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Vol. 115 Issue 12
Serving Trinity University, San Antonio Since 1902
November 13, 2015
Trinity soccer sweeps the nation with wins
Trinity men’s soccer team practices before heading to the NCAA Division III championship.
Trinity Tigers’ head to the NCAA Division III championship BY CLINT SCHROEDER
SPORTS REPORTER
With a 5-0 victory over Texas Lutheran University and a 1-0 victory over Colorado College, the Trinity University men’s soccer team completed their ascension to win the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) tournament championship for the fourth year in a row. The team’s 19-2 record ranks the men’s soccer team as second in the nation in men’s Division III soccer. The team had a tough two-game stretch where they lost back-to-back conference games, which the team had not done for quite a while, according to the head coach Paul McGinlay. “It was a bit of a knock to our confidence,” McGinlay said. “But we regrouped as a team and we just pressed the reset button.” The second loss was to a familiar opponent, Colorado College, who the team expects to be a tough test from each year. “Playing Colorado College has always been a challenge,” said senior forward Derrick Horvath. “But it was very satisfying getting to beat them the last two times we played them.” Horvath also mentioned that since the team came back from those back-to-back defeats, they have grown closer both on and off the field, which he believes helped them improve a grow as a team. Senior defender Tom Carwile reiterated Horvath’s earlier statements that the team reveled in the fact that they were able to make up for the their prior loss.
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“It felt great making up the loss from earlier in the season, especially in the SCAC final,” Carwile said. “We had a lot of motivation to go back up to Colorado and show them how we can really play and avenge that loss from earlier in the season.” The team was successful in avenging the second regular season loss with a narrow 1-0 victory, with the goal coming on a penalty kick in the 25th minute. Carwile, one of the captains of the team, took the penalty kick for the Tigers and buried it in the back of the net. “It’s high pressure to score a penalty under any conditions,” McGinlay said. “But in a championship game away from home to put us one-nil up, obviously it ended up defining the game. It’s great to have that kind of senior leadership.” Carwile, along with Horvath, were two of the six players on the men’s team to be named to the All-SCAC tournament team. Carwile and Horvath each took home additional honors being nominated as the defensive most valuable player (MVP) and the offensive MVP respectively, yet they both made it known that their achievements would not have been possible without the teammates they have around them. “Without the support of my teammates around me and their great play, it would not be possible to get these types of awards,” Carwile said. “Our defense has been great all year, and I guess because I am a senior captain, I get a lot of recognition for that, but it really is a team award in my eyes.” Horvath echoed Carwile’s statements that it took a team effort to be crowned SCAC champions. “It’s a great honor to have been named the offensive MVP of the SCAC tournament with all the talented players who have had great seasons,” Horvath said. “It’s a shame they only have two awards to honor individual players because there
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are plenty of guys, especially (senior midfielder) Brad Carabajal, who had great tournaments and who we couldn’t have won the tournament without.” The entire team contributed in the victory, but Horvath and Carwile were among those directly responsible for the game-changing goal, with Horvath winning the penalty kick for his team and Carwile knocking in the eventual game winning goal off of the penalty kick. With the game on the line, a team often looks to one of the leaders of the team to step up and change the game in their favor, which Carwile was very gracious and appreciative that he had the opportunity to do so. “It was special to step up and make the penalty kick in Colorado in front of all of those fans. It is a moment I will remember for the rest of my life,” Carwile said. “But honestly, I have the trust in any player on our team to step up and make that penalty kick. [Horvath] did a great job of winning the penalty, and I had the honor to take it, but I know he would have slotted it home if he would have taken it as well.” Carwile also mentioned that he felt comforted by that fact that his teammates trust him to take the high pressure kicks, especially when the game is on the line. One fact that helps the team trust Carwile in high pressure situations is that of the nine goals that Carwile has scored this season, seven of them have been the eventual game-winner. The Tigers will look to Carwile and to each other to step up their performance once again in their first match of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament this Saturday at 11 a.m at the Paul McGinlay soccer field at Trinity University against the University of Texas-Dallas.
Girls soccer heading off to NCAA playoffs BY CLINT SCHROEDER
SPORTS REPORTER The Trinity University women’s soccer team has their sights set toward this weekend’s first two rounds of games in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament that is being hosted at Trinity this Friday through Sunday. The team hopes to continue their recent run of success after winning the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) tournament, where they took down Southwestern University 6-0 in the semifinals and Texas Lutheran University 4-0 in the finals, with both games being one sided affairs. Their 19-0-1 record currently has the team ranked as the number one team in women’s Division III soccer. As the number one team in the nation, they handily dispatched both Southwestern and Texas Lutheran in the SCAC tournament. The large score line from the two tournament games displays the team’s dominating performances, which is reinforced further when the statistics from those two games are viewed. Over the course of the two games, the women took 50 total shots. 28 of those being on target to the goal, with 10 of those chances being converted into goals for the Tigers. On the other side of the ball, the Tiger defense allowed only one shot to each team and neither one threatened Trinity’s Junior goalkeeper Janie Thompson.
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On Wednesday night in San Antonio, Roseanne Welch was arrested for allegedly leaving her six week premature baby in the toilet of a bathroom. The baby was found on Halloween evening. The child is currently on life support at the University Hospital. Authorities saw Welch on security camera footage released on social media the following day. Child protective services is involved in the case and Welch will face trial with different charges depending on how the premature child does in the upcoming weeks.
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International On Thursday United States forces carried out an air strike target at Jihadi John. Jihadi John is said to be Kuwaiti-born from Britain. The militant has been featured heavily as the man beheading hostages mostly from the West and posting them on social media. The Pentagon has yet to confirm the kill of Jihai John as all the information of the strike is still new. Jihadi John’s name Mohammed Emwazi has gained serious momentum online as the militant is infamous as the executioner of many well known hostages from the United States. The Pentagon has announced it will “provide additional information as and where appropriate.” bbc.com
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Student activists and Mizzou this week have been protesting in regards to every day racism taking place on campus. Students have been participating in walkouts and protests across the country at different college campuses. The small every day racism has come to be referred to as microaggressions. These microaggressions are seen as being accused of being from somewhere other than the United States, being picked out as a criminal, or even just subtle racial slurs while walking across campus. Students across the United States who are not actively protesting on campuses are taking to social media and posting their support for the BlackOnCampus hashtag.
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St. Mary’s speaker talks law with political science department Charles Cantú, dean of St. Mary’s Law School, discusses career field with Trinity students BY ALEXANDRA URI
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The Trinity University Pre-Law Society, formerly Phi Alpha Delta, invited students to talk last week with Charles Cantú, the former Dean of St. Mary’s Law School in San Antonio. “Every semester, Dr. Hermann does something for the pre-law students [for] law school, and he does excellent work. But as students we kind of wanted to branch out and say while Dr. Hermann is an excellent resource, there are lots of other resources we can be talking to,” said Courtney Iverson, a senior at Trinity. “St. Mary’s is the only law school in San Antonio, and I found the former dean, Cantú. He has had some very close ties with Trinity, and many people had recommended him as a possible speaker.” Cantú has been on faculty at St. Mary’s Law School for almost 50 years and has had experience in many areas of the law. According to the St. Mary’s Law School website, “Cantú is among the longest tenured Hispanic law professors in the country. He has been a Fulbright Scholar, teaching at the Universidad de René Gabriel Moreno in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. An engaged member of the San Antonio community, Cantú serves numerous civic organizations, including the boards of the Witte Museum, San Antonio Hospice and the Winston School. He served as dean of the School of Law for seven years, concluding his deanship in 2014.” Cantú structured his discussion around three broad categories: the personal statement, a first
year law student’s schedule and the benefits of a legal education. Having been the chairman of the admissions committee at St. Mary’s, Cantú provided unique insight on the law school application process. “Each folder is reviewed by our admissions office. Quite truthfully, the admissions office at St. Mary’s — and I think this is true for most law schools in the country — will first look at the LSAT grade, what you made on the Law School Admissions Test, and [then] your GPA. If it is above a certain mark you are automatically admitted into law school and if it is below a certain mark you are not accepted into law school. It is that gray area in between that goes to the admissions committee,” Cantú said. In regards to the personal statement, Cantú states that it shows law schools two important things that every law student needs to have. “When it comes to the personal statement the individuals on the admissions committee are concerned with two things. Number one from your personal statement: are you going to contribute to the fabric of the student body? Do you bring something from your personal background that is going to enhance the fabric of our student body? I’ll talk about the individuals that stand out in my mind after all these years. One individual that applied had been an architect and he had worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Walt Disney in designing Disneyland. Another individual wanted to come to law school for the sole purpose of marketing his mother-inlaw’s salsa. Another one had been a nurse in the operating room in Vietnam and she brought a lot to the student body, she enhanced it a great deal. So the first thing we look for in the personal statement is not only. What do you bring to the student body? but also What do you bring to the
profession. And secondly, we are looking to see if you can write. Good lawyering requires good communication skills, not only oral but written,” said Cantú. He also offered advice on taking a gap year to gain maturity and life experience. “All of my evidence is anecdotal, but I have found that all of the individuals that have spaced undergraduate and law school with military service, working or whatever generally makes better law students, and I attribute that to an element of maturity that has come into play,” Cantú said. Next, Cantú discussed the general schedule of law schools. While most first-year law students will take the same basic classes — contracts, property, torts, federal procedures, constitutional law, criminal law, etc. — a law student’s schedule depends on both the person and the time they are in law school. “I like to tell my students that the law, as all first-year law students are prone to speak of, is nothing more than a set of rules that governs the behavior of individuals... As society evolves, the law changes. At one time women could not vote. That has changed. At one time women could not contract, sue or be sued or own property in their own name. In my lifetime we had segregation. In my lifetime we had miscegenation laws, which said an African-American could not marry a person of the white race. That has all changed. And as society evolves, laws change and as law changes curriculum in law schools changes,” Cantú said. Cantú suggested that you build your schedule around what kind of law you want to practice and what kind of lawyer you want to become. “Which ones should you choose? Which classes should you take? Well, what kind of lawyer do
you want to be? Do you want to be a tax attorney? Then take the tax courses. Do you want to be a sports law individual? Then take those courses. Civil rights; follow that. You have the choice, but what kind of lawyer do you want to be? I suggest that you select those courses for which you have a passion,” Cantú said. Cantú also discussed the benefits of a legal education. “I went to law school because my father told me to. He was a businessman and I had majored [in business] at the University of Texas…. My plan was to become a CPA, and he came to my room one night and said he thought I should go to law school, and he was right. The first semester of law school I worked harder than all four years at the University of Texas. I loved it. It was like coming home. It was so fulfilling for me. So, what do you get out of law school? Well, you might find yourself as I did. It will expose you, if nothing else, to this process of analytical reasoning,” Cantú said. His last piece of advice for future law students is to prepare for the Law School Admissions Test and go to the best law school you can get into. The Trinity Pre-Law Society will host several other events this year for students interested in law school. “Later this month Kaplan [Test Prep] is coming to campus, and a representative will say what Kaplan offers in terms of LSAT preparation,” Iverson said. “In the spring semester one of the ideas we have is to have a session where both someone in the District Attorney’s office and a defense attorney come to speak, just to give the two sides of the law, prosecutor and defense, in terms of litigation laws and what it entails and what an average day is like.”
