practices I was given to work on when I practiced were absolutely needed in order for me to play these bigger pieces that require a lot of skill and endurance,” Lozano said.

Performers say that the more relaxed and supportive atmosphere allows them to enjoy and celebrate their work.

“Playing in front of an audience is always scary, but it was wonderful knowing that my friends and family were there supporting me,” York said

“There aren’t as many nerves as there would be if it was a judged performance. It’s meant as more of a celebration of my work over the last four years.”

Lozano says that this experience taught her not only how to play music, but how to love it.

“I tended to get very frustrated with myself, and it was very emotionally frustrating and draining at times. However, I realized that I had lost the reason why I played music and why I wanted to do this,” Lozano said.

“Any time that I play, I learned to realize that it is a celebration of music and not just something I need to do to prove myself.”

More music students will be performing in recitals in the coming weeks. For more information about the times and locations of these recitals, visit the music department website, new.trinity.edu/academics/ departments/music.

Panel discusses importance of preserving historical buildings Remember the Alamo?

Well, maybe you wouldn’t if it weren’t for individuals dedicated to preserving the building’s original state.

Last Tuesday, April 7, in the Parker Chapel, a lecture and panel discussion on historic preservation was held to educate students on all of the preservation that goes on around San Antonio, including the Alamo and many other historic buildings.

The lecture, titled “Save our History for our Future: Why Historic Preservation Matters and What’s in it for You” featured a keynote speaker and panel of four professionals in the industry sponsored by the art history and history departments as well as the African American studies and urban studies programs.

“The lecture came about because Larson Andrews ‘14, who has been working in the office of historic preservation for the City of San Antonio, wanted to put together an event for Trinity students to give them a chance to meet preservation professionals in San Antonio and talk to them about internship and job opportunities in preservation. He also wanted the event to raise awareness and understanding of what historic preservation is,” said Kathryn O’Rourke, associate professor of art and art history.

Andrews worked with O’Rourke to organize the event and contact the keynote speaker, Carolyn Peterson.

In addition, four panelists were present. The panelists included Bill DuPont from the Center for Cultural

photo by Jordan Leeper

Keynote speaker, Carolyn Peterson, presents during her lecture, titled “Save our History for our Future: Why Historic Preservation Matters and What’s in it for You.”

Sustainability, Michael Guarino from the Historic Design Review Commission, Claudia Guerra of the Office of Historic Preservation and Bruce MacDougal from the San Antonio Conservation Society.

The panelists answered questions to facilitate a discussion on what they are currently doing with preservation and what benefits it brings to the city.

Peterson, in her lecture, gave an overview of her 40-plus years working as

an architect on preserving buildings in San Antonio, particularly the missions, and all of the processes involved with preservation.

Peterson also mentioned how different the Trinity campus is from the way it was when she first saw it in the 1950s and ‘60s and that the sidewalks are no longer lined with bricks but with poured concrete.

“Peterson’s larger point with the sidewalks is how incredibly important— historically, at Trinity—

materials and details have been. What made the campus really wonderful, particularly by the mid to late ‘60s, was this attention to details and materials and the small things that most people don’t even notice that altogether make it really special,” O’Rourke said.

“I think historic preservation is extremely relevant in terms of how we think about buildings at Trinity particularly as we have this new master plan that is about to be developed.”

The speaker and panelists all emphasized that San

Antonio is one of the leading cities in the nation for historic preservation and educating citizens about how to preserve their historic homes.

“For students, I thought it was particularly helpful to start to understand that when you look at a building you are seeing interpretations and it reveals how we even think about history,” O’Rourke said.

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Facts no one gnomes On average, 45,000 items are checked out from the library’s selection of over 900,000 volumes annually.

Ever wonder how much money the library makes off of late returns? Turns out not a whole lot—but somewhere around the low thousands of dollars every year, less than $10,000.

The money that does come from overdue fines and item replacement charges doesn’t even go to the library, but to Trinity’s general fund.

“We try to help students avoid having to pay overdue fines altogether by sending out courtesy notices about upcoming due dates, as well as having built-in grace periods on all loan types,” said Jason Hardin, manager of access services at Coates Library.

For those of you who do check out items from the library, semester-long lockers are available to help students avoid carrying books all over campus by keeping your items stored in the library. However the numbers suggest most checkouts occur during the end of semesters.

“Most checkouts occur in the last month of the semester, which makes sense, as students use library resources most heavily during the final exam period. Faculty also renew their

books at the end of each term, and these transactions are recorded as new checkouts,” Hardin said.

Just as we saw a revamp of the second floor seating area in the library this year, there will be a new addition in the works this coming summer.

“In addition to the new quiet reading room on the second floor completed last summer, this summer a new study area on the first floor near the RICOH print shop will be completed, with cafe boothstyle furniture and bright colors,” Hardin said.

Likely the most fun and least-known feature of the library is a mascot you can check out while studying for good luck.

“The library mascot and resident good-vluck charm, a garden gnome who goes by the name of Sherlock Gnomes, can be checked out from the circulation desk for two hours at a time,” Hardin said.

Fourteen professional librarians and contract staff members, 13 paraprofessional staff and 38 workers work at Coates Library to keep everything running smoothly and provide assistance on all things research.

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Coates Info Table & Plastic Bag Recycling Collection Get more details about all Earth Week events plus bring your clean plastics shopping and dry-cleaning bags… we will take them for recycling for you!

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Social Bike Ride & Potluck

Got stuff you don’t want?

Bring it by in the morning (9am-noon).

Come back in the afternoon and maybe give something a new home! First come, first served. (TU ID required) No furniture or TVs. Clothing, books, office supplies, small household items are all okay!

