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Pamela Keel presents findings on emerging purging disorder to neuroscience students Keel presents Trinity students with evidence of new Purging Disorder
average person and purge; most often by self-induced vomiting. People with bulimia nervosa binge-eat by consuming high quantities of food, almost double the average amount of a normal meal, and then purge. Carolyn Becker, professor of psychology and the presidentelect of the Academy of Eating Disorders, brought Keel to Trinity for the neuroscience lecture. “She is the world’s leading expert in purging disorder, and really good at understanding eating disorder phenomenons from multiple perspectives, which I thought would be great for the neuroscience lecture,” Becker said. “She has a strong background in understanding eating disorders from a biological perspective, but also weaves that in with psychological and behavioral data. She also has a sociocultural perspective.” All those in attendance received extra credit for their neuroscience class. Among them was sophomore Ashley Ogilvie, who attended the lecture for her neuroscience class.
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Trinity neuroscience majors gathered together in the Center for the Sciences and Innovation on Nov. 14, 2014, to listen to Pamela Keel of Florida State University speak about the neurobiological evidence of a newly classified eating disorder. Dr. Pamela Keel came to talk about the neurobiological evidence for an apparently new eating disorder. The disorder is called purging disorder, PD, is defined by Keel as “an eating disorder characterized by recurrent purging and most often, self-induced vomiting to influence weight and shape after eating normal or small amounts of food in individuals who are not underweight.” This disorder differs from bulimia nervosa in the sense that individuals with P.D. eat the same amount of food as an
Keel shows students evidence detailing a new eating disorder called purging disorder, characterized by induced purging and vomiting after eating normal amounts of food in individuals who are not underweight. photos by Jordan Leeper
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This Wednesday Nov. 19, first-year students in Robert Blystone’s first-year seminar, “Knowing and Persuading,” put together a campaign to present information on electronic cigarettes, called The Great American VapeOut. In conjunction with the annual Great American o Smokeout, put on by the American Cancer Society, t s e ec sur on po the vape-out, held in Mabee Dining Hall, included x d e h a presentation over e-cigarettes and brochures with more information. ke . edical “We partnered with [Health Services] for m ct re the Great American Vape-Out, which focused more on e-cigarettes,” said first year Anna Kroll. “There haven’t been as many studies but many show that they can be just as dangerous; there are no FDA regulations on nicotine levels, anything that can be put in, because there hasn’t . been enough research done.” y a yd r The Great American Smokeout, put together by e v de the American Cancer Society, aims, according to ke their website, to “encourage smokers to use the date to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day.” The website notes that around 42 million Americans still smoke cigarettes, a number that reflects a bit under one in every five adults. E-cigarettes, first introduced to the U.S. in 2007, have since become a widespread phenomenon.
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LOCAL In Austin, on Nov. 16, Governor Rick Perry removed Travis county district attorney Rosemary Lehmberg from office because she was arrested for drunk driving. Wayne Roberts, who Perry promoted to district attorney following Lehmberg’s removal, has three intoxication offenses on record—two DWI convictions and one charge of public intoxication in Virginia.
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In the run-off elections for SGA senators, Madeline Sears defeated Sungjin “Skylar” Cho with 64.8% of the ballots cast for first-year senator.
Women’s Lacrosse $551.00 Women’s Lacrosse requested more funding for cones and goals for their practices. The request was reconsidered. Discussed TU Fit $47.95 TU Fit is requesting funds for a TigerCard-based check-out system where in order to check out equipment, which they would like to store in CCI. The money would also cover deadlifts and other workout equipment to be checked out. They plan to bring someone from Whole Foods to teach cooking classes and to have cooking equipment available
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A ship on the Princess Cruise Line, Crown Princess, has had an outbreak of a stomach virus called the norovirus. The ship traveled from Los Angeles to Hawaii to Tahiti and was sailing for almost a whole month. Including passengers and crewmembers, 172 people were infected with the virus. Norovirus is highly contagious and it has affected several cruise ships. Symptoms include nausea,, diarrhea and constipation. The cruise ship finally docked on Nov. 16.
Transportation of all poultry has been banned for the next 30 days in the Netherlands due to an outbreak of the bird flu in a Dutch poultry farm. The virus was detected on Nov. 15. The virus has not been found in any humans but it is lethal to the chicken and could have a highly negative effect if infected birds came in contact with humans.
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for use afterwards. The group felt this request needed a little more clarification. Tabled A discussion of whether over the Pikes suspension was followed by a consensus that they should still be allowed to wear their letters. Members were in presenting the consensus to Greek Council. They also had two guests at the meeting including John Jacobs, the new assistant director at Campus and Community Involvement. Jacobs was interested in increased school spirit on campus using methods like pep rallies, seasonal decorations, and campus wide announcements. Trinity’s Tomorrow Strategic Plan was also discussed. This plan involves a Center for Student Success, Center for Experiential Learning and Career Success and a Center for International Citizenship.
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“Technically they have been around since 1960, but they never got really popular until two decades ago,” Kroll said. “[They] got a huge popularity boom as cigarettes died.”
“That’s the thing, that’s not true, there is no regulation; the FDA can’t come in to a place selling [electronic cigarettes] and enforce standards, and if they don’t there is no consequence.” Anna Kroll First-year
Robert Blystone, professor of biology and the first-year seminar, offered his insights on the conversation of e-cigarettes and the history of tobacco regulation. “In 1950 the first true highly detailed scientific facts supported paper appeared on the dangers of tobacco smoking; it was irrefutable,” Blystone said. “Well, the cigarette industry knew they could suffer liabilities so it was in their interest. One of the things they did in response to the first scientific report was to create filtered cigarettes. One aspect was some of the first filters were made of asbestos.”
In regards to e-cigarettes, Blystone mentioned the danger of a lack of regulation. “There is no product safety, no product guarantees, no product testing, no regulations against how it can be distributed, sold,” Blystone said. “In many states, a twelve-year-old can go in and buy as much vaping paraphernalia they want, although many states are starting to restrict age.” Seeking more information on the topic, Blystone decided to integrate the topic into the class, allowing students a different alternative to writing a paper. “We could have done this topic a number of ways, but one of the elements of the course is knowing and persuading. When do you know enough to persuade someone?” Blystone said. Blystone also made note that the campaign was one of, if not, the first attempt to address this conversation alongside the national smoke out. “So they put together the campaign; to my knowledge it the first time anyone has joined with the smokeout as a vape-out,” Blystone said. “In some ways it’s more beneficial than just sitting down and writing a paper.” To many, the benefits of e-cigarettes outweigh the possible dangers, and the consensus on the issue remains divided. “Are the vapors produced by e-cigs less harmful than tobacco? The answer is very clear,” Blystone said. “But is the issue the particular matter or the nicotine? And
again the jury is still out on that.” Taking this into account, the class sought to approach the issue and information in an effort to get people thinking about the topic. “For some people, especially experienced older-age smokers, probably yes, they are beneficial. On the other hand, it is also a gateway product for teenagers who end up addicted to a smoking habit because they started vaping first,” Blystone said. “The vape-out was something we created for the class to figure out ‘what do I need to know to persuade people to think about vaping in either direction, a way to quit, or hopefully a way not to start’.” The vape-out was only a portion of the first-year seminar, a “bridge” class developed by various professors to help integrate first generation college students to university life. “Dr. Tynes and I became involved in this and Dr. Madrid joined us in our efforts and we have been doing it for five years now,” Blystone said. “We bring in first-generation students early, about two weeks, around the 11th of August, and I have two weeks to focus specifically on them, I get to know them real well real fast.” To some students in the class, and many others, the dangers of e-cigarettes are clear. With many individuals seeing electronic cigarettes as a safe alternative to smoking, students like Kroll note the flaw in such logic.
TUPD holds last series of RAD self-defense classes of semester
file photos Students participate in the RAD classes. The class taught students self-defense techniques, with classroom portions providing technical information and the do’s and don’ts of being on campus, being away from your home, and making sure you are always in a a safe environment. The class portion was complemented by hands-on training sessions to provide female students with the skills needed. Laura Hernandez, corporal/investigator, helped participants learn the necessary skills and provided information.
“That’s the thing, that’s not true, there is no regulation; the FDA can’t come in to a place selling [electronic cigarettes] and enforce standards, and if they don’t there is no consequence,” Kroll said.
“The vape-out was something ... to figure out ‘what do I need to know to persuade people to think about vaping in either direction, a way to quit, or hopefully a way not to start’.”
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Robert Blystone Biology professor With the FDA releasing an issue to try to reach a consensus on future e-cigarette regulation, the contemporary issue continues to grow. “This stuff is unfolding as we talk; this is a contemporary topic,” Blystone said. “The first place to work with e-cigs is how the FDA ultimately ends up having to classify e-cigs; [the New England Journal] said we can’t classify them by the standards that exist today, but what standards should we classify them by? Once we do that, we can get somewhere.” The Trinity University Police Department wrapped up its final Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) self-defense class of the semester on Thursday Nov. 20. The three day course was introduced to the female students of Trinity during the fall semester and taught them the basics of self-defense and safety. The program was held throughout the semester, with three sets of classes open to female students and faculty. “We had students attend and were positive at the end of the three day (12 hour) classes,” said Laura Hernandez, RAD instructor and corporal investigator for TUPD. “Our students were instructed on personal safety for their vehicles and residence halls.” With the success of the classes being held for the
@trinitonian #trinitonian students, next semester the RAD classes will be offered to the rest of campus as well. “We had one alumna that attended and our RAD instructors were excited to see our news and promotions reaching out to our community,” Hernandez said. “We will be opening our classes to welcome any female faculty and staff next semester.” TUPD will continue to host the RAD classes and one goal is to eventually have it offered to the students to earn course credit. In the meantime, “TUPD will stay proactive to keep up with training and updated information in the prevention of sexual assaults,” Hernandez said.
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Individual lessons in various instruments now offered to students outside of music major by James Godfrey
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For students with prior proficiency in an instrument, the music department offers individual instruction in a variety of instruments for a semester fee. These courses are offered by a number of professors depending on the instrument of study, and they are accompanied by studio courses once a week in which students learn together. “The lessons are the same as a course and have a syllabus and exams,” said David Heller, chair of the music department. “There is a very strong academic emphasis.” Individual instruction has been offered since very early in the department’s history. It is offered now to students both within and outside of the major, given that they are accepted by the professors offering instruction. Students who are interested in taking part in individual instruction must contact the relevant professor and arrange an audition to become that
professor’s student. It is expected that students already have some level of proficiency in the instrument they desire to be instructed in.