professor of political science, Sean McCutchen, student government association president and Brenham Pozzi, senior and business major. Anderson opened the forum with introductory words regarding the state of the policy currently. “If you look at Trinity right now, we have a policy that prohibits carrying firearms on campus. There were prior acts of legislation that were considering making campus carry legal in Texas. With that heard, faculty, students and the board of trustees enacted other policies affirming that Trinity would remain gun free,” said Anderson. The goal of the forum was to present both sides of the issue and assess if the community wants campus carry or a continuation of Trinity’s current policy. “As a private university, we can have a consultation—like we’re having tonight— and we can choose to opt out of the campus carry. That is one of the things that if you look at all
of our policies tonight will help us decide if we should reaffirm being a gun free campus. So the goal is for you to understand both sides of this,” Anderson said. Paul Chapa, chief of police, discussed the difference between “open carry” and “campus carry.” “Campus carry allows people with concealed handgun licenses to carry concealed handguns in permitted areas on campus. The handguns must remain concealed,” said Chapa. “House Bill 910 known as open carry becomes law January 1,2016 and makes it legal for concealed handgun license holders to carry visible handguns in the state of Texas. However, open carry would not apply at universities—including Trinity.” The speeches from panelists began with Pozzi who explained the positive side of campus carry from his view. “A shooting or stabbing happens at a university almost every single day and I would feel a lot better knowing that individuals who are licensed who go through a more comprehensive background check, a mental health check, can pass an accuracy test, go through a training course and have their fingerprints taken should be allowed to carry. Because anybody can walk on campus and anybody can carry a gun— TUPD may not be able to stop [an incident] if it’s too late,” Pozzi said. McCutchen discussed the negative implications of campus carry. “I firmly believe in the right for people to be able to own guns, to
protect their lives and property and their family. However there’s just, I think, a time and place for handguns. One of the big issues with this bill is the implementation,” McCutchen said. McCutchen listed several implementation problems he forecasted including problems with gun-free zones. “If I was a concealed carrier and I forgot to check my handgun at the door the police now has to assume that anyone carrying inside [gun free buildings] are doing so with the intent to harm someone. The campus would most likely have a lockdown and all of a sudden there is considered to be a gunman on campus. Even with the recent UIW scare, you can see how out of hand that could get,” McCutchen said. Then Hermann and Crockett gave their input on the issue. Hermann discussed the positive side from the faculty perspective. “This is a vital issue. I’ve never owned a gun, but I’m a Second Amendment advocate. I don’t think it’s fair to have a hierarchy of amendments. If students receive additional training at Trinity to become responsible gun owners, we could teach responsibility to students and they can become responsible citizens,” Hermann said. Crockett argued the opposite side focusing on the negative implications. “The law applies to people who are 21 and over, and that’s about 1.3 percent of Trinity students would be able to obtain carry handgun licenses, and that’s about eight Trinity students, so we are arguing about something with minimal impact,” said Crockett. At the end of the forum, Anderson urged students, faculty and staff to seek out representatives to deliver their opinions. Groups to contact include the Student Government Association, Trinity Staff Engagement Committee and the Faculty Senate. Trinity will decide whether to reaffirm its policy against firearms or to opt out in the future. SB11 will go into effect statewide on August 1, 2016.
Student government association debates campus carry Professors and students discuss the new bill BY JESSICA LUHRMAN
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A forum was held discussing Senate Bill 11, often known as “campus carry,” on Nov. 11. SB11 allows for concealed firearms on public universities who are given the option of having “gun-free zones.” The bill offers a caveat for private institutions that may opt out of the requirement after consulting their university community. The forum was sponsored by the Student Government Association and moderated by President Anderson, university president. Panelists included David Crockett, professor and chair of political science, John Hermann, associate
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Construction begins next to CSI for core room
The small building is said to house all things relating to Internet on campus BY ALEXANDRA URI
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As many students have noticed by now, there is a new building going up between the Center for Sciences and Innovations and Chapman Center. An email was sent out to inform students about the new addition to campus. “By now you’ve noticed the construction of a small building between the CSI and the Chapman Center on the west side of campus. This will be the site of Trinity’s new core room or the digital ‘nerve center’ for the campus’ various networks, such as connections to the Internet, television and telephone services
and the wireless and wired networks,” said Charles White, vice president of information resources, marketing and communications. The core room is the control room and regulator of Trinity’s many networks. “The core room is basically the room where all of the network fibers that connect every building on campus terminate. So, every building has fiber running to it. Every building has twelve to forty-eight fibers through it and that’s basically our network connectivity. It also serves as a backup [for] disaster recovery,” said Fred Zapata, director and chief information technology officer at Trinity. In other words, the core room is the switchboard for all of the network services at Trinity. “These routers and switches receive and send digital information and serve as the switching and processing center for all the network services on campus,” White said. The core room is currently housed in the basement of the Ruth Taylor Theater. However,
due to issues with flooding and space, Information and Technology decided it would be best to move the center to a new location that was more accessible to IT professionals. “What this new core room is, is basically we are extending the fiber that runs from the old core room to the new core room. Its above ground, the equipment will sit above grade and there will be more redundancy as far as cooling and power needs that are required for that equipment,” Zapata said. The new location was chosen based on the accessibility for IT professionals who would need to access it the most. “Several locations were considered, but the site between Chapman and the CSI building was determined to be the best for access by IT professionals and one where the core room would blend in with the surrounding buildings,” said White. Construction should be finished by December, and the center will be up and running by the start of the Spring 2016 semester.
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provider to move their equipment over. So there will be some down time when there will be no network connectivity or telecommunications on campus. Most of the moves and installations will be done during Christmas break,” Zapata said. The addition of this building will add to Trinity’s campus and help keep the campus modern. “This construction,” White said, “will modernize Trinity’s core room capacity and harden the security of this important resource.”
24 hour giving challenge at Trinity Trinity raises funds with campaign for 24 hours for the Office of Annual Giving BY JESSICA LUHRMAN
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The Trinity community participated in its first 24 Hour Giving Challenge, a fundraising campaign lasting 24 hours, on Oct. 28. The goal for the 24 Hour Challenge was to receive 480 donors in a day, and the University would donate $24000 towards scholarships and financial aid. The Challenge was sponsored by the Office of Annual Giving. A total of 867 gifts were donated, and Annual Giving raised $156,323.76. The number of donations was record-setting for Trinity, according to Callum Stewart, associate director of personal giving. “We had 867 gifts in a 24 hour period. That’s a record number of gifts in a 146 year history at Trinity University,” Stewart said.
Annual Giving donated $24000 of the total received to financial aid. Stewart explained the idea behind the day-long campaign. “It’s a new initiative across the US in higher education: 24 hour giving challenges. We thought we’d do something that challenged the community at large. So we challenged faculty, staff, alumni, parents, students,” Stewart said. The Challenge received three anonymous donations of $24000 from two parents and one alumni. The largest donation received was $30,000. The campaign relied heavily on social media to reach its audience and attract donors. “Before the day we had volunteers pushing out on their emails, posting on their own social media accounts—Facebook, Twitter, Instagram—whatever they felt most comfortable with. Trinity is a traditional university, this is the first time we utilized online social media content in this capacity.” Danny Anderson, university president, posted several tweets on Twitter encouraging donors. After the Challenge he tweeted, “Congratulations and thank you! You reached the stretch goal before finish time.” Brenna Hill, junior political science and urban studies major and student ambassador, explained the role of the students.
Diwali festival of lights
Indian Student association hosts and organizes performances by Trinity dance groups BY ABIGAIL BIRDSELL
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Last Saturday the Indian Student Association (ISA) hosted their annual Diwali celebration in Laurie Auditorium. The cultural performance included dance, a romance storyline, costumes and Indian food. Showcasing the exciting Hindu festival of Diwali. Diwali or Deepavali (translated as “the festival of lights”) is a festival that takes place over a span of five days every autumn. Before the main festival commences, families clean and decorate their homes. On the night of, participants dress in their best clothes and light up diyas (lamps and candles) and participate in prayer. The event included nine dances that represented decade trends in India from 1960 to 2010. Though ISA organized the event, a wide range of Trinity groups and students were included in the experience. “We wanted anyone who wanted to participate to participate,” said junior Pooja Bollampally, president of ISA. “You didn’t need any dance experience or anything to be in the show, we just wanted everyone to have a good time and really
understand what Diwali meant to us.” First years also got their taste of performance opportunities at Trinity. “I was kind of nervous because I learned the dance in four days” said First—year student Ella Oduguwa, “but it was a lot of fun!” The event was different from previous performances according to Subrat Mahapatra, Vice president of ISA and Diwali performer. “Our theme is usually very androcentric, mainly focused on the men. This year we wanted the focus to be on the women and what women go through. So a cultural clash of gender roles,” Mahapatra said. The costumes were also a grand addition to the show. Everything from belly dancing skirts to new scarves were purchased to make the show complete. In the end, the mission of the performance was to celebrate and expose the tradition of Diwali with the Trinity student body. “I really enjoyed how they incorporated modern music into their traditional music while giving a very enjoyable and lively dance performance,” said First—year audience member Kendel King. For those who grew up with the holiday, it was a nostalgic throw back to the Hindu festival they know and love, with a Trinity twist. San Antonio continues to celebrate the cultural festival of Diwali Saturday downtown.
