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Trinity installing 11 B-cycles come January SGA and Trinity are set to install bikes on campus. by Katie Hayes NEWS REPORTER
In January 2015, Trinity will install 11 B-cycles on the south side of Verna McLean residence hall on lower campus. After a year of negotiation, the Student Government Association lowered the price from $65,000 to $20,000.
“It’s a product of a lot of hard work by a lot of good people,” said Evan Lewis, president of SGA. “It’s a good way not just for Trinity students to connect with the city of San Antonio by biking into San Antonio, but it makes us part of this citywide network.”
Many students are excited about the B-cycles. “I think it signifies Trinity moving in a greener direction,” said Hayley Sayrs, social media chair and events coordinator of Students Organized for Sustainability. “I like the aspect of fitness and
photo by Sarah Thorne Trinity is set to install 11 B-cyles near the entrance to campus next to Verna McLean Hall in January 2015. Students will be able to purchases passes to access the bikes.
students being able to have a bike here and not necessarily worry about shipping it.” Chris Williams, a bike rider on campus, agreed. “It will be beneficial to students because they don’t have to outright purchase a bike or worry about locking it up,” Williams said. Williams has found that bike-riding gives him a change in perspective. “Being a bike rider, compared to driving a car, you tend to see things more—see more of the city. Things start to slow down and you start to notice things that weren’t there before as opposed to driving in a car. I think you just start to appreciate the city more if you ride a bike and see San Antonio for what it is,” Williams said. To spread the word and fuel excitement among students, SGA plans to buy passes in bulk to hand out at their events. “We’ll give [the passes] out at different events that SGA will host, either through a lottery or a first-come firstserved basis,” Lewis said. “Then we hope to tie a certain number of weekly or day passes to those.”
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TUPD offers students self-defense course Rape Aggression Defense Systems class for women comes to Trinity by Courtney Shikle NEWS REPORTER The Trinity University Police Department sponsored a Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Systems class this past week, offering female students, faculty and staff a free, three-day course that taught the participants how to defend themselves in high-risk situations. The course is split into three different sections— two classroom portions and one hands on training simulation. “During the classroom portion, we provide a lot of
the do’s and don’ts of being on campus and being away from home, the typical, ‘lock your doors and make sure you are aware of your surroundings, especially going out,’” said Laura Hernandez, RAD instructor and corporal investigator for TUPD. “It also educates the students on how to be a little bit more aware of her surroundings and a bit more independent.” Hernandez has been teaching RAD for nearly two decades. The class primarily teaches the students how to be aware of and get away from an attacker rather than trying to fight back. “Awareness is the main point,” Hernandez said. “We are not teaching the students how to fight. I believe that every woman should fight, but we are not here to teach the students how to fight. We are here to teach them how to stun and run.”
The course teaches students how to react properly to a multitude of dangerous situations in order to be prepared for anything, from assault to abduction. “Most of us don’t know what to do in a dangerous situation and we kick, flail and basically end up doing all the wrong things,” said sophomore Nipuni Gomes. “This course teaches us how not to do that and how to be prepared, to have a plan and how to react accordingly to every situation. We were taught how to react if someone chokes us, grabs us from behind, grabs our wrists, if they try to force us into a vehicle, and so this course is a great way to not freeze and to know what to do in any given situation.”
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photo by Jordan Leeper Laura Hernandez, corporal/investigator, helps students learn self-defense skills.
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Vietnamese Student Association Requested: $1,302.11 Funded: $1,162
Funding was requested for the MidAutumn Festival, which is a multicultural event to educate people about culture.
The meeting began at 8 p.m. and lasted until 11:08 p.m. The first hour was dedicated to interviewing candidates for two open senator positions. Junior Jordan Riley and sophomore Dzung Vu were
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SAPD responded to a call around 2:20 a.m. on Sept. 20 on the West Side when a 38-year-old man was struck with a machete after an argument. The man who was allegedly struck removed an air conditioning unit from a window and entered another man’s home with the intent to assault him. The homeowner swung the machete. The man who entered the home is expected to be charged with burglary and intent to commit assault. mysanantonio.com
A man was able to climb over the White House fence, cross the lawn and enter the front doors of the residence at 7:20 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20. The man was armed with a 3.5 inch serrated blade. None of the members of the presidential family were at the residence at the time of the breach. A few minutes prior, the president, his daughters and a friend had boarded a helicopter on the south lawn.
On Saturday, Sept. 20, the Islamic State released 49 Turkish hostages from Iraq. The hostages were unharmed and the handover was managed without gunfire. The hostages were kidnapped from the Turkish consulate in Mosul on June 11. Mosul was captured as part of the campaign to gain territory across the northwest region of Iraq. Turkey has not joined an international coalition to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria. news.vice.com
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selected by SGA as our new senators. The second half of the meeting was spent defining the difference between “incapacitated” and “intoxicated.” The SGA did not complete the definitions, but agreed that “consent must be articulable.” “Articulable” was defined as, “aware, clearly and unambiguously active consent; aware beyond time and place; knowledge surpassing the immediate situation,” according to what was written on the whiteboard at the meeting. compiled by Katie Hayes
Liliana Diaz
Sophomore Senator In what other organizations are you involved?
Catholic Student Group, Rotaract Club, Sigma Theta Tau, Women’s Ultimate Frisbee
What are your goals for SGA?
Successfully organize a Dining Advisory Committee (DAC) and be able to communicate the needs of the student body to the head of dining services.What
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I would add more dining options for vegans vegetarians and those who have special diets. Aside from dining, I would most likely have free printing services for all students. compiled by Luke Wise
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Staff 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 sports editor: Claire Hoobler-Curtis photo editor: Miguel Webber graphic editor: Samantha Skory web master: John Mendiola social media coordinator: Henna Jalal reporters: James Godfrey, Courtney Shikle, Katie Hayes, Julia Elmore,Heather Bush, Davis Mathis, Sarah Farell, Alyssa Tayrien, Stephen Mason,
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Don Van Eynde fills crisis management team chair position following Bachrach’s leave Don Van Eynde leads CMT into new academic year as interim chair by Luke Wise NEWS EDITOR As of Aug. 1, Don Van Eynde, professor of management, took on the role of interim crisis management team chair, following Steven Bachrach’s leave. Don Van Eynde will lead the team until Bachrach’s return. “Management is his gig,” said David Tuttle, vice president for student affairs and dean of students. “He has been great at role modeling. He interviewed the people on the committee, found out what their goals were and where there may be issues of concern or confusion.”
“For anyone who knows him it would not surprise them to know that his organization and management and leadership are all top notch.”
David Tuttle Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Van Eynde, to faculty and other team members, is a perfect fit for the position, with extensive leadership and management skills under his belt. “For any one who
photo by Sarah Thorne Don Van Eynde shown working in his office. Following Steven Bachrach’s leave for a fellowship, Van Eynde will serve as interim chair of the Crisis Management Team, whose goal is to respond, mitigate and recover from various crises that could hit campus.
knows him it would not surprise them to know that his organization and management and leadership are all top notch,” Tuttle said. The crisis management team is comprised of various groups, with a core group of eight individuals, including Tuttle and Van Eynde, an auxiliary team of seven individuals, the executive policy group and others, depending on the circumstance. “The core team is comprised of eight people and then there is an auxiliary group with seven more, and the executive policy group, the president and vice presidents,” said Van Eynde. “There are also many others involved from ResLife staff to Counseling and Health
Services depending on the crisis.” According to Van Eynde, the Crisis Management Team’s mission statement and aim is “to prevent, mitigate, prepare for and respond to crisis/disaster situations in a manner that preserves life and property, minimizes chaos and allows for timely recovery of operations.” The crises can range from storms and floods to data breaches or other various threats, which, to Van Eynde, forces the team to be ready for anything. “Basically the job of the crisis management team is to deal with crises of various types, windstorms, tornadoes, floods, pandemics, loss of communications, pretty serious things,” Van
encouraged to contact their SGA senators if they feel strongly about the vote that was made in their dorm. ResLife sends the survey to applicable dorms, giving students one week to respond. Then, they tally the votes announce the results to students by e-mail regarding whether or not smoking is allowed in thier dorm. There are some dorms not subject to this process, including Thomas, Lightner, Calvert, Miller, Witt-Winn and Murchison, which are LEED certified buildings that cannot allow smoking. The substance-free dorms, such as Susanna, also
automatically prohibit smoking. Should a student violate the smoking policy in a dorm, the cost of an infraction starts with a $25 fine and balcony violation. Should infractions continue, students will face increased consequences. All of the first-year and sophomore college residence halls are smokefree this year. Also, every upperclassman dorm is smoke free, except North Hall which voted to allow smoking within 25 feet of the building.
Balcony smoking vote finalized Residential Life has tallied and released the results regarding what dorms will allow smoking on balconies , and TUPD and ResLife will begin enforcing bans in applicable dorms immediately. In 2009, the Student Government Association pushed to allow students to vote on whether their dorms would be smoking or nonsmoking at the beginning of the year. This allows students more autonomy and provides them a voice in deciding on what impacts their living environment. The decisions have received mixed responses, and students are
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Eynde said. “You never know what could be involved in a crisis, what exactly could happen…that’s the nature of crises, the nature of disasters”. As chair of the team, Van Eynde has various responsibilities, from leading the team to advising and involving the executive group. “The chair works closely with the emergency management coordinator,during the planning and operational phases of crisis management,” Van Eynde said. “It is also my job to inform and involve the executive group as necessary.” With meetings every month, the Crisis Management Team is set to respond to various disasters. “We do training exercises
every month, and if there is an actual emergency, we respond and come together as a team and finally we continue to manage that through the recovery phase,” Van Eynde said. “It’s not only getting through the actual crisis but trying to get things back to normal.” Although many students are unaware of the CMTs presence on campus, many students see them as an essential part of the university. “I think a lot of what they do we don’t see as students,” said David Warga, junior history major. “Luckily we’ve never had a major incident, but it’s comforting to know that they are ready to respond and manage [a crisis].” Although the team is prepared for various situations, their ultimate hope is not to be needed. “The hope is that we will never be needed, but if we do, we want to respond well,” Van Eynde said.