“Informed musical performance requires high levels of concentration, skill, thought, awareness and knowledge.” James Worman
Coordinator of Winds and Percussion The cost of individual instruction is $400 per semester, with varying credits given depending on the availability of the professor and student. Thirty-minute sessions count as a single credit, while hour-long sessions count for three. These credits include the required studio course, which meets once during the week and involves group instruction with other students. The instruction follows a syllabus designed by the professor, and there is a final exam in the form of a playing examination. During the
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exam, students are evaluated by instructing professor as well as a number of others, and the audience reviews the student’s progress and his or her playing style. The results of this playing examination affect the final grade. “[Individual instruction] is part of our whole vision of offering a wider education,” Heller said. “It enhances a student’s education, for them to have this opportunity.” Students who are not yet familiar with the instrument they would like to play are encouraged to enroll in the course “Foundations of Communication through Music,” which offers instruction in some of the fundamentals of music. Other courses provide an introduction and count towards students’s Common Curriculum credits, including “Introduction to Music History” and “Music Cultures of the World.” Beginning courses in guitar, piano and voice are also offered for students. While some students can be taught with no prior knowledge, it rarely happens and usually requires some proficiency in either music or a related instrument, such as learning to play the organ with a background in piano. Students interested in individual instruction should contact the music department to learn which
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professor teaches courses on their instrument of interest, and then they should contact this professor about availability and auditions. Auditions are held when first years enter the university but are also scheduled as necessary at other times during the year.
“[Individual instruction] is part of our whole vision of offering a wider education. It enhances a student’s education” David Heller
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“Engaging in purposeful and informed musical performance requires high levels of concentration, skill, thought, awareness and knowledge,” said James Worman, coordinator of winds and percussion. “Such activities should not be limited just to music majors, and these private lessons are [a] manifestation of the mission of Trinity University.”
New Firearm Safety Alliance approved as new active club The Firearm Safety Alliance—founded by Tomy Boboy, a senior majoring in international business and finance—has been officially approved by Campus and Community Involvement as an active club on campus. The club aspires to promote firearm safety among the students. “What we are trying to do is to help foster the understanding of how to be safe if you ever come into contact with firearms or if you are ever in a situation where firearms are used,” Boboy said. The goal of the club is to not only educate students about personal firearm safety, but also give them direction for the course of action to take in the event of an emergency. “We are trying to educate people so that if a situation was to ever occur, they would know what to do and how to react,” Boboy said. “For example, if you
are going through campus and there is a shooter and he dropped his pistol in the middle of campus, what exactly could you do to make sure it is not going to fire if someone were to step on it? We want to focus on the student and any type of contact you might come into with firearms.” The details are still in the works, but there will be information sessions for students to learn more about the club. “We are planning on doing an information session and it will most likely be in January. We are hoping to bring in two guest speakers as well as a potential advisor,” Boboy said. Once the club is up and running, the plan is to have regular sessions as well as a few classes held off campus at the shooting range, according to Boboy. “A lot of people first think when they hear Firearm
Safety Alliance is that it is a group of people who just want to go shooting at the range, but I want everyone to know that it is more broad than that,” Boboy said. Boboy noted that the club is not only about shooting as a hobby or pastime, but also about promoting and teaching gun safety, particularly to children. While the club is still working on the details, Boboy remained eager of its possibilities. “This club is not just the shooting of guns, it has to do with safety and it is something that a lot of kids don’t really think about,” Boboy said. “You see it on the news whenever there’s a school shooting and no one ever really thinks about teaching the students the best way to overcome something like that if it were to happen and that is kind of what we want our club to do.”
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Pamela Keel of Florida State University finds evidence of dangerous emerging eating disorder • continued from Page 1
“The topic in general is just really interesting, it’s really relevant to society. So I was really excited to see it anyway,” said Ogilvie. Keel described the populations most likely to suffer from purging disorder. “Purging.....disorder predominantly affects women; it is about 10 times more common in women than it is in men,” Keel said. “You’ll see anorexia nervosa in younger adolescents like girls right around puberty. With bulimia nervosa a lot of times you’re seeing it right around 16 or 17 years old.” Purging disorder, however, begins around the age of 20. Keel also notes that “Women with purging disorder do have significant concerns about their weight and shape and we know at a population level, that those weight and shape concerns are greatest in young adolescence and young adulthood.” While many young adults with eating disorders like such as bulimia nervosa eventually stop and get help, there are some whose disorders change and evolve. “For some people, it will morph and change into anorexia nervosa, or it could change into... what used to be known as ‘eating disorder otherwise not specified,’ now known as OSFED, which is Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorders. So it can change into anorexia nervosa, it can move into OSFED, it can come to an end or it could just continue,” Becker said. Individuals with eating disorders are at a very high-risk level for death.
“Eating disorders are associated with the highest risk of premature death, particularly from suicide but also from the medical complications of the illness,” Keel said. “And within the eating disorders, that risk is particularly high for anorexia nervosa. It is said that one in 20 women with purging disorder are dead five years later.” In a longitudinal study conducted in Germany, it was found that women with purging disorder had the highest retention rate of any other eating disorder. Despite this, it is a fairly uncommon and therefore unknown eating disorder. Keel described it as a new disorder. The term “new” was being used in the talk to explain that, while it is slowly becoming better-more and more known, it is also not unlike other eating disorders, particularly bulimia nervosa. While there are stigmas around eating disorders, the Academy of Eating Disorders AED is extremely active. “We have a phenomenal volunteer base that is very active in trying to reduce the stigma associated with eating disorders, inform best practices with eating disorders,” Becker said. Becker also noted the use of a standard guide that helps keep the organization involved. “We have a guide out that’s the medical care standards guide, a document that, for instance, patients can take to their physicians who may not know anything about eating disorders and be like here’s medically what I might need.’ So the organization is a very active organization,” Becker said.
photo by Jordan Leeper Keel shows students evidence detailing a new eating disorder called purging disorder, characterized by induced purging and vomiting after eating normal amounts of food in individuals who are not underweight.
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Give what you can: Kayla Mire Food Drive by David Tuttle GUEST COLUMNIST As a student, Kayla Mire hit a rough patch. She felt unable to fulfill her duties as a senator and tendered her resignation to the student government. They wouldn’t accept it. They liked her and wanted her to simply give what she could. That was unprecedented. In 2010, just months after graduating, Kayla died in a onecar crash. She was an advocate for the homeless and those in need, so with the permission and blessing of her family, I named the Dean of Students Half Marathon Challenge Food Drive in her honor. Most running groups raise money for a cause. For me, and my half marathon runners, participating
in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on Dec. 7, we will again raise money and collect food donations for the San Antonio Food Bank. With assistance from SGA (donating the shirts in honor of their former senator) and with TUVAC, the Dean of Students Office and this year’s running group will be set-up in the Coates lobby in the first week of December to invite the entire campus community to contribute to the Kayla Mire Food Drive. Those who donate any amount will receive a T-shirt to wear as they cheer on the 20,000 RNR runners making their way through campus on Dec. 7. So this is also a terrific opportunity to give to the local community as well as show the community our #TigerPride. While we lead privileged lives that allow us to run and choose from among healthy food choices,
there are those in the shadow of the campus who need our help to simply get through their days as they battle hunger. We have always had several small food drives on campus, and Trinity routinely shows its compassion for others. Over the past six years nearly 10,000 pounds of food (including donations) have been contributed. Please consider helping make the Kayla Mire Food Drive food our annual signature food collection event. I urge you to participate, and like Kayla: simply giving what you can.
David Tuttle is associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students.
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‘Tis the season for amendments If you picked up last week’s paper, voted in the Student Government Association (SGA) elections or have attentively checked your email at all in the last couple of weeks, you would know that multiple amendments to the SGA Constitution joined our peers during the recent votes. While all are pertinent to you as a student, one in particular caught our eye, and that was the amendment made to section six, regarding conflicts of interest. Maybe it is the recent David Brooks lecture echoing in our minds, juxtaposing resume qualities and eulogy qualities, commanding that we know our strengths and our weaknesses, but if nothing else, it is interesting that at a place like Trinity, with a finite number of leadership positions available, the SGA constitution they have proposed, which you voters have approved, has language identifying conflicts of interest. For those of you who are not going to look it up, here is the amendment: Section 6. In order to minimize conflicts of interest, no undergraduate student may occupy the following combinations of positions concurrently: • Student Government Association officeholder and SGA-recommended Conduct Board member • Student Government Association officeholder and SGA-recommended Academic Honor Council member • Student Government Association officeholder and Trinitonian editor-in-chief and managing editor • Student Government Association officeholder and Mirage editor-in-chief and managing editor • Student Government Association officeholder and Residential Life Staff member • Student Government Association officeholder and the president/chair/director of the following organizations: Student Programming Board, Student Ambassadors, Trinity Diversity Connection, Greek Council, and Trinity University Volunteer Action Committee • Residential Life Staff member and SGA-recommended Conduct Board Member • Residential Life Staff member and Mirage editor in chief and managing editor • Residential Life Staff member and Trinitonian editor in chief and managing editor • SGA-recommended Conduct Board member and SGA-recommended Academic Honor Council member • SGA-recommended Conduct Board member and Trinitonian editor-in-chief and managing editor • SGA-recommended Academic Honor Council member and Trinitonian editor-in-chief and managing editor Even if you didn’t read all of those, it’s fair enough to say that it’s a pretty exhaustive list, making sure to include members of this publication, as well as the yearbook, Honor Council and the Student Conduct Board, in case, you know, we weren’t aware of what conflicts of interest were. By no means are we saying that this was necessarily an unproductive amendment; that’s not our call. That is the student body’s call, and it appears that the body has spoken, democratically of course, and the amendment is now part of the constitution. However, we think it’s worth examining why this is necessary in the first place. Does this amendment not give us, the student body, enough credit to realize when our integrity may be compromised? Does it prevent us from possibly overlooking this compromise? Or is it simply a way of preventing us from spreading ourselves too thin, as is part of contemporary Trinity tradition? If assumably, students join things like SGA, Honor Council, the Student Conduct Board, Residential Life and one of the two student publications in order to serve these institutions to the best of their ability, then wouldn’t we come across some sort of natural ethical and time-based limit that would prevent conflicts of interest from occurring? Or are these becoming simple resume qualities, building our experiences in breadth of involvement rather than depth of participation and impact? Or does being members of multiple campus institutions enrich the experience and understanding of our independent services to each? As both a consequence of the answers to these questions and regardless of them, we hope that along with the intense overcommitment, the urge towards community participation and, for some of us, the instinct to contribute through leadership also comes with an intuitive understanding of the limits of time, space (at a place like Trinity, the lack of space) and personal integrity. Maybe this intuition is actually wisdom, to be learned through experience and misstep or maybe, ideally, it is natural inclination to recognize our own weaknesses, our own strengths and how to best serve the community in which we belong.
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Politely laughing at my drunk uncle’s jokes.
