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Patrick McMillan, Trinity’s Brightest Bulb
Patrick McMillan won Alpha Phi Omega’s annual charity drive last spring
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Cross country starts season with wins
Cross country team wins its first meet of the season at Alamo City Opener
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Trinity continues search for new president
Academic-Search continues hunt for new president by Luke Wise
NEWS EDITOR
With President Dennis Ahlburg’s contract to expire come January, Trinity is searching for a new president. With the assistance of a search firm, Academic-Search, the
process for finding a new candidate is well underway. Assisted by Stanton Hales and Andrea Hamos, both senior consultants, the search committee, comprised of 15 members of faculty, staff, students and board members, plans to present its recommendations come December. The search committee, while it does not have a vote, aims to find the best candidate for the
job, presenting their finds to the Board of Trustees who will make the final decision. “What we do is not select the next president; we don’t even have a vote,” Hamos said in a recent public forum over the search process. “We come in and we organize, inform and support Trinity through its searching process.” With the help of the search firm, the committee can better identify its goals and field the
best pool of candidates. To SGA president and senior Evan Lewis, the firm is a crucial component of the process. “What they are doing is helping the search committee field the applicants,” Lewis said. “They already have the infrastructure in place to find the pool of applicants and present that to the committee. “We have 29 applicants and almost another 47 nominations,” Lewis said.
photos by Miguel Webber Students crowd together to see Tyga (above), who performed this past Friday at the baseball field, closing Welcome Week activities. Tyga, a established hip-hop and rap artist, whose upcoming album, “The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty” will be released this November, performed hit singles such as “Molly” and “Rack City” while the crowd enjoyed the music and atmosphere. Preceded by his DJ, Tyga came onto stage with a high energy presence and sharp lyrics and beats. Welcome Week saw a host of activities, from keynote speaker Dianna Holt to comedians Frangela, culminating with the concert last Friday night.
Financial aid increases for first years
Large incoming class sees substantial increase in financial aid by Courtney Shikle
NEWS EDITOR The Class of 2018 showed a significant increase in financial aid provided by Trinity University to the students this year, following one of the largest class sizes in recent years. First year students were required to fill out an additional financial aid eligibility form to determine how much money in
grants and scholarships Trinity would provide to them. The financial aid discount rate is calculated by taking the institutional financial aid and dividing it by tuition. It does not include any federal state aid, only consisting of funding coming directly from the University. As a direct result of the additional profile, the financial aid discount rate for first years jumped from 51 percent last year to 59 percent this year. “That’s a substantial increase in that rate,” said Gary Logan, vice president for finance and administration. “That was a strategic initiative of the
university to increase the rate. Part of it was because we felt like the enrollment shortfall a year ago was price sensitivity in the marketplace.” Last year’s incoming class alarmed the board having only 539 students, so they came up with a strategy to get the enrollment up closer to the 640 range, according to Logan. “The financial aid discount rate is a piece of the strategy to try to get the enrollment up faster and then what we’re hoping is that we will reduce that discount rate over a time as the demand increases, marketing is effective, then we’ll decline that back down,” Logan said.
Starting with the class that entered in the fall of 2014, students were required to complete the CSS profile to assess eligibility for Trinity funding. “It’s an application that collects a lot more information than the FAFSA—Free Application for Federal Student Aid—and it gives a better assessment of a student’s and family’s financial circumstance and allows us to, I think, better fund students and allocate our funding appropriately,” said Glendi Gaddis, director of financial aid.
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“The people from AcademicSearch tell us that it is ahead of schedule and we are exceeding expectations.” The search firm, although different from the one used in 2009 during the search for Ahlburg, has been well received among members of the University and search committee.
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Speaker selection process explained
Different processes for campus speakers explored by James Godfrey NEWS REPORTER
Throughout the school year, various speakers are brought to campus in order to present their ideas. These speakers are chosen through a variety of processes and brought to campus with the help of endowments. “The goal is to always offer someone who can offer an educational focus, and provide access to these highly educated speakers who are well regarded within their field,” said Susie Gonzales, director of public and media relations.
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editor-in-chief: Faith Ozer managing editor: Alicia Guerrero business manager: Sydney Coleman ad director: Alison O’Hanlon news editor: Luke Wise campus pulse editor: Kenneth Caruthers arts & entertainment editor: Mason Walker
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On Aug. 28, the White House announced that president Obama picked Sarah Saldana as the United States’ top immigration enforcer of the United States. The nomination still requires Senate approval, but Saldana would be the first Latina to run Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement position has not been filled in almost a year.
On Aug. 26, a ceasefire agreement was reached between Hamas and Israel which ended the seven weeks of fighting. The Palestinian Islamic organization took control of Gaza in 2007, but fighting was sparked by the murder of three Israeli students. Discussions for Hamas’s demand for a seaport and airport will begin in a month. Almost 2,200 people were killed in Gaza during the fighting.
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Drake Dukes
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In what other organizations are you involved? Football, Pi Kappa Alpha
What are your goals for SGA?
My goals for SGA are to increase awareness about what SGA actually does on campus while being the voice for the student body.
What is your proudest accomplishment as an SGA senator?
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My proudest accomplishment as a senator is allowing students to start new clubs and organizations through the funding we provide.
If you had unlimited funds and no restrictions, what would you do in SGA? I would immediately build a new football stadium.
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New hires see fully staffed Career Services offer new advisors for various majors by Katie Hayes
NEWS REPORTER
For the last year and half Career Services has not been fully staffed. Although director Twyla Hough managed to successfully advise students, five more positions have been added. There are now two assistant directors, two more career advisors and an associate director. “We had an external audit that gave some feedback about the staffing level and the level of demand from students and how we needed to get more support to be able to meet the demands of the students,” Hough said. Students previously complained Career Services was too focused on business majors. Now there are enough advisors for students to see someone who specializes in their field. “There’s a lot we can do for other majors, such as help with portfolios and things that they might not even realize we can help with,” said Katie Ramirez, assistant director of career services. “My speciality area is arts and humanities. I’ve done career counseling for all majors, but I’m really starting to focus on arts and humanities.”
In addition to a separate advisor for the arts and humanities, natural science and social science majors will also have their own advisor, Melanie Coulson. “I am tremendously excited to be here,” Coulson said. “The people that I’ve met here so far are really committed to Trinity University students and really wanting to help make sure that students have the tools and resources to find the job of their dreams.” There are also separate advisors for the communication, human communication and political science majors (Laura Short), engineering and computer science majors (John Birch) and the school of business (Ashley McTaggart).
“I think that one of the best parts of this process was the diversity of backgrounds represented.” Twyla Hough
Director of Career Services
“Instead of one advisor seeing all of the different students and switching hats from an engineering to a theater to an English to a psychology major, we have someone who will focus exclusively with arts and humanities and someone else who will do the sciences;
someone else who will do engineering and computer science. Then another person who will do the school of business,” Hough said. These new members of the Trinity University staff were carefully selected by Hough and a committee of alumni, students and a parent. “Our committee was sort of unique in that it involved alumni. A lot of times search committees are usually just internal, but we wanted a lot of alumni, because alumni were part of…the constituents that we serve,” Hough said. “We also included a parent which is pretty unique for a search committee.” Each interview lasted an entire day so that prospective employees could not only interview with Hough but also learn what students and alumni wanted in the future from Career Services. “It’s a great opportunity, because you really get a feel not just for the office you would work in but the culture here at the university,” Ramirez said. “I found it very reflective of the collaborative nature of the campus.” To Coulson, the prospect of finding the best soultion for each student, and helping them tailor an idea about their future. “By far the best part was being able to meet with the students and kind of pick their brains and find out what they’re looking for in a career advisor and what their needs are,” Coulson said. Although the interview process was longer than those at other universities, each member of the committee
photo by Jordan Leeper Director of Career Services, Twyla Hough oversees work in the office; following and extended period of underemployment, five new hires have the office to expand its programs, from broadening major focus to offering more advisors.
was able to get to know the applicants and bring their unique perspectives to the selection process. “I think that one of the best parts of this process was the diversity of backgrounds represented on the search committee, because it was
very interesting to hear the perspective of the faculty and the students and the parents/ alumni,” Hough said. “That also gave us the opportunity to hear from the students: to hear what they would be looking for from someone in this office.”
TUPD expands into neighboring Kings Court house Luke Wise: How did TUPD aquire this property?
Chief of Police, Paul Chapa: Dean Tuttle occupied this home for a number of years. After it became available we were next door and hurting for room and so I proposed it to my VP Gary Logan and it worked. What is the size of TUPD like currently? How many staff members do you have?