3-6 p.m. — Friday, April 17, 2015 William R. Sinkin EcoCentro 1802 N. Main Ave.

Get a jump on Earth Week by joining us at a showcase celebrating the sustainability initiatives and research at colleges and universities around San Antonio.

Come check out what’s happening around town and meet students from other colleges. Trinity students will be sharing some of the things happening on our campus and in their classroom. EcoCentro is at the San Antonio College campus (1802 N. Main Ave. — only a short distance away from the Trinity campus).

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Junior communication major Madeline Baker gained a lot of attention when she posted in Overheard at Trinity, a popular Trinity Facebook group, saying that she was looking for people who might want to be interviewed about their personal drug use for a documentary.

Baker is currently taking Visual Communication: Documentary Film, and is in the process of making a documentary about drug use on Trinity’s campus in order to raise discussion about the positive and/ or negative effects drugs can have on students.

“This is really an endeavor to start a discussion about these stigmatized realities,” Baker said. “I’m not pushing an agenda. I don’t want to specificallyw say that ‘drugs are bad’ or ‘drugs are good.’

I just want to present the information as it is and tell the story how it is rather than putting an opinion behind it.”

Baker’s initial problem was finding students who

were willing to participate in her documentary.

“Since it’s such a stigmatized issue, a lot of people don’t want to come forward and have their testimonies recorded and shown to other people,” Baker said. “That’s a very difficult thing to ask for people to do, so I posted on Overheard at Trinity in order to forego that issue of having to directly talk to people and say, ‘Hey, I know you do drugs, would you be interested in being in my film?’ I figured if I posted it somewhere that’s almost anonymous, people could come to me anonymously and not be weirded out by that.”

Baker guaranteed to maintain the anonymity of those who volunteered to be interviewed by altering their voices and not showing their faces. She ended up securing 10 interviewees and began filming and interviewing them last week.

“I’m focusing more on the personal aspects of everything—so like how using drugs is affecting them and their social and academic lives, whether or not it’s

affecting their emotional states, if they’re using it for medical reasons and things like that,” Baker said. “I’m just trying to sift through the different types of stories that I know are out there.”

Baker is also hoping to film a few interviewees doing drugs in front of the camera.

“I want to get those types of shots to show that this is actually what’s happening rather than just talking about it,” Baker said. “I want to show visuals of the things that actually do go down here.”

Christopher Lucas, visiting professor of communication, is teaching the visual communication documentary class this semester. The class focuses on the basics of documentary and production skills.

“My approach to teaching the class is really to ask the students to use their own experiences, interests and concerns to generate a topic to make a short film about,” Lucas said. “My take on documentary is that it’s the principled creative treatment of actuality, so it’s really the

filmmaker telling their story out of a world that they’re very clearly and very consciously filtering through their own perspective.”

Lucas approved Baker’s topic after the two of them met with other faculty members and discussed it.

“Maddie’s topic is pretty interesting,” Lucas said.

“Her treatment of it is pretty expressive and it seems like she’s going to be a little more lyrical and poetic in her way of approaching the subject.”

There are 15 students in the documentary film class.

They are all working on making documentaries that will be viewed by the class at the end of the semester.

“I’m really looking forward to seeing what all of these students come up with,” Lucas said. “There are so many amazing stories out there, and I think they get more interesting when we see them through the lens of a particular perspective.”

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Half a decade of pop culture: a look back at the last five years

by Mason Walker If someone asked me to summarize my last five years, I’d have to take five hours to think about the answer. Five years? It’s hard enough to remember what Lean Cuisine I heated up last night. The same is true of movies. Nonetheless, now that we’ve reached this mid-way juncture, I think there’s value in looking back, in seeing what trends united this time period in our cinema, and what tensions set it apart.

What defined cinema for the last five years? Below, you’ll find five answers.

Comic Book Phenoms This is the most obvious trend of them all. Sure, “X-Men” kicked-off the panel-to-screen mania at the beginning of the millennium, but it was 2008’s “The Dark Knight” that really got the proverbial Bat-ball rolling. It’s no surprise that these films make bank. It is a surprise that they’re good.

This is due largely to Marvel’s willingness to hire enterprising auteurs instead of action hacks. In the wake of “Harry Potter,” (call it the David Yates effect) by hiring people who were used to directing brainy comedies or Shakespearean dramas instead of, say, “Rush Hour 3,” Marvel made sure that their comic book films were character-centric, not actioncentric. That doesn’t change the fact that the films have cop-out, sequel-hawking third acts or uninspired fight scenes. But it sure makes them more enjoyable than DC’s contributions to the decade...

The Formalist Formation Except for perhaps the awesome-but-flawed “The Dark Knight Rises.” That film’s success was due largely to the ingenuity of its director, Christopher Nolan, who’s contributions to the halfdecade also included two nonsuperhero mind-benders. His work reveals a director who

cares about every aspect of his fictional world—especially the visual ones. Of course, all good directors care about this stuff, but Nolan is uniquely hooked on getting a specific LOOK, obsessed with marrying authentic grit and blockbuster suavity. Nolan’s not the only rising star who’s a hardcore fanatic about appearances.

Indeed, the other two most successful directors of the half-decade, Wes Anderson and Steve McQueen, are also after the Perfect Shot. By showing us how orderly visual compositions can canvas messy emotions, these three men made the best American films of the half-decade: “Moonrise Kingdom,” “12 Years a Slave” and, yes, “Inception,” which, for all the chatter about the last 30 seconds....

Sci-Fi Shifts Is actually a strong sci-fi film from start-to-finish. It was also part of a broader, half-decade embrace of scifi. This was particularly true

in the young- adult market, where sci-fi series (“The Hunger Games,” “Divergent”) flourished and Potter-esque fantasies perished. Of course, those films were successful for other reasons as well, namely...

