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MARCH 03, 2017

Disrupting D’Souza: dangerous or defensible?

Student response to upcoming speaker ignites debate over harassment, respect

A collection of the flyers were returned to the dorm of organizers as a form of protest to Dinesh D’Souza coming to campus. D’Souza will be speaking at Trinity on March 7 at 7 p.m. in Laurie Auditorium. photos by OSVALDO VASQUEZ

BY DANIEL CONRAD

NEWS REPORTER Dinesh D’Souza, conservative IndianAmerican political commentator and filmmaker, will be delivering a free public lecture titled “What’s So Great About America?” to Laurie Auditorium at 7 p.m. next Tuesday, Mar. 7.

Jonah and Manfred Wendt — sophomores and chief officers of Tigers for Liberty, the student organization that invited D’Souza to campus — filed harassment reports with Trinity University police after students upturned American flags outside of their room and returned promotional flyers with messages for the brothers last Saturday.

Students, media outlets and university officials have commented on the situation.

D’Souza details Tigers for Liberty wanted to bring D’Souza to campus in order to bring the campus in conversation with other politically inclined citizens of San Antonio.

“When we host lectures, we don’t just host them for students. We host them for the entire community,” Jonah said. “Dinesh is a well-known figure in the conservative community, so hosting him is an opportunity to connect with folks, both students and from outside of Trinity.”

Jonah Wendt explained that the process to bring D’Souza to Trinity began over a year ago, when he met D’Souza at a conference in Washington, D.C. “Last year, I had the opportunity to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference in D.C., and while I was there, I personally

asked [D’Souza] to come speak here,” Wendt said. “He replied, ‘Go talk to the Young America’s Foundation.’”

The Young America’s Foundation, an outreach organization promoting conservative activism for youth and young adults, offered to fund half of the $10,000 honorarium for bringing D’Souza. Tigers for Liberty acquired $6,000 from Student Government Association (SGA) in November last year: $5,000 to pay for the rest of D’Souza’s honorarium, and $1,000 to cover the cost of advertising and security.

SGA heard the funding request on Nov. 7 and granted approval on Nov. 21. Samy Abdallah, junior class senator on SGA, explained that student government processes many funding requests one at a time in the order that they are submitted.

“We only have so much time that we can spend in a session,” Abdallah said. “We’re able to hear a lot of requests, discuss them and vote on them, but sometimes funding requests are not able to be fully [considered] until weeks after their initial proposal was heard.”

Students push back Jonah described the resistance he experienced as a result of organizing the lecture. “[Last] Friday night, around 8 p.m., I left my dorm with Manfred, [first-year] Taryn Woodall and a member of University of Incarnate Word College Republicans representative, and we went around putting flyers on doors,” Jonah said. “This is pretty status-quo for most organizations. … We hit every single door on campus, we think.

We came back to my room around 9:30, 10 o’clock-ish, and we realized there were about 50 flyers shoved back underneath my door

with this note that was like, ‘Hey, we think you lost this. We returned them.’”

Jonah said that a resident advisor attempted to confront one student who was removing the flyers, but the student fled the scene before being identified or apprehended.

“I woke up this morning [Saturday] […] and noticed that both of our American flags outside our room were turned upsidedown,” Jonah said. “There was a stack of flyers attached to my brother’s door.”

In an interview with the San Antonio Express-News, Jonah called the move “a clear attempt at intimidation.” That day, Jonah filed a harassment report with university police and notified Residential Life so that the incident would be documented.

Jonah admitted that he wasn’t surprised by students’ reactions.

“This is pretty status-quo for most conservative lectures on college campuses,” Jonah said. “There’s always someone who decides, ‘I’m going to do my little part and push back against those evil conservatives!’

This kid decided to pick up 228 flyers and write notes on them and returning them to our dorm.”

Jonah displayed some of the “liberal yellingpoints” written on the flyers underneath the title of the lecture, “What Makes America So Great?”: ‘black people,’ ‘tacos,’ ‘immigrants,’ ‘freedom of speech’ and ‘Muslims’ were among the phrases written on the flyers.

“Yeah, I kind of agree with you guys,” Jonah said.

Sharon Jones-Schweitzer, assistant vice president for external relations, told the Rivard Report that university police did not find any of the messages to be threatening.

Fostering a diversity of dialogues Jonah took to the Young America’s Foundation website and penned an editorial on the situation.

“Nothing seems to get to a liberal quite like a conservative voicing their opinion,” Jonah wrote. “The leftists can tear down our flyers, they can deface our flags and they can attempt to intimidate us, but the Young Americans for Freedom at Trinity University will continue to boldly advance freedom.” He also lauded the university administration for not attempting to censor conservative voices.

Jonah also spoke to a reporter from “Campus Reform,” a self-proclaimed watchdog for political bias in American universities.

“These leftist intimidation tactics will not phase us,” he said.

The incident resulted in a number of responses from media outlets and university officials. Nick Santulli, president of SGA, was critical of students’ failure to live up to standards of civil discourse.

“In order to build trust in a community, you shouldn’t obstruct the speech of people who disagree with you,” Santulli said. “You shouldn’t tear down their materials and get in the way of marketing their event. At the same time, you shouldn’t try to demonize opposing views. I think that goes for both sides; everyone can improve.”

Jones-Schweitzer penned a response to heated debates in the Trinity University Alumni group on Facebook. continued on page 4

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BY PHILIP McKEON

NEWS REPORTER As the mayoral election quickly approaches, several student organizations will host the three major candidates. The event, which will take place on Monday, Mar. 7, is sponsored by Pi Sigma Phi, Student Government Association (SGA) and the Contemporary.

“All three major candidates have confirmed.

We have the current mayor of San Antonio, Ivy Taylor, City Councilman Ron Nuremberg, who is also a Trinity alum and Chairman of the Bexar County Democratic Party and Manuel Medina.

They’ll be there participating in the debate and Rick Casey, a prominent local celebrity and radio talk show host will be moderating,” said Nick Santulli, president of SGA. Sean Watson, president of Pi Sigma Phi, the political science honor society co-sponsoring the forum, described the logistics of the mayoral forum.

“Basically you’re going to have the three candidates on stage answering a mix of questions, some that have been based on topics that have been predetermined, some that have been sourced from our online platform through which anyone in the community can login and submit a question. We will be choosing some of those in advance to ask the candidates and some will be live as people go to the mic and ask the candidates questions themselves,” Watson said.

Maddie Kennedy, co-president of Trinity Progressives, found that hosting this forum provides the opportunity to show that Trinity cares about and is involved with what happens outside of the Trinity bubble.

“I think that this sends a message that Trinity does care about local politics and does care about the things that are happening outside of the Trinity bubble. We talk a lot about how Trinity might exist in a bubble, but I think having this mayoral debate shows that Trinity students and Trinity administrators care about what happens outside of campus and in the San Antonio community at large,” Kennedy said.

Watson said that the mayoral forum is open to the public and intended to allow the campus and community to gain a better understanding of the mayoral election.

“The goal here is to give both students and members of the general San Antonio community the opportunity to get more information about the mayoral campaign.

It will be broadcasted live through the Tiger TV network, livestreamed and stored in the Trinity archives. People will be able to access it from all over San Antonio. We’re reaching out to members of the community and getting as much engagement from them as we can, and we’re really just hoping to provide a platform through which Trinity students and members of the general San Antonio can together gain a better understanding of what the issues in this election are, what the candidates’ positions are, and potentially which candidate they’d like to support,” Watson said.

Santulli explained that, while the forum will be open to the public, there will be a Trinity focus in the topics discussed.

“It’s for the general San Antonio community, but there will be a focus on Trinity and probably issues specifically affecting young people given that the school and student organizations are supporting it, but we’re also encouraging local community members to attend the event and learn more about the candidates. Ultimately this does affect everyone in San Antonio, and this is a good way of connecting Trinity with the city and its residents,” Santulli said.

Kennedy described how elections at the local level can give voters more influence over how laws can directly affect them, “Talking from a progressive standpoint specifically, Texas is a red state and so the effect that voters can make on state politics and federal politics is relatively limited. On the local level, however, there’s a lot more control.

So it’s really important to be involved in local politics because a lot of the issues that directly affect Trinity students and San Antonio residents occur at the local level. So if there are things happening at the state level or federal level that you don’t like, there might be action that your local representatives can take that can help you out,” Kennedy said.

Santulli discussed how the mayoral election can affect prospects for students after Trinity.

“Local politics affect people more than they know. I think a lot of us would like the opportunity to stay in San Antonio if we’re able to find the opportunity and ways to sustain ourselves here. Especially this year, a really pressing issue is San Antonio’s growth, and how economic development should be pursued, and I think there are issues within this that could really affect students’ job prospects after Trinity and quality of life in San Antonio,” Santulli said.

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Full-scale bomb threat exercise on campus imitates crisis response plan

The initiative tested new software systems and communications.

BY JEFF SULLIVAN

NEWS EDITOR

Trinity University recently conducted a fullscale bomb exercise. TUPD officers and crisis management team members in responded to a faux explosive device placed on the third floor of the Library.

“The crisis management team is made up primarily of associate vice presidents, directors of departments, subject matter experts in their field or department heads or above,” said Ivan Pendergast, Emergency Management Coordinator. “TUPD takes the role of incident command. Our concern is our students first and foremost. Making sure that messages go out and everyone knows what’s going on.”

The drill began at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 24.

A fake call from a disgruntled university employee informed staff at the library of a planted explosive device. TUPD officers then entered the building, located the olive green canister placed inside of Eco Grounds and preceded to clear the entirety of the library for the next three hours.

It was one of the instances in which the university conducted a full-scale exercise.

“You’ll have outside responders like the city of San Antonio police department bomb squad, special operations division, the fire

department, the EMS and the FBI,” said Paul Chapa, Chief of Trinity University Police Department. “You have these multiple agencies on campus with our response, the library response, with the student response and with the emergency notification response.

All of these elements come together for a fullscale exercise.”

While responses to the crisis came swiftly, there were standard delays of response. Chief Chapa discussed the value in monitoring those amounts of time spent between call and response.

“One thing we’ve learned, I kinda knew but others kinda learned for the most part, is its hurry up and wait,” Chapa said. “Nothing is going to happen quickly. There’s so many things that need to be uncovered, issues taken into consideration and calls to be made, all these protocols are in place.”

As response teams assembled, the crisis management team began assembling details on the situation. The exercise presented an opportunity to test new initiatives.

“We tested out a few things,” Pendergast said. “We have a veil on the website that drops down onto the man website and informs anyone who visits that website what’s going on. We tested that system on a mock website.”

This was also the first time that an executive group was brought into the situation process.

“We also tested communications between the executive group and our group,” Pendergast said. “In the past we made a phone call to the president to let him know

what was going on. This was the first time that the executive group, all of the main vice presidents met together on their side to help work within their role to see what needed to happen for the university.”

An executive branch had never been included to this degree before. It allowed a new group to better understand how they play into the response.

“I think the point of the exercise was to identify our role,” said Deneese “Dee” Jones, Vice President for Academic Affairs.

“Essentially, I think what we learned from the exercise is that we need to be able to be a resource. That command center is taking care of all the details. There were three things we really wanted to give out in our message. That we wanted to protect life, protect property and wanted to protect reputation.”

Other technological advances were also tested during the exercise.

“A key for me was use of a software program called interactive voice response, or IVI,” said Don Van Eynde, chair of the Crisis Management Team and the creator of the simulation. “A telephone call goes out to everyone registered on Trin Alert. You pick up and it asks are you safe? If yes, inform your loved ones of that. But if you press no, it asks what your situation is. You can record and then give your location. We’ve been looking for a program that will do that for eight months. I think we’ve found it.”

The exercise diverted foot traffic away from parts of the library leading to buildings like the Chapman center and the Halsell center.

Despite the inconveniences, the timing of the exercise was necessary.

“Look at the national climate and other higher educational institutions across the nation,” Chapa said. The national climate has changed. More of these situations are brought to light. They’ve always existed to one scale or another, but now they’re getting that media attention, which they never had before.

Now more than ever, for us to conduct these exercises are important. Why would I want to do this during the summer when nobodies here?”

The exercise ended around 11:30 a.m., allowing students to return to the library. A general sentiment that the operation went successfully was coupled with observations on what could be improved in the future.

“I think we need a better clarification of the roles of the executive team versus the roles of the crisis management team,” Van Eynde said. “The role of the crisis management team is to handle things at an operational level.

The executive team is supposed to deal at the strategic level.”

The campus will have other drills testing various other security systems in the upcoming future.

“We’ve done active shooter, we’ve done bomb threat and now I think the next fullscale exercise probably needs to be focused on internal operations,” Chapa said. “It would probably be a practical exercise with IT. You’re talking about academics, payroll, institutional fiscal management, all of those things. I think it would be challenging.”

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Upcoming D’Souza visit sparks protest continued from page 1 “The University promotes civil discourse and respectful listening,” Jones-Schweitzer wrote. “In an era of polarization and social media hype, it is more important than ever that we keep our focus on the goal of supporting young adults in their journey, which includes wrestling with challenging political ideas, learning to shape their own reasoned statements and learning how to move from emotion reactions to effective actions in the world.”

Deneese Jones, vice president of academic affairs, sent an email to Trinity faculty and staff, asking them to urge students to either attend and ask questions of D’Souza, not attend or engage in respectful dialogue with attendants afterward.

“While we must continue to work with all student groups,” Jones wrote, “We do so with the commitment that what makes Trinity University strong is an openness to ideas, the ability to debate, and the desire to have authentic relationships across ideological or political differences.”

David Tuttle, dean of students, authored a blog post and email to students emphasizing the value of listening to viewpoints one disagrees with.

“It isn’t easy speaking up sometimes,” Tuttle wrote. “But that’s what college discourse is all about. … The last thing we need is to keep driving hate into the shadows. When we do, it doesn’t go away. It just hides.”

Harassment or oversensitivity?

San Antonio Current staff reporter Alex Zielinski took umbrage with Tuttle’s response in an opinion

editorial published Tuesday. He ended his with a rhetorical question: “Does that mean Trinity students should now expect campus hate to be displayed where everyone can see it?”

In a Wednesday interview, Tuttle explained his position.

“That’s commentary about people who are bigoted, misogynistic, racist, homophobic. … Those people are out there,” Tuttle said. “Our students have a great opportunity to confront individuals who are basically diminishing their dignity. I think we shouldn’t rob our students of that opportunity.

I’m not sure why the Current would take exception to that, unless they just didn’t understand.”

Not all responses to the incident were sympathetic to Tigers for Liberty. Robby Soave, associate editor for popular libertarian media website Reason.com, accused Jonah of sensitivity and “snowflakery” for filing the harassment claim.

But Tuttle notes the role of a university in attending to its students’ concerns.