Total staff is about 30-33 officers. One officer described it like putting 10 lbs of potatoes in a 5 lb bag. It was very tight in there; it was just an undesirable setting for us. Is this move a permanent soultion for TUPD?
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We are technically on campus still, but yes, hopefully this is our final move for us; it appears to meet all our demands, we have described this as our administrative side (540 Kings Court) and next
door at 538 as our operations side which houses our 24 hour dispatch, the partrol room, locker room and the assistant chief of police Pete Benez’s office. Are there any future plans around further expansions?
When they moved us to 538 temporarily which turned into a three year move we knew that we needed some more space. In reference to growth; no, I think we are staffed where we need to be to do the job that we are doing now. Is there anything you want to let students know around the recent changes?
We are here for our student body, faculty and staffif there is anything we can ever do, stop by and say hello. I also encourage the community to visit our website where there is tons of information, safety tips and safety videos that staff and students can watch as well.
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Now, incoming students will have to fill out both the CSS profile and the FAFSA. Students can opt out of the CSS profile, but in turn they will only receive an academic scholarship from Trinity, according to Gaddis. “This was specifically targeted at first-year students,” Logan said. “If current students are receiving need based aid, the FAFSA then would calculate the total cost of education plus their family’s assets and come up with this estimated contribution that the family would make and so the awards are based on that. That is really a separate thing from the intentional strategy. Increasing financial aid was targeted at the first-year students.” Current students will not be affected by this and will not have to complete the CSS profile, with their process remaining the same. “Continuing student financial aid stays relatively the same,” Gaddis said. “As long as students continue to demonstrate need and their circumstances haven’t drastically changed, their aid stays relatively flat.” Although not offered the same financial opportunities as the first years, other students understand the change for the incoming class of first-years. The new class, with one of the largest class sizes of recent years, has a significant statistical composition. “Of course I’m disappointed that I cannot receive any additional financial aid,” said Lyric Smith, junior and resident mentor. “However, this current class has a better statistical makeup than any class in the past 10 years. They are more diverse racially, idealistically, sexually and financially. They bring a lot to Trinity, and for that I understand that they would need additional compensation.”
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The speakers brought to campus can be sponsored in a number of ways, including endowments set aside for speakers or sponsorship by a particular professor or department. Usually, a member of the department suggests a speaker, and then the entire department discusses the selection before any decision is made. Many departments may be included in the selection process, and the final decision on speakers for endowed series usually comes from the President’s Office. Sponsoring a speaker includes paying for his or her flight, hotel and dining. At times, professors choose a theme to focus on and choose speakers that correspond with that theme. “It’s so great at Trinity, because you can go to a smallscale lunch or meeting and you have a lot of access to this brilliant person who you can learn a lot from,” Gonzales said. The Distinguished Lecture series, which brings one or two speakers to campus each year, is endowed by a trustee so that students, faculty and staff can attend the lecture freely. Other endowments that make these lectures
possible include those made by Flora C. Crichton, the benefactor for the Cameron Lecture series, and the endowment for the Stieren Arts Enrichment series, provided by Arthur and Jane Stieren. Endowments to the university make these series possible, and their providers have the opportunity to meet with the speakers their contributions bring to campus. “I am so proud that Trinity brought somebody in saying what [Miko Peled] was saying,” said Judith Norman, professor of philosophy. “I would love to hear people’s reactions, and do not want people to get shouted down.” Those brought to the university by professors follow a different process. While it is possible for them to be brought through one of the above series, more frequently their sponsorship is provided by individual departments, who make the decision within their faculty on whether or not the suggested speaker should be brought to the university. “Our question is, is this a good speaker for the university?” Norman said. “I don’t think people are saying what he is saying, and it is an important perspective.”
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“We felt of the search firms we looked at AcademicSearch was the most qualified and had the best experience to represent Trinity in the search,” said Adam Urbach, professor of chemistry and chair of the faculty senate. “The search committee as a whole is very pleased with academic search, we felt it was a good choice.” Even with the high numbers, the results look to only increase with a large majority of applications to come later, according to Urbach. “We are ahead of where we expected to be in terms of applicants, and we will get the vast majority of applications towards the end,” Urbach said. With a tentative schedule in place, the committee looks to narrow down the applicants further by October, with finalists in place mid November.
“By the first week of October we should have core finalists which we will narrow that down in the middle of October to semifinalists,” Lewis said.
“Someone who really understands the residential small liberal arts university. . . is what we are looking for.” Evan Lewis President of SGA
“We’ll then interview those finalists personally and from that we will select no more than three finalists who will visit campus come November.”
Following the visit, set for November 13-21, the committee plans to submit their recommendation to the board on December 5. Despite the plan to make a decision come next year, the candidate will be expected to take office in the summer of 2015. “We hope to have a candidate accept the position the first of the year but they wouldn’t take office until next academic year,” Lewis said. “Frankly people that are qualified for the presidency already have other commitments, and we wouldn’t expect or want a candidate who would leave halfway through an academic period.” In terms of qualities the committee is looking for, the standard qualities of any leader are desired, alongside other abilities, including a good fundraising experience.
“We are looking for a president who can fundraise, since the unhappy fact is that it takes money to run a university, so fundraising experience is a good thing,” Lewis said.
“The person has to be a good fit for Trinity; that’s an important characteristic they would have to understand.”
Adam Urbach Professor of chemistry “But someone who really understands the residential small liberal arts university,
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a leader who is able to pick the right people and move them in the right direction to further the goals that come along with such a position, is what we’re looking for.” On top of such characteristics and qualities, a candidate who understands Trinity’s culture and campus is another desired trait among constituents and members of the university. “The questions that were asked by everyone were what is unique, good and great about Trinity and what is the chief challenge that you see for the future,” Urbach said. “The person has to be a good fit for Trinity; that’s an important characteristic they would have to understand and be willing to adapt to the culture of the institution.” Other qualities and attributes are outlined in the advertisements and profile on Academic-Search’s webpage, made available publicly for candidates and others alike. As outlined on the profile, “Trinity University seeks a president with the professional background and the personal qualities that will enable him or her to lead and inspire the university addressing the challenges and opportunities outlined above.” These personal qualities range from energy to ambition, with professional qualities of educational commitment and global perspective. Although primarily focused on traditional candidates from higher education, the search committee is not against the idea of a non-traditional candidate. “We are not, from what I understand, ruling out non traditional candidates because one of the more important things is the ability to lead and that is a transferable skill,” Lewis said. “We do think some leadership skills are transferable so we are open to non traditional candidates, although generally experience in higher education is only going to help you.” For students concerned by the new presidential selection, Evan Lewis encourages students to get involved by voicing their concerns so that the best fit can be found. “If [students] have comments on their interaction with administration or if they have parts of Trinity culture they really like and really want to make sure someone gets, definitely communicate that to me and the board,” Lewis said. “While I’m the only student on the board, I’m not there for my opinions I’m there to act and synthesize the opinions of the student body.”