Women Rising Their three-dimensional heroines. They were present especially in YA franchises, but not exclusively. Whether it was Jessica Chastain dressing down her CIA supervisor in “Zero Dark Thirty” or Kristen Wiig “relaxing” on the plane in “Bridesmaids,” the women of this decade got to take on roles that allowed for newfound honesty in both comedy and drama.....

Boy-Raising And yet, paradoxically, the decade was also marked by a renewed interest in male childhood. Whether it was “The Tree of Life,” “Mud,” “The Way, Way Back,” “Flipped,” or that vile-yet-unreviled “Boyhood,” many an American film wanted to apply modern

advances in psychology, cosmology and technology to the tried-and-true journey of boy-to-man.

Nuclear Schemes But what about the nonEnglish speaking scene? What cross-continental cinema from this half-decade is worth remembering? The answer, believe it or not, is Iranian cinema. Bigots denounce it and politicians struggle with it, but the truth is that this small Middle Eastern country has birthed some of the best films of the half-decade.

The two names to remember are Jafar Panahi, whose antitotalitarian screeds make him an invigorating post-modern wild-boy, and Asghar Farhadi, who charts domestic conflicts with Chekhovian accuracy.

His “A Separation” is the best foreign film of the half-decade.

In the last five years, Iran has,

by God, developed a full-on film industry. I can’t wait to see what it does---and what the movies do--in the next five.

claims that the quality of the songs will be greater than any other streaming site like Spotify, Pandora and Google Play and that the artists involved will occassionaly drop songs to Tidal before any other site has access to them.

The creation of Tidal was announced in a YouTube video about 16 big-name artists getting together to discuss the concept. They covered genres from hip-hop with Nicki Minaj to electronic with Daft Punk to rock with Jack White.

They’re drinking champagne essentially the entire time, moving their hands around like they’re making a TED Talk, and use the word “art” more frequently than they

check their Twitter followers.

Needless to say, the video makes the whole concept seem pretentious and abstract.

They never exactly state what the website is, but do explain that it’s finally time for them to make a stand against... somebody. They talk about how they’re making music history and about ending the persecution they’ve faced—all while meeting in a mansion that was probably paid for because of somebody’s success in the music industry. It’s almost like they’re trying to make an emotional appeal to an audience by making viewers pity their suffereing, but cannot take off their $500 watches for 10 minutes. This makes

their message convoluted and unbelievable. It’s also led to sharp backlash against the site.

The biggest issue with Tidal is that it’s unecessarily expensive.

Why would anybody spend $10 to $20 a month on a service that they could get on Spotify for free? There aren’t many commonly-used websites that cost this much money while having a significantly cheaper competitor. Netflix and Hulu cost $7.99 a month, which seems to be the most money a college student is willing to spend on leisurely entertainment.

In addition, the features that are supposed to separate Tidal from Spotify—the larger

library, the higher quality and the earlier access to certain music—aren’t enough to convince anybody to pay so much more. If there was an original feature that’s unavailable on any other site, I think people would consider the price difference, but Tidal simply isn’t good enough.

Jay Z and other artists have responded to the cost backlash by saying that the prices help new artists who need the money more. However, they didn’t market this point at all. In fact, they went in the opposite direction by making a grandiose statement of their wealth in a YouTube video meant to inform viewers about the product.

New music streaming site “Tidal” is...making waves

by Maddie Smith The first thing that comes to mind when I think about artists like Jay Z, Madonna and Kanye West usually isn’t “wow, I sure hope they’re making enough money.”

However, these three musicians plus 13 more have decided to launch a music streaming website called “Tidal,” which ensures that artists will receive the compensation they deserve for their work.

Tidal, which is a reference to a wave destroying pirates, costs between $9.99 and $19.99 a month. It offers a library of 25 million songs, which is 5 million more than Spotify. It

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Movies you should be streaming on Netflix right now

by John Mendiola Lonely nights don’t exist for me anymore. Before, I used to wonder why no one wanted to be my friend. Now, I know that I am the happiest person in the world. After a long day, Netflix is always there to love me and show me a piece of life. With thousands—9,796 to be exact—of movies in their streaming library, Netflix always feels exciting and different— possibly too exciting and different, though.

Choosing a movie from the suggestion list that Netflix puts together based on your interest in the new “Carebear” movie and “The Bachelor” TV show is the safest bet. They even have Max, a digital personality, who chooses a movie based on interests and current mood. John, your local A&E personality, has his own recommendations from his most “recently viewed” list. These movies don’t really share a theme but they are all amazing.

Billy Bob Thornton plays Karl Childers, a recently released patient from a mental state hospital in “Sling Blade.” Thornton actually directed and wrote the screenplay for the movie as well.

Childers befriends a boy and the rest of the story revolves around their life in this small town. They are very dark moments but the kindness seen from various people

in town give this movie a real sense of hope. Thornton’s performance and lines are also endlessly quotable. I recommend it.

“Life Itself” is a documentary based off Roger Ebert’s book and life. I never really knew much about Ebert. I appreciated his work after reading his review f o r ”Matchstick Men,” a movie that hasn’t been seen by any person I’ve ever met. I loved it a lot and so did he.

It’s impossible to avoid his ratings though, I still never read much of his writings. This movie makes me regret that but it makes me smile to know that there are thousands of articles out there that I have yet to read from him. The parts with Chaz, his wife, and Gene, his friend and rival, really shine.

Ebert, throughout his life, even when he knew the end was near, was so full of love and intelligence, even if it was misguided at times. He did what he loved and he wanted to share his love for movies with everyone. Not just cinephiles

or students of film or other elites but with everyone.