“We had over 100 students make a gift during the challenge, so students definitely played a big part in helping Trinity reach our goal.” Students who donated could give at any level, and their involvement was vital, according to Stewart. “It didn’t matter if you donated a dollar or $100. Those 112 students played a 25 percent role in triggering our $24000,” said Stewart. Volunteers nationally helped in the planning and implementation of the Challenge. “It’s been in the planning stage for about three months now. It utilized 50-75 volunteers across the nation including 8 national alumni board members, 9 chapter presidents, various parents, faculty and more,” said Stewart. Student Ambassadors worked to secure funding during the campaign and made thank you calls the following day. “Student Ambassadors were tabling in Coates the day of the challenge, collecting student gifts and educating students about the importance of philanthropy at Trinity,” said Hill. The Office of Annual Giving is considering holding the 24 Hour Giving Challenge annually or extending the time frame of the campaign to 48 hours.
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I resist the temptation to address all the points Dr. Crockett raised in his Nov. 6 piece. Instead I will do two things: first, analyze the result of the June 2015 Gallup poll that Professor Crockett brought to our SUSSAN SIAVOSHI attention, and then I will shed some light on the term Islamophobia and Guest Column its use and misuse. Considering that this is a presidential election year, I take that Gallup poll, which shows that 60 percent of Americans are willing to vote for a well-qualified Muslim as their president, as an opportunity to invite our students to think about what these data tell us. Starting with the breakdown by party affiliation, 45 percent of Republicans in this poll said they were willing to vote for a Muslim while, as Professor Crockett indicated, the percentage of Democrats who expressed their willingness to do the same jumped to 73. Let me also mention that, in response to the same question, 58 percent of total respondents said they would vote for an atheist. Normally, professing to be an atheist is a sure kiss of death for any aspirant for the presidency. So why these results? The answer might lie in a significant piece of information that was not mentioned by Dr. Crockett. Here is the complete version of the question that was posed to the respondents: “If your PARTY NOMINATED [emphasis is mine] a generally wellqualified person for president who happened to be Muslim, would you vote for that person?” As I have learned from Professor Crockett, who throughout all these years has been my immediate resource for learning about American political behavior, party affiliation is a very important — if not the most important — factor in determining how people vote. Now, if we eliminate the clause “nominated by your party,” what would happen to the result? A September 2015 poll by Rasmussen is informative. There, 1,000 likely
voters were asked: “Would you PERSONALLY [emphasis is mine] be willing to vote for a Muslim president?” Only 28% of the respondents said that they would. It is true that no one poll could be relied upon as the authoritative gauge of people’s attitude. But if poll after poll, conducted by different outfits, show the same trend, then I think we should pay attention. Polls regarding attitudes toward Muslims might deserve such attention. For example, according to a June 2014 Zogby poll, 59 percent of Republicans and 53 percent of people of age 65 or older agree with the policy of profiling Arab Americans or Arab Muslims. And just to update the 2006 survey that I mentioned in my Oct. 30 writing, there is another Rasmussen survey that shows 80 percent of Republicans think Islam today encourages violence more than most other religions. In the age of the “War on Terror,” considering Islam as violent is not just expressing a general, run-of-the-mill “unfavorable” sentiment; it means expressing anxiety and yes, fear, of a potentially violent people. Now to the term Islamophobia. In his objection to the term Dr. Crockett rightly identified phobia as an irrational fear. Medically the term phobia suggests a severe mental illness that affects a small minority of people. Prejudice against Muslims however, is not primarily linked to mental illness (except maybe for those who also suffer from the illness). It is similar to terms such as homophobia, or xenophobia, neither of which implies a mental disease. Nor does prejudice against Muslims involve a small number of people as ‘phobia’ by itself might suggest. I am not the first to admit that as a term Islamophobia has its own disadvantages. One of its shortcomings is that it makes some people defensive. It also gives some other people an excuse to deny the existence of serious and widespread prejudice against Muslims. For better or worse, however, the term itself is now of common use,
partially because it serves as a rallying point for those who are at the receiving end of such prejudice. In this sense the function of the term is similar to that of sexism, racism, and antisemitism. As Gottschalk and Greenberg argued in their book Islamophobia: Making Muslims Enemy: Resistance to gender discrimination coalesced under the term ‘sexism’. The civil rights movement gained momentum when harnessed to the notion of ‘racism’ that encapsulated the variety of innate prejudices and institutional obstacles in a white dominated society. The concept of ‘antisemitism’ has provided a powerful tool to object to anti-Jewish sentiment that was once, like the denigrations of women and blacks, considered normal and left largely unchallenged by people fitting the norm. Increasingly, and particularly among Muslims, ‘Islamophobia’ provides a term to similarly draw attention to a normalized prejudice and unjustified discrimination. Undoubtedly this term will elicit the same unease among and even backlash from some of those whose notion of normal it challenges, just as its historical predecessors have and still do. Religious, racial and cultural differences are norms in almost all modern societies. The way a society judges these differences is predominantly through the messages it receives, in word as well as image, from its media, churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, as well as its educational institutions. As part of this modern world we seem to have left with two choices: one, to see the differences among us as menacing and thus advocate their suppression, and secondly to accept — or preferably welcome — this fact of life. The first could lead to further prejudice, resentment and can fuel cycles of violence. The second can enrich our lives. The choice is ours; let’s make it wisely for all our sakes. Sussan Siavoshi is a professor of political science.
Advertisements and body image on campus I’ve got a few body image issues. In previous years I’ve struggled with what felt like overpowering acne that spread across my cheeks, I have a little more weight than what I’d consider personally ideal and my teeth aren’t sparkling white. These characteristics aren’t my favorite, but I accept them because some of my dietary decisions cause my imperfections. I say imperfections because there seems to a perfect body image: at least there’s one offered by a Coca-Cola advertisement located in front of Mabee, the POD and the Commons. According to the company, physical perfection appears to be characterized by smooth rosy skin, pearl white teeth and, of course, a slim body shape. Ads selling an idea of perfection on campus seems surprising, but its even more surprising that their model of literally stated perfection happens to be presenting a bottle of Coke. Perhaps I’m only dwelling on the ad because I’m jealous of her. In order to look more like she does I had to
quit drinking soda. Throughout most of my childhood and adolescence I was an avid soda drinker, which may have contributed to JEFF SULLIVAN my acne outbreaks. My Perspective According to a blog post written by the founder of The UltraWellness Center, Dr. Mark Hyman, people who take in more sugar have significantly more acne. The advertisement’s model sure is lucky she has such clear skin despite her drink of choice. Not only does she have uncommonly good skin for a soda consumer, she’s also avoided the weight gains commonly attributed with the drinks. It’s common knowledge that extra caloric intakes of sugar and carbohydrates are associated with a few extra pounds. How does our model avoid these gains? I wish I could ask. Finally, there are her gorgeous teeth that shine bright as diamonds. To
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combat the discoloration caused by the caramels and dark compounds found in Coke, she must take the advice offered by Livestrong’s website on soda’s stains on teeth. Her Cokes are always enjoyed through a straw with sips followed by water and all cleaned away by a tooth brushing immediately following consumption. There’s no other way she would be able to maintain such pristine teeth. Perhaps she only drinks Coke every once in a while? I’ve heard that everything is OK in moderation. Regardless of that statement’s validity, it seems that enjoying a substance apparently as addictive as cocaine in moderation would be challenging. However, there’s the chance that our model has found a way to perfectly control the substance’s addictive qualities. Or maybe she hasn’t. Maybe our model hasn’t done any of the things she would have to do in order to avoid soda’s detrimental impacts on health and beauty. If she even exists in the way she’s depicted, which is unlikely,
then she certainly wouldn’t have stayed that way by drinking soda. It frustrates me that our campus would allow this advertisement to be displayed. Its one of several ads for Coke and Dr. Pepper that were placed around campus this semester. This one is worth discussing because it perpetuates the standard ideal of beauty with the word “perfection” written above her while advertising a drink that works against all the features of that beauty. Advertisements have strong impacts on the way people make choices while simultaneously impacting the way they view themselves and others around them. This ad suggests what’s perfect as far as personal image goes, which seems wrong. Standardized beauty is no new topic, but it seems new on our campus. We live in a capitalist society that already constantly surrounds us with advertisements, do they really have to surround us on campus? Jeff Sullivan is a junior political science major with a minor in English.
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Oh man, oh man, oh man, not again
This will be my second and last addition to the public discourse concerning the Ahmed Mohammad case. Three reasons. First, I don’t think I’m going to be changing many minds. If there is anything that eight years as a competitive debater has taught me, it’s that the more you assault someone’s position, the more entrenched in it they become. The Chirkovs, the Hartzells and the Crocketts of the world are unlikely to change their beliefs (as am I); and, in the rare cases where they may, I seriously doubt a newspaper that uses a talking Tiger as my avatar will be that instance. Second, in homage to Drake, once you hit two homeruns it’s a good idea to sit back and bask in their glory. Finally, I’m fairly confident I’m convincing the only people that matter — you, the demos, the crowd. First up, Crockett, who is having trouble deciding if he wants to defend racial profiling or not. He writes: “When people matching that description seem to be engaged in questionable activities … it is perfectly rational to be extra vigilant. This is not the same thing as racial profiling.” A question for the readers: what do you think Dr. Crockett would like us to call his system of vigilance that uses racial characteristics to assess levels of risk and take preemptive action? Crockett doesn’t seem to recognize that it is his “certain descriptive characteristics” that serve as the warrant to turn everyday activities into questionable activities. Put simply, there is nothing “questionable” about bringing a clock to school; what makes it “questionable” is when the person with the clock looks Arab. There is nothing “questionable” about wearing a hoodie and walking around at night; what makes it “questionable” is if the person wearing
it is black. This is the definition of racial profiling — a doctrine which sacrifices the civil liberties of millions for the sake of a Nathan Rothenbaum few imagined bad Guest Column apples. Next up, Hartzell. I plead guilty, but where is the judgement? Every community, if it is going to be worth its salt, requires borders and regulations to govern its members. The Trinitones is not a club for those that hate a cappella, the Football Team wasn’t made for those who exclusively like playing chess, and, quite frankly, a liberal arts college like Trinity probably is not the place for one to peddle an ideology that has, rightfully so, been beaten into the mud. It took a lot of effort to get where we are today, so pardon me if I won’t take this insurrection lying down. If one wants me on their side, then the battle will be won with arguments advancing their position, not in appealing to the merits of free speech. My point was never that Hartzell should be kicked out of the university. Rather, what I am saying is that he shouldn’t expect those in this university, in this community, to throw aside their beliefs, politics and ethics just because he wants to turn the clock back to a simpler time when conservative ideas held sway. If one wants the freedom to express their beliefs then they must also face my freedom to negate those beliefs with their head held high. If I vilify Hartzell, or anyone for that matter, it is only because he has decided to attach himself to ideas that I find utterly deplorable. What he
calls “self-censorship” I call a testament to the strength of liberal hegemony that needs to be deepened, not relinquished. Be honest: how much respect for free speech and dialogue should we have with Nazis? How about with ISIS? For some reason I doubt Hartzell would be content with entertaining these ideologies simply for the sake of diversity. And if he did entertain hearing them I doubt he would come to the table open to being changed. That is to say, without already having ideas he thought were worth advocating for and protecting. In an analogous though less striking way, this is me to you. If he experiences great pain in hearing his ideas called “racist” or “homophobic” or “sexist,” then I have one bit of advice for him: defend that they aren’t. If someone raises arguments that your defense of traditional marriage is stooped in Kabbalah, and you have strong arguments that it isn’t, then raise those arguments and let the public sphere decide. Is that bar too high? After years of struggle, the costs of membership into our community is that one must not be racist, sexist or generally an ass. I’d like to keep it that way. We exist in a marketplace of ideas where only strong ideas have the currency to survive; if you cannot demonstrate your ideas are built on firm foundations, then they aren’t ideas worth defending. Finally, the ringmaster, Chirkov. Much of what I have already said applies to his piece, so I want to turn my attention to one particular point: his ideal university. It seems to me that this ideal university is a place where anyone and everyone can express their viewpoint, no matter its content or implications. Where ideas can flow freely without fear of condemnation.