“Basically the job of the crisis management team is to deal with crises of various types [...] You never know what could be involved.”
Don Van Eynde Crisis Management Chair and Professor of Management “Luckily we have had almost nothing at Trinity and the few times we’ve had ice or things like that, things get done a lot behind the scenes and get done well.”
photo by Sarah Thorne North Hall will be the only dormitory this academic year to allow smoking on the balconies (pictured above). All other dorms have remained smoke-free.
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Female students learn self-defense skills with TUPD’s new RAD program • continued from Page 1
A major topic covered in the course is how to get away from an abductor. “One of the main things that we focus on is how to prevent abduction, what to do if they are abducted and some techniques,” said Sylvia Villarreal, RAD instructor and telecommunications operator supervisor for TUPD. “We teach them how to use their voice and how to use the various parts of their bodies as defense mechanisms to be able to get out of situations.” The simulation portion of the course lets the students utilize all the techniques taught during the classroom portion. “The students get to actually attack their aggressor. Hopefully they never have to use any of these techniques, but it gives them the opportunity to know what it feels like to be in a situation where you may have one, two, three or more attackers and be able to get out of there,” said Villarreal. “It just builds confidence.” Participants of the course agreed that confidence plays a major role in learning how to get away from an attacker.
“I think the best part of the course is that it gives you confidence,” said Alex Holler, sophomore. “Not even just the skills that it teaches you, but the best part is the confidence because that will enable you to scare someone off. If you walk with confidence and you can tell someone off with your voice, that is the best weapon you have.”
“I think the best part of the course is that it gives you confidence. If you walk with confidence [...] that is the best weapon you have.” Alex Holler Sophomore One factor of the course that differentiates RAD from other self-defense courses is that this particular one also teaches the students how to be good witnesses.
“If a traumatic event happens, I am hoping that what the student takes away from this course is awareness and definitely how to be a good witness so that first responders will be able to get all the valuable information such as clothing, height and smells,” Hernandez said. “This is what the first responders will need in order to catch the attacker.” The course is currently only offered for women but one long-term goal is to add a RAD class for men, according to Hernandez. Another goal is to increase the enrollment of studentsand reach more women. “I’d like to see more women join the class. My goal is to eventually have this RAD program be included in one of the P.E. classes as a credit hour. It’s a fun class and it’s a very important class, and you can never have too much self-defense,” Villarreal said. “I would just like to see more women get involved, jump on board and take the class.” The next course will be offered Oct. 13-15
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Jamie Thompson, director of campus and community involvement, sees B-cycle as a part of a larger movement towards student involvement off campus. “We’re so close to some really special places in San Antonio. There’s really good food or museums or things like that, that on foot might seem a little tedious, but on bike all of a sudden become really accessible,” Thompson said. “I think it aligns with what the university is doing and suggesting and hoping for students to be involved and engaged with the city. I think it also aligns with San Antonio’s vision through the SA2020 project.” Thompson said. According to James Vaughn, urban studies lecturer, B-cycle reflects and fuels a change in attitude towards transportation itself. “The automobile is proving to be kind of a problem,” Vaughn said. “When you have everybody using it and then you build your cities and your
neighborhoods to where the only way to get around is by automobile, you’ve really got a problem. So we’re kind of rethinking that now.” As Vaughn sees it, the bicycle is a potential answer to that problem. “More and more people want bicycle trails and the ability to ride a bike to work,” Vaughn said. “I think the good thing about [B-cycle] is that it gets the idea of riding a bicycle for something other than just pleasure in people’s minds. So when they graduate or look for jobs they may think about living close to where they work because they enjoyed the bicycling alternative.” With over 50 stations in downtown San Antonio, and across town, B-cycle is one of the United States’ first large-scale municipal bike sharing systems. Users have a variety of options when checking out a bike, from a 24-hour option to the regular 30 minute intervals; when done with the bike, users can return it to any B-cycle station around town.
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School of business hires three members within each department concentration
photos by Jordan Leeper From left to right: Charlene Davis, chair of the business administration concentration; Paige Fields, chair of the finance concentration; and Linda Specht, chair of the accounting concentration.
Trinity brings in visiting professors within various business disciplines by James Godfrey NEWS REPORTER The school of business has recently hired three new members, one for each of the three separate departments within the school. The new members are Alexander McLeod, visiting assistant professor of finance and decision sciences; Amy Holmes, assistant professor of accounting; and Yi Lui, visiting assistant professor of business administration.
“I think people tend to think business is one area of study. Each department deals with very different disciplinary areas.” Lind Specht Chair of Accounting
“I think people tend to think business is one area of study. The departments were designated in such a way that the disciplines within a department have synergy,” said Linda Specht, chair of accounting. “Each department deals with very different disciplinary areas.” The school of business is separated into three departments, each of which offers different focuses of study that required new members this school year. In the school of business and other
departments across campus, the hiring of a new person for a tenured track position does not take place unless there has been a departure within the department. This means that the majority of new hires are temporary positions rather than longterm, with the understanding in some cases that these temporary hires could go on to become tenured positions. Alternatively, a person may be hired temporarily due to the individual’s personal constraints, rather than those of the university—for example,if an expert in the field has volunteered his or her time for a period but is not seeking to become a tenured professor. “When a visiting professor is hired, the idea is that they should be people we think would make tenure-track faculty, but because we may not have seen the entire applicant pool and we have to be very careful with hiring, we place the person in the temporary category,” said Paige Fields, chair of finance and decision sciences. The hiring process follows the same structure for both temporary and tenured positions. The department announces that a position is available and begins a long process of interviewing and hiring. If the department has enough notice, they will interview potential hires a year in advance, so someone interviewed one fall semester would begin serving the following fall. Tenured positions require greater commitment by those serving in them, including service to the department and the university, advising students and scholarly productivity. The goals of temporary professors differ in that they have fewer service commitments, but they are otherwise expected to fulfill the expectations of the department in which they could one day become tenured
professors. Since all three new members of the school of business are assistant and visiting assistant professors, they are all expected to fulfill these expectations. Were any of them adjunct faculty hires, their roles would differ, as they would be expected to teach a number of courses, but they are less frequently considered for tenure-track positions. “A shorter-term appointment may be preferable to ensure
we’ve seen a full pool of applicants,” said Charlene Davis, chair of business administration. “Other times the use of term appointments is because a curricular need exists that cannot be fulfilled with current faculty.” While the department hires most new faculty in response to a departure, McLeod was hired under different circumstances. He served on campus as an adjunct professor last spring
and applied for the position of a visiting assistant professor when the opening was announced. The department created the position in response to demand for a particularly popular class within the school of business. “Trinity [students] are exceptional,” McLeod said. “I was very surprised during the first day of classes when several students came to the classroom podium and introduced themselves to me.”
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Each semester, Campus & Community Involvement (CCI) organizes a weekend full of events specifically designed for the parents of Trinity students. As the coordinator for student programs, Becka Bovio is in charge of the weekend’s events. “We’ve had varying philosophies on how we want to approach family weekends because, being in a really cool city like San Antonio, families do want to come spend time with their student and that may or may not be on campus,” Bovio said. “In the past, we’ve been minimal in what we do.” Events usually include a major university update and a coffee hour with the dean. However, a number of new events have been added to the schedule for this year’s Fall Family Weekend, with the finalization of many buildings here on campus. “We’re adding tours of CSI because it’s newer and an amazing building, and the tours are phenomenal,” Bovio
said. “There’s going to be a cocktail and appetizer hour for parents with alumni in the community, to kind of network a little bit and ask questions. We’re adding more to get parents engaged on campus.” The weekend will also include breakout sessions for students and parents to attend, providing information on career services and study abroad, as well as an article discussion with the dean related to issues of higher education. Fall Family Weekend events will be held beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26 through 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28. The events will also include open classes, sports events and various information sessions. John Jacobs, assistant director of CCI, will be taking over planning for next semester’s family weekend. Spring Family Weekend will take place March 27-29.