Billy Locke Sophomore
Nibbling at my plate before grace. Marek Bruckner Senior
Me and my family go antiquing.
Maggie Monltler Junior
My mom and sister are vegetarian so we get a vegetarian feast.
I used to dye my hair red on Thanksgiving.
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Ariel Zanzuri Senior
Right after we finish eating, we listen to Christmas music. Andrea Lee Sophomore
Going to the movies at night with my sisters. Kristen Schultz Senior compiled by Sarah Thorne
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Point counterpoint: Save 2nd Base by Monica Clifford
Point I know no one crafted the “Save 2nd Base” shirts maliciously. But sadly, sexism is typically not a conscious choice. Speaking frankly, I found these shirts disappointing at best and offensive at worst, so I’d like to explain calmly why I feel this way. The expression “2nd base” is inherently pretty awful, whether or not you know it. In talking about women in this way, this system of “bases” in which a guy can “score” and hopefully “hit a home run” explicitly frames women as a game to play. This is not up for debate; it is obvious. Even if it’s an expression that might be more common in a high school than on a college campus, we’re still perpetuating it by using it. The woman in the sexual situation has no agency; she is not active. Rather, she is being touched. She is being dominated. And maybe you’re into that, but not all women are—in fact, I’d say most women I know prefer to be active, not passive, when they’re intimate with someone.
Breasts are once again sexualized. I get it, breasts are sexy. Everyone loves breasts! But in a medical context, in the context of cancer, do they have to be sexy? We’re talking about something deadly. I’m all for good humor (I promise!) but when you’re using an expression that explicitly degrades women in order to “support” them, and you frame saving breasts as sexual in nature, you’re telling us that you want to eradicate breast cancer because you like touching boobs. What about kidney cancer? Or brain cancer? Unfortunately, not as sexy. And as someone whose mother survived breast cancer, I’m especially bothered. In emphasizing the breasts above the actual health or safety of the woman afflicted, we’re implicitly saying that if we fail to “save 2nd base,” we lose. But what if a woman needs a mastectomy to survive, or gets a preventative one? Is she less of a woman? Did we fail because she no longer has breasts? This frames the situation as one in which breasts are actually more important than the life of the woman attached to them. It must also be acknowledged that men are capable of getting breast cancer. Though it does not happen as often, it definitely
does happen. So where does a man with breast cancer fit into the “save 2nd base” equation? Look, just because I’m a feminist doesn’t mean I’m humorless. And it doesn’t mean I’m even furious about this whole campaign. I just think many people didn’t consider the things I mentioned when designing or wearing the shirts. If you read my points and still want to wear it, go right ahead! I simply believe that it’s important to be conscious of the message you’re supporting.
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Counterpoint First, I should say that the “Save 2nd Base” slogan was never meant to offend anybody in any way. I am a member of the Trinity Student Athlete Advisory Committee, which created and sold the shirts. The committee contains many women, none of whom voiced any problem whatsoever with the shirts, the slogan or the sale of them on campus. We would never in any way support degrading stereotypes of
women or sexist ideology in general. Our slogan was chosen in order to raise awareness of breast cancer and is in no way saying that we support the over-sexualization of any part of a woman’s body. The slogan was initially created by a woman, Kelly Rooney, who was a breast cancer patient herself. Kelly lost her fight and the slogan was carried on by her friends in her honour. I’ve seen FAR worse T-shirts saying things like “I love boobies,” which is clearly far more insensitive, and yet they still sell all across the country. Clearly the “base system” of achieving and calculating sexual prowess and achievement is a somewhat crass one, but it has to be acknowledged that is not exclusive to the male gender to refer to this strange scale. Many women also do so. The main reason I would defend these shirts is that this design was chosen for a very specific reason. The Trinity baseball team traveled to the University of Oklahoma to face them in a special one-off interdivision breast cancer awareness baseball game. Oklahoma is coached by Pete Hughes, a former Trinity
baseball head coach. The game had special significance due to Trinity head coach Tim Scannell’s wife Christa being a recent breast cancer survivor. She had her last round of chemotherapy the day before the game and threw the first pitch at the game. Following this, the Trinity team presented a check for $5,000 to be donated to breast cancer research. The “Save 2nd Base” design was chosen specifically due to this game being in the fall sports calendar, as a tie-in with the baseball theme. I would personally class myself as a feminist— as I think all people with common sense in today’s world should— and wish these T-shirts hadn’t caused any issues at all, and I would like to apologize to anyone who was upset or offended by them in any way. That was never the intention. We raised a significant amount of money that went to a good cause and would like to thank all those who bought the shirts for their support of the important fight against cancer.
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I have often heard people talking about how, when they were younger, they dreamed of getting their admission letters to Hogwarts and being granted access to a magical world better than our own. All the stories I hear have the same bleak conclusion: nobody ever got their letter, everyone grew up as regular Muggles, going to regular Muggle schools and forgetting about the more whimsical things they wanted as kids. It certainly makes sense. I mean, if there’s something that’s never going to happen or come true, then why bother caring about it? I was thinking about this a couple of weeks ago, and it struck me that I had never really thought of it in this way before, in the context of getting older. When I was a kid, sure, I wanted magical powers too (though not really the kind that Hogwarts would have to offer…) and I was convinced that sooner or later, I would awaken my innate psychic potential. It never happened, and I forgot about it. But as I thought about these things a couple of weeks ago, it really hit me: I kind of miss being able to delude myself like that, even if it’s only
for a little bit. Even though my hope went to something that would never happen, it was nice having something so positive to look forward to. It’s funny that as we grow older, we learn how and force ourselves to let go of these misplaced dreams and aspirations. It’s pretty sad. No, I don’t mean it in the “boo hoo hoo, my childhood is dead” sort of way, but in a more subtle way that I can’t quite describe. It’s just...I wish I could be as earnest in my aspirations now as I was back then, and I feel like the same goes for a lot of people. But that’s unrealistic. At the same time, there’s something to be said for imagination. As we get older, we’re forced to think more and more realistically about things, and that’s normal, but that doesn’t necessarily have to come at the cost of one’s imagination. Sure, those thoughts may be “stupid” or “unrealistic” by the standards of our society, but that doesn’t mean they have no value. I can’t say for sure what the value is, because that, I think, is up to the individual, but I can say this: being able to use your imagination is a virtue. Even if your ideas are dumb, you can, even if just for a little while, feel better about things. Even if what you aspire to be is fake, it’ll still be there to motivate you. Lauren Schroeter is a senior majoring in geology and religion.
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Movies based on books: Making peace with it The art form of Black Friday From the Wild Frontier David Crockett, Professor
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The big movie of the month hit the theaters yesterday – “Mockingjay,” the First Part of the Third Part of the “Hunger Games” series. I haven’t read the books, but I have it on good authority that the first movie tracked the source material fairly well. By contrast, when the first “Hobbit” movie came out two years ago, a young friend told me the movie ranked a “4” in terms of fidelity to the story – a judgment I thought was sheer lunacy. But it did get me thinking about movies that are based on books and the extent to which they are faithful to the original stories. Of course, this doesn’t matter to those who have no intention of reading the original source. I watch “The Walking Dead,” but I’ve never read the comic book, so deviations from the original storyline are of little concern to me. I HAVE read Tolkien, though – several times – and cinematic deviations there are more problematic. I think we should construct a “fidelity scale” to evaluate the extent to which screen adaptations are faithful to the books. After all, movies deviate in many ways. They frequently telescope time and events for the sake of economy. In “The Lord of the Rings,” many years separate Frodo’s acquisition of the ring and the launching of his quest – a period that seemingly takes mere weeks in the movie. Films also conflate characters, alter events, and even change endings
– sometimes in ways that do violence to the original author’s design. Anchoring one end of the scale are movies that get a 10 – they are as faithful to the source material as one can get. For example, “The Gospel of John” is a wordfor-word cinematic depiction of the New Testament book. Where characters in the text speak, in the movie they say those lines. Where the text narrates events, Christopher Plummer does the voice-over. Any faithful film version of a Shakespeare play would rank as high. Now, a ranking of 10 doesn’t mean there isn’t artistic license in the movie. Everyone involved in the production has to make decisions about sets and action and music that might run contrary to a reader’s vision of the written word. No movie based on a book can ever be identical to the written story. At the other end of the scale we have movies that get a 1 – they are “based on” a book only in the loosest sense of the term. For example, friends who have read “World War Z” tell me that the only connection between the movie and the book is the title. Just about every James Bond movie ever made shares with the books only two things – the character of Bond and the book title. Maybe they score a 2. But notice that scoring a 1 or a 2 doesn’t make the movie BAD. It just means the movie is not really faithful to its source material – a fact that will not be relevant to everyone. The original “Planet of the Apes” can’t rank higher than a 3 on the fidelity scale, but it’s a classic. “Starship Troopers,” on the other hand – well, don’t get me started. It’s in the middle ranks where things get messy. My friend thought the first “Hobbit” movie was a 4, but I’m inclined to rank the “Middle-Earth” saga around a
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7 (and an 8 for “Fellowship of the Ring”). Most of the events that take place in the books make it to the screen in some form or fashion, and the principal plots are faithful to the source. Much has been added to the “Hobbit” movies, but it strikes me that additions are less problematic than alterations (and Tolkien’s work is wide open for additions because of his detailed back story). Contrast this to the cinematic version of “I, Robot,” which has very little in common with Isaac Asimov’s short stories. Clearly a 3 or 4. Even classics like “The Wizard of Oz” depart significantly from the source material (silver slippers, not ruby!) – maybe a 5 at best. Only the first version of “I am Legend” came close to getting the story right, and if you liked Will Smith’s version (the third) you should check out the discarded original ending on YouTube – much more faithful to the source. Sometimes watching a good movie will prompt me to read the book. I really enjoyed “Moneyball,” so I borrowed the book from a friend. In retrospect, the movie did a good job, but its conflation of characters and exaggeration of events score it a 6 or 7. Last year I ran across the movie “Cloud Atlas,” which has prompted me to acquire the book and place it high on my queue for a future read. I hope it doesn’t disappoint. I have hopes that the third “Hobbit” movie will not end with Thorin plunging his sword into Smaug’s breast. If you see “Mockingjay,” let me know how you rank it – assuming, of course, that you’ve read the book. The fidelity scale can only be used by readers. David Crockett is a professor in the political science department.
by Alicia Guerrero
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Rarely do I get extremely excited. I may be happy about a good grade on an exam or that the Houston Texans didn’t actually lose for another Sunday in a row. But there’s only a couple of times a year that I am bouncing off the walls with excitement. One: when the San Antonio Spurs kicked Miami’s butt for the 2014 NBA Championship, and two: Black Friday. And the fact that my birthday just happens to fall on Black Friday this year? Well, that’s just the icing on the cake. Black Friday shopping is a Thanksgiving tradition in my house. My entire family comes over to my house and stuffs their faces with all the traditional Thanksgiving food, they take a nap, and then it’s home they go because my mom, dad and I have some serious shopping to do. People ask me all the time, “Why do you go out in the crowds? There can’t be that good of a sale going on.” My response: there is. It’s a rush. Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE shopping. But on the same hand, anyone who knows me knows I hate crowds and people who don’t understand the concept of a personal bubble. So, because of my love of shopping and my hatred of crowds I’ve had to plan my Black Friday shopping stops very strategically. So here are my tips to suriving shopping on Black Friday. 1. Know your size: the biggest mistake you can make while shopping on Black Friday is trying on clothes. The dressing rooms are always littered with clothes from people who didn’t take the time to return them to the racks. Rude. 2. Strategically plan your stops: Shopping on Black Friday really is an art form. Make a list of places you want to go and what you want from each store. Walk with a purpose: that way, people won’t get in your way.
