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“We explode with Strategic Plan deleted, leads <3 for bollards” to decade-long flashback Administration decides to go back to 2003, trash new technology and rethink all decisions
At approximately 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, a glitch in the TUSecure Wi-Fi network caused the master copy of the Strategic Plan to get permanently deleted. All other digital copies possessed by the Hoard of Trustees and other administration were linked to the master copy, so the planning committee has decided to commence a plan they are calling “Trinity of Yesteryear.” According to Mikey Fishy, associate vice president of
A-Plus affairs the glitch has caused some major setbacks for the administration. “Many of us have devoted our work primarily to figuring out the strategic plan, what it is, how it will work, etc.,” Fishey said. “However, now that it has all disappeared, it’s like we aren’t even sure if it’s all worth pursuing. This ‘Trinity of Yesteryear’ idea should serve as a good Plan B for an otherwise awful situation.” Lasso Jasiminy, main coordinator for the “Trinity of Yesteryear” project, expressed optimism about the Strategic Plan’s replacement. “See, we are thinking that since we tried to focus so much on the future of the university that we forgot our past,” Jasiminy said. “I mean we’re good now, so how did we get here? Trinity of Yesteryear is really going to
send the university back 10 years ago and just make us relive all the good stuff that got us to where we are now.” According to Fishy, all campus technology will be replaced with models from 2003. Current technologies including projectors, smart boards, computers and the like will be sold in order to fund their replacements, which include overhead projectors, dumb boards and paper. All leftover money will go towards purchasing turn of the century flip-phones for students to use while on campus. “If we take it back 10 years, everyone can get a second chance to rethink these major projects,” Fishy said. “It will really simplify things if everyone goes along with it. Curriculum change? Strategic Plan? Time block? Ain’t nobody got time for that.”
comparison to the whole ‘hunting other students’ thing.” Competing students will be allowed a sponsor, a member of Treenity’s faculty that will support their training financially while also providing them useful tools and weapons on the battlefield. “The way I see it, I can bet on horses and sports games or I can bet on which of these fine students has the capacity to come out on top of the student food chain,” De-Knees Lumbergh, president of the university said. “I can’t tell you
Xhow excited I am for this year’s games.” While natural ability in the students varies, Treenity student Po Tato is seen as the clear favorite to win the competition. “I play a lot of ‘Call of Duty’,” Tato said. “I think I am well trained in combat. My reflexes are pretty superior, and I have some nunchuck skills, computer hacking skills, etc.” The competition, deemed “The Dumber Games,” will take place on Saturday, May 18, all over campus
following graduation. You can catch the proceedings on LionTV or in the many viewing stands that will be erected. Concessions will be available for purchase. When asked for advice to students, Lumbergh had one thing to say: “May the odds be ever in your favor,” Lumbergh said. The Trinibonian has calculated those “odds” for every rising sophomore of winning “The Dumber Games” to be about 1 in 600, or 0.17 percent. Good luck.
by Doc Froogle
MINISTER OF MISTAKES
photo by girl who likes the poles After a scare by administration in which Faulty Services nearly removed the bollards, students decide that they like the poles blocking traffic behind the Handbell Athletic Center. Sentiments include: students becoming overjoyed, hugging the bollards, throwing parties near/around the bollards and walking everywhere, and we do mean EVERYWHERE. See Page 3 for all the sticky details.
Dorm Squad implements “Hunger-Games” like housing lottery Sick of complaints, the Dorm Squad leaves your housing fate in your own hands, weapons included by Fatniss Everspleen
RESIDENT HOT KILLA
In order to promote the competitive spirit and make the housing process more entertaining, the Dorm Squad has ditched the lottery system for rising sophomores in favor of a “last man standing” competition similar to “The Hunger Games.” All rising sophomores will be entered into the contest, fitted with weapons and given the whole campus to dominate each other. The last student standing gets the first pick of sophomore dorms. Dorm Squad director Wanida Halfson believes the system will help prevent overcrowding of dorms while also providing entertainment to students and faculty. “Nothing gets the studying and education juices going like a good ol’ bloodbath,” Halfson said. “Hell, I don’t even like most of these kids. It’s a win-win in my mind.”
When asked how eliminating the entire sophomore class down to one student would benefit the school, let alone fill all of the residence halls, Halfson told me to “go back to my district.” Whatever the hell that means. Rising sophomores are having various reactions to the news. One student, Rue Liu, is questioning her decision to attend the university.
“The way I see it, I can bet on horses and sports games or I can bet on which of these fine students has the capacity to come out on top of the student food chain.” President Lumbergh
“If I had known I would live with a complete stranger, bond with them, become friends with them and then have to fend for my life, I probably would have attended a different school,” Liu said. “The parking also isn’t that great, but I guess that pales in
Senior Ryan Westrip practices archery in anticipation for the “Dumber Games” in the woods near the library. Unfortunately, the games came two years too late for Ryan to show off his mad skills.
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At about 8:02 p.m. on Monday, April 22, previous ASR resident Josephine Moste entered the meeting declaring his reinstatement. After a lengthy presidential-style debate between himself and thenpresident Dustin Paddler, Moste declared himself the winner. He then entered a 36-minute acceptance speech, also instating himself as vice president of the organization. During the coup-like proceedings, Moste was surrounded by self-hired TUPD officers wearing SWAT gear and informed the witnessing senators and students of his return. According to Moste, he will be living in a small corner of President Lumbergh’s office, taking elective courses and is now on the extended 10-year track for graduation.
Meet the Senators Josephine ’Murica Moste Returning President
What other organizations are you involved in?
I have decided to completely devote myself to bettering ASR these next 10 years, so I will not be in any other organizations. Also, I plan on taking three to four hours each semester of classes to keep my parttime standing.
What are your goals for ASR?
ASR will be the best organization on campus by the time I am done with it. I plan on making a committee for each organization and part of campus. I would like to build four parking garages (one on each corner of campus), refurbish all the dorms and make myself a home on Oakmont. Also, get rid of the Trinitonian. They suck.
What is your proudest accomplishment as an ASR senator? My accomplishments as a senator are nowhere near what I will do as president of the United States. Also, becoming besties with Bean Tutts.
If you had unlimited funds and no restrictions, what would you do in ASR? If?
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TUPD Briefs April 20 Chap Da Man Center 4-20-13 3:07 a.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the academic building.
McLeanOnme Hall 4-20-13 3:07 a.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the residence hall.
Center for Sinuses and Innovation 4-20-13 3:07 a.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the academic building.
McLeanOnme Hall 4-20-13 3:07 a.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the residence hall.
Northern Agression Hall 4-20-13 3:07 a.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the residence hall.
McLeanOnme Hall 4-20-13 3:07 a.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the residence hall.
South Willriseagain Hall 4-20-13 3:07 a.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the residence hall.
Mabee Not Dining Hall 4-20-13 3:07 a.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the dining hall
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Tommie Hall 4-20-13 3:07 a.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the residence hall.
Murchidaughter Hall 4-20-13 3:07 a.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the residence hall.
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Students protest the removal of beloved bollards all day, erry day After removal scare, students cling to famed poles by Al-Iyk Maijunk
PRIVATES INVESTIGATOR
On Friday, May 22, Faulty Services planned to take the bollards by the Handbell Center down. However, students and faculty joined together in a protest against Faulty Services’ attempt by chaining themselves to the bollards. “We can’t let the administration do this, not when that space is so pedestrian-friendly,” said Richard Walkabout, president of the Students for Walkable Spaces. Salazar Smith, member of the Association of Student Representers, agreed.
“The bollards are fantastic. They create a perfect space for walking, running and jumping. We have so much room for activities now.” Salazar Smith ASR Member
“There are precious few places on campus where you can walk without fear,” Smith said. “The bollards are fantastic. They create a perfect space for walking, running
and jumping. We have so much room for activities now.” Prior to the protest, Gonathan Jreen, director of Faculty Services, said the bollards were extremely unpopular among both students and faculty. “I heard something about a unanimous proposal from ASR and a few other initiatives,” Jreen said. “Honestly, I don’t care one way or another. I park my car in the Castle Garage, which is attached to my office. I rarely ever walk around the campus.” According to Dustin Paddler, president of ASR, due to the newfound popularity of the bollards, ASR is working on a resolution to increase the number of bollards on campus. Currently, the proposal calls for Faulty Services to place bollards at all campus entrances and exits. “The plan is to make Treenity Universaty the most pedestrianfriendly university in the nation,” Paddler said. “By blocking all entrances and exits on campus we can decrease the vehicular traffic from a significant amount to almost zero.” According to Paddler, the resolution is expected to pass unanimously. Once the resolution passes, it will be presented to Faulty Services. “The best thing about ASR resolutions, is that I don’t have to listen to them,” Jreen said. “Generally, when they have an idea, I ignore it. But, who knows? Maybe I’ll do something this time...nah.” According to Paddler, though the resolution will likely be ignored by everyone, ASR intends to pass it anyway.
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McLeanOnme fire alarms bring community closer Fire alarms continue around campus, bring students closer together through sleep deprivation by Haywood J’Blome
RES LIFE SPY
In hopes to increase a sense of community, Trinity President De-Knees Lumbergh decided to experiment community building in the most literal way possible: sabotage the community’s McLeanOnme building. “Since Trinity only has 2,300 undergraduate students, we have to try really hard to build some type of community,” said Lumbergh. “I, therefore, thought of a strategic plan to experiment with McLeanOnme residence.” Lumbergh’s strategic plan includes icebreakers, random hall activities and sporadic fire alarms at ridiculous times throughout the day. “Since Treenity students’ schedules are so busy, we have to make sure to catch them at the most likely time they would
be in their rooms: 3 a.m.,” Lumbergh said. Student reactions have been completely positive to these community-building activities. “At first, I was a little frustrated by the alarm at 3 a.m., but the other residents of McLeanOnme started to complain about it and we slowly started to bond over it,” said first year Ida Luvafire. “The hour-long fire alarms were the best thing to ever happen to us.” On April 10, McLeanOnme residents were forced to leave the comfort of their rooms to stand outside in the chilly weather at 3:15 a.m. for an hour. Little did they know they were under surveillance the entire time. “I had my eye on a cute first year and this was my chance to talk to her,” said Slick Willy. “Thankfully, the fire alarms were something we could complain about and bond over.” Slick Willy is now expected to get married October of next year. Hearing this positive feedback, Lumbergh plans to spread these arbitrary fire alarms to every dorm on campus. “Fire alarms for everyone! Winnter gets a fire alarm, Castle Hall gets a fire alarm, South Willriseagain, Northern Aggression, FIRE ALARMS TO THE ENTIRE SCHOOL!” Lumbergh said.
Director of the Dorm Squad Wanida Halfson was opposed to this change until she saw the positive outcomes for the community. “I was concerned because all these fake fire alarms could make the residents feel like all fire alarms are fake,” Halfson said. “Seeing the first years becoming such good
friends from it makes it all worth while though. Safety can wait.” Since this new addition to Treenity’s campus has become so time-consuming, Associate Vice President for Doggie Affairs and Bean of Students Deets Tutts has been appointed as the head of the community building strategic plan. “It is an honor to be in charge of
such a mission,” said Tutts. “We only hope to expand our successful disturbances to populated places around campus, such as Mabee Not, Coats, and maybe even buildings with classes.” Tutts explained students should expect more community building and fake fire alarms within the next few days.
Administration chooses extra loud and enthusiastic fire alarms that are willing to sound without reason and at any hour of the day.
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Witty and/or sentimental title So honestly, we want to be real Trinity students and go to “ThursBays” tonight. #editorconfessions Thus, we don’t have time to write you a clever/thoughtful/inspirational/ relevant editorial about how a recent campus occurence affects us as Trinity community. #wehavelivestoo. We don’t have the time to come up with the life lessons you should have learned this week. We just really don’t. Honestly, AIN’T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT. So come up with your own ... because, well #YOLO.
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On page 26 in last week’s issue in the first column from the left, six rows down, you missed a period. I didn’t know where the sentence was supposed to end. It really detracting from the information in the article and made it super hard to read. • Nitty Pickins is a first- year majoring in English and a member of APO.
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Students made to sleep outside participate in athletic competition by Scoops Callahan
NEWS? REPORTER
At 9 a.m. Monday, April 22, the university sent an email to students, faculty and staff announcing the suspension of all university activity pending an investigation into the hazing of its fraternity and sorority community. The university charged itself with violating its own hazing policy regarding events such as mandatory speakers, Greek Week events and leadership retreats. During Greek Week, students were made to sleep outside for a five-day period in a competition among fraternities and sororities. “It got pretty cold out there at night, and we weren’t provided with shelter or food. All in all, it was a pretty uncomfortable situation, especially being forced to compete against my peers for arbitrary points,” said Doug Niedermayer, sophomore member of Beta Rho Omicron Members of fraternity and sorority life were also made to participate in athletic competition in the form of a swimming relay. “I thought it was a pretty bold choice making us do this in public at the Bell Center,” said Eric Stratton, junior member of Sigma
Zi Chi. “I’m just not a swimmer— none of us really are—but I just wanted my club to be a part of the community.” However, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life claims that these and other such events were voluntary. “No one is making these kids participate and, legally speaking, they should be held responsible for things they choose to partake in,” said B.J. McHopson, coordinator for fraternity and sorority life. However, in a recent town hall meeting, university president De-Knees Lumbergh spoke out against the university’s actions. “It does not matter whether somebody voluntarily takes part in something. They are not responsible for their actions because the desire to become part of a group is so strong that it clouds their judgement,” Lumbergh said. “Making students sleep outdoors, swim against each other, take pictures for scavenger hunts, collect t-shirts—this is bullshit.” Also among the charges against the university are events that took place at a Greek leadership retreat in the fall. Students were made to participate in icebreakers and forced to share feelings with their fellow students. “Honestly, I was incredibly uncomfortable,” said Babs Jansen, senior member of Tau Iota Tau. “There was never any mention that these things were mandatory, but, still, I think we all felt extremely pressured to participate and like we were
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photo by Rolex Yachtmaster IV Photographs leaked through Facebook detailing the extent of the hazing that ocurred last fall were the catalyst for the recent investigation.
being exploited by the retreat leaders.” As more allegations come to light, every single thing that the university has done may come under the microscope of the university. New student orientation programs and even homework could be considered should the university choose to investigate it. “I don’t see how Playfair isn’t hazing,” said first year Kent Dorfman. “If the definition of hazing is any act that makes someone feel uncomfortable and exploits a power dynamic regardless of willingness to participate, then a photo of me
at Playfair should be right next to it.” Students unaffiliated with fraternity and sorority life have also begun lashing out at the administration for hazing. “Umm…yeah, I don’t like homework very much so I guess it makes me uncomfortable. Yeah, we should definitely get rid of it,” said sophomore Daniel Simpson Day. “Who does this teacher think he is? Just because he has more experience and is my superior does not make him more capable than me at advanced microeconomics. I don’t care that I just started here or that I’m here to learn; nobody should get to make me do stuff.”