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Opinion 3. From a selfish standpoint, I valued the banners as a window into student life. Every week of the fall and spring terms, I walked through the university center, rather than around it, specifically to see what was happening in student life. I’m saddened to lose this barometer of activity in a world that I find difficult to bridge in many other ways. 4. The university center is the most heavily trafficked crossroads on campus and serves as a “natural” point for announcing events and recruiting participants. Student affairs has effectively posted a “no trespassing” sign on the university’s most valuable piece of common property. 5. The decision is obnoxious--yes, obnoxious--in its dismissiveness of student culture and the imposition of “good taste.” Universities should be untidy, even messy, places, reflective of the buzzing diversity of people and activities. All of the specious justifications offered by the administrators quoted in the article (this really invites students to be even more creative--seriously!?) make the decision all the more offensive. I’m not an administrator, and so, admittedly, I may not be aware of all the good reasons that led to this policy change. But when difficult decisions are to be made, we must always revert back to the institution’s mission: education. Does the banner ban advance Trinity toward the fulfillment of its mission? The answer is “no.” Dr. Robert Huesca Professor Department of Communication
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The paradox of student lecture (non) attendance
As Trinity students, it’s generally not uncommon for many of us to feel—and be stretched a bit thin. Even some of the latest marketing campaigns have embraced that we are a school of “&,” with much of the population pursuing multiple interests and hobbies. We are scientists who are artists, accounting majors who know Spanish, students who are presidents of clubs and club members who work on the weekends. If nothing else, we have a lot of “and” here at Trinity. While having an enthusiastic and somewhat overcommitted group of students can be seen as a “good problem” for a university to have, it becomes a real and multifaceted point of contention when said institution also pays generously for speakers who address nearly empty rooms and theaters. While we think we can accept that not 100 percent of Trinity students are committed to listening to these experts, heads of state, Nobel prize winners and the like, it’s fair to consider that many (or even most) of us students would like to hear what these people have to say. Time after time, we listen to our professors and the administration urge us to attend. They pass around a flier in class. We pencil it into our planners and calendars, and hope for the best. However, this system is apparently not working. Last year, amidst semesters of disappointing attendance to lectures by (presumably expensive) world-renowned speakers, the Campus and Community Involvement (CCI) office and administration began to hold focus groups and take attendance to try to grasp why the student population was largely absent from these events. While much of the reporting the Trinitonian did last year on the topic uncovered that students do, in fact, want to attend these lectures and find them as valuable as classes, a lack of incentive and motivation seemed to be the disconnecting factor. (See “Lecture attendance raises questions on co-curricular transcript,” April 25, 2014) While we have classes and labs to attend, homework to complete, jobs to do, club meetings to coordinate, families, friends, apartments (some of us) and occasionally sleep that we need to have, the problem of incentivizing students to add something optional to their to-do list that is also optional does appear a daunting prospect. Ultimately, the problem surfaces at a few key facts: we agree that lectures are an important part of our Trinity education, but they take time. These events do not help us study, give us a grade or, for many of us, allow us a much-needed break, but begin to feel like time we could spend doing the things that are necessary to maintain bits of life and sanity as a student. Regardless, the speakers are paid for, come to our campus from all parts of the globe and, often, talk to half-empty rooms. While we may not know how to remedy this bothersome cycle, the guilt and disappointment is still felt on all sides, from us students who dearly want to attend, but can’t, and from the administrators who know what we can gain from these lecturers, but we don’t. Regardless, this debate cannot be resolved without recognizing that Trinity students, eventually, run out of “and.”
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Dear Editor, What a disappointment to read of the administrative decision to prohibit students from hanging banners in the university center. The article implied that the decision might be reversed, which I hope will happen for about a hundred reasons, but here are just a few: 1. The banner system appeared to be wildly popular and seemed to energize, organize, and mobilize students-something that we spend a great deal of time, money, and energy on through staff and faculty efforts. This decision undermines a significant amount of university resources. 2. Potential students who visit the university center may conclude erroneously that Trinity is a sterile (albeit tasteful) environment that lacks dynamism and student initiative. Trinity’s own focus groups of prospective students indicate they value diversity and engagement, two qualities that were clearly conveyed in the many banners. The decision to scrub them from the premises constitutes a “symbolic annhiliation” of the markers of campus life. Again, this decision undermines efforts to recruit students with a natural affinity for Trinity.
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My mom is coming in from Oklahoma to watch me play soccer. Brigitte Taylo First year
I am looking forward to seeing my mom.
Spending time with my friends who don’t have family coming into town. Luis Ong First year
Lauren Jaramillo Junior
My roommate’s family is taking me out to dinner.
My family might be visiting from Mexico.
Kevin Moss First year
Francisco Vasquez Sophomore
The first conference home games we have for soccer.
My dad is coming into town and I haven’t seen him in a while.
Nicole Gardini Sophomore
Melissa Davis Senior
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Things that have annoyed me this week Staff Column Callum Squires, columnist I started watching a brand new TV show this weekend on Netflix, and, five episodes in, I’m already hooked. If you haven’t seen “Californication” yet, stop reading this column, go to Netflix and binge-watch the first few episodes; then come back and finish reading this. “Californication” is often hilarious, sometimes awkward and always very sexual (like most Friday-night frat parties) but wonderfully entertaining. It details the life of Hank Moody; a writer who suffers from his love of alcohol and women while trying to keep his teenage daughter happy and win back his ex-girlfriend. His ex is about to marry her new man, whose 16-year-old daughter Hank accidentally sleeps with before knowing who she is. It’s a bit of a crazy premise, but it works—I promise. Now, in this story, Hank is suffering from writer’s block, and has to be persuaded by his agent to start writing again. This takes the form of a blog for Hell A magazine’s online section. In describing this job to a fan of his, Hank states that essentially all he does is “rant about things that annoy him.” This made me realise that I’m in pretty much the same position as Hank—minus the child, the borderline alcoholism and the legions of beautiful women: I have a perfect place to vent and rant. This column. What follows may be random and incoherent, but everyone needs a good vent once in a while. Here’s what annoyed me this week (apart from Zac Treu, who annoys me every week). Both my teams lost. I’m used to the Miami Dolphins sucking, but Manchester United throwing away a 3-1 lead and
losing 5-3 ruined my weekend like nothing else. Maybe I just need to pick better teams in my next life. Ryan Tannehill, get your act together. We cannot have a worse record than the Cowboys at the end of the season. But, hey! Trinity soccer won two out of two, though, so that’s a big silver lining. (Come see our games this weekend, today at 6 p.m. and Sunday at noon). Cheeky plug done. I went to the POD one time last week and was told they’d run out of curly fries. POD, you have one job. Give me fried food when I’m depressed, feeling lazy and lonely or can’t face pasta in Mabee for the third time that day. Do not— under any circumstances—fail to supply me with curly fries and copious amounts of chipotle mayo. Furthermore, keep the drinks fridge constantly fully stocked with Peace Tea. Don’t wind me up with empty racks when it’s 105 degrees outside and all I want is a can of SnoBerry Tea. Fix this. Also on the food theme, EINSTEIN’S. When I left for the summer, the Italian Chicken sandwich, was a monster that filled up every man, woman or child who ordered it. I come back from rainy England, looking forward to gorging on said giant sandwich and find that it has decreased in size by about 25%. NOT OKAY. $7.69 is too much to pay for something I can finish in six normal-sized bites. Okay, I have a big mouth. Eight normalsized bites. But keep on going with those Frozen Strawberry Lemonades. My tastebuds have never felt so good. In a discussion with the Trinitonian’s own KMart, the U.S. Green Card was brought up. Apparently, it’s called a “green card” because it signifies “go,” meaning you can enter the country, but can someone please for the love of God explain why it is white? It makes no sense. Make it green. Or call it the “white card.” Easy. Thanks, Obama. I need to learn Portuguese and Spanish. I love my Mexican, Colombian and Brazilian teammates, but when you can only understand their curse words and insults in their native
languages, communication is not always simple or effective. Why does the beginner’s Spanish class have to be five days a week at 8:30?! Grrr. Hey, Trinity Crushes! The 80s called. They want their chat-up lines back! Everyone enjoys a good little bit of cyber flirting, but PLEASE make it original or at the very least a little bit witty. None of this “you must be tired, you’ve been running through my mind all day” nonsense I keep seeing. Raise your flirtation game. Or, even better, ask them out in real life! A lot of people would be very flattered by some genuine interest...especially judging by some of the comments on my next source of annoyance. Yikyak, stop being mean. Everyone likes a laugh, and I enjoy reading everyone’s Yaks as much as the next guy. But, as the great Jackie Moon once said, “ELE, baby...Everybody love Everybody.” We don’t need this anti-Intervarsity/ Swashbucklers/Betas/Pikes/ soccer parties stuff (don’t worry, I’m working on fixing them). Let’s all have a laugh together, but no need to be so harsh to people. Especially those you don’t know that well. Play nice! Well, that concludes your tour of the section of my mind reserved for annoyance. Hope you somewhat enjoyed it. I promise I’ll try to think of a more serious topic to write about in two weeks, but can someone do something worth writing about please? Nothing stupid, just something attention-grabbing so that I don’t have to wheel out the “I’m an international student, listen to the numerous ways people lovingly mock me” article for the second time already this year (I’m saving that one till AT LEAST November when I forget to write an article and get really desperate at the last minute).
Callum Squires is a sophomore majoring in German studies.
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Coleen Grissom, Professor I title this occasional column “The Short List” because I select my topic from some concern, interest, anxiety, opinion that’s at the top of my concerns, interests, anxieties, opinions at the time I write the piece. Unfortunately, absolutely nothing—other than that I hope that many parents and siblings attend Fall Family Weekend and that they take the residential life students “out” for a few meals—occurs to me about this university event being celebrated right now. No matter what efforts my administrative colleagues make, no matter how awful one’s roommate is, no matter how boring one’s writing workshop is or how difficult the chemistry class is, the number one complaint of almost every first-year student I have ever talked with on this campus is some silly thing about the food. If parents haven’t already heard that, they will. I long ago trained myself to listen respectfully and to try not to be dismissive of these gripes, but, of course, I, who go home to toss a “Smart Ones— Three Cheese Ziti Marinara” in the microwave, lack empathy on this topic. I do, however, remember quite well when Trinity students had plenty to complain about in dining services—only one cafeteria line, no special stations, rumors of “saltpeter” hidden* in every entree, and an underlying assumption that everyone loves meatloaf, Salisbury Steak (aka “mystery meat”) and calves’ liver. Though I deny being the author of the popular
descriptive “Mabee meat, maybe Jell-O,” I always thought it amusing, sometimes accurate, but not particularly witty. So, near the top of the sharable part of my short list here is some advice for visiting parents: don’t overreact to your child’s complaints about the food. Re-read the preceding paragraph, recall the campus food “back in the day,” notice the barely visible hints of the beginning of the “freshman fifteen,” and, still, host your child and her/his pals to a dinner off-campus. Beyond that counsel, I encourage parents to offer some encouragements about getting more sleep, developing time management skills, attending classes, keeping up with the assignments and taking advantage of the myriad of cultural and intellectual opportunities available on this campus and in this region. Probably your child will ignore you, but we on the faculty don’t want to be the only ones, in a phrase from my east Texas childhood, “spitting into the wind.” I have never ascribed to the depressing cliche that “college is the best time of one’s life,” but I do believe it can be a unique time to expand one’s horizons, to explore opportunities and, thanks to Trinity’s uniquely gifted faculty and student body, to form lifelong relationships that will enrich one’s life. Taking advantage of this is what I really urge parents to encourage as they visit campus this weekend. *A widely believed urban legend that this substance “reduced libido” which, without going into specifics, has never really been much of a problem with most Trinity undergraduates—a selfdisciplined, mannerly lot. Coleen Grissom is a professor in the English department.