“I respect the call. If they felt that it was harassing, then that’s how it was received by them. It’s not for me to judge how it was felt,” Tuttle said. “I don’t think these are the only things they have dealt with; SGA posters with Manfred on them are consistently defaced. … A few people seem to be obsessed with whether it’s harassment or not. I think if students object to the way that they’re treated, we need to take that seriously.”

“Ultimately I feel like it’s up to the people who received the flyers to make the judgment of whether they were harassed or not. I don’t feel comfortable denying their experiences,” Santulli said.

Free speech and fear: a balancing act Some are critical of the university for hosting speakers like D’Souza and earlier controversial speakers, most recently former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopolous and Heritage Foundation research fellow Ryan Anderson, who spoke at Trinity in 2016 against microgressions and same-sex marriage, respectively.

Trinity alumna Abby Mangel, ‘14, criticized Tuttle’s position in an email statement.

“Dean Tuttle is dismissing the gravity of fear,” Mangel wrote. “[Milo Yiannopolous] is infamous for espousing transphobic beliefs (among many other problematic affronts). When Milo was invited to Trinity, the administration effectively told transgender students that their personhood was up for debate, that they had to merit the fact of their own existence. Hearing something like that isn’t just uncomfortable or offensive — it’s harmful.”

Mangel explains why affronted students shouldn’t be expected to challenge bigotry expressed at college campuses.

“In the fallout of that [Ryan Anderson] episode, the dean actually congratulated students on challenging Anderson’s blatant homophobia. But, here’s the deal: it’s not a LGBT person’s responsibility to profess human decency,” Mangel wrote. “At the end of the day, the administration chose to promote someone who directly attacks civil liberties. When called into question, the dean attempted to excuse the decision with an empty pat on the back. It’s the definition of performative allyship. I think it signals a disturbing development on Trinity’s campus that we shouldn’t

O-Rec to visit Big Bend Preparations for trip are underway

BY KATHLEEN CREEDON

NEWS REPORTER

Outdoor Recreation (O-Rec) is preparing for their annual spring break trip that will start Mar. 11 and end by Mar. 16. The three trip leaders — Shane Bono, Matthew Brant and Ian Witecki — will accompany 12 participants to Big Bend National Park.

The main portion of the trip involves canoeing and hiking through Boquillas Canyon in Big Bend. However, the group will first camp out at Seminole Canyon State Park on their way out to west Texas.

“It’s probably the most intense trip we do, but it’s nice because there aren’t any physical requirements.

You’re just paddling; it’s not like a hiking trip where you have to be able to carry 80 pounds,” Witecki said.

O-Rec supplies most of what is needed for the trip, including tents, sleeping bags and ground pads.

However, there are a few things participants must bring themselves.

“We have all of the outdoor stuff you would need. We also have a packing list of what to bring — clothes for when it’s cold at night,

sunscreen — but nothing that’s hard or expensive to get,” Witecki said.

Although the main role of the three is to supervise the trip to make sure those who participate are safe, a lot of planning goes into the trip beforehand, including communicating with the parks department and creating an itinerary.

“First and foremost, we are there to keep the participants safe and happy, while ensuring the trip runs as smoothly as possible. We are trained in wilderness first-aid and welcome any and all questions while on the trip,” Bono said.

The leaders cook for the participants as well as take care of anything else that requires more experience, so inexperienced campers are still welcome.

“We try to make the trips so it doesn’t matter whether someone is experienced. We teach everyone how to set up tents, but other than that, it’s just learning how to paddle, which you learn there,” Witecki said.

O-Rec is taking advantage of the proximity of Big Bend to San Antonio; the proximity allows the group to experience a national park without having to travel far to do so, which leaves time for exploring.

“We mostly just want to have a great time and to get people away from campus and outside of the Trinity bubble. That’s why Big Bend is so cool — because it’s so close, and it’s a national park. It’s probably the

most remote national park in the county,” Brant said.

Last year, the trip was so popular, O-Rec had to perform a lottery to decide who would attend. This year proved to be equally desirable; the sign-up list filled up within two minutes.

“While we normally reserve places for people who aren’t in O-Rec, unless people drop out last minute, but that’s not going to happen this year because there’s a waitlist,” Witecki said.

Overall, O-Rec intends to offer Trinity opportunities to explore the outdoors, whether it’s through a short day-trip or a longer trip like the ones hosted over the spring break vacation.

“Our main goal is to share the love we have for nature with fellow students at Trinity, offering an easy and affordable way for students to get connected to the outdoors,” Bono said.

The organization considers the varied skill levels among students and often sends out surveys asking for feedback. By acknowledging these, O-Rec can ensure that any student can participate without feeling inexperienced or unskilled.

“That’s the whole point of O-Rec. We’re trying to teach people. Last spring break, we had a few people who had never even camped before; it’s usually no problem if you’re inexperienced,” Brant said.

take too lightly.”

Tuttle responds that students have a number of strategies at their disposal for dealing with such controversial speakers.

“Nobody’s asking students to defend themselves,” Tuttle said.

“Our students could say, ‘We’re so offended by Dinesh D’Souza that we’re boycotting.’ That’s a different strategy: then you’re not facing the ideas that you don’t like. … To me, the important thing is to give students the opportunity to choose how to respond and to expose them to different viewpoints. …

If [a lecture is] going to offend somebody, then they shouldn’t go, no question. But what a great opportunity to stand up for oneself and to fight back. Why should we take that opportunity away?”

Tuttle suggests that controversial speech should be censored only if it crosses a line: inciting violence.

“We need to be careful about someone who is espousing violence versus someone who is saying things that offend people. … To me, that’s the tipping point: if people are feeling physically intimidated.”

Santulli expressed concern for balancing students’ wellbeing and students’ free speech rights on campus.

“To say [D’Souza] can’t come to campus because [some students] feel marginalized by it impedes on someone else’s right to bring whatever speaker they want to campus,” Santulli said. “We’re trying to balance everyone’s rights here.” He suggests that students should try to bring more liberal speakers to campus.

Aaron Delwiche, professor of communication, notes that

provocative speakers associated with the left have visited Trinity, among them Ward Churchill, W. Kamau Bell and Michael Moore.

He believes that challenging controversial speakers is more effective than ignoring them.

“Especially in this climate of intolerance and hate, when so many people are fearful and there is so much anger being expressed on talk radio and comments forums on the internet, it’s vital that we have conversations about these issues,” Delwiche said. “[Trinity students] know how to push back in a question-and-answer session. […] It’s much more dangerous to give people like D’Souza, Milo or [Ryan Anderson] more power by trying to silence them. It’s very counterproductive.”

He suggests ways for students to engage in respectful dialogues.

“I think Jonah and his colleagues in [Tigers for Liberty] wanted to bring this speaker to campus partly to have a conversation. It’s much more effective to have a conversation than a free speech incident,” Delwiche said. “I thought [students responded well to] Milo, a completely disgusting figure for so many reasons. There was chalk outside, people showing their protest; the same thing happened with [Ryan Anderson], but they were allowed to speak. I think that’s very powerful.”

D’Souza’s lecture is free and open to the public, but more than 2,000 attendees have registered online already. Regardless of registration, seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

Laurie Auditorium’s doors open to attendees at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

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Opinion

Calculated controversy, reasoned response Last week I penned a column condemning the decision by Tigers for Liberty to bring Dinesh D’Souza to campus on the grounds that D’Souza is both GABRIEL LEVINE morally bankrupt OPINION COLUMNIST and intellectually dishonest.

Since then, a minor controversy has erupted after the Wendt brothers, perhaps the most prominent conservative students on campus, had the American flags outside their doors turned upside down and fliers advertising D’Souza’s lecture were inoffensively defaced and left outside their rooms with a childishly written note suggesting that bringing “controversial” speakers to campus puts Trinity and its students in a bad light. The students that did this should be ashamed of themselves (and learn how to write) but the Wendts’ response has, interestingly, adopted much of the language and demeanor of the social justice groups that conservatives so often deride: claiming harassment, professing to stand up to intimidation tactics, etc.

Indeed, their decision to reach out to local and national news agencies with their story of “harassment” seems designed to gain attention as much as to express legitimate grievance. Attention-seeking is not unique to Trinity’s conservatives. A friend of mine at Columbia, describing the attempts of the Columbia Republicans to bring Milo Yiannopoulos and D’Souza to campus, said, “[It] is just purely for controversy. Attention is what they hope to gain. People forget that there are Republicans here.”

That last sentence is probably true at many college campuses, and certainly at Trinity. I can comfortably start most conversations with the presumption that the other person is a liberal who votes Democratic. As such, I imagine that many conservatives on campus feel alone, marginalized and, dare I say,

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stigmatized when it comes to their political beliefs. This can’t be enjoyable and their decision to band together is understandable.

However, now that they have decided to advocate loudly and proudly for their cause, they are facing issues of tactics universally common to advocacy groups. Specifically, it is difficult to balance getting attention while maintaining quality. I think that their recent choices have tilted the scale more towards scandal than substance, an overcorrection for the marginalization they previously felt.

Leniency is appropriate to an extent, but Tigers for Liberty would be wise to consider how rapidly liberal students sincerely interested in learning about conservatism will rightly lose patience and interest when we are primarily presented with intellectually vacuous hacks like D’Souza and Milo.

The larger controversy seems to be a question about what kind of speech should be allowed on a college campus, something that I think Tigers for Liberty

EDITORIAL

A season for giving up Believe it or not, we have already been in school for eight weeks. March is here, and midterms are in full swing. The assignments we anticipated when we first got our syllabi are slowly becoming a reality, rather than a distant opponent that we can worry about “when the time comes.” The time has come, and it is passing too quickly.

The beginning of March also marks the beginning of the celebration of Lent, a Catholic tradition commemorating the sacrifice of Christ and promoting reflection upon it. Catholics observe Lent by giving up a hobby, comfort, indulgence or habit for 40 days to attempt to comprehend all their god gave up for them, according to their faith.

If we’re honest, midterms, uncertainty about summer plans, next year’s housing arrangements and the impending stress of job and internship searches put piety far from the minds of even the most devout members of our student body.

Instead of giving up chocolate, alcohol or Netflix, we’re all ready to just give up. Our actions and attitudes tend to be less righteous as our workload becomes increasingly overwhelming and our revelry reaches a climax during the spring break.

Religious or not, reflecting on the luxuries and privileges we enjoy as students at Trinity can help put the stress into perspective. Not to say that lack of sleep and work that seems unending does not take it’s toll — it does — but it is a small price to pay for the education and experiences we are recieving.

Maybe this will help. Think about what you were doing last Friday. Probably putting off an assignment because you had “plenty of time” before it was due?

That moment probably feels like just yesterday and you’ve probably just frantically finished putting the finishing touches on said assignment because that time passed much faster than you anticipated. But on the bright side, remember that by this time next Friday, we will be hitting the road, heading into spring break. Just like today came faster than we anticipated seven days ago, next Friday will be here before we know it.

So if you want to be sanctified by giving up your creature comforts, either for Lent or simply for personal reflection, by all means do so. But don’t make yourself miserable, especially when there are such good things to come.

have been unnecessarily flippant about.

Current students and alumni have voiced their concerns that Milo, Anderson and, preemptively, D’Souza promote hate speech and intolerance that makes Trinity’s campus and community uncomfortable for students that belong to marginalized groups. More than that, these conscientious objectors assert that this type of speech is actively harmful and, crucially, that marginalized or offended students should not have to hear or fight this type of speech on a college campus.

This view, while well-intentioned, is in fact supported by neither sound principle nor practical experience. On principle, free speech of any kind should and must be allowed, insofar as it is not a direct call to violence. This is because no one person gets to decide what kind of speech is and is not acceptable. While some Trinity students might argue that Ryan Anderson’s statements about gay marriage are so heinous and hateful that they should not be heard, their

view is, effectively, wholly subjective. What would these students say if another student, deeply Christian, were to argue that atheist speakers should not be allowed on campus because their heretical views were a direct and unconscionable assault on the Holy Father?

If a devout Muslim student were to demand that no depiction of the Prophet Muhammad should be shown on campus? The sword that cuts down free-speech based upon arbitrary personal offense is double-edged.

From practical experience too, we know that ignoring and censoring hateful speech only lets it grow in the dark. Half the reason that Milo is popular is because he bills himself as being silenced. In France, the anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala has only gained in stature for attempts to persecute him under the law. The same with the Islamophobic Dutch politician Geert Wilders. Silencing speech that is found hateful only gives it a cult status and does nothing to change minds. Moreover, it is infantilizing to suggest that marginalized students on campus should not have to be exposed to speech that they find strikes at their identity. Like it or not, the real world is full of people who believe and say offensive things. That’s not fair but it’s true.

Thankfully, most people are very persuadable and will change their offensive beliefs if those beliefs are revealed to be irrational. I say this from personal experience.

The right approach with D’Souza, Milo, or the tens of millions of Americans who believe offensive things to varying degrees is to shine the bright, disinfecting sunlight of sound reasoning tempered by emotion. If Tigers for Liberty wants to bring offensive or lightweight speakers to campus, the correct response is to attend and ask probing, piercing questions that will force reveal them as charlatans. That’s what I intend to do when D’Souza comes to speak, and I hope everyone reading will as well.

Gabriel Levine is a junior chemistry major.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR JOSEPH KHALAF

GUEST COLUMNIST Some controversy has surfaced lately regarding Dinesh D’Souza speaking at Trinity.

To be honest, I thought there would be more.

I was surprised that no students submitted opinion pieces for the Trinitonian. I was also surprised by the “harassment” towards members of the sponsoring organization, Tigers For Liberty. Come on, Trinity. Defacing flyers and SGA posters is destructive and passive. You should be providing constructive criticism and actively protest the event if you have a problem with it.

Dinesh will be speaking at Trinity.

Attending this lecture does not mean you support Dinesh D’Souza or his ideas.

Alternatively, not attending is an ineffective way to demonstrate an opposition to D’Souza or his ideas. SGA allocated $6,000 of YOUR Student Activity Fee towards this event. The sponsoring organization has over

1,000 people attending from outside the Trinity community. Laurie Auditorium seats 2,700 people, so come listen to an opinion whether or not you agree with it. Ask questions, contribute to a discussion or just sit and listen. I hope to see you all there.

Also, please stop defacing SGA posters because it hurts my feelings and is actually a crime. Why would someone tear a senator (who was elected by the student body) off of a poster? I don’t know. If you have a problem with SGA allocating funding towards D’Souza or a complaint against one of your senators, email sga@trinity.edu.

TL;DR: Send an email instead of defacing pieces of paper. In the end you’re just hurting the environment because they will be reprinted.

Joseph Khalaf is a junior accounting major.

He’s also the vice president of Trinity’s Student Government Association.

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WWW.TRINITONIAN.COM • MARCH 03, 2017 •

OPINION

Balance your news Living in the moment

BY AARON DELWICHE

FACULTY CONTRIBUTOR

This column is respectfully addressed to friends, colleagues and students who support – or mostly support — the words and policies of President Donald Trump.