3. Time your stops: The timing of your stop at a store is crucial. You don’t want to get there right when they first open. Get there 45 minutes to an hour after their opening time. This way the first wave of people are in line checking out. This will give you the whole store to yourself. By the time you’re ready to check out, the line has dissipated and you can walk right up and be on your way to the next stop. 4. Join blackfriday.com: This website will be your saving grace for your evening out. All it takes is your email address and you will receive Black Friday ads from stores once they’re released. This way you can see the deals before you venture out into the crowds. 5. Online vs. In-Store: It’s true, there are some places that you don’t want to touch with a 10foot pole - mainly Best Buy and Walmart. Know the difference between which stores are best to buy online and which ones are easy to go to. 6. Buy what you need: At this point in my life, I’m getting ready to go out into the working world and it’s sadly time to leave my college wardrobe behind. Black Friday is an awesome time to start stocking up on those “real-world clothes” for less. 7. Don’t forget to fill up your tank: If you get tired, stop at Starbucks and get a caffeine jolt or IHOP for a midnight breakfast fix. This will re-awaken your senses and you’ll be ready for round two. Black Friday can be lots of fun, especially when you get amazing deals. Just remember to be patient and have fun. And for the love of all things living, remember other people’s personal bubble. It’ll save you dirty looks from people. Forget ring by spring, it’s man by Black Friday to carry all the bags! Happy shopping and may the odds (and deals) be ever in your favor! Alicia Guerrero is a senior majoring in communication.
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Berlin, Germany May 17-31 Course Requirement: PLSI 3491-70 Global City Berlin 1 credit hour during the semester plus 3 credit hours abroad The class and trip to Berlin will focus on the politics and diversity in both Germany’s past and present. Berlin is not only Germany’s capital but also its largest and most diverse city, with people from more than 100 countries. “The idea is to use Berlin as a classroom,” said Peter O’Brien, professor of political science and program coordinator. “We’ll spend a minimum amount of time in a formal classroom and spend a lot of time on excursions throughout the city.” During the semester, students will only spend an hour in class each week. The bulk of the material will be covered during the concentrated time that students will spend in Berlin. “We’ll be doing things related to the class from about nine to four each day, but the students will have the evenings and weekends free to explore,” O’Brien said. “Berlin is incredibly diverse with a legendary nightlife and huge percentage of students. The trip gets students thinking if they’d want to study abroad or even go to grad school in Germany.” Contact O’Brien at pobrien@ trinity.edu if interested in joining the trip to Berlin. The Hague, Netherlands May 17-30 Course Requirement: PLSI 3491-71 The Hague, the City of International Law 3 credit hours during the semester plus an optional credit hour abroad kory
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Topics such as human rights, the development of international criminal law and international justice will be explored in the course. Students who enroll in the course next spring will have the option to travel to The Hague at the end of the semester. “I want the students to connect with the victims in the stories and to understand that this is something that has touched many individuals,” said Rosa Aloisi, assistant professor of political science and program coordinator. “We want to make sure that the students are aware of the devastating effects of these crimes.” While in The Hague, students will visit the Anne Frank House, the Van Gogh Museum, the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia. There will even be an opportunity to witness trials as they are ongoing, depending on judge availability. “My experience in The Hague changed my life,” Aloisi said. “You enter a courtroom and you sit next to world-class criminals, looking at them, and you truly realize that they are human beings. Hearing what they’ve done is just amazing and you wonder—how could this happen? It had a huge impact on my life.” Contact Aloisi at raloisi@ trinity.edu or Nanette LeCoat at nlecoat@trinity.edu if interested in hearing more about the course and trip. Japan May 18-June 1 Suggested Course: PLSI 3339-1 Contemporary Japanese Politics and Society 3 credit hours during the semester and/or 3 credit hours abroad Students have the potential to receive up to six credit hours in Japanese politics, but neither the class nor the weeks abroad require the other. Both will explore contemporary
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Japanese society, religion, culture, politics and economy. “The main theme is politics. We’ll use politics to talk about the main problematic issues that are happening in Japan, so we’re going to look at economics, business and the issues of demographics, with both the aging population and immigration reluctance,” said Katsuo Nishikawa, assistant professor of political science and program coordinator. The trip will take students to various areas of Japan, including Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Hiroshima. Registration for the trip will take place alongside registration for Trinity’s summer semester, but scholarships will only be available for those who are enrolled in the complementing course. “In Tokyo, we’re going to pair up students with students from a local university, and you’ll shadow them for a day, going to their classes and part-time jobs,” Nishikawa said. “We really hope they’ll form neat friendships and get a glimpse of university life in Japan.” Contact Nishikawa at knishika@trinity.edu if interested in joining the trip to Japan this summer.
Peru Mission Trip May 20-June 2 Hosted by Trinity’s Catholic Student Group In May, Trinity students will be led on a mission trip to the mountains of Peru by Florencia Silva, Trinity’s new Catholic campus minister. While in Peru, students will help rebuild a church and a classroom, as well as put on catechisms and games for the local children. “It’s a poverty that I don’t think anybody here can fathom,” Silva said. “These people only eat once a day. Children are working as soon as they can walk, so they don’t really get a chance to be kids.” Those who wish to attend are asked to bring a suitcase of
photo by Jordan Leeper Florencia Silva, campus minister for Trinity’s Catholic Student Group, speaks during an information session about the upcoming mission trip to Peru in May.
clothes, art supplies and toys for the children they will visit while in Peru in addition to their own luggage. “I love the mission trips with students that I’ve taken in the past,” Silva said. “It’s probably one of my favorite things to do.
Us going there reminds them of their dignity and that they’re worth it. It’s about us helping them and them helping us.” For more information or to join the trip, contact Florencia Silva at florenciasilva219@ gmail.com.
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Geology students present Trinity Diversity Connection sponsors research in Vancouver “Beyond Bisexuality 101” workshop From Saturday, Oct. 18, through Tuesday, Oct. 21, senior geology students Nicola Hill and Rebecca Schauer had the opportunity to attend the Geological Society of America’s annual conference in Vancouver, Canada. “Our research was on structural geology with Ben Surpless, but we each had our individual poster,” Hill said. “Ben was unable to go, but that was kind of the deal from the beginning—that we would present at GSA.” Over the summer, Hill and Schauer were part of a tenweek internship that concluded with a presentation of their research at the Trinity summer symposium. They used the semester to add to their research poster in preparation for the GSA conference. Both Hill and Schauer studied the Stillwill anticline near Big Bend National Park. “Ben takes people out to Big Bend every summer and winter to collect research,” Schauer said. “I took the research that’s been done in the last five years to build this 3D model using Move 2014, so I built this entire model on the computer during the summer. Then, over the past semester, I reversed the model back before any kind of folding or anything happened.” Hill also did research on the anticline but focused on
fold geometries and strain accommodation, looking at images of the entire outcrop to see how the surface can be understood from what is underneath it. “It was my first time ever doing research at Trinity, so it was a really good opportunity to see what other students are doing in that field,” Hill said. “There was so much diversity and energy and lots of meet-andgreets. We were able to look for grad school opportunities and impress people with Trinity by showing off our work and what Ben has been doing.” Hill and Schauer were the only students from Trinity able to attend, but they were among students, professors and professionals from all over the country. “The conference was held at the Vancouver convention center, this huge place; the Olympics were even held there. I think there were 7,000 posters there or something crazy like that,” Schauer said. The two students were stationed at their posters for two time slots on Monday and spent the rest of their time attending various lectures and lunches, looking at other posters and exploring the city. see HILL page 12
Activist Robyn Ochs details her own experiences as a bisexual by Sarah Davis CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Robyn Ochs, an awardwinning writer, educator, speaker and activist, lectured and conducted a workshop titled “Beyond Bisexuality 101.” The event, sponsored by Trinity Diversity Connection, was designed to appeal to all sexualities on the spectrum, not just straight or gay students. Ochs conducted several activities with students, including brainstorming a list of all sexualities, talking about negative characteristics attributed to bisexual people and discussing how even small groups of people can have great sexual diversity. “It just showed how much diversity there is even within a relatively small group of people, and it’s something that is important to visualize.
Whether you identify as gay or straight, there is a middle gray area and nothing is black or white,” said senior Leah Press, president of Trinity Diversity Connection. “This is something that was really amplified and it just proves how much we all need to be allies for each other.” Ochs detailed her own experience as a bisexual, including coming to terms with her sexuality and dealing with negative reactions and stereotypes. “My thing is not, ‘Oh no, we aren’t like that’; my thing is, ‘Oh no, we don’t own that.’ People in every identity group can be any characteristic. It’s only with bisexual people that promiscuity is seen as a defining characteristic—and that’s wrong,” Ochs said. The difficulties many people face in terms of sexuality, according to Ochs, can be attributed to a culture in which people have trouble finding a middle ground. “We in the United States are deeply conflicted about sexuality. On the one hand, everything about us is sexualized all the time; everything in marketing is about sex and sexualizing. Sex
is all over the airways and all over the media,” Ochs said. “On the other hand, we are told not to talk about sex. It creates ignorance and mixed messages. I feel this cultural ambivalence sets up this static in our brains that gets in the way of our thinking.” Trinity Diversity Connection brought Ochs to Trinity as a part of its mission to highlight the diversity of our community. “We want to bring things to campus and the community that we think are representative, interesting and educational for diversity,” Press said. Junior Becca Burt expressed her gratitude for having a place to learn about many different sexualities and openly discuss difficulties faced by everyone in society, regardless of sexual orientation. “As a women’s and gender studies minor, I’m always looking to understand more about different identities that I may not know about, and having this environment to have open discussion about stereotypes and labels is something I really value,” Burt said.