The university has been extremely outspoken in condemning its own actions and believes that the current hazing policy is serving its purpose of protecting its students and definitely not sheltering them from the real world. “This campus has a strict no-hazing policy that expands the definition of hazing as wide as possible to protect our students,” said associate vice president Mikey Fishey. “The point is to keep our students safe from anything and everything that could make them feel the slightest bit of discomfort.”
Lumbergh said. “I thought that we should honor her in a permanent and lasting way so no one would ever forget her, and what better way than a tattoo? Those are pretty permanent and not something you’re likely to ever forget.”
“I know this is something that Lumbergh has been considering for a very, very, very long time, almost five months, ever since she left us in October last semester,” said Bean Tutts, the dean of students and associate vice president of student affairs. “My wife and children miss that dog a lot, too, so I’m grateful they’ll be able to remember her through Lumbergh’s tattoo.” Lumbergh believes that the tattoo was the perfect way to commemorate Jjurgens’ memory and is sure that it is a decision he won’t soon regret. “It’s perfect that she’s a yellow Labrador, as yellow is one of the hardest colors in tattoos to get rid of through laser removal, so that way everyone knows for sure that this tattoo will be as permanent as our love for Jjurgens,” Lumbergh said. “I just said to myself, ‘what would Drake do?’ Right then I knew that I was going to make the right choice. Hashtag you only live once.”
University president gets tattoo in memory of Jjurgens Tattoo of Jjurgens wins out over “#YOLO,” “Prez Life” and a to-scale image of a Foster’s can by Swagger Hound Jones
CAMPUS PULSE EDITOR
Students, faculty and staff at Trinity University have been coming up with unique ways this past year to cope with having to say goodbye to our beloved campus pet and little bomb-sniffer-in-training, the dog Jjurgens. It seems that the person taking her transition into higher education for doggies the hardest has been President Lumbergh himself. In an exclusive with the TriniBonian staff, Lumbergh unveiled a brand new tattoo of the yellow Labrador that occupies the majority of his left bicep. “Jjurgens was such a great asset to this community,”
“Jjurgens was such a great asset to this community I thought that we should honor her in a permanent and lasting way so no one would ever forget her, and what better way than a tattoo?”
De-Knees Lumbergh University President
Lumbergh’s decision did not come as a surprise to the university’s administrators.
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Professor makes usage of study drugs mandatory Passing class “impossible” without medications
by Addie Rall
NEWS? REPORTER
Everyone knows that Trinity is renowned for the ease of its classes, but that may all change soon thanks to the actions of one particular professor.
“When I first started teaching at Trinity, I was shocked by how easy it was to get an A in classes. It almost seemed like the less effort a student put into a course, the higher his or her GPA was.” Dex E. Drine
Professor of Psychology
Saying that college courses should be intellectual challenges that broaden students’ minds, psychology professor Dex E. Drine has designed a course so difficult that his syllabus lists “your choice of study drug” as one of the necessary supplies.
“When I first started teaching at Trinity, I was shocked by how easy it was to get an “A” in classes. It almost seemed like the less effort a student put into a course, the higher his or her GPA was. I chose to teach at Trinity because I saw the outstanding GPA of the student body, but now I know the truth behind that GPA. I knew something had to be done about this, so I decided to give these students a taste of what a real college course is like,” Drine said. Many students are outraged at the demands of Drine’s course, and understandably so. Drine requires students to write ten-page papers weekly, work on a group project, give a solo presentation, write a 30-page research paper and walk his dog. “I’ve got lots of extracurricular obligations, so class is the only time when I can catch up on sleep and manage my social media accounts. This professor’s new teaching style is really messing with my swag, and that’s not cool. I mean, who does he think he is? I’ve never had a professor who actually expects me to stay awake and pay attention in class, much less participate in class discussions,” said senior Joe Cool. The discontent among students has become so noticeable recently that the issue has brought itself to the attention of President Lumbergh. “I personally don’t understand what this bloke is trying to do. People around the
photo by Vivica Vanz First year Mandy Pepperidge reviews her first Econometrics paper which received top marks after Pepperidge took a dose of Vyvanse to stay up all night writing it.
world applaud Trinity for its lack of standards when it comes to academics, and this professor is really pushing it. Where I’m from, university students are forced to take breaks throughout the day from classes to go surfing, snorkeling and what have you. There is no sense in making students actually work for their grades,” Lumbergh said. Lumbergh promises that Trinity has its students’ best interests at heart, and he resolved to take action against Drine’s unorthodox teaching methods. “I’ve called for an emergency meeting with the Strategic Planning Committee to discuss
the matter of Dex E. Drine’s employment here at Trinity, and we should have a decision within the next three to four years,” Lumbergh said. Despite his lack of popularity, some students have actually started sticking up for Drine. “Dr. Drine has opened my eyes to new possibilities. Sure, it seems like a lot of work for a lower division common curriculum class, but once you start taking Focalin or Ritalin, it’s super manageable. In fact, now that I’ve started taking these medications, I’ve found I have even more time on my hands than before,” said junior Suzy Hopscotch.
According to TigerPaws, Drine will be offering a course next semester called Hallucinogens in Modern Society. “I’m really excited for that class. We’ll be examining hallucinogens in several different settings—artwork, music, animation and my personal favorite, actual psychedelic drugs. At the beginning of the semester, students will be administered different drugs such as LSD. The student with the most extreme reactions to these drugs, barring death, will be exempt from the final exam and receive an “A” for the course,” Drine said.
Thunderstorm and fire disaster averted by timely UPD text
“Why do I still get these? I graduated, like, two years ago,” Blutarsky said. However, disaster hit when “lightening” struck Laurie Auditorium and the building began to catch fire. People within the auditorium were too mesmerized by the flames do anything until they received the second text alert from UPD to evacuate the building immediately, clear the area and seek shelter in Coates University Center.
faculty within the auditorium had already evacuated. Everyone exited the building safely before the building burst into flames. All 313 of the students, faculty and community members escaped safely with minimal injuries and continued to receive texts from UPD about the weather. “After we sent out the texts about the storm and fire, I recall saying, ‘we’ve done all we can. Now, we wait,’” said Todd Storm, university police officer. UPD continued to wait in the university police office until the fire went out and the rain stopped, only hoping that their texts proved effective. “I’d put this one in the win column for (UPD),” Storm said. Given the success of the alert system, UPD has decided to expand its efforts beyond weather disasters. “This means texting the community if the coffee in Java City is too hot or if there’s a particularly difficult crossword in the New York Times that day,” said Saul Chapman, university police chief. “The goal is to get the word out to keep out students safe regardless of how effective or delayed updates are.”
University police emergency alert text saves hundreds
by Ass Dan
photo by Helplessly Hoping At press time, the university police department has yet to respond to this text. While some believe that the UPD is just not that into the reporter, others are optimistic that they have yet to check their phone or are playing hard to get.
NEWS? EDITOR
While 313 students, faculty and community members were at the Nobel Economist Lecture on Wednesday, April 17, an unexpected thunderstorm hit at 5:41 p.m. with torrential rains, quartersized hail and 40-mph winds. UPD sent out a warning text alert before the storm hit, urging people to take shelter immediately. “Normally, I see or hear the rain first, then pull out my phone to call my loved ones, only to be bombarded with texts from (UPD) about how it is, in fact, raining,” said Suzie Q. Peffercorn, junior and audience member. “This time I got the text beforehand, which, I guess, was kind of helpful.” Alumnus Jack Blutarsky, who currently lives in Russia, was walking to his car when he received the text alerting him to the approaching storm.
“I’d put this one in the win column for (TUPD).” Todd Storm
University Police Officer
“If not for the text, we would have had no idea we were in any danger,” Peffercorn said. “I saw smoke and felt the room get warmer, but I figured that was just part of the lecture. By the fourth or fifth text we all started to get the picture.” Although it was a while before the San Antonio Fire Department could reach the building, the students and
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Trinity announces new Distinguished Lecture Series: Voices of Our Generation Justin Bieber
Trinity University has had a long-standing tradition since its founding in 1869. Every year, a theme is chosen that is deemed relevant to the Trinity community. Various intelligent and accomplished speakers are invited to impart their experience and knowledge. Instead, this year, the administration has deemed that the voice of this generation is not being heard. Frankly, the student body believes that they have a very loud voice — the administration just chooses not to listen (see article on bollards and Mabee). A town hall was recently held by the Association of Student Representatives to determine who best reflected the students. Many students attended to voice their opinions and a few luminaries stood out as the clear favorite: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Trent Reznor, John Green and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The administration thought there were other candidates that better represented the students of Trinity University, but Mitt Romney was unable to fit the lecture in his busy schedule so, here are some brief descriptions on the candidates ultimately chosen to speak in the 2013-2014 Distinguished Lecture Series.
Bieber grew up as a regular kid in Ontario, Canada, but even at an early age, Bieber strove to be the very best like no one ever was. Determination and a little bit of maple luck (which is handed down from the Canadian royal family) made him into an international pop star. The Canadian government has since attempted to contain him, their shame, but Bieber has managed to avoid their grip. Today, he tours all over the world to spread Bieber Fever and to convert people into true Beliebers. Brad Paisley and LL Cool J
Paisley, a white man grappling with guilt and confusion, and J, the official spokesperson for all AfricanAmericans, worked tirelessly for several hours to create the wholly unique and seminal song, “Accidental Racist.” Centuries of history were wiped clean and racism was deemed officially over on the day of the official release of this song. The leak that occurred a week before the official release caused zero impact because of its accidental nature — and as everyone knows, “accidental” is equivalent to “it doesn’t count.”
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James is a popular British fanfiction author. She has
penned numerous works ranging from fanfiction in the “Twilight Saga” to more fanfiction set in the “Twilight Saga.” When asked if she had anything to say or any advice to give to young, aspiring authors, she said, “with a little bit of effort and a lot of BDSM, anyone can become a commercially successful author.”
Unfortunately, the spectacle didn’t stop there. The director, aptly named Maria Action, was reported to have apologized profusely to audience members at the exit and asked students to tell their friends that this production isn’t worth their money. Action was quoted as saying, “For that price you can go crazy at any value menu. Watching yourself devour six cheese-drenched flautas will be more rewarding than seeing what happened here tonight. Please forget that this night ever happened. If I graduate, it will be a miracle. If I get a job after that, I feel sorry for the drunk employer who made that tragic mistake.” Deeply regretful about the outcome of the production and the possibility that others might mistakenly attend later performances, Action proceeded to remove all flyers advertising the play from around campus and even went as far as to post advertisements for other events on the doors of Ruth Taylor.
The behavior was thoroughly confusing, especially to cast members like sophomore Thes Bian. “I don’t think it was the greatest play that we’ve ever put on, but it wasn’t the ‘worst example of modern media’ that Action proclaimed it as,” Bian said. “Frankly, I expect better behavior from a director. Those guys never lose their heads during a production. Never.” When asked about the play’s missteps, Action’s reply was less colorful than her post-production performance. “I had a hand in creating the first-ever campus nap session,” Action said. “Boredom, profound boredom, guys.” Action hopes to prevent future failures by extending rehearsal times and demanding several script rewrites. “If I can play any part in rectifying this stinker, I will do so,” Action said. “Besides, who doesn’t love spending more time at school doing a lot of hard work? I know I do!”
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Theatre director warns people not to see play by Grumpy Cat T&P Writer
Shortly after the conclusion of Trinity theatre’s latest production, a peculiar fiasco ensued in Stieren Theater which left audience members thoroughly bewildered, to say the least. Upon exiting their aisles, audience members, nonplussed by what they’d seen, were met with a flurry of papers scribbled with nonsense drawings apparently cast from the balcony above. “I had no idea what was happening at first,” said first year Ardsy Fark. “Then I recognized the director when she bent over the railing to heave more pages of what was the script, apparently, over the railing. I don’t know what drove her to do it. I mean, what I saw of the play wasn’t totally awful.”
Michael Bay Bay eschews the trend, the “fad” as he calls it, of creating films which are thoughtful, speculative, exploratory and insightful. Films that have recently joined the upper echelon of fine cinema such as “Bad Boys” and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” were all directed by Bay. His trademark elements
— questionable stereotypes, objectified women, explosive everything and uncountable film cuts — have set him apart in the eyes of both critics and normal moviegoers. Bay is the first to admit that his films aren’t the most insightful or even different from one another but “at least it’s got different actors and new things that explode. Like robots. F*** yeah!”
Sexy Overnight Playlist
(these are the songs you want in the bedroom) 1) Baha Men - “Who Let the Dogs Out” 2) Aaron Carter - “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)” 3) Francis Scott Key - “The StarSpangled Banner” 4) Slipknot - “Wait & Bleed” 5) Randy Newman - “Short People” 6) Weird Al Yankovic - “White & Nerdy” 7) Richard Wagner - “Flight of the Valkyries” 8) Meredith Wilson - “76 Trombones” 9) Mickey Avalon - “My Dick” 10) Creed - “Higher”
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Suite loses remote batteries, TigerTV viewership doubles by Success Kid T&P Writer
TigerTV managers and staff members are joyous after recent analytics for the on-campus studentrun TV station showed that viewership for the station has miraculously doubled over the last week. Normal viewership of the station’s three student-produced halfhour shows and list of fairly new (but also available on Netflix and in RedBox rental kiosks), movies is typically around one TV accidentally tuned to the station at any given time throughout the day. This number spiked to double that last week due to tragic loss of portable power modules of the AA variety for one unlucky suite on the fifth floor of Thomas residential dorm. When asked for comment, one member of the residential suite responded with the following: “I didn’t even know we had an oncampus TV station, but since the remote ran out of
batteries last Saturday, we haven’t really been able to change the channel.” The student declined to comment on why they didn’t just change the channel manually, or just turn off the TV altogether. Trinibonian reporters caught up with another member of the suite to see whether or not the battery shortage for these four unlucky Trinity students would be remedied. “I mean I keep meaning to buy batteries at the P.O.D. but I am always too hungry when I go and end up just getting frozen food for later and forgetting to pick up batteries,” said Lee Roi, a sophomore business major and member of the suite in question. When asked how the sudden influx of TigerTV programming in the members of the suite’s lives were affecting their cohabitation Roi was surprisingly upbeat. “We watched like one of the Batman movies for a while, but then we just kinda left the TV on when we had to go to class,” Roi said. “We didn’t know anyone cared.” After discussion with our reporters, Roi is hopeful he
photo by Pho Toshop When asked for the perfect demographic, TigerTV sent this picture. Heavily into the content? Check. Sexually and racially diverse? Check. An awesome dog? Check.
will remember to stop by the P.O.D. on his way back from class sometime this week for more batteries, or believes he will simply borrow two from a wireless keyboard he says he “never uses since he has, like, a laptop.” With this sudden doubling of viewership, TigerTV is considering expanding its programming beyond its
current three shows. Station manager Lisa Sanders was excited about the possibility. “I used to just be excited for the experience of ordering people around, but now that we have an audience roughly the same as NBC, I really feel we have an obligation to step up our game and deliver more premium content to our
viewer... I mean, viewers,” Sanders said. TigerTV representatives seem to be jubilant about their newfound popularity, but also know the success may be short-lived, and they are prepared to return to their previous viewership of a single TV accidentally tuned in when a student leaves hastily for class.