Another documentary, “20 Feet from Stardom,” shows the heart behind a lot of songs—the background singers. It features the very first “real” background singers in the ‘50s who were all African Americans. These women— and a couple of men— are

amazing and talented but never stand in the spotlight. Their plights are simultaneously depressing and

joyful. These people never break through on their own no matter how hard they try. Yet, to some degree, they’re OK with that since, ultimately, they do it because they love to sing—and my god, they can sing.

I love Colin Firth. I just want to get that out of the way before jumping into “Bridget Jones’s Diary.” There is something to his certain brand of charm—a true gentleman who may come off cold at first but deep down is a loving and caring guy. But he isn’t the focus here so I digress. Bridget Jones, played by Renee Zellweger, is a typical romcom character. She desperately wants to meet “the one” but it hasn’t worked out yet.

Spoilers: she gets with Hugh Grant, who is not a very nice guy, then she gets with Colin Firth at the end even though she thought he was not a very nice guy throughout the movie. The plot of this movie is by the numbers in almost every way but the characters elevate this into the upper echelon of romantic

comedies. Bridget Jones has a lot of problems but, ultimately, her biggest fault is that she cares too much which I think is the best problem to have.

I started “Good Morning, Vietnam” but wasn’t able to finish it the night that I started it. I saw Robin Williams walking around Vietnam as a radio DJ but never got farther than that. I couldn’t find it the next day and found out that it expired from the catalog.

I’m assuming that nothing bad happened in the movie and Robin Williams just made jokes for two hours. The one major downside to Netflix is the fact that some movies are only available for a limited time.

If you ever want more random movies to watch, I recommend Instantwatcher. They list all of Netflix’s movies and even have different ratings and categories to help you choose what to watch.

Digital Trends has lists every month of “must—watch” films on Netflix. My personal method is judging by the cover. I love seeing all the different movies and just picking one that catches my eye.

No research, no contemplation.

It’s a small aspect of your life, but it’s exciting to just take a leap.

Try one of these movies I’ve talked about or just watch a random movie. Try something different and unexpected. I reckon life is more exciting that way.

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Here we go again: A Q&A with alternative band OK Go

by Rachel Pauerstein

A&E COLUMNIST They may have been around since the 90s, but OK Go’s sound is as fresh and exciting as ever. You’ll remember them from their hits and viral videos for “A Million Ways” and “Here It Goes Again,” but it’s time for an update. In October, they released their latest record, “Hungry Ghosts.”

The band is currently on tour in support of the album, complete with a stop in San Antonio on April 20. Before you catch the band’s show, check out this conversation with Tim Nordwind, bassist, who sounds off on viral videos, evolving sounds and interactive experience.

After over a decade of producing music, how do you think the group’s sound has evolved? How has that worked out?

I feel like our sound has evolved quite a bit. We’ve been a band since the 1990s; I think in the early days we very much thought about music from the perspective of “I play guitar, you play bass, you play drums: what can we do with these instruments?”

So I think our sound back then was pretty traditional indie rock, basically, with a little bit of ‘70s and ‘80s stadium rock, like The Cars and Cheap Trick and Queen. But I think as time has gone by, in the context of pop music we’ve become more experimental with production.

These days, I think we try to put less rules on ourselves and be a little bit more experimental and exploratory.

When we sit down these days, we feel it out more than we think about it. And because of that, we’ve also got different types of instrumentation.

“Hungry Ghosts” is a lot more electronic with a lot more programming involved, a lot more synthesizers. I think that comes from this place of curiosity for feeling around until you hit these moments of magic.

We’ve gone from being a traditional rock band to being much more experimental and exploratory.

How would you say that more electronic tendency meshes with your original sound?

It’s all sort of within a pop/rock context. At the core of everything we make, there’s always a sense of melody, of song structure, but what we fill in with is the experimental part. But a lot of the reason we’ve gone down the electronic path is a little bit out of circumstance.

We’ve been touring so much over the last several years, and if we’re not touring then we’re on set making videos and things like that.

A lot of times we don’t have our guitars with us, or a drum set with us, but we have our computers and our computer software. So a lot of our demos started as us just programming in the hotel room.

But when we sat down to make this record, we started playing demos to each other on the speakers, and we realized we actually liked what we’d been programming. So we decided that was unique and unlike anything we had done before, and the rest just followed.

I know it’s hard, but what would you say is your favorite song on “Hungry Ghosts”?

It’s hard to say, but I really like “The Writing’s on the Wall”; I like “I Won’t Let You Down.” I think the song “Obsession” works really well live—I mean, I like the recording too—but that one’s been a really fun one to play.

“Another Set of Issues” is one I really like a lot; in some ways it’s the most obvious look at the electronic side of what we did on this record.

How have you updated your live show for this tour?

When we think about the live show experience, we know we have access to rooms every night that can hold 1000 or 2000 people.

What can you do with a room full of people? Of course we can play music, because we’re a band and that’s what we do.

But besides that, we tend to look at what we can do from a film or lighting or interactive perspective.

This show is the most interactive show we’ve ever had—it’s sort of “new media”—and there really is a sense of being larger than life. But we also bring it down to a point where we have literally nothing but human interaction and conversation.

It’s a wide spectrum of experiences, and we just try to tie it all together in a way that makes sense to us.

Your videos tend to go incredibly viral. Do you all worry that they might overshadow the music itself? Has it been difficult to find a balance between being visual artists and being musicians?

We get asked that question a lot. We personally don’t worry about it too much. At the end of the day, these are all things we make, and this is just part of the project. If that doesn’t make us a band, then ok…but we feel very much like a band, because we started very much as a band, and the music is really at the core of everything we do.