You are undoubtedly aware that, from immigrants and religious minorities to journalists and the transgender community, many people feel threatened by the words and actions of our new president. According to the American Psychological Association, 57 percent of Americans view the political situation as a “significant source of stress.”

As a liberal-leaning college professor, it’s important for me to acknowledge that the past few months haven’t necessarily been a cakewalk for you. These are challenging times for those in the Trinity community who quietly support President Trump.

Like most college campuses, Trinity leans left. Disagreeing with peers and co-workers is awkward. It’s even more difficult when you genuinely like the people around you. Sometimes, it may feel easier to just stay quiet.

But, look. This is important. We need to talk.

We are allowed to disagree. You are not my enemy.

Nor am I yours.

We know we are capable of doing great things when we talk and listen to each other.

We are allowed to disagree. You are not my enemy. Nor am I yours.

Day in and day out, we work and learn shoulderto-shoulder at one of the finest universities in the country. Trinity has earned this reputation because of the work that we have done together.

We need to keep talking. Especially on a college campus, we need to discuss political and cultural questions that have no easy solution. If we cannot leverage our mutual respect and shared love of Trinity as the basis for larger conversations about the future, America’s future is bleak.

There is just one other thing we need to do. We need to start sipping from the same wells. You drink a bit from my well, and I will drink a bit from yours. Only a few sips. I promise.

Currently, we are drinking from entirely different sources. Between Facebook and cable news channels, many of us are trapped inside customized information cocoons that function as largely different realities. These cocoons threaten the very fabric of democracy because they undermine the basis for common understanding.

I didn’t consciously try to shut you out. I don’t think you tried to shut me out either. Because of trends in media and politics, it kind of happened without anyone paying much attention. But, now we’re all in trouble.

Some people celebrate cocoons. Representative Lamar Smith (R-Texas) encouraged citizens to stop watching news coverage altogether, saying it is “better to get your news directly from the President” because “it might be the only way to get the unvarnished truth.” Regardless of who occupies the Oval Office, Smith’s recommendation is not the American way. In a democracy, citizens should have access to a wide range of information sources from many and varied perspectives.

Throughout the most tumultuous moments of the 20th century, our information landscape was dominated by a handful of trusted newspapers and television news anchors. These journalists painted a shared picture of reality that provided the basis for conversation and action. Americans didn’t always agree on policies and candidates, but there was rough consensus about the facts.

The rise of alternative media has delivered a breadth of information and opinion (a good thing), but we have lost a common referent point.

We can’t even agree on what happened, so forget about agreeing on the why. Since there are no outlets which serve as a daily source of news for both liberals and conservatives, we must stitch something together ourselves.

As San Antonio’s “Dare to Listen” campaign reminds us, “To listen is risky. To not listen is riskier.” Thus, I encourage everyone in the Trinity community to consciously incorporate some news from “the other side” as part of their daily information diet.

For liberal opponents of President Trump, this might mean daily visits to the front page of the Fox News or Wall Street Journal site — reading news stories above the fold and also reading some of the hard news stories in the “Politics,” “Nation” and “World” sections. For conservative supporters of President Trump, this might mean seeking out national and global news updates on New York Times, Washington Post or CNN. Whether one leans left or right, reading the headlines is not enough. We also need to read the stories themselves.

This won’t magically eliminate our disagreements. We are living through some of the most tumultuous times in living memory.

However, modifying our information diet — and talking to each other about what we’re reading — can help us rediscover a shared social world.

How will history remember us? Some predict that “Red and Blue” will become the new “Blue and Gray.” I certainly hope not.

I would rather remember this as a time when conservatives and liberals said to one another, “The press is not the enemy, and neither are you.”

Aaron Delwiche is a professor of communication.

I’ve heard many Trinity students complain about the rule demanding that students live on campus for three years, but I haven’t yet heard an argument valid enough to convince me that MIA GARZA OPINION COLUMNIST living on campus isn’t just the best.

When will there be any other time in your life, when you will be able to live that close to so many of your friends? When else will all your day’s destinations be in walking distance? It’s a privilege disguised as a struggle.

With that mindset, I wasn’t particularly keen to live off campus as a senior this year. It’s just another foot out the door of the safe and familiar Trinity bubble and into the large unkind world of adulthood.

My first criteria was that it had to be in walking distance of Trinity — which is not easy to find, but crucial. Secondly, I prefered to live among other students to the extent that off-campus living allows. Luckily, I was able to fulfill both at Rosemont at Olmos Park. It’s actually takes half the time to get to Chapman from my apartment than it does from Thomas Hall. It’s a very pleasant walk surrounded by large historic homes and large sprawling lawns down Rosewood Street to get to class.

I’ve seen other seniors turn into commuters.

They drive from their house/apartment to class and then go home. There is nothing wrong with that inherently, it allows for time to go home and study, relax or even take on a part-time job.

But I’m of the opinion that these years we spend in college, in particularly this last one, must be savored.

I usually walk to school in the morning, then walk home when I’m done with class and then walk back to school in the evening for any extra-

curricular I have going on. Because it’s only a 10 to 15 minute walk, it’s almost faster than driving, which requires finding parking.

Because I live so close, having friends come over isn’t a big deal either because they walk from campus; visa versa if I’d like to visit a friend on campus. I’m more connected, and that’s important.

The golden hour is a term used in photography to describe the hour right before the sun sets that accentuates perfect light. An elongated metaphor I’ve entertained is as follows. If the sun’s cycle through the sky during the day represents an experience — in this case, college, then the end of it is the golden hour. The middle, sophomore and junior year is when the sun is highest in the sky, burning bright and glaring down on you.

In the beginning is the cold sun rise, quickly changing. The very end is the golden hour, the perfect lighting. But the golden hour is always fleeting. Perfect for only a short amount of time that, for photographers, is vital to take advantage of. That is the way I see the period of time leading up to graduation.

To sum things up, if you’re looking for offcampus housing, there’s nothing I’d recommend more than living in walking distance of Trinity.

If you’re still living on campus, don’t take it for granted. Even if you’re living in a room with a dirty carpet, a nocturnal roommate or a constant mystery smell, those aren’t the things you’ll remember in ten years. You’ll remember walking in your socks to a friend’s dorm. You’ll remember having long conversations in the bathroom that connects your room to your suitemates’. And if you’re still not feeling it, remember that Trinity has some of the nicest dorms in the country and stop complaining.

Mia Garza is a senior communication and business double major with a minor in creative writing.

Recognizing flaws Recently, my boyfriend and I called an Uber that arrived at Prassel Hall’s Shook side almost immediately. The driver, a talkative middleaged man, struck up a conversation with us at once. It turns out that he JULIA POAGE got to Prassel so quickly OPINION EDITOR because he’s the next door neighbor of the dorm. The cute little house across Ledge Lane — that’s him. The conversation naturally shifted to the topic of Trinity; I guess having a campus loom over your house makes it hard to focus on anything else.

In the ‘80s, our Uber driver told us, when Prassel was being planned, he and his wife went to the president of Trinity at the time, Ron Calgaard, to ask if they would move Prassel further away from their house. His wife was eight months pregnant, huge, and as they sat down Calgaard opened a box of cigars and started to smoke one, exhaling the thick smoke in the closed room. That little display showed them who was going to win.

Needless to say, he has no respect for that man.

“Trinity has a lot of money, so they get what they want, you know,” he finished.

I’m very fascinated by Trinity history, and I’ve looked through the library’s digital historical images archive to learn more about this campus and the others that came before it. Flipping through the files, I was filled only with a sense of pride in the people who made it possible for me to be where I am now, surrounded by these red brick buildings. Hearing the Uber driver’s story confused me at first. I’ve read about Ron Calgaard. He’s the president who served for 20 years and who made this school what it is — selective, nationally ranked and award-winning.

But, as with all stories, there’s another side to

this success, one that’s overshadowed by O’Neil Ford’s inspired architecture.

Though this story of disrespect is anecdotal and brief, it struck me so hard because I’ve always delighted in everything about this campus, from the passionate faculty to the classic, Instagrammable silhouettes of the tower and our view of the city’s skyline. This isn’t ours to passively accept, though. Just being here is a sign of immense privilege. Our parents, friends, teachers and so many more have pushed us to do well enough so we could have our place at this university on a hill. And, yes, our campus’ neighbors have been hurt by our implicit blind pride in expansion and betterment.

What I’m trying to say is this: we need to remember to humble ourselves, which is a challenge for myself as well as the other members of the Trinity community. While we’ve done a wonderful job of advancing ourselves as a university, what’s the point of it all if we don’t share what we have with San Antonio, with Texas, with the United States? Alumni are praised in terms of the fact that they are successful Trinity graduates, not based on how they use their skills to help their new communities. A focus on Trinity has been achieved: now it’s time to let that focus blur, and let what we’ve learned meld into actions off-campus.

New students know that the first version of a potential university we see is the most idealized one. Wherever we go, we’re shown the newest dorms, told about the awards won and lead around the prettiest parts of campus. It’s only when we accept our place at a university that we can realize its flaws and, hopefully, improve upon this beautiful place that’s been built on limestone, history and a narrow focus on achievement.

Julia Poage is a sophomore art and English double major.

OPINION • MARCH 03, 2017 • WWW.TRINITONIAN.COM

You shouldn’t punch Nazis When people go out to shop for apples, they’re bound to spot a few bad ones. One is losing its color, another’s side JEFFREY SULLIVAN succumbs to a slight GUEST COLUMNIST touch and another’s stem is surrounded by a thin layer of dust. Some apples simply don’t make the cart because they won’t appeal to our tastes. The average shopper drops those apples where they found them, leaving them to rot.

Apples and ideas can be comparable.

Regardless of varieties in taste, when one is rotting, it’s just gross. Yet unlike apples, when people spot rotting ideas there’s a difficulty in leaving them to wait through their process of decay.

Richard Spencer is a contemporary bad apple, a really bad apple. His writings and ideas are violent. He has asked whether or not genocide is a considerable race resolution. For many, he is an embodiment of evil.

That’s why a debate was sparked after he was filmed being struck in the face by a masked assailant during Donald Trump’s inauguration. Was it OK? Should we be able to punch Nazis?

My opinion is no. I do not believe people should punch “Nazis” because you should not punch anyone who is not going to strike you.

I’ll discuss two reasons for my opinion.

One is a discomfort for creating any standard that condones violence against a peaceful individual. Richard Spencer may have written about violence, but is there credible evidence to suggest he has the means of bringing it

about? I think this relates to labeling someone as a Nazi.

I’m irritated by quick associations. For years, I’ve heard different groups of people in different ideological groupings referred to as nazis, and by most understandings they were never even close to Nazis. They were usually political oppositions in relation to the one referring to them as Nazis.

But isn’t Richard Spencer an actual nazi?

My opinion is that it’s hard to say. He’s a racist, an extreme nationalist and a white supremacist. But is he a Nazi? The Nazis that most people would agree should be resisted to the most extreme degree were those defeated in WWII. The contemporary Nazi is someone like Richard Spencer. A political figure on the outermost fringes of the contemporary political scene, although certainly within it. I could concede calling Richard Spencer a Nazi, but I do it apprehensively because I worry of who could be next.

Race is at the center of political thought right now, and I’m not one to leave that unacknowledged. Nor am I unaware that I have never been a person persecuted by groups like Nazis.

Regardless, I am no less concerned about quick associations. Is Richard Spencer a Nazi worth hitting because he writes about genocide, or because he’s a racist? I assume his racist beliefs are one reason why people took joy in his assault.

But does this make striking a racist acceptable? Recently I read of the case involving Sidney Chan, a U.K. student rugby player that was recently cleared of assault charges by a U.K. court. I read about how

United we stand When confronted with a decision regarding any other person, we as humans have two possible actions.

One involves respect, and one ALEX PERKOWSKI involves disrespect.

OPINION COLUMNIST The Bible teaches us to love thy neighbor as you love yourself.

Whether you are Christian, or any other religion or creed, it is important to remember the basic tenets. Throughout the world, this message has been proclaimed and digested, expected and disseminated. We believe ourselves to be better than the animals in the zoo based on our ability to feel remorse, to feel guilt, to understand the consequences of our actions. Respect for one another is a reflection of the respect one holds for oneself.

Without respect for oneself, it is impossible to respect another, at least for the correct reasons. One must hold oneself accountable.

This may seem a selfish piece of advice. I am one to believe that the soul reflects itself out toward all it encounters.

It saddens me that at Trinity University, a prestigious, academic institution, a student’s political beliefs have not been respected. I understand this is an extremely liberal university by society’s standards, but it should never be considered an intolerant one. As a student of the political science department, as someone who has been extremely involved in local politics, as someone who watched with a complete lack of understanding as the results for election night in November scrolled

across the screen, it is astounding to me that other students would attack, in any form, the opinions of other students. In my opinion, it is immature and cowardly.

I may not agree completely with the beliefs of Tigers for Liberty, their mission, their membership or their methods of creating events, but I do not believe it should be attacked anonymously with malicious intent.

When students choose to do actions such as these, they are inflicting a negative reputation on not only themselves, but Trinity University as a whole. It is regretful that this was picked up by news outlets. But it is an absolute shame that it ever happened. Trinity students should take responsibility for their actions and apologize. We come to this university to be students. Legally, we are considered adults.

People need to stop treating this institution of learning like an eighth grade remedial math class and act their age. Across the world there are millions of people my age who do not have access to the opportunities I did. If they were in the place of those who vandalized the free speech of my classmates, I doubt they would even consider it. Free speech is a valuable liberty afforded to us by the constitution of the United States. It is a non-negotiable part of our culture, our democracy and our values. If you do not agree with the values or views of another student, do what I am doing. State your opinion. Present your perspective. Be an adult.

Alex Perkowski is a junior political science major.

Chan had been charged after a bar patron was left bleeding in a parking lot with a broken nose and eye socket. He had thrown a racial slur towards Chan.

I bring this case up not because of its details, but because of the context I saw it in. There were tens of thousands of people who had liked a tweet that shared the article’s descriptive headline with the caption “fuckin right he did”. If it’s OK to punch a Nazi, is it OK to punch a racist?

My second reason for my belief is that bad ideas should be left to stand against the free market of ideas. People should be aware of the existence of extreme forms of racism. It is imperative to know about this reality. But to violently engage it gives the idea an unwanted level of validation and attention. To assault an idea is to show it’s rejected, but simultaneously shows that it’s worthy of fear.

My opinion rests on the assumption that Richard Spencer isn’t anything more to fear then a bad apple in a grocery store should be. For all the bad apples, there are usually countless other healthy ones with their own unique tastes and differences. I believe his status as a public figure necessitates that we as people know that the sorts of ideologies people like him espouse still exist in the world, but end there by adamantly turning attention towards more worthwhile ones. Embody the values and ideas we want to exist and leave the bad ones out to rot.