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I wanted to respond to a letter from a Trinity parent from Aug. 29, objecting to a lecture concerning Gaza by Miko Peled, a Jewish Israeli peace activist. The letter was angry. This is understandable: the Israel / Palestine conflict is a situation that provokes anger. And anger is an undervalued emotion— there are things that should make us angry. The letter was also inaccurate. It made false and misleading claims: some of them factual errors (claiming, falsely, that Hamas was responsible for the recent kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens) and some slanderous accusations (for instance, that Mr. Peled was a fundraiser for Hamas). I find these claims irresponsible and disturbing, but I don’t wish to address them here. There are multiple news sources readers can look to for objective reporting about events in Gaza, and they can research Mr. Peled’s politics on his website: mikopeled. com. But the letter did not merely attack the speaker and his views; it questioned Trinity for hosting him, and this is what I want to address, because it goes to the very heart of what it means to be a liberal arts university. Perhaps faculty do parents a disservice when we assure them that their children will be safe and happy at Trinity. Let me explain: of course Trinity must do everything in its power to ensure the physical safety of our
students. We guard them from dangers. But what about dangerous ideas? What about ideas that make them question the very foundations of their beliefs? Intellectual independence is inherently frightening—it means no longer taking ideas and beliefs for granted, but questioning, criticizing, doubting and even despairing. Students who go through liberal arts institutions without having their world rocked should demand their money back. I believe that Trinity has not only the right but the responsibility to promote difficult dialogues on controversial subjects. Some of these encounters will result in painful soul-searching. And I have personal experience of the pain of a searched soul: like the speaker, I am a Jew who has come to question Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. Like him, I have faced very uncomfortable truths on this issue, and like him I am both sadder and wiser for the experience. I personally do not agree with everything Miko Peled says. That is not the point, and it is not why I invited him to campus. He has spoken at many universities: last year he appeared at Yale University, sponsored by the Council on Middle East Studies. I invited him to speak at Trinity because he offers a valuable perspective on the conflict, one that I think will enrich our understanding. And because he is an Israeli Jew from a prominent, Zionist military family who was taught to demonize Palestinians. Instead of following this easy path, he realized, at great personal cost, that the demons that need fighting most are the demons of prejudice and of a closed mind. And that is something we all can learn from. Judith Norman
EDITORIAL
Taking a lesson learned and applying it On Aug. 20, 2014, James Foley was beheaded by a masked member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on a video that was released worldwide. This past Tuesday, another video was released of the execution of Steven Sotloff, who was similarly beheaded. Both men were American freelance journalists and contributors to major international publications such as TIME magazine who were kidnapped while reporting on the front lines of conflict in Syria. The videos mirror each other in setting and scene: two American journalists, heads shaved, wearing orange, next to a masked man wielding a knife in all black. Threats were made. America was condemned. The men said their last words, which are speculated to be scripted, blaming President Obama and U.S. airstrikes on Iraq for their deaths, and then they are beheaded before the next target is proclaimed. Many other speculations exist about the videos— their origin, the masked man or possibly men who did the beheading, the threats are spit out in what has been described by CNN analysts as an “international British accent.” However, unlike the deaths of soldiers where their years of service and duty are described before the men are proclaimed heroes, few have mentioned or discussed why these journalists were there to begin with. Not unlike the brave men and women of the military, they were kidnapped while on the front lines, doing their job. While we understand the political implications of these executions, crimes committed by an organization deemed too extreme even by al-Qaeda, we at the Trinitonian urge our readers to take a moment to appreciate what these valiant men were in the Middle East to do: to report and investigate the truth of an international conflict. Our generation—the millennials—has been raised largely in a time of war and misunderstanding. From Desert Storm, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the wars that have followed, many lives in many countries have been lost, and it is important amidst this conflict to remain informed and knowledgeable of the events that happen in the name of law and country. The executions of Foley and Sotloff were symbolic, not only in terms of threat but largely in terms of messaging: two mediums for freedom were silenced by the blade of a knife. To the friends and family of Foley and Sotloff, we send our condolences. While many of us may not go on to a career in journalism, let alone one as courageous as these men, we work in reverence knowing that those in the field place their lives on the line every day in search of truth and in the conveyance of justice, and we appreciate those who have fallen in the endless struggle for integrity in journalism. Now, more than ever, in an age where media and news are eroding at the base of development, these values must be upheld and the Trinitonian will continue to uphold them, looking to journalists on the front lines both domestic and abroad.
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I went down to the Devi’s river and kayaked.
Chandler Grace Junior
I spent the weekend sleeping in and indluging in senioritis. Ben Whitehead Senior
I went to two concerts.
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I did improv in First Time Offenders. Malcolm Conner First year
I went and got halfpriced Cheesey Janes at Cheesey Janes. Matthew Saxon Junior
I tried cheesecdake pancakes this weekend. Avantika Krishna Senior
I went to College Station. Kathryn Carranco Junior
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The New York Times dilemma: not to pay Staff Column Joy Lazarus, Columnist A year ago I took a break from perusing Facebook and decided to hang out with The New York Times. I went through a wormhole of editorials and opinion pieces, advertisements and politics. When it was time for me to move on to the next article, a little box popped up on my screen saying that I had exceeded the limit of articles. Apparently, The New York Times had put a restriction online regarding the amount of free articles that could be read per month. I refreshed the page, clicked on a few other links, but nothing bore fruit. I was stuck in Internet limbo. It was a dismal situation. Then I Googled the dilemma. The search unearthed a subscription fee where The New York Times website allowed 10 articles per month to be read for free, but any other articles
exceeding the limit required an account for access. I was just surprised to see it firsthand: I was restricted from what I wanted. The Internet, for the most part, is free. And much of what is published online is free. Access to blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, all of the social networking sites, are pro bono. But The New York Times had a bouncer in the form of PayPal who wouldn’t let me in if I wasn’t on the list. I did not like the feeling of rejection. I’m not invited? I can’t tag along? The subscription fee pays for the writers’ salaries and covers the cost of producing the content. It’s not new either; I just happened to run into it late in the game. Lots of newspapers are pushing for digital presence. The New York Times wants to continue their business in the midst of buckling newspapers that can’t stay afloat. This all makes perfect sense. I just feel that they could be losing readers by placing a fee on their newspaper. It costs me nothing to watch Miley Cyrus twerk on YouTube but I have to dole out the small bucks to have a scoop of non-biased news?
Now I’m tempted to go elsewhere for the information The New York Times provides. I was definitely deterred from using the website for more than a month, (when the restriction would be lifted) because I didn’t want to be turned away again. If the newspaper is meant to be read, and learned from, it shouldn’t be restricted. I understand that this is not the best business plan. This isn’t about the amount they’re charging; it’s that fact that they are charging for online access at all. I know that subscription fees aren’t the end of the world. Plenty of editorials have them. However, just having a subscription fee for online purposes makes obtaining information harder for the general public, which is the main audience. But what about those who can’t afford it—who happen upon the website by accident and are turned away after a few clicks too many? Joy Lazarus is a sophomore majoring in art and communication.
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Making jewlery and getting things done Staff Column
Lauren Schroeter, Columnist This summer was rather busy. Between having someone back into my car in the parking lot of a restaurant, working retail, and working at several events, I also started learning how to make jewelry. OK, so maybe making jewelry was a part of my job, since I worked at a small artistowned jewelry store, but it’s still pretty cool. My work mostly consisted of beading and working with silver wire. It sounds kind of easy when written out like that, and sometimes it was, but the problem with things that seem easy is that they become frustrating when they suddenly stop being easy. No words can describe the feelings of disappointment and anger I felt when I had to doublestring (put the string through twice) a bracelet that had really tiny beads. The string just didn’t want to go through again, darn it! I also needed to take the item’s final appearance into account. Do the colors go well together? Are the different beads similar in price? Would someone actually wear this? These are all important questions, and I
could have sat for over an hour contemplating some of them. It would happen like this: I would see two colors that looked well enough together, but when I got further down the line, I would realize that, well, the colors really didn’t work at all. Or maybe it looked like it wouldn’t work out, but if I tilted my head a little, it looked pretty good. Uncertainty proved to be the biggest roadblock as I lost all motivation to finish the piece. I guess the same could be said for most of the other things I set out to do. Once I’m at a place where I am unsure how to proceed, I just don’t want to do it anymore. I guess I’m using the rationale that if I ignore it long enough, the path will become clear to me— but that’s seldom the case. When I ignore the problem, nine times out of 10 I just stop thinking about it completely, which is not at all conducive to actually getting things done. Sometimes a decision needs to be made to proceed, even if I’m not fully comfortable with that decision. When I was making jewelry, these decisions always turned out to be for the best, at least as far as appearance was concerned. Though I am capable of sitting at something for hours without getting anything done. I love the feeling of things being finished, even more so when they’re done well. Lauren Schroeter is a senior majoring in geology and religion.
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Dance has taken adjunct professor Patrick McMillan all over the world. From performing for the queen of England here in San Antonio to teaching on a Jamaican cruise and traveling to Kumamoto, Japan, McMillan shares his passion for dance with every person he meets, a passion that he started developing back in junior high. “In junior high school I had a group of friends and we would watch the original ‘American Bandstand’ and would practice the moves,” McMillan said. “As we got older into high school, we were mixing rock ‘n’ roll with country western. We would go out dancing on Saturday night, and my buddies wanted me to teach them the steps I was learning. That just multiplied into becoming a dance teacher.” McMillan studied through the Arthur Murray Dance Studio and received five degrees, taking a total of 10 years to earn all five. He started officially teaching at Trinity in 1991 after Shirley Rushing Poteet retired from the physical education staff. “Shirley was in charge of Trinity’s dance department then. I invited her out to judge a junior miss pageant that I had choreographed, and she was impressed with what I did with the kids. She got Trinity to hire me to train her in country western dance and ballroom, and I’ve been around ever since,” McMillan said.
photo by Mary Vanderbloemen Patrick McMillan gives directions to students in one of his dance classes. McMillan won Alpha Phi Omega’s annual Brightest Bulb charity drive last semester.