Below are REAL mistakes from this year’s Trinitonian (our pesky sister publication). You won’t believe what these idiots came up with, but before you start the quiz we need to recreate the environment that the staff experiences on a day-to-day basis. First, you need to take a full courseload, or at least 16 hours. Then, factor in extracurricular activities, friends, significant others, eating and maybe sleep (if you’re lucky). Now, you need to learn AP Style (kind of like MLA Style, but not at all), remember all those grammar rules from third grade and then memorize the entire campus directory — spelling of names, titles, year, favorite color, etc. Next, prepare to read article after article under extreme conditions like being in “the cave” they call the newsroom until 5 a.m. every Thursday night while your friends are getting shwasty at Bay’s and texting you about it. Finally, understand the notion that your peers and/or the Trinity community are watching, and these people have never made a mistake on anything that they’ve ever written EVER. This includes assignments turned in for class that aren’t published for the entire community to critique. In short, the community members are perfect and you should be too. Got all that? If so, you’re ready to begin the quiz:
A) Jennifer Matthew B) Jennifer Mathews C) Jennifer Matthews D) Jennifer Henderson 2) On Feb. 22, the Trinitonian ran a quiz that was supposed to help readers identify what kind of “roomate” they are. No matter how you spell it, it sucks to have someone else living in your space, and breathing your air, but, for the sake of this quiz, let’s identify the correct spelling for that person you often refer to as your arch-nemesis: A) Roomate B) Roommate C) Small child in the form of a teenage boy who sleeps on the floor and doesn’t respect my “leisure” time, kind of like pet dog (Here’s lookin’ at you BAC) D) Roommatey. Arrrrr.
3) So, there’s this organization called the Association of Student Representatives that considers itself a pretty big deal. The Trinitonian staff thought they’d humor ASR and write an article about that thing we call democracy. On March 1, a front page headline read, “ASR starts process of ammendments.” Identify the correct version below: A) Joe Moore. Isn’t that always the answer? B) Amendments C) Amendmints D) ‘Murica 4) The ASR briefs on Page 2 (Who reads those anyway?) in the April 5 edition state that a movie night was being hosted by Road Track for $245. Who’s to blame in this situation? It could be the ASR representative with crappy handwriting or the reporter who had to rely on the crappy handwriting of the ASR representative or it could be the stupid editors. These things are all a matter of opinion... but what the organization actually identifies itself as, is not. Is the correct name: A) Road Head Track B) Rho Tau Alpha Rho Alpha Chi Tau C) Joe Moore D) Rotaract
5) As the Trinitonian and ever-watchful spelling police learned this year, mistakes aren’t just confined to editorial. People on the ad staff make them too! (gasp....we know). In the April 12 edition, the paper ran an ad paid for by Student Affairs that recognized students for awards they won. One of the awards recognizes students in the name of one of Trinity’s most beloved professors: Dr. Grissom. The ad misspelled the first name of the famed author and dog lover. Identify the correct version below: A) Collie Grissom B) Colleen Grissom C) Coleen Grissom D) John Grisham 6) Last, but certainly not least, we wanna talk about SEX. What’s worse than contracting an STD? Spelling it wrong in the April 19 edition. Identify the correct spelling for “The Clam” below, and then maybe check out WebMD if you have symptoms more severe than being an awful speller. A) Chylmidia B) Chlamydia C) Clamidya D) Clamidy-duh
Answers: 1) b. 2) b. 3) a wait, jk, b. 4) d. 5) c. 6) b.
1) In the Oct. 19 issue, the Trinitonian ran an article about an anthropology professor who contributed to a National Geographic article on Mayan culture. This professor has said before that the faculty and students question the credibility of the paper due to the numerous errors over the years. Even better, the Trinitonian spelled her name wrong in the story. Identify the correct spelling below:
Botta-bang-botta-boom An inside look at what it takes to be bangin in the real word Page 145
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Batter Up An inspirational piece about all the things that can be done bats Page 794
Balls Weight room to get fun house mirrors Students check themselves out getting ripped by Sexy Pants
Sports Reporter
photos by Hammer Time Current students make faces in the mirror in hopes of getting bigger. The new mirrors will make that dream a reality.
Trinity’s weight room is getting another makeover. Last week the athletic department decided that new fun house mirrors are to be installed over the summer. “We hope that the mirrors will make people look more swoll,” said athletic director Bill Prince. This idea originally stemmed from complaints that individuals were not seeing results even after hours spent in the weight room. Students have claimed to try numerous workout routines such as the “talk to your neighbor,” “take selfies with my iPhone” and the ever-popular “Kaepernick bicep kiss.” “I’ve spent a lot of time in the weight room but I am not getting any bigger,” said Jack Up. “I think the mirrors will improve this problem.” The administration has agreed with the issue at hand. Groups of students flock to the room every day but few are coming out looking like proper meatheads. “We believe that this is a serious problem on our campus,” Prince said. “We can’t have a bunch of puny people running around campus. We have a standard of buffness here at Trinity that students aren’t meeting.” The mirrors will be supplied by Narcissist, Inc. Everyone is excited to be working with such a prestigious company that set
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the standard for these types of mirrors. “It’s admirable what this company is trying to do, getting students to look bigger without actually doing any of the work. No one should have to take time out of their day to pump some iron,” said coach Fit Ness. Costs for the mirrors are causing quite a problem for the athletic department though. They are fairly expensive and the department is unsure where they will get the money to fund the project. “If money is such an issue, why don’t they just get rid of some of the equipment in the room. They just get in our way anyways,” Up said.
“The more jacked students think they are, the better it is for everyone.” Fit Ness Coach
Even with the difficulties the mirrors present, students are really excited about what these mirrors mean for the student community. “Everyone loves to look at themselves in the mirror in the weight room anyways. Now something good can come out of it,” Ness said. “The more jacked students think they are, the better it is for everyone.” The project is expected to be completed in early August, so students are able to start off the school year with an inflated sense of themself.
Manti Ta’o gets drafted first overall by Houston Oilers
Controversy surrounding the player’s pick by Iben Catfished
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Amid an offseason marred with controversy over his alleged role in a hoax involving a non-existent girlfriend, Manti Ta’o thought he had finally received some good news when NFL commissioner Roger Goodall announced Ta’o as the top overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft to the Houston Oilers. “I was ecstatic. I’d always been a fan of Houston and of oil. I’ve been in constant contact with their management and coaching staff and I really hope to make a positive impact on the team,” Ta’o said. However, Ta’o was then informed that the Houston Oilers had not existed since the 1996 season.
“There is totally a team in Houston. I don’t know what everyone is talking about,”Ta’o said. The Houston Texans understand Ta’o’s confusion, but remain adamant that they did not draft the Notre Dame linebacker. “As much as our fans wish we were the Oilers, they haven’t existed for nearly two decades. As for this Manny Tow kid, I was intrigued at first by the possibility of keeping him for ourselves, but after watching him perform so poorly against Alabama in the national title game, I think we’ll pass,” said Houston Texans head coach Jerry Kubyakyakyak. Ta’o is defiant that the Oilers draft him and still plans to suit up for them at the beginning of next season. “If no one thinks they exist, then it is my job to
photo by Ned Manti Ta’o at a press conference wearing a Houston Oilers hat to show his new player status on the team.
play my hardest and put them on the map. I’ve already been in touch with my future teammates and they are just as excited as I am,” Ta’o said.
After the Trinitonian’s interview with Ta’o, he said he would be taking some time off from his busy practice regimen to go on
a honeymoon trip with his sweetheart to the island of Atlantis. Ta’o then boarded a plane to Atlanta, Ga. with an inflatable doll.
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Well, this is awkward y’all...
Top Left: Eyes closed, tongue out, hair in messy bun. Yup, this Tiger is ready for the game! Bottom Left: The ball is coming for me, it’s coming for me...ah. Top Right: Alright... on three... 1...2...3... BOOTY SLAPS! Middle Right: Things get a little close on the court and the ball slips away ;) Bottom Right: Some baseball players get a little bit of sun before a game. One can never look too tan in the game of baseball.
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See how the university’s web page has evolved since 1997.
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The San Antonio soccer team has a new field across town and Trinity interns know all about it.
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Straight from the President’s Desk:
a state of the university address by Faith Ozer
NEWS EDITOR
As the year comes to a close, Dennis Ahlburg, president of the university, reflects on successes, challenges and what comes next for Trinity. Q: How has Trinity changed over the past five years? 10 years? 20 years? A: I think, in the long term, President Calgaard transformed the faculty. He brought in a more research-focused faculty. This has shown the balance between research and teaching and how they complement each other. That’s a strength of a really great liberal arts school. Dr. Brazil, I think, internationalized the university. It was under him that we moved from international students every now and then to now really having a strategy. If you look back far enough, I think we were seen largely as a regional university. Now, it’s not perceived that way at all. It really does have a national and international standing.
Q: What do you think the university can improve on as a whole? A: One of the things that we are looking at is Career Services. Coming from a business school background, I guess I’ve been more aware of the fact that in any movement from graduating to the next phase of your life, it is helpful to have a plan and people who are guiding you, and at least thinking about you. We do that incredibly well on a one-to-one basis ... [but] as with many liberal arts schools, we have under-funded it. If you ask most students where the career center is, they would say, ‘I have no idea.’ That is not unique to
Trinity, but I think particularly now with the job market, it’s incumbent upon us to put more resources into [Career Services] and change the model to one that is more in line with what the faculty is doing, which is coaching students and mentoring students rather than counseling students ... Not having a job is not a disease; you don’t need to be counseled... And the connection with the community? We’ve been connected to the community, but that’s not been the perception. To make that again, that is an institutional priority that fits in with the experiential learning, but it also signals our community in particular.
Q: Do you have any hopes for the Trinity student community in the future? A: I think my greatest hope is [for students to] see an ongoing connection to Trinity as an important part of their future, and that they will reflect on how it’s possible for them to get a Trinity education ... For every single person, whether or not they had an explicit financial aid package, somebody gave money to this institution so that we can charge them $20,000 less than the cost of the education we paid to provide it. On top of that, we give on average $18,000 in financial aid ... I think just that sense of paying it forward — ‘Somebody has paid for me, so I need to pay for the students of the future.’ — that is my number one wish for our students, an appreciation of what they got here, an appreciation of what somebody contributed to allow them to enjoy that experience. Q: How are things like the Strategic Plan, the time block and curriculum change, transforming Trinity?
A: I think it’s very healthy that at least every 10 years, if not every five years, we take a look at the curriculum and say, ‘Is this meeting the demands of the modern world? Is this delivering what our students need? Is this giving the faculty the flexibility and scope to really deliver the quality of education that they can?’ I think that focusing much more on active learning, which means moving away — not exclusively, but to a fair extent away — from the lecturing model because we know that people can’t learn just from that ... Just reading a book, listening to someone, watching a lecture, is fine, but as soon as you walk out you think, ‘What on earth did they say?’ But if you are applying it in a real world setting, either in a lab or in San Antonio or in Nicaragua or wherever, that’s when you really starting putting in hooks that give meaning to what you’re learning. Q: Do you have any specific preferences for the curriculum change and where it’s headed? A: I think we have a very good model that’s out there. My sense is that there is a majority of faculty support for it, but the faculty have to deliver it. My hope was that our faculty — who are incredibly creative — by talking to each other about the overall curriculum and not just their course, would develop something that works far better for Trinity than what we currently have. I think for some folks moving to a 4:4 from a 5:5, they aren’t sure if it would work ... It’s a bit of a tradeoff in how deep you can go versus how broad you can go ... My preference has always been to get beyond the basic stuff and really get into the more intriguing
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details, and I think they can do that if they aren’t trying to cover as much ground. And also, students can learn some of this stuff by themselves. You don’t have to stand up there and tell them things that they can read and pick up some along the way. Q: What is the status of the time block? A: I think where we are on that [is that it’s] being considered further. That is all I will say.
Q: What about the administration’s relationship with Greek life? It’s been a year since the incident. A: I think the last year has been a good one. Because of the work that Mike Fischer and the staff in Student Affairs put it, they have been much closer with the sororities and fraternities than they have been in a long time. I think there is a genuine belief [among students] that we are not out to get them; we are out to help, we are out to assist them, we are out to partner with them — not just those four groups, but all the sororities and fraternities. We also have to involve the alumni because they have a sense of how those [groups] were and how they are seen that doesn’t always match the reality. What we want to do is bring the alumni and the current students together so there is a deep understanding of the traditions and the values of those groups, so they can be maintained and shared with the next group. It’s been a painful way to get those groups together. My hope is that it has been well worth it because the groups will come out stronger. The alumni will be tied not only with the groups, but the university, and I believe
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Poor lecture attendance sparks campus discussion Ahlburg urges better attendance at lectures from faculty and students by Caleb Franzmann
NEWS REPORTER
Due to poor attendance at the Michael Ratner’s Maverick Lecture on April 9, Dennis Ahlburg, president of the university, sent an email out to faculty about the poor attendance. “This applies on two levels, for both faculty and students. An education is more than just going to class,” Ahlburg said. “We have lectures at Trinity by people of international stature... who have made a contribution internationally. They are on campus and people can’t be bothered to walk 100 yards to see them for free. It makes me wonder how serious they are about their ongoing education.” According to Ahlburg, the email incited some defensive responses from faculty.
“I have a private life, I live far away, I have kids, those were some of the responses I got,” Ahlburg said. “I understand. But that doesn’t explain why you don’t come to any of the lectures. Trinity signals its engagement in the larger issues by its presence. If there are no faculty or students at these lectures, the community doesn’t know what to think.” The poor attendance at the lecture led Ahlburg to consider the business of faculty and students at Trinity. Ahlburg plans to engage the faculty in a discussion that recognizes the time and scheduling challenges of attending lectures to figure out if there is a way to get better representation out of the faculty for lectures. Peter O’Brien, professor of political science, did not attend the lecture due to prior plans. However, he recognizes the value and importance lectures such as the Maverick Lectures offer students and faculty. “I’m partial to the issue. As an undergraduate, my job
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was to record these kinds of lectures,” O’Brien said. “I had to go to so many lectures, and, while I got paid for it, I recognize that it was very enriching to my education. I always regret not going to the lectures.”
“Ever since I came here, apart from name brands like Colin Powell, and even the former prime minister of Mexico, the lectures haven’t been total sellouts.”
Dennis Ahlburg University President Both Ahlburg and O’Brien talked about potential ways to encourage lecture attendance. Ahlburg is
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Murchison Hall 4-19-13 4:55 a.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the residence hall. Murchison Center 4-19-13 4:20 p.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the residence hall.