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photo by Eva Littman Trinity’s women’s a cappella group, the AcaBellas, gave their first performance with their new members last Friday for Happy Friday in the Coates University Center lobby. The Trinitones will perform today.
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Trinity’s a cappella singing groups, the Trinitones and AcaBellas, recently held auditions and added new members to their groups. The Trinitones is the men’s a cappella group. The auditions for the group consisted of performing both individually and with others. After the initial individual auditions, six candidates were called back for auditions with the current Trinitones, and all six made it into the group.
“We were looking for just three or four new members but ended up taking six,” said senior Peter Steinbach. “All of the new guys have a lot of talent musically, and they seem to really understand music.” The women’s group, the AcaBellas, also gained several new members. The group held similar auditions and callbacks to find new singers who could work together. “The audition process contains two major events: individual auditions and callbacks,” said senior Anna Van Buskirk. “For callbacks we focus on blending. This is more than a vocal quality or skill—it involves conscious effort, being a team player and musical smarts.” Several of the new members are upperclassmen, proving
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program in Atlanta over spring break as part of a research study. Through this program, she discovered issues that she thought might be prevalent in San Antonio as well, particularly in the public schools of San Antonio Independent School District. SAISD is San Antonio’s oldest and most underprivileged school district. “The teachers and students spend more time on getting the technology working than actually getting to use it,” Prager said. “It was a problem and there was no one to fix it. The district can put in a request for maintenance to fix these problems, but it is a quite long and cumbersome process.” After researching this problem and seeing its effects, Prager aimed to create a solution that could be applied in San Antonio, which was facing similar problems as the center in Atlanta.
“I encouraged Rebecca to move beyond her research and think about how she could get more Trinity students involved in helping these non-profits and schools to get the computers in working order,” said Lisa Jasinski, special projects coordinator in academic affairs, who has helped Rebecca get the program started. Many members of the community rely on public computers since they do not have them available at home. “Many children and community members rely on technology to complete school assignments, gain information or apply for jobs, and it’s critical that these machines are in working order,” Jasinski said. “Imagine what your life would look like without internet access or software like Word or Excel.”
“We were looking for just three or four new members, but ended up taking six. All of the new guys have a lot of talent musically, and they just seem to really understand music.” Peter Steinbach Senior, Trinitones member
“I saw the AcaBellas perform before I even came to Trinity and said that I wanted to be a part of that one day,
Prager starts volunteer technology organization Trinity sophomore creates VolunTechs after attending enrichment program in Atlanta by Julia Elmore CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER Sophomore Rebecca Prager has found a way to use her interest in computer science and her studies on issues faced by economically underprivileged communities to help others. She recently started VolunTechs, a volunteer organization that works to improve access to technology in San Antonio schools. Prager developed this idea after serving with an enrichment
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but my schedule was really busy my first two years, so I never had time,” said junior Lydia Benedict. “This year I finally have more free time in my schedule, so I went for it.” Other new members embodied the “if at first you don’t succeed, try again” mindset. “I auditioned last year and didn’t get in,” said sophomore Cullen Moore. “But this year I figured I would try again and made it. We have only had a few performances, but that has been my favorite part so far, and I think it will be fun for the rest of the year. It’s a great group of guys.” Aside from working together musically, both a cappella groups say that group dynamics and teamwork are important for all new members.
“The new Trinitones all fit in really well,” said junior Joon Kim of the Trinitones. “I was impressed by how well they were able to adapt.” “We all clicked really quickly,” Benedict said. The a cappella groups alternate performances every Friday in Coates for Happy Fridays and will have numerous other performances throughout the year. “We love being a part of the Trinity musical community. We enjoy sharing music with our fellow students, the university in general and the greater San Antonio community,” Van Buskirk said. “I’m excited to get to know each one of our new members better and to make music with them both at oncampus gigs and off-campus performances.”
Tigers for Tigers looks to expand in its second year New organizations often experience growing periods while they try to find their feet. Tigers for Tigers is looking to speed that process up as much as possible as it enters its second year on campus. The group, which is dedicated to raising awareness of the fact that tigers are quickly becoming extinct, is part of a national organization made up of schools with the tiger for a mascot. Tigers are officially an endangered species, and senior Alyssa Fink, president of the Trinity chapter, notes that they seem to be rapidly approaching extinction. “Tigers will go extinct if we do not do something about it. One crazy tiger fact I love to
throw out is that there are more in captivity in Texas than there are left in the wild,” Fink said. Tigers for Tigers plans to expand more this year after spending its first year handling the logistics of becoming an organization. Junior Tito Sandigo is confident that their message will attract more students as it did him. “Once I found out more, after reading some pamphlets from our national coordinator, I was astounded that there’s so few in the wild right now. I didn’t know that they were so endangered,” Sandigo said. “I didn’t know that white tigers are not a good thing because they’re inbred.” see GROUP page 12
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Hermann continues research on U.S. Supreme Court In the spring of this year, John Hermann, associate professor of political science, published an article titled “Legislator Judges: The Warren Court and Justices’ Use of State or International Policies in Criminal Procedure Cases.” This article is only the beginning of Hermann’s research on the Supreme Court. “The Warren court is supposed to be the most liberal court ever and it assumed its own moral agenda, but what I found was that it relied on state and foreign laws,” Hermann said. “I’ve always been interested in how the Supreme Court makes decisions, and I started asking my students ‘why is the court doing this?’” Hermann’s research idea stemmed from teaching a class on civil rights and liberties. “Miranda v. Arizona,” in particular, brought the subject to Hermann’s attention.
“I found something really interesting in cases that many people have heard of, like ‘Miranda v. Arizona.’ You get notified of your Miranda rights, but that’s not in the Constitution. When the Court’s ruling against the government and in favor of the individual, rather than the government, it is likely to use state laws that agree with it’s side, or in some cases foreign laws,” Hermann said. “It did that in ‘Miranda v. Arizona.’” When Hermann became interested in this topic, he noticed that no one had written about it before. This void in the literature led Hermann to begin his research in 2012 on how the Supreme Court makes these decisions. “The Court is ruling laws unconstitutional based on what other states already do, and that is how it is justifying its decision, which raises a lot of questions,” Hermann said. “It is not basing its decisions on the Constitution, which is what it is supposed to.”
photo by Eva Littman John Hermann, associate professor of political science, is researching how the Supreme Court handles the right to privacy.
Hermann hopes to send out the second part of his Warren court research in the next month. Currently, he is researching the ways in which the Supreme Court makes decisions regarding the
issue of the right to privacy. His research involves going through a case-by-case process, with each case usually around 50 pages long. “The biggest obstacle is learning how to balance research, teaching
and advising,” Hermann said. “I hope to present my research on privacy in the spring, but it’s a long process.”
The group has spent much of its time devising ways to make its message known on campus, which its members say they know will attract more students. Fink noted that several events are planned for the year, and the group hopes to use these events to grow the organization.
“We’re hopefully going to have some really fun events, and they will hopefully include tiger pumpkin painting where you can paint a pumpkin to look like a tiger. Part of our coalition with the national organization is Tiger Week where November 10th-15th we’re going to have an event every day,” Fink said. According to the Tigers for Tigers National Coalition’s
official website, over 50 schools around the nation have tiger mascots. Currently, 14 schools have a chapter on their campus, and Trinity is a recent addition. The national coalition aims to to bring the students at these schools together to improve the tigers’ current situation.
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by Davis Mathis CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER Two Trinity math professors have introduced a highly sophisticated and mathematical method to create the most accurate possible ranking system for sports. Eduardo Balreira and Brian Miceli are the primary professors working on this ranking method, and so far, they have mostly used it to predict sports. This method allowed them to correctly predict the NBA Western Conference finals last year, which earned them a television appearance to predict the finals—and they were correct again. Balreira described some of the logic behind the system on which they based their ranking method. “The idea is that when you beat a team, you have now shown that you are better than them, so you put a link from the loser team to the winner as if the winner were gaining the importance of the loser team,” Balreira said. This concept is already established as a mathematical idea, but when applied to sports, Balreira notes it contains a flaw. When a team upsets the already-established top team in this method, they become the best team despite how poor their previous performances were. Miceli expanded on what makes their system different from other ranking models.