Pleasure in difficulty What you see here is not a first draft. It is not flawless either, though what I tend to call my last draft still doesn’t COURTNEY JUSTUS often seem perfect Turquoise Verses to me. I hear what I imagine to be the thoughts of both real and fictitious people in my head. I imagine what they might think of my papers, articles and even verbal comments, and sometimes my thoughts get out of hand. You’ve probably been through it too. After working (hard or not so much) on a piece of work, you hand it in and agonize over the possible results. It happens with physical performances too, such as in sports, theater, music, and presentations. You’ve been thinking so much about how things are going to turn out. Is all the effort really worth it? Before thinking about other people’s opinions, I think we ought to ask ourselves: do we think it’s worth it? Do we want that grade, part, job, medal or even just the sheer happiness in knowing that we accomplished what we set out to do? Do we enjoy not just the good results, but the criticisms? Do we find pleasure in doing what is difficult? Let me clarify that I don’t think we should purposefully do things that are extremely hard for us just because they are hard. I will not, for example, take a science or math class that I’ve heard is tough just because I want to try and enjoy the difficulty of it. While I think that both of these areas are significant in that they give us room to make many new discoveries, I won’t be enrolling in those more difficult classes because they are
neither necessary for my Common Curriculum or major requirements, nor for my extracurricular pursuits. I might take a challenging class knowing the nature of it beforehand, but my reasons for taking that class will most likely have little to no relation to its actual difficulty. True, I did enroll in HUMA 1600 knowing that it would be challenging, and I accepted because but I knew it would enrich my studies and help improve my writing. I was correct: I read some fantastic works and improved my writing, all while getting to know some amazing people. Whenever I was working on one of my HUMA papers, I enjoyed myself deep down, even when it got hard. Sometimes, I still struggle to find pleasure in what’s hard for me. I get caught up in the stress of schoolwork and extracurricular activities, struggling to find a balance. It becomes easy to forget how much enjoyment we can find in what we learn and accomplish, from the smallest to the grandest things. We should enjoy the first draft and the last one. We should relish in our performances, accomplishments, and gifts. The opportunities we have are given to us for a reason. Most great achievements don’t come easily, but why should that be a problem when we can learn so much from working towards these accomplishments? Isn’t that, after all, what a college education is all about? I think so. You write a new draft every day. Make it count.
Courtney Justus is a sophomore English and philosophy major with a minor in creative writing.
Am I the only one laughing that these are the same people that decry colleges for being “safe spaces?” You can’t say you embrace intellectual criticism and then decry “ideological intolerance.” I don’t know how much more clearly I can make myself. People disagree with you, they think your entire world view is warped. You are going to be offended when they debate you because, quite frankly, your beliefs offend them. Feelings will be hurt, and tissues will be used. This is what democracy looks like. We have wasted too much time talking in generalities about how certain ideas are silenced. At the end of the day, however, there is a knowledge gap. We know only two things about these ideas unless we are told differently: a.) Some people believe in them, and b.) They are too shy to share them. Beyond this, we know nothing. We know nothing about them because their supporters have spent all of their time and effort criticizing liberal universities for their intolerance to intolerant positions and scarcely any time rigorously defending or explaining what they think is wrong with our current ideas and what ideas they wish to replace them with. Whatever happened to defending one’s ideas? All we seem to be talking about these days is the right to express them. Maybe the reason we have spent so much time talking about your freedom to speak is because the actual content of your ideas is horribly underwhelming. When I look back I might be mad that I gave this attention.
Nathan Rothenbaum is a senior anthropology and human communication major.
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Will “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Be Any Good? Here’s What “Star Trek” Tells us In the far-off land of 2009, Star Trek became awesome again. Some would argue the iconic franchise never lost its awesome. Up to that point, though, most thought of “Trek” as a cornball ‘60s sci-fi or an internet meme featuring Patrick Stewart’s disappointment. Thanks in part to director J.J. Abrams, middle-aged guys in bright tights taking long pauses in between lines of dialogue evolved into a slick, sexy, fast-paced summer blockbuster. Never did the 2009 film lose the soul of the original, however. Beneath all the shooting, explosions and actual attractive people beats the heart that made the original Star Trek material so charming. Abrams managed to coax refreshing yet nostalgic performances out of an ensemble of relative unknowns, introducing a younger audience to one of the most appealing aspects of classic Star Trek — the characters. Although the movie features younger versions of the original series’ cast, a combination of acting and direction paid due service to characters that many know better than their own parents. Captain Kirk still acts brash and roguish, but in a more immature, impulsive way. Somehow, young Bones McCoy behaves charmingly grumpier than his original series counterpart. Each of the large cast gets equal time to shine, yet the film remains focused throughout on the budding relationship between Kirk and Spock. This both focuses the film and gives it considerable depth, allowing the audience to actually latch on and relate to something. Combine this all with J.J. Abrams’ signature directorial style awash with tracking shots, lens flares, point-of-view filming and appropriately wide and reverent shots of the U.S.S. Enterprise, and we have one excellent homage to a classic series. Holding a 91 percent aggregate score on Rotten Tomatoes, the 2009 Star Trek adaptation received universal acclaim from critics and regular moviegoers alike. No beloved franchise can be rebooted without facing some detractors, EDITORIAL
Guns(?) This week Trinity joined the debate on campus carry. In an increasingly short space (buy ads please!) we’ll join in. Trinity, as a private institute, is not obligated to participate in campus carry laws. For advocates of campus carry, being able to possess a gun on campus would provide more safety as well as the fulfillment of individual liberties as outlined in our Constitution. Opponents against campus carry are worried about the safety of guns in the hands of students and the accessibility and ease of purchase that comes along with it. Should we trust Trinity students with guns? There are numerous members of our community who are responsible enough to own guns, and the ability to do so is an important part of the creation of our country. Yet it is also important to note that by enrolling in Trinity, a PRIVATE institution, you are complying to the rules of the university. The amount of stress, hormones and substances we are all under can’t be conducive to safety; college students firing off rounds into the air after sinking that “sweet beer pong shot” seems like something out of “Project X,” not our community. We love Trinity and we trust our fellow students. But no offense, we just don’t trust you that much.
however. Some argued the movie lost “Trek’s” original spirit. Too much style, CONNOR YOUNG not enough Guest Column substance, as it were. It moved fast and looked good. Most of classic Star Trek’s conflicts came from within — from struggles with the human condition, from moral dilemmas, from intricately twisted complex stories. Rarely in any “Trek” did large action pieces provide the excitement. Some felt Abrams’ 2009 movie lost that cerebral core in favor of dumb action movie tropes. The sequel to the 2009’s “Star Trek,” a somehow faster-paced movie called “Into Darkness,” received more of the same complaints. Although this sequel also received quite a lot of acclaim from critics and film-goers alike, hardline Trekkers decried the film, maintaining it substituted flashy action in place “Trek’s” signature complex storylines. For these reasons the harshest critics maintain that Abrams’ Star Trek films don’t even deserve the Star Trek name. Are the hardliners correct? I have an answer! At this point, it does not matter. Mr. Abrams now helms another film, a film that also stands to revitalize its own equally beloved franchise. Will J.J. Abram’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” actually work, then, or will it crash harder than “The Phantom Menace?” Here comes the breakdown. Think of the things that work in the Abrams Star Trek movies. The ensemble cast works beautifully in both films, yet both still have clearcut main characters to root for and identify with. Pacing, camera work and the general aesthetic of the film make an exotic setting familiar. To apply these principles to Star Wars would serve that film incredibly well. Every one of the first three movies lives by these principles. They focus on Luke Skywalker, an everyman farm
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boy called to greatness. Practically everyone in the audience can relate to Luke. Yet each one of other characters has his or her own moment to shine while still framing (and not detracting from) Luke’s story. Additionally, the audience gets immersed into the world by novel special effects and state-of-theart filmmaking techniques. All enhance the experience. All are present in the J.J. Abrams Star Trek films. Interestingly enough, even the maligned elements of those movies will work perfectly in Star Wars. That franchise never possessed the cerebrality of Stark Trek. The themes were simple: the hero’s journey, good vs. evil, redemption. No complexity exists, so no complexities can be removed. Fans complained that J.J. Abrams sacrificed “Trek’s” plot nuances in the name of action. In Star Wars, no plot nuance exists in the first place. Excitement comes from great characters reacting to potentially life-altering scenarios, not a super-intricate storyline. Both of Abrams’ Star Trek films already do that very well! Watch “Into Darkness.” It has a classic Star Wars feel, devoid of any whiff of the prequels. Good guys chase down a bad guy. Lasers and space dogfights abound. Difficult situations force Kirk to grow as a character. Add some mythic and religious overtones, sword fights and a bad guy in a mask, and that nearly fits classic Star Wars to a T. The good and not-as-good aspects of the Abrams Star Trek movies will both work in the favor of “The Force Awakens.” It seems the movie-going public agrees. Following the concluding installment of a nearly year-long series of three trailers and many other small teaser materials, pre-orders for the midnight showing of Star Wars nearly broke the internet. Am I convinced? Mostly. Am I pants-peeingly excited? Absolutely. Did I put up with an hour of internet headache to purchase tickets to the midnight showing? Use the contexts clues for that one.
