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Award-winning journalist discusses the current political moment with the Trinity community JOLIE FRANCIS | NEWS REPORTER jfranci1@trinity.edu As a part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR), addressed around 1,000 members of the Trinity community Thursday, Oct. 18, discussing the Supreme Court and the importance of journalism. Danny Anderson, president of the university, moderated the question-andanswer format of the lecture, asking Totenberg questions submitted from the audience.

Totenberg’s coverage of legal affairs and the Supreme Court air regularly on various NPR news programs. Due to confirmation hearings, she is only making two lecture appearances this fall.

Totenberg addressed the changing media landscape during her lecture. At the beginning of her career, there were only a handful of news organizations, all of which were required to present contrasting viewpoints on controversial issues under the Fairness Doctrine. The Fairness Doctrine was eliminated from federal policy in 1987.

NINA TOTENBERG, left, long-time legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio, addressed the Trinity community on Thursday, Oct. 18. Her lecture was in a question-and-answer format and moderated by DANNY ANDERSON, right, president of the university. photo by ELIZABETH NELSON

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City Vista receives Coalition for Respect student input recycling resources acquires Group reevaluates approach to sexual assault discussion

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SGA spearheads plan to increase recycling rates KAYLIE KING | NEWS REPORTER kking1@trinity.edu The Student Government Association’s Sustainability Committee, in partnership with the Office of Sustainability, introduced free clear plastic bags for recyclables and a plastic grocery bag recycling bin to City Vista on Oct. 24.

Julia Shults, senior senator and chair of the Sustainability Committee, explained the reasoning behind adding these more convenient recycling options at City Vista.

“It was suggested to me last semester, actually, to have a plastic bag pickup at City Vista,” Shults said. “I lived there last year, and in our apartment, we always had huge build ups of plastic bags, they were filling entire closets sometimes. And people don’t always remember to bring the bags with them to recycle them at

stores, and some people don’t even know that that’s a resource that they have.”

The free clear plastic bags that will be provided in City Vista’s front office are meant to assist students with their single stream recycling.

“In City Vista, we have single stream recycling, which means you can put all of your recycling in one bag and put it out in front of your door,” Shults said. “The only challenge that some students have is that you have to use a separate type of bag. You have to buy a clear or blue bag for your recycling. Sometimes it can be hard to find those, some students don’t want to pay for two sets of bags, some just forget every time they go to the store to buy new ones.” continued on PAGE 4

Members of the Trinity community gathered on Oct. 10 in a preliminary meeting to discuss the future of the Coalition for Respect. The meeting was scheduled to determine student interest in the group as well as to brainstorm ideas promoting education on sexual assault.

The preliminary meeting followed the Coalition for Respect’s recent hiatus due to low student attendance. About 50 attendees discussed various issues surrounding the coalition, including New Student Orientation programming, campus climate and the future structure of the Coalition.

David Tuttle, dean of students and chairman of the Coalition, went to student groups such as the Greek Council, Student Government Association (SGA), the athletic advisory council, residential assistance, and student conduct board, gathering about 40 student names to invite to the preliminary meeting.

Tuttle discussed the purpose of holding the unofficial meeting before bringing the Coalition of Respect back from its hiatus.

“Instead of saying to them come to this meeting Friday afternoon, I felt like we needed to do some advanced work to really kind of go back to the drawing board on what the coalition is and does, and we really needed the student voice in that,” Tuttle said.

For senior Hannah Braley, this was her first Coalition meeting. Braley attended the meeting because she feared student input might

be discontinued from the Coalition without a large showing of student interest.

“I heard about it because there was talk of it being dissolved. It was because people weren’t showing up to the meetings for whatever reason, so a couple of my friends, and I pushed to get a lot of people who are passionate about sexual assault as a topic to come to the meeting,” Braley said.

At the meeting, Braley was especially concerned with sexual assault programming on campus.

“I feel like our programming right now isn’t really getting the job done. It’s also geared toward freshmen, which makes sense because that is a very vulnerable time, but I think we also need to have programming that goes throughout all of the college years,” Braley said.

Additionally, Braley and other students were concerned with how student programming during NSO was received by first-years and suggested alternatives.

“I did body project when I was in Greek life I did that during orientation. I think it’d be really cool if we got small groups that were led by peers that were trained in these kinds of areas and got to ask questions. If it’s in a smaller group and it’s with people you’re a little more comfortable with then it’s harder to not take it seriously,“ Braley said.

Cecelia Turkewitz, sophomore SGA chiefof-staff, attended the Coalition meeting as a representative of SGA. Turkewitz said that the first portion of the meeting was spent discussing how students wanted the structure of the Coalition to be moving forward.

Students discussed whether they wanted to reorganize the Coalition to include student leaders or to restructure the Coalition as a student organization. continued on PAGE 4

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Previously, on SGA: Mr. President The following covers the SGA meeting on Oct. 24. Chapman Hall and Halsell Center, and that about half of the $75 million renovation had CAREER SERVICES PRESENTATION been fundraised.

Twyla Hough, director of Career Services, Anderson also described the format and gave a presentation to members of SGA on role of the Board of Trustees, which consists how to articulate their experiences in SGA of various committees that cover different in resumes and job interviews. Hough led areas of Trinity’s function. This includes how SGA members in activities to brainstorm to invest Trinity’s $1.2 billion endowment how to apply SGA activities to qualities that which is currently focused in real estate interviewers are looking for, such as effective rather than the stock market. communication, engaged citizenship and digital literacy.