Sixth Annual Thanksgiving Service of Worship Monday, November 25, 2014 at 9:00 pm Chaplain Stephen Nickle will preach Followed by a Dessert Reception in the Reception Rooms Sponsored by: Parker Chapel, RUF, IVCF, CSG, FCA, UMSM & Young Life
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Dianne Persellin, professor of music education, has coauthored a recently published book titled “A Concise Guide to Improving Student Learning: Six Evidence-Based Principles and How To Apply Them.” She has authored and coauthored numerous other publications, many also about education and methods of teaching and learning. Persellin and her co-author Mary Daniels, a professor of Spanish at Centre College, have formed a partnership in which they work to educate teachers. The two have also worked together at the Associated Colleges of the South summer teaching workshop. The idea for the book came from their work together at this workshop. “The guidebook covers topics such as the distinction between expert and novice learners, memory and prior learning,” Persellin said. “We share teaching principles, applications and related strategies. The applications include examples from the sciences, humanities and arts.” The book aims to guide those who may be experts
in a particular field—but not experts in the fields of teaching and learning styles— communicate their knowledge with students using effective teaching methods. “The book is intended for faculty who are interested in engaging their students and developing deep and lasting learning but don’t have the time to immerse themselves in the scholarship of teaching and learning,” Persellin said. While Persellin’s book was originally intended for college professors, it has also attracted the attention of high school and middle school educators.
During the research process, the authors narrowed their findings down to six main principles. “We are striving to bridge the gap between what we know about students’s learning and how we teach,” Persellin said. “We read a lot of books and studies and found 15 main principles, then narrowed those down to six.” Persellin says that the editor has invited the two co-authors to write a series of similar guidebooks in the future.
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photo by Eva Littman Dianne Persellin’s new book aims to guide professors who are experts in their content field but may not be experts in the field of pedagogy.
Psychology students conduct campus body image program Body Project for All open to both men and women by Sarah Davis CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER Students in Carolyn Becker’s psychology lab are conducting world-recognized research on the Body Project, making them the second-most prolific Body Project lab in the world with their research. Their latest program, Body Project for All (BP4ALL), is a body image program open to both men and women and run by research assistants and volunteer peer leaders. Their other on-campus programs include the Sorority Body Project and Female Athlete Body Program, which are only open to women in those communities. “We’ve been conducting research on the Body Project since 2000 and so we decided collectively as a group that we wanted to expand into working with male students and make it available with the general student population at Trinity,” said Carolyn Becker, professor of psychology and advisor to BP4ALL. Groups of students can participate voluntarily in the program by attending two twohour sessions in which a peer
leader facilitates a discussion about positive body image and the students engage in various activities. “We are spreading a bodypositive message and trying to negate and combat the cultural appearance ideal that appears in our society through media and different outlets. We run these groups to help people feel more body-positive about themselves and teach how to combat this cultural appearance idea and shoot for a healthy ideal on our campus,” said Angel Bottera, senior psychology major and research assistant. Becker detailed that their new research is a response to a call by researchers in Australia challenging them to conduct a program not tied to athletes or sororities and to encourage students to participate voluntarily, without payment incentives. The lab has already had great success in enrolling participants since the program is open to the entire campus and encourages friends to enter in groups. The Becker lab created the peerled model for the Body Project, as well as a model in which students train other students to promote positive body ideals. This model is now used around the country and overseas. see RESEARCH page 12
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Over 150 students, faculty and staff spread awareness as part of national initiative by Sarah Davis CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER “Sometimes you have to sit to take a stand.” This is the slogan of the Sit With Me initiative sponsored by the National Center for Women & IT. Last week, the Trinity University Women in Computing Club (TUWIC) hosted a Red Chair Campaign, joining in the spirit of the Sit With Me national initiative to raise awareness about the lack of women in computing and information technology fields. The club encouraged people to stop by their location next to the Magic Stones, take a picture in their red chair and learn more about the cause. “You can sit down in the chair to take a stand for women in computing, and the chair represents the seats at the table that women don’t have in the technology industry right now. It’s kind of symbolic in multiple ways,”
said sophomore Kylie Moden, president and founder of the Trinity University Women in Computing Club. “By sitting in the chair and getting your photo taken, you are showing that you do care about this topic and that you want to encourage younger girls to go into the field.” The Sit With Me initiative’s symbol is a bright red chair made from recycled Coke bottles, designed to have exceptional strength and last for 150 years. Paul Myers, professor and chair of the computer science department and faculty advisor for the club, purchased one of the red chairs for TUWIC to use at their meetings and events. “At Trinity, as at most other places, there are few women who major in computer science,” Myers said. “The Red Chair Campaign is a chance to call attention to this dismal state of affairs and to try to generate awareness, interest and enthusiasm for women who might still be open to the idea of studying computer science.” TUWIC also hosted a reception in the Skyline Room on Nov. 13 with a silent auction and invited local technology
photo by Sarah Thorne Trinity University Women in Computing and Mark Lewis, professor of computer science, attend a reception in the Skyline Room.
companies and Trinity faculty and staff. Last Saturday, the club hosted a miniature hackathon in the Center for Sciences and Innovation to teach application development and allow people to code freely. The club has created a new big/little program, known as “Wicsters,” to encourage women to major in computer science. A younger female computer science major is paired with an older female
computer science major, who will provide guidance and support. “This program gives new students a mentor to talk to so that they understand that many of the upperclassmen didn’t entirely grasp everything the first semester either. We encourage students not to give up on the computer science major,” said Kat Fischer, junior computer science major. The Red Chair Campaign had over 150 Trinity students,
faculty and staff stop by their table to sit in the red chair and take a picture to spread awareness. “Having groups like this really helps you stay within the field because there is someone you can truly relate to,” Moden said. “That is really what it all comes down to when you are a minority in technology or anything else—that you feel isolated—but you have a group you can come to and be like, ‘I am not alone in this.’”
knew going into college that she eventually wanted to become a lawyer, allowing her the freedom to choose a major based on her interests. Avitia was also president of the Association of Student Representatives and a member of Alpha Chi Lambda sorority. “Becca was the ASR president. I met with her regularly and was of course at the meetings that she led with the organization,” said David Tuttle, vice president for student affairs and dean of students. “She was a really strong leader. She was persistent, determined and her actions and decisions were steeped in values. She was also hilarious.” Since graduating from Trinity, Avitia went on to earn a degree with honors
from Columbia Law School; has practiced law with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in New Mexico and New York City; and has been president of the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association and chair of the New Mexico Health Law Section. “At Trinity, everyone is empowered to become a leader, whether they have a formal leadership role or not, and with that empowerment comes real responsibility,” Avitia said. “I strongly believe that having had the chance to lead at Trinity is one of the reasons I was able to rise so quickly into my current leadership role.” On Thursday, Nov. 20, Avitia was honored at a luncheon in the Great Hall of the Chapman Center. During the luncheon, Avitia
spoke about her experiences and involvement at Trinity and how they helped lead to her post-graduation achievements. “I especially enjoyed knowing that I was part of a family at Trinity. That’s a feeling you don’t get at big schools, but it felt so real at Trinity. I look back on my college years with incredible fondness,” Avitia said. Avitia is now a shareholder in her law firm in Albuquerque, N.M., where she lives with her husband, Jorge Avitia, and their two children. “Life is too precious to spend procrastinating tasks you dread. Choose a path— major, extracurriculars, a career—that you can’t wait to conquer,” Avitia said. “Do what you enjoy—always.”
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psychology major and research assistant Aaron Harwell. The team hopes to emphasize the relaxed atmosphere of the program, in which students get to have fun while learning how to combat negative body ideals. The BP4ALL program doubles as a study, generating student-led research for the lab. Participants, however, are not required to participate in the study and have the option to take part only in the program.
Additionally, the BP4ALL team emphasizes its openness to the entire campus, especially male students. “Many times, males won’t want to engage with something that’s dealing with body image because they think guys don’t deal with body image issues, but a lot of the males that have gone through this program have reported that they really enjoyed it and have found use for it,” Harwell said.
Rebecca Avitia named Outstanding Young Alumna of 2014 Selection committee rewards Avitia for her efforts to stay connected to Trinity by Heather Bush CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER Rebecca Loubriel Avitia, Trinity Class of 2003, has become the 12th recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumna Award. The award— first given in 2002—honors Trinity alumni who have graduated in the past 15 years for their achievements in both their profession and the community. “There was really a need to be able to award younger alumni,” said MaryKay Cooper, senior director of alumni relations. “It’s really
important for us to show Trinity students what neat things they can be doing with a Trinity education fairly soon after they graduate.” Cooper collects nominations for the award from alumni and current employees throughout the year before presenting the nominations to the selection committee, made up of members of Trinity’s National Alumni Board. “Our selection committee really liked Rebecca,” Cooper said. “She was even our alumni chapter president while she was in New York. Wherever she’s been in her life, she’s managed to stay quite connected to the university.” While at Trinity, Avitia majored in sociology with a philosophy minor. Avitia
Hill and Schauer share work on structural geology at GSA
• continued from page 10 “There were opportunities to talk to graduate schools and different companies hiring,” Schauer said. “It’s great, especially for me since I’m going to graduate school, because a lot of graduate schools scout out people at GSA. They want people who know how to do research.” “We are both very lucky. Ben Surpless definitely
had his work cut out because the research was on structural geology and neither of us has had structure before now,” Hill said. “But it ended up being such an amazing experience.” Mark Mlella, a junior, was also part of Surpless’s research team, but he was unable to attend the GSA conference in Vancouver.
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Research pursued in response to challenge by scholars in Australia “It’s important to have programs like this, because research is moving in the direction where it is trying to reduce the burden of mental illness, and this is one of those programs where we can implement a program in a more naturalistic setting that has a broad reach so we can kind of help reduce that burden of mental illness through programs like this,” said senior
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I don’t think I’m an expert on relationships by any means. I’ve made stupid mistakes—I’ve been hurt, I’ve hurt others—all the typical ups and downs of romantic interactions. But for this article, I want to talk about one really important lesson I’ve learned—a lesson that many people never learn. I believe that writing someone off (romantically) because of the color of their skin is a terrible mistake. So many people I know do this. Examples of real quotes: “I could never be attracted to a black guy.” “What’s up with Indian girls?” “Hispanic guys are just too...I don’t know.” “I just think I couldn’t date
a girl who wasn’t white.” It’s often followed with a swift, “But I’m not racist.” Please rest assured—I’m not accusing everyone who hasn’t dated someone of a different race of being a racist. But I do think if someone is only attracted to their own race, they should reevaluate their own feelings and why they feel them, because like it or not, they have racial prejudice—which technically makes them racist in some form. Take me, for example. I’ve dated jocks and geeks, tall guys and short guys, smart guys and not-so-smart guys. But, like all of us, I have prejudices that have been shaped by the media, by the town I grew up in, by the schools I attended and by all of my experiences. I thought I would never date an Asian guy. The image
I had of the Asian man—the one presented overwhelmingly (and, I would argue, exclusively) by the media—is that of a sexless geek, completely outside of American culture. He is desperately unathletic, frigid and unromantic and has a small penis. Not exactly complimentary stuff, right? Well, you can guess what happened next. I promptly fell in love with an Asian man. It took falling in love for me to realize what a terrible fool I was. To think that my prejudice could have prevented me from such joy is genuinely heartbreaking. Of course, this bias wouldn’t have been conscious; biases rarely are. But the unconscious bias, the idea that Asian men don’t qualify as possible mates, was there. Luckily, I didn’t fall for a race—I fell for a person.