Stories have had the magical power to captivate our attention ever since we were young and learning about our brand new world. Even as we grow up, stories can still enchant and entertain us, and they often package valuable life lessons. One of my favorite tales ALY TUKAN is called “The Cracked Pot” because Guest Column it is a cute anecdote with a powerful message that serves as a good reminder in my daily life to accept myself as I am and celebrate my unique being. In this story, there is a woman who lives in a cottage in a rural village. Every day, the woman carries two buckets on a pole across her back as she treks to and from the local well in order to obtain her daily water supply. One of the pots is sturdy and transports a generous quantity of water back to the woman’s cottage, while the other pot is speckled with holes and barely holds half of its volume. The first pot is proud of how much water it can deliver, while the cracked pot feels inadequate because it can’t match the first pot’s capabilities. One day the cracked pot apologizes to the woman for continuously failing to bring home a full bucket of water. The woman exclaims, “Don’t feel ashamed! Do you not see the lively flowers blooming along the path to the well? I have planted seeds along your side of the path and every day you water these buds through your cracks as we walk home. I enjoy the exquisite blossoms on my daily commute and pick the flowers to decorate my home. The other pot may be better at carrying water, but it cannot create such a beautiful garden as you have.” This story reflects the common tendency to overlook our unique qualities as we compare ourselves to those around us. The dejected cracked pot felt so miserable about his deficiency at carrying water that he didn’t notice the lovely flower path he was helping to cultivate. The pot didn’t recognize his own talents because he was preoccupied with comparisons and self-criticism. Similarly, as human beings we often judge our own self-worth by how we measure up to others. When we evaluate ourselves based on the aptitudes that others display, we are engendering a mindset of inadequacy because we can’t possibly possess all of the talents that we see in our peers. Instead, we can accept our personal challenges as part of our beautiful individuality and direct our attention to our own personal strengths. Focusing on the positive aspects of ourselves allows us to amplify these qualities and share our goodness with those around us. By recognizing that each person has a special set of skills and talents, we can begin to appreciate our own uniqueness and embrace the positive impact we make on the world.
Connor Young is a junior biology major.
Aly Tukan is a junior neuroscience major.
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Lights! Camera! Action! “Not So Late Show” executive producer, AYNAV LEIBOWITZ directs associate producer & marketing PR manager DAVIS ALCORN, as EMMA LUCERO operates a camera.
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Tiger TV, Trinity’s TV Station, has three student-produced shows: “Newswave,” “The Not So Late Show” and “Studio 21.” The station runs two channels, 14.1 and 15.1 — the latter can only be accessed from inside campus — and a Vimeo page that streams all shows on 14.1. The station is completely student-run, and staff members learn by doing and from each other, gaining valuable technical skills along the way. Senior Ronja Behrends is the station manager for Tiger TV. “Station Manager is kind of the person who oversees all the other management positions and the three shows, and I’m the liaison between the communication department and the station itself. I do a lot of the budgeting and preparation, and running meetings, and just kind of making sure that the whole station is running smoothly,” Behrends said. Senior computer science major Timothy Zhang is the web manager for Tiger TV. He is in charge of both the Tiger TV website and its Vimeo page. “As web manager, you are in charge of the entire website, which can be a lot, but it’s manageable.
It’s pretty fun. You get to control what the site looks like, and making it look great, and I love doing that. Some drawbacks include that, if something goes wrong with the website, everyone points their finger at you. But you can answer back and you can fix the problems and when you see the website in its final state after you’ve made all those changes to it, you feel proud about yourself. You feel a sense of accomplishment,” Zhang said. Senior Sarah Davis is the executive producer for “Newswave,” a news show that features current events in San Antonio, the United States and the world. “Generally, we do a local news section, which is all San Antonio news; we do national and international news, then we have a sports segment and entertainment segment. We have a “Tiger critic,” who reviews a movie or a TV show, we do weather and we do […] events that happen on campus,” Davis said. Viewers can catch “Newswave” live every Friday at 3 p.m. Other show times include Saturday through Monday at 12 a.m., 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.; and Fridays at 12 a.m., 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. According to Behrends, “The Not So Late Show,” on the other hand, is of a more lighthearted genre. “Not So Late Show is kind of like the other end of the spectrum; it’s kind of what we’ve themed like the comedy show of the three. It’s kind of like, late-night talk show meets SNL. So, there’s like […] comedy-banter-type segments, we always do an interview with someone from the
Trinity community… Other than that, it’s a lot of very free fun,” Behrends said. Viewers can catch “The Not So Late Show” live every Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Other show times include everyday at 12:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. According to Zhang, “Studio 21” is a popculture themed show, where viewers can get updates on their favorite celebrities along with a dose of humor. “Studio 21 is like a pop-culture news [show], and it has a comedic element to it based on people’s opinions on pop-culture, like people argue about what their favorite show is, some argue about certain pop artists or things like that… so it’s an entertainment show, and it’s also a lot of bantering and there’s a lot of opinion in it,” Zhang said. Viewers can catch “Studio 21” live every Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Other show times are every day at 1 a.m., 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Besides the three student-produced shows, Tiger TV’s second channel features movies. These films are selected by the program manager, junior mathematics major Zachary Wooten. “Every month we get to show up to ten new movies on our channels. This month we’re planning on Jurassic World. We had to make a second channel, 15.1, because we started streaming 14.1, which was our original channel […] So the original channel has all the Tiger TV stuff, and it used to have the movies. But, when we started streaming it, we got into trouble with copyright issues, so we ended up making
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a separate channel with just the movies, and a separate channel with all of Trinity’s stuff,” Wooten said. According to the Tiger TV website, “In 2010, TigerTV unveiled its renovated digital HD facilities. The new, state-of-the art studios include broadcast quality high-definition video production and recording equipment and an enlarged production control facility. The studio supports up to five HD cameras and has a new 20-foot green-screen wall, as well as the latest DMX lighting systems. A satellite newsroom area includes two robotic HD cameras and a standarddefinition interview area. A new satellite dish and arrangement with CNN allows students to access CNN news feeds for broadcast.” “We have amazing equipment. I don’t think a lot of people have any idea how much equipment we have, how high quality it is and how much access we have to it. We have an entire equipment checkout room that is only for communication majors, people taking communication classes, and Tiger TV. […] We are able to rent it out for two days at any point in the semester and create something, and we have all the tools to do that,” Davis said. Students can get involved in Tiger TV through the internship class, COMM-1131, volunteering or auditioning to be on camera. Formal auditions are held in August and January, but anyone interested in being involved does not necessarily have to start at the beginning of a new semester. They can email tigertv@trinity.edu or click the “Get Involved” link on the Tiger TV website.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK photos by Jordan Leeper
Members of the Swashbuckler Hall transformed the second floor of Susanna Wesley Residence Hall into a haunted house for their annual Haunted Hall event. Now in its 6th year, the night of frights attracted over 200 visitors from campus and beyond.
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Beards will appear during No Shave November Trinity students accept challenge to forgo shaving for entire month, many with hopes of raising money for charity BY EMILY ELLIOTT
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For many Trinity students, as November rolls around, we prepare for cooler weather, wear comfy sweaters and eat pounds of delicious food. This month is always one of the most awaited of the year, but not everyone anticipates it for the same reason; for many, November is also the month to discard cans of shaving cream, stow away razors and prepare for mass amounts of facial hair. Many students across Trinity’s campus will be taking part in No Shave November, a yearly tradition celebrated by a variety of participants around the world. Established around 2004, No Shave November was initiated as an attempt to motivate men to grow beards and mustaches to raise awareness about several issues regarding men’s health, such as prostate and testicular cancer. For some, this is the first opportunity to participate that they’ve had. “I have not done No Shave November before, officially. But I have not shaved
for a long time before,” said Mitchell Kight, an engineering science student. Although this may be the first time participating for some students, the process has been welcomed. “It’s actually easier for me to participate than not because I am lazy enough to where I would rather not shave than actually take the time to shave,” Kight said. So far, there have been mixed reactions to the facial hair growth. “My friends loved me having my beard, but the ladies seemed scared,” Kight said. Although there may be difficulties for some with growing facial hair for a month, the challenge is welcomed. “Growing out facial hair hasn’t really been challenging, but some people have really solid beards that I’m jealous of,” said Joseph Khalaf, an accounting student. While No Shave November helps bring awareness to a variety of men’s health issues, it also brings some benefits to those participating. “If you can grow a full beard, even better, because it will help keep you warm during these harsh winter months,” Khalaf said. No Shave November has also provided an opportunity for students to simultaneously strengthen bonds and raise awareness. “I am participating for, not only charity and awareness, but fun as well. As a group, our fraternity, Kappa Kappa
Delta, decided to participate in No Shave November. Depending on personal circumstances, either participating or donating,” said Zachary Galvin, a business student and member of Kappa Kappa Delta. No Shave November has allowed for members of the Greek community to bring more awareness to their causes. “We feel that since our official philanthropy is leukemia awareness and we are co-sponsoring Concert for the Cure with Gamma Chi Delta, participating in No Shave November to financially support and create awareness for cancer is right in line with the causes we have supported for many years,” Galvin said. Even though November is only halfway over, participants have continued to enjoy their month long break from shaving, and suggest anyone interested participate. “I do recommend participating in No Shave November. It is a very easy way to cause awareness for men’s health. Even if you cannot participate in not shaving, donating is a great way to support the cause,” Galvin said. With a few more weeks left in November, it’s not too late to join the cause and give up shaving for a short time; even if you’re hesitant to embrace the facial hair, several outlets sponsored by the official No Shave November team allow for anyone interested to donate or volunteer to help with the cause.
photo by Sarah Thorne
photo by Abi Baltuskonis
Seniors MITCHELL KIGHT (top) and ZACHARY GALVIN started November by shaving all facial hair, but expect quite a change by the end of the month.