OFFICER REPORTS Senior Amulya Deva, president of SGA, VICE PRESIDENT SERIES asked if continuing to plan a community Danny Anderson, president of the forum concerning Pathways was the best university, was invited as the second course of action. Senators suggested instead installment of a series of visits from the that they hold a combination of a panel and heads of various departments. Anderson a workshop so that students could address elaborated on his job as president and their specific Pathways needs. Deva decided answered questions from members of SGA. that beginning with an info session and then Anderson disclosed that an architect has breaking out into workshop groups would be been hired to design the renovations to the best idea.

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Tigers for Life increases campus presence Club promotes pro-life message through tabling NAOMI SCHEER | NEWS INTERN nscheer@trinity.edu Tigers for Life (TFL), a pro-life student organization, has ramped up its efforts to engage in discussion and education about pro-life issues this year, primarily through tabling in Coates Student Center (CSC) and through inviting speakers to campus.

First-year Diane Fournier, director of outreach and public relations for TFL, explained that tabling is a good way to start a dialogue with people who may not typically come to a meeting.

“We are trying to get more people involved, so we’re tabling more often, trying to get more people to talk to us,” Fournier said.

Sophomore Hannah Williams, vice president of TFL, suggested that tabling is also a good strategy for the club to recruit new members.

“This year, tabling has really helped our club in terms of communicating on life issues with new students or students on campus and students

who were here last year that maybe didn’t get involved,” Williams said.

Saving lives and supporting mothers in need is the group’s main focus, according to senior Luke Ayers, the founder and president of TFL. “Our goal is to save lives: lives of unborn children, lives of people who are vulnerable for medical reasons and also to support women who are facing unexpected pregnancies,” Ayers said.

TFL is now able to be more active than in its previous years because it has had time to grow and gain momentum, according to Ayers.

“It’s part of the natural growth of any club; this is the beginning of the fourth year, so three full years that the club has been around. We’re just able to do a lot more because we have more people that are really dedicated to having a larger presence on campus and having more discussion with other students,” Ayers said.

Officers have also made an effort to welcome guest speakers to educate members about the facts of pro-life issues.

“We’ve tried to bring in more guest speakers this year because I think that encourages involvement from students to be able to hear more and more information from sources

Students stop in Coates Student Center to discuss issues surrounding abortion with members of Tigers for Life, Trinity’s pro-life student organization. Tigers for Life has started tabling regularly this year. photo by GENEVIEVE HUMPHREYS

other than what they would normally get on campus,” Williams said.

Even when there are no guest speakers, education and discussion are a priority at the group meetings.

“We try to have discussions so that when people who are pro-choice come they’re able to not just be lectured, but have the opportunity

to share what they think and have organic space to discuss what people think,” Ayers said.

People of all different opinions are welcome to come to the meetings, but members of the group understand why pro-choice people may not feel welcome, so they use tabling as a way to exchange ideas.

“I understand why [pro-choice] people wouldn’t want to come to meetings, but that’s the purpose of our tabling discussions,” Fournier said.

Students interested in joining Tigers for Life can email the organization at trinityprolife@gmail.com or attend a meeting held every Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Tehuacana Room.

Nina Totenberg gives lecture on journalism, Supreme Court continued from FRONT

“We live in the era of the wild [west] of cable news and the internet when people can say anything about anyone and facts often matter not one bit. You can make them up and it sounds plausible,” Totenberg said. “This is an entirely different environment we’re living where people are free to make their own reality.”

One example Totenberg provided about the role of the media in the past was in regards to the Vietnam War. According to Totenberg, television and print presses seemed to all come to the conclusion that the Vietnam War was unjustified.

Eventually, the entire country seemed to join together and turn against the war.

“There was a sense of nationalness that I think we really don’t have today, because of our tribalism,” Totenberg said. “If everybody watches what they only agree with, reads editorial pages they only agree with, goes on websites they only agree with, defriends people they disagree with and can’t have a civil conversation, you have a very tribal country and that’s where we are.

I don’t think we’ve been this tribal since the Civil War.” Totenberg also addressed the role of the Supreme Court. According to Totenberg, the Supreme Court justices should not make their legal views partisan because that diminishes public trust in the court.

“What this country is based on is the notion of ordered liberty.

You can’t have that without a court

system that is generally trusted,” Totenberg said. “That even though you disagree and that you’re mad about a particular loss, you still think that the country can function.”

Junior Ben Brody, a political science major and president of the mock trial club, introduced Totenberg at the student meeting.

The student meeting gave students the opportunity to listen to Totenberg and ask her questions in a small setting before her lecture.

“As someone interested in the courts, I have a lot to learn from her,” Brody said. “My biggest takeaway actually came from the student session. Namely, that the Supreme Court’s legitimacy is in such a precarious position right now that the justices themselves are afraid to publicly disagree too

strongly with one another. I was well aware of the Court’s legitimacy crisis, but I had no idea that it was directly impacting the behavior of the Justices so dramatically.”

In the press conference held prior to her lecture, Totenberg emphasized the importance of delivering news as straightforward as possible.

“It’s dangerous for us as a country, it’s dangerous for us as a democracy and it’s dangerous for all of our political and judicial institutions to be so divided,” Totenberg said.