Coates University Center 4-20-13 9:05 p.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the community building.
Dicke-Smith Building 4-23-13 10:52 a.m. TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm in the academic building.
Information for these briefs is provided by the Trinity University Police Department. compiled by Faith Ozer
Corrections
In the April 29 issue, on Page 5 in the article “San Antonio and Trinity police find drugs in McLean,” the student Scott Stanley had actually been reached for comment but declined. Also, Taft Jackson does not attend Trinity. On Page 21 in the story “Alumna runs Boston,” Trinity alumna Renae Goettel was actually at mile marker 25.5 not 22.5 (as stated in the article) when the bombs exploded.
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On April 23, Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams unveiled the new public-school accountability system, continuing to rate schools based off of standardized exam scores. According to Williams, the system will include a method to equalize education across the racial gaps between caucasians and minorities. It will use four measurements: student achievement, student progress, closing performance gap and post-secondary readiness. graphic by Caroline Jakubowski
definitely would have gone,” Vanderslice said. “When I heard about it, I looked through LeeRoy and they had only advertised in there a few times.” While the poor attendance to the Maverick Lecture may be attributed to a lack of advertising, according to Ahlburg, the attendance at that particular lecture is part of a larger culture of disinterest in lectures. “Ever since I came here, apart from name brands like Colin Powell, and even the former prime minister of Mexico, the lectures haven’t been total sell-outs,” Ahlburg said. “I want it to be clear to our students that the smallest part of your education — this will get me in trouble with the faculty — is putting your bum on a seat in the classroom. The most important part of your Trinity education is what happens outside the classroom.” According to Ahlburg, he will be working with other administration to increase lecture attendance for both students and staff.
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The Mirage/Trinitonian, Student Ambassadors, the Trinity University Volunteer Action Committee and a new group, the College Republicans, petitioned ASR for funding at a meeting on Monday, April 22. No funding requests have been approved yet, and the funding amounts will be finalized on April 29.
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considering an intellectual engagement designation on students’ college transcripts. “We’re working it out. And we’ll talk with you about it as we work it out,” Ahlburg said. “There are other certificates that show that somebody did more than just the standard courses that everybody does. That’s a tried and true method of saying, ‘here’s something particular about this individual.’” According to O’Brien, other universities require students to attend a set number of lectures during their time at the university. “I taught at Kalamazoo for a while, and they required students to attend 24 lectures over their four years,” O’Brien said. “I also gave a lecture at Furman University. They had a requirement for lecture attendance as well.” According to senior Josh Vanderslice, the poor attendance at the Maverick Lecture may be due to a lack of advertising. “I had no idea there was a lecture that night. I
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The United States Justice Department declared that it is suing Lance Armstrong and his company Tailwind Sports for the alleged millions of dollars that the government has donated to sponsor the athlete’s professional cycling team. It is estimated that the USPS sponsored Armstrong/Tailwind from 1998 to 2004 in the amount of $40 million. The government is suing under the False Claims Act and could possibly get triple the amount of the sponsorship funds back. mysanantonio.com cnn.com
INTERNATIONAL
On April 23, France became the 14th country to approve a law allowing gay marriage. The French Parliament passed the bill legalizing gay marriage as well as adoption by same-sex couples after a large public debate and recent protests, with 321 votes for and 225 against the bill. To prevent further protest and violence around the subject after the bill’s passing, police were released and armed with water cannons. bbc.uk.co
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Ahlburg heads to East Asia for campus recruitment Ahlburg prepares for annual trip abroad to increase Trinity’s international standing by Aynav Leibowitz
NEWS REPORTER
Dennis Ahlburg, president of the university, and Eric Maloof, director of international admissions, are scheduled to visit a multitude of East Asian countries from May 25 until June 5 to recruit high school seniors, connect with alumni and meet with Trinity’s current international students’ families. “[John Brazil,] my predecessor, about 10 years ago, established this as part of our play to internationalize Trinity and it’s something that I agree with strongly,” Ahlburg said. “But I think there are numerous components to that plan, and one of those are to attract international students to Trinity, and also for our students to study abroad.” Ahlburg explained that he has committed to this annual overseas trip, and is ultimately switching off between Latin America and Asia “We have students from lots of different countries,” Ahlburg said. “We have one student from Bermuda, and it probably isn’t a good idea for me to spend a week there. We have lots of
students from Latin America, from Ecuador… South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong [and] Shanghai.” For this year’s trip, Ahlburg and Maloof will be traveling to New Delhi, India, Bangkok, Thailand, Shanghai, China, and Singapore. “The benefits are enormous and ripple to all students and faculty,” Maloof said. “Ten years ago, we had a handful, and today we have about 10 percent of our student body are international. It’s changed the way professors teach classes. It changes the discussions and dynamics.” Currently, Trinity has the most representation internationally from China with 18 students. The countries following are Ecuador and Honduras with 16 students each, and then Mexico, Colombia and Vietnam with 11 students each. “We are interested in expanding our Indian students,” Maloof said. “Singapore and Thailand are hubs for a lot of students. Singapore is a major financial commercial capital, and we think that we can do better than we are doing right now.” Trinity currently has four students from Singapore and seven from Thailand. According to Philip Whalen, a first year international student from Oman, he decided to come to Trinity from his experience meeting Trinity representatives at his high school. “The international counselors
just sold the school to me,” Whalen said. “They did every possible thing they could, but it was their attitude and the way they helped me, which made me want to come here.” According to Ahlburg, he has been reading and reviewing culture norms of the countries in preparation for the trip. He has also been meeting with international students whose families he will meet in order to learn more about each specific country’s societal norms. “I have some books that help with culture and exchange of gifts,” Ahlburg said. “As a vegetarian in China, that will always be exciting. There are things that will be eaten, such as chicken feet, that
will make my hair curl.” Though this annual trip will be Ahlburg’s main recruitment trip, there are some possible plans for visitations in England and Australia over the summer. “As an economist, I am looking to make sure that we get a return and make sure that there are plenty of people coming,” Ahlburg said. Along with the recruitment aspect of the trip, Ahlburg explained that it is a way to get international professors to teach at Trinity. “If you’re an international professor and you go to an only American school, that signals something about the institution in which they don’t consider the global perspective,” Ahlburg said.
Ahlburg continued to explain the multicultural aspects of Trinity’s population that other similar institutions may not emphasize as much. “The fact that we are so international attracts international faculty and American faculty because they want to teach students from different backgrounds,” Ahlburg said. “One of the things that is amazing about Trinity is that you get to meet new people ... It’s such an incredible opportunity to learn, and you’re going to make mistakes. You’re in an environment that you can make mistakes and deal with it.”
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Students and universities face unique problems when dealing with sexual assault by Faith Ozer
NEWS EDITOR
On April 4, 2011, the U.S. Department of Education and its Office for Civil Rights issued the “Dear Colleague” letter to institutions of higher education around the nation, including Trinity University, as an extension of the Title IX legislation, equalizing education for women. Along with a new administrative position, colleges and universities across the nation, including Trinity, have also been mandated by the letter to investigate all reports of sexual assault. Since the “Dear Colleague” letter has detailed how universities should deal with sexual assault, instances of misconduct, rape and university fault have been recorded across the nation, bringing skepticism from administration, law enforcement and public officials. In accordance with the letter’s guidelines, Trinity instituted a Title IX coordinator, distinguished professor and chair of the chemistry department Steven Bachrach, to handle cases of sexual assault and other Title IX-related issues on campus. Bachrach, along with David Tuttle, associate vice president of student affairs and dean of students, are the main administrative correspondences in the case of a sexual assault on campus. “First and foremost, we explain [the survivor’s] options. There are options to go through legally, with TUPD and SAPD, and options on campus in terms of living space and contact with the other party,” Tuttle said. “Then, to really strategize with the accusing student on considerations of what we would do moving forward. The biggest question being, If we don’t pursue this, will it create potential harm to the community?”
According to Tuttle, there is usually an insufficient amount of evidence to prove a serial rapist scenario on campus, which would warrant a campus-wide notification about the accused student. After contact is made with the accused student, the university determines the necessity of a University Conduct Board hearing, taking into consideration the preference of the accusing student on how to proceed. The Trinity University Police Department acts to the triage and the investigation side of reports. If approached within 72 hours of the assault, they are tasked with ensuring that the survivor receives proper medical attention, as well as a rape kit, and conducting a medical exam on a suspect, if possible. According to Paul Chapa, chief of university police, he also helps seek an advocate for the victim.
Challenges However, Trinity is experiencing challenges with receiving and handling reports of sexual assault. According to Bachrach, there is concern that the mandate to investigate reports of sexual assault may reduce the already-low numbers of reports. “We don’t think it has had any, but we are concerned that it might have a chilling effect on the number of reports in the future,” Bachrach said. “So, we are trying to make sure students understand why we are doing what we are doing. This is to safeguard the entire community. We hope that message is getting out there. It is certainly something we are going to track.” On top of this possible chilling effect, survivors often do not report cases of sexual assault due to feelings of embarrassment or shame. According to Nicole Castro, 2012 Trinity alumna and coordinator at the Rape Crisis Center in San Antonio, fear of social persecution is an unfortunately common phenomena among survivors. “The biggest thing you will see, is that victims of rape suffer silently,” Castro said. “While the physical attack itself is horrible, the victim’s
first reaction is often that no one will believe them, that it’s their own fault, that they are ashamed that someone else inflicted violence on them. That’s where you see the rape culture affecting the human process of rape survivors.” Ultimately, it is up to survivors if they wish to pursue the case legally. However, in the majority of cases, survivors choose not to pursue the case legally because either they did not report it in the first place or the instance involved alcohol. “My guess is a great bulk of them are not reported,” said Krista Melton, assistant criminal district attorney for Bexar County under the family justice section. “I think another issue is a whole lot of cases with college-aged kids, whether at the university or not at the university, involve drinking. And so, a lot of times what happens is the victim may not be able to A) identify the defendant or B) sometimes, they were so drunk, they don’t even necessarily know what happened. So, in cases like that, that makes it very hard, because you then don’t have the victim able to say what has occurred to them.” According to Melton, the district attorney’s office can still attempt to pursue such cases with the use of secondary evidence or eyewitness accounts to prove whether consent was given in the sexual act. In cases where the survivor is asleep or otherwise unconscious during the sexual assault or its initiation, it is proved that consent was not given. However, there is skepticism about the use of university conduct boards and similar campus tools. “Do I think the university ought have its own disciplinary proceedings for, basically, failure to conduct yourself according to the university honor code? Absolutely. But I think that sexual assault is an incredibly serious crime, as does your elected district attorney,” Melton said. “So, our view is all of those sexual assaults should be reported to law enforcement.” According to Bachrach, there are major differences between the legal system and university investigation. “Our laws, how we adjudicate things, are very different then what
would happen in a criminal or a civil case,” Bachrach said. “Just to give you an example, our bar of guilt is a ‘preponderance of the evidence.’ So, there’s a lot of different ways to phrase that — 50 percent-plus. In a criminal court, it’s ‘beyond a shadow of a doubt.’ Very different levels of adjudication.” Melton also stated that often the time length of pursuing a case legally is sometimes unappealing to survivors, whereas a conduct board hearing and investigation process takes, on average, six weeks, according to Tuttle.
[near Miller Fountain] that used not to be there, upgrading in the sports facility — We will try to raise money for things like that as much as we can. If we borrowed for everything, that would mean the future generations would be paying for what today’s students get. So, we try and balance who's getting it.
Q: How do you feel about how ASR did this year? A: Fine. I would have liked to have seen more of ASR. Joe and I met with the new president and I hope that I will be meeting with ASR more often if they want to. I don't just want to go, ‘You guys have to meet with me.’ I'm doing this job because I like it, but for the students and the faculty, as well. I say as long as we don't talk about the food in Mabee or the bollard in the road, I'm a happy camper.
Prevention When addressing sexual assault prevention on college and university campuses, alcohol plays an important role. According to Tuttle, that is one of the main challenges facing Trinity. “If there is a way to create a responsible drinking mentality, then we should bottle that and sell it to other campuses. I just don’t know how possible that is,” Tuttle said. “We can do the Step Up bystander intervention program, but if people are too drunk to watch out for their friends, it won’t make a difference. The one thing we could really do would be to create a culture in which people who host events are the people having the worst time at these events. You need to be sober to monitor your party.” Along with dealing with drinking, education on consent is a concern. Whether alcohol is involved or not, consent and bystander intervention is a major role in most sexual assaults. According to Texas State Law, an intoxicated individual is deemed incapable of making a decision, so any sexual contact with an intoxicated person is potentially rape. If consent is given by the drunken person, that consent is void by their intoxication. According to senior Kimberly Berry, previous president of Students for the Advancement of Gender Equality, silence should not be interpreted as consent either. “If she had sex and didn’t intend to and didn’t even say ‘yes’ but was
just quiet all night, she didn’t give consent,” Berry said. “Consent is crucial. Consent should be being able to tell someone without feeling pressured/coerced, being comfortable and telling them what you want. You shouldn’t feel uncertain. You should feel good about your decision. So many people say, ‘oh, she cried rape after but enjoyed it during.’ Well, she may have felt superpressured by her boyfriend to have sex because he keeps asking and is starting to flirt with other girls. False reporting is so low...yet everyone uses that as an excuse.” According to Bachrach, many cases of sexual assault were preventable by a bystander or witness before the event, and that bystander outreach is a strong source of prevention. “We are concerned about not enough students standing up and protecting each other. In every case we’ve seen so far, there were a myriad of opportunities for friends to intervene. And that intervention didn’t take place,” Bachrach said. “What does it mean to be a friend if you can’t get off your ass when your friend says ‘get me out of here’? Those aren’t friends, obviously. We need to work on that sense of community.” Many university plans around the nation emphasize the idea of an intervening bystander as a means of prevention. However, most advocates argue that it is a change in the attitude and culture of a university or community that is necessary to stop sexual assaults. “Educate students—both the potential victim population and your potential perpetrator population—that this is not going to accepted. This is not how we treat our peers. This is not how we engage in sexual conduct. Period,” Melton said. “And so, my urging to—and I would say this for the entire district attorney’s office, because I know that I can speak on this issue for them, in this sense—we would urge people to come forward with what had happened, because you’re preventing future abuse.”
President Ahlburg talks Trinity: past, present and future • continued from Page 1 believe that [the groups and the alumni] play a very important part in the history of this institution, current state and the future.
Q: You and Gary Logan, vice president for finance and administration, recently presented the planning budget to the faculty. Why the increase in transparency? A: My position since I moved in with the administration is anybody who wants to see the books can see the books. It is important that people know we don't have a printing press [for money] in the basement. If you want us to do something, you either have to stop doing something else or get more money from somewhere. In this current environment, getting more money from somewhere is really challenging. It helps if you are
thinking it would be nice to have ‘X.’ My response is it is absolutely nice to have ‘X,’ but where is the money coming from? Unless people understand the budget, they will not understand that there is this fundamental tradeoff.