McMillan was recently named Trinity’s favorite professor last spring in Alpha Phi Omega’s Brightest Bulb charity drive. “Brightest Bulb is a traditional event that APO has done in the past, and we do it every spring,” said junior Becca Burt, president of APO. “Usually six teachers are nominated within APO, and then the campus gets to donate money to their favorite professors. The professor who gets the most money throughout the week wins all of the money, and it all goes to their favorite charity.” McMillan chose to support Alzheimer’s research for his charity. Determined to win the competition, McMillan devised a clever plan to jump ahead of his fellow professors.
“The Thursday night before Brightest Bulb ended on Friday, I was scheduled to go to a formal dinner dance. A lot of older students of mine were involved. I didn’t have a date because my date had to cancel, and I went to the dance anyway,” McMillan said. “I put an announcement on every table that said ‘five dollars a dance with Patrick for Alzheimer’s.’ I made around $475, and it made me feel really good to wow everybody with how much we raised for this charity.” This was the first time McMillan had been entered in APO’s Brightest Bulb competition. “It was really exciting. I was up against some really impressive faculty members,
like Dr. Coleen Grissom. It’s really rewarding to be named the favorite among other professors of such a high caliber,” McMillan said. McMillan’s students believe the victory is well deserved. “Patrick is the kind of person that makes any person of any skill level feel like they’re accomplishing something, even if it’s the smallest step,” Burt said. Senior Christian TovarVargas, who co-founded the Latin Dance Society last semester with sophomore Anthony “Scuba” Sanchez, credits McMillan for inspiring him to start dancing and teaching others what he learns. “Patrick was my stepping stone into Latin dance. I was
horrible in ballroom dance until we turned on salsa, and that’s when I realized I could dance,” Tovar-Vargas said. “The guy’s got confidence through the roof about his dancing ability, and his confidence is infectious. He has a lot of passion about what he does, and it permeates into his teaching.” The work of Trinity dance groups like the Swing Bums and Latin Dance Society makes McMillan proud and and happy to see students spreading their love of dance. “It’s like planting a seed and watching a beautiful flower or a fantastic tree grow,” McMillan said. “You teach the students how to do steps in dance and to see them take it so seriously is exciting and gratifying.”
Move necessary to make room for large first-year class
The first-year class—at approximately 660 students— is the largest that Trinity has experienced in over 10 years. Residential life receives the number of students who have made a deposit at Trinity around the middle of May, but they normally anticipate “summer melt.” “We’ll have first-year students who deposit at more than one university,” Olson said. “You usually have some of what is called ‘summer melt’ as students decide where they’re going, but we hardly had any melt this year.” Due to the large incoming class, additional suites on the second floor of McLean were opened up for first years. In order to open these suites, several juniors who had signed up in the spring to live in McLean were forced to relocate.
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photo by Anh-Viet Dinh Suites on McLean’s second floor, which were reserved for upperclassmen, were opened to make room for first years.
Verna McLean Hall, located on the east side of campus in the first-year quad, is unlike other first-year residence halls in that it houses both first years and upperclassmen. “Each year we estimate how many spaces to save for first years when we allow upperclassmen to sign up for rooms. Last year we didn’t use all of the space we had saved, so we were able to offer singles for upperclassmen—this year was just the opposite,” said Wanda Olson, director of residential life.
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Outdoor Recreation leads trips to natural settings for Trinity students who want to explore the nature in the area and get away from campus for a while. The people of O-Rec have many goals and reasons for being a part of the organization. “The goal of O-Rec is to provide a fun and stress-free chance for students to explore Texas outside of Trinity and San Antonio in a natural setting,” said sophomore Briauna Barrera.
Indie Overnite hosts concert
This Saturday, Sept. 6, Trinity will be hosting a variety of bands for Radio Invasion, organized by KRTU. Radio Invasion will be a “sort-of-indie concert,” according to the KRTU staff. The aim of the concert is to expand the indie influence of KRTU and provide an outlet for students to experience local bands. “We are looking to broaden the indie side of things and provide shows and series for students and the community,” said Joseph-Erik Montano, a senior who is in charge of the concert. “There will be some high-quality local bands with lots of different sounds.” KRTU’s indie program caters to students, not only through events like this, but also by giving students an opportunity to learn more about radio. “The indie program is mostly student-run,” Montano said. “We host production classes and record bands in our studio.” Radio Invasion will be the indie program’s way of following KRTU’s jazz program. “In the past, KRTU has hosted lots of jazz events, but not anything like that for indie, so we decided to do a concert,” Montano said. “We hope to make this a biannual event and host another concert next semester, or perhaps host a festival or touring bands. We are currently working on some series at a local art gallery.” The event will be held in the Laurie courtyard and is free of charge. by Julia Elmore
O-Rec is a long-standing organization here at Trinity. The group has always focused on getting students involved with nature and the outdoors more than they normally would. “OREC has been around since before me and before Jacob Tingle. I believe it’s been around since the early ‘80s, maybe even late ‘70s,” said Caroline Keener, assistant director of athletics and recreational sports. Keener also had high praise for the students who lead O-Rec and the work they put into the group. “O-Rec has always been a student-led organization. The students are very intrinsically motivated,” Keener said. The group hosts a wide variety of events such as hiking, tubing, canoeing and overnight camping trips, all with the goal of being outside. Getting students to come to the
events is very important to the group. “One of our goals is to get people outside, particularly
Last June, the Trinity University Police Department received an award for Innovations in Community Oriented Policing from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA). Paul Chapa, chief of police, and Paul Morales, community awareness resource officer, accepted the award in Montreal, Canada. “Most people don’t realize the program that we have and the measures we’ve taken to engage the community. Our department is a part of the community, not apart from it,” Chapa said. TUPD was nominated for the award by Chapa. The
international organization examined several of the department’s programs, including programs concerning alcohol prevention, sexual assault, the mass notification system and the department website. “IACLEA took all of our programs into consideration before we received this award. They looked at all of the good we have done for the university,” Morales said. “Innovations are a mix of both old and new; the main thing is that we keep evolving, becoming better and better.” IACLEA is made up of chiefs of police from around the world. Receiving this award is a reflection of what TUPD is as
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people who haven’t spent a lot of time outside before,” said senior Lauren Davis. “All trips are beginner-friendly.”
The first O-Rec event of the year takes place tomorrow with tubing on the Comal River.
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an organization, acknowledging the excellent service that they provide for the student body and community at large. “We continue to strive towards excellence and it’s all because of
the actions and initiatives of Paul Morales and the officers that are on patrol,” Chapa said. “We’re not goal-oriented; we’re growth-oriented.” by Heather Bush
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Students, staff say planning ahead vital to study abroad 2.75 GPA and good standing with the university required for eligibility to go abroad by Heather Bush
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Trinity University works with several types of study abroad programs in over 35 different countries around the world. The various programs include faculty-led, direct university enrollment, field studies, internships and intensive language programs. To even be eligible to study abroad, students must have a GPA of at least 2.75 and be in good standing with the university. Trinity students can study abroad any summer, but permission is required to study for a semester before junior year. However, sometimes studying abroad sophomore year is the best time to go. “I planned on studying abroad as a sophomore when I came to Trinity and I talked to an advisor early on,” said Lea Watson, a senior majoring in urban studies. “I was able to finish up some common curriculum classes in Scotland and then focus on my major classes once I was back at Trinity.” According to Nancy Ericksen, director of study abroad, planning ahead is key when
photo by Jordan Leeper Nancy Ericksen, director of study abroad, and her staff coordinate with students to help them find a program that fits their interests and academic plans.
it comes to studying abroad. Students must file an intent form in November if they wish to study abroad sometime in the following year and attend a “First Steps” presentation. While it is still possible to study abroad if the November deadline is missed, students may not be allowed their first choice of semester abroad. “Students who wait until the last minute find it difficult to make an appointment time and then have to rush through figuring out what they want to
Residential life attributes McLean move to lack of “summer melt” • continued from page 8 “We received an email from Lisa Chapa near the end of July, basically just explaining how they underestimated the amount of incoming freshmen they were going to have,” said Mark Atkins, a junior. “They wanted to keep all the first years together, so some juniors would have to leave McLean. I was a casualty.” After deposits were due in May, ResLife waited almost two months before sending out emails. “I waited as long as I could to see if we would get any first-year melt, so that’s a double-edged sword there. The longer I wait to tell upperclassmen, the more they’re upset,” said Lisa Chapa, housing assignments coordinator. “But I was waiting longer to see if I’d get cancellations and not have to move as many students.” The juniors who were moved out of McLean were asked to choose their top three residence halls between Isabel, Myrtle, Susanna, South and the first floor of Thomas. Students who responded quickly to Chapa’s email—like Atkins—were able to move into their first choice. “I lived on McLean my first year and I really liked it,” Atkins said. “I was looking forward to being back, so I’m kind of disappointed to be in Isabel. But I do understand.”