Jeffrey Sullivan is a senior political science major with an English minor.

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How to find a new roommate What to do if you are looking to replace your current living partner

BY JULIA WEIS

Off-campus housing 101 Living outside of the Trinity bubble has its pros and cons; know what to look for while apartment hunting

BY GABRIEL LEVINE With the transition from junior to senior year comes the opportunity for Trinity seniors to live off campus.

Many welcome the freedom to live with only the laws of the city, and not of Trinity, governing their actions. Living off campus can also be an opportunity for students to learn the ins and outs of real-world housing before they graduate.

Indeed, there are significant differences between on- and offcampus living. In Trinity dorms, students can take for granted rapid maintenance, structural integrity, baseline cleanliness and clear rules regarding neighborly behavior. Not so out in the real-world and given the time-consuming nature of finding a place to live, it is important to spot warning signs when searching for off-campus housing.

For apartments, speed of maintenance and the quality of neighbors are prime issues. Houses share those same concerns and a few different ones.

“The biggest issue in my opinion is general wear of the house. If the house appears to be falling apart it means the landlord isn’t seriously invested in this property,” said Cameron McKay, a senior engineering major who lives in a house near campus.

Talking to the landlord or owner in person is advisable. “Be serious and honest about all expectations and questions to the landlord/apartment manager. Signing a lease without all the information is fatal,” said Todd Whittaker, a senior chemistry major who lives in an apartment.

Of course, trust but verify. “Ask around for reviews about the management. Good management really improves the living experience,” said Meagan Pollock, a senior chemistry major who lives in an apartment.

Naturally, spotting wear and tear and other issues requires an in-person visit. “I definitely think people should try and visit whatever apartment complex or house they’re thinking of living in before they make any decisions. Just going to the actual property can be super helpful as foundation issues and bug problems can become pretty noticeable pretty quickly,” said Faith Byrne, a senior communication and anthropology double major who lives in an apartment.

However, a one-off personal inspection isn’t always sufficient and a tour given by the landlord is likely to gloss over or ignore any serious concerns. “The best way to determine if your original visual inspection of the house is just bad timing or out of the ordinary is to talk to the current tenants. They will tell you the real story about how living in a rental property actually is,” McKay said.

No housing option will be perfect.

There will always be a tradeoff between price and quality. It’s important to know what amenities and qualities one considers essential and what are negotiable (and for how much).

“Some issues are worth a cheaper place to live. A place with a faulty foundation is annoying, but a house that is frequently infested is unbearable. You have to keep in mind that living off campus in a rental house is cheaper than living on campus. But at the same time you are being overcharged for an inferior product,” McKay said.

Tolerability thresholds vary significantly from person to person.

“While it was at the very high end of my price range, my experience has been great. I think paying a little bit more to have those things [efficient maintenance and reliable management] is worth it,” Pollock said.

Others feel differently. “For me, the issues we’ve had, while annoying, were worth it considering the price of the apartment is so low in comparison with a lot of other places in this area,” Byrne said.

It is advisable to start looking into off-campus living early, allowing time to coordinate tours and visits (and the necessary follow-ups) with management and potential roommates. Early looking also decreases the chances of being frozen out of a place to live due to lack of vacancy.

Perhaps the greatest resource in finding and learning how to evaluate off-campus living options is Trinity students and alumni. In years past, Trinity students have posted warnings about certain landlords or advertised living openings on Overheard at Trinity. “Trinity students who are currently living off campus are great resources. We are scattered around the area, so it’s easy to get a good idea of what living at a certain place, or living off campus in general, is like,” Pollock said.

Sometimes that roommate— matching quiz you take before your first year in college doesn’t always give you a great match. Or maybe the friends you decided to live with your sophomore year are on their last straw. If you’ve come to the realization that you and your roommate just aren’t meant to be, there are options for finding a more compatible roommate for the next school year.

One way to meet a potential roommate for the new school year is through the roommate mixers hosted by Residential Life.

There will be one mixer for rising sophomores and one for rising upperclassmen on Monday, Mar. 27, in the Witt Center.

“These mixers are an opportunity for students to meet one another and chat about what’s important to them in a rooming situation. If someone can’t go to the mixer but is still searching for their perfect roommate, they should stop by the Witt Center that same day and fill out a roommate matching form, which asks for the same information that was on the form when you filled it out before your first year.

We recognize that your preferences might have changed a bit in college, so this is your chance to update your information,” said Rachel Boaz, the assistant director for residential education.

Other places to look for a roommate are similar classes, student organizations or sports teams.

“I wanted to find someone with similar academic and social priorities to mine — somebody that I could be agreeable with. I ended up rooming with an engineering major and it worked out because

now we’re going through the same struggles class-wise and can study together,” said Daniel Dahlinger, a sophomore engineering major.

Junior Taylor Shelgren recommends looking to the online Trinity community for a roommate and being flexible about what ends up happening.

“If you are looking for a roommate, I would suggest posting on Facebook. People will look and be interested. But keep your options open. Just because you are good friends with someone does not mean you will be good roommates. In fact, being roommates with someone you aren’t super close to is usually better.

Y’all will have your own lives and be respectful to each other. Not only that, but you need space away from your friend group and the outside world and being roommates with someone who isn’t in your friend group or all the drama is refreshing,” Shelgren said.

Keep some potential questions in mind when searching for that perfect roommate. You may have different opinions on how much sleep you need, what defines a “clean” bathroom or if it’s okay to have people sleep over on the weekends. All of these discussions that you won’t want to have in the future are important to have at the start. You might also want to keep in mind what you didn’t like about the relationship with your roommate this year in order to see how you can avoid that in the future.

“If you are a rooming with someone, be respectful and communicate. If your roommate isn’t doing something you like, have a conversation about it that isn’t aggressive or attacking, but simply explaining. It will solve so many problems and everyone will be happy,” Shelgren said.

Residential Life coordinators add that if a student ends up reserving their room for next year without having a roommate in mind, they will be matched with someone over the summer.

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Dorm (mis)conceptions

BY JULIA POAGE

As a first year, I lived in Beze. There was ResLife-made signage that proclaimed my dorm “Cheesy Beze,” but it was clear, from other people’s complaints and the objective fact that the carpet left our bare feet dirty, that its real name was “Sleazy Beze.” There were indeed some sleazy things happening there that year, but there are sleazy things happening in all dorms just because of the nature of college kids living on their own for the first time. Beze itself is only looked down upon because it’s in need of a renovation, especially compared to the slick new dorms of Miller, Witt-Winn and Calvert. But though we didn’t have wood flooring or our very own tech center staffed by begrudging compsci kids, we did have a very tight-knit community, and that’s what stays with me from my first year at Trinity.

Though the concrete floors were dirty and oftentimes had odd pieces of food laying on them (a single round of pepperoni, a slice of American cheese), the mundanity of that experience was charming in its own way. And the view is nothing to be sneered at. I would open my windows every chance I got to look outside at the branches of the huge campus trees and let the sunlight filter into my room. If anyone’s complaining this moment about living in Beze, stop, open your blinds, and look at the sunlight, the lawn, and, yes, the noisy road outside, because this is the only time your room will be this open to its environment.

It was these windows and our small hall size that lead to the close Beze friendships I had my first year. Walking down my hall, I could wave at nearly all of the people I met during my first day at college. Actually seeing your

hallmates makes a difference in how closely you bond with them, and it helped that my RM always had his blinds open when he was home so we knew when he was available. In Beze, your hallmates become comforting presences, people who gripe with you about the grime and the old furniture, people who are up for a quick chat when you see them in the quad or on the outdoor walkway.

This year, I have a first-year friend who lives in Witt-Winn, and I got to see one of the objectively better first year dorm rooms for the first time. It’s a beautiful room with the wood flooring I was jealous of last year, and my friend and her roommate happen to be stylish people who know just what kind of fluffy rug to buy. When I walk with her to her room, though, we pass groups of people who she doesn’t know and has no way of knowing that well — Witt-Winn residents seem to not be inherently open with each other. One of the notable qualities of Witt-Winn is that the walls are famously thin, so the only way you know your neighbors is by hearing their loud parties and embarrassing arguments through the walls. I’d take the old Beze carpet over the dark Witt-Winn wood floors any day, if there are such differences in dorm culture.

If you’re looking for a combination of the two, Murch is the objectively best place to live on campus. I’m going to sound like a real estate agent for a moment, but Murchison’s amenities are amazing: my favorite wood floors, its own 24-hour silent study lounge (complete with a new Wepa printer), closeness to upper campus and best of all, its own little neighborhood made up of students of all years. Murchison (HOPE Hall) residents have

From left to right, CAROLINE TRAN, JULIA POAGE, and CHRISTIANE LAU relax after a field trip to Friedrich Wilderness Hiking Park. Poage attributes their friendship to her housing experience her first year. photo courtesy of JULIA POAGE

to do two hours of community service a week, and this brings them together as a residence hall. It seems to me like a 60-person utopia.

I live in Prassel currently, and I don’t know many people on my hall very well. Most of my friends are either ex-Beze people or old residents of Beze’s more stylish cousin, Herndon. The comfort of having a firstyear community has cushioned my Trinity experience, and I can’t say much about Prassel except that the balconies are wonderful and larger than Thomas’s.

Speaking of Thomas, it is truly a “tower” in that it is, yes, the tallest residence hall on campus. I’d argue Prassel over Thomas, unless you happen to get a three-person corner

room. Two of my dear friends live in a threeperson, and since policy states that they can’t move the third bed out of their room, it has become a rather luxurious couch with dozens of pillows. The luxury does cost, though, and I’m perfectly happy in my slightly smaller Prassel 1 room.

The general concept of sophomore dorms is that they’re far more opulent than the first year areas, but the true richness of on-campus living is the organic friend groups of the old, open Beze and Herndon. When I’m homesick for my first year, I drag a chair to my balcony, read or write while basking in the lush green of the lawn, and think of the rumbling of 281.

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A walk through City Vista

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I took the tour so you don’t have to

BY DANIEL CONRAD On Feb. 9, juniors received an email from Stephanie Ackerman, Trinity Residential Life’s assistant director for housing operations, offering opportunities to tour the university’s recently acquired CityVista property. I joined last Friday’s tour to report how the apartment complex seems from a student’s perspective.

On Feb. 17, about ten of us huddled in front of Northrup Hall before Nico Champion, sophomore and Trinity tour guide, led us to CityVista. We made a left to go up Stadium Drive, waited to cross at the Hildebrand intersection — Champion assured us that a crosswalk would be built alongside a new entrance sign for the university — and made our way a few hundred feet to reach the lobby.

All in all it was a nine-minute walk, but even at a mere 77 degrees I’d broken a sweat. The sloping sidewalk on Stadium is sure to feel like more of a trudge during San Antonio’s 90-degree-plus spring, summer and early fall.

I asked some of the other tour participants why they were touring the apartments.

“I’ve been looking to live off-campus,” said Joshua Cohen, junior biology and music double major. “I’m hoping that the [CityVista] price will be better now.”

“I can’t drive, so this is the only way I could potentially live in an apartment,” said Julia Meitz, junior art history major.

The building is currently furnished with an eclectic, modern taste. Think purple pillows on brown leather couches, with reflective metal end-tables under starburst light fixtures.

It’s a bizarre set up, but another tour guide, sophomore Hunter Sosby, explained that

Residential Life would be re-outfitting the lounges, halls and rooms. Senior Lauren Harris, a current CityVista resident, told us that she always felt safe and was happy with the apartments’ stone floors.

“It’s very nice stuff,” Harris said. She also told students not to worry about walking to campus. “It’s like living in Prassel. It is essentially the opposite end of campus in terms of length.”

Sosby led a few other juniors and I around the building, beginning with the first floor’s aerobics and multi-purpose rooms, fit for students looking to work out at home. There’s a tanning bed in the building too, but it’ll be gone by the fall.

Outside was the pool and outdoor lounge.

There are two TVs under a canopy with two grills, a stove and sink; the second and third floors feature similarly outfitted open-air lounges as well. We opted to take the stairs to check out the game room and another lounge.

“These elevators take forever,” Sosby said.

“Honestly, I think they’re slower than the elevators in CSI.” The game room featured a picturesque view of the San Antonio skyline, a peek into Alamo Stadium, as well as a nice view of campus itself. The room is furnished with a ping pong table, a billiards table and several tabletop games. Across the hall is a common lounge featuring a fridge, sink, couches and TVs. As for the rooms themselves, CityVista is host to more than 20 different floor plans for rooms; we got to visit a single and a double.

Residential Life hopes to house two people

Pros and cons of living off campus What really matters is what you make of it

BY CLARISSE NAKAYAMA With the current residency requirement, students are itching to get off campus. Yet, the real question still remains: Is it worth it? With all the conveniences of living on campus, such as being close to the academic buildings, dining hall and being right next to other Trinity students, living off campus can seem daunting.

Faith Byrne, a senior communication and anthropology major, says otherwise.

“Living off campus is definitely a good thing,” she said. “Having an apartment gets you more ready and in the mindset to be responsible for your own space and enter the actual adult world.” Faith and her two roommates rent an apartment just five minutes from campus, which is extremely convenient for them.

“I love living off campus. I get my own room and kitchen, which is fantastic because Mabee gets old really fast,” Byrne said.

Though the residency requirement is typically three years, Davis Stubblefield, a junior history major, is an exception.

Stubblefield also lives just a short five minutes from campus and likes the space and freedom that living off campus has to offer.

“The distance from campus helps to separate my life outside school from class, and I feel like I’ve been forced to become a lot more independent in terms of cooking, cleaning, and generally keeping up after myself, since there’s no one to help,” Stubblefield said.

Another concern when living off campus is that you might miss out on things that you

could only experience by being on campus all the time. Davis has found both this aspect of life outside of Trinity to be good and bad.

“I feel like I am kind of missing out, because I hear about a lot of fun things and funny stories that happen in the dorms, and obviously, that makes me feel a bit disconnected from all my friends,” Stubblefield said. “But, it has also shown me that good friendships don’t just happen. I hope that having to make more of an effort to keep up with and hang out with people now will have a positive effect on my social life after college.”

As far as renting an apartment, Byrne says that the sooner you start looking, the better.

“It’s always better to start earlier when looking for places to live so you have the most options,” she said. “Also, be frank with your roommates about price. If you have a budget, talk to them about it first thing so you don’t end up looking to rent a place that you simply can’t afford.”

Stubblefield also mentioned that living off campus is what you make of it, and it will be a different experience for everyone. “I’d say that the most important aspect of living off campus is to think about what kind of life you want to have. You can make it a place where you can hang with your friends and be social, or it can be where you are more focused on your work, as a place to escape from school.

It’s important to find somewhere that has an environment and community that works well with what you want.”