Q: That leads into the next question, why has there been an increase in tuition for next year? A: We have the new Center of Sciences and Innovation. We’ve got to pay for that somehow, and in this environment, it’s tough to raise money. Now, is it fair to current students and students in the future who will use the building? Should they pay for the fact that they have more class facilities? Clearly we are trying to raise a lot of money from donors, but that’s only one source. Another source for the new building, the technology, the little white chairs
Q: What it is the current situation with Monte Vista? A: The current situation is there is a fellow called Patrick Kennedy who is still suing us. The case goes — will go — to the ninth circuit of appeals. We have an appellate lawyer that we send a large check to every month, and it is one issue that we truly do not need. It is very disappointing that this individual could not accept an agreement that the neighborhood and the city came to with us.
Q: Are there any changes to future housing on campus? A: There are developments in the neighborhoods which will increase the number of options for seniors that want to live off campus. The education business is challenging enough without expanding the housing business. I will leave it at that.
Q: What do you see for the future of Trinity University? A: Well I see that we will continue to have stronger and stronger programs. My hope is that more and more people know about us and what a good place we are. We have never really had as a priority to push, really push, our reputation If you’ve got a great place, why shouldn't you tell people? It’s like having a business with a great product, but not telling anyone because they might buy it ... Each time I came, I liked it more and more and saw more dimensions to the place. I just want more people to have that kind of journey of discovery, thinking, ‘My god, why didn't I know about this? Why didn't I go there?’ Benjamin, bless him — he wants to go to Trinity and Penelope would love for him to go, as would I.
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Campus rapes call for change in student culture Staff Column Faith Ozer, News Editor On page 4, I wrote a news piece specifically about how Trinity deals with sexual assaults titled “Many challenges and solutions for college sexual assault.” Now, after multiple interviews with faculty, administration students and the district attorney, this is how I view the issue of sexual assault on campus. The “Dear Colleague” letter was issued by the Department of Education in 2011, serving as a guide for colleges’ treatment of sexual assault reports. This
all started with the Title IX legislation, put in place in 1972, enforcing equal treatment of women and men in a college setting because, along with general inequality, women were being sexually victimized by their peers and, in some cases, by administration. Effectively, Title IX didn’t do much more than increase the number of women’s sport programs. We get it, government. You tried. Thanks a bunch for that, maybe that extra lung capacity I get from swimming will help me blow my rape whistle. We wanted justice, so the government changed, but the problem is that we don’t impose our own. So what is rape? Really, after talking to all of these people for my news piece, I had less faith in society for not addressing
EDITORIAL
Laugh at yourself, before someone else does As you may have noticed, the paper was slightly different this week with the annual TriniBonian taking over the first 10 pages. We hope there’s a little something for everyone with sarcastic commentary on campus issues like the strategic plan, bollards, fire alarms and President Ahlburg’s obsession with tattoos, to our own unique creations like a “Hunger Games”-esque process used to assign on-campus housing and fun house mirrors in the weight room. We even got former ASR president Joe Moore to pose for a picture topless, with the American flag draped over his body (if that’s not success we don’t know what is). But really, the bigger message here is that it’s important to laugh at yourself and not take campus life, or life in general, too seriously. Ben Conway discusses this idea in his column this week (Page 5), but it applies to both our experience at the paper and our experience as members of this community. We’ve had to make some tough decisions this year and, at times, have dealt with delicate topics. The choices we make don’t always play out in our favor and sometimes you end up looking like an idiot in front of your peers. And sometimes you spell a simple word wrong on the front page in 36 pt. font (see Page 8 for some of our best typos of the year). But while it’s easy to get bogged down with critiques or self-criticsm, it doesn’t benefit anyone if you’re not able to move on or grow. This is where laughter comes in. Aside from the scientific/psychological benefits, we think being able to make fun of yourself makes you seem more human, and even more approachable. It also keeps you sane, and that’s a top priority for those of us who spend hours down in the basement of CCI. So, whether it’s through reading the TriniBonian, exploring the .gifs on BuzzFeed (If you haven’t seen “The Difference Between Freshman Year and Senior Year in College” yet, go online now) or watching your favorite TV show, we hope you take the time to have a good chuckle today.
all the gray areas in this very complex question. It’s really easy to make a line in the sand and say, “Do not cross,” but in real life, the lines are not so clear. I get it, and I think a lot of us do, that “no” means no, but what if “no” isn’t said? What if it’s the opposite? From a female standpoint, while still acknowledging that sexual assault can affect to anyone and by anyone regardless of gender, it is very common for girls to get dressed up, put on a nice skimpy outfit and enjoy receiving attention from guys at parties. This is real, but if you are enjoying that attention so much and you have control over that situation, it can change with the flick of a light switch. What if you are a girl and you did get drunk and you didn’t
say anything? What if the drunk you wanted to hook up and encouraged it? Did you expect the other party, assumingly also intoxicated, to say “no” for you even though he wanted it too? If you didn’t say ‘no,’ how
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End of the Ben era, for now Ben Knows Best Ben Conway, Columnist Ben knows best? Well I certainly think so, but over the course of the past year many of you have disagreed. In just a few dozen columns, I’ve managed to offend a hell of a lot of people—air travelers and cancer patients, Jews and Christians, fat girls and frat boys, President Ahlburg, Monica Clifford, CJ Robison, and oh whoops, I’m forgetting someone…Benjamin Whitehead. To all of you and anyone else whom I have personally victimized: I’m sorry.
“I want to criticize people and have them criticize me, because the college experience is really just an experiment. So stop taking everything so damn seriously.”
I’m sorry for trying to enlighten you, for trying to lead you down the path of righteousness, for trying to convince you for the thousandth time that leggings are not pants and Lena Dunham is not and will never be beautiful.
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“We should all be pushing the envelope and creating real standards as a society. It should not be acceptable to shame someone who has already encountered such an intimate violation of their rights.”
would he know you didn’t want to have sex? If you said “yes,” why would he stop? These are real phenomena, and state law says that if you are intoxicated and someone has sex with you, it is potentially rape because your consent is trumped by alcohol-induced incompetence. This leaves a lot of room for perception, interpretation and confusion when investigating these cases, leading to few legally pursued cases and even fewer convictions. In college, societal norms are a largely dictating force, and unfortunately, these norms do very little to prevent any of the instances above, leaving us as the main catalysts for change.
Go ahead, hate me. Regardless of what you may think, my intent this year has not been to offend. Well that hasn’t been my only intent, at least. I have strived also to spark discussion, and equally as important, to make people laugh. I think I have shaken things up; and on a campus this staid and conventional, a little transgression goes a long way. This is a great school, with smart professors, a pristine campus, and world-class academic resources. Exactly what you’d expect for 40 grand a year, and exactly what you could buy for 40 grand a year at a hundred other colleges. I’m not saying that Trinity isn’t unique and special, but it suffers the same affliction as many other liberal arts institutions, the same affliction as the Quarry Market, or The Woodlands master-planned suburban community or any Pinkberry yogurt shop in the nation—it’s full of middle -class white people. I’m one of them, and you probably are too, unless you’re a rich South American or one of seven Black students. I’m generalizing, yes, but I think this place feels more like a country club than a college campus most of the time. Where are the naked protesters chaining themselves to buildings? Or the stoners playing guitar on the quad in hand-woven sandals at 2 a.m.? Or the hoards of drunken, sex-crazed boys hauling cases of beer across campus on Saturday
afternoon? All those fabulous college clichés that make this an experience worth more than a quarter million dollars by teaching you things about yourself and life that you could never learn in the classroom.
“I’m sorry for trying to enlighten you, for trying to lead you down the path of righteousness, for trying to convince you for the thousandth time that leggings are not pants and Lena Dunham is not and will never be beautiful.”
So I want this campus to be one where students scream and shout and show off their tattoos and do crazy things. I want to criticize people and have them criticize me, because the college experience is really just an experiment. So stop taking everything so damn seriously. Stop worrying about your grades or the horrible things I write in this column and let loose, go wild, because otherwise you’re just another boring white person with a diploma. Ben Conway is a sophomore majoring in urban studies.
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Unseen realities of campus rape • continued from page 5
Can you honestly say that if you were to go with your girl or guy friend to a party, you would ask beforehand, “Hey, are you down for some sex tonight or would you like me to step in if you start resembling a walking peep show?” I mean, I’d like to think I would, but my filter is a little wider than most. Generally, I don’t think a lot of us are okay with talking about it because it’s perceived “okay” to have a one-night stand if it’s an accident, even though I’d venture to say that people know before that first sip of frothy, keg-tapped Keystone whether or not they’d be comfortable hooking up. If it were my vote, I’d say have this conversation before the liquid courage gets you or your best friend naked, so we all know where we stand, but instead we remain behind that pulpit, furrowing our judgmental brows and secretly sexting underneath our gown whilst sipping vodka from a reused water bottle. The majority of survivors — an estimated 75 percent— don’t pursue their rape legally or even report it because it’s “embarrassing” or “shameful,” when really, we as a society inflict these harms upon these victims who have already survived an awful experience. It is gut-
wrenching to sit in multiple people’s offices, people that care about this community and those in it, and hear that same response — that these survivors are embarrassed. Rather than aiding in the realistic acceptance of sex, sexuality, consent and the like, we hide these meanings away and instead replace them with prideful accusations.
“Drinking happens, sex happens, accidents happen and life is messy, but when the line between consent and malicious force is crossed, there should be no stigma.”
We should all be pushing the envelope and creating real standards as a society. It should not be acceptable to shame someone who has already encountered such an intimate violation of their rights. It should not be acceptable for us to only whisper about what our friends do when they are drunk. It should not be acceptable for OUR friends to witness, standby or even engage in such an act. We should not be embarrassed
to talk about sex and what really happens in the back rooms at parties, what really happens when that couple leaves early and what really happens when some of us come back alone. Drinking happens, sex happens, accidents happen and life is messy, but when the line between consent and malicious force is crossed, there should be no stigma. We all have those preconceived notions about what is right and wrong and what we can’t talk about, but life isn’t always easy and the best decisions you will ever make are the hard ones. Be a good friend, even if it means having one or two of your friends mad at you for the night. We shouldn’t be afraid to protect each other, and this transcends instances of sexual assault. Somewhere between hunting and gathering in groups and now, we have lost the idea that we are responsible for those around us and that we should inherently care whether or not someone gets hurt. I realize this is a huge demand, but emulating the “everyone for themselves” idea that now dictates most of our competitive, consumer-driven lives will not only hurt us, but it could end us. Faith Ozer is a sophomore majoring in political science.
Part II: The Debates Surrounding DOMA Politics with Hermann
My last column discussed the roots of United States v. Windsor (2013), which challenged the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on Equal Protection Clause grounds. This column will discuss some of the arguments for upholding or striking down DOMA. I will discuss three arguments presented in favor of DOMA. First, proponents of DOMA believe that marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman. If the federal government were to formally recognize samesex marriages, it would diminish the significance of the concept of traditional marriage. After all, advocates of DOMA argue that marriage is an institution that predates recorded history. While traditional marriage exists to serve procreative and unitive functions, neither is possible between same-sex partners. The traditional marriage strengthens greater society with a strong, tight knit nuclear family. Second, supporters of DOMA contend that children of straight parents fare better than those of same-sex marriages, although single parents are not usually considered in these studies. This argument manifests itself in two ways - the traditional roles of father and mother as care givers are superior to those of same-sex
parents; and children of samesex parents also have a stigma attached to them by the external community that is not attached to children of traditional marriages. Third, there is the slippery slope argument. If marriage is founded upon feelings of affection and love, it can extend to other types of adult consensual activities. If the federal government recognizes same-sex marriages, the next step will be to allow polygamous marriages and ones involving incest – as long as these types of marriages are entered into between/among consenting adults. Where will the line be drawn for what is truly a marriage? In contrast to the proponents of DOMA, opponents of the federal law make two cogent arguments. First, DOMA, which is a federal law, violates the Tenth Amendment’s powers reserved to the states, because domestic relations are a core function of states. With the exception of a clear constitutional violation, states regulate the qualifications for and the dissolution of marriage. States, for example, mandate that partners be a minimum age before entering into marriage. Many states have express requirements for partners seeking divorce (e.g., a certain amount of time must pass before the filing of divorce). Perhaps the strongest argument on behalf of same-sex marriages can be found in the logic in ending the prohibition of interracial marriages. In Loving v. Virginia (1967), the United States Supreme Court held that the
Constitution does not tolerate state laws that forbid interracial marriages under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses. In terms of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause, the Court held that the liberty to marry is a (implied) fundamental right. If the concept of substantive due process applies to interracial couples right to marry, it should also naturally apply to samesex marriages. The Loving Court, moreover, found that the purpose of the Virginia law prohibiting interracial marriages was based on the concept of maintaining a pure white race, violating the Equal Protection Clause. Similarly, if the federal government recognizes marriage as between only a man and a woman, it is depriving the right to marry between same-sex partners solely based on sexual orientation – not to mention the myriad of benefits that federal government provides to heterosexual married couples that are expressly denied to same-sex partners. Opponents of DOMA argue that this is a clear violation of the Equal Protection Clause. It is clear that the proponents and opponents of DOMA both have strong cases to support their arguments. While I personally believe in the right of same-sex marriages, it might just be more important to understand the complexity of the issue. John Hermann is an associate professor in the political science department.
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Details hardly justifiable Letter to the Editor:
I’m writing on your recent article regarding one of my friends and his involvement in illegal activities. I find it hardly justifiable putting the student’s name in the paper for the whole school community to see. It is troubling because nothing yet based on your article seems to imply that any repercussions have come about as a result of the investigation, yet now every student on campus that happened to pick up a copy of the Trinitonian knows that one of our fellow classmates has been caught with marijuana and other paraphenalia in his room. This lapse in judgement was not made when the Greek organizations were suspended last year for infractions during pledging, yet it seems to me that the Trinitonian is perfectly fine with putting a student’s name in print when they’ve been involved with a serious matter, rather than letting the student involved take care of this situation with the proper authorities. Not to mention, the article lumps this same person in with lowlife criminals because of his actions, even though anyone who meets the kid knows he is a genuinely nice person. Thanks to this careless oversight this student’s reputation on campus could change for the worse and never be the same. Having seen other police reports on marijuana and alcohol violations in the paper in the past where names have not been dropped, it leads me to question why in this case a name had to be divulged? I’m all for the students knowing what is going on with campus but at the same time I wouldn’t want people, not to mention complete strangers knowing the SAPD came into my room with the K-9 unit, looking for drugs. It’s no one’s business except mine, the police, and those individuals with whom I wish to share such information. Also, having seen that the person involved could not be reached for comment, it seems the Trinitonian has taken certain liberties, that seem to be a far overstepping of bounds. All in all, this was less than a satisfactory job of reporting, if only because you took it upon yourselves to drag a kid’s name through the mud and ruin a reputation, when this has not been the case in the past. • Clayton Freimuth is a sophomore Geosciences major.