Now, I embrace the fact that my boyfriend is Asian. Everything about him that is different from me, whether it’s the shape of his eyes, the thickness of his hair, or the fact that he has trouble with “th” sounds, I find so interesting and sweet and—gasp—attractive, even? In short, I’ve realized that his being Asian has a lot to do with who he is, so to remove that would remove his true self. The media and society in general have awful stereotypes for each race and gender; none are safe. In ruling out entire races, millions of people get excluded from being a potential romantic partner simply because of a prejudiced notion perpetuated by a society that seeks to grossly oversimplify entire races of people. And why?
We all know what a struggle it is to find someone who truly gets us, who loves us for who we are. Why would we want to limit our pool of options because of something like race? Isn’t it time we all woke up and realized this? Race is important and does mean something important, so I’m not advocating for a “postracial colorblindness” by any means. I simply think that it’s detrimental to refuse to consider someone due to their race. So maybe this article won’t inspire you to expand your dating pool. But I hope it will at the very least help to promote healthy self-reflection of some kind. When you love someone of a different color, it is my belief that you help repair the pain of racism, even if by just a little bit.
I recently purchased my flight tickets to study abroad in Spain, and I was incredibly pumped as I imagined spending evenings sipping sangria and blowing up everyone’s Instagram feed with some fabulous pictures of my time in Madrid. But then I was informed at a pre-departure meeting that I would most likely be allowed one suitcase outside of my carry-on, and I almost choked on the provided watereddown Aramark orange juice. For starters, “packing lightly” doesn’t really exist in my vocabulary. I know what it means, and on all other trips I’ve mastered the ability to
give the attendant a pleading look when my luggage goes over the fifty pound weight limit at check-in, but this will be different. If I hadn’t been reminded that I will have to carry my luggage up stairs, across cities and maybe even countries, I might have ignored this advice, but that small amount of anticipated exertion was enough to make me consider this whole “packing light” business. While I can’t imagine not having a suitcase dedicated to shoes alone, I also don’t want to pass out at the top of the stairs of my residence hall when I know I should have made better packing decisions. Although the pre-departure meeting gave some general
do’s and don’t’s for what to wear abroad, I decided to do some fashion research on my own. After skimming a mix of travel and fashion blogs it appears that some of my favorite things are a no-no in order to blend in with the “madrileños.” First off, apparently graphic T-shirts and anything sporting a large logo isn’t the European way, so apparently fashion bloggers from Europe don’t really count as “locals” to watch for what to wear (Chiara Ferragni, I’m looking at you). This means my potential wardrobe has just been cut in half, and now I will be shopping for solid-colored everything. I’m also having trouble wrapping my mind around the
minimal, comfortable walking shoes advice that everyone seems to be on board with. Surely Spaniards will appreciate my carefully chosen ankle boots just as much as Americans, if not more so, right? Apparently everyone else agrees that my feet won’t appreciate this even a little bit. And while it is smothering a piece of my soul to admit this, it looks like I will be leaving these behind in favor of something more functional. Despite everyone else’s pleas to pack minimally and leave unnecessary items behind, I plan on attempting the rolling method, which basically involves rolling all of your clothes into the smallest form resembling a burrito and
then hurriedly stuffing it into your bag. I’m not quite sure how this is going to work with my shoes, or my hair straightener, but I’m determined to pack as many clothes as I can get away with. To all others going abroad, I wish you the best with your packing endeavors. Hopefully my packing methods result in a semi-local resemblance because, as much as I love this country and appreciate all of the rights I have as a citizen of the United States, I do not want to be “that tourist.” So perhaps it won’t be my carefully planned wardrobe that gives me away, but rather the act of taking a selfie at every interesting nook and cranny of Madrid.
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There are eight “Assassin’s Creed” games in the main series, along with 11 more games that are related to the universe. The release of “Advanced Warfare” marks the 11th “Call of Duty” game. “Halo 5” will be the 10th game in the series when it comes out. “Madden NFL” has had a yearly release since 1988. Each and every one of those “Assassin’s Creed” games has to include the fight between the Assassins and the Templars and the Animus. Halo has to have Master Chief and Cortana. Innovating is much more difficult when you’re weighed down by theww baggage of earlier games. It is difficult to make something out of the box when you are forced to create something to fit in a box. Countless reviews for the new “Assassin’s Creed” came out last week, and critics said a lot of unflattering things. The game is broken because of how rushed the release was. The story was boring and the progression wasn’t captivating. The new “Halo: Master Chief Collection” is really not that new since it’s just a re-release of the old games (a trend that is cool for archival purposes and cool for publishers who can charge people for an old game with a new paint job). Plus it has tons of matchmaking
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problems in the multiplayer— “Halo”’s number one draw. This is a big deal. Repeat games cause people to get tired of the same schtick. The series becomes cheapened in people’s minds. The developers are slaving over copying and pasting the same game while also trying to make it new and exciting. It must be difficult and heartless. Sales will inevitably go down, forever tarnishing the game series and, in some cases, forcing the development studies to shut down—real people might lose real jobs. Nintendo is great at making sequels that don’t feel like just a copy-and-paste with a few new bullet points. I love “Super Mario Galaxy,” “Super Mario 3D World,” “Mario Kart 8” and “The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.” I give them props for taking a few years between each release in the series so that people have time to breathe. That said, even with this extended time to come up with something creative, these game developers really don’t go outside of their box often. How many “Zelda,” “Mario,” “Kirby” and “Pokemon” games can you possibly make? My god, the answer is a lot. Like, a lot. Nintendo has improved in the last year in terms of trying new games: they published “Bayonetta 2,” they’re making a team-based shooter called
“Splatoon” and they’re coming out with “Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker,” the cutest game ever. This innovative bevy of new games was almost non-existent during the Wii era because of how damn popular that stupid console was. Everyone and their moms (and their grandparents) bought one of those things. Now, Nintendo has not met its financial projections the past few fiscal quarters. The company has recently realized that it is in a tight spot. Luckily, this dire situation has energized Nintendo to really experiment. Ubisoft, EA, Activision and the other big publishers are making sequel after sequel because they sell. Sequels are partly so popular because development in the HD era is incredibly expensive. The amount of time, talent, (wo)manpower and money (the big one) to make a AAA game is staggering. But they’re also so popular because we, as consumers, keep buying the same shit over and over again. We are happy to see what they changed in the newest release rather than expecting something completely new and exciting. The rise of HD gaming happened around the same time as the ubiquity of the Internet. As a result of this, indie games have been fueling the “renaissance” of sorts happening in the industry. Overall, the indie game market may be the antidote to our sequel
problem. Nowadays, so many garage developers are creating the games that they want to make and aren’t constrained by the market; people are able to make what they want and release to whoever wants it. It has allowed games like “Octodad” and “Journey” to come out. So go out and support new and exciting ideas—not just the safe and familiar.
graphic by Samantha Skory Master Chief, the star of the never-ending “Halo” series.
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The Dark Knight of the bright screen
graphic by Samantha Skory Here is Christopher Nolan, surrounded by some of the characters and objects that have made his films so massively successful. Love him or hate the man, you simply have to acknowledge his success.
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Others write him off as A&E EDITOR emotionally cold, a clammy aesthete withdrawing from the heat and pulse of human A couple weeks ago, one passion to obsess over his of my English classes had a confusing loop-the-loop plots. visit from the renowned poet But neither camp can elide Erin Belieu. When I asked her the reality that many of his what one had to do in order to films wind up winning a 90 become a capital-G Great Poet, percent rating or higher on she said this: “You’ve got to Rotten Tomatoes, nor can become undeniable.” they dismiss the fact that the In other words, the power guy breaks box office records of your voice, its authoritative quicker than most of us can strength and strangeness, draw a breath. must become so great that “Memento.” “The Dark people the world over feel Knight.” “Inception.” And compelled to listen to it, even now, “Interstellar.” Film by if they don’t much care for film, Christopher Nolan has what it has to say. become undeniable. But is he If undeniability is indeed any good? Let us clamber into the way to measure artistic our moviegoing Batmobile and success, then Christopher journey through some of his Nolan is one of the most work, for it is there that we will successful directors in find our answer. Hollywood today. Many First things first: it seems people go gaga for his pop-art obvious to me that Nolan, parables, with their synthesis whatever his flaws, is a born of highbrow analytics and filmmaker, one who knows lowbrow ass-kicking. what movies (and only movies)
are capable of. You see, just as music harnesses the power of sound and literature harnesses the power of words, film makes singular use of the moving image. And Nolan has proved beyond a doubt that he can use visuals to make statements that eclipse what any written words could convey. The Joker dangling his head out of the police car window like a drugged-up Rottweiler. Will Dormer gazing weary-eyed at Alaska’s perpetual daylight. More recently, a space station orbiting foreign worlds while the soundtrack plays nature sounds from Earth. These images convey information about plot, character and theme while still being aesthetically striking in their own right. Nolan is also quite gifted at montage, the art of intercutting separate images from separate scenes. Just look at Bane’s speech in “The Dark Knight Rises” and you’ll see what I mean.
Examining the lead-up to that scene will also give you an idea of Nolan’s greatest flaw: on the way to the Awesome Moments, he often overlooks important details or plot points. To get to Bane’s scene, we have to endure several perfunctory dialogue scenes which even Nolan seems eager to get finished with. We also have to wade our way through one of the stupidest plot points in cinema history: in order to buy the contents of Bane’s speech, we have to buy that he could LURE AN ENTIRE CITY’S POLICE FORCE INTO A SEWER. Bane’s takeover is filmed with searing power, but Nolan doesn’t seem to care that the set-up to that scene is about as logical as a “Looney Tunes” sketch. I was disappointed to see these problems crop up with alarming regularity in Nolan’s latest. For every speechstealing image of resplendent space, there’s a sloppy scene of confusing exposition.