According to Chapa, not all students asked to move from McLean were as understanding as Atkins. Several were angry that first years would be given better housing locations than upperclassmen.
“I waited as long as I could to see if we would get any firstyear melt, so that’s a double-edged sword there. The longer I wait to tell upperclassmen, the more they’re upset.” Lisa Chapa
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“We did have a few students who were pretty upset about it and were really vocal, but there was really nothing we could do. It was out of our control because I had to house our first years,” Chapa said. Though the McFarlins—Isabel, Myrtle and Susanna—were scheduled to be renovated next, these residence halls had to be left open for the upperclassmen who could no longer live in McLean. North is scheduled to be renovated beginning in January.
do,” Ericksen said. “We require an advising appointment and then an application appointment, so someone is there every step of the way. Students just have to make the appointments.” There are study abroad opportunities for all majors at Trinity, but some might require more planning ahead than others. “It was a bit difficult to study abroad with pre-med. It’s definitely doable, but you just have to plan for it ahead. I purposefully left myself a lot of
space for common curriculum classes for me to do while abroad, and I ended up getting credit for three of them,” said Chris Hertz, a senior double-majoring in Spanish and biochemistry and molecular biology. According to Ericksen, each program that Trinity partners with is unique, just like every student who studies abroad. If a student comes to the study abroad office with specific goals in mind, the staff will be able to find a program that fits that student.
“It always begins with your goals,” Ericksen said. “It might be an academic, professional or location goal. If you really have a clear idea of what your goals are, then pulling those things together is much easier. Then we know exactly what to look for.” The study abroad fair will take place Monday, Sept. 15, on the Esplanade, with representatives from various programs available to hand out information pamphlets and answer questions.
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Marvel’s many marvels: An update on comic book cinema
Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga. The trailer to the new “Guardians of the Galaxy” movie came out and when I heard Blue Swede’s chanting, I was instantly hooked on a feeling: I needed to watch this movie. A movie with a talking raccoon, a tree with a limited vocabulary and lots of space aliens. I had read a couple of issues of the “Guardians” comics before the movie trailer came out, but only because I heard that Chris “Andy Dwyer” Pratt was going to be the sexy action star. The comic book was definitely not something I would have recommended to casual fans of comics. The “Cosmic” side of Marvel has always been the
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stranger and more obscure side, especially compared to the “Earth” comics. And yet as of last weekend, “Guardians of the Galaxy” is now the top-grossing movie of 2014 in America and has a rating of 92 percent on rottentomatoes. com. I am certain that the awesome visuals, great acting and the pure joy of watching this movie added to its popularity, but I am even more certain that this movie would have been big— though maybe not as big—regardless of quality. Comic book movies aren’t just for comic book fans or people who want to see George Clooney’s nipples anymore. They have gone from a niche market to a booming, unstoppable business. They have exploded into a genre that boys, women, fathers, grandmothers and estranged lovers can all enjoy.
This is in large part because many comics blend a lot of emotions and genres. There’s just the right amount of drama, action, romance, humor and thought to make it interesting for hardcore fans and also various sorts of people who have never read a comic. The MCU, Marvel Cinematic Universe, is so popular that Marvel has a 10-year plan with dozens of A-list actors, directors, screenwriters and just as many movies. They are raking in hundreds of millions of dollars with each movie and each film seems to make more money than the last. DC is now trying to play catchup and growing their cinematic universe without laying the groundwork that Marvel did. They are hoping that Batman and Superman are powerful enough to draw people into the new “Batman vs. Superman” and the 100-percent-true
rumor of a “Justice League” movie. I love DC, but I am critical of how they seem to be trying to jump on the bandwagon full of cash cows. I also think their approach is all wrong—serious and brooding. DC can’t just “Batman-ize” their whole stable of characters. The constantly angsty Clark Kent was my main problem with the recent “Man of Steel” movie—that and, you know, everything else in the movie. DC also has “Green Arrow” airing on The CW. It has a very dedicated following and is also critically loved. And not just by crazy Tumblr fans. Weirdly enough, DC has a lot of upcoming shows, like “Gotham,” “The Flash,” “Constantine,” “iZombie” and the “Preacher.” Debuting a lot of their series on cable television is an interesting choice. I think it’s a great choice for some,
like “The Flash,” because of how cheesy the comic is, but the lower production values make it feel like it wouldn’t translate as well as “Batman” or “Constantine.” After over a decade of success, comic book cinema is still going very, very strong, as both viewer reactions and box office receipts show. Better yet, the future of comic book adaptations is bright: more and more attention and money are being heaped onto this relatively new jump of the comic medium. Based on all that attention, I doubt the adaptation train will slow down anytime soon. Still, a part of me hopes that someone out there will steer the train away from the traditional caped superheroes and onto comics like “Saga” or “Sex Criminal.” When it comes to branching out, “Guardians” should be just the beginning.
My love affair with the mall has only grown since then, and for the purpose of building a dream closet, I like to visit different malls for different occasions and shopping experiences. Luckily, San Antonio is not lacking in that regard. As I hope to show you, this city has a mall for every interest and taste. The Shops at La Cantera are my favorite, just not in the heat of the day. It is an outdoor mall, so during the summer, blood and sweat— but hopefully not tears—will transpire in the process of shopping there, and it will be great. As one of the furthest malls from campus, it takes a little over 20 minutes to get there, but it is SO worth it. For sales
at Urban Outfitters and Zara, I will gladly risk a heat stroke. Better yet, as of this summer, you no longer have to travel to Austin for your H&M clothes; La Cantera contains the first and only location in San Antonio. A close second to La Cantera on my list of favorites is North Star Mall. This mall is most easily accessible for Trinity students. It has mostly the same stores as La Cantera, minus some higherend designers, but with more variety. Located just off of Loop 410 on San Pedro, North Star takes less than 15 minutes to get to by car, but you can also take the bus. If you’ve ever passed a humongous pair of cowboy boots on the highway, you’ve seen North Star Mall.
If you are looking for a place to shop while downtown, Rivercenter Mall is located on the River Walk. This shopping area is more of a tourist trap and has fewer stores than North Star and La Cantera, but it’s still fun to visit. Plus, if you want the tourist experience, you can find San Antonio Riverwalk-themed merchandise in almost every corner of this mall. This is a great place to take out-oftown visitors.
You see, in a desert of stress and due dates, a mall can be a great oasis. When I’m stressed, matchmaking my professors, or just in need of a new outfit for going out, the mall is my haven where all of my worries melt away with every sip of a venti iced white mocha. Best of all, the mall provides the essentials for survival: clothing, shelter and food. All you have to do is shop, eat and repeat. In fact, that’s not a bad mall shopper’s mantra. After all, who needs real, nutritious food when you can be elbow-deep in a Cinnabon cinnamon roll, after hours of searching the mall for the perfect outfit? And with that I leave you to your mall adventures. Go get ‘em, shoppers!
The shopper’s guide to the galaxy, pt. 1: Mastering the mall by Sofia Villareal A&E REPORTER (Note from the editor: As the title suggests, this article is the first in an A&E series about how to shop smartly, cheaply, and, yes, stylishly. This week, our brilliant Sofia Villareal introduces you to the fine art of mall shopping. In an upcoming issue, the delightful Monica Clifford will examine the art of thrift shopping.) As much as I wish my shopping career resembled Carrie Bradshaw’s in “Sex and the City,” my middle and high school experiences at the mall were closer to those of the Canadian popstar Robin Sparkles in “How I Met Your Mother”—only minus the body rockin’ and with much less cute teen drama.
In my efforts to achieve the aforementioned dream closet, the mall has become that magical, material place where I can—and do—justify buying a new pair of shoes instead of the groceries I planned on buying. For now, I will settle for treating the mall like Cher from “Clueless.”