EDITOR’S NOTE: As stated on Page 1 under “Corrections,” Scott Stanley was contacted last week via email and declined to comment,.
Stanley speaks out Dear Editor,
In regard to last week’s article, “San Antonio and Trinity police find drugs in McLean,” I just want it known that nothing was found besides small paraphernalia in my room. As for the smoke detector situation, there have been multiple rooms including mine, where the detectors have gone off for no apparent reason and were needed to be replaced. On one night, the detectors in all of McLean Hall went off, which I was sleeping during the time and was awaken by them going off. This proceeded to continue for the next hour that night. To address the smell in the hall, you can walk up and down that hall and smell marijuana from other rooms, not just mine along with other upperclass hallways. I would just like to conclude that with everything happening right now in my life, with this situation and other outside events going on, I can compare how I feel to a dog being backed down into a corner, he can’t run, all he can do is fight back. And right now that’s all I’m trying to do, is fight for my name and image. There’s only three things that I’m promised in life, that is: family, The Lord, and death. And I’m not ready to lay down and die yet. With my family and The Lord by my side I know that one day I will soon prosper. This just ignites a flame to my fire and one day I will come back stronger than ever, as a student, an athlete, and as a person. This is NOT the last time you will be hearing from me. • Scott Stanley is a junior.
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The Wayback Machine is an interactive, online archive open to the public to search for snapshots of older versions of a particular website. The Trinitonian has used the Wayback Machine to take screenshots of the Trinity University homepage over the past couple of decades to see just how far the website has progressed since the early days.
“In its current state, it’s kind of difficult to navigate. We want it to be something that makes sense to people.”
Damon Bullis Web Developer
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“The website is one of several communication and marketing tools that University Communications has been in charge of for a number of years to reach its various audiences,” said Sharon Schweitzer, the assistant vice president for University Communications. Schweitzer began working for Trinity 25 years ago, and at the time the university did not have a website. The first available screenshot of Trinity’s website on the Wayback Machine is from 1997. “We were using a lot of the imagery and the material from print publications
we had developed for prospective students. That was in the early stages when people were using whatever developed in print first. We have since changed that design to develop for digital and print individually and simultaneously,” Schweitzer said. University staff are currently working on a project to revamp and redesign the school’s website. “My primary role right now is leading the project to redesign the website,” said Amy Chapman, director of digital communication. “The primary change is, when the website was first created it was one page at a time.” The current content managing system used for Trinity’s website is called Ingeniux. “It’s a way to organize all your posts and images in one location so they can be used multiple times,” said Damon Bullis, a web developer for Trinity. Part of the project to update the website is to switch over from Ingeniux to an open source content management system called Drupal. “In its current state, it’s kind of difficult to navigate. We want it to be something that makes sense to people,” Bullis said. The Trinity University website is most likely the first interaction interested students will ever have with the school before making visits or talking with students, faculty and staff. “We want to look at it through the perspective of a prospective student,” Chapman said. The new version of the school’s website will hopefully go live in August. The update will only apply to the main page and some of the upper pages. The old version will remain live for as long as it takes to completely switch over every page on the website.
Symphonic Wind Ensemble performs a US-history themed set Q&A with Jim Worman, symphonic wind ensemble director by Lauren Wilks
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The Trinitonian sat down with Jim Worman, director
of Trinity’s symphonic wind ensemble, to learn more about the upcoming wind ensemble performance, which is set to take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 28, in the Ruth Taylor Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. The theme of the concert is “People, Places and Events in the History of the United States.” Question: How long have you conducted wind ensemble?
Answer: I’m in my 30th year of teaching, and it’s my 16th year at Trinity this year. I’ve really been conducting since high school, but professionally, 30 years. Q: How many musicians and instruments are in wind ensemble?
A: The group has 55 instruments in it—think “band.” So that includes flutes,
oboes, bassoons, clarinets, saxophones. There are also brass instruments and percussion. For this performance, though, we’re using different sized tin cans, pails and brake drums to emulate the sense of a factory for one of the pieces we’re performing. Basically, anything that you can hit. Q: What types of music will be showcased in this performance?
A: Well, that’s difficult—if this was iTunes, it would fall under “Classical.” However, there’s everything from an 1892 piece originally written for an organ to a piece written in 2001. Stylistically, the expressions are quite wide. I wanted to capture different aspects of life by taking a sort of cross-section approach.
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Trinity awards Fulbright grants to two students Seniors Marisa Plasencia and Monica Stanton receive grants for research, travel by Rachel Cooley
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This year, two Trinity seniors have been awarded Fulbright grants to research and teach abroad next year. Marisa Plasencia, a political science and international studies major, has been awarded a student research grant to research student protests in Seville, Spain. “I studied abroad in Seville my junior year and I fell in love with the people and culture. There are frequent protests in Spain because of the economic recession, and I basically became interested in youth involvement in the protests,” Plasencia said. Plasencia plans to look at how information communication technologies (ICTs), from texting to Facebook to blogs and emails, have been used by Spanish youth to organize protests. “I plan to get familiarized with the youth population on two university campuses and look at how frequently they use ICTs to organize, as well as look at the content of their communication,” Plasencia said. “I think it will be easier for me to interview people my own age because I myself am a college student. I plan to go to protests to gauge how youth protesters heard about them and how they tell others.” Plasencia wishes to thank the Trinity faculty who encouraged her to apply for a Fulbright grant, without which she would not have taken advantage of the opportunity. “I think what is really important for me is that professors should know how much their encouragement can help students. It really helped me throughout the entire semester. They should know how meaningful and impactful their work is on students,” Plasencia said. “The application is complex and intricate. Having their support makes it less stressful. I’m so incredibly grateful to the people who helped and encouraged me to do this.” Senior Monica Stanton, an English and urban studies major with a minor in environmental studies, will teach English to children in Malaysia next year with a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship. “A lot of my interests relate to issues in Malaysia. It’s a good place to study environmental issues as well as religious and post-colonial interests,” Stanton said. “I would like to be a teacher eventually, and a lot of my involvement throughout college and before has been volunteering in the community, especially with kids.” Stanton will help teach a class of middle school children, and learn the basics of the Malaysian language to better communicate with them.
“Mostly I’ll be assisting the teacher, but once a week I think my role is to bring in a fun activity for the kids and kind of take charge of the class. I’ll be at a school more on the outskirts and in a rural area,” Stanton said. She is also thankful to faculty for alerting her to the opportunity. “I had heard about the opportunity in general but never thought about doing it until my advisor sent an email to a bunch of students. That made me seriously consider the opportunity and was a big help in pushing me in this direction,” Stanton said. “I don’t know why I didn’t consider it earlier and it didn’t seem like something I could do, but it’s a good thing that someone pointed it out to me so now I get this great opportunity.” Sarah Pinnock, professor of religion and Fulbright Program Advisor at Trinity wants students to be aware of the opportunity and consider applying. “Its an amazing opportunity to see the world, to learn, and to develop professionally. It also speaks loudly on résumé because it’s so dif�icult to win. Many applicants go on to graduate studies, governmental work or nonpro�it organizations. It’s great if you want a career that involves living abroad or travel.” Rising seniors are encouraged to consider applying now because the application deadline comes quickly in the fall. “The application is due in September of senior year, when seniors are just starting planning. You do have to think in advance about study abroad and coursework to become an expert on your country,” Pinnock said. “However, you need far less specialization for teaching, but you have to demonstrate through leadership and volunteer experience that you’re quali�ied. The teaching assistantship is particularly good for people who want to live abroad and don’t know where they’re headed.” Trinity students have been fairly successful in their applications, and many have received grants in the past several years. This year of the six applicants, three were recommended, and two were awarded grants. Two Trinity students, Allison Krause and Kellie Benn, were also accepted last year. Krause travelled to China while Benn travelled to Russia so future Trinity students should consider the opportunity. “It’s important to know that this is possible, particularly for people with international focuses. Fulbright wants to see cultural sensitivity and curiosity and to know that applicants are culturally adaptable,” Pinnock said. “The work is really independent, you’re not in a dorm, and your supervisor doesn’t meet you that often. Fulbright is great if you’re the kind of person who can work unsupervised and you know enough about what you’re doing and excited and ambitious about it.”
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Student bands come together for third Rooftopalooza Organized by The Daytrippers, the concert will be held on McLean Roof by Maddie Smith SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER At 9:07 p.m. Friday, April 26, on the McLean roof, various musical acts will be performing for Trinity’s third semi-annual Rooftopalooza. This concert brings together student musicians from all around campus to display their own work for the school’s population. There is no price of admission and there will be refreshments. This event was organized by the band The Daytrippers, which consists of students Victor Vo, Mason Walker and Reagan Wilkins. Other acts that will be performing include Heongjun Kim and Arnold Yang, Will Parker, Cody Wolfe and Sarah Mueller. All of the musicians are students and have different styles and genres. “There’s a lot of variety within that category,” Walker said. “You’ve got Cody Wolfe, for example, who tends to do more country-tinged stuff, and then you’ve got Sarah Mueller, who’s so phenomenal at the singer-songwriter style.” The show is a chance for many students to show off their talents in a setting that they normally might not be
able to. Spectators will have the opportunity to be exposed to various campus musicians of which they were previously not aware. “People should expect some of our very own talented fellow students,” Vo said. “We have more amazing and interesting people on campus than we think, and it’s a privilege to have them come together!” One of the main attractions of the show is the environment, which is meant to entice the average college student into taking a break from their studies and to spend some time calming down.
“People have lots of stress to relieve prior to finals, and we want Rooftopalooza to be a fun, safe, mind-blowingly fantastic way to do just that.” Mason Walker Sophomore, The Daytrippers
“The show is really laid back, sort of coffee shop-esque,” Wilkins said. “The show takes place on McLean roof, with the skyline in the background and just a few lamps to light the area.”
photo by Jennie Ran, intern The Daytrippers, sophomores Victor Vo, Mason Walker and Reagan Wilkins, perform “Skyfall” by Adele at Spotlight. The band is organizing the third Rooftopalooza at 9:07 p.m. Friday, April 26, on McLean Roof.
The concert comes right before finals which is the ideal time to blow off stress, according to Walker. “[It is] very loose and informal,” Walker said. “Singing along and spontaneous dancing are highly encouraged. People have lots of stress to relieve prior to finals, and we want Rooftopalooza to be a fun, safe, mind-blowingly fantastic way to do just that.” The Daytrippers, who organized the show, were in charge of everything from technology-related issues to finding and choosing the acts that would perform. “The show is quite
challenging to organize, especially since The Daytrippers are also students,” Vo said. “It’s a little tough to try and organize our showcased artists, time and location, setup and other performance-related stuff on top of our own personal priorities.” Those who have attended past Rooftopaloozas may notice a few differences this year, as far as which artists were selected to play. “This time around we wanted to really break outside of our normal ‘canopy’ of acts. We wanted to find artists that hadn’t performed Rooftopalooza
before, or who maybe hadn’t even heard of it before. And we succeeded,” said Wilkins. As always, the preparation did have its difficulties. “It was a bit of a challenge just because we don’t have constant contact with all of the performers this time around like we have in the past,” said Wilkins. “So at times we didn’t know if we were going to have everybody we wanted. But everything turned out perfectly, despite the setbacks.” The show will be at 9:07 p.m. Friday, April 26, on the McLean roof. Admission is free.
shots of New York City, and the composer, Norman Dello Joio, was asked to write music to accompany with it.
to prepare this semester, and about three weeks ago, we switched to a piece by John Philip Sousa, which is still baseball-related, which I wanted.
around campus that many people don’t know about— there are a lot of talented people at Trinity, and this is an opportunity to see that talent being showcased.
A: It’s different. I try to give every concert a different voice—it won’t be what you’ve heard before. I try to bring in composers on a regular basis, and this year Dr. Sandler—who is a very diverse composer who is interested in conceptual art and mixed media pieces—is our guest. We will also have a student conductor, senior music education student Maria O’Connor, conduct one of the pieces. She’s been able to do it all, from many of the rehearsals to the performance. People should come out because chances are, they might have friends in ensemble. Also, there’s a lot of neat stuff going on
A: All of us do more than just prepare the students technically to perform the pieces. We work on context extensively, so that we can connect what we’re doing to other courses students might be taking, so they know more about what they’re contributing to. They can understand the intended meaning of the pieces and convey that to an audience. We want students to engage in this—it’s not just choir or orchestra—it’s artistic, and there’s more to it than people initially might think. There are intellectual, artistic and personal energies that go into that sort of preparation.
Director discusses themes and pieces of annual concert • continued from Page 7 Q: What pieces in particular will be played? A: William Grant Still’s piece is more vernacular, and it’s a blues set. It’s about rural Mississippi Delta life. Grant was an African American composer who draws from his own experiences in the piece. There’s also “Rosie the Riveter” by Dr. Felicia Sandler, which is more contemporary and edgy. In addition to attending the concert and rehearsing with the band on Saturday, Sandler will also provide a brief, spoken introduction to her piece. Q: What is the theme of this concert and how did you decide on it?
A: A lot of pieces written for band are meant to capture some aspect of life in the United States. I’m a closet history buff, and the cultural and political history of the U.S. as portrayed through music draws me in. There’s usually one piece
that I want to do and then I want to create a frame for elucidation of that particular piece and what it’s saying—I really want the audience to understand everything that happened when they walk out of the concert. “Rosie the Riveter” was the piece I wanted, so then it made sense to construct an American historical biography, landscape, event-era sort of thing. The first piece is like the lighting in the room, in that it sets the tone for the rest of the concert, and it’s a bit quirky and irrelevant. The second is about the Kennedy assassination. Then the third is the Grant piece, which is meant to counter the conception of one American consciousness. Then, after intermission, we begin with “Rosie the Riveter,” which is the feature selection. Our ending piece is an unconventional choice. It was used at the 1965 World’s Fair held in New York City in a waiting area before an elevated tram ride. In the waiting area, there was an 11 and a half minute movie that showed
Q: Tell me more about the “Rosie the Riveter” piece.
A: It’s a challenging piece. It is unconventional and edgy. It’s challenging technically in some places, and conceptually challenging in other ways. The rhythm and melody of pieces are usually more familiar in structure, but this piece is more sounddriven and episodic. There isn’t musical history to grab onto for this piece, but new art is often like that. Q: How has preparation for the concert gone overall?
A: We made a midstream change. “Early Light,” a piece by another female composer—which is a homage to baseball and is comprised of rewritten sections of the American national anthem—had to be cut. We’ve had a shorter time
Q: What distinguishes this particular symphonic wind ensemble concert from previous ones? Why should students come out to this show?
Q: Anything else you think the Trinity community should know about the process of preparing for the performance generally?