But it is true that we are an interesting 21st century hybrid of a bunch of different things. We’ve always come to find that, usually, when we chase the ideas that interest

us the most, that’s when we seem to have the most love and success come back to us, so that’s what we do. If it’s in the form of a video or a song on an album or a live show or an experimental art project, that’s cool. We make all this stuff and it all feels like it comes from us.

What was it like to film the video for “I Won’t Let You Down” in Japan?

That was a really cool process, just to have the opportunity to go live somewhere for months. It

was very exciting, and it’s such a wonderful country… you know, even just the food alone [laughs].

The process was really nice because we got to go down there and play a lot. We make our videos a lot like we make our records, where we allow ourselves time to really give ourselves some room and play around and make mistakes and find things we hadn’t thought of before.

To be able to have that play out in Japan, in Tokyo, with an amazing creative crew,

was just really awesome. It was such a huge thing for us.

And I’d love to go make more things there, with a lot of the same people. They’re such an amazingly gifted crew of people.

Given any choice, what song would you most like to cover?

Maybe “Bohemian Rhapsody”. It’d be rather challenging for us, but if we could pull it off it would be pretty impressive. If we could brag about that one, I’d be pretty proud of us.

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Last year, I started watching this show called “Perception”. It’s part detective show, part human interest story; it centers on a neuroscientist with paranoid schizophrenia who uses his unique set of abilities to assist FBI investigations. For one thing, I’m a sucker for detective shows, but more importantly, I really enjoy the way the show portrays individuals with mental health problems. What most people would call a disability becomes an ability for this individual; his schizophrenia is essential to his success. It’s such a refreshing portrayal of mental disorders!

Unfortunately, it was cancelled after season three. I’d love to see it return.

Rachel Pauerstein, A&E Columnist

My ideal TV revival was “Arrested Development,” so writing this answer feels like asking Santa for more presents after getting exactly the one I wanted. While we’re going down the list though, I’d love to see the return of a big unfinished, epic drama like “Deadwood,” or the extension of an important indie show like “Looking.” That said, I’m wary of asking for those things; after all, the new season of my beloved “Arrested Development” was of decidedly lower quality than the preceding seasons. Sometimes, renewed shows aren’t revived, but awkwardly reassembled into a Frankenstein’s monster of devastating disappointment. So, I wish for more episodes of the above shows while also wondering if I should wish for that at all.

Mason Walker, A&E Writer

Obviously, my first choice is also “Firefly,” but I understand that the horse has been beaten enough for the next few years. Instead, I’d like to suggest a revitalization of “Strangers With Candy,” an offbeat comedy about a middle-aged woman played by Amy Sedaris who decides to revisit the adventure of high school. With her, she brings a lifetime of sex, drugs and booze. This comedy, also starring Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello, was so original and zany, but never gathered a strong enough following. It was cancelled after three amazing seasons and had one relatively illreceived movie.

Maddie Smith, A&E Editor

My first impulse is to instantly cry foul at FOX for ruining Joss Whedon’s “Firefly,” but I don’t always want to be so predictable. “Pushing Daisies” is an amazingly dark and colorful show from the twisted mind of Bryan Fuller, the creator of other shows such as “Dead Like Me” and “Hannibal.” Like the boyhood love of the pie maker, the show left us all too soon.

This cheerful, colorful show about murders and death is wholly unique and I hope Fuller touches it one days and brings it back to life. One more thing: damn, Lee Pace is a handsome guy.

John Mendiola, A&E Writer

Texas Freedom Network shows new indie film “Obvious Child”

by Maddie Smith A&E EDITOR On April 15 in Northrup 040, Trinity University’s Texas Freedom Network and NARPAL Pro-Choice Texas showed the 2014 film “Obvious Child.” It tells the story of a comedian, played by Jenny Slate, who finds herself pregnant at a very inconvenient time in her young life. She must momentarily put aside her childish, immature persona and consider the repercussions of unplanned pregnancies. It has gained notoriety for its unabashed portrayal of a woman’s decision to have an abortion.

“The Texas Freedom Network (TFN) is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to protecting religious freedom (separation of church and state), civil liberties and public education,” said president of TFN Kayley Slezak.

Recently, the organization has returned from Austin, where they were lobbying for equal rights. They have also hosted a 1-in-3 Campaign and are dedicated to creating dialogue about social and political issues.

The themes in the film “Obvious Child” mirror many of the issues that TFN are

trying to raise awareness about.

“We put together the ‘Obvious Child’ screening in hopes of challenging the shame and stigma attached to abortion,” Slezak said. “The movie discusses abortion in a shameless, matter-of-fact way and provided a way for TFN to challenge individuals to break the silence and the stigma attached to abortion at Trinity.”

The event seems to have created discussion and opened up opportunities for those interested in fighting for equal rights.

“I thought the best part of the event was having an activist from Planned Parenthood attend and discuss how to volunteer with them,” said executive event planner for TFN Eliza Grady.

TFN will continue organizing events similar to this film screening to continue to raise awareness and create discussion amongst Trinity students. tive on these issues.

Keep an eye out for more TFN events and if anyone is interested in joining Texas Freedom Network, Trinity Chapter please email kslezak@ trinity.edu.

Baseball sweeps Dallas After the three wins, the team now holds an overall record of 22-9.

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Track team nears season’s end The Tigers host the SCAC Championship April 25-26.

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Tennis teams near the end of the regular season Rainy conditions caused a delay for men’s team and saw the women’s team end match early

The regular season is coming to a close for both the men’s and women’s tennis teams as each traveled to play one match on a rainy Saturday, April 11.

After a rain delay, the men fell 6-1 to the Division I University of Texas at San Antonio.

“You see a lot more depth at the DI level,” said junior Adam Krull. “Playing DIII, sometimes the lineup can drop off a little bit towards the bottom. This gets really good matches for our people lower in the lineup—it gets them match tough and gets them ready to go.”