Whether you are a first year who can’t wait to find your own apartment or a junior who still may be unsure about what to do, living off campus sounds like a great way to start the transition into adult life, which can be exciting no matter how challenging it can be.

per bedroom, so each double will have four occupants sharing the living space.

“They’re dividing those 20 layouts into five different price points for students,” Sosby said.

“We don’t know exactly what those prices are yet, but […] most likely a single here will be definitely more than a single in North, but not substantially more. What they’re using to do these prices are current Trinity rates, the current rates at CityVista, what people typically pay when they move to apartments off-campus, as well as prices at comparable institutions for facilities like these.”

Sosby assured us that clearer pricing details will be available in March. Residential Life aims for CityVista’s occupancy to be at least 70 percent Trinity students; by the fall of 2018, only students and Residential Life staff will live there.

We walked into a single-bedroom apartment and were immediately impressed. The living space had wooden floors, somewhat small bedrooms with comfortable carpeting that were each connected to very roomy bathrooms and spacious walk-in closets. The single’s balcony was small — smaller than Prassel balconies. On the balcony, road noise was noticeable, but the room’s walls were thick enough that we couldn’t notice any noise once we were back inside.

We walked down a few sullen grey hallways to reach a two-bedroom room. Floor measurements weren’t made available to us, but the room felt huge. The living room boasted a massive floor space, big bathrooms and enormous closets that will be hard for any

student to fill. Its balcony was massive and seemed very inviting. Like every other room we’d visited, the natural lighting was excellent.

At the end of the tour, Ackerman offered to answer any questions. She explained that students would not be allowed to bring pets for CityVista’s first year as Trinity housing.

“Granted there are tenants that have pets now, but for this first year we’re really trying to preserve this building,” Ackerman said. “If it ends up turning out well and students really take care of the building, that could change in the future. […] You can still apply for an emotional support animal, which is the exact same process as we have now on campus, but for now, no pets.”

Ackerman answered a few more questions: she told us that more information will be presented about the selection process for students interested in living at CityVista by Mar. 1. There’s a parking garage on-site, and students will not need to purchase parking passes from Northrup to park at CityVista.

Only three of the three-bedroom apartments will be avaliable.

On the walk back to campus, other juniors seemed satisfied with what they’d seen.

“I was pretty stoked about it going into it,” said Craig Burton, junior computer science major. “Just seeing the floor plan and the outdoor spots, it seemed a lot better than I thought it was.”

Reese Murphy, a junior mathematics major, added, “The huge closets and nice bathrooms!”

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Q: What is your worst roommate or suitemate horror story?

FIXED RATE:

a mortgage or loan that has a predetermined interest rate throughout the life of the loan ADJUSTABLE RATE:

a mortgage or loan has a variable interest rate, a specific interest rate for a set time that fluctuates DOWN PAYMENT:

the amount of money that a buyer pays upfront in order to purchase a property (typically between 5 percent and 2 percent of the value of the property CONTINGENCY:

a provision of an agreement that keeps the agreement from being fully legally binding until a certain condition is met TITLE INSURANCE:

an insurance policy that protects a lender’s or owner’s interest in real property from assorted types of unexpected or fraudulent claims of ownership APPRAISAL:

“I had a roommate who had a boyfriend that would come into the room unannounced.

One time he let himself into the room and proceeded to come into the bathroom and have a conversation with me as I was showering.”

“I wasn’t there but I heard that she [the roommate] vomited and asked our suitemate to clean it up and when our suitemate didn’t clean it up she got really angry the next day. That was like the worst thing.”

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JULIA POAGE OPINION EDITOR

“I had a roommate who would use my dishes, which I was perfectly fine with her doing.

What I wasn’t fine with was that she wouldn’t wash them for days and days. I was too scared to come across as pushy to tell her to clean them.”

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the increase of a property’s value through the natural process of aging and external economic factors DEPRECIATION:

the decrease of a property’s value through the natural process of aging and external economic factors CAPITAL GAINS TAX:

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Skills to learn before moving off campus

BY SHELBY DEVORE

Living on campus for three years has its perks. You don’t have to clean your bathroom, you can walk down to the P.O.D. whenever you get hungry, you don’t have to pay monthly bills and you can walk less than 50 feet to see some of your closest fans. Despite these benefits, students are ready to live on their own and make that step into adulthood. With freedom, there comes some downfalls and lots of opportunities for people to learn. If you are planning on living off campus, here are some things you should learn to do before jumping head on into the real world.

HOW TO CLEAN YOUR TOILET:

We have all seen the commercials where they are showing how your toilet is just as nasty as the toilet in the unclean gas station bathroom. If you have not already noticed, we get our bathrooms cleaned every other week. When you move off campus, you will not have the luxury of doing that. So next time you see the sweet ladies who clean our bathrooms, tell them thank you and how much you appreciate them. Just in case you did not know how to clean your toilet, they have cleaner, specifically for toilets. If you don’t want to buy that then you can always pour a can of coke and let it sit (yes it works). For your guests’ sake, make sure to clean your toilet.

PAYING BILLS:

Students that live on campus do not have the privilege of paying monthly bills for rent. It is nice because we only have to pay once a semester for food, rent, internet and utilities.

When you move off campus you will have to learn to pay every 30 days. Talk about responsibility. Did you know you have to pay a separate bill for internet? So when you move into your apartment or house and sit down to watch netflix but you forgot to pay the bill, don’t say I didn’t warn you.

COMMUTING ISN’T AS EASY AS IT USED TO BE:

The nice part about being so close to your classes is you can roll out of bed, throw some clothes on and brush your teeth 15 minutes before your class. When you live more than a few minutes aways from campus, you will not be able to that anymore. You will actually have to wake up on time. So instead of pressing the snooze button five times, you can only press it three.

FIGHTING THE URGE TO BRING HOME PETS:

Everyone loves pets. Whether it is a cat or dog, it is nice to have something to come home to at the end of a long day. When you are moving off campus, you start to think about how many pets you can give a home to. As great as that sounds, do not forget about how much responsibility there is when having a pet. They need tender love and care and lots of food. My advice for you is to start off with a fish and work your way up. If it dies, then you aren’t ready.

MOW THE LAWN:

If you are moving into a house then you will have a yard to take care of. Everyone hates the house on the street that has the weeds growing on the driveway and grass that comes up to your knees. Don’t be that person. You may have to actually get out of bed on a Saturday and get dirty, but on the bright side, you will have a pretty yard.

LIVING WITHOUT BONUS BUCKS:

We all love our late night P.O.D. runs and being able to spend money without spending real money. You won’t be able to get food whenever you want. Instead you will have to learn to cook and go to the grocery store. If you don’t know how to boil water, then I suggest buying only microwaveable meals.

PARTIES PROS AND CONS:

The first thing you want to do when you move into a house or apartment is have a little get together to celebrate. It is the first time to not have residential life there to bust you.

With every fun party, there are some consequences. The best part about going to a party is getting to leave whenever you want. When it is at your place, that all changes. So you when you are ready for it to end, your guests may not. Also, don’t forget the mess you are going to have to clean when everyone leaves.

As you start to sign leases and prepare for next year, remember the little responsibilities that you have not thought about when living on your own. Hopefully these ideas have better prepared you.

Pest surprise Don’t let bugs or rodents become your unwanted roommates

BY PHILLIP McKEON It can be difficult living on your own for the first time, and there can be a lot of unexpected situations that may arise. One to be prepared for is unwanted pests in your home.

Ally Mackender, a senior living off campus for her first year, was taken by surprise when ants started appearing in her home.

“I’m not from here and we don’t really have a lot of bugs where I’m from so when it first happened I had no idea how to deal with it.

Then we called my dad and it turned out he didn’t know how to deal with it either so we were on our own,” Mackender said.

The Environmental Protection Agency suggests trying to take preventative measures before the problem arises.

“Try pest prevention first. Remove sources of food, water and shelter. Store food in sealed plastic or glass containers. Garbage containing food scraps should be placed in tightly covered trash cans. Remove garbage regularly from your home. Fix leaky plumbing and don’t let water accumulate anywhere in the home. Don’t let water collect in trays under your houseplants or refrigerator. Don’t leave pet food and water out overnight,” according to the EPA website.

Mackender first hoped that the problem would take care of itself.

“At first we kind of just hoped they’d just go away on their own, like just get bored and leave and go bother someone else, so at first we just didn’t really do anything about it.

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Sadly, that’s not actually what happened and we ended up finally being like, ‘oh, I guess it’s time to actually do something about this now,’” Mackender said.

Not wanting to use chemical pesticides in the kitchen area, Mackender opted to buy traps to get rid of the ants.

“It’s kind of scary because you put the traps out and all of the sudden more come, but then they all die so you’re okay,” Mackender said.

The EPA says that these trap options are safe alternatives to pesticides.

“After preventive steps have been taken, you can use baits as a first line of chemical defense against insects or rodents. These are often effective and can be used with low risk of exposure to the pesticide, as long as they are kept out of the reach of children and pets,” the EPA website said.

Mackender suggests that all first time renters check their lease for their landlord’s pest control policy.

“All of our pest control is on us [...] an important piece of advice is to read your lease very carefully and look for that sort of thing in it because we definitely thought that would be on our landlord, and so we contacted them asking for them to do something about it or get an exterminator or something and they told us that it was specifically in our lease that pest control was on us. Fortunately, we didn’t have to call an exterminator, but if we had that would have been on us, so make sure you know what you’re getting yourself into.

If you’re living in an old, inexpensive house off campus, you’re most likely going to have to deal with bugs, so know if that’s on you or them. We had to deal with it ourselves and it was nasty,” Mackender said.

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Students leave Trinity on a high note by participating in their senior recital Matthew Reynolds and Mariana López Levi will be singing as music majors for the last time this Friday

BY EMILY ELLIOTT

PULSE EDITOR

TOP: MATTHEW REYNOLDS, center, sings a powerful song during the second performance of “Cavalleria rusticana” from its original production last April.

BOTTOM: MARIANA LÓPEZ LEVI smiles as she is rewarded with flowers for winning first place at the annual Rosalind Phillips Vocal Competition last November, MATTHEW REYNOLDS, who was awarded second place, applauds Lopez behind her. top photo provided by MATTHEW REYNOLDS; bottom photo provided by ANDREW DE VOOGD

After four years of singing their hearts out and shifting through countless stacks of sheet music, seniors studying vocal performance at Trinity have finally approached their concluding concert: the senior recital. Seniors Mariana López Levi, a music education major, and Matthew Reynolds, a music and urban studies double major, will be singing at their recital to celebrate their years at Trinity on Saturday, Mar. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ruth Taylor Recital Hall. To learn more about this recital and their thoughts on graduating, Levi and Reynolds participated in a Q&A. Q: Which professors contributed the most to your vocal growth?

A: (Reynolds) Dr. Chia-Wei Lee and Dr. Gary Seighman, no question about it. Chia-Wei has been my voice teacher for my entire time at Trinity and I’ve sung in the Chamber Singers, which Dr. Seighman directs, for four years as well. I can’t give them enough credit for the impact they’ve had on my growth as a vocalist and musician.

A: (López) Obviously, I am very grateful to my amazing voice teacher, Dr. Chia-Wei Lee. I have been his student for two years and he has helped my voice grow so much more than I ever expected. I also owe a lot to Dr. Seth Nelson, who will be accompanying us on the piano for the recital. His amazing abilities as a collaborative pianist have helped me grow so much as a musician.

Q: What will you miss about the music department?

A: (R) Aside from the faculty as a whole (because they’re incredible and I look up to them so much), I’ll miss Chamber Singers the most.

That group has been my home base for the past four years, and few things bring me as much joy as performing in a choir like that.

A: (L) I will miss the tightknit community of the music department. Being a small school, there are not very many music students so I have gotten to interact a lot with my classmates and watch them grow alongside me. We are a supportive community and everyone wants their friends to succeed.

Q: How do you plan on incorporating your education in music into your career?

A: (R) Eventually, I want to go to grad school to study voice because my long-term goal is to become

a voice teacher and professor at a university like Trinity.

A: (L) I plan to continue with music education in the future. I hope to continue at Trinity with the Master of Arts in Teaching and start working with students soon.

Q: Matthew, could you tell me about your experience in performing dream songs and arie?

A: I actually got to sing my dream aria last semester. “Largo al factotum”, from Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, is an incredibly famous, not to mention difficult, aria; it’s the one that goes, “Figaro, Figaro, Figaro”. I hope to perform it in the future when my voice has developed a bit more. As far as other songs, I’m a huge musical theatre fan and I would love to sing anything from “The Last Five Years” by Jason Robert Brown. Jamie, the male role of that show, fits my range pretty well.

Q: Mariana, considering your focus in music education, why do you think it’s important for kids to learn about music?

A: I think music provides many essential skills and habits that everyone uses regardless of whether or not they choose to pursue a music career. Music teaches listening skills, hard work, teamwork and sensitivity, and these are all skills that are essential to personal growth.

Q: Looking back, what has been your favorite memory regarding performing or studying music while at Trinity?

A: (R) Last school year, I got to direct and perform in the Opera Workshop production of “Cavalleria rusticana”, a tragic one-act opera.

I had done research on the show the summer before in preparation and it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Not only was I performing a really fun role in a beautiful show alongside a few of my best friends, but I was also in charge of the entire creative process. The show was an incredible success. I’m still so proud of how it turned out.

And I’m beyond thankful to have had that opportunity.

A: (L) My favorite memory has to be performing with the Chamber Singers. We had a very memorable concert two years ago at the Texas Music Educators Association 2015 Convention, and went on a tour of the West Coast later that semester.

Q: Which part of your senior recital are you most excited about?

A: (R) Even though I’m incredibly excited for the whole recital, I think I’m looking forward to the duets the most; they’re both a ton of fun and Mariana and I have had a blast working on them.

A: (L) I am most excited about getting to perform two of the hardest pieces I have been working on. I have been working on some of these songs for months and I’m excited to perform the final product.

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Trinity’s honor societies provide several opportunities to learn, grow and lead

BY CLAIRE NAKAYAMA

PULSE REPORTER

Among the various clubs and organizations on campus, several groups dedicated to achieving and celebrating academic success are available for students to join.

Victoria Ramos, a junior psychology major, is the current president of Phi Sigma Pi, the national honor fraternity on campus, and has loved it ever since she joined as a first year.

“It’s important to get involved socially on campus. You don’t want to have your resume only show the classes you took, because it’s good to be well-rounded. Phi Sigma Pi does a lot of the things that look good all in one place,” Ramos said.

Though membership in honor society is based on academic requirements, the groups are also involved in the community and are very active off campus as well.

“We work with the Ronald McDonald House and send cards to places like nursing homes and local hospitals,” Ramos said. “We actually just adopted a park which is a big deal for us because this was a year in the making.”