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The San Antonio summer bucket list
Paul’s Picks by Paul Cuclis
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Summer is around the corner and local San Antonians and students taking summer school or finding a job here will find that they have some time on their hands. While that time can be filled watching TV and acting the part of a couch potato, another option is to create a bucket list and explore some of what San Antonio has to offer. Here are a few of my suggestions: 1) Eat an extra large Big Lou’s pizza
Review: season one of “Hemlock Grove” by John Mendiola A&E Writer “House of Cards” was the first of Netflix’s new gamble to “become HBO faster than they can be us.” Original programming isn’t a new idea, but devoting a big budget to create a product with high production value is rare. “Hemlock Grove” is the second (technically third if one counted “Lilyhammer”) Netflix series. Eli Roth, the director of the “Hostel” series and the Bear Jew from “Inglourious Basterds,” is the executive producer. It is based on a novel of the same name by Brian McGreevy. The story is set in a small fictional town in Pennsylvania called Hemlock Grove. A young girl is brutally murdered and two very odd and interesting high school students find common ground. They attempt to find who killed the girl. Lots of creepy, mysterious things occur soon after. The show is reminiscent of “Twin Peaks” and the game “Alan Wake.” The main difference is that “Hemlock Grove” wholeheartedly embraces violence, gore and sex. Before we dive deeper into the story, it’s worth noting how visually striking the show is. The town, Hemlock Grove, may not sound very aesthetically appealing, but there are interesting locations. One of the two guys is a gypsy who lives in a trailer in the woods while the other guy lives in a mansion with rooms that look as if they belong in a different era. The sepia tones during the day and the gray tones at night lend a more memorable feel to the visuals. Or it could just be because most scenes are so vague and unfulfilling that the visuals, in comparison, become interesting.
Pilot episodes are supposed to draw the audience into watching the rest of the episodes. The pilot episode of “Hemlock Grove” is filled with scenes that foreshadow mysteries without answering anything. Nothing really happens by the time the credits roll at the end of each episode. There’s a short scene at the end that I won’t spoil, but it seemed as if it was meant to be more exciting and clever than it actually was. If anything was exciting, it was the murder scene — not that murder scenes are awesome, but it is better than dozens of scenes with people giving looks or talking about something about which the audience is completely unaware. The rest of the series largely follows the same format. The show is weird but not weird enough or not the right kind of weird. It tries to be campy yet serious, without ever deftly finding a balance between the two. The plot moves too slowly, and the actors don’t really do anything except give stale performances. There are parts that prove that there is potential to this show. For example, at one point one of the guys reveals himself to be a werewolf as his friends gawk in disgust and his mother looks on approvingly. It’s a bizarre scene, but it’s also kind of awesome. These moments are far too rare, though. All 13 episodes of the first season of “Hemlock Grove” are available only on Netflix.com. Stay tuned next month for the third series produced by Netflix, “Arrested Development.” There probably won’t be an official Trinitonian review (we’ll all be drinking fine wine on the beach), but you should definitely watch it because it will be amazing. I am willing to bet all $10 of my paycheck on it.
Score: 6.5/10
Pizza, that oily, cheesy, carb-filled delight of American cuisine, is a well known necessity for any summer break, but I’d wager most haven’t seen one quite like Lou’s 42-inch pizza. Wide as a toddler is tall, this gigantic dish ranges in price from the $51 regular cheese to the $81 super topping version. Bring a lot of friends to help eat it, otherwise tackling this challenge might lead to a very literal interpretation of “bucket list.” Big Lou’s is located at 2048 S. WW White Rd. 2) Tube Down the Guadalupe
Even with the unusually cold weather we’ve had recently, this
A&E columnist summer is sure to have a few scorching days where it’s too hot to do much of anything. So, head up to New Braunfels, rent a big tube for around $1015 and float down the river for a couple of hours. 3) Shoot Things at the San Antonio Gun Club
Located on 928 E. Contour Drive, the San Antonio Gun Club is a great way to spend a summer afternoon. You can rent a shotgun for $5, and buy 25 skeet for $8.75. Though it may seem rather stereotypically Texan, I’ve got to say that there are few things more fun than shooting clay projectiles out of the sky with a twelve gauge shotgun. 4) Try water slides and roller coaster rides
San Antonio is fortunate in that it has a relatively large amount of amusement parks. There’s SeaWorld, Spashtown, Schlitterbahn (New Braunfels) and Six Flags Fiesta Texas. The only downside to these activities is that they are expensive, usually ranging from $40-60 a person.
5) Camping in Garner Park
Just an hour and 45 minutes west of San Antonio is Garner State Park, a great place to go for a camping adventure. There, you can hike up into the mountains, swim in the clear waters of the Frio River and cook a fireside meal under the stars. For more information, visit the park’s website at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ state-parks/garner. 6) Bounce around at Spring Loaded Trampoline Park
I’ve talked about this place before, but I still think it merits another mention. This “park” is a large warehouselike building in which almost every conceivable surface is covered with trampolines. It also has a basketball court entirely made up of trampolines, sort of like Slamball. If you’d like to bounce around and cross this off the list, you can find Spring Loaded at 6700 IH 35-N in New Braunfels. 7) Have a cocktail at Bar 601
From the bar’s vantage point, some 620 feet up in the Tower of the Americas, you can view downtown San Antonio from a new angle. Here, you can buy an AgaveNectar ‘Rita, and watch the sun set over the city.
Staying green during move-out day by Brian Westfall A&E Editor Whether it is beer, textbooks or worthless opinions, it turns out that the average college student produces a whopping 640 pounds of solid waste every year (according to greennetworld.com). This is no more evident than on move-out day, when furniture and clothes are left haphazardly all over campus and dumpsters overflow with garbage, some of which may actually be useful. With Earth Day (which was celebrated this past Monday) in mind, here are some ways that you can reduce your waste when you go back home in May. 1) Recycle it
If you have half-used bottles of shampoo or cosmetics, save and package them. Even if you have old chip bags or juice cartons, keep them. You can mail all of your waste to a company called TerraCycle (www.terracycle. com) who, in turn, will turn that
waste into new products that you can buy while also giving you points that you can use towards charitable gifts or a donation to the non-profit organization or school of your choice. You get rid of all of your crap and help those around you at the same time. It’s a win-win.
2) Exchange it
As someone who has dumped an entirely good futon in front of Thomas and left it there, I wish I had thought of this when I was getting rid of my furniture. Collaborate with fellow students before move-out day and organize a campus-wide yard sale. You may not have the truck to get rid of your leather couch, but someone else will; and in exchange, you could get something that you actually want to keep. Through selling or swapping dorm items, you can make sure less waste is produced and more people go home happy. 3) Sell it
Putting your stuff online on Craigslist or making a local ad around campus can easily help you get rid of stuff you don’t want and help you net some cash. If
your marketing isn’t working out and you can’t find any buyers, the Freecycle Network (www. freecycle.org) has thousands of local chapters (including one in San Antonio) dedicated to giving and getting stuff for free in order to keep waste out of landfills. 4) Donate it
Certain home goods, clothing and furniture can be donated to groups like Goodwill, the Salvation Army, church groups, shelters, group homes and halfway houses. Most places will gladly accept anything, and you can even get a receipt to claim your donation as a charitable contribution in your taxes. You can still get rid of your unwanted waste and, more importantly, you can turn that waste into something that the less fortunate actually need. Whatever method you decide to use, taking some time and energy to eliminate your waste can make a huge impact on moveout day and promote a greater awareness of how to conserve and recycle around campus. Start organizing and cleaning today, so that you can enjoy a smoother move when the end of the school year arrives.
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by Sara Marchionda A&E Writer With the release of movies like “Oblivion,” it is obvious that the cinema slump is coming to an end and the summer movie season is quickly approaching. Here are some movies to look forward to once finals are over and you have some time to relax and escape the summer heat in the cool air-conditioned theater. “Iron Man 3” (May 3)
Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow reunite for Iron Man’s third installment, hitting theaters next week. “Iron Man 3” is one of the most anticipated movies for this
summer, according to Fandango, starting the season out right. In this installment, Tony Stark (Iron Man) must use his genius to face Mandarin, an “enemy whose reach knows no bounds.” “The Great Gatsby” (May 10)
With a high-profile cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan and Isla Fisher, this film has generated a lot of hype. In this adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) is drawn into the lavish life of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), which is not all that it initially seems. “Star Trek Into Darkness” (May 17)
The “Star Trek” sequel is also on the most anticipated list. In this film, the Enterprise crew
returns home only to learn that an “unstoppable force of terror” has destroyed the fleet and caused a state of crisis. Captain Kirk must lead the crew to save the day once more. “Fast and the Furious 6” (May 24)
Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are back in the sixth installment of “Fast and the Furious.” This time Dom and the team must help to bring a rival gang down in order to clear their records, stop running and come home. “The Hangover 3” (May 24)
Even though this time there is no wedding or bachelor party, the gang still manages to find plenty of trouble...er, “adventure.” The guys decide to take Alan to a mental hospital and, as usual,
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things go awry and they end up back in their Las Vegas roots.
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“Man of Steel” (June 14)
This movie is one of the most anticipated blockbusters of the summer — and it’s easy to see why. Superman is getting a dark, gritty reboot not unlike Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” trilogy. “The Wolverine” (July 26)
With the success of the “X-Men” series and the first standalone film, audiences seem to be looking forward to the return of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, who heads to Japan in his latest outing. Other Notable Movies: “Monsters University” (June 21) “Despicable Me 2” (July 3) “The Lone Ranger” (July 3)
When I talk to my friends who are graduating about their post-college plans, I hear time and time again about how they are scared to move to a new city where they do not know anyone. I understand this, because it is a trepidation that I once shared with them, but I overcame it when I was studying abroad and moved to a region where I did not know a single soul. Yes, it was frightening. It was also thrilling, because I was constantly out of my comfort zone — and isn’t that where most adventures start, outside of your comfort zone? Here are some tips so you too can get outside of that zone: 1) Have someone hook you up
Chances are you may actually know someone in your new city; you just have to think. It may be an acquaintance, but those people are potential friends. And if no one comes to mind, get the word out to your immediate network about your plans to move and ask them for help. Have them connect you to people they know in that city. While studying abroad, my advisor told me about another girl who would also be researching in that region, so I awkwardly messaged her on Facebook. We instantly clicked, and now I consider her a good friend. 2) Go out
One of the greatest things about moving out of your house is the opportunity to choose your own family. Join a book club, volunteer, connect with your friends at work and start conversations with random strangers. I personally have never used the Internet for these purposes, but I know people who have been successful with it. Try CouchSurfing or similar websites. Or you may want to take a page from “Craigslist Joe” and try using Craigslist. 3) Become comfortable being by yourself
With the previous point made, you also need to learn how to enjoy being by yourself since you should not expect to be going out all the time. You can cook the food you like, watch the movies you want and rock Risky Business attire at all times if you so choose. You will never have this freedom again if you plan to settle down and have a family eventually. Revel in it by sometimes choosing to stay in, curled up on your couch with a good book. Use this time for selfdiscovery, learn to be independent and try new things.
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Professors’ favorite books The summer is quickly approaching. This means that Trinity students will finally by Abby Miracle have time for the one thing that most liberal arts college A&E Writer students feed off of: leisure reading. No matter where you go home for the summer, you can be sure that you will be able to find a comfortable spot for a little R&R (rest and reading). If you haven’t started compiling your summer reading list, or if you are still a few books short of completing it, here are a few suggestions by some Trinity University faculty and staff. I mean, who better to take reading suggestions from than those who shaped a career around reading and writing? Some of these titles are all-time favorites of mine, and I’m sure some of you have read at least a couple of these as well. Enjoy: Michelle M. Bushey Department of Chemistry “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck “It is beautifully written, unvarnished, honest, and not just a little subversive.”
Paul Myers Department of Computer Science “Housekeeping” by Marilynne Robinson “The writing is subtle and gorgeous and the characters are memorable; it’s a book that I really savored and lingered over.” Lisa Jasinski Academic Affairs “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safan Foer
“This is one of the few books I’ve ever read that makes you laugh out loud in one paragraph and then sigh, even weep in the next — it makes you feel completely human.” Allan Kownslar Department of History “The Story of My Life” by Clarence Darrow “As I read Darrow’s autobiography and just for sheer, pure fun, I seriously tried to counterpoint his main legal arguments and lost every single time. It was practicing what historian John Acton said when he stressed that one has no right to attack or oppose a contrary view until one can express that view not only as well as but better than its proponents can.” Lyn Belisle Department of Computer Science “The Lost Hero” by Rick Riordan “My favorite book is “The Lost Hero” by Rick Riordan — first, because it’s a funny, exciting book, and secondly because the author is my son!” Nina Ekstein Department of Modern Languages and Literature “A la Recherche du Temps Perdu” (In Search of Lost Time) by Marcel Proust “It is the most beautiful, the most profound, and the funniest novel I have ever read, and it taught me more about life, death, what matters and what doesn’t than any other.” Kelly Carlisle Department of English “Radioactive” by Marie and Pierre Curie “I love it because it is a lyrically written love story about the two famous scientists and is illustrated with striking art. It glows in the dark, too.” “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote ““In Cold Blood” is the haunting true story of four murders in rural Kansas and their aftermath. It is an outstanding piece of literature but also a great suspense story.” Peter Olofsson Department of Mathematics “Tortilla Flat” by John Steinbeck “The story of how a bunch of carefree vagabonds get their lives changed by a sudden burden of ownership is both light-hearted and profound, skillfully blending comical situations with vignettes of wisdom and reflections over the human condition.” Ben Carlisle Department of Music “The Forest Unseen” by David Haskell “Even though the author focuses on one square meter of land, you learn about much larger ecological concepts. It’s also passionately and beautifully written.”
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Golf dominates SCAC Championship Men place first, women take second in tournament by Chloe Pope-Levison
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For the first time since 2005, the men’s golf team won the SCAC Championship to clinch the fourth overall title for the program. “Our guys handled the pressure of match play beautifully,” said coach Craig McConnell in an email. “They were able to force their opponents to play from behind, and that just allowed them to extend their leads.” On Saturday afternoon, the men beat Centenary College 4-1. This year’s conference was conducted as a team match-play event, which meant that each team picked five players to play against another school’s five players, and the team who won the most matches advanced. “We believed going into conference that the match play format we played this year could work to our advantage, and it did,” said junior Tyler Lehman in an email. “We played really well, especially the second day, which was crucial for us to beat Southwestern.”