A greater filmmaker would know that the build-up to the Awesome Moment matters just as much as the moment himself. In my opinion, these flaws prevent Nolan from ascending to the level of an All-Time Great like Scorsese or Kubrick. However, I do think that he belongs in the company of very, very good filmmakers like John Ford. In a way, I think “The Dark Knight” is our generation’s answer to Ford’s “The Searchers”; like that great Western, it uses the most popular genre of its time (the comic-book adaptation) to investigate the most pressing issues of its age. In conclusion, I don’t think Nolan’s exactly a moviegoing Messiah. But I do think that this Dark Knight of Cinema has made quite an impression and may one day rise to the very top of his field. And that, to me, is undeniable.
QUOTES OF THE WEEK: ON MOVIES “A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.” Orson Welles “It’s not what a movie is about, it’s how it is about it.” Roger Ebert “A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.” Alfred Hitchcock
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Faculty You’re going to be stranded on a desert island. You can bring one movie with you. Which movie do you choose? “Star Wars” (1977)
This movie would be worth taking just for the opening music and title sequence, which still give me goose bumps. Beyond that, I would take it because the characters are memorable and nuanced (e.g., Darth Vader seems like the typical bad guy, but he is, in fact, a family man) and the movie’s plot is rooted in classical mythological traditions (i.e., the Hero’s Journey). And it’s just plain fun. Plus, if I was stranded on a desert island, I could look up at the stars and try to �igure out which ones were the binary stars of Tatooine.
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I could dance away the hours unselfconsciously with its soundtrack by Jagger, Vandross, Joel, Springsteen, Kool and the Gang. Focusing on the hilarious, ingenious script, I would reaf�irm long held beliefs: 1. Dramatic irony makes me feel smart.
2. Diet and exercise can result in weight loss.
3. Some handsome men are as dumb as fence posts.
4. Generosity and kindness triumph over greed and evil. 5. A toy poodle can charm even a ferocious Doberman. 6. Bette Midler is divine.
“The Big Lebowski” (1998)
Being stranded on a desert island wouldn’t be much fun, so I’ve eliminated most of the serious contenders for best �ilm ever on the grounds that they’re too, well, serious. “The Big Lebowski” is laugh-out-loud funny, but it’s also subtler than most people think, rewarding multiple viewings. (Did you catch the underlying critique of masculine norms?) Great �ilms endure, but if you yourself are busy enduring, you might want a �ilm that simply abides.
Andrew Kania, Associate Professor of Philosophy
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Football ends season with win over Austin College The Tigers shutout the Roos 41-0 to finish the season by Claire Hoobler-Curtis SPORTS EDITOR After two and a half months of games, the Trinity football team ended their season this past Saturday, Nov. 15, at home with a 41-0 victory over Austin College. This was the first shutout Trinity has recorded since 2002. The Tigers now have an all-time record of 44-306 against Austin College—a team they have faced since 1904. With the win against the Roos, the Tigers improved their overall record to 4-6 and their conference record to 2-1 to finish second in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference ahead of Austin College and Southwestern University but behind Texas Lutheran University. Since the Tigers did not win SCAC they do not move on to the NCAA National Championship. Both teams remained scoreless until junior running back Jeremy Simmons caught a 33-yard pass from senior quarterback Mason Blaschke with 12:26 on the clock. First-year kicker Payton Kisor then scored the PAT to put the Tigers up 7-0. Later in the second quarter, Kisor kicked a 35-yard field goal at 5:04 to bring the Tigers to 10-0 heading into half time. In the third quarter, Simmons scored two more touchdowns for the Tigers, the first coming off of a 27yard run with 11:58 left in the quarter and the second coming from a 60-yard run at the 4:26 mark. Kisor converted both of the kicks
and the Tigers led 24-0 heading into the last quarter of play. During the fourth quarter, the Tigers continued their shutout and added 17 points to the board. With 11:29 left in the game, sophomore defensive back Adam Saunders had a 46yard interception return. First year Miguel Mendiola converted the kick. Later in the quarter at 6:32, senior running back Desmond King ran for a 14-yard touchdown—the Tigers last touchdown of the game. First year William Rutan converted the kick. The final scoring play of the game came with 2:07 left when Kisor kicked a 31-yard field goal. After the game, Simmons and sophomore linebacker Julian Turner were named SCAC Players of the Week. Simmons earned SCAC Offensive Player of the Week for three touchdowns and 196 rushing and receiving yards. Turner was awarded the SCAC Defensive Player of the Week after leading the team with 12 tackles, including 1.5 that led to losses for the Roos. Turner led the team in tackles for the season with an average of more than 10 tackles per game. The Tigers were proud of their performance during this game and feel that it was one of the most collaborative of the year. “I think it was our first true three-phase performance from start to finish. The offense came out and protected the football the best they had all year and it was awesome to see, considering it was cold and wet and the ball was slick,” said head coach Jerheme Urban and they still protected it. The defense
played with a chip on their shoulder the whole game. It was a bunch of young guys who have been growing up throughout the season. And the special teams played solid so it was the best full team effort, without a doubt.” While the winning percentage was not what the team had hoped for, they were still proud of the team and seniors this season. “It’s a little disappointing when you look at the record, but I still think we improved as a team and I think there is a lot more we can improve on,” Turner said. Urban agrees that seniors performed well this season and feels the future is bright. “They (the seniors) all did a great job accepting the role even if it wasn’t something that they thought they would be doing as a senior but I think they laid a great foundation for these young guys to look at, to model themselves after as they continue to grow older and those 13 guys will have a lasting impression on this foundation for years to come,” Urban said. With 13 seniors graduating, the Tigers have some big spots to fill but are confident and excited heading into the offseason and next fall. “We will have a lot of the guys back. We’re going to have a good base. We had a young team last year so we are looking forward to it,” Simmons said. The goal next season to reclaim the SCAC title remains the same as the team heads into the off season. “The goal is to make playoffs and we didn’t do that, so that’s going to be something we will really work towards next year,” Turner said.
National Championship meet. Emory University (Ga.) were the winners of the women’s competition. The men finished in 11th place in the meet. Emory also took first place in the men’s event. Senior Nicola Hill led the way for the Tigers with a personal best time of 22:52.86 to give her a 10th place finish—just short of the mark to advance individually to the National Championship. Hill received All-Region honors for the third straight season. “I couldn’t have asked for them to do any more than what they did,” said head coach Emily Daum. “Nicola ran the best race of her
collegiate career. She left it all out there on the field, which was awesome. Also finishing on the first All-Region team were first years Melissa Whitman and Emma MacEachern. Whitman finished in 20th (23:11.83), while MacEachern finished in 30th (23:33.23) in the 6k race. According to Daum, it is the first time Trinity firstyear runners have made the All-Region team in the past three years. Rounding out the top five for the Tigers were junior Mariana Sigala and senior Genevieve Primeau. “Everyone did pretty well—we all raced as hard as we could—so I’m really happy about where we
photo by Michael Miller No. 29 junior running back Jeremy Simmons runs with the ball (top). The Tiger’s offensive line faces off against Austin College on Nov. 15 (bottom).
Cross-Country competes at NCAA regional meet Two-time defending champions fail to capture the SCAC for third title
by Sarah Farrell SPORTS REPORTER On Nov. 15, the men’s and women’s cross-country teams both competed at the South/Southeast Regional Championships meet in Berry, Georgia and placed within the top 15 teams. The women finished sixth with only 23 points separating them from the second place team, Christopher Newport University (Va.), which qualified to race in the
finished,” Whitman said. “It is not like we just have one person that is really good; we have a solid group of runners that can pick each other up.” Junior Taylor Piske was the top finisher with a careerbest 16th place. He ran the 8k race in 26:01.29 to also earn All-Region honors for his third straight season. Sophomore Austin Brown finished second for the Tigers coming in 47th place with a time of 27:04.49. First years Michael Erikson, Jacob Hammond and Daniel Henkes rounded out the top five finishers for the Tigers. All four were competing in the first regional meet of their careers.
“Everyone had a good race with the exception of the start,” Brown said. “I don’t think we had our minds set on going out as hard as we needed to.” This was the first regional meet for four of the five Tiger men. All five of the men will return to compete for Trinity next season and many women return as well. “I know everyone wanted to place a little bit better as a team, and that just didn’t end up happening for us... unfortunately,” Daum said. “We have everyone on the team that actually wants to be there and working hard… and I really am looking forward to seeing all the hard work that these kids put in the next year.”
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Men’s soccer advances to third round of playoffs After winning 2-1 and 1-0 in first two rounds the Tigers face Loras College in the third round by Alyssa Tayrien SPORTS REPORTER
The Tigers entered the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division Three playoffs with a 21-1-0 record and confidence in their abilities. In their first round game the Tigers defeated HardinSimmons 2-1. Senior Johnny Lawson said, “[During playoffs], we have to focus on playing our best and eliminating any complacency. Our strength comes from the deepness of
the team and our confidence to win. It’s a tradition to win, and we’re going to uphold it.” Trinity, the second-ranked team in the nation, got off to a slow start against HardinSimmons and allowed a goal in the 22nd minute. Hardin-Simmons defender Dustin Beal fired a shot past Trinity keeper Matt Cardone to push the Cowboys ahead 1-0. The Tigers answered with a goal of their own in the 32nd minute when first year Daniel Ruano scored off an assist from Murray Fraser. Trinity and Hardin-Simmons went into half-time tied 1-1. The second half featured numerous attacks on goal by each side, but neither team could put a shot in the back of the net until the final 30 seconds of play. With extra time seeming all but inevitable, senior mid-
fielder Victor Araujo sprinted past the Cowboy defense with one final opportunity to close out the game. Araujo faced a one-on-one shot against the keeper, blasting the ball into the corner of the net for the game-winner. “When we were down 0-1, our captains kept telling us to keep calm and a goal will come to us. Then we had an opportunity and my shot went into the goal and the game was tied. But when Victor was through on a breakaway, it was such a great feeling. Our whole bench was already on the field waiting for him to score and we all celebrated like crazy,” Ruano said. Trinity advanced to the second round of the tournament for a showdown with the UT-Dallas Comets on Sunday.
The Tigers were out for revenge after losing their only game of the season to the Comets on Sept. 6, falling 2-1 in the fourth game of the season. Their extra motivation would prove beneficial this time around. After a first-round scare from Hardin-Simmons, Trinity wasted no time taking the lead against Dallas. Just 22 minutes into the first half, first year Kellen Reid scored unassisted past Comet keeper Joseph Weber. The goal would prove to be the game winner for Reid and the Tigers. Trinity successfully held off UT Dallas attacks the rest of the game to hold on for a 1-0 victory. Coach Thomas Cartee said, “[This weekend] showed the experience, not only of our veterans, but going back
to last weekend against Colorado College in the Conference Championship when we were down and came back, how the team as a whole has prepared.” The loss ended any title hopes for the Comets and them with a record of 14-5-3. The win marked Trinity’s 21st consecutive victory and vaulted them forward into the 3rd round of the playoffs. The Tigers will play at 8:30 p.m. tonight in Wheaton (Ill.) against seventh-ranked Loras University. Loras are coming off a victory against 23rd ranked Gustavus Adolphus and seeking to end Trinity’s season for the second year in a row. Last year in the tournament, Loras beat Trinity 2-1 in the quarterfinals in Dubuque, Iowa.