The match started with UTSA getting the sweep, and the point, in doubles. Seniors Jordan Mayer and Aaron Skinner lost 8-3 at No. 1, first year Alvaro Hobbs and Krull lost 8-2 at No. 2, and senior Charlie Curtis and sophomore Chas Mayer were edged 8-5 at the No. 3 line.

In singles, the lone win for the Tigers came from C. Mayer at No. 5. He won in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3.Krull (6-3, 6-0 at No.1), Skinner (6-2, 6-3 at No. 3) and first-year Kevin Lee (6-0, 6-1) all fell in straight sets. J. Mayer (No. 2) and Curtis (No. 4) each were edged in their matches in third set tiebreakers.

“I’m really proud of our guys.

I feel like everybody will bring the effort even when the match doesn’t really count for that much anymore,” Krull said.

Mayer won the first set 6-3, but lost the second 6-4. He was up in the tiebreaker 8-5 before falling 10-8. Curtis lost the first set 6-3, and fought back in the second to take it 7-6 (7-4). He went down early in the third set tiebreaker however and was not able to recover, losing it 10-7.

The men are No. 7 in the ITA rankings in Division III At 10 a.m. Saturday, April 18 they play Southern

Collegiate Athletic Conference opponent Colorado College at Southwestern University in Georgetown, and at 5 p.m. that day they play at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas.

At 10 a.m. Sunday, April 19 they play at No. 19 University of Texas at Tyler, and at 3 p.m. they play the University of the Ozarks (AR) in Tyler, Texas.

The women were unable to finish their match against Schreiner University in Kerrville due to rain. They finished the doubles—getting the 3-0 sweep—but were unable to play the singles matches.

“It was really important for our number one doubles to get that match in—they are trying to qualify for individual nationals in Ohio, which is at the end of May. So just getting that match—a Division III match— really helps them,” said women’s head coach Gretchen Rush.

Sophomore Liza Southwick and first year Marie Lutz were down 5-2 early in their No. 1 doubles match, but came roaring back to win six straight games and take the match 8-5. They are 5-9 at No. 1 doubles this season.

“Marie and I struggled early in our match, and if it wasn’t for our team cheering to boost us up, that match could have been a lot different,” Southwick said.

Juniors Caroline White and Gaby Roe earned an 8-0 shutout at No. 2. First years Cheyenne Duncan and Nicole Rueb finished it off for the Tigers with an 8-3 win at the No. 3 line. Their final home match of the season against Texas A&M at Kingsville was cancelled due to rain.

“We did come back from California—when we had four matches in a row—with some injuries,” Rush said. “That is probably our biggest concern right now is getting everybody healthy. So not playing is actually good for us right now.”

The women have a 6-8 record this season, and are ranked No. 31 in the Division III ITA rankings.

At 3 p.m. today, April 17, the Tigers play at No. 38 TexasTyler and at 10 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, April 18, they play at Texas-Dallas.

be nominated for an award. It’s great to bring all the athletes together in one place, and share some laughs. I think I should have won, but we’re a shoe-in for next year; knock on wood,” said junior nominee Kirk Gulliver.

The best looking team award went to the women’s soccer team. Sophomore Todd Edwards won two awards, taking home the best hair award and the doppelganger award for his comparison to Jesus.

“Its fun to get together with all the teams and reminisce on everyone’s season. While we’re all used to competing against

other schools for awards, it’s fun to compete against each other and everyone’s a good sport about it. Maybe next year the men’s track team can take best looking team. To be fair, we spend a lot of time with our shirts off,” said junior Vince Omegba.

Women’s freshman of the year went to track standout Britney Sullivan; basketball player Matt Jones won men’s freshman of the year.

Junior Tom Jones was awarded the best athlete of the year award; he participates in both swimming and football.

by Sarah Farrell SPORTS REPORTER

file photos Senior Pablo Boom and junior Eliot Guin play a doubles match (top) and Guin plays singles at home (bottom).

Sports banquet provides fun for all Tiger athletes

Both spring and fall athletes attended the annual banquet

by Noah Lyford SPORTS REPORTER

The annual athlete’s banquet was held Thursday, April 9, in Laurie Auditorium. All fall and spring athletes were invited to attend, and were asked to vote on who in the athletics community should win: hottest coach, women’s senior of the year, best all-around athlete, men’s senior

of the year, the Tiger award, best intersport relationship, best play, best comeback, bestlooking team, best parties, most likely to end up on a box of Wheaties, women’s freshman of the year, men’s freshman of the year, worst sportsmanship, best hair and best doppelganger.

Cameron Hill, the women’s basketball coach, took home the hottest coach award. Emily Jorgens was awarded the women’s senior of the year; she is the women’s soccer standout who led the nation with 27 assists this year and scored 19 goals in her 2014 campaign.

Jorgens also boasts a 4.0 GPA and recently received a Division III postgraduate award.

“It was pretty cool to see the majority of athletes on campus all in one room and free food is good food. Obviously Emily Jorgens was no surprise; the numbers she put up this season were pretty impressive,” said sophomore Stephen Thai.

The prestigious Tiger award went to senior Kirby Peddicord.

Best intersport relationship went to seniors Kelly Holton and Nick Caine.

“It was great to come out to this event, it was an honor to

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Softball team brings out the brooms in sweep over Centenary College to clinch a SCAC playoff spot The Tigers went 4-0 against the Catahoulas in the most recent games

by Tyler Caldwell SPORTS REPORTER It’s been a hard season full of uncooperative weather for the softball team, but that didn’t stop them from taking on conference rival Centenary College last weekend. The women played a doubleheader Friday and another one on Saturday, winning all four games to finish off their regular season home games and improve to 14-16 on the season and 8-6 in conference.