“What you want is a way to measure how good a team is. The classic way is you just look at their records…but what this does is maybe those wins didn’t come against good teams. So let’s look at the teams they beat and lost, too, but it keeps going because we then look at who those teams played against and who they played against until it becomes a big tangled web,” Miceli said. One other way in which they made their method different was by introducing what they call an “Oracle,” which is a modifying factor that dampens the importance gained from upsets. They have used their ranking method to predict outcomes in the NFL, NBA and NCAA, and their percentage of correct predictions is usually better than other methods used. The method has also been used on a research project involving lizard dominance. It works with the same basic idea: after observing lizards fight as if it is a sports competition, the lizards are ranked based on the results of other fights in order to discover the most dominant lizard. Recent graduate Jordan Bush led this research. “Doctors Miceli and Balreira provided the method I needed to really propel and complete my research,” Bush said. According to Balreira, this ranking system is part of another field known as data mining or “big data,” which is a rapidly growing field of study. Baleira and Miceli are considering adding a class on this method and are watching for new factors that would affect the ranking system.
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Trinity participates in National Campus Safety Awareness Month Trinity University Police Department keeps community up-to-date on safety efforts and protocols by Davis Mathis CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER In order to avoid harm, people must know the potential dangers facing them. Educating people on these dangers is the purpose of Trinity’s participation in National Campus Safety Awareness Month, in which hundreds of campuses participate. Campus safety carries a broad definition and includes sexual assault, drugs, alcohol, theft and many other potentially dangerous campus situations.
“I do think being informed is at least part of the battle... I learned some new things that I plan to use, so I’m happy with the events. ” Rivers Wallace Senior
The Trinity University Police Department (TUPD) has been running weekly events for the month and educating students on ways to stay safe on campus. For example, they provided a bike registration night for students to register their
photo by Mary Vanderbloemen As part of September’s National Campus Safety Awareness Month, the Trinity University Police Department hosted a bicycle registration event for students.
bikes for tracking in the event of a theft. According to TUPD, three bike thieves were caught last semester thanks to the registration program. Officer Pete Morales spoke on the overall importance of this month. “We’ll do one event a week, and within these weeks we’ll have a ton of information on alcohol, drugs, sexual assault and everything that can possibly affect a student on campus, and we have actual resources for students, because campus safety is everything from a fire to an active shooter and more,” Morales said.
The overarching theme of the month is to educate students on the best ways to help themselves in potentially dangerous situations. Senior Rivers Wallace applauds the efforts of TUPD to keep students safe. “I do think being informed is at least a part of the battle. It aims to help with prevention so it at the very least doesn’t hurt. I learned some new things that I plan to use, so I’m happy with the events,” Wallace said. Students were not only informed of the dangers but also learned ways
to stay up-to-date with TUPD and continue their safety education. First year Madeleine Doughty commented on what she learned from the events about TUPD’s general safety efforts. “I’m not sure I had even thought of the fact that they would have a page on the website. When I did, I went there and they have all sorts of information and informative videos for the students to use. It was actually really helpful,” Doughty said. The final event concluded on Thursday, Sept. 25,
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To aid SAISD in fixing and maintaining technology, the VolunTechs assess the technology that needs to be fixed; they also teach SAISD personnel and students how to maintain the technology so they can solve the problems on their own in the future. “We get into small groups and have people teach each group and take them under their wing,” Prager said. “We want to educate them so that eventually they are self-sustainable.” VolunTechs welcomes the entire university student body, faculty and alumni to participate in monthly SAISD outreach projects. “Seeing Trinity students take initiatives like this makes me feel a sense of pride,” said sophomore Chloe Phea. “I feel like that is part of what Trinity is about: taking what we learn here to help others and give back.”
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Glangchai says confidence key for young girls interested in technology Lecturer credits father for passion for science and technology by Julia Elmore CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER Last Monday, Trinity hosted Luz Cristal Glangchai, a guest lecturer for the Lennox seminar series. Glangchai spoke about her experience as a woman in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, and what she is doing to get more girls and women to explore these fields. Glangchai attributes her passion for science and technology largely to her father, who she says taught her many traditionally “male” skills like fixing cars and bought her and her sisters math and science kits. “I got into technology by learning and experimenting,” Glangchai said. During her presentation, Glangchai emphasized the importance of instilling confidence in young girls for success in the future. She said that girls and women are often less confident and more fearful of failure than men. “We need them to rethink failure and take risks,” Glangchai
said. “Failure is part of the learning process.” Glangchai is the founder and CEO of VentureLab, which is an academy that teaches K-12 students technology and entrepreneurship skills. VentureLab has helped 724 students, and over 60 percent of these students are female.
photo by Mary Vanderbloemen Luz Cristal Glangchai speaks in Chapman Auditorium on Monday night for the Lennox Seminar Series.
“We wanted to inspire girls to stand up and start up,” Glangchai said. “We teach our students to think like an entrepreneur.” Glangchai told several success stories of girls who have used the skills learned at VentureLab to create better futures for themselves. One girl created an app that aimed to provide an
incentive to exercise and received $200,000 in funding. Another is achieving things she never thought she would. “We worked with some economically disadvantaged girls and created a safe environment for them,” Glangchai said. “Eventually one of them got a full ride to college.” Students, professors and members of the community attended the lecture, held in Chapman Auditorium. “It made me optimistic. I liked what she said about perseverance and her reminder that failure is okay and it shouldn’t stop you,” said senior Ismerai Monreal. “She made it seem like there is hope for women in STEM fields and her program sounded awesome.” “I liked her information about women in technology,” said sophomore Sarah Haley. “I actually thought the gender gap was closing. It raised my awareness that the gender gap is still an issue and what’s being done about it.” Glangchai’s lecture was the first in a series about women in science and technology. The next lecture will be at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, in the Fiesta Room and will feature Maria Klawe. The lecture will discuss the importance of increasing women’s involvement in tech careers.
Course investigates history of women and technology This semester, Jennifer Henderson, professor and chair of the communication department, received the grant from the Martha, David and Bagby Lennox Foundation to run the Lennox seminar and lecture series titled “Women and Technology.” “The idea kind of grew out of a concern for the fact that women are disproportionately underrepresented in technology fields,” Henderson said. “These fields include many of the traditional fields we think about— computer science, computer programming, startups—but also fields in the sciences and with anything that involves having your hands on technology.” Though the course is listed as a special topic in communication, students from all disciplines were invited to enroll. “The course is really investigating the history of women’s interactions with technology, what’s going on contemporarily in terms of education of girls and women about these fields, as well as what’s happening in terms of mentoring programs,” Henderson said. For funding, the Lennox seminar requires that outside
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I think “The Wire” wins it all “The Sopranos” stands on top Dear “The Wire,” You are the greatest television series that ever was or ever will be. I’m sorry if that puts a heinous amount of pressure on you, and I understand such a superlative statement invites hordes of angry dissenters. But in the end, I’m not all that sorry. You are one of the great loves of my life, so I know anything I say about you sounds as though it should be taken with a grain of salt. But I want to tell the world—and you—exactly why you’re the most special tale of fiction in the modern era. David Simon, the man who dreamed you up, cut his teeth as a reporter, then turned his experiences with homicide detectives in Baltimore into a non-fiction book. Then he switched gears, writing another book about the complex lives of real drug dealers and their families. He decided to combine these two into a television show that would depict both. A cop show with sympathetic drug dealers? I cautiously went along. But you didn’t stop there, “The Wire.” Your first season showed me the inner workings of an urban police department ruled by politics and stats. You taught me that drug empires are run by incredibly intelligent people with a ruthless desire for survival, that my ideas about organized crime were simplistic at the least and classist at the most. In your second season, you switched gears and you gave me your “elegy for America’s working class,” as Mr. Simon put it. I watched with a lump in my throat as the dock workers’ world crashed around them.
Then for season three, you went to Baltimore’s City Hall, and I went with you, eager to have my all my false notions about modern city politics completely pulverized. Believe me, they were. In your second season, you switched gears and you gave me your “elegy for America’s working class,” as Mr. Simon put it. I watched with a lump in my throat as the dock workers’ world crashed around them. Then for season three, you went to Baltimore’s City Hall, and I went with you, eager to have my all my false notions about modern city politics completely pulverized. Believe me, they were. Then, in season four, you really rocked my world. You showed me the effect all of the horrors of this world have on those most innocent—children— in the realm I want to personally improve (education). It was a powerful experience. Finally, your grand finale, season five, truly taught me to question the media, not only its influence but also its motivations. All the while, the same characters, those wonderful and complex and entirely unique characters, faced new challenges, encountered impossible decisions and recovered from tragedies. By the show’s end, I’d become a more knowledgeable, compassionate person. Thanks to you, “The Wire”, I am now both ashamed and proud to be American. I am both astounded and infuriated by my country. I am at a loss for a way to end this, so I’ll stop my adulation and leave you with the words of a much more brilliant writer than I: the great David Simon. “We enjoy being provoked and titillated, but resist the rigorous, painstaking examination of issues that bring us to the point of recognizing our problems.”
Dear “The Sopranos,” We’ll start with this: what makes you great, my beloved, is that you meet the criteria that make any work of art great: you tell your story ingeniously, and you explore your themes intelligently. The story, by the way, is that of Tony Soprano, beloved family man and a powerful mob boss. Like your average mob boss, Tony extorts money and eludes the police and occasionally empties some bullets into some poor sap’s head. But unlike your average mob boss, Tony doesn’t seem to enjoy it all that much. Indeed, he doesn’t seem to enjoy anything. That’s why the series begins with him going to Dr. Melfi, the local psychiatrist, begging for help. Over the next six seasons, Melfi delves deeper and deeper into his mind, searching for a solution as he tries to keep his two fractured famiglias, the criminal one and the conventional one, intact. It sounds like a setup for a joke (did you hear the one about the Godfather and the Therapist?). But your genius, you wondrous show, you, was to hook us with that bizarre, slightly silly conceit, then use it to undertake an exploration of America’s deepest, most pertinent flaws. You see, Tony isn’t depressed due to some existential dread or chemical imbalance; he’s depressed because he steals and murders for a living. Of course, if Tony admits that his mob job is evil, he will endanger the only lifestyle he’s comfortable with. In Dr. Melfi’s office, we witness a riveting struggle between a man who’s hiding from the truth and a woman whose job is to make him stare it in the face.