“Because a democracy is based on some notion of trust. [Trust in the media] seems to be eroding and I think that’s very dangerous. I hope [students at the lecture] take away the notion that journalism is a serious business. What’s really important is that people get straight

information so that they can make their own judgments.”

Sophomore Cecelia Turkewitz, SGA chief-of-staff and student ambassador, attended Totenberg’s lecture to hear her opinions on the recent Supreme Court hearing and journalism.

“I think everything about journalism is so important in today’s political climate. It’s the only check to the government when there’s one party in power,” Turkewitz said.

“Journalism allows people to have a voice — even if there seems to be too many voices and some of them are toxic. It is so important in terms of representation, letting people who have been marginalized for so long be heard and creating motivation to engage in politics. It speaks truth to power.”

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Recycling initiatives

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Both the clear plastic bags and the plastic grocery bag recycling bin are funded by the Office of Sustainability. “I’m providing a bin for them to collect the bags, and Facility Services and my office have partnered to provide clear bags, so people can participate in the recycling program because I’ve heard that that was an obstacle to some students. They were having difficulties finding clear bags,� said Sharon Curry, sustainability coordinator. “SGA has worked out all the logistics as far as how they’re going to be distributed and all of that with City Vista staff. I’ve just provided materials, and they’re providing logistics.�

The plastic grocery bag recycling will be able to operate with the help of regular volunteers. “We’re currently trying to figure out something with Greek life. I’m in the process of reaching out to APO, as well as SGA of course, and TUVAC, Eco Allies, different volunteer organizations,� Shults said. “We’re going to start offering one hour of volunteer

service once a week for someone to go there, get the bags, sort through them and then take them to the store. Most organizations that we’ve heard back from have already been open to it and are willing to give their members volunteer hours for it.�

Kristin Trobaugh, junior, lives in City Vista currently and is excited that these recycling initiatives are now available at City Vista. “Not many people recycle,� Trobaugh said. “You get one trash can, and there’s no recycling bin. They provide recycling bins on campus but not off campus. It’s just kind of weird to work with it. I think we’re going to have to go get another bin to have for the recycling bag, but as long as I don’t have to buy the bags I think that’s enough for me to actually go buy a bin. I’m hoping most people are like me and are like, ‘Okay, I’ll do it.’ I always recycled when I was on campus, so it just makes it easier.�

City Vista residents can pick up five free clear plastic bags at a time from the front office. Plastic bags can be recycled in the bin in front of the mail center elevator.

Coalition for Respect continued from FRONT

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“The structure of that whether we want student ambassadors or if we want a president or how we want the organization to actually be run. I think that a student organization can only do so much I think we definitely need some sort of faculty member.

That might not necessarily be [Tuttle].

We need someone that’s in our corner, but we also need someone that the school won’t prosecute for being in our corner,�

Turkewitz said.

As of now, the Coalition will remain as a faculty-led entity with student input. Tuttle sent out an email to some students who attended, hoping to collaborate and create a sustainable structure for the Coalition. “I did my summary of what I heard from the meeting, and then sent that to some students who came forward saying they wanted to have some leadership and involvement in moving this forward. So now they’re gonna kind of take what was discussed, take my notes, and take their own opinions on how to structure and get student interest and move this forward,�

Tuttle said.

Sheryl Tynes, vice president for Student Life, hopes to foster an ally atmosphere on campus where all students feel included in the conversation about sexual assault. “We’ve talked a lot about women’s issues and sexual assault and dating violence, and

we talk almost nothing about how we can work with young men to address these things without making them feel defensive. They’re not always the perpetrator sometimes they’re the survivors, and they have to be welcomed to the table because we need their perspective on things, right? We need to understand and we need to know they’re our allies,� Tynes said.

Tynes is also hopeful that faculty and student conversations will lead to more impact on the campus culture surrounding sexual assault. “We’re trying to figure out the best mechanisms and facilitate honest conversations and deep thinking. I think that’s the hope,� Tynes said.

Simone Washington, junior and second-year Coalition member, is excited to see the group grow and believes the group has the potential to influence campus culture on sexual assault. “I think letting students have reign over what happens on this campus in regards to sexual assault is a really powerful thing. The ability to shape policy around something as impactful as being sexually assaulted is incredible,� Washington said. “I think given the sheer amount of students present at the meeting. I think there is real potential for this group to be something substantial.

It’s less impactful now than it should be.

The fact that it was on the verge of being dissolved I think is unacceptable.�

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Reader, beware ... it’s spooky out there This week at the Trinitonian, we’re celebrating Halloween. Reactions seem polarized — everyone is either really excited or couldn’t care less. Whether you love Halloween or hate it, try to take a step back and consider it from the other perspective.

This is our excuse to dress up completely differently from our normal selves.

Several of your peers may not have grown up celebrating Halloween. Last year, we wrote an article where we interviewed students who either no longer celebrated Halloween or didn’t discover what it was

until they came to Trinity. Some come from backgrounds where Halloween is discouraged or is not practiced, while others don’t find time for it anymore in the busy rush of midterms.

While some of us can’t imagine our childhoods without wearing the annual extremely elaborate costume sewn by our moms and choose to dress up in that tradition, others may choose to catch up on Halloween movies now that they’re in college.

Why do people love Halloween so much? We think it’s because we’re embracing our last chance to be kids again. We’re in this weird, in-between stage of not really being adults and trying to cling to the fading idea of being young and free. This is our excuse to dress up like something completely different from our normal selves, to watch scary movies all day and to eat candy whenever we want.