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Have you ever come up with an idea you felt was worth $25,000? Or have you ever thought of a product or service you believe is deserving of the attention of several distinguished entrepreneurs, investors or Trinity faculty? Five teams of students at Trinity have been working on products, services and concepts over the course of the past year and are now preparing to present their enterprises to a panel of independent judges at the inaugural Stumberg Competition in hopes of acquiring up to $25,000 they could use to further develop their ideas. On Monday, Nov. 16, five teams comprised of Trinity students will unveil and discuss their concepts: No So Pockets, Laundry Crew, Plova Chewing Gum, Denify and VHTChildLife4Kids. After evaluating a range of products and services, varying from adhesive apparel to gum that improves your oral health, the panel of judges will then select one team to win up to $25,000. This reward symbolizes the final stage of the two-part Stumberg Competition, which began with an open call for students and recent alumni in the 2015 spring semester; the aforementioned five teams were selected from this stage and have since been working on their product with mentors, planning their pitches and connecting with potential partners. This competition presents several unique opportunities that allow several Trinity students to directly learn about and participate in the practice of entrepreneurship. “The Stumberg Competition is a number of things. First, it’s the best of experiential learning; we have students learning how to establish and set up businesses, how to set up new products and services, find customers, sell products, operate and run a business. Second, it’s the best in entrepreneurial education. Entrepreneurship is something people do, as well as study, and this is a way of providing a space where students can do it all. Three, it’s a recognition of Trinity’s unique role in having a number of startups and businesses launch by both students and alumni. And four, it honors the unique contributions of Mr. Lewis Stumberg, not only to Trinity, but also the wider San Antonio area,” said Luis Martinez, director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Stumberg Competition also presents an opportunity for others unfamiliar with or interested in entrepreneurship to actively learn more. “Students are encouraged to come watch, this is Trinity’s Shark Tank. This is the final round; all of these teams are real companies with a product or service. This is not an idea anymore. Over the
last six months, we’ve taken them from the idea stage to their real company now. It’s been a huge learning game,” Martinez said. Students will not only be participating and watching the competition unfold, but also running it. “I helped to create this competition along with Dr. Martinez, and I run the competition every year,” said Nicole Garbarino, a junior marketing, management and entrepreneurship student. Preparation for this final stage has been in development for the past several months, and with great effort put into it, organizers are anticipating great success in this final stage, as well as the years to come. “I have worked extremely hard to make this competition the best that it can be, and I can already say that this spring is going to be 10 times better than last year. Applications open in January after we get back from winter break and are open to all Trinity students. As long as the team leader attends Trinity, their team is eligible. We hope to have even more teams apply than last year and to increase the level of competition as well,” Garbarino said. The teams have been required to put great effort and time into their concepts in order to prepare. “To prepare for the competition and the judges, we had to create a one page executive summary, cash flow and income statement, customer/market analysis form, product/service description page, IP Status confirmation and Competitive Differentiation strategy,” said sophomore Vikram Patel. As a member of the Plova Chewing Gum team, Patel has continued to work with other members of his team to make the most intriguing, successful product for the Stumberg Competiton. “For our company, we have established our finalized product and found manufacturing and packaging companies that we will continue to work with in the future. We have also participated in multiple trade show events, presenting our gum to top hotel management Companies,” Patel said. For Patel, the process has been rewarding and unforgettable so far. “The most memorable moments so far have been pulling allnighters with my team members to finish financial models and packaging for important events.” A variety of students are entered in this competition, including two teams from the department of health care administration. As profit and non-profit organizations are allowed to compete, the variety of concepts and participants will allow for an exciting event. The competition will begin Monday, Nov. 16 in the CSI Innovation Cube at 5 p.m. with judging and a reception to follow.
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Actor Shia LaBeouf spent this week rewatching all of his movies in reverse chronological order. The event was open to the public and live streamed online. LaBeouf finished #ALLMYMOVIES Thursday evening after viewing 29 films.
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TELEVISION Comedian Aziz Ansari released his highly anticipated Netflix original show Masters of None. This week, in response to the overwhelming support he has received for the episode “Parents,’ Ansari made a touching and viral tribute to his parents calling for fans to reach out and break down emotional barriers between their own parents.
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I like male butts and I cannot lie
A few weeks ago I wrote a review for the film “Crimson Peak” for this renowned publication, and I dedicated a chunk of the review to talking about the gloriousness of Tom Hiddleston’s butt. Writing that article made me realize my life’s purpose: to find and rate male celebrities’ rear ends. There are dedicated sites out there where one can find female celebrities in the nude, but I believe in gender equality, so I am going to do my part for society and degrade, objectify and over-sexualize men. So for the past several weeks I have sacrificed my time to watch countless films and TV series for the best butts instead of doing any homework. You’re welcome, world.
Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Last Enemy” In this PBS Masterpiece Theatre series, Cumberbatch plays a mathematician who comes back to England to find
it overcome with havoc thanks to terrorists or something. I wasn’t really paying attention because I was so distracted by the cute nerd butt that Cumberbatch exposes. It’s pale and dorky; not the firmest, but I was still pleased. 3 out of 5 butts.
screen time with his magnificent buns of steel. (Get it? Because he was in the movie Man of Steel? I crack myself up.) Since he is always hooking up with Henry Tudor’s sister, we see the scrumptious rump several times in the series. Thank God. 6 out of 5 butts.
Eddie Redmayne in “The Pillars of the Earth”
Michael Fassbender in “Shame”
I will start by saying that I LOVE THIS MINI-SERIES! Seriously, it was the first thing I ever watched from Starz and it is badass. Murder, incest, war, betrayal and Eddie Redmayne’s newcomer tush? It literally has it all. Redmayne’s derrière is so small, firm and cute — it’s probably the most endearing butt I have seen. It also help that Redmayne plays a smitten, shy, artistic genius who is also incredibly self-sacrificing. It was this mini-series that made me realize that Redmayne was my future husband. Definitely would touch. 5 out of 5 butts.
Henry Cavill in “The Tudors” Cavill plays the minor role of Charles Brandon in this Showtime series, but he more than makes up for his lack of
With a guy who has the word “ass” in his name, you expect a lot when he bares all. Fassbender definitely doesn’t disappoint in this Steve McQueen film where he plays a nymphomaniac. Yeah, so we definitely see his keister quite a bit in this movie. And it’s muscular and great. See it immediately so we can compare notes. 8 out of 5 butts.
Dane DeHaan and Daniel Radcliffe in “Kill your Darlings” Congrats to us because we get a two-for-one deal in this movie depicting Alan Ginsberg’s life! Woohoo! Daniel Radcliffe’s tuchus is just alright since I’m not that attracted to him, but it’s still magical since it’s paired with Dane Dehaan’s, which is top-notch. It’s a really good artsy film, but who cares about that when butts are involved? 4 out of 5 butts.
What makes a butt a good butt?: A “scientific” examination Two cheeks: When it comes to our backsides, there is a pretty basic structure, which includes two meaty pillows that keep us warm and comfy. Having more or less than two skincushions can lead to uncomfortable dinners. Ability to toot: We’ve all been there — it’s our first date, solo in the musical or dad’s funeral and suddenly we’ve got the need to play a little tune on the booty trumpet. Fortunately, having a butt that lets you makes the expulsion of our delightful essense so much easier. Not too stinky: When our biological imperative is to attract mates, having a smelly bottom can be a heavy deterrent. A life hack for a keeping your Boston Globes nice and fresh is to take a shower sometimes and to never reuse toilet paper. Kind and loving: One of my favorite things about my bottom is that it always encourages me to do my best. When I’m falling asleep at night, I can always depend on my rear end to whisper sweet nothings into my ear so I wake up feeling fresh and in charge. Sidebar by: Maddie Smith
Dylan’s throwback Friday review: “Skyrim”
I’ve decided to embrace my reversehipsterism (liking things after they stopped being new or cool) and begin reviewing things from more than three years ago. The first pick was a tough decision. But after watching a video called “Things to do in: Skyrim - Trick Shot”, my decision was clear. If people are still using Skyrim to entertain themselves by performing trick shots with cabbages and buckets, I think the game deserves a second look. The game was released on Nov. 11, 2011. Let’s see how the game holds up after just over four years have passed. The Good: Oh, the good — there is so much of it. This game, like many high-fantasy roleplaying games, owes much of its design to “Dungeons and Dragons” — ideas like the squishy wizard, stealthy rogue and orc berserker all have roots there (and some date even further back than “D&D,” to things like “Lord of the Rings” and by extension, Richard Wagner’s “Der
Ring des Nibelungen,” and by further extension, Norse mythology! History is fun!). Skyrim does a great job of making the familiar lore elements its own, with a deep canon found both in dialogue and quests and in the multitude of books and stories found in nearly every house and castle you enter. Additionally, I loved the artistic choice to have dwarves be a longgone race; when I first stumbled onto a gorgeous, almost art-deco dwarven fortress full of slumbering constructs and mechanical traps, I was sold on the game. In addition, a lot of the game is very well-written with some supremely funny moments strategically placed between serious quests and highstakes adventure. For example, that fortress I mentioned? It had a pressure-plate trap that shot a gout of flame when triggered. When I entered the fortress, I found some bandits that had set up camp there — they were triggering the trap on purpose to roast a boar on a stake. Quests, experience points, ability upgrades and skill-grinding are all familiar elements to a seasoned gamer, but three things that make “Skyrim” stand the test of time are: The gorgeous soundtrack: damn, if there was a more epic background
song to traverse a Nordic landscape with, God hasn’t hummed the tune yet. The lively and populated world: while not as impressive now, the sheer number of NPCs that you can interact with meaningfully helps to give the game legs even after four years. The massive potential for modding (only available for the most part on the PC version, unfortunately). This last point is particularly important, as mods allow players to make the game their own and increase the lifespan of the world by filling it with useful and sometimes hilarious modifications. The Bad: “Skyrim” has few major flaws, but one of them is the mismatch of creative ambition compared to strength of gameplay. In not-pretentious terms, I mean that Skyrim has so much you can do; the number of quests both great and small dwarves almost any game before it. But the ways in which you complete those quests, the ways in which you navigate and inhabit the world? That is where the game feels incomplete. Most quests boil down to either fighting through a gauntlet of enemies, fetching something for someone or both. The dungeons are very welldesigned, with convenient one-way exits for when you reach the end and
don’t want to backtrack through forty miles of tunnels to see the sun again. But combat got old for me after a while; there simply was not much depth in how you could approach it. There were roughly three combat options: ranged attacks with a bow and arrow, ranged attacks with magic,and melee attacks with closerange magic spells or martial weapons. After a while, regardless of the tactics used, combat turned into “me-chopyou, you-chop-me, me-chop-you, you dead.” Using high-level spells is still fun — if humanity had the mental capacity to get tired of giant fireballs, Michael Bay would be out of a job. But it was things like the shallow combat and economic system (really!) that made me stop playing the game far before I’d finished the content. The treasure system contributes to the economic problem; if I have a valuable weapon or item that my character can’t use or doesn’t want to use, you can try to sell it to a vendor for gold. The only problem is that for some reason Bethesda decided to insert financial realism into the game in this one instance by giving merchants very limited gold reserves . (In contrast, the player cannot sell any stolen items to above-board merchants — how would they even know the
items were stolen?!). So I spent a lot of time traveling from broke-ass shopkeeper to broke-ass shopkeeper, hoping they would have something valuable I could buy, increasing their gold reserves enough so I could sell my +4 battleaxe of disemboweling at a fair price. TL;DR “Skyrim” is not perfect, and more flaws show up after four years. But the strength of the open world and the ambition of the creators mixed with the praiseworthy atmosphere and densely-populated world mean that games for a long time to come will be compared to Bethesda’s “Skyrim”: a daunting test indeed. P.S. Dylan’s Favorite Mods: The “Divine Punishment for Mentions of Arrows in the Knee,” which instantly smites NPC’s who say the unholy sentence. “Animated Fart Shouts”: this is exactly what it sounds like. Your character’s Dragon Shouts and their effects remain the same, but when casting them your character animation is modified to make it look like their butt is the origin of the shout. Especially effective for the classic Unrelenting Force shout, which physically knocks back enemies from the power of your flatulence.