Part of your greatness, oh glorious show, lies in the way you use Tony’s selfdeceptive struggle to illuminate the ways in which so many of us—the ordinary Americans watching at home—also evade the truth. We may not be coldblooded killers, but we do awful things, too. We ignore our civic and political duties, thus permitting corruption. We ignore our basic humanist obligations to one another, thus abetting poverty and abjection. And yet we, like Tony, do nothing to change. It’s much comfier to ignore our own interior bullshit, to insist that we’re all sugar and sunshine and rightly earned dollars and well-kept promises. It’s just much easier to lie to ourselves. Through Tony’s story, “The Sopranos” showed me the mechanisms we use to do that lying. And, by showing me that, it showed me how to better myself as a person. All this gloom and doom doesn’t make you any less entertaining, “Sopranos.” You have a great, Springsteen-heavy soundtrack. You’re brimming with dark wit. And you’re stocked with enough shockers to give “Scandal” an inferiority complex. But what makes you great, in addition to your sublime visuals and unshakeable performances (James Gandolfini gives Marlon Brando a run for his money), is the way you engagingly explore such an urgent theme. Yes, you do it unevenly at times. But you often do it with a brilliant clarity, a masterful intellience, and a subtle, incisive grace that I think “The Wire,” for all its deserved acclaim, sometimes lacks. Then again, you also make an excellent companion piece to Monica’s show. “The Wire,” after all, is a show about the sort of people that we usually look away from. “The Sopranos,” on the other hand, is about why we look away in the first place.
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rime Week, Part 2: The Onscreen Gangster
In honor of the final season of one of my favorite HBO show, “Boardwalk Empire,” this week I decided to write about my favorite portrayals of organized crime onscreen (that is, in television and in movies). First, I need to put my cards on the table: I’m totally fascinated by gangsters. In addition to watching shows about them, I read books about them. I write papers about them. Heck, I’m even working on an original comic book project entitled “Baby’s First Mafia.” (It’s about the conflict that spawned the modern structure of the Mafia, in case you’re curious). The history behind the Mafia (and other organized crime) is important and says a lot about our own history in terms of racial prejudice, immigration, social status and certainly economics.
“Boardwalk Empire”
Time period: 1920s Seasons: 5 Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael K. Williams, Dabney Coleman, Kelly MacDonald Showrunner: Terence Winter Brief description: The show begins in the Roaring Twenties,
on the night that Prohibition goes into effect. It takes place mostly in Atlantic City, where Nucky Thompson (Buscemi) basically runs the town. Nucky, who’s always walked a fine line between politician and gangster, gets heavily involved in the alcohol trade. While making the transformation to full gangster, he deals with other key crime players, including real-life baddies like Charlie Luciano, Arnold Rothstein, Meyer Lansky, as well the fictional Chalky White (Williams), Oh, and there’s also a young driver named Alphonse Capone. What ever happened to him, huh? Why I love it: This show has had its ups and downs, but my god is it a beautiful production. The music, the clothes, the sets, the cinematography—it’s all so perfectly done. I’m also a pretty big Buscemi fan (not to mention a huge Shannon fan, too!), and the cast around them is phenomenal. Finally, I think the 1920s are one of the least explored, most fascinating times in American history, in no small part because of the crime, and this show is clearly run by people who agree. Who steals the show?: Probably Oscar nominee and all-around genius Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden, a religious “Prohi” (Prohibition
agent) whose story takes a crazy turn. Also, Michael Stuhlbarg as Arnold Rothstein. Because wow. Just wow.
“Goodfellas”
Time period: 1950s-1980s Length: 2 hours 26 minutes Stars: Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco Directed by: Martin Scorsese Brief description: Based on a true story, “Goodfellas” tells the story of Henry Hill (Liotta), a half-Irish, half-Italian kid living in Brooklyn who gets involved with the Lucchese crime family (one of the Five Families). He befriends a peer, Tommy DeVito (Pesci), and a man 10 years their senior, Jimmy Conway (De Niro), and in the 1960s and 1970s they are powerful criminals. In 1978 they pull off what was, at the time, the biggest heist in American history: the Lufthansa heist. Why I love it: This is my favorite movie, period. This is also my favorite movie soundtrack. Simply put, I pretty much watch “Goodfellas” whenever possible: when I’m doing homework, when I’m painting, when I’m cleaning. I can’t get enough of it! Why is that, you ask? Well, because of its variety. It’s funny, sad, frustrating and scary. It’s everything a movie should be.
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Throughout his career, director Martin Scorsese has shown that he’s capable of terror (“Taxi Driver”), humor (“After Hours”), thrills (“The Departed”), and striking insight (almost everything he’s ever done). “Goodfellas” has all of Scorsese’s strengths, and everything you could ask from a movie of this or any genre. Who steals the show? Joe Pesci won the Oscar for his unforgettable scene-chewing (“You think I’m funny, huh?!”), but I’m gonna be a contrarian and go with Isiah Whitlock, Jr. He plays a doctor in one scene and then he’s gone, but I love him on “The Wire,” where he plays the foul-mouthed, smooth operator of a politician named Clay Davis. So that’s who we’re going with, as well as Kevin Corrigan, who plays Henry’s little brother but is more famously “Drama Professor Sean Garrity” on “Community.” This is truly a career high for everyone involved, so I can’t pick!
“The Godfather Part II”
Time period: 1950s and 1900s (flashbacks) Length: 3 hours 20 minutes Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, John Cazale, Robert Duvall Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola Brief description: The
second film in the “Godfather” trilogy, this one tells two stories (spoilers if you haven’t seen the first “Godfather”). In this Best Picture-winning sequel (how often do you hear THAT phrase?), Michael Corleone (Pacino) is trying to lead his family as the new Don, though he is now much more comfortable in the role. He survives assassination attempts and plots with and against Hyman Roth, a Jewish mobster. His main struggles, however, are not with his “family,” but with his actual family. Managing his siblings and his wife and kids is painful and difficult. Meanwhile, flashbacks tell the story of Michael’s dead father, Vito (Robert De Niro), as he arrives in America and makes his fortune in New York City. Why I love it: It’s a big commitment (three hours!) but it tells a fascinating family story against the backdrop of crime. My favorite parts are with De Niro, since his character only speaks Sicilian. No wonder he won the Oscar. However, Pacino kills it as well. If you only know Al Pacino as a joke, watch this movie. This is his best work. Who steals the show?: Is that “When Harry Met Sally” actor Bruno Kirby as Vito’s friend? What?
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How to make your money work for you One of the reasons I chose Trinity was the university’s offer of a generous financial aid package, a situation shared by many others. That said, the people who attend Trinity come from a variety of economic backgrounds that favor the middle to upper class. Many students here come from families that are far less price-sensitive than mine, but $50,000 per year is a ridiculous amount of money for 99% of people. Money is a finite resource, and an important one. As such, everyone should be conscious of their money. Like, starting now. Even if you are still in college. It should not be all about how much money your parents make. Granted, there are some people who are too poor to plan for their future and make smart financial decisions. There are also some people who are too rich to plan for their future and make smart financial decisions. Rather than make this article some sort of jumping-off point for class warfare, I will aim it at everyone else. I got my first job in high school as a blue-collar worker for my dad’s friend—helping move furniture and whatnot—
and working for this very paper was my first job in college. At around the same time that I began college, I got my first credit card. I never felt like I had to budget because of how little money I made. My first year finished, and I somehow ended up with this room full of awesome stuff and a credit card bill with a much less awesome number. I managed to get rid of the debt, but my first sniff of that plastic magic was almost a tragic story rather than a humorous one. No one with serious debt simply wakes up with it one day. It starts off small until it snowballs, and no one ever realizes how big it is until he or she painfully hits the bottom of the mountain. So back to my point: you should be incredibly invested in being smart with your money (pun intended). I love this phrase I read on the Internet once (take that, APA citation): “Make your money work for you; wdon’t work for your money.” Of course, following this motto isn’t always easy. Last summer, I lived around UTSA, and, my god, every fast food chain you could think of was within, like, a five-mile radius of my apartment. Packing lunch for work was such a pain; I felt like a loser for not just sucking
it up and buying my lunch. I somehow got through, though, and saved some money. I hear a lot of jokes—but not really jokes—about how awful it is to ride the VIA buses or about being excited for Tuesdays when HEB sends out its weekly deals flyer or about never throwing away leftovers. It stings a bit sometimes, but it doesn’t faze me for too long. After all, I know what I want from my future, and I want to make sure that I am ready for it. I can handle eating the same meal twice a week or riding the bus on a hot day. Maybe you want to go on a lot of vacations; go right ahead. Maybe you want to buy the latest smartphone; don’t let anything stop you. Maybe you want to eat steaks all the time; push your heart aside and do it. My life motto is moderation— it’s the one thing I do in the extreme. Frugality is one aspect of that. Finding the right spot between our desires and our needs is an essential part of life, and that’s especially true where money is concerned. It’s a hard task, but a necessary one, too. And in the end, the point isn’t to be as cheap for cheap’s sake. That’s no fun for anyone. The point is to live comfortably while still being as cheap as you can.