Ramos also enjoys the opportunities to enjoy the nonacademic benefits of Phi Sigma Pi, such as bonding at meetings.

“One of my favorite things that we do together is a roast at the end of every meeting, which is when we write a compliment about another member on a note card.

It’s anonymous, and at the end of the meeting we all read them out loud, which helps bring everyone

Members of Phi Sigma Pi pose for a photo at their 2016 Spring Banquet, where they celebrated receiving the Most Improved New Chapter Award with food, a photobooth and big and little reveal.

Photo provided by VICTORIA RAMOS

together,” said Ramos.

Lindsay Hagmann, a junior accounting major, has also enjoyed her experience serving in her honor society Omicron Delta Kappa, which focuses on leadership.

This organization is faculty, staff, administration and alumni, giving students a large network of people to connect with.

“As president, I take part in organizing leadership events for our

members to take part in. I encourage students to support members at events whenever possible. By supporting other members, we encourage others to be leaders as well,” Hagmann said.

If you are a first-year that had a GPA of a 3.5 or higher in the first semester, then you probably received an invitation to join Alpha Lambda Delta, which is an honor society that Grace Lee, a sophomore

biochemistry and molecular biology major, serves as the president of.

“Being in Alpha Lambda Delta has been a great experience. We have bi-weekly meetings for officers and socials that are meant to be meetings for all the members to get together.

We mostly just eat food and hang out, so it’s a great way to meet new people,” Lee said.

Between balancing a heavy

workload and maintaining activeness in a club, among other responsibilities, time commitment may be a concern for those interested in joining. Lee has noticed, however, that Alpha Lambda Delta members are never too overwhelmed by their various commitments, including the club.

“Alpha Lambda Delta is as much or as little work as you want it to be.

You can be super involved and be the president if you want, or you can just come to socials when you want.

It’s really what you make of it,” Lee said.

All three presidents found that honor societies can help students find a group of people who share the same passion about academic work and social life.

“The big thing is that you have a lot of friends who are very likeminded. I feel like I’m surrounding myself with people who have the same ideas and morals,” said Ramos.

“It gives you a place to go to events and have something fun to do. Being president also gives me something to put on my resume, which is an added bonus.”

Whether you are interested in an honor society because you’re trying to get involved, you’re interested in leadership or you just want to find a group of friends to hang out with, there is a scholastic organization “I think that joining an honor society is definitely a valuable opportunity, and it absolutely allows someone to expand their network. I would definitely encourage anyone to accept the opportunity when it comes along,” Hagmann said.

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Seeing double: Trinity lookalikes share their experiences of being mistaken for others Students learn to find the funny side of having their own personal doppelgänger on campus

BY JULIA WEIS

PULSE REPORTER Long bleached blonde hair, approximately 5 feet and 4 inches, and occasionally wears blackrimmed glasses; this description accurately fits sophomore Sarah Heller. Or is it actually one for Katie Boatright?

Some Trinity students claim they have doppelgängers walking around on campus.

While a doppelgänger was originally an indicator of bad luck and seen as an evil twin, today it is commonly understood as any person who physically or behaviorally resembles another person. On a small campus like Trinity’s, there’s an even greater chance you’ll eventually cross paths with someone who bears a similar appearance to yours.

Some of the Trinity doppelgängers are good friends, while others have never met each other before. Heller, a sophomore environmental policy major, finds the confusion somewhat irritating. Although Heller and Boatright have never spoken to each other, their respective friend groups are keen to point out their many physical similarities.

“It actually makes me feel weird because I don’t think about it myself and I don’t personally think that we really look that alike,” Heller said. She also mentioned that no one had confused her with Boatright up until the last week.

On the other hand, Boatright is more entertained by the possibility of having a “fake twin” on the same campus.

KATIE BOATRIGHT and SARAH HELLER pose side-by-side to demonstrate how similar they look; they found it humorous that they showed up wearing a similar outfit on accident.

Photo by JULIA WEIS

“The other day I woke up from a nap and I walked out from my dorm and I saw Sarah.

We were both wearing black leggings, a purple shirt and our hair was up in a bun. I was like, ‘This is too weird, that’s me!’” Boatright said.

Trinity students who look alike, whether they are actual twins or not, sometimes enjoy playing tricks on people they know.

“One of our cross country coaches got us mixed up for almost a month and so we liked to call each other by the wrong name because

she could never get it right,” said Jason Nania, a sophomore finance major.

Nania’s “twin” is Elliot Blake, a sophomore geoscience and environmental studies major who has the same dark brown, fluffy beard and lanky height as he does. The two met while running cross country their first year at Trinity and are still good friends to this day.

Sidney Hopkins occasionally gets confused with someone on campus as well — but in her case, it’s her actual twin sister.

Sidney and her sister Destiny are both juniors, but besides nearly identical appearances, the two have fairly different personalities and behaviors that distinguish them.

“Destiny is definitely more outgoing than I am — she’s really great at being around people and I’m often more reserved. However, in situations where we both don’t know anyone, we can both come off as reserved because we don’t feel the need to make friends with other people — having a twin is like having a builtin best friend that can stunt your social skills, but in a good way,” said Sidney Hopkins, a music and communication double major.

“Destiny’s studying sociology and wants to be a teacher, and I’m double majoring in music and communication and have no idea what I really want to do. We have overlapping friend groups, but aren’t often hanging out with the same people at the same time,” Hopkins said.

Sidney also enjoys taking advantage of the multiple opportunities she’s presented with to confuse other people with her and Destiny’s similar appearances.

“My favorite thing to do is run up to Destiny while she’s giving tours and confuse the visitors. Usually I will run up, hug her and say hi to her really loudly and the people on the tour just look really confused until she says, ‘This is my twin sister.’ Destiny then gets lots of questions about going to school with her twin,” Hopkins said.

Despite acknowledging these lookalikes, and even going through significant periods of time where their appearances weren’t all that similar, the students all believe the confusion among peers will persist.

“Even when I had hot pink hair for a semester, like it was highlighter pink, almost neon hair, a lot of people still called me Sarah and confused me for her,” Boatright said.

Professors seek to Mabee has served continually improve up a new manager Through various approaches, teaching methods evolve after years of fine-tuning

BY JULIA WEIS PULSE REPORTER Whether they are attending conferences or gathering opinions of their teaching, professors at Trinity are constantly trying to improve the learning environments for their students.

Camille Reyes, assistant professor of communication, is one of the many professors who works to continuously improve her teaching methods. Reyes attended a conference on social media and public relations so that she can remain up to date on these evolving fields.

“I hope my teaching fosters critical thinking.

That’s a bit of a buzzword, but to me, engaging material encourages questions. When students ask questions, they make connections; soon they make me ask questions until we are swimming in critical thought,” Reyes said.

Shana McDermott, an assistant professor of economics, goes directly to students for improvement in her courses.

“One of the best ways to improve my teaching techniques is with a mid-semester informal review to gauge thoughts on my instruction, the course and student’s own learning. Every class is different, which is why the end of the semester reviews, while helpful, don’t always help subsequent classes,” McDermott said.

McDermott feels this assessment helps her adjust the course to fit students’ needs better.

“After last semester’s mid-semester review, I started making two changes based on the survey results. One, I started printing out handouts to work through during the class, which helped address the students’ request to see more examples that would mimic the homework and exams. Two, I began giving more detailed instructions on open-ended questions,” McDermott said.

Bert Chandler, a professor of chemistry, requires students in his clto give detailed corrections on tests, giving him insight to students’ thoughts.

“I learn where I messed up with the content, but also on testing in general because sometimes you need to work on that, and learning from those mistakes should help with the next exam,” said Julia Torres, a senior chemistry major.

Through this technique, professors improve how they teach and students improve how and what they learn.

“Pedagogical research has shown that students learn better when given the opportunity to correct their mistakes and think about how they learn,” Chandler said.

Chandler’s students are already noticing a difference in how they learn, and this is what drives professors to excel at teaching.

“Critical thinking feels more important now than it ever has before. We, professors and students alike, must not accept information passively; we must not wave any flag we are handed,” Reyes said.

Charles Robles anticipates making positive changes as new food service director

BY CLAIRE NAKAYAMA PULSE REPORTER While food was being dished out to ravenous students, administrators were in the process of hiring a new manager; Charles Robles has recently taken over as Food Service Director and loves the new energy that Mabee offers.

“Trinity is a change of pace. I came from a business- dining world, like a lot of complexes like Frost Bank or San Antonio Water System (SAWS), so it’s nice to see a different type of service,” Robles said.

Workers at Mabee such as Erica Guzman, an office assistant, can attest to Robles’ experience previously working in a familar area.

“So far I think he’s doing a great job. He’s very stern, and when he says something is going to happen, he follows through with it and makes sure we are all following the rules and regulations,” said Guzman. “Most of all, he makes sure that he treats everyone the same.

There are no favorites. Charles treats everybody with respect, which is great.”

Behind the serving lines, cook Augustin Rosas admires all Robles has has done to make sure everyone is safe and can get their job done.

“We have meetings every week and we talk about safety issues and anything happening

in the kitchen. We also talk about what is working well and what we need to improve on.

The meetings always end on a joke or a song to end on a light note, too,” Rosas said.

In addition to maintaining current procedures, Robles is changing a few things in order to maximize customer satisfaction.

“I would love to change the food to give you a nicer quality. I’m realizing students here are a lot more exposed to food, more than they were back when I was in school. I come from a finedining background, like resort sand hotels, so I would love to kick it up a bit,” Robles said.

The Mabee staff has noticed changes and how they’ve affected their environment.

“He notices everything and making sure everything gets done, and that we’re pulling our weight as well to help him,” said Guzman.

Robles also visits Mabee during the day to help out, as well as to see first-hand how policies and procedures are being implemented in the workplace.

“There’s more discipline, which is good to have in a place like this. He helps out in the kitchen if we ever need it and makes sure that things are running smoothly,” Rosas said.

Robles also anticipates incorporating changes based on the opinions of students.

“Going back to energy, when you work in those other environments, hotels are very taxing because you work long hours and holidays and weekends,” Robles said. “Here, the students have fresh ideas and fresh thoughts. It’s totally exciting to see the students and what they bring and how they bring a new vibe to what’s going on,” Robles said.

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“Get Out” releases to stellar reviews, white guilt skyrockets The racially charged horror film produced by Jordan Peele of “Key and Peele” fame tackles complex tensions through a truly disturbing theatrical lens.

“Moonlight” upset win turns “LaLa Land” into “Wah-Wah Land” Despite the final votes being from a small group of old people, somehow the Academy slipped up during the most important award, announcing that “La-La Land” had won. “Moonlight” actually won.

Student-run Vagina Monologues promote feminism by encouraging “go with the flow” “So — I’m gonna talk about periods for a little bit.”

If you stepped into the Fiesta room on Monday night, you might have heard Emily Bourgeois speaking those words ALEJANDRO CARDONA from a raised platform.

A&E WRITER You would have probably noticed the large crowd of women wearing lavender shirts, sitting cross-legged on that same stage. And you would have definitely heard the monologues that followed, which discussed periods — and a whole lot more.

The Vagina Monologues premiered OffBroadway in 1996, and have since expanded into an international celebration. Every year, the rights to perform the monologues are granted to any organization that donates their proceeds to a group working to end violence against women, and Trinity has been home to the tradition for years. Directors Elizabeth Metzger and Katie Farrell highlighted how underrated the cost of feminine care is.

“People don’t talk about how expensive pads and tampons are, and how people can’t afford them,” Metzger said, “If you’re homeless, it’s next to impossible to stay clean. People use rags and toilet paper. It’s terrible.”

This year, proceeds went to a number of different charities, including the Rape Crisis Center, Camions of Care, Haven of Hope and The Bra Recycler. The cast collected bras, boxes of pads and tampons and over a thousand dollars in donations and ticket sales.

“The charity aspect made this feel really worthwhile,” said monologist Julia Palmer.

The monologues are based on 200 interviews conducted with women, and the pieces vary widely in subject matter and tone. Some are humorous, celebrations women’s experience of love, sex, coming-of-age and mastubation, while the more serious monologues intend to raise awareness of women’s issues like rape and genital mutilation to listeners.

“Every woman has a vagina. I don’t understand why we can’t talk about it,” senior performer Faith Byrne said. “Vaginas are cool. Vaginas are awesome. People shouldn’t be scared of them.”

Repeat monologist Hannah Rusher echoed Byrne’s sentiments.

The Vagina Monologues took place in the Fiesta Room and featured monologues from campus women such as MADELINE RHEW, pictured. photos courtesy of CLAUDIA GARCIA

“Being a woman, you care. This is your body.

This are the issues you face. It was easy to speak about it, because it was never something to be ashamed of when I was growing up.”

Discussing lady-bits onstage was far beyond some of the performer’s comfort zones. Firstyear Julia Palmer had a chance to perform in the monologues once before, but she opted not to.

“I have a vagina, and I don’t necessarily like talking about it,” Palmer said. “Even while we were up there, seeing people file in, I thought, ‘I don’t want this many people knowing I have a vagina.’”

Monologist Kerry Madden put it clearly: “It’s

The Vagina Monologues readings are based on the episodic play of the same name by playwright Eve Ensler. photos courtesy of CLAUDIA GARCIA

weird to talk about your period.”

For them, it was a mind-expanding exercise. “I saw it as a way to be really okay with myself, and all the parts of being a woman,” said Palmer.

Director Elizabeth Metzger made some selfdiscoveries, too.

“I was probably not comfortable saying vagina or cunt. I didn’t know that about myself,” Metzger said. “Now I say it on the daily, I use it in every conversation.”

Monologists pointed to female family members as key to their understanding of female sexuality.

“Growing up, I wish that me and my mom talked more about this kind of thing,” said firstyear monologist Kerry Madden. “I wish I had more of a comfortable space to talk about being a woman, and my vagina.”

In the same vein, Jocelyn Suarez learned a few practical things while preparing for the monologues. “In my house, using tampons isn’t a thing. You had to use pads,” Suarez said. “When we did the monologues, a girl taught me how to use a tampon because I did not know. I’m 19.”

Performers described the experience of monologuing as equal to the content itself.

“We were all in this room together, doing this beautiful thing, talking about vaginas,” monologist Sarah Bastos said. “It emphasized the idea of female unity.”

Fellow monologist Madeline Rhew agreed saying, “I was proud to stand in solidarity with all the women onstage. It felt good to look up at whoever was performing, and give them my energy and support.”

The performers rehearsed the monologues under the direction of Metzger and Farrell.

“It was the first time that we were hearing it all together, so we were experiencing it with the audience,” Palmer said. “It made me enjoy the fact that I’m a woman. Being up there, with all these girls, talking and laughing.”

There were issues of representation that came up in preparation for the monologues. One piece was meant to be read by a woman of color, while a different monologue discusses the experience of trans women.