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Signs that your parents aren’t missing you BY PAIGE PEREZ
A&E WRITER
It came on slowly, like almost all breakups do. First, you were constantly talking. Then, you got too comfortable. School became busy, and you stopped having time to text back immediately. Somewhere along the way, you realized that you’d fallen out of the habit of constant communication. Now, you can barely get a text back. If this sounds eerily similar your relationship with your parents, then they may be enjoying your absence a little too much. Don’t panic; no matter what your situation is, there are ways to make them come crawling back to you. Problem 1: They don’t answer your calls. You look back fondly on the days when you used to send your mom to voicemail. Now she’s an independent woman who doesn’t need a whiny child to complete her, and you’re lucky if the phone even rings twice before the recorded message greets you. With a child out of the house and some newfound independence, your parents have way more free time to have actual lives. Who knew that their existences don’t completely
revolve around you? (You didn’t.) The fix: Remember when your parents first learned to text and sent you irrelevant life updates every 30 minutes? Steal this tactic. Problem 2: You come home for a weekend… and can’t find your bedroom. While it’s been a while, but you’re almost 90 percent sure you used to live in the room at the end of the hall. Now, when you open the door you find a room designated for exercise equipment AND underwater basket weaving materials. It is unclear exactly where everything you’ve accumulated over the past 18 years has gone. (You have a hunch, but are too scared to check the neighborhood dumpster in case your suspicions are correct.) The fix: Casually mention your parents’ newfound hobbies, and then lead into asking them where your bed went. It’s bound to be around here somewhere. (Hint: Try the back porch.) Problem 3: Your family never tells you anything anymore. Before, you thought that they were just busy with work and new hobbies. Then you log into Facebook and discover 100+ photos of their vacation to Hawaii. That they’re on right now. And conveniently forgot to invite you to or even mention. (Seriously,
do these people even have jobs anymore?!) While it’s impossible to share every detail of every day, you’re starting to lose faith in their communication abilities. It’d be nice to think that if a large life event happened, you’d be notified. The fix: Considering how these people have funded your entire life thus far, you should probably just let this one slide. And who knows? Maybe next time they’ll take a trip to Vegas and win you some more college tuition money. Problem 4: You hear your mom say “I love you” and realize she was talking to the dog. Fido has always been a member of the family, but now has completely replaced you in the annual Christmas card photo. You can count the number of hugs your parents have given you over the holidays on one hand, but they constantly give the dog affection. Your pet even has his own Christmas stocking, and it’s twice the size of yours. The fix: This one’s your fault. You abandoned your family to go to college, and now they’ve had to cope. The best case scenario here is to just take advantage of your family’s obliviousness and wreck havoc. Wreak havoc, sneak out, and blame any messes on the dog. He’ll fall from grace and your family will remember why you’re so much better than Fido, that suck up.
When is the weather going to get cold? Nabeeha Virani A&E INTERN
The weather influences our everyday lives. Outfits, hairstyles and facial hair, what we eat and bake, and our overall mood depend on how hot or cold it is outside. For those of you who are from other states and countries, let me break down the fluctuating Texas weather for you. Usually, fall and winter mesh into one season, which is short lived, usually lasting about four to five months. Cold weather for the majority of us constitutes as anything below 65, because that’s when we have an excuse to whip out jackets and boots. Speaking of clothes, layer as much as you can. Around this time, it’s cold in the morning, warm in the afternoon and back to cold at night. Cardigans and sweatshirts are great, along with jeans and any closed toed shoes. I would like to stress that I am not a fashion expert, but I have found this to be an easy way to deal with the weather. Of course, though, you’ll see all sorts of exceptions like those guys who wear shorts when it’s below freezing to display their masculinity. In any case, layers really do help and also allow you to recycle clothes in different ways. However, the actual cold comes in around the end of November
right in time for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, so you can feel warm and full after eating and then burn those calories by shopping the next day. December through February is when it is the coldest, with the lowest temperatures in the low 40’s and high 30’s. That’s when you’ll want to curl up around the fireplace and drink hot chocolate and listen to jazz music or something classy like that. In March and April, it starts getting warmer and by May it’s back to warm and sunny skies. A little Texas snow history for you all: according to George W. Bomar’s Texas Weather, the largest amount of snow Texas has ever received was 61 inches in Vega, Texas in 1956 (page 16). Now, you’re probably shocked because the average amount of snow in the northern United States and Alaska exceeds that amount each year, and also because you have probably never heard of Vega, Texas (unless you’re from Vega, and in that case, my apologies). For the time being, it doesn’t seem as if we’ll be getting snow anytime this year because, you know, of global warming and all that stuff. We will continue to live in our version of winter, safe from blizzards and snowstorms that occur in other parts of our country. Side note – it’s actually really annoying when we hear “I can’t believe you think this is cold! You would not be able to survive the north.” You’re right,
absolutely right. We would not be able to live up there, because we’ve always lived down here. It’s the same thing as yelling at a five year old for not being able to multiply. They probably don’t even know how to add at that age. My point is, please stop saying things like that. We get it. Anyways, I hope this helps as a brief breakdown and history lesson of Texas weather. Next year you might even be able to predict the changing weather and wear the right clothes. Although we complain about the cold and how we’re unequipped and unprepared for it, it’s nice to finally feel close to the holiday season.
Forecast this Week
Friday Nov 13: 67º F Saturday Nov 14: 63º F Sunday Nov 15: 74º F Monday Nov 16: 81º F Tuesday Nov 17º F Wednesday Nov 18º F Thursday Nov 19º F
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Weekend Picks Friday 11/13
Saturday 11/14
Sunday 11/15
“Selena” screening and singalong
S.A.Y Om Festival
“Threepenny Opera”
Where: Travis Park When:10 a.m. Price: Free
Where: Trinity University Stieren Theater When: 2:30 p.m. Price: $12 for adults; $8 for seniors, Trinity faculty and alumni; $6 for students
Where: Guadalupe Cultural Center When: 7:30 p.m. Price: Free The iconic film that launched Jennifer Lopez’s celebrity status is open to all ages this Friday in a special singalong version. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Tejano star’s death. Gather some friends and see the biopic of famed artist Selena and celebrate the coming fall season and your last few free days before finals!
The City of San Antonio and local yoga studio Mobile OM are partnering this weekend to host the first ever free yoga festival in San Antonio. Enjoy free classes, an open marketplace, food trucks, and much more this Saturday. The event will end with a yoga and meditation class to leave you feeling refreshed and relaxed!
This musical first debuted in 1928 and has been described as a show “by and for beggars.” Written by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weil, Threepenny Opera will be directed by Kyle Gillette. Influenced by jazz of Berlin night clubs and spurring dark musicals, this piece is known throughout theater as a revolutionary musical.
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ATHLETE INSPIRATION “It seems as though I am in the house tonight.”
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Trinity volleyball falls short in SCAC Final
Trinity Tigers’ season ends early despite beating number one ranked team in the West region BY DANA MCLAUGHLIN
SPORTS INTERN After a momentous victory over the top ranked Colorado College in the semi-final game of the 2015 SCAC volleyball conference tournament, the fourth-seeded Tiger volleyball team fell 3-1 to the tournament host Southwestern University in the conference final on Saturday night. Southwestern won the first set of the championship 17-25, only to see the Tigers claim the second set 25-23. Despite the Tigers’ 109 defensive digs, home court advantage proved to be enough to lead the Pirates to claim the third and fourth sets, 25-20 and 25-16 respectively, to clinch the conference title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs. This was the Tigers’ fifth straight appearance in the SCAC conference championship. “Heading into the weekend tournament, I had a gut feeling that it would be a true test of our growth this season, and despite the result, I can say that we showed our true character; because of that I am truly proud,”shared head volleyball coach, associate director of athletcs and senior woman administrator Julie Jenkins when reflecting on the conclusion of her 31st season at the helm of Tiger volleyball. Trinity (24-12) previously defeated Southwestern in the championship match in the past two seasons, but this year it would be the 12th-ranked Pirates who claimed the title. Failing to defeat the Pirates, this final match would conclude the Trinity Tigers 2015 fall season, as they didn’t receive a bid to the NCAA playoffs. “It’s really saddening, even a bit depressing, that this season has come to a close, especially because this group of girls has been such a joy to coach and watch this season,” Jenkins said. “I have no doubt that we should be in NCAA playoffs, especially considering the strength of the SCAC conference this year.” Both Southwestern and Colorado College are ranked within the top 12 nationally in addition to their high rankings in the Western division of the NCAA bracket. Trinity struggled against Southwestern’s fivesenior starting squad this season in particular, falling 0-3 to them on the season overall. After a rather tumultuous start to the season, which included over half of the Tigers losses to
Women’s volleyball prepare for their game at home. Southwestern, Colorado and other powerhouse schools, Jenkins was more than pleased with the manner in which the girls approached the conference tournament. “Our philosophy was that we could play nervous or determined,” Jenkins said. “In that final match, we were 50-50, allowing our nerves to get the best of our passing in the middle, therefore forcing us to rely too heavily on our outside hitters.” This defeat reflected no lack of effort from the Tigers, with four players notching 20 or more digs. Two-time SCAC player of the week and allconference selection Erika Edrington led the Tigers with 24 digs and 44 assists. With this final performance, Edrington amassed a season total of 1,214 assists in addition to 386 digs. She is the 12th player in school history to reach 1,200 assists in a single season, and is only 20 assists from reaching the top 10 for one year. “Overall, we started the season with less confidence, but going into that final match there is no doubt that we were confident in ourselves as a team,” Edrington said. “[We] never wanted to treat this season as a rebuilding year… [and we] had nothing but high expectations for this fall season.” These expectations led Edrington and the Tigers to post a final season record of 24 wins and 13 losses. Another consistent offensive power was sophomore Madeline McKay who led the team with 22 kills, while first year Kirby Smith also added 12 to finish with a double-double. McKay also claimed three blocks, trailing just one block behind her teammate Rebecca Hayes who had four blocks in the final. “We are so fortunate to have an all-around player and leader like Edrington returning next year,” Jenkins said.