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Monica Clifford (A&E Writer): I love “The Hobbit.” Reading it in eighth grade was so much fun. I’d grown up loving the “Lord of the Rings” series. Every night, I would get into my wee little nightgown and curl up beside my dad, who would crack open the tome and begin to read aloud to me and my siblings. He started with “The Hobbit” before moving on to the rest of the series, and so I’ve always had a special place in my heart for this book. When we read it in school, I grew excited when we got to the spider part; this was my favorite, since my dad had crafted his own tune to go along with the words Bilbo sings. I love “The Hobbit” because of the story itself, but also because it makes me think of wonderful childhood memories.
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Volleyball opens SCAC with wins In the opening weekend of SCAC play, Tigers go 3-0 Page 21
Women’s soccer brings winning streak to six games after opening conference with two wins
photos by Eva Littman First-year midfielder Hannah Booher runs down the field (left). Senior midfielder Kirby Peddicord dribbles the ball past a Mary-Hardin Baylor opponent (right). The Tigers won the game 3-0 on Sept. 23.
Tiger women continue unbeaten season after wins over Austin, Dallas and Mary-Hardin by Alyssa Tayrien SPORTS REPORTER
Trinity women’s soccer hit the road this weekend to play Austin College and University of Dallas in the first conference games of the season. The weekend opened on Friday afternoon in Sherman, Texas, against the No. 10 Austin College Kangaroos. Both the Kangaroos and the Tigers showed strong defense, as the score remained 0-0 until the half. The second half brought two goals for the Tigers. First year Colleen Markey launched a shot that sailed past Austin College goalkeeper Franchesca Lozoya, who was named SCAC women’s soccer defensive player of the week earlier this month. Lozoya missed another save four minutes later when Trinity first year Julia Camp scored
off of an assist from senior Emily Jorgens, bringing the final score 2-0. The game left Austin College’s conference record at 0-1, while Trinity gained a win thanks to teamwork and some new first years. “We practice meritocracy,” said head coach Lance Key. “What that means for us is that not the best players play; it’s the players who’ve been playing the best play… We have a tremendous amount of talent across our roster—it’s just finding a way to get that talent to come forth.” The Tigers’ momentum continued in the second game in Irving, Texas, where the Tigers took on the University of Dallas Crusaders. Both the Crusaders and Tigers began the game with a SCAC record of 1-0, but after 90 minutes of play, the Crusaders fell to 1-1, while the Tigers rose to 2-0. Trinity underclassmen made significant offensive contributions against the Crusaders. After an assist from sophomore Hannah Hommel in the 43rd minute, Camp scored the first goal of the game.
“My teammates made it easy on me, to be honest. The assists were great. We’re a passing team, so we should score a lot of goals off of open play; I think that’s a positive thing,” Camp said. Camp, who scored two goals in two games, was named SCAC offensive player of the week. The Crusaders struggled to find an opening in Trinity’s defense, failing to score against goalkeepers Devan Osequeda and Dana McLaughlin. “These first two games kicked off our conference season, [so] our defense is making a conscious effort to limit the number of goal scoring opportunities, especially in conference play,” McLaughlin said. “We were successful this weekend because of our defensive commitment to that goal.” The final two goals of the game came from first year Tierney Thomison, who scored on a wellexecuted penalty kick, and sophomore Brigitte Taylor, who swooped in and hit the back of the net, bringing the final score to 3-0 in favor of the Tigers.
Trinity has a conference record of 2-0-0 and are 6-0-1 overall. They will play both Austin College and University of Dallas again on Oct. 24 and 26, respectively, with the home field advantage. Following a weekend on the road, Trinity women’s soccer returned home in a match against the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor. The Tigers scored quickly in this nonconference game, as All-Americans Kelsey Falcone and Emily Jorgens worked together to score the first goal. Coming off of an assist from Falcone, Jorgens launched a shot into the back of the net 10 minutes into the game. With 25 minutes left in the first half, Jorgens dribbled downfield, crossed the box and scored again, bringing the score to 2-0 in favor of the Tigers. The second half brought yet another goal for Trinity when Falcone scored off of a header, assisted by Jorgens. The Tigers won the game with a score of 3-0, bringing their winning streak to six games while remaining undefeated.
“The wins always build our confidence so we keep that momentum going the rest of the season. As we continue to move forward and click as a team, it’s just going to keep building,” Jorgens said. Jorgens, a senior, now stands as the all-time leading points scorer for Trinity women’s soccer with 150 goals. While she continues to increase the new record with every game, she attributes her success to her teammates. “It’s an awesome accomplishment, and I’m really honored to have done that,” Jorgens said. “But I think a lot of it is due to how much the team has done, because I’m not getting goals by myself. Teammates have to give me the ball to score, and I’m not just relying on goals because I’m also getting assists and people have to be in the box to finish it. It’s not just an individual goal—it’s a team accomplishment and speaks to how much we’ve done over the past four years together.” The women play against Schreiner University at 8 p.m. tonight on the McGinlay Soccer Field.
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Trinity sends women’s doubles team to National Small College Championships after regional win Kara Southwick and Marie Lutz win ITA southwest regional doubles, 6-4, 7-6 The Trinity women’s tennis team competed in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Southwest Regional Tournament Sept. 19-21, which was held here at Trinity. Sophomore Liza Southwick and first year Marie Lutz captured the doubles title, and Southwick also finished as the runner-up in the singles competition. Southwick and Lutz— second seeds in the doubles tournament—won the championship 6-4, 7-6 (4) over the top seeded pair of Amy Friesenhahn and Tori Musngi from the University of Texas-Tyler. Head coach Gretchen Rush was impressed with their ability to compete after playing long matches all weekend, including some doubleheaders. “They played their hearts out and they really came through in the end,” Rush said. Regarding the length of the weekend Southwick said, “It was long, but I guess that’s why you play, though—for the thrill of it.”
With this win, the team advances to the USTA/ ITA National Small College Championships. “It’s crazy, this was my goal coming into college tennis,” Southwick said. “I don’t think it has hit me yet—like we’re just going to South Carolina that’s cool— but having All-American status is just a whole other level.” Southwick and Lutz became the first Trinity doubles team to win this title since Mackenzie Knoop and Thavindra Ekanayake in 2012. In singles, junior Gabrielle Roe, Southwick and Lutz competed in the “A” draw semifinals. Southwick was the runnerup in the tournament, losing a long three set match 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to defending champion Sofia Vega of Texas Lutheran University. Southwick, the No. 2 seed, was dominant on her way to the championship match. She bested fellow teammate, No. 12 Roe, 6-1, 6-0 in the semifinals, and dropped a total of nine games in the previous four matches. In the other semifinal, No. 5 Lutz lost 4-6, 3-6 to Vega as well. In her quarterfinal match, she beat No. 10 Diana Roy from the University of Texas-Dallas 6-3, 6-0 and dropped four games in the first three rounds.
first for the franchise. As for what team they will face, Chancellor and Simmons think differently. “They have the talent to obviously go back and win this thing,” Chancellor said. “I think LeBron would love to face the Spurs in the finals. I think he has circled every date possible with San Antonio. So let’s get ready for Cleveland in June. We did it before in 2007; they’ll do it again in 2015. Spurs over the Cavs, in six in mid June.” “I think it’s going to be Chicago. If Derrick Rose stays healthy, I think Chicago will be in the finals this year,” Simmons said. While the Spurs are a professional team, Trinity students can learn from them. “Study how they do business. It’s all about taking care of each other and as a student at Trinity, take care of each other,” Simmons said. “You’ve got to go to a game. They always have great ticket deals. As big as this is these, are good guys, this is a wonderful franchise.
We are watching the end of history in essence. We are in the final closing stages of the greatest chapter in franchise history and one of the great chapters in the history of sports. They deserve your support,” Chancellor said. The Spurs offer ticket deals through the SpursU program to all college students. Every game day, two hours before tip-off, students can present their college ID and get a lower-level ticket for $40 or an upper level ticket for $5. These tickets can be obtained at the northeast box office at the AT&T Center. If you can’t wait for the regular season to start, the Spurs are hosting a free and open to the public intra-squad scrimmage at 6 p.m. next Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 at the AT&T Center before their first preseason on Oct. 18 against the Miami Heat at home. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and there will be a 40 percent discount on concessions and 20 percent discount at the fan shop .
by Sarah Farrell SPORTS REPORTER
photo by Mary Vanderbloemen Sophomore Elena Wilson serves the ball (top). Junior Caroline White hits the ball during the ITA Southwest Regional Tournament held at Trinity (bottom).
The loss to Vega was a huge motivator for both Lutz and Southwick in their doubles final. “I feel like it almost put a fire under us,” Lutz said. “You want to make it [to] nationals and if you can’t make it in singles then you’re going to make it in doubles.” Junior Caroline White also won on Sunday in the consolation “A” singles final. She beat Emilie Moeller of Southwestern University 6-4, 6-2 to win the title. The Tigers also showed good results as a team in the tournament. There were six individuals that made it to at least the quarterfinal round in their singles draw, and three doubles teams made it to at least the semifinal round of their draw. The Tigers’ team unity and support was strong for the Tigers during the competition as well. “It’s not even like a team—it’s like a family—It’s like your family is there supporting you,” said Lutz. Southwick and Lutz will travel to Sumter, South Carolina for the National Small College Championships from Oct. 9-12 to wrap up the Tigers’ fall season. The spring season for the Tigers begins Friday, Jan. 30, at the Abilene Christian University indoors in Abilene, Texas.