Director Elizabeth Metzger was worried that the casting would not adequately represent every aspect of the monologues, but faculty adviser Amy Stone assured her that it is a relatively common problem.

“At the end of the day it was about letting that voice be heard. It’s better for that voice to be there than for us to cut it,” Metzger said.

In regards to the monologue on transwomen, Jocelyn Suarez said, “It gave the idea that any of them could be trans. The face of trans is not one specific type of person.”

The monologues offer the rare opportunity to publicly discuss women’s issues without restrictions or apologies — only humor and honesty. For men, it’s an opportunity to get an interesting education.

“A lot of men don’t understand vaginas in general,” says Byrne, “I think everyone should be included and involved in the conversation.”

Julia Palmer grinned widely when the topic came up: “men’s role in the monologues is to shut up and listen.”

The message of the monologues is profound.

“It’s really not about your vagina, it’s about how you feel, and how you wanna be treated in this world,” said Metzger, “it’s about how you see yourself and other people see you, how you give and share love.”

“It made me feel proud. I’m part of this special club that has a vagina,” Palmer said. “It made me really like myself more.”

It’s our responsibility to listen and educate ourselves, in order to better understand the vast, complex tapestry that is the female experience — all of our happiness depends on it.

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KRTU supports SA artists by promoting rooftop SXSW venue 6th Street concert playing during music festival to showcase local musicians On Tuesday, Mar. 14, Indie Overnite will be hosting their Live Rooftop Showcase in Austin during the South by Southwest music festival.

NABEEHA VIRANI The showcase A&E WRITER features local San Antonio artists and is being put on to give those bands exposure in Austin so that they can get publicity and better opportunities to get their music out into the listening world.

“There are a lot of things going on in Austin during SXSW and we wanted to kind of increase our presence there, at least do something there, but something that we came across was that there aren’t that many opportunities unless you’re established.

You have to pay to play and there’s a disproportionate shortage of how many San Antonio musicians get to play up there during South By for how close in proximity we are to Austin,” said Benjamin Gomez, Indie Overnight staff member.

“This idea came about that we could work

our connections and find a place to showcase all of our cool, local talent without them having to pay or anything,” Gomez said.

Using connections and networking, Gomez and KRTU found a location for the showcase to take place.

“It’s really tricky because South By is a really hard time to do that, but I stumbled upon a venue that basically let us have a place for the night which just happens to be a rooftop on 6th Street, which is even cooler. I pitched it to [KRTU] and they were all about it ... we’re gonna take the broadcast equipment up so you’re going to actually be able to hear all the San Antonio bands,” Gomez said.

The bands who are going to be performing at the Live Rooftop Showcase were specifically chosen for this event by the Indie Overnite Staff.

“We had an application and put a posting on our website that was linked to a form that asked simple questions like why they wanted to play in the showcase, what they thought they could bring to the showcase and asked for links to their music. From that we went through an anonymous voting process. I think we had over ninety submissions so we had to go through a lot, and picked seven,” Gomez said.

“There’s a great lineup for the showcase. I know Indie Overnite is really excited about it,” added Kory Cook, KRTU music director and library patron. The lineup includes seven bands: Buttercup, Verisimilitude,

The Foreign Arm, Yoshimoto, Pink Leche, Booty Feet and Mr. Pidge. Each band has its own style and genre ranging from indie to electronic to rock to hip-hop.

It can be hard to differentiate several bands of overlapping styles, so check out the graphic beneath this article for each band’s specific genre.

According to Indie Overnite’s blog, this lineup “represent[s] the full range of our indie scene and a collision of San Antonio sound and Austin energy.”

Along with being able to broadcast and perform their music, these bands also get additional benefits from playing this event.

“We worked it out with the venue so that they’re gonna get to keep tips, and we’re gonna work to partner with a tip app that’ll help them collect tips,” Gomez said.

Advancements are being made to ensure Indie Overnite’s Live Rooftop Showcase continues and is successful in the future.

“We’re gonna be meeting with SATX — an organization that exists as part of ChooseSA. They are basically there to help represent SA at SXSW. They have big day parties and big mixer feature events, so we’re gonna try to be one of their feature events because we’re all about being San Antonio,” Gomez said.

Tune in to Indie Overnite at 91.7 to hear these bands perform from 7 p.m. through 2 a.m. Or if you’re in Austin, stop by Cheers Shot Bar on 6th Street to hear what San Antonio has to offer.

FEATURED SHOW

KRTUesday: Live Rooftop Broadcast Join KRTU on a rooftop on 6th Street in Austin on Tuesday, March 14th, during the South by Southwest festival (SXSW), for a special edition of KRTUesday - Indie Overnight’s live broadcast concert event series! KRTU Indie Overnight is accepting applications from San Antonio bands to perform at the live broadcast event.

For more info, visit krtuindie.org.

EVENTS

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY CONOR OBERST April 6th, 8pm March 14th, 8pm Paper Tiger Paper Tiger 2410 N St Marys 2410 N St Marys HIP HOP ORCHESTRA March 19th, 7pm Tobin Center 100 Auditorium Circle

Become more involved in your community and make a difference while exploring your interests!

NEW MUSIC

Apply for a MAS Alvarez Internship Grant Summer or Fall 2017 You may qualify for a $1500 grant if: 

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Your internship is carried out with a non-profit agency that serves the Latin@ community Your internship involves at least 120 hours of unpaid work during the Summer or Fall semester

You have a minimum GPA of 3.0 For Summer Internships  1 semester hour of tuition-free academic credit  On-campus housing through the SURF program

Agencies that have mentored Trinity interns include:  Esperanza Peace & Justice Ctr.  KIPP Academy  Guadalupe Cultural Art Ctr.  MALDEF  Mi Familia Vota  PEACE Initiative  San Antonio Foodbank  San Antonio Museum of Art  RAICES  Witte Museum

Application Deadline: April 3, 2017

For more information and application procedure go to the MAS website: http://gotu.us/k3fce or contact Elseke Membreño-Zenteno at: emembren@trinity.edu

Thundercat Thundercat has announced a new album called Drunk, and it is a hell of a shot to take down. This album will feature Kendrick Lamar, Kamasi Washington, and many more.

2/28 at 5:00pm: Studio 21 featuring the latest in pop culture and music with a live performance by Cooper Greenberg!

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The role of art for the public and artist: creative conundrums, contradictions

BY JACOB ROSSITTER A&E WRITER Why does music and, to a greater degree art resonate so profoundly with us? In turn, why are certain groups and individuals compelled to react with outrage in response to what an artist expresses? In order to even begin approaching such questions, we must first examine the role art plays in our society.

As far as scientists can gather, every culture across the world shares this mysterious bond with art. Virtually every form of art that human beings create and interact with has the power to elicit emotions from across the spectrum. Because what constitutes art is so difficult to define, there are often differing opinions as to whether a product technically is or isn’t art.

The late great Roger Ebert famously caught heat when he stated that “video games can never be art”. His assertion garnered an immense amount of backlash, with critics of Ebert

largely accusing his thinking of being narrow and short-sighted. In 2015, Shia Labeouf livestreamed himself sitting in a theater reacting to every one of his movies. While not art in the traditional sense, these acts of “performance art” are seen by many to be just as valid as a Monet painting or a Mozart symphony.

On the topic of outrage in response to an artist and his or her work, there are a number of factors to unpack and examine. A phrase that often gets tossed around is “can you separate an artist from his art.”

Mel Gibson, Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby are only a few myriad figures who, despite contributing some of the most iconic and many times thought-provoking pieces of creative expression, have made choices in their personal life that sabotaged the image they once held in the public and/or the industry they inhabited. When these people screw up, their fall from grace is much more pronounced for a number of reasons than the average, amateur artist or regular person.

The first of these reasons is the obvious fact that once these artists become famous, the details of their personal life are put under a microscope and heavily scrutinized.

The second reason is that people become incredibly attached to an artist and his or her work. Therefore, when it is revealed that said figure is not the person they once imagined them to be, they feel personally betrayed.

When a young Jewish child, for example, spends her childhood looking up to her favorite author and idol Roald Dahl, it is likely to come as a great shock and tragedy when she learns that Dahl was once quoted as saying “I am certainly anti-Israel, and I have become anti-Semitic.”

Finally, there is an idea which people hold that these artists hold an immense amount of power and influence in popular culture.

When NWA released the song “F*** Tha Police*” in 1988, many were concerned about the ramifications for allowing such a violent message to be broadcasted. When Spike Lee

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released “Do the Right Thing” in 1989, critics remarked that the film may incite riots.

If the current state of technology and social media has taught us anything, it’s that artists and celebrities are just people. It just so happens, by whatever combination of chance and circumstance, that artist has the spotlight put upon them.

The idea that these people should reflect the same worldview or set of morals as our own is preposterous. Not only that, but consider the fact that social norms are by no means static.

60 years ago, actress Lucille Ball was prohibited from using the word “pregnant” on television, as doing so was considered indecent.

Today, shows like “The Walking Dead” and “Game of Thrones” dominate ratings, and these shows are certainly indecent. Part of what makes so many works of art compelling or beautiful is the imperfections and ugliness of the artist and their creation. In this way, art reflects who we are as human beings: imperfect, ugly and artistic.

Electronic Erosions I won’t bury the lede, thanks to the probably cryptic : this tiny article is about the morality of downloading content, specifically music, illegally.

DYLAN WAGNER Per Trinity rules, A&E EDITOR I of course do not pirate music. But if one were to download music without paying the artist (either “directly,” which still ends up benefiting record companies a lot, or indirectly through ad revenue), I would support them not from an ethical standpoint but from a practical one.

The relevant truth about digitized media versus analog media is that creators take a direct economic loss when someone steals a concert T-shirt or a CD, but only an indirect economic loss when someone pirates one of their songs. This can be well-expressed via a cookie analogy.

Say you have a few batches of cookies, and you sell them in your front yard, because people in analogies are usually screw-ups. But someone runs by and steals a cookie! You now have one less cookie.

But say your friend wants your recipe because she’s an equally screwy screw-up. Do you give her the original copy? Or do you let her copy it down on her own paper? You’ve lost nothing except the potential loss of income if your friend goes into the cookie-baking business.

The latter example is what digital downloads look like these days, and music is hit especially hard because of (or is it the other way around?) the popularity of sampling artists’ work into “original” songs that make heavy use of the sampled material, altered or unaltered.

The idea of a sole creator of a work is still true, of course. Kanye is certainly Kanye, if nothing else. But for the superstar musicians, their songs are not only pieces of music but have become templates for others to use (whether the artist likes it or not).

That’s the problem with music and other media existing in a common, digital code: anyone can torrent to their personal computer without the original copy “running out” of anything. It’s a clone. And until the music industry becomes a little more open-minded and a lot more creative, people without a lot of money will continue to take the free option without a second thought.

Sports

Wilt’s Magical Game MAR.

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In 1962, on Mar. 2, Wilt Chamberlain dropped 100 points on the New York Knicks in a 169-147 victory for his Philadelphia Warriors. This was in the primordial days of the NBA — when the league struggled to compete with college basketball for viewers, and funds were relatively scarce. Thus, no video footage from Wilt’s magical game remain. There is, however, one interesting fact regarding this historic event that is seldom remembered: In the game, Wilt shot his free throws underhanded.

That’s right. Wilt made 28-38 free throws, and all of them were under-handed.

Senior ELIZABETH BALIDO is pictured leaving Sam’s Gym, along with the rest of the basketball team on their way to the first round of the NCAA tournament.

photo by OZVALDO VELOZ

Tigers advance to playoffs

Women’s basketball team wins SCAC; Men fall to Southwestern University early in tournament

BY ELISE HESTER

SPORTS REPORTER The women’s basketball team tasted sweet victory this past weekend, winning the SCAC championship The Tigers finished the regular season with the best record in the conference. This allowed them to start the SCAC championship tournament with a first round bye. In the first round, the Southwestern University Pirates defeated the Schreiner University Mountaineers. The Mountaineers moved on to face the Trinity Tigers. As travel partners, Trinity has beat Schreiner every time they met this season, and this weekend was no exception.

“It was the third time in a row we’d played them,” said senior Allison Staley. “We kind of knew their tendencies and what they wanted to do so I think it was kind of easy for us to get control of the game fairly quickly.”

As they moved into the championship game, the Tigers found themselves facing off against Texas Lutheran University (TLU), the only team to whom Trinity has managed to lose to this entire season.

“It was an unreal feeling getting to play TLU in the conference championship,” said senior Elizabeth Balido. “They were our only loss and we were that much more excited to play against them and show the conference that our loss was just a fluke and that we are a much stronger team since then.”

“They were not gonna let up. It was their chance to end our season,” Staley said. “They were gonna come out ready to play, you know, guns blazing. We just had to make sure we countered that and came out and played cool headed and just play the game that we’ve been playing all season.”

TLU came out strong, dominating the first quarter.

“At the start we knew TLU was going to come out emotional so all we had to do was weather that storm and come back with our own emotional game,” Balido said.

We were kind of playing catch up the first half or just trying at least to stay even,” Staley said. “They had control the whole first half. It was like they couldn’t miss.”

Going into halftime, TLU still led, but only by one point, as the Tigers had picked up steam.

“It was so positive in the locker room,” Staley said. “Everyone goes in there and we’re like, ‘We’re definitely not losing this game. We’re gonna go back out and do what we need to do.’”

Trinity came back out of the locker room and completely dominated, winning the game and the SCAC championship with a score of 78-67.

“It’s amazing to clinch our school’s first back-to-back conference championship for the women’s team,” Balido said.

“It was just a great cap to our amazing regular season and kind of a motivating factor into these next games As they head into the NCAA tournament, women’s basketball plans to continue playing, as they have all season, moment by moment. Playing “one game at a time” has become a focus of the team this season.

“Especially as the games went on and we realized we were winning more and more that became something we wanted to focus on. You know, who cares about the record? You got to focus on this game and win this game and then focus on the next one,” Staley said. “My goal is just go one game farther and anything after that is just a cherry on top.”

Meanwhile, the men’s season ended with a loss to the Southwestern University Pirates, whom they had defeated twice earlier in the season.

“In this game we seemed to have lost our hunger. The first two times [playing Southwestern] we came out ready to go and played really hard from the tip but in this one we seemed complacent to start the second half,” said junior Matt Jones.

“They just came out and played harder.”

While Trinity began strong, leading the Pirates at the half, the Tigers lost steam in the second half of the game.

“We came out in the second half with low energy and they came out hustling,” said junior Jayden Holden. “They were getting what seemed to be every loose ball and made a run to start the half. We knew that if could weather the storm that we could come back. However, we stopped the run and they

didn’t score for four minutes, but neither did we. We went into a slump and couldn’t break out before it was already too late.”

The Tigers’ main mistake was not valuing the ball, Holden explained, allowing the Pirates to convert easy buckets off of lackadaisical Tiger turnovers.