The Tigers got at it quickly in game one on Friday, plating one run in the first and six more in the second to jump to a 7-0 lead. The next run would come in the bottom of the sixth inning by Trinity, leading to a run-rule. Earning the shutout was junior pitcher Kaci Wellik, who only allowed four hits, one walk and six strikeouts. Friday’s win bumped Wellik’s record to 7-6. First baseman senior outfielder Lauren Mercado going 3-3 at the plate with one RBI off of a sacrifice fly and scored two runs of her own as well provided much of the firepower for the Tigers.

Junior second baseman Katie Castillon and sophomore center fielder Mackenzie Hill each went 2-2 with a run and RBI each.

The second game brought just as much success, as the Tigers won 9-4. Both teams jockeyed for position through the first few innings with scoring starting immediately with a two-run blast by Mercado in the first and a solo shot from designated player Caitlynn Dykes, senior, in the

file photo The Trinity softball team plays a game at home as one of the Tigers steps up to the plate to bat. Currently the team holds an overall record of 14-16.

third. In the fourth, Dykes hit a two-run double that gave Trinity a 6-4 lead. The Tigers never looked back after that inning as they added several more runs in the sixth to secure the 9-4 victory.

After pitching in game one, Wellik was called on as relief in the seventh. With the bases loaded and no outs, Wellik showed her arm was still hot from earlier, striking out the side to prevent any runs and pick up the save. Early relief pitcher Katie Glomb, sophomore, improved to 3-3 with the win, only allowing one unearned run, four hits and two strikeouts. Trinity’s offense flourished as they racked up 12 hits and only three strikeouts.

The Friday games were shortened since the Tigers run-ruled Centenary in both games.

On Saturday, scoring in game one started early for

Trinity, with one run coming in the first and an additional four in the second. Centenary retaliated with a run of their own in the third but Trinity scored four more hits to go 9-1 by the end of the inning.

That was all that was needed to close out the game.

Castillon got the start, giving up one earned run off three hits, a walk and a strikeout, improving to 3-7 on the season. Dykes, Mercado, Hill and senior right fielder Brittany Haby combined for 8-10 at the plate with six runs and seven RBI. Game two was as impressive as game one, as the Tigers finished the sweep with a 9-0 win.

Glomb got the start and earned her second shutout of the season, improving to 4-3.

Glomb gave up a mere three hits with four strikeouts.

“Coming into the game, I knew I had to work ahead in

the count to be successful, so I focused on that mainly. I trusted my defense to make the plays we needed to, and they didn’t disappoint,” Glomb said.

In the five-inning run-ruled game, offense continued to surge. Dykes, Mercado, Hill and Haby went 7-11 with two runs, seven RBI and a walk.

Hill individually provided three hits off three at-bats with two runs and four RBI. Second baseman Sara McCarty went 1-1 with a walk and scored both times she got on base.

For seniors Dykes, Haby and Mercado, this series marked the final home games of their Trinity careers. The team made sure they finished on a high note with the four wins and all three women got at least one hit in both games Saturday.

“I felt really loved and appreciated by my teammates

and our softball fans, which only made me more excited for the rest of the season and the chance for redemption at the SCAC tournament,” Haby said.

The Tigers will close the regular season with another four-game series at Southwestern University tomorrow, April 18, and Sunday, April 19.

Thanks to the first win last Saturday, Trinity clinched a spot in the SCAC Tournament, which will be at the end of the month at Schreiner University.

“My expectation for the SCAC is for my team to just play at the top of their game,” said head coach Brandi Crnkovic.

“We’ve been steadily improving and learning from every opportunity given, and I would just like to see them play the best they are capable of. If they do that, we have a great chance to be successful.”

of his own, and the offense had a combined 18 hits in a game shortened by the 10-run rule. Trinity scored in each of the first three innings.

“We got some guys who are really working hard on their game. A bright spot would be the talent is more than enough to create a special season out of the messy beginning. Again, it does come down to the hunger and toughness of the players,” said pitching coach David Smith.

The second game of the series had a similar story to the first. Junior pitcher Ryan Gray started the game; he pitched six innings, striking out five batters while allowing only one hit to University of Dallas.

Senior pitcher Nick Griffith relieved Gray in the seventh inning to end the game. Game two was also shortened due

to the 10-run rule. Junior infielder Carter McEachern led the offense in the second game with three hits. Junior infielder Colin Serkowski had two hits, a triple and a double, and scored three runs.

Trinity won the game 10-0 and the offense had 14 hits in the second game. The Tigers put up four runs in the sixth inning to take control of the game.

“Our hitting is improving dramatically. We are having a better, team-first approach at the plate, which helps us advance runners with bunting and well-executed ground balls,” Serkowski said.

The third and final game of the series was played on Sunday. The Tigers scored their first run on back-toback two-out hits by junior outfielder Austin Singer and

senior pitcher Beau Attyah.

Senior pitcher Trent Rape started the game and pitched seven innings, allowing six hits and striking out eight batters. Junior infielder Teddy Turner finished the game for the Tigers, allowing two hits in the final two innings of the game. Junior outfielder Jeremy Wolf provided some insurance runs for Trinity with a grand slam in the fifth inning to put the Tigers up 5-0, which ended up being the final score of the game.

“Moving forward, we need to stay focused and evenkeeled no matter who we play or what the score is. If we lose focus and get complacent when we gain a lead, any opponent is capable of putting up a six-run inning on us and totally swing the momentum of the game,” Serkowski said.