We should embrace it. In our Halloween special section, you’ll find tips for last minute do-it-yourself costumes and what not to wear so that you aren’t problematic at parties. Read opinions on the best and worst horror movies from your peers.

At Trinity, you can find several ways to celebrate this fall festivity if you so choose.

The Trinity Review puts on an annual scary story reading contest. Student Ambassadors put on the Great First-Year Pumpkin Party. You can watch students perform the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

And of course, there’s the infamous Haunted Hall that the Swashbucklers put on each year.

There’s no shortage of things to do to celebrate the season.

And last of all, be safe out there, Tigers.

We’re all hoping the scary clown epidemic from 2016 doesn’t make a comeback. But seriously, stay spooky, but not too spooky.

Demanding positive lesbian representation illustration by JULIA POAGE

ALEXANDRA PARRIS GRAPHIC DESIGNER aparris@trinity.edu

There are not nearly enough positive representations of queer women in media today. As a lesbian, I feel like I am entirely justified in my anger towards this lack. It is unfair, not being able to see myself reflected in the stories I consume. Instead, I am repeatedly reminded that girls who like other girls aren’t allowed a happy ending. More often than not, this ends in the death of one or both of the woman involved. This is definitely not a new phenomenon.

The Bury Your Gays trope is extremely well documented, along with Hide Your Lesbians, Bait-and-Switch Lesbians and Psycho Lesbians. Throw a stone and you’re likely to hit a television series that killed off a queer female character — a detailed list of all dead lesbian and bisexual characters that have ever existed in the realm of television is frequently updated, and the number is currently at 201. Quite frankly, we’re swimming in dead lesbians, and I’m tired of it.

Instead of drowning in my own rage and exhaustion, however, I have made it my personal mission to discover and enjoy as many stories featuring happy, living, breathing queer women as I can. At the end of the day, it seems pointless to just stew in agitation. Might as well take a step forward and find my own happiness wherever I can, right? So rather than just yell into the void about dead lesbians, here are some of my favorite movies and TV shows featuring some live ones.

“Carmilla:” Based on one of the earliest works of vampire fiction by Joseph Sheridan Le Fenu, this web series features some fantastic representation of powerful, queer women.

The series follows Laura Hollis, a first-year at the mysterious Silas University. When her roommate disappears, Laura begins

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searching for answers, but the arrival of her new roommate, Carmilla Karnstein, throws a wrench in the works. By the end of the first season, you’ll go from bawling your eyes out to jumping for joy in the span of three episodes.

I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys comedy, weird paranormal stories and adorable true love.

“But I’m a Cheerleader:” This satirical romcom from the late 1990s is the perfect cure to a bad day. Natasha Lyonne (yes, the one from “Orange is the New Black”!) stars as Megan, a cheerleader who is sent to a conversion therapy camp to “cure” her lesbianism. Megan, who hadn’t even realized she was gay until she arrives at True Directions, ends up figuring out a lot about herself with the help of fellow camper Graham. Don’t let the setting of this movie put you off; this campy comedy features RuPaul playing an “ex-gay,” a huge amount of visual gags and a heartwarming romance to top it all off.

“Steven Universe:” If you haven’t heard of this Cartoon Network award-winning show, I’m glad I can be the one to tell you about it!

“Steven Universe” is a heartwarming coming of age story following the titular Steven and his magical, humanoid-alien-mother figures the Crystal Gems. The plot of the show is a bit more complex than I can describe here, but it is more than worth it to binge through

all five seasons right now. The show made a big impact this summer when two characters, Ruby and Sapphire, became the first samesex couple to get engaged and married in an animated children’s show. The two gems are an explicitly lesbian couple who come together to form Garnet, a literal embodiment of their love and devotion to one another. While this is a show aimed at younger audiences, I can’t think of many people who wouldn’t enjoy its warmth, wit and whimsy.

I could easily go on and on about movies and TV shows featuring lesbian characters who actually get a happy ending, but I doubt anyone would want to listen to me ramble for that long. As the times continue to roll forward, more and more positive representations of queer female characters are appearing in media, and I could not be more excited about that. For so long, I thought that girls who liked other girls only ever wound up alone, hurt, demonized or dead, which is really quite damaging to a young queer woman.

But I keep my chin up and keep searching for the stories that don’t end like all the others; that gives me the drive to keep being an actual, real-life, live lesbian. Who knows — maybe I’ll be making those stories one day?

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GreenGoolia on why recycling is garbage JULIA WEIS GUEST COLUMNIST jweis@trinity.edu The only truly scary thing this Halloween is the fact that we’re facing a climate crisis that’s going to destroy the world in our lifetime.

Instead of being spooked, we can try to make a difference as opposed to sitting back and letting it happen.

Recycling is often praised as one of the best ways to help the environment. In the third series of GreenGoolia, I’d like to challenge that belief and tell you why I think recycling is flawed.

I recently sat down with my good friend and colleague from Outdoor Recreation, Maddy Walshak. Maddy is a junior environmental studies and economics double major, who like myself, is passionate about helping out Mother Earth. Last year, Maddy did extensive research on the impact that recycling has on the planet.

She found some surprising information that led her to change her beliefs on recycling and waste production.

“The main problem that I have with [recycling] is the psychological barriers that it puts in people’s brains. Well-informed people grow up being taught not to question the actual inner workings that go on behind it. It perpetuates this big ‘throw-away’ culture,” Maddy told me.