Against Centenary, the winners for Trinity were senior Blake Turner, sophomore Kalen Vos, junior Erik Long-Goheen and first year Alex Hartzell. The Tigers beat Southwestern University 3-2 on Sunday to take the championship title. Hartzell, Long-Goheen and Vos earned victories for the Tigers. “In the final match, Vos wasn’t ever in danger of losing,” McConnell said. “He has been the best player in our conference all year long, and he played like it. When he closed out his match on hole 16, it secured us the championship.” For his performance this season, Vos was voted the SCAC Men’s Golf Player of the Year, becoming the first Trinity player to win this award since 1995. Vos and Lehmann were named to the All-SCAC First Team, while Hartzell was named to the Second Team. “We were confident that we could get the win this year and everyone stepped up on Sunday to make it happen,” Lehman said. “This tournament win was a great way for us to end the season.” Meanwhile, in the women’s conference competition, first year Brigette Lee won the individual title by one stroke, while the women’s team came in second place. Trinity lost by just four strokes to
Southwestern. “We were a little disappointed as a team that we weren’t able to win but overall everyone was really excited,” Lee said. For her performance this season, Lee was named the SCAC Women’s Golf Player of the Year and the SCAC Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year, becoming only the second player in SCAC
history to win both awards in one season. Lee was also named to the All-SCAC First Team. Sophomore Alessa Hutter and senior Madison Wallender both came in seventh place for the Tigers, followed by junior Molly Zumbro and first year Madeline Moran, who tied for 10th place, all of whom earned
Second Team All-SCAC honors. “Everyone came together and focused on the second day after a rough first day, and we were able to play the course better,” Lee said. Now, both the men’s and women’s teams must wait for potential bids for the NCAA Playoffs.
Hardin-Simmons University, 3-1, on Monday to conclude the regular season with a 33-7 record. “The main thing is we just pitched really well and played great defense,” said assistant coach Zach Fregosi. “We put up a bunch of runs against Southwestern and we just had really good pitching and obviously that’s kind of the be all, end all.” On Saturday, the Tigers scored a single run in the second and Southwestern matched that in the bottom of the inning. Trinity responded with five runs that next inning to take the
game out of reach. They continued to score three in the fourth inning and four in the sixth inning to run away with the game. “On Saturday we did exactly what we planned to do,” said senior designated hitter Jonathan Hall. “We jumped out to a big early lead in the third with five runs. Our goal was to get runs on the board early and get at least one every inning. I think the five and three spots in back-toback innings really gave us control of the game. From that point until the end of the game Sunday we really never gave up the momentum.”
The Tiger offense produced 11 hits and capitalized on four Southwestern errors to score 13 runs. Hall went 3-4 and scored two runs while also batting in five. Senior third baseman Kevin Francke, first year left fielder Jeremy Wolf and senior catcher Kelly Woodruff each added two hits. Woodruff also had two RBI in the game. “We really showed how dominant we can be as a group if everybody plays to their full potential,” said senior pitcher Kyle Bogese. “Our team took advantage of
getting into scoring position and then getting the timely hits to score these runners. We have the capability of scoring 10 plus runs on a per game basis, we just need to capitalize on scoring runners in scoring position.” Senior pitcher Ryan Lucero earned the win on the mound, his eighth of the season. He struck out seven batters in five innings and only allowed five hits. First year Theodore Turner came in for the final two innings and struck out two batters and gave up one hit.
photo courtesy of Carla Spenkoch The men and women’s golf teams pose for a picture after going one and two respectively at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship tournament over the weekend,
Baseball ends regular season with 33-7 record Tigers win last three games against close schools by Brooke Sanchez
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Trinity’s baseball team took home a pair of wins from Southwestern University last weekend to conclude a five-game sweep over the Pirates this season. The Tigers won 13-1 on Saturday and 10-4 on Sunday to finish Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play 15-5. The Tigers then took down
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Trinity softball finished up their regular season on the road by splitting a four-game series over two days at Southwestern University. The Tigers swept day one with scores of 4-0 and 2-1 behind strong pitching outings from senior Sydney Friday and first year Kaci Wellik. Southwestern flipped the script with 6-2 and 4-3 victories on the second day. Friday threw a three-hit shutout in the first game of the series, collecting five strikeouts while giving up only one walk. It was her sixth shutout of the season and her third in a row. “Sydney had another great outing, with the shutout she finished her senior year with a 0.00 earned run average in conference. She has been solid for us on the mound this year,” said head coach Brandi Crnkovic. First year Kaci pitched ten innings, only giving up one run while getting four strikeouts. Wellik had a shutout going into the seventh inning, but gave up a run on back-to-back hits with two outs. However, she remained unfazed and finished out the extra innings herself. “Games that go into 10 innings are always stressful. A lot of pressure lies on the pitcher, and I was definitely feeling that pressure and extra stress. I had to keep telling myself to calm down and just pitch my best,” Wellik said. “After losing Southwestern scored in the seventh, I was frustrated but I had confidence in my team that we could get the run back,
especially since we were going into ITB (International Tie Breaker) and we started with one of our quickest runners on second.” The second day of the doubleheader was not as successful. The two losses were the first conference losses of the year for the Tigers as Southwestern resurged. “Straight up, Southwestern started hitting the ball on Sunday. They hit it everywhere, too. Although our defense was pretty solid, we just didn’t answer back with our own bats,” said senior outfielder Lindsay Weyand. The Tigers will begin the SCAC tournament as the top seed and will face the winner of Austin College and the University of Dallas. “We are confident going into the tournament, the losses showed us what we need to work on and we now have to prove we are the best team in the SCAC,” Crnkovic said. The team has only just four days between their last regular season game and the start of the SCAC tournament. “We always have Mondays off, so we only have Tuesday and Wednesday for full practices since we will leave on Thursday for Dallas. Today, we focused on perfection in our defense by playing ‘16 outs,’ where we have to get 16 outs in a row without any mistakes. Tomorrow, we will focus on live hitting, which will allow our batters to hit off of our pitchers, giving us all game-life practice. Thursday, we will come on our own to hit, and Coach B. is giving us pitchers the day off to recuperate,” Wellik said. Should they win their first game, the Tigers will face the winner of Southwestern and Centenary College with the SCAC title on the line.
Scorpions get new field Q & A with two Scorpions’ interns about the changes by Brooke Sanchez Sports Reporter
The North American Soccer League San Antonio Scorpions welcome their new stadium, Toyota Field, which is soccerspecific and can also be used as an entertainment venue. The stadium can hold up to 8,000 fans for soccer games and is designed so that the first row is only 16 feet from the sideline. The attractive new stadium helps the new organization expand, and two Trinity students, junior Emily Kimmitt and sophomore Grant Rosen have had the opportunity to aid in the development. Emily Kimmitt, junior What is your area of internship and what tasks do you perform? “Street team” member - basically sales. I work home games and events around San Antonio to promote the Scorpions and try to get fans to buy tickets to the games.
What is your favorite part/ aspect of the internship? My favorite part would have to be working the home games. It’s so much fun to watch the tailgating and see the game unfold while also being able to work the behind the scenes that people don’t usually think about. In what ways did Career Services or the Sport Management Minor help you find/get this internship? Dr. Tingle actually was who got me the job. He knows a sales executive and asked if they were looking for anyone, so thanks to him I was able to interview and start working immediately. What advantages do you see that come from interning with this organization as opposed to others? One advantage I see is that my bosses have worked for many sport organizations previous to the Scorpions, so when I leave and enter the workforce I will have many connections thanks to their wide variety of positions.
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“Both games were pretty similar in the sense that our pitchers did a good job controlling the game from the get-go,” Fregosi said. “They continued the pace that was set by Ryan on Saturday. Kyle pitched a no-hitter through six innings on Sunday. It was good to play well on their field as we will be playing there for the conference tournament.” Sunday’s win started off strong as the Tigers quickly put up two runs in the first inning and worked their way up to a 7-0 lead by the sixth. The Pirates made it a three-run game with four runs coming in the sixth and seventh innings, but the Tigers answered back with three runs in the final two innings. “Sunday we had the same plan. Get ahead early, and work with a lead. We let them have a big inning late with a few walks by our guys, but the offense responded with three runs to end the game,” Hall said. “It was great to see the offense pick up the team even when we had a big lead. We took our free bases given to us with walks and errors and capitalized with big hits. We were able to score 23 runs in two games as an offense and both games we were in double digits in the hit column which is what we strive for every day.” Trinity had 10 hits in the game. Francke went 3-4 on the day and also scored three runs. Junior shortstop Christian Muscarello
scored three runs and stole two bases in the game. Moore scored twice and also stole a pair of bases. Hall had three runs batted in while junior center fielder Pat Hirschberg had two. “I think that our team played really well and the defense really came through at crucial points in the game,” Bogese said. “People made plays when they needed to and were in the right place at the right time which really helped keep them from scoring.” Bogese gave up three runs on no hits to earn the win. Senior Franklin Bay and first year Ryan Gray came in to finish the game, giving up one hit and one run combined. “The weekend at Southwestern is a good sign for us going into the conference tournament this weekend,” Hall said. “We swung the bat well throughout the entire lineup, made the plays we should make on defense and really threw the ball well. Lucero put together another great start and Kyle put together a strong start as well. It was a great way to end our conference schedule and really puts us in a good spot heading into this weekend.” Monday’s game against Hardin-Simmons saw the Tigers take control as they scored single runs in the second, fourth and fifth innings. Hardin-Simmons managed one run in the final inning off of two hits before the Tigers could close the game. “It was a big game going into the tournament,” Fregosi said. “It puts us in a good position going
photo by Song Yie Kim, intern Senior catcher Kelly Woodruff catches the ball during the final game of the regular season against Hardin-Simmons on Monday.
forward. They were a good team that Zack dominated from the first pitch and that made it easier for everyone else.” Senior right fielder Will Donnan and senior infielder Kevin Clements each had two hits to account for half of the Tigers’ total hits. Clements also had two RBIs in the game. Muscarello had the other RBI and also scored a run. “We’ve been coming up with timely hitting recently,” Fregosi said. “That’s really all we’re asking our guys to do. When ducks are on the pond, drive them in.”
Sophomore pitcher Zack Speer picked up the win, giving up one run on four hits. He struck out 10 batters before senior Michael Bentz came in to record a strikeout and his third save for the season. “It’s good to finish off the year on a good winning streak and tie for a regular season conference championship,” Fregosi said. The Tigers compete at the SCAC Championships this weekend in Georgetown. They are the No. 2 seed for the tournament and will face the No. 3 seed University of
Dallas at noon today. If they win they will play at noon tomorrow. The championship game will be played at noon on Sunday. “This is huge going into conference,” Hall said. “Having swept the last three weekends coming into the tournament it gives us a lot of confidence and determination to win SCAC. Our ultimate goal is a regional and world series, but you need to take it one step at a time, starting with conference. But as a team we feel strong and confident going into this weekend.”
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Grant Rosen, sophomore What is your area of internship? By title I am a Sales and Marketing Intern. However, with an organization as small as the SA Scorpions FC I did a little bit of everything. I am sort of everyone’s intern and I help out where I am needed. I have helped with accounting, box office sales, grassroots marketing, moving furniture for players and with Season Ticket Agreements for season ticket holders. Why did you choose the San Antonio Scorpions over other organizations? First off, I am an avid soccer fan. I played all my life up until college and would love to find a career in the soccer industry one day. The Scorpions FC is an up and coming team in the soccer world and I saw and have seen great potential with their organization. Additionally, as a not-for-profit sports team the SA
Scorpions FC is very unique and is working for a specific cause. With most of the sports organizations you do not see where the money is going, but with the Scorpions you see that by going to a game and looking across the street at Morgan’s Wonderland. What do you think are the benefits of interning with the new organization? You get to see the inner workings of a sport organization from the ground up. There are a lot of bumps along the way, but everyone plays an important part in making the organization successful. At the end of the day, working with such a new company is very rewarding, because I am able to see what I have accomplished while working there. Hopefully, in a few years, if the Scorpions move up to the next level, I will look back with great pride knowing that I played a part in helping the organization grow. What are your thoughts on the new stadium for the Scorpions? The new stadium is spectacular. For those who have not had
a chance to see it yet, go out A.S.A.P. and check it out. Being from Kansas City, where they recently built a new state-ofthe-art, soccer-specific stadium, I was a little bit skeptical when I started in January. However, after being at the home opener two weeks ago I was blown away. The stadium literally rocks as fans and supporters cheer fanatically. With room for expansion, I cannot wait to see how it changes within the next few years. What is your favorite part/ aspect of the internship? From the moment I started I have always felt like I was an important part in the organization. People around the office did not treat me as a stereotypical “intern.” They have treated me like a fellow employee and a friend. 9. What are your thoughts on the new stadium for the
but overall it was a really fun meet to be in, the weather was perfect,” Piske said. First year Anecia Richardson posted a season-best score in the shot put, senior Emily Shiraki scored her seasonby Chloe Pope-Levison best in the pole vault and Sports Reporter both senior Elana Edwards The Tigers relished multiple and junior George Warren season-best performances and recorded season-bests in the personal records at the Duckett high jump. Trinity returns home this Twilight Meet last Saturday, weekend to host the SCAC hosted by Rice University. Championships, which take “All the events went well. I place on Friday and Saturday, believe we are ready to run at April 26-27. conference,” said head coach “Everyone is preparing for a Marcus Whitehead. great weekend of success and Trinity dominated the 5,000 looking forward to having a meter run, as 11 runners home conference meet with earned standout times. With lots of support from spectators the second-fastest time in and friends,” Murphy said. “I school history, senior Pancho think everyone’s focus and For more of the Q&A Escobedo earned third place determination to achieve great with Kimmitt and overall, followed by Mark Rosen, visit Greene in sixth place with a times, PRs, honors, etc. has www.trinitonian.com new personal record. Also pushed the team to the next earning new personal records level.” in this race were sophomore Brandon Douglas, junior Gerardo Hernandez, first year Phillip Flagg, first year Taylor Piske and first year Chris Soto. “It was one of the most important meets of the year, just because of the implications for the future, and it was a huge meet for the distance guys for sure,” Piske said. “We had PRs among all our 5K guys. All of our freshman went under 16 minutes, and we have eight guys going under 16 minutes, so it’s exciting.” Sophomore Mike McIntosh earned new personal records in both the 200-meter dash and the 400-meter dash, while in the 200-meter dash, first year Bailey Drury recorded the second-fastest time in school history, the fastest time for the Tigers this season and a new personal best. In the women’s 5,000-meter, junior Maddie Murphy, sophomore Michelle Oberndorf, junior Rosemary Steup and sophomore Genevieve Primeau all recorded personal best times. “It was a great meet, with a lot of PRs especially in the 5K,” said Murphy in an email. With over 200 units and 74 floor “Racing in the evening under the bright stadium lights plans - you’re sure to find the perfect always gives a lot of energy and place to live your urban dream. excitement to many athletes.” Come taste the good life at the Can Junior Jessie Dean recorded the 25th-fastest time in Plant Residences at Pearl! Division III in the 400-meter hurdles, while first year Rudy Esparza finished the 800-meter run with a new 503 Avenue A personal best time. Both San Antonio, Texas 78215 sophomore Ian Plantz and sophomore Tyler Patterson 877.851.5815 OFFICE | 210.223.8228 FAX also recorded their best marks www.thecanplant.com of the season in that race. Sophomore Nicola Hill established a new personal best in the 1500-meter run, while sophomore Jessica Needle recorded her best in the 3000-meter steeplechase. “The sprinters struggled a little more, because the Rice track is so soft, like velvet,
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