Trinity was scheduled to play their fifth consecutive away game on Tuesday, April 13 when they take on Our Lady of the Lake University, but the game was canceled due to bad weather. Our Lady of the Lake defeated Trinity 7-4 in the first game they played earlier this season. The sweep this weekend moved Trinity’s record to 22-9, with a record of 7-5 in the SCAC. “This series was a big confidence boost in the sense that we were reminded of what we are capable of. We are still hungry to go sweep our last two series too; we know how important it is to ensure we make the conference tournament,” said junior outfielder Brody Fehmel.

The has a three game series against Schreiner starting Friday, April 17.

Baseball team earns three wins against Dallas The Tigers jump to No. 17 in NCAA DIII national rankings after recent wins

by Noah Lyford SPORTS REPORTER The Tigers traveled to University of Dallas last weekend, April 11-12 to play a three-game series against the Crusaders.

Senior pitcher Matt Tindall started the first game of the series on Saturday. He pitched a complete game, allowing one unearned run. The offense helped with 11 runs of support. Junior catcher Drew Butler had four hits and five runs batted in. Junior infielder Connor Moore had three hits

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US soccer defeats Mexico 2-0 As the sport of soccer gains popularity in the US, the team gets an important win

by Tyler Caldwell SPORTS REPORTER

This past Wednesday, the U.S. national soccer team played Mexico’s national team in front of a sell-out crowd at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

The game was an international friendly match, and the U.S. walked away with a 2-0 victory.

The first half of play was overall uneventful as both teams matched each other stride for stride. That quickly changed when the teams returned from halftime as U.S. forward and Stanford sophomore Jordan Morris scored his first international goal on the senior level (49th minute).

Twenty-three minutes later, forward Juan Agudelo scored a second goal for the U.S., sealing the 2-0 victory.

“I honestly don’t think we [U.S.] looked as dominant as we should have been,” said sophomore soccer player Daylon Gordon. “But in the end, we got the result.”

This was the ninth time the

U.S. men’s national team beat Mexico 2-0, bringing about the slogan “dos a cero” for many U.S. fans.

“It’s always a huge rivalry and I am always happy when the U.S. beats Mexico, especially since we have consistently been beating them for our past six games against them,” said sophomore Austin Haas.

The match between Mexico and the United States represents the growth of soccer in our society, which is shaped by the increased blending of both nations’ cultures.

“The hunger of both teams on winning this game is huge, and we know that there are no ‘friendly’ games between us,” said sophomore soccer player Francisco Vasquez. “Having this game in San Antonio increases the passion for this match due to the high number of Mexicans that live here.”

The number of Hispanics living in America is rapidly growing, and with this trend the popularity of soccer in the U.S. is rising as well.

Historically, the U.S. has been in the shadows of La Liga/Liga MX and the EPL when it comes to attracting viewers for soccer games. However, according to Nielsen’s 2014 Year in Sports Report, Major League

Track enters final stretch of season As the season nears the end, the Tigers look to conference where they hope to capture the title

by Cat Garza and Mackenzie Knoop SPORTS INTERNS Over the weekend of April 11, Trinity track and field took on different competitors from opposing school during the University of the Incarnate Word Invitational.

The Tigers ran strong during the women’s 4x100 relay. The team of junior Bailey Drury, and first years Nkoli Nweke, Elizabeth Peters and Britney Sullivan crossed the finish line at 48.01 seconds coming in second place overall, breaking the current school record.

“Going in to the meet, our goal was definitely to get a faster time so we could qualify for Nationals in May. So getting down to a lower time and breaking the record all in one was a double win for the relay team,” Sullivan said.

Nweke followed the relay with another record-breaking finish. Although she had previously broken the school record during the meet at Pomona-Pitzer in Claremont, California, she followed it

up with an even faster time during the UIW Invitational.

During the women’s 100 meters, Nweke clocked in a 12.27 seconds coming in 10th place overall.

In the men’s events, junior Taylor Piske was the runnerup in the men’s 5,000 meters finishing at 15:17.31. Piske was followed by sophomore Austin Brown in fifth place (15:54.97).

“For some of us, UIW was an opportunity for redemption after having a painful and disappointing performance at the Pamona-Pitzer Invite the week before,” Piske said. “It was a low-key meet that let us gain a little selfconfidence before heading into conference.”

First year Matt Love placed fourth in discus with a 47.16 meter throw while first year Louie Montoto finished the high-jump with 1.85 meters coming in fifth place.

During the 2014 Southern Collegiate Conference Championships the men won and the women finished in second. Both teams hope to capture the championship this year.

“As a team we really want to execute in our individual events, but most importantly come together to win conference on both the men’s and women’s side,” Nweke said.

The Tigers will host the conference meet April 24-25.

Soccer (MLS) in America was changing this dynamic.

Last year, the MLS Cup between the L.A. Galaxy and the New England Revolution attracted 1.6 million viewers, which rivaled the English Premier League (EPL) matchup between Chelsea and Manchester United, which also drew 1.6 million viewers, showing MLS is gaining popularity and growing in the US. Currently MLS has 20 teams in the league with three more franchises slated to be added by 2018.

Overall the professional soccer system in the U.S. has three tiers of play with MLS being the highest, then the North American Soccer League (NASL) and then the United Soccer League (USL) Soccer is arguably the most popular sport in the world, and as seen in the World Cup, it transcends cultural boundaries.

In the case of the U.S. versus.

Mexico matchup, it doesn’t matter if your native language is Spanish or English, there is a passion and appreciation for the game on both sides and the growing importance of soccer in North American society cannot be denied.

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Graphic by Matt Kennemer

Predictions made by Tyler Caldwell, Noah Lyford and Sarah Farrell

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photo by Sarah Thorne LeeRoy the Tiger poses with miniature ponies who offered free hugs on the Coates esplanade during mental health week (top). Seniors stand in line to pick up graduation tickets (bottom).

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