Sports broadcasters preview the Spurs season by Alicia Guerrero
MANAGING EDITOR
After a short off-season, the San Antonio Spurs are gearing up for the 20142015 NBA season and the chance to defend their 2014 National Basketball Association (NBA) Championship title. Today, players and coach Gregg Popovich will meet with members of the media before starting training camp here in San Antonio in preparation for their home opener on Oct. 28, against the Dallas Mavericks where they will receive their championship rings. The core of the championship team is back, with one notable addition: Kyle Anderson from the University of California at Los Angeles, according to David Chancellor, sports anchor for News 4 San Antonio and Trinity University alumnus. “Kyle Anderson is used to the big stage and I think they want to groom him to be part of the core that will take this franchise into the next phase whenever Tim,
Tony and Manu retire,” Chancellor said. Greg Simmons, sports anchor and director for KSAT 12, said that Anderson will be the rookie to watch this season. “Kyle will do great. He’s got that length. I like him a lot. I think they made an excellent first pick,” Simmons said. With the core of the Spurs team aging, injury will always be a concern. However, with star players such as Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker sitting out of international play this summer, both Chancellor and Simmons are still confident in the Spurs training staff. “I have injury concerns about the Spurs every year and every year I think their staff does a phenomenal job of getting guys in their thirties to be ready to go by the playoffs,” Chancellor said. Even with injury concerns, both guys are optimistic about the Spurs chances of winning another championship this season, something that would be a
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Men’s soccer team remains undefeated in SCAC Trinity men beat Austin and Dallas while on the road by Sarah Farrell SPORTS REPORTER
The Trinity men’s soccer team secured two victories over Austin College and the University of Dallas on the road Sept. 19-21. The Tigers opened the weekend with a 7-0 shutout of Austin College Friday afternoon. They finished the
weekend with a 4-1 victory over Dallas Sunday “When we score early—which we did in both games this weekend— it gives us a big advantage throughout the game because the other team is wearing down and we’re still bringing in guys who are fresh,” said senior forward Johnny Lawson. Lawson scored the first two goals in the 12th and 24th minutes. Junior forward Derrick Horvath scored just before the end of the half giving the Tigers a 3-0
advantage going into the second half. In the second half, sophomore midfielder Goncalo Santana scored in the first six minutes. Next senior defender Tom Carwile scored. First-year forward/ midfielders Nate Dauphin and Daniel Ruano added two more goals to give the Tigers the 7-0-shutout victory. “They didn’t really threaten us that much, but our defense handled everything they did throw at us very well,”
said assistant coach Edward Cartee. In Sunday’s game, Dallas got on the scoreboard first with a goal in the tenth minute. Four minutes later, the Tigers struck with a goal from Carwile with an assist from Lawson. In the 35th minute first-year midfielder Ian Morris scored. Sophomore defender Zac Treu made it 3-1 with a goal before the end of the first half. The only goal in the second half came from Lawson in the 62nd minute.
The team is looking forward to playing at home this weekend and continuing conference play. “We haven’t reached our peak yet—we still have a lot to work on—we’re not at our best shape,” Araujo said. The Tigers improved to 7-10 on the season and 3-0-0 in conference. The Tigers play at 6 p.m. tonight against Schreiner University and at noon Sunday, Sept. 28, they face Texas Lutheran University (Seguin, Texas).
Women win Non D-I title and men come in second in Non D-I division
College (93), University of Texas-Permian Basin (100), Texas Lutheran University (136) and Sul Ross State University (200) to win the division of non D-I schools Four women on the Trinity team were among the top 10 finishers in the meet. Leading the way for the women was senior Michele Oberndorf who placed fourth overall with a time of 19:32.8. Also placing for the women were first-year Melissa Whitman, who came in seventh with a tie of 19:57.7, senior Genevieve Primeau who finished ninth with a time of 20:27:1, and first-year Lexi Phelps, who placed 10th with a time of 20:30.2. “It was great. I really enjoyed working together to get the team win” said Whitman. Leading the men’s team was junior Taylor Piske who finished in eighth place in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 16:22.2.
Also finishing for the men’s team was sophomore Austin Brown, who finished 15th with a time of 16:48.1, Tristan Ashton, who placed 17th with a time of 16:57.7, Michael Erickson, who finished 18th with a time of 17:01.4, and Daniel Henkes, who finished 26th with a time of 17:27.1. Capping off the successful weekend for Trinity cross country was the naming of the SCAC runners of the week. Senior Michelle Oberndorf was named SCAC Athlete of the week for her performance in the race. Sophomore Austin Brown was named also SCAC Athlete of the week for his performance in the race. “I am very proud of the team as a whole. We trained hard and ran well,” said head Cross Country Coach Emily Daum. The team will travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas to compete in the Chile Invitational on Oct. 4 at 9:45 a.m.
Cross Country team finishes well at Ricardo Romo Classic by Stephen Mason SPORTS REPORTER On Sept. 19 Trinity’s crosscountry teams competed at the UTSA Ricardo Romo Classic Cross Country meet. The meet was held at the National Shooting Center in San Antonio. “It was a tough course to run, the trail was rocky in some places, but we still had a good meet,” said junior Chris Soto. The women’s team won the non-Division I title, and the men came in second among the non-Division I teams. The women’s team scored 37 points during the meet. The lady Tigers beat Tarleton State University (50), Texas A&M International University (84), Butler Community
photo by Sarah Thorne The Trinity men’s team starts the UTSA Ricardo Romo race. As a team the men finished second among non D-I schools.
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After two consecutive defeats, Trinity wins first game against Sul Ross St. for overall record of 1-2 by Stephen Mason
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The Trinity football team earned their first win over Sul Ross State University last Saturday at Jackson field in Alpine, Texas. The team not only battled the Sul Ross State Lobos, but also a 90-minute weather delay. The game started off slow, but the Tigers scored two touchdowns in the second quarter. This gave Trinity a 14-0 lead going into halftime. During halftime, bad weather rolled in and caused a 90-minute delay in the game due to thunder and lightning. Both teams went scoreless in the third quarter but came back in the last quarter of regulation. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Sul Ross forced their second turnover of the game. They took full advantage of the short field and scored on a 26-yard drive. After a missed field goal, the Tigers were called for a roughing the kicker penalty. After this, the Lobos elected to go for two. They later missed the conversion bringing the score to 14-6. After a few more strong defensive stands, Trinity
went on to capture their first win of the season, bringing their record to 1-2. “It was a hard-fought win, but we took care of business,” said first-year linebacker Jordan Williams. This was also a big game for first year head coach Jerheme Urban, who nabbed the first win of his head coaching career. Leading the way for the offense was running back Travis Williams, who recorded 96 yards rushing and 33 yards receiving. senior Quarterback Mason Blaschke also threw for 93 yards. “I was very pleased with the offensive this game. The offensive line had a good game which led to a good day for our rushing and passing attacks” said assistant coach Matt Uzzell. Leading the way for the defense was senior Jai Boatman who recorded his third interception in three games. Boatman also returned an interception 54 yards for a touchdown against the Lobos. Boatman was named the SCAC player of the week for his performance in the game. The defense only allowed 165 yards in total offense. Senior Connor Yorloff had a game high of 13 tackles, and Alejandro Anzaldua picked up three tackles for loss. This weekend Trinity returns home to take on Pacific Lutheran University, which is ranked 17th in the nation by the AFCA coaches The game is on Sept. 27 and begins at 6 p.m.
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Schreiner to go undefeated in SCAC by Claire Hoobler-Curtis SPORTS EDITOR
The Trinity volleyball team began SCAC games this past weekend, Sept. 19- 20, in a sweep with wins over Southwestern, Schreiner and TLU. After these wins, the Tigers improve to an overall season record of 11-4 and are undefeated in their last six games. On Friday, Sept. 19, the team opened play against Southwestern, where they pulled out the win in the fifth game, 3-2. “That first match was just [a] great defensive match for both teams; it wasn’t a particularly good match offensively for either team. Shannon Courtney had 34 digs on the match…and Layne Hubbard had a great defensive match and had 32 digs. Both of those players were the key to our ball control,” said head coach Julie Jenkins.
The Tigers played two games on Saturday, Sept. 20, first against TLU then against Schreiner. The Tigers fell in the first match against TLU but won the next three to win 3-1. The ladies then swept Schreiner 3-0. Junior Shannon Courtney was named SCAC volleyball defensive player of the week after her 34 digs against Southwestern, 21 against TLU and six against Schreiner in one set. Courtney’s 34 digs are fourth best in school history and a personal best. After these games she leads the team with 254 digs for the season. The Tigers viewed their defense and ability to use all hitters on offense as their biggest strengths. “Our biggest strengths were blocking. The whole team blocked really well... so I think blocking defense gave us an edge over some of the teams we played this weekend. Our team is good at running every hitter and spreading out the offense so teams have a harder time defending us,” said senior Erin Cusenbary. These wins come after a series of games at the
beginning of the season including losses to No. 2Cal Lutheran, No. 13 Pacific Lutheran and No. 3 Emory and a win against 19th ranked Claremont-MuddScripps. Jenkins says that the team’s goal is to play the hardest competition possible throughout the season to prepare the team. “We always play as tough a schedule as possible. Our record may not show us winning 95% of our matches, we could easily have a much higher win percentage but we choose to play the toughest schedule as possible and it pays off in the long run, it always has,” Jenkins said. Next up, the Tigers head to Shreveport, La., Sept. 27-28, to play Centenary, Dallas, Austin and No. 10 ranked Colorado College. Heading into these games the Tigers want to continue their strong defense and aggressive offense. “We are well prepared and excited for this weekend. Our biggest focus is...to come out with more aggressive serves in the first set and continue to make our serve receive and defense a priority,” said sophomore Natalie Perez.
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photo by Mary Vanderbloemen Students were able to register to vote outside of the Coates center this past week. Students who registered had the option to write why they chose to register on the blackboard seen above.
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