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For television pilots, take-off time has nearly arrived by Monica Clifford A&E REPORTER So, once again we’ve reached that time of the year when pilot season is almost upon us! Here are a few that caught my attention. “Selfie” (ABC) This show professes to be yet another adaptation George Benard Shaw’s Pygmalion (other examples: “My Fair Lady” and “Pretty Woman”). Eliza Dooley (Karen Gillan, “Doctor Who”) is a wannabe socialite who uses social media obsessively to cultivate a certain image. But Henry Higenbotam (John Cho, “Harold and Kumar”) is not impressed and is hired to help her work on her interpersonal communication skills—and to encourage her to put down the phone and put on a smile. To be honest, I’m not usually interested in ABC shows, but I keep seeing ads for this one, and it has piqued my interest. “Battle Creek” (CBS) Vince Gilligan has a lot on his plate with the “Better Call
Saul” show in the works, but CBS ordered 13 episodes of this new show, which is based on a 10-year-old script of Gilligan’s. It promises to be a cop show about two detectives suffering from lack of resources in Battle Creek, Mich., who feel competition with a new hotshot FBI guy. I haven’t been able to find much about this show, but it’s supposed to debut this season and stars Dean Winters (“Law & Order: SVU” and “Oz”). I only watched two seasons of “Breaking Bad” (don’t kill me), and as someone who enjoys cop shows only in certain specific contexts (basically only “The Wire”), I’m not sure how I feel about this one. “The Flash” (The CW) Finally, DC is upping its game and trying to expand its stock further into the TV game. They already have “Arrow,” but they seem determined this season to build the brand further. The show stars Grant Gustin (“Glee”) as Barry Allen, the kid who becomes the Flash. Interestingly, they’re taking more of a youthful angle (he’s
just a teen), which DC has yet to do in its cinematic universe. The Flash is a pretty popular character who has yet to see screentime in this golden age of superheroes onscreen, so this could be big for DC.
“iZombie” (The CW) I love Rob Thomas. Mostly, I think “Party Down” is one of the greatest shows of all time. His new show is based on a Vertigo series (an imprint of DC—holy crap, they’re taking over TV this year!). In “iZombie”, the main character, Gwen (Rose McIver, “Masters of Sex”), is a gravedigger who must eat brains to survive. When she does so, she acquires the memories and thoughts of the owner of the brains. Okay, so it sounds like a creepier version of “Chew” to me. But I’m interested! “Gotham” (FOX) Everyone knows what this is about, right? It is the one about a police officer named Jim Gordon, and how he eventually becomes the guy you know from “The Dark Knight”, and,
and.... Eh. Am I the only person who’s pretty tired of Batman? Surely not.
“A to Z” (NBC) A geeky dating site employee (Ben Feldman, “Mad Men”) and a no-nonsense lawyer (Cristin Milioti, “How I Met Your Mother”) get matched and an unlikely courtship ensues. To me, it doesn’t sound like an obviously winning formula, but all of the pilots on this list caught my eye for one reason or another, and this one’s big selling point is this: Rashida Jones is an executive producer. I’m always interested in her work, so I’ll definitely check this out. “Constantine” (NBC) A friend of mine, who’s a huge fan of DC’s Vertigo imprint, was excited to hear about this show. John Constantine is a magician who seeks to protect the world from supernatural threats. I’m excited to see DC embracing its more mystical side, and since Constantine is definitely an anti-hero, this show should be well-received
(unless we’re done with antiheroes now). Plus, after the Keanu Reeves movie version of “Constantine”, the story could use another shot.
“Marry Me” (NBC) This show doesn’t look very good, unfortunately. A botched proposal makes for trouble between the two people in this show, played by Casey Wilson (“Saturday Night Live”) and Ken Marino (“Party Down,” “Children’s Hospital,” etc). So stimulating, right? And yet, I will probably watch it, because I would probably watch anything with Ken Marino in it, because I love him so much. I’ll still give it a chance, if only for him! “Mason Twins” (NBC) June Diane Raphael (“Burning Love”) and Erinn Hayes (“Children’s Hospital”) star as twins who reconnect after one’s life crumbles around her, while the other still acts like a teenager. All I had to do was hear that June Diane Raphael and Erinn Hayes were in it and I was interested. Is that sad?
In memoriam: The shows we lost in 2014 A highly anticipated event, pilot season is a joyous time for TV lovers. However, it’s not so joyous for the shows that won’t be returning to television.
“Trophy Wife” “The Carrie Diaries” “Dads” “The Michael J. Fox Show”
“Almost Human” “Hostages” “Ironside” “Low Winter Sun”
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Pop culture classics with Monica: Webslinger edition A&E REPORTER The “Spider-Man Blue” series is among my favorite Spider-Man comic books. If you fancy yourself a fan of the webhead, this is one book you’ll want to check out. Even if you don’t, or if you’re a casual fan with an interest in the comics but with no idea where to start, I’d very much recommend starting here! And I’m your friendly neighborhood Comics Chick here to tell you why this is such a good pick. One of the least “superhero-y” and most, arguably, human aspects of the story of Spider-Man is, ironically, the story of Peter Parker — the man behind the mask. Peter Parker was the first big hero to come from truly humble beginnings in just about every sense of the word. Peter is an orphan, like Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent, but he also comes from a lower middle class background, he suffers from bullying in school and he’s a nerd. Total, awkward, nervous nerd. But when the extraordinary happens, he gains spider powers, and he learns that “with great power
comes great responsibility,” Peter’s life changes,and not just because he’s spending some of his time fighting crime. Suddenly the fear he had felt in social situations began to dissipate. Becoming a superpowered life-saver has its benefits. Later on in the story, Peter goes off to college and befriends Harry Osborn, a rich kid with a creepy dad. A lot of his high school classmates are there too, including the girl next door, Mary Jane Watson, and a former bully of his, Flash Thompson. Perhaps you have heard of them. Along with Harry, Peter begins to slowly socialize more. His world begins to open up. He’s always been a funny, smart guy, but now he’s letting himself feel more comfortable and confident, and it’s getting him attention. Enter Gwendolyn Stacey. Blonde, mysterious and completely enchanting. She’s basically the hottest and smartest girl in school. She’s perceptive, too, so her deep blue eyes notice Peter Parker coming out of his shell. I think it doesn’t count as a spoiler to tell you that Peter and Gwen’s romance is ultimately doomed. Her death in the comics was such a shocker, it is often cited as THE
event that effectively ended the Silver Age of comics. The saddest part is that Peter was ready to marry Gwen. This comic basically tells us the story of how Peter and Gwen got together. It is exhilarating to see one of the greatest romantic relationships in comic book literature treated in such an innovative way. The story is told in flashbacks; Peter swings around town as Spider-Man, telling the tale to a handheld recorder on Valentine’s Day, years later. He’s sad and wistful, but he brightens when he talks about Gwen and the series of events that ultimately led them to their first kiss, which is where this book sadly ends. Spider-Man has been and always will be my favorite superhero for a whole host of reasons. I appreciate his struggles, his indecisions, his mistakes, his regrets; I think they all make him so relatable and human. All of these qualities are written beautifully here by Jeph Loeb and carefully rendered by Tim Sale. This team also brought us “Captain America: White”, “Daredevil: Yellow” and “The Incredible Hulk: Grey.” I highly suggest checking out this book. It’s a classic Spider-Man tale that, like Gwen, remains in our minds as a truly incredible thing.
“Spider-Man: Blue” (2002-2003) Written by Jeph Loeb Illustrated by Tim Sale
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There were countless indications that the film adaptation of “The Giver” would be a letdown: the constant production delays, the dumping-ground release date; the casting of Taylor Swift. I regret to confirm, dear reader, that these indications were accurate. Oh, sure, the cinematography is handsome, and Jeff Bridges gives good Giver in the title role, but the dialogue is painful (“You can’t just show me a map and then leave out the rest of the memories!”), the music is so ambient that it’s somnolent, and the special effects look like scraps tossed down from Joss Whedon’s table. But “The Giver”’s biggest problem is not a technical one. It is, I’m afraid, a philosophical one. Ultimately, this “Giver”
lacks a necessary virtue of any good young adult work: courage. It is that fundamental lack of courage that I wish to discuss for the rest of this article. By seeing what makes the “Giver” film a failure, we can also see what makes the great young adult adaptations of our time, “The Hunger Games” and the “Harry Potter” series, so successful. “The Giver” is the story of Jonas, a young man who lives in a futuristic community where emotion has been outlawed in favor of a safe, sterile “Sameness.” To his shock, Jonas is asked to be the community’s Receiver and to serve as a repository of mankind’s past, in case that past is needed to make decisions in the present. The man responsible for showing him that past is (you guessed it) the Giver. As Jonas is exposed to the beauty and brutality of the past, both he and his teacher began to question the present.
Not surprisingly, Jonas’s exposure to human history ultimately renders him decidedly anti-”Sameness.” What is surprising, however, is how much the film dumbs down and deadens Jonas’s journey into the past. As Jonas sees everything from the blooming of flowers to the horrors of the battlefield, he is equal parts exhilarated and traumatized by the past.
“The Giver”’s biggest problem is not a technical one, but a philosophical one.”