That made sense to me. If we’re tricking ourselves into thinking that recycling is all we need to do in order to help the planet, we’re seriously misguided. But recycling is good, right? Isn’t it better than throwing stuff away?

“It’s not as efficient as we would like to think,” Maddy said.

“[Recycling] is not as efficient as we would like to think.”

MADDY WALSHAK JUNIOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND ECONOMICS DOUBLE MAJOR

In the past, the US has shipped over a third of their recycled products to China, which ends up being about 20 million tons, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In January 2018, China declared that they will stop accepting foreign imports of plastic and paper that are more than 0.5 percent “impure,”

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Recycling bins are stationed in every building on Trinity University’s campus. Recycling, while marketed as a successful strategy to reduce harm to the environment, has many flaws that reduce the positive impact. Many recycled products are actually thrown away. photo by HENRY PRATT

or contaminated with food or otherwise nonrecyclable material. This means that tons and tons of plastic we’ve previously been shipping abroad are now going straight to a landfill, or worse, into the ocean. So while you may think you’re helping out the earth by recycling your plastic water bottle, you might be doing more harm than good.

Even further than that, the process of recycling is flawed. Growing research points to the fact that the energy, resources and labor required to recycle materials like plastic and paper are almost double the amount it takes to let them break down in a landfill. Maddy cites chemists like Megan Robertson and Jeannette Garcia, who have studied how recycling plastics results in low-quality materials.

“When you [recycle plastic], you’re not actually recycling a product, you’re ‘downcycling’ it, because you’re creating something with worse

resources and chemicals and creating something flimsier and weaker. You’re adding pollutants to the environment in the process of creating it and it takes longer to decompose in the long run.”

Maddy told me that one way you can tell whether or not something is recyclable is by how sturdy it is. The sturdier it is, the better it is to recycle. Think glass and aluminum. Glass is the more environmentally friendly option because it doesn’t require as much energy to recycle as plastic and it doesn’t contain any chemical additives, unlike plastic. Aluminum is another material that can be recycled without the quality of the material diminishing, according to many waste management and recycling sites.

Now what can we do as Trinity students, who may not have the time or effort to be recycling experts? The best you can do is be conscious of the choices you make in your day-to-day life.

Reusable lunch containers and coffee mugs

and water bottles are always better options than throwing things away or recycling them. Recycle glass and metal when you can and avoid plastic when you can.

If you’re really passionate about saving the earth, Maddy recommends getting involved in local politics to try to make legislative change.

SA Climate Ready, a local environmental nonprofit, is hosting an Open House this upcoming Monday, Oct. 29 at the John Igo Branch Library, where the public is welcome to share their thoughts on San Antonio’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. There are several local nonprofits that are actively involved in upholding the Paris Climate Accord.

Remember, eco-lovers, the earth isn’t going to heal itself. We have to decide if we are going to be the generation that saves our planet.

Julia Weis is a senior communication major.

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In defense of TFL: Cookies don’t compare to communism MADDIE D’IORIO OPINION COLUMNIST mdiorio@trinity.edu In this column, I hope to clear up some of the misconceptions around Tigers for Liberty’s (TFL) tabling last week on the subject of Mao’s founding of the People’s Republic of China.

I’ve heard that some people were offended at us handing out fortune cookies in order to raise awareness about the horrors of Mao’s China.

However, I would respond to this simply — is it not more upsetting to remember the fact that 60 million people died at the hands of this leader?

The purpose of our table was to bring light to the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and get people thinking about a humanitarian crisis which is often swept under the rug when discussing the evils of the mid-20th century. This is an issue which hits close to home for TFL: one of our officers was born in China and is a survivor of the One Child Policy, born as a second child but later adopted by an American family, escaping this oppressive government law and instead living a free life in the United States.

Another one of our members lived in Taiwan and mainland China for many years and is passionate about Chinese culture and politics.

So, trust us, we understand the gravity of the subject. We chose to use the fortune cookies as a way of getting people’s attention, engaging them by getting them up close and personal with these shocking facts. Saying that Maoism hurt millions of people is not us feeding into the “Red Scare” — but is merely stating objective fact.

To those who were offended by the manner in which we created this display — claiming racism is a strong move that should be considered carefully. How, may I ask, is it considered racist to educate people about an ideology and a man who committed atrocious crimes against humanity? If Mao was white, black or any other race, we would’ve done the same exact thing.

We’re willing to also table on the atrocities of Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini, and I suspect we will. If you’re interested in helping us out, we’d love for you to join us.

If your issue is with the drawing on the poster: the depiction of Mao was largely copied from propaganda posters he himself commissioned, so I fail to see how this can be considered a caricature. If your issue is with the fact that we used fortune cookies, which are not authentically

Chinese, then I would ask you to take a step back and think about why this offends you.

We realize fortune cookies are originally from the United States; however, they have come to represent Chinese culture, and they worked well in getting our message across. Countless Chinese restaurants across the nation owned by ChineseAmerican families also use fortune cookies … are they considered racist for doing so?

And again, please keep in mind: what is more offensive? Using fortune cookies to educate the public about a dark period in history, or the fact that one man was responsible for the deaths of 60 million of his own people?