Basketball teams open season with slow start
photos by Sarah Thorne Senior guard William Young dribbles the ball against a Mary Hardin-Baylor player (left). First year forward Matt Bender shoots a free throw during Trinity’s 78-51 loss at home (right).
Tiger basketball teams drop opening two games of the season by Tyler Caldwell and Claire Hoobler-Curtis SPORTS REPORTER & EDITOR
Both of the Trinity basketball teams opened their season with back-toback losses. The men fell to Hardin-Simmons University on Nov. 15 and to Mary Hardin-Baylor University on Nov. 17. The women were defeated by George Fox University and Linfield University at the George Fox Classic in Newberg, Ore., from Nov. 15-16. In the first game of the 2014-2015 season, the men suffered a 74-100 loss to Hardin-Simmons on the road. The Tigers shot 49.1 percent from the field, hit 50 percent of 3-point shots and converted 63.6 percent of their free throws. Senior
guard Matt Selling led the team in points with 14 and first year Matthew Bender led the team in rebounds with six. Two days later, the men played their first home game against Mary Hardin-Baylor. The Tigers lost the game 7851. In this game the team shot 26.9 percent from the field, hit 41.7 percent of 3-point shots, and made 57.6 percent of free throws. Sophomore forward A.J. Pulliam led the team with eight points and Bender led the team again in rebounds with eight. “We’re still in search of our identity with this team. The first game we played well offensively but could not come up with any defensive stops. The second game we played much better defensively, but absolutely could not put the ball in the basket. [We] need to take the best from each of those games on Friday against Pomona-Pitzer,” said head coach Pat Cunningham. Next, the Tigers play in the SCIAC Classic in California from Nov. 21 to Nov. 22. On
the first day, Nov. 21, the men play Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and on Nov. 22 they play Pomona Pitzer. After that, their next game is against Concordia Texas at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1 in Austin. The team is excited about their opportunity to play against strong competition and hope to improve with every game. “As a team we’ve been struggling with communication on both sides of the floor, and more than anything we need to work on building chemistry and playing together as a team,” Pulliam said. “We lost a lot of seniors last year and we have to fill the shoes of the roles they played. Our goals for the next game are focusing on playing with more cohesion and communication on the court.” The women’s team also opened their season with consecutive losses. In the Tigers first game on Nov. 15, they lost to George Fox 63-40. The women shot 31.9 percent from the field, hit
19 percent of 3-point attempts and made 42.9 percent of free throws. Junior forward Anecia Richardson led the team with 12 points and senior center Taylor Hollins had the most rebounds for the Tigers with eight. The next day, Nov. 16, the Tigers faced off against Linfield, when they fell 6652. During this game the ladies shot 29.2 percent from the field, 17.9 percent from 3-point range and made 52.9 percent of their free throws. Sophomore guard Monica Holguin scored the most points for the team with 16 and Richardson lead the team in rebounds with seven. “We needed to play some difficult teams in order to realize what we could be capable of. They may not have gone exactly as we planned but these are definitely stepping stones for our season and we found stuff that we could work on,” said junior guard Elizabeth Balido. During the upcoming games, the Tigers have areas they hope to improve upon
and also areas they see as strengths so far. “All in all, our half-court defense was a huge thing for us and it really helped get us great opportunities on offense. I think we really need to work on making open shots when they are given to us and getting it to the post in order to give us opportunities on the three point line. Our rebounding still could use some work and the same goes for our defensive rotations,” Balido said. The Tigers play again at 1 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 22 against Hardin-Simmons on the road. The next game after that for the ladies is 5:30 p.m.on Monday, Dec. 1 versus Concordia (Tex.) “It’s just another chance to play,” said head coach Cameron Hiil. “So, for me, before we get into conference every single game is almost like an experiment to try to learn as much as I can about what our team does best and what we can be the best at going into conference play.”
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Women’s soccer team wins first two rounds of playoffs Tigers move on to third round action after defeating Texas-Tyler and Redlands at home by Alyssa Tayrien
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The Trinity Women’s Soccer team opened their 2014 NCAA tournament with a match against UT-Tyler on Saturday and continued the campaign with a battle against Redlands University on Sunday. Senior captain Kelsey Falcone, who finished two early goals in the 6th and 12th minutes of the first half, spearheaded the Tigers’ offense. Fellow captain and Trinity all-time assist record holder Emily Jorgens assisted Falcone’s first goal. With this goal, Falcone became the team-scoring leader with 20 goals, and Jorgens claimed her 27th season assist. The second goal was supported off a pass from junior midfielder Emily Donnan. The Trinity offense maintained possession and allowed Falcone, Jorgens and junior forward Maggie Olvera to make attempts at goal. In the 60th minute of play, the Tigers found the back of the net again when senior defender and SCAC Defender of the Year, Kirby Peddicord, struck a free kick shot straight into the side netting. This third goal, assisted by Kim Polasek and Shelby Hopkins, brought the score to 3-0 for the Tigers’ first victory in the national tournament.
“Our team chemistry is what really has helped this season. We always support each other because our goal is to be the best as a team,” Jorgens said. “The amount of time we spend together helps us bond as a team, and we’re all working towards a common goal.” Tiger defense, led by seniors Hopkins and Peddicord, worked to limit the scoring opportunities of opposing teams throughout the season. As result, UTTyler attackers were barred from the Tigers’ backfield and attempted three total shots. Senior goalkeeper Devan Osegueda made one save to preserve the team’s fifth straight shutout. UT-Tyler was defeated by Trinity 2-1 earlier in the season and finished with a 13-3-2 record. Saturday’s win carried the Tigers into the second round game the following night against a new opponent, the University of Redlands (Calif.). The Tigers’ offense battled to advance past Bulldog defense, which kept the Tigers out of the box for the first 15 minutes. But, in the 15th minute of play, Peddicord gave the Tigers a lead off of a free kick opportunity. Her shot sailed directly over the outstretched arms of Bulldog goalkeeper, Lexi Felix, and into the upper left-hand corner of the goal. Just five minutes after Peddicord’s goal, junior Kim Polasek used Falcone’s assist to launch the ball into the back of the net, bringing the score to 2-0. The two early goals for the Tigers kept them ahead as the Bulldogs’ consistent attempts to score were
unsuccessful. The Tigers went on to out-shoot the Bulldogs 21 to 2, though the final score remained 2-0. “Our confidence came from our defense, who did a great job keeping both UT-Tyler and Redlands out of our defensive half of the field. We also did a great job scoring early in both games,” Falcone said. This victory was not only the Tigers’ sixth straight shutout, but it also marked the team’s 21st consecutive win in the 2014 season and the 75th consecutive home-game victory on Paul McGinlay Field. The new record surpasses the previous NCAA DIII record of 74 games by Willamette University from 1997-2004. “We are a Division III school, but we try and make it a Division I program by promoting a higher level of competitiveness and a sense of professionalism,” said head coach Lance Key. “In the end, it’s about a standard. We have to be better each day than we were the day before. We have a lot of power over that, and that’s what we strive for here.” Trinity will try to continue their winning record this weekend in the third round of the NCAA tournament as they travel to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to face the Saints of Thomas More College (Ky.). The game is at 1:30 p.m. eastern time, with a chance to advance to the sectional finals on Sunday. The winner of Sunday’s game will play in the National Semifinals on Dec. 5 in Kansas City.
Senior outside hitter Maggie Emodi had 15 kills in 30 attempts with no hitting errors and a hitting percentage of .500. Senior middle blocker Erin Cusenbary had 10 kills and led the team in blocks with five in the match. Sophomore setter Erika Edrington had a doubledouble with 15 digs, 36 assists and four blocks in the match. On Nov. 15, in the semifinal round, they took out the No. 3 California Lutheran University Regals 26-24, 25-18, 11-25, 25-21 on their home court. Last year, the Regals beat Trinity 3-1 in the regional finals, and earlier this season the Regals won 3-1 again in a California road trip tournament. “We felt so good after that match, and I think we thought that the tournament
was ours,” Cusenbary said. “It was like every single game we played had led up to that one, and that one finally paid off.” Edrington led the team with six blocks. She also dished out 37 assists and 19 digs in the match. “Our passing was really great, and I think we just had a great mentality going into it,” Edrington said. “It was a great match—I wasn’t thinking too much—that was really nice that we could play in such a pressure situation without being too stressed.” Cusenbary was a dominant force on offense out of the middle with a .533 hitting percentage and 17 kills, hitting only one error in 30 attempts. “Erin Cusenbary had the match of her Trinity career,” Jenkins said.
Volleyball knocked out of NCAA Championships
Claremont-MuddScripps defeats the Tigers in third round of playoffs by Sarah Farrell SPORTS REPORTER
This weekend, Trinity fell short of an Elite Eight appearance in a 25-19, 2225, 25-21, 25-20 loss to the C l a r emont-Mudd-S c r ipp s in the regional final in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The Tigers opened NCAA Regional play on Nov. 14 against the No. 25 University of La Verne Leopards. They swept the Leopards 25-20, 25-20, 25-15. “When we played La Verne we were again on fire,” said head coach Julie Jenkins. “That was a very good win, and a very good start to the tournament.”
Emodi also recorded a double-double in the match with 15 kills and 22 digs. The Tigers’ season ended in the regional final match in a loss to the Athenas. This is the second straight season the Tigers have fallen in the round just before the Elite Eight division. They swept CMS in the Trinity Fall Classic earlier this season. “The game against Cal Lutheran felt like a championship game for us—they had so many fans there and our parents were going nuts—it was just an atmosphere that I don’t think I will ever experience again because it was so intense and so crazy. Then we got to the next game and it hardly felt like a game,” Cusenbary said. Emodi posted another double-double in the final match with 15 kills and 16
digs. She also led the team with six blocks. Cusenbary had a hitting percentage of .323 with 14 kills and four errors on 31 total attacks. Senior outside hitter Layne Hubbard added 12 digs in the championship match as well. “We didn’t pass as well, and it really put the pressure on our outside hitters,” Jenkins said. “It is extremely disappointing because I really felt like the level that we played at against Cal Lutheran—this team could beat anybody now—that we were really getting the confidence we needed.” Cusenbary was named a first team All-American, Emodi was named to the second team All-American and Edrington was honorable mention. The Tigers ended 30-10 on the season overall.
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Photo of the Week
photo by Michael Miller Sophomores Cody Wentz (67) and Brandon Jones (85) walk off the field after Trinity’s last game of the season. The Tigers won the game 41-0.