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Cross Country Conquerors

Cross country team sweeps men’s and women’s titles at season opening meet.

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One Me stickes up for the other Mes Why our generation is the best generation. Ever.

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Protecting the tigers one campus at a time

Seniors co-found chapter of coalition to help tigers facing extinction.

theTrinitonian Volume 111, Issue 3

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Serving Trinity University Since 1902

September 6, 2013

Trinity fraternity works to return to “1985” welcomes 2017 campus in immediate future Alumni involvement weighs heavily as the club recognizes past infractions by Carlos Anchondo News Reporter The men’s social fraternity, the Triniteers, is currently applying to become active on campus after its charter was revoked in 2006. The effort is being driven by former ‘Teers eager to showcase their strong alumni base. Although no �irm return date is set, ‘Teers alumni look forward to restarting their organization from scratch. Removed from campus in 2006 due to infractions during orientation, the ‘Teers were given a �ive-year ban and the opportunity to apply for reinstatement after that time. Plans were put on hold after the orientation allegations against the Bengal Lancers, Gamma Chi Delta, SPURS and Chi Delta Tau surfaced.

Jeremy Boyce ‘03, coordinator of athletic recruitment and success and a member of the Teers while an undergraduate, says the university wanted to wait until those issues were resolved. “There has been a pattern of problems during orientation,” Boyce said. “We had problems in 2006 and then it happened to those four organizations.” The ‘Teers are utilizing an assignment similar to that given to the once-suspended organizations. Working closely with the ‘Teers on this effort is Michael Fischer, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty. “The ‘Teers have been very cooperative since work started in the summer,” Fischer said. “They acknowledged past mistakes and that the revocation of the charter was deserved.” Boyce also referenced mistakes made in the past and said that, as alumni, the Teers now have the hindsight to recognize those shortfalls and the ability to plan accordingly in the future. He points out the key difference between

the ‘Teers and the other four organizations, saying that the revocation of their charter eliminated all members who committed infractions.

“They acknowleged past mistakes and that the revocation of the charter was deserved.” Michael Fisher

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty “You could call it a recolonization instead of a reinstatement,” said Boyce. “We are starting fresh. Teers do not have any active members on campus now and so going forward everything will be coordinated by alumni.”

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by Sonam James News Reporter

Ernest Amoh was a member of the class of 2016. Please join his family, friends and members of the Trinity community as they celebrate his life this Sun. afternoon at 1 p.m. in Parker Chapel.

Bowling for Soup headlined this year’s Welcome Week conert and spent the evening serenading Trinity students.

Trinity remembers Ernest Amoh Campus community will hold memorial service for fellow student

photo by Anh-viet Dinh

photo by Megan McLoughlin

At 1 p.m. on Sept. 8 in Parker Chapel, a memorial service will be held for Ernest Amoh, who passed away on June 5 in a tragic drowning accident while visiting his brother. Amoh was an international student from Takoradi, Ghana, and a rising sophomore. He was originally accepted to a university in Ghana but chose to come to Trinity to pursue his dream of becoming a civil engineer. Joel Adablah, a junior also from Ghana, learned about Amoh when he was a part of the international student orientation team. Adablah met him over Skype the summer before he came to Trinity. “We were friends and we hung out a number of times. We

had lunch at Mabee and we were just talking about home and gossiping. It was great. He was like a brother,” Adablah said. Amoh enjoyed attending Trinity University and adjusted well to living in a different country, so far from family and friends in Ghana. “The whole coming to a new country, to a new school is kind of a lot to take in. He didn’t struggle through the acclimatization process. It was just really nice for him. He always used to tell me ‘man, there is a lot of different people here’ because back at home where he was from there was a lot of only Ghanaians. Over here it was colorful, everyone was from a different place,” Adablah said. Amoh found Trinity a very interesting place to be, especially as a Ghanaian. “He loved how people were so interested that he was from Ghana. He had a really thick accent so he used to �launt that. He loved the whole atmosphere of this place, the diversity and the fact that is was a new beginning for him to be himself and do what he wanted to do. He enjoyed that aspect a lot,” Adablah said.

When he �irst came to Trinity, Amoh was a reserved person, but soon began making friends and connections, according to Adablah. “He was a cool guy to live with. He studied a lot and played FIFA all weekend long. He would always have people over and he would be jamming music and having a real fun time. It would be a great environment to be in, it worked out very nicely. I enjoyed spending time with him,” said Kendrick James, a sophomore and Amoh’s roommate and friend. Amoh’s energy, enthusiasm and love of soccer are mentioned a great deal among his friends. “He always seemed to be happy having fun. He was full of energy and that was just something that [was] fun and kept it enjoyable in the room so we didn’t get bored,” James said. “He was really interested in soccer. Everything was about soccer and sports. He loved parties, he was just a really fun guy,” Adablah said.

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