“We didn’t value the ball. We came out flat and they came out with a lot more energy which swung the momentum. We committed too many turnovers giving them easy buckets on the other end,” Holden said. “Valuing the ball limits the amount of easy layups we give up on the defensive end. Bringing the energy is crucial to stopping another teams run and turning it into your own.”

Trinity men’s basketball had a significantly better season than they did last year, ending the season with a 12-14 record. The men proved that they have strong players with the potential to continue growing, if they can stay focused.

“From this game I learned that we still need to grow and become mentally stronger as a team,” Jones said. “We have a lot of talent and young guys who will hopefully continue to grow and contribute in bigger and better ways down the line.”

The Tigers are now focused on preparing for next year, by working on their team chemistry. “[We plan] to come back even stronger by continuing to improve over the offseason individually and grow as a team.

We are only graduating two seniors so we will have the opportunity to bring back most of our team from this year,” Holden said. “We definitely have the talent, we just have to put it all together this offseason.”

“T.U. men’s basketball has a lot of work to do this offseason,” Jones said. “We have a lot of hard working, determined guys on this team who want us to be the best we can be. I think you will see a lot of us in the weight room and in the gym this offseason trying to get better and to come back ready next year to take back the SCAC.”

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Sophomore EDGAR BAEZ leaps through the air. BAEZ competed in the long jump (5.8 meters) and the triple jump (12.65 m.) this weekend. photo by HENRY PRATT

Track and field performs well at Trinity Open Sophomores Schneebeck and Blake set personal records, several athletes finish at the top of events

BY SHELBY DeVORE

SPORTS REPORTER

The men’s and women’s track and field team hosted their first home meet of the season this past weekend. Both the men and women competed well, taking home some first place finishes and breaking personal records.

“I am really proud of how my team did at our home opener this weekend,” said sophomore Molly McCullough. “It was a successful start to the outdoor season with a number of personal best times and a lot of improvement over last year.

I am especially proud of how the team supported each other.”

Two personal records were broken at the meet. Sophomores Abby Schneebeck and Elliott Blake walked away feeling very proud of their performance and excited to keep working hard. Schneebeck ran the 100 meter hurdle in 15:40 seconds, winning the event. Blake ran the 1500 meter in 4:02.47, also winning first place.

“I was really excited to run my fastest time in the 100 hurdles, because I have been training very hard since August, and was

hoping to start the season off better than I ended it last year,” said Schneebeck. “Also, I am getting much closer to the school record, so that is my next goal.”

The women’s 4x100 meter relay team, which consisted of junior Elizabeth Peters, junior Nkolika Nweke, senior Katie Groke, and junior Britney Sullivan, won their event in a time of 48.91 seconds. Nweke went on and placed third in the 100 meter dash and fourth in the 200 meter dash. Groke placed fifth in the 400 meter dash.

The 5000 meter run was taken over by the tigers, taking seven of the top ten spots in the leaderboard. Junior Melissa Whitman placed first with a time of 19:27.51, McCullough placed second with a time of 19:27.78, and sophomore Samantha Simank placed third with a time of 19:51.24. For the jumpers, first year MaKenna Bentley placed second in high jump with a distance of 1.50 meters while Sullivan and first year Ayriel Coleman placed second and third in triple jump with distances of 11.74 meters and 11.49 meters.

In a time of 11:28.90, McCullough won the 3000 meter steeplechase. The time allowed her to move up to the fourth

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fastest time in Trinity’s history.

On the men’s side, junior Michael Erickson took second in the 1500 meter run with a time of 4:03.27. In the 5000 meter run, five out of the top ten runners were Tigers. Senior Austin Brown took second with a time of 15:27.48 while sophomore Brian Wongchotigul and junior Jacob Hammond came in third and fifth.

Junior Cody Hall took second with a time of 14.84 seconds in the 110 meter hurdles and fourth in long jump. Sophomore Benjamin Matthews took second in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 10:24.60 and junior Matt Love placed third with a distance of 47.83 meters in the discus throw.

“We really showed how much we’re willing to fight to get the job done,” sophomore Elliott Blake. “I know it’s still early in the season and it was a lot of people’s first time doing some of their respective events at the collegiate level, but just the fact that they were able to go out and compete is a fantastic sign for the team as a whole.”

The team will travel to Cuero to compete in the Cuero Gobbler Invite on Saturday Mar. 4.

The art of the walk-up song

BY ELISE HESTER

SPORTS REPORTER

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Walk up songs are short music selections that play as baseball and softball players walk up to the plate or take the mound. There are also players thinking outside of the box, and those who come up with the occasional funny curveball of a song.

In anticipation of baseball’s home opener and the start of softball conference play, I asked Trinity students what their walk up songs would be.

“My House” by Flo Rida “I’d wanna do something funny and obnoxious. I think ‘My House’ by Flo Rida.”

Alyssa Tayrien senior communication and classical studies major

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“Fire Burning” by Sean Kingston “I have issues deciding what my walk up song would be because I feel like it’s really important. I couldn’t come up with anything else besides ‘Fire Burning’ by Sean Kingston because my last name is Schatte and that song says Shawty in it.”

Savannah Schatte sophomore anthropology major “Let It Go” from Frozen “Someone on the Phillies went up to ‘Let It Go,’ so that was pretty cool. I’d do that. I like messing with people.”

Andrew Robb first year environmental studies and communication major

“Bad to the Bone” by George Thorogood and the Destroyers Trinity softball begins their regular season conference play “I would do the ‘Bad to the Bone’ one. Da this weekend with a series of four at Schreiner University. nuh da nuh nuh. Na-nah. That one.”

You can hear all their amazing walk up songs when the action comes back home on Mar. 11 and 12 with double headers Madison Schwarzer against the University of Dallas on both Saturday and Sunday. senior history major

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The effects of the supplement culture

BY HALEY McFADDEN

SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR

It is a situation every student athlete knows all too well. Maybe it’s after a 6 a.m. practice, and you have 20 minutes to clean up before your 8:30 a.m. Or maybe you just finished an afternoon practice and need to get to a meeting. Whatever the case, the need to eat and refuel does not go away just because there is no time, and in these cases, supplements such as protein bars and shakes often end up serving as a meal replacement.

While useful, these foods are not as great as they may appear, and definitely warrant user caution.

Post-workout, the body has a 45 minute period known as the “window of opportunity,” where it is receptive to nutrients. As most athletes know, this is the crucial window that the supplement industry has capitalized on. In the name of convenient and efficient recovery, companies have mass-produced powders, bars and pills that have infiltrated every aspect of the active world. Just go to any gym and count the number of shaker bottles with varyied colors of workout beverages, and you can see the tangible success the industry has had. With pre-workout powders that promise to make your workout amazing with their special, nonNSF certified “explosion blend,” to post-workout BCAA powders and

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whey proteins that swear (without evidence) that you will recover much faster if you drink their chemicals, supplements have disrupted our relationship with food, and turned working out into an expensive, unhealthy gig.

Nowadays, instead of reaching for a sweet potato, peanut butter or fruit, we have begun grabbing some whey protein and chugging down a shake.

Instead of fueling our bodies with whole foods with real nutrition, we grab a FitCrunch Bar that has been puffed up with 35 grams of protein

(which no, will not all be absorbed) and sweetened with sorbitol, sugar, maltitol, sucralose and propylene glycol monoesters. Instead of taking five seconds to grab a handful of almonds and a banana, we grab a Muscle Milk shake, effectively eliminating the need for thought that concerns proper health.

This substitution of whole foods for supplements is problematic in many ways. Firstly and perhaps most obviously (although people still act surprised), supplements are just not healthy. Most are highly processed,

and with many, the athlete is consuming more protein than they need. In those that are stuffed with vitamins and minerals in an attempt to make the health food section, the body does not absorb them as well as it would if they came from real food. Even Quest Bars or “organic” protein powders that are marketed as part of a clean diet only serve to end up distracting the consumer from real foods with real nutrition and cost a lot more.

Furthermore, the vast majority of supplements are not monitored,

meaning that every time you bite in, you have to trust that the ingredients on the label are actually all that’s in there. This is a major issue for any student athlete who wants to maintain eligibility, as these products can have banned substances. While it may seem like something that never happens, and it is easy to ignore, there have been cases of athletes consuming products that they claimed they had believed to be clean. Turns out the substances can taint the user with testosterone boosters, weight-loss drugs, etc.

Unless you are buying some crazy foods, choosing to stick to whole, real foods would completely eliminate this risk.

I am not saying that it is necessary to give up all supplements forever.

Even as I am writing this, I am snacking on the sweet taste of protein blend, erythritol and soluble corn fiber that you can only find in an extremely processed S’mores Quest Bar. Sometimes, it is better to eat poorly than not at all, and also, sometimes things taste good. What I am saying is that we need to get back to choosing whole foods whenever humanly possibly, instead of having suppliments be the go-to snack.

When there is time, opt for the food that does not come in a package, and see how that changes recovery and performance.

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Women’s ultimate brings frisbee to campus Team trying to recover after loss of large senior class, have used this year to focus on learning and fun

BY HALEY McFADDEN

SPORTS REPORTER

Over the past few years, it seems like the sport of ultimate frisbee has gone from being something that people played for fun at the park to a national phenomenon. The sport’s popularity has exploded, and it is even gaining traction in official Olympic circles as a sport that should be included. Trinity is one of the many schools who has responded to this by creating their own club teams that compete against other schools every spring.

Trinity University’s women’s frisbee team calls themselves Altitude, and currently consists of 18 girls who meet up a couple times a week for practice. They compete against other schools such as Texas A&M, Baylor University and the University of Texas. Games are held all over Texas, so the women get to travel to compete without having to be on a varsity sport.

“We are a club sport so we have tournaments against other women’s club teams at other universities. Our tournaments are all over Texas — we’ve had ones in San Marcos, Houston, Dallas and even here in San Antonio. We’ve played against teams from schools such as UT Austin, University of Texas at Dallas, Texas A&M, University of Texas at San Antonio and Baylor among others,” said cutter Abby Dennis.

Each game consists of seven players on the field as cutters,

whose goal is essentially to catch the frisbee at all costs and get it passed to a handler, whose goal is to progress the team up the field. Points are scored by getting the frisbee into the end zones, and plays usually move fairly quickly. One of the defining characteristics of ultimate is what is called the “spirit of the game.” Player are expected to stay friendly and open, and are required to self-officiate, meaning the players can, and do, call fouls on themselves. In this way, the sport manages to stay competitive but fun and chill, which draws a lot of people in.

“Ultimate is a great sport because of the importance of spirit of the game — it means that the people on Trinity’s team and ultimate players in general tend to be friendly, chill and down to earth,” Dennis said. “Since I’ve joined I’ve really loved being on Altitude — I love playing ultimate and my teammates are really awesome people.”

Ultimate also often serves as a way for students who love athletics but do not wish to make the time commitment for a varsity sport to stay active and competitive. Very few students come into college with experience, which is totally fine by the team. The game is fairly simple and quick to pick up, and lots of fun to learn how to play.

“I played softball my freshman year for Trinity, but found it difficult to manage the time commitment. Sophomore

year I did not play softball, but still wanted to be involved in a team, since I had been throughout high school and really enjoy sports. Ultimate is a sport that anyone can pick up pretty quickly and most college players do not have experience prior to college,” said handler Sydney Kuhn. “I saw Caitlyn O’Shei at the involvement fair and she encouraged me to give it a try.

After just a couple practices I felt right at home with the other women on the team, and got the hang of the game quickly.”

The women’s team is looking forward to competing this season, and has already had a couple of tournaments under their belt.

Most recently the women traveled up to Denton to compete in the Big D in Lil d Women’s Tournament, taking three losses and one 9-4 win against Baylor University. While the women want to stay competitive, they are not too focused this season on their win-loss record, and are choosing instead to build a strong team that will build a foundation for years to come.

“This season, we are less concerned about our record and more concerned about retention. Last year we graduated some valuable players, and this year we got many new players.” said cutter Molly Lenihan. “It also means that this season is about learning, growing together as a team and making sure everyone new loves the game just as much as those already involved. As a team we’ve gained experience at tournaments which is exciting”

Men’s tennis places seventh at ITAs in Cleveland Senior Mayer wins SCAC player of the week after going 2-1 in singles, 3-0 in doubles with senior Niess

BY SHELBY DeVORE

SPORTS REPORTER

This past weekend, the men’s tennis team traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, to compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III National Men’s Team Indoor Championship (ITA). The team started off with two tough losses against Emory University and Case Western Reserve University, but later defeated Kenyon College to place seventh in the tournament.

The No. 14 team had a rough start, but as the tournament progressed they found their rhythm. The team played well in their double matches, winning six out of nine, but could not carry it over to the singles. One of the strengths of this team is the ability to work together on the court.

“Although we didn’t perform to our potential, we have some things to look at positively,” said first year Jordan Pitts. “Our doubles was solid, and we blended well as a team. We have talent, but are working on putting it on the court.”

Playing against the No. 2 team Emory, the Tigers suffered a 7-2 loss. During each round, they competed in three doubles matches and six singles matches. Against Emory, Trinity won two of the three doubles matches, but lost every singles match.

Competing in the No. 1 slot, sophomore Wilson Lambeth and junior Matt Tyer won their doubles match 8-4. Seniors Chas Mayer and Clayton Niess won the No. 3 line 8-4 as well.

In the semifinals, the Tigers were defeated by Case Western Reserve 5-4. Lambeth and Tyer won the No. 1 line 7-1. Mayer and Niess won their doubles match 8-3, giving the team a 2-1 lead going into singles. Mayer won his singles match 6-3, 6-1 and Pitts won his match 6-2, 6-4 but the other three members were defeated.

“We’re all in shape, we just need to play as a team and get hyped for doubles and singles,” Lambeth said.

On Sunday afternoon, the team won their third round of the tournament against Kenyon. Mayer and Niess won their third doubles match 8-3 while Pitts and sophomore Liam Crawley took their first doubles victory of 8-5 in the tournament. In the

singles matches, No. 2 Mayer defeated his opponent 6-4, 6-1.

Pitts took home the No. 3 line victory 7-2, 2-6, 6-3. First year Mckenna Fujitani won his matches 6-4, 6-0 and sophomore Tilden Oliver took home the victory 7-5, 6-0.

“Going forward I am absolutely convinced we have the potential to be a top team in the country,” Crawley said. “This tournament has given us the motivation we needed in order to step up and prove the potential I know each of us possess.”

Mayer was selected SCAC men’s tennis player of the week for his outstanding performance in both his doubles and singles matches. He won all three doubles matches, and finished 2-1 in singles.

The Tigers are planning on continuing to work hard and take what they learned at this tournament to practice. Their next tournament will be in Orlando on Mar. 12 to 15 and they will play their first round against Kenyon. They will play at home on Sunday, Mar. 26, against Gustavus Adolphus College and Linfield College.

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