Or at least he is in the book. In the film, his exhilaration registers, but not his trauma. After watching an episode from the Vietnam War, Jonas reacts with all the terror of one who’s just had a flat tire.
This scene is, unfortunately, typical of how the film treats the book’s darker material. I am not sure whether it’s due to actor Brendon Thwaites or to the folks behind the scenes, but this “Giver” simply lacks the courage to venture into the inner darkness of Jonas’s journey. The script tells us where he is physically, but the film rarely lets us know what troubles he is experiencing psychologically. Compare this to the deliberate, haunting scene in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” when Harry comes to grips with his impending death. Better yet, compare it to the indelible moment in “Catching Fire” where we close in on Jennifer Lawrence’s face as we process her furious grief. Part of what makes those YA films so good is that they treat young adults like, well, young ADULTS. How do they do this?
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By being honest with them. By leveling with them about the evil and despair embedded in their fictional universes. And, most importantly, asking the viewer to remember that these worlds, like our real one, are both beautiful and fractured, wondrous and cursed. “The Giver,” by comparison, patronizes young viewers by giving them a world so wimpy that it comes off as false. Because the film does not ring brave, it does not ring true. And falsity is a flaw that no good YA movie can overcome. In short, the makers of “The Giver” should have remembered the words of Flannery O’Connor, who said that, “Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn’t write.” Unlike its superior YA movie predecessors, “The Giver” is, I am sorry to say, dust-free.
Quote of the Week “Careful the things you say. Children will listen. Careful the things you do. Children will see and learn. Children may not obey, but children will listen. Children will look to you for which way to turn.” Stephen Sondheim
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Cross Country team begins the season with win among non-D-I schools at Alamo City Opener Tigers do well at first meet of the season, Alamo City Opener by Sarah Farrell SPORTS REPORTER
The men’s and women’s cross country teams both opened their seasons Friday, Sept. 29, at the Alamo City Opener in Live Oak City Park. The race was hosted by Trinity University, and both the men’s and women’s teams placed first among nonDivision I schools. “Our big thing was making sure they felt strong towards the end, and they passed as many people as possible towards the end,” said Emily Daum, head cross country coach. The Trinity women had many first-year runners finish strong in their debut at the collegiate level. Melissa Whitman finished third among non-Division I schools and second from Trinity with a time of 15:40.11, while fellow first years Lexi Phelps (16:08.57) and Emma MacEachern (16:12.72) both finished in the top 10. Other Tigers that finished in the top 10 were seniors Michelle Oberndorf—second among non-Division I schools (15:26.32)—as well as Nicola Hill (15:50.75) and junior Mariana Sigala (15:57.94). “The Trinity girls…they’re all really supportive and we work together during our races,” Whitman said. The time gap between the top five women was 40 seconds. “The closer teams are together up top, it usually bodes pretty well, so I was happy to see the gap was
small from one to five,” Daum said. The women finished second overall behind the University of the Incarnate Word with a combined time of 1:19:03.69. The women finished with six runners in the top 10 in the 4,000-meter race. “This race showed us what we need to work on and it was a good first step in the right direction,” Whitman said. For the men’s team, junior Taylor Pinske finished second overall and first among nonDivision I runners with a time of 19:11.43. Sophomore Austin Brown finished second (20:07.99), while fellow Tigers Chris Soto (20:51.19), Evan Epps (21:05.57), Michael Erickson (21:12.39), Daniel Henkes (21:42.95) and Jacob Hammond (21:48.9) all finished within the top 10. “I’m proud of every teammate—no one gave up on the course—everyone ran their heart out,” Brown said. Trinity’s men’s team finished fourth overall in the 6,000-meter race with a combined time of 1:42:28.57. “I was pretty happy with the men’s team, they beat out all the non-Division I schools,” Daum said. The Tigers will have three weeks to train before their next meet. “Knowing our coaches and how they are going to be training us, I think everyone will improve,” Brown said. “We’re going to work hard on our hard days…and see where that gets us,” Whitman said. Their next meet will be 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at the UTSA Ricardo Romo classic, where both the men and women will run a 5k.
photos courtesy of Natalie Belew Senior Michelle Oberndorf (top left), sophomore Austin Brown (top right) and seniors Autumn Kervella and Genevieve Primeau (bottom) race during the Tigers’ first meet, the Alamo City Opener, Live Oak City Park in Live Oak, Texas on Sept. 29.
Former Trinity student athlete hired by WOAI Trinity football alum Jeff Jones hired by News 4 of San Antonio by Alyssa Tayrien SPORTS REPORTER
Division III athletes do not always continue to impact the field in post-collegiate careers, but according recent graduate Jeff Jones, reporting on it is just as fulfilling. Jones works as the sports producer and third-string anchor at News 4 WOAI, the NBC affiliate located in San Antonio. A Houston native, Jones earned his undergraduate from Trinity University in 2010 with a degree in speech communication.
In addition to attending classes, Jones was also a member of the football team as well as the Bengal Lancer social fraternity on campus. Despite rigorous academics, demanding practices and an exciting social life, Jones still found time to expand his horizons, noting that he tried theater for a semester and thoroughly enjoyed it. “If I wasn’t at practice and it wasn’t game day I was hanging out with the guys in the Lancers—we had that really close bond—but the rigor of Trinity academics doesn’t leave time to sit around anyway,” Jones said. The importance of classes is what Jones wants to stress to current students. Though he fondly recalls various courses
like racquetball, Jones wishes he had spent more time in activities pertaining to his career. “If I could go back in timeI would enroll in those [journalism] courses. I never got involved in the Trinitonian,” Jones said. “I didn’t take all of Jacob Tingle’s classes; he’s an excellent professor, and maybe if I had, I could better the sports management program I am in now.” Jones works on the “Friday Night Fever” portion of the show, which centers on high school football highlights. After sitting down with the sports team at the station, Jones discusses which schools to feature and edits the corresponding video clips, organizing the tidbits that
will come together to form a coherent show. Other days, he has the opportunity to appear on camera and connect his statements with the sound bites. “I have to make sure people don’t get misrepresented, then basically get on camera and tell the story to the viewer. I love it,” Jones said. Jones doesn’t hide the fact that he loves his job, and his colleagues say his good work ethic shows as well. Sports anchor at New 4 and Trinity alumnus David Chancellor described Jones as “obviously smart.” Chancellor remarked on Jones’ “unique ability to remain calm in stressful situations. That’s key to anybody in his position.”
With various commitments requiring his time and energy, Jones described his biggest lessons from attending Trinity. “Trinity instilled in me an idea of ‘good enough isn’t good enough,’” Jones said. “Balancing everything taught me that when you’re juggling all these balls, you can’t half do anything. The bare minimum isn’t what we’re looking for. I don’t know if I could have learned that lesson if I wasn’t at Trinity.” After working with Jones for two years, Chancellor feels that Jones can handle anything. “He’s an asset to our staff. I don’t know when or where this will happen, but a day will come when we can all say we knew Jeff Jones,” said Chancellor.