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Players like Edrington and sophomores McKay and Smith will prove to be the core of the Tigers offense next fall, as Jenkins plans to add seven new-committed incoming freshman to the program. In regard to the future, Jenkins could not say enough about the legacy and impact of her three graduating seniors. “[They] may be the best all around team players, and the ultimate examples of dedication,” Jenkins said. In what would be the final match of her esteemed career, senior Sarah Price contributed 22 digs versus Southwestern, while fellow senior Shannon Courtney and sophomore Kirby Smith added 20 a piece. For Price, Courtney and Megan Reynolds, this final loss is particularly saddening, as it would be the final match of their impressive collegiate campaigns. “Our three seniors were a huge part of our positive team atmosphere. They are all so easy to play alongside on a daily basis because they are such supportive and dedicated teammates,” Edrington said. “These three were always more than willing to play whatever role was asked of them. Overall they all bring so much happiness to the team, and they were a joy to coach,” Jenkins said. That happiness was exhibited in the Tigers thrilling semi-final match as they knocked off the top seeded and nationally ranked Colorado College 3-2. This marked the first time the Tigers have defeated Colorado this season, avenging a fifth set loss from earlier in the season. “Watching that final fifth set, I said to myself, this is Trinity volleyball,” said Jenkins. “We really showed our true character and determination throughout that battle with Colorado, playing
with more fight in that fifth set than I have seen all season.” The back-and-forth battle concluded with Trinity defeating the seventh nationally-ranked Colorado in the fifth set. Even though Colorado battled back to win the third and fourth sets 25-23 and 30-28, the Tigers were back in the fifth set in part to McKay and Smith’s 18 kills apiece. Smith added 12 digs to finish Colorado in the 5th set, claiming her final double-double of her sophomore campaign, while McKay hit .312 in the match. Setter, Edrington tabulated 53 assists in the semifinal and 20 digs to afford the Tigers a spot in the finals. Courtney recorded 25 digs to lead Trinity’s defensive effort while Hayes blocked nine shots. Price was instrumental in leading the defense, contributing 16 digs. The Tigers earned their place in the semi-final versus Colorado by knocking off fifth-seeded Austin College 3-1. Trinity won first set 25-17, only to surrender the second to the Kangaroos 25-19. Confident in their defensive capabilities and in their tops hitters, Trinity surged ahead in the third and fourth sets 25-21, 25-13 to close out the match. Notable on the offensive was sophomore Kristina Hughes, who hit .500 in the quarterfinal match in addition to finishing nine kills against the ‘Roos. Smith finished with a double-double of 22 kills and 11 digs, while hitting .358. McKay added 14 kill shots of her own, largely in part to Edrington’s 54 assists. As key part of the Tigers defensive stalwart was Courtney’s 22 digs, Price’s 17 digs and Sarah Mullens’ 15. Hayes contributed five blocks on the ‘Roos. As a result of the Tigers’ runner-up performance in the SCAC conference tournament, Edrington was named to the first all-tournament team, and Smith was named to the second team. Although the Tigers filed to claim their fourth straight conference title, this marked the third year Edrington was tabbed for the elite squad as she earned second team accolades for the last two seasons. Smith leads the Tigers with 371 kills, nearing the top 25 ranks for a single season. She is second on the team with 409 digs and 42 aces. Smith has scored 15 or more kills in a match five times this season, which also brings her to the top among all Trinity volleyball players. Despite the abrupt conclusion of the Tigers 2015 season, Jenkins and Edrington both noted the importance of growth for the future of Tiger volleyball. “Next year’s success starts now,” Jenkins said. “And I have nothing but confidence that we can continue to be one of the top contenders in our conference next fall.”
Junior setter Hometown: Houston, Texas What is your favorite part about Trinity volleyball? My favorite part is the cheering and running through airports... Just kidding, that really sucks.
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How many times do you go to Central market in a week and what’s your favorite thing to get? I am not proud of it but probably four to six times... And the turkey provolone sandwich is bomb.
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Women’s soccer head off to the playoffs photo provided by of Julie Thompson
Trinity women’s soccer poses after being named SCAC champions for the seventh year in a row. Continued from front “A lot of defending, in my mind, is good attacking,” said head women’s soccer coach Lance Key. “If we are able to sustain that type of pressure, which we were, then you end up with those type of statlines, which are a testament to the team commitment.” Based on the statistics of each individual player during the SCAC tournament, seven members of the team were named to the All SCAC Tournament team, which Key was proud of, but he believes that there are other girls on the team who could have been nominated to the tournament as well. “It’s a great recognition,” Key said. “I think there [are] some phenomenal players on our team that did not get in that group.” While Key is very proud of the girls who were nominated to the conference team, he believes that the greatest recognition for the team is that they held their conference opponents to only two goals over a 14 game period. Of the seven players named to the tournament team, junior defender Jordan
Leeper and sophomore forward and midfielder Julia Camp earned additional accolades after being named the defensive most valuable player (MVP) and offensive MVP for the tournament respectively. Leeper was very appreciative of the award, but she gave credit to her teammates for helping her earn the achievement. “The SCAC championship was a complete team effort not just this past weekend but through the entire season,” Leeper said. “It means a lot to have all that effort recognized.” Camp also brushed aside the notion that her performance in the regular season and the SCAC tournament helped lead the Tigers to their seventh straight SCAC championship, even though she led the SCAC in scoring and points with 13 goals scored and 30 total points. (Goals count for two points, assists count for one point.) “We had so many different people contributing to our offense, and our defense kept shut outs in both of our games,” Camp said. “It was a great way to finish out the regular season with two good wins.” Those two good wins, along with the
success the team this season can be directly attributed to the work the team puts in during their practices. “Our practices consist of competitions against one another and that helps keep our competitive edge up,” Leeper said. “During drills, our coaches always want us to play like we would in a game rather than just simply satisfying the drill itself.” Leeper believes that these two factors played a major role in helping the team be prepared on game day. Camp echoed Leeper’s statements mentioning that the way the team practices has been vital in the team’s success this season. “Collectively, we all put so much hard work and heart into all of our practices,” Camp said. “We make it a goal to help make each other better by challenging one another in the practice setting so that we can be successful during games.” With all the practice that the team has put in preparation for this point of the season, they are primed for the competition and are looking forward to
facing the University of Texas-Tyler in the first round of the NCAA playoffs. “We’re ready for playoffs and that we just need to stay confident and believe that we’re prepared,”Camp said. “[We are very] excited for the game on Friday. It can’t get here soon enough.” The Trinity Tigers face off against the University of Texas-Tyler at 5 pm on Friday in the opening round of the 64 team draw in NCAA Division III women’s soccer tournament. Due to NCAA rules, ticket prices have been set for each day of games. It is $6 for general admission, $3 for students with I.D. and seniors (age 55 and over) and $2 for children ages 3-12. Tickets may be purchased starting at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, and 4:30 p.m. on Saturday by the soccer field. The first 200 students, with their student ID’s, will be given free access to the game, courtesy of Trinity’s Student Government Association.
Trinity football wraps up last home game with a win
Tigers’ defeat Southwestern in last home game of the 15-16 season BY SARAH PRICE
SPORTS REPORTER The Tigers increased their record to 7-2 with a win over the Southwestern Pirates 27-19. With this being the last home game and senior recognition night, the Tigers great motivation to finish with a win. “We as a team wanted to dominate the game start to finish,” said senior linebacker Jakob Coker. “We wanted to go out on a high note and really create a turning point for the program.” The team had a slow start after going down 12-0 after the first quarter, but Trinity responded with a touchdown right before the half. Junior quarterback Austin Grauer hit senior wide receiver Antonio Massagli from 29 yards to put the Tigers on the board. “The attitude on the sideline was determination to respond and get us back on top,” Massagli said.
“There was never a second where I thought we were going to give in, because the seniors made it clear that we were not losing our last home game.” The halftime talk had a huge impact on the team coming back scoring 20 points all in a span under six minutes within the third quarter. “They answered the challenge and came out and played like the dominating football team they can be,” said head coach Jerheme Urban. Sophomore runningback Evan McDowell scored the first touchdown on the third quarter on a 15-yard run followed 59-yard run by Jeremy Simmons. Grauer finished the quarter with a 34-yard drive to sophomore Jayden Holden followed by a two-yard push to by Grauer to score with 1:20 left in the quarter. Junior Luke Packard led the defense with 10 total tackles, 2 1/2 sacks, and 5 quarterbacks hurries while Grauer finished with two touchdowns and 205 passing yards. The 22 seniors this year have made an impact, the largest senior class in recent Trinity history. “We have vocal leaders, we have action leaders, but most
importantly, we have guys who have shown the young players that if you commit to one another, and be the best player you can be with your skill set, that you can do outstanding things,” Urban said. This speaks not only to the seniors’ leadership but also the atmosphere of this team as well. Senior Jake Vaught speaks on the team’s culture and the impact it has had on his life. “We had a large senior class this year, and we really put an emphasis on team unity and working together to achieve our goals as a team, not as individuals.” Vaught said. “We constantly push each other to be excellent in our families, communities, classroom and on the field. This team plays out of love for their teammates around them, and I expect this family atmosphere to grow on the football team after I graduate.” Being on a closeknit team does not
come to everyone, and this team has made it a point to play as a unit and rely on each other to be successful. Although they did not make it as far as they wanted, the seniors can finish are proud of the impact they made on this program and know the team culture they created will continue on in Trinity football. Being a good teammate requires communication, dedication and giving your best.
“It’s easy to let go of the workouts and practices, but it is difficult to not spend any time with your teammates at those workouts and practices after you have been doing it together for so long,” Coker said. The Tigers conclude their season this Friday at Austin College.
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Study Abroad First Steps Presentation 8:30 a.m. | Chapman 235
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Engage with Asia (Study & Teach Abroad) Presentation by Dr. Donald Clark 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Chapman 235
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International Education Awards Presentation 3:15 p.m. | Halsell 329
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