The part that is most troubling to me about this entire tabling issue is that instead of airing their grievances with us directly, people have instead taken to emailing David Tuttle and Jamie Thompson. Instead of having an actual discussion with us, at the table, people have instead chose to petition Student Government Association to “take action,” to tweet complaints to their circle of friends and to expect the Trinity higher-ups to give us a talking-to.

This is not how adults handle problems. If you have a problem with this table, or any other TFL event, please email me or Isaiah Mitchell (chairman of TFL, imitchel@trinity.edu).

Emailing Tuttle about small issues like this is not only a waste of his time, but also a great way to slow down any change you actually want to see. Isaiah and I will listen and respond to any concerns you have, and I can guarantee you that we’ll give you a better and quicker answer than a third party such as Tuttle.

Furthermore, I think that some often forget that members of TFL are students in this community, too. We study in the library, eat in Mabee and go to class. If you want to talk about something regarding our organization, do the mature thing and talk to us directly. We exist in the same space that you do, believe it or not, and will not at all object to having a mature and intellectual discussion about these issues.

The purpose of our table was to get people thinking about these atrocities that society often forgets, and I believe that was achieved.

If you would like to discuss this with me further, please do not hesitate to email me.

Or, handle things the old-fashioned way: come up to me, introduce yourself and start a conversation.

Maddie D’Iorio is a sophomore economics major. She is the vice president of TFL.

In response to TFL: Reassess your approach to discussion NOELLE BARRERA GUEST COLUMNIST nbarrera@trinity.edu

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Last Tuesday, Tigers For Liberty (TFL) set up a table to educate students about the atrocities committed in Maoist China. Students gave out fortune cookies with ominous fortunes, such as “You will cause innocent families to starve,” which was controversial. I respect and support TFL’s right to free speech and assume the best intentions for what they intended with the event. In no way do I mean to dismiss the real suffering that millions of Chinese people have faced as a direct result of Mao’s policies.

Nevertheless, as Olivia Roybal and Ian Dill eloquently stated in last week’s guest column, “There are just too many meaningful distinctions between Marxist, Leninist, Maoist and capitalist thought for the simplistic view offered by ‘commie cookies’ and Red Scare propaganda to be satisfying for Trinity students.” However, I want to move beyond this event to talk about “great man theory” and why we should discuss socialism’s legacy in a more nuanced way.

The “great man theory” of history is, according to Wikipedia, “a 19th-century idea according to which history can be largely explained by the impact of great men, or heroes; highly influential individuals who ... used their power in a way that had a decisive historical impact.” This theory still plays an important role in the U.S. educational system — up until high school, our historical education largely involves memorizing names of important historical figures like Marco Polo, Alexander the Great and Thomas Jefferson. The flaw in this theory is that it doesn’t account for ideologies and social movements that help us understand history. When TFL emphasized how Mao “single-handedly starved and impoverished his people,” students were left with little knowledge of the ideology that Mao espoused that lead to these events, and understanding ideologies is critical to understanding history.

As Roybal and Dill pointed out, Maoism arose to counter a complex legacy of colonialism and imperialism, and it failed because of similarly complex reasons. In the case of communist China, Mao’s utopian vision of production output under communism didn’t match with reality, and this intersected with environmental

issues to cause a widespread famine. In addition, Mao and the state vacillated between authoritarian (“state capitalism”) and anarchist tendencies, so institutions and strict rules were instated just to be torn down, which was destructive and lead to capitalist reinstatement when Mao died.

If we’re going to be talking about China’s legacy, this is the kind of educational content that Trinity students deserve: analysis that goes beyond “great man theory” and explains why this ideology failed and was harmful.

People often discuss U.S. history complexly, but we don’t give that complexity to other countries’ histories. Despite my disagreements with the presentation, I agree with TFL that we should be having political discussions about socialism. The guest column asked, “Who on campus is advocating Maoism? Has the secret Tiger Communist Party returned? Is there a resurgent global Maoist Movement that we have all been missing this whole time?” While Maoism is not coming back in its historical form (a very good thing), I think this question underestimates the numbers of U.S. citizens — particularly millennials — who are dissatisfied with capitalism.

Income disparities continue to grow in the U.S. each year, and numerous studies show how socioeconomic status is a primary determinant for physical and psychological health outcomes. If you’re invested in improving our mental health or in any social justice issues that intersect with classism, then this trend should concern you.

Corporations peddling fossil fuels have created climate change that may cause humanitarian crises and state collapse within our lifetimes. Scientists say we need to curb climate change within 12 years to avoid devastating effects. Without a major change in the way our society is structured — or at least firm checks on what corporations can legally do — that won’t happen.

These problems and our current system’s seeming inability to solve them have lead to more young people identifying as democratic socialists. Not everyone agrees that this is the solution for our problems, which is valid and should be explored! We need debate, and in this tumultuous time, people from all sides should be discussing history in multifaceted forms in order to chart our future paths.

Noelle Barrera is a sophomore English and anthropology double major.

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Pulse

Game of phones: Ringing in donations

Phonathon callers seek donation money from alumni and parents of students for the Trinity Fund MATHILDE LE TACON | PULSE REPORTER mletacon@trinity.edu Have you, family members or alumni friends ever picked up the phone to be greeted by a voice on the other end of the line asking for Trinity donations? That was a Phonathon caller — a student worker in one of Trinity's most important outreach programs that raises money for the university.

Jim Stryker, associate director of Annual Giving Outreach and Engagement, explained the brief history of how Phonathon came to be and settled onto campus.