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Men’s soccer goes undefeated after wins against St. Scholastica and Washington University in St. Louis Tigers go 2-0 during opening week of the season after winning their games 3-1 and 1-0 by Alyssa Tayrien SPORTS REPORTER Friday, Aug. 29, and Sunday, Aug. 31, held big wins for Trinity University men’s soccer. The season’s opening games began at 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon when the Tigers took on the College of St. Scholastica (Minn.), a non-conference, Division III school. The St. Scholastica men’s team has won five tournament championships in the past 10 years under head coach Barry Chastey. In 2013, the men of St. Scholastica soccer set the offensive NCAA Division III single season record of 113 goals. Despite last season’s feat, however, the Saints of St. Scholastica struggled against the Trinity men’s
team, coached by Paul McGinlay. McGinlay, in his 24th year as head coach, has the most wins by percentage of any active soccer head coach in D-III athletics. He has also been named the SCAC Coach of the Year 12 times. Friday’s game featured a physical, head-to-head battle between two of D-III’s elite programs. Scoring was at a premium in the first half, with only one goal off of a penalty kick. Trinity junior Derrick Horvath was fouled hard inside the box, allowing senior Victor Araujo to step in and blast a goal past the opposing keeper to push Trinity ahead 1-0. The second half featured much stronger offensive production from both sides. First year Brent Mandelkorn scored off of an assist from Derrick Horvath, extending the Tiger lead to 2-0. “Derrick played a superb ball in free play. [Horvath] gave me the easy part really…his vision is what
made that goal happen,” Mandelkorn said. Less than two minutes later Trinity again capitalized on shaky St. Scholastica defense when first year Dylan Blumberg headed-in a well-placed corner kick. The Saints responded, however, with a goal off of a penalty kick by senior Andrew Jenkins in the 54th minute. Both teams had numerous shots on goal later in the second half, but neither could get the ball in the back of the net. Stifling defense and overpowering offense proved too much for the Saints, eventually falling to Trinity 3-1. In preparation for Sunday’s game, the Tigers did not allow complacency after Friday’s win. “Washington is a better team than St. Scholastica, so we [had] to sit back down, regroup and look forward to playing a good game on Sunday night,” said first year Nate Dauphin. And they did. In a match marked with exquisite defense, the Trinity Tigers
took on the Washington University Bears. Joe Clark, who became the 17th winningest active coach in NCAA with 400 wins in 2013, coaches Washington University in St. Louis. The game opened with determined defense, a theme that would continue through the last minute. Sublime saves by both sides marked the first half, in which a single goal was scored by first year Brent Mandelkorn. After 14 minutes of play, Mandelkorn received an assist from sophomore Goncalo Santana and scored the first goal of the game from inside the box. Reflecting on his vital role on the team, Mandelkorn is nothing but grateful. “McGinlay does a great job of not distinguishing between seniority,” Mandelkorn said. “It’s extremely special to be able to play as a first year; I don’t know if I would have the opportunity at any other school.” Mandelkorn’s opportunity, stemming from Santana’s
assist, turned out to be the winning play of the game. The first half finished similarly to the second, with a score of 1-0. Though many quality attempts at goal were taken as part of the Tigers’ direct offense strategy, only one could sail past Washington University’s goalkeeper. On the opposite side of the field, Trinity senior goalkeeper Matt Cardone shut down every attempt by the Bears. The last few minutes featured especially feisty play, as the Bears strove to take the lead that Trinity did not give up. “Hopefully [the wins] mean we’re on our way to a national championship,” Mendelkorn said “but we have to keep working and stay strong, mentally tough, and push forward.” The Tigers currently stand at 2-0 for the season so far. This weekend they play two games in Georgetown, TX. First, against HardinSimmons today, and tomorrow against TexasDallas.
Lady soccer defeats Tiger volleyball goes 3-1 at St. Scholastica 7-1 the UT Dallas Invitational
Trinity ladies’ soccer currently ranked No. 1 in the nation among D-III schools by Alyssa Tayrien
SPORTS REPORTER
On Friday evening, the Trinity women’s soccer team competed against the women of the College of St. Scholastica (Minn.), a non-conference Division III school. Coached by Dave Reyelts, a six-time Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, the St. Scholastica women’s team has won 10 consecutive conference titles coming into the 2014 season. Despite their dominant past, the Saints were outmatched by the Tigers. Led by All-American Emily Jorgens, Trinity began the scoring barrage early with a goal in the fourth minute of action. Jorgens scored a beautiful one-timer at the far-post and later assisted on Kelsey Falcone’s header in the 22nd minute. First year Colleen Markey put the Tigers up 3-0 with a goal of her own in the 37th, and Jorgens knocked in another goal with four minutes left in the first half.
“It was really nice to get everyone on the field,” Falcone said. “At the end of the first half, we were really confident with the 4-0 lead. Everyone gave significant contributions, which was nice to see.” The dominant offensive performance continued into the second half for the Tigers. The one-sided affair saw the emergence of talented Trinity first years Hannah Booher, Abby Tisdale and Ruby Tedeschi. Each scored a goal and helped keep the game out of reach from the Saints. “We [the team] know if [the first years] are going to come on the field they’re going to bring a life and an energy we haven’t had in the past,” Falcone said. St. Scholastica prevented a Tiger shutout in the 66th minute, off of a goal from Kirsten Olsen, but that would be the lone bright spot of the day for the Saints. Trinity outshot St. Scholastica 32-8 and began their 2014 season with a 7-1 victory. After this victory the Tigers are now ranked No. 1 among D-III throughout the nation. Today the Tigers play Emory University (Ga.) away , and Berry College (Ga.) away on Sunday.
After winning two at U-T Dallas, Tigers lose but bounce back to win final game by Sarah Farrell
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The Trinity volleyball team opened their season 3-1 Aug. 29-30 at the University of Texas at Dallas tournament. The team played two matches on Friday and two on Saturday, sweeping three of them and losing one. “In three of the four [matches] we were 3-0, which is not something we did last year. We typically took them to five or four games [last year],” said Layne Hubbard, senior outside hitter. The Tigers opened the tournament with two 3-0 sweeps against East Texas Baptist and UT-Dallas. After they took out East Texas Baptist 25-14, 25-22, 25-17. They then shut down host UT-Dallas 25-22, 25-20, 25-14 in a night match. They started off early Saturday morning losing a close match to Mary HardinBaylor 16-25, 26-24, 19-25, 16-25. “We did not play up to our potential against Mary Hardin-Baylor; we came
out flat,” said Julie Jenkins, head volleyball coach. “Our passing fell apart a little bit…and we were uncharacteristically high error.” Then the Tigers finished off the weekend with a win over Hardin-Simmons 25-16, 25-22, 25-17. “The fact that we could turn it around and come back with so much energy and excitement…It made me really proud of the team that we did pull it out and win that match at the end,” said Erin Cusenbary, senior middle blocker. The offense was firing from all cylinders this weekend for the Tigers. “I was extremely proud of how hard we played— we never let up—and our offense was totally on fire,” Jenkins said. The team went from hitting .228 as a team last year to hitting .248 as a team this weekend. “We really picked up where we left off last year,” Hubbard said. “Our offense was looking good— particularly our middles were hitting really well.” Cusenbary led the team offensively, hitting .500 for the weekend as well as being second on the team in terms of kills and first in blocks, averaging 1.3 per game.
“I was shocked to see that I hit .500 to be honest…I felt like I improved a lot last year and during the preseason, but I had no idea how that would translate in my stats,” Cusenbary said. Maggie Emodi, senior outside hitter, also had a strong weekend offensively. Emodi hit almost .280 for the weekend. She had a double-double in both the match against UT-Dallas and the loss to UMHB with 11 kills and 10 digs in the first match and 18 kills and 10 digs in the other. Bridget Bohman, senior right side, also had a strong offensive and defensive weekend at the tournament hitting .250 and finishing second on the team in blocks behind Cusenbary. After their three opening games the tigers are currently ranked 14th in the nation by the AVCA coaches. The next tournament for the Tigers begins on Friday, Sept. 5, at the California Lutheran Invitational in Thousand Oaks, Calif.. On Sept. 5 the Tigers will face off against highly ranked teams such as Emory University (Ga.) and Pacific Lutheran University (Wash.), and tough competition on Sept. 6 against both, PomonaPitzer (Calif.) and California Lutheran University (Calif.).
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Meet the 2014 Football Preseason All-Americans
All-American Second Team
All-American First Team
Favorite memory so far: When we won the SCAC Championship my freshman year. We went undefeated that year and it was cool to be a part of that.
Favorite memory so far: My favorite football memory is going 10-0 my freshman season with a very talented and close group of guys.
Season Goals: To get back to winning another SCAC Championship and making Trinity football relevant again. If we win another SCAC Championship and get back to the playoffs I think Trinity football will be known throughout D-III sports.
Season Goals: My goals for the season are to become a better football player every single day as well as to be the best teammate I can be.
Major: Accounting. Plans after Trinity: I’m an accounting major, so I am going to do the fifth year accounting program here.
Major: Business Marketing. Plans after Trinity: After graduation I plan on pursuing my football career further
Conner Cox
Connor Yorloff
Senior Offensive Lineman
Senior Linebacker
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Matthew Kennemer
Cody Sandman
Senior Wide Receiver
Junior Wide Receiver
#4 All-American Honorable Mention Team Favorite memory so far: My first game, we were in Tennessee, it was my first time back from injury and I got in the game. I had a couple big catches. Season Goals: After having a 5-5 season last year, we are very focused on getting some relevance back in D-III and getting back to the level of competition we used to play at. We want to win conference for sure and hopefully go forward in the playoffs. Major: Finance. I hear you were injured and will not play this year. Plans for next year: I am not exactly sure right now, but I’ll be here for sure next year.
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All-American Third team
Favorite memory so far: I’d say going 10-0 my freshman year was a really exciting moment and definitely getting the SCAC Conference Championship ring was really cool, too. Season Goals: One of the things us seniors are really focused on this year is getting that ring back, taking it one game at a time. I think going 10-0 and winning SCAC is our team goal this year and, after that, hopefully making playoffs. Major: Art. Plans after Trinity: I want to be a graphic designer. compiled by Claire Hoobler-Curtis
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