"It started in 1985 as a two-week volunteer effort. All types of groups would volunteer for nights during the two-week period — I think they used Waxahachie for a lot of it.

And so they'd come in, and there'd be prizes for the top five callers. That was for the first 20 years, from '85 to 2005, [and that's] when it became a two-semester calling program paying students," Stryker said.

Syne Barr, senior and supervisor for Phonathon, said that supervisors arrive 30 minutes before to go over talking points, updates to the calling system and program statistics. The callers then arrive at 6 p.m. to start their shifts, which go until 9 p.m. They do not work Saturdays or Sundays.

Victoria Brown, junior and supervisor, outlined the job's details.

"A typical shift has us heading up to the second floor of Mabee, taking our seats and going over a few talking points presented by

the supervisors," Brown said. "After that, we dial."

"The rest of the shift, supervisors walk around monitoring calls and answering questions," Barr said. "Our main job is to keep people motivated and maintain a good atmosphere in the room."

Brown said that shifts can look different every day — some days workers may have great conversations with alumni, and on other days, workers will get answering machine after answering machine. Either way, callers have to keep good energy and attitude to make sure that the conversations leave both people feeling satisfied.

"More than just soliciting funds, it is about [the callers] having really good conversations with alums and connecting them back to Trinity. Students have the best idea of what's happening on campus and are able to talk and share experiences with alum," Stryker said.

"We encourage them to get gifts, but we would much rather them have good conversations and good experiences."

According to Stryker, a majority of the money raised by Phonathon feeds into the Trinity Fund be put to immediate use towards the university. The money also goes toward scholarships — an integral part of students' paths at Trinity — or another cause based on what the person being called wants to donate to.

"About 90 percent of the dollars given to Phonathon go to the Trinity Fund, one of our big scholarship pools, and about 10 percent of people say, 'Oh, I want it to go to football,' or

Sophomore ANA ANZILOTTI, Phonathon caller, talking to alumni and parents of students during a shift to make requests for donations that would go into the Trinity Fund. photo by ELIZABETH NELSON

'chemistry,' and they can decide where they want to give," Stryker said.

As far as how much money Trinity University manages to raise through Phonathon, the amount is significant. Stryker said that the average is about $250,000 to $300,000 every year.

"Every year we have a goal to raise; last year, it was over $200,000, which we did end up reaching and passing," Brown said. "This year, it’s still in that $200,000-plus ballpark and we hope to exceed that again!"

Ultimately, both Brown and Barr reinforced the idea that connections with the alumni are a priority for anyone interested in working

for Phonathon and connecting to the Trinity community — not only in San Antonio but all over the nation. "[As a caller], my favorite part was getting to connect with people that have previously been in the same shoes as me," Barr said. "As a supervisor, I enjoy hearing the callers connect with alumni and turn to me for advice."

"Not only [do] alumni hear about the current Trinity experience first-hand, but [Phonathon] allows students to learn from alumni," Brown said. "Our callers are able to receive advice from alumni of all types of backgrounds and hear about the many ways in which a Trinity degree can be used."

Trinity departments host dialogue on sexual assault

Sociology and anthropology faculty discuss consent, sexuality and power with students NOELLE BARRERA | PULSE REPORTER nbarrera@trinity.edu The topic of sexual assault and harassment has been prevalent in the news cycle for the past year, and with it come questions: who do we want to be as a country and a society? What expectations should we have for relating to each other, from both a gendered perspective and a general human perspective? Trinity’s Sociology and Anthropology Departments hosted a community-led dialogue on sexual assault with the intentions of discussing these ideas with students and perhaps obtaining some answers.

On Thursday, Oct. 12, a diverse array of students and faculty entered Storch 112 to talk about sexuality, consent and power on college campuses from an anthropological and sociological standpoint. The initial request for this event came from Chiara Pride, a junior anthropology major who felt dissatisfied by the national conversation surrounding the Kavanaugh hearings.

“I was noticing that a lot of talk was about whether Justice Kavanaugh was guilty or not, and it frustrated me … It distracted from what I think [are] more important discussions about what sexual assault is and what it means,” Pride said. “The Anthropology and Sociology Department is where I turn to for complicated discussions on sensitive things. I knew that if I reached out, I could confidently say that they would come back with something that was sensitive and thoughtful."

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While the professors facilitating this event specified that they were not equipped to provide professional guidance to students who have been sexually harassed or assaulted, Lori Kinkler — a psychologist with Counseling Services — was in attendance. Kinkler gave out a pamphlet listing sexual assault resources available at Trinity for students and encouraged students to come to Counseling Services.

"If you want to talk to someone about what's happened to you, and you don't know if you want to report it or you want someone to help [navigate] the process with you, that's where we come in. ... We're a confidential resource," Kinkler said.

Jennifer Mathews, chair of the Anthropology Department, gave an introduction at the beginning and emphasized the dialogue’s confidential nature. Normally, professors are obligated to report when students disclose details of a sexual assault on campus; during this dialogue, students were free to share personal experiences confidentially.

The grounding of the discussion in social sciences lead to analyses of harmful societal forces, such as heteropatriarchal standards shaming women for expressing boundaries. The discussion also focused on a general cultural lack of awareness on what consent looks like in intimate relationships, friendships and even politics. Students spoke about aspects specific to Trinity, such as a small campus climate, that students felt made it hard to report or even to avoid someone who might show up in a class.

Alfred Montoya, associate professor of sociology and anthropology, connected the

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ongoing struggle against the patriarchy in relation to sexual assault and harassment to other social movements. "[Gender equality] is one aspect of this larger kind of a proposition to all forms of authoritarianism and all forms of privilege that affect people's lives and so on, so being

anti-patriarchy means also being anti-fascist and vice-versa," Montoya said.

Some of the discussion focused on how Trinity can improve how New Student Orientation addresses sexual assault, an important topic for first-years in particular. continued on PAGE 9

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A portrait of the Art Department Faculty and students reflect on their passion for art and what it means to be artists at Trinity MARIA ZAHARATOS | PULSE REPORTER mzaharat@trinity.edu A part of campus some students may not often explore is the Ruth Taylor Fine Arts Center. This collection of buildings is home to many departments, including the Art & Art History Department, which features a separate program for art and art history with respective majors.

The Dicke Art Building holds classrooms and offices for the Art Department, but student art can be found throughout the center with new pieces shown regularly.

The art itself, however, is only one part of what makes the Art Department attractive, according to its student and staff members.

Randall Wallace, studio manager and instructor, described what it is like to work in the department from a personal perspective.

“Since the department has a broad swath of disciplines, I think the interesting component is [being] exposed to different ways of thinking, communicating, learning new things about material, different ways to present ideas … [It’s exciting] that we’re constantly generating new ideas, new work, new images. It’s very forward thinking,” Wallace said. “[I] visited and fell in love with Trinity, the faculty and the Art Department. I got one of the art scholarships, so I knew immediately this is what I was going to major in and then I declared my double major with [communication] pretty early in the year,” said Danielle C. Trevino, senior art major.

However, not all art majors come to Trinity with such a clear path and vision in mind.

“I was originally interested in pursuing a career in curatorial work. … I came to realize

that I chose that major because I secretly wanted to be an artist, but I didn’t have the guts to admit that to myself,” said Ariel del Vecchio, junior art major.

On the other hand, Noah Davidson, fifth-year art major, had a completely unrelated plan.

“I came to Trinity originally for international business and a minor in [economics] but I switched [my major] my first semester of junior year to art … It was something that made me happier, so I switched. And now I want to teach art,” Davidson said.

Nevertheless, the art major remains an uncommon choice, making the department small in size. According to Trevino, there are only eight senior art majors this year, all girls, and there were 11 students the previous one.

“Typically not a lot of people end up in the major, a lot end up dabbling in minors and stuff because of the Creative Expression [requirement] for Pathways,” Trevino said.

She added that because of its relatively small size, everyone in the art major knows one another and is close.

The faculty and staff also play an important role in making the Art Department feel friendly and intimate.

“When you make an effort to have a relationship with [the instructors], they’ll really really push you as an artist and, I think, really try to steer you in your best direction,” del Vecchio said.

“The professors will really help you out, they care about you and your growth as an artist in general. They’re always willing to help you build connections to the outside world and the art community.” Davidson said.

Trevino said that studio fees don’t make that big a difference and won’t deter students who truly want to pursue it. According

COSBY LINDQUIST, digital photography professor, takes long exposure photos that are part of a portfolio centered on the effects of the man-made landscape. photos provided by COSBY LINDQUIST

to instructors, there are many benefits to taking classes, even for students who are not art majors. “[They] create well rounded students who are more observant and have better creative problem solving skills. Most students are great at following a list of directions, but art classes help train students solve problems that don’t always have clear solutions,” said Cosby Lindquist, digital photography instructor Wallace added that many classes are open to any level and that the goal is to learn, regardless of a student’s initial level of artistic skill or experience. He also described it as a way to engage with life physically.

“It’s really about learning how to formulate ideas and put those into a visual format … I think of it in terms of composition, taking an abstract thought and formalizing it into a real material object or statement ... skills that could apply to other studies,” Wallace said.

Like students, instructors are also passionate about and create art of their own.

“Through the arts, I’m part of a community, a history. All those things are really empowering in a way,” Wallace said, “It creates a language for me to interpret the world and my experience in it. Art is really a way for me to be brave, to be more vulnerable.”

Lindquist is currently working on long exposure photos focused on the man-made landscape, specifically American streets or highways and how they communicate.

“I am endlessly fascinated by how the built landscape effects us psychologically and how it is a reflection of our shared culture and deepest desires.” Lindquist said.

To learn more, contact Kate Ritson, head of the Art Department, or visit the works made by art students, such as Davidson’s nature-inspired piece and del Vecchio’s currently showcased in the art building.

Sexual assault dialogue continued from PAGE 8 According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, more than 50 percent of campus sexual assaults occur between August and November, and the first six weeks of college are known by researchers as “the red zone.”

Sheryl Tynes, vice president of Student Life and former sociology professor, wondered whether smaller discussion groups and singlegender conversations would help disseminate information more effectively.

“We want students to help us figure out how we facilitate those kinds of dialogues and [move] forward on what kinds of things could change,” Tynes said.

With the dialogue’s theme of how harmful societal messaging around sexuality impacts everyone — regardless of individual identity — many students expressed desire for more education around communication and healthy relationships in college. Elizabeth Rahilly, visiting professor of sociology, agreed.

“Sometimes people have a very specific conception of sexual assault in their heads and

we think, ‘Oh, that doesn’t have anything to do with me, I haven’t done or experienced that,’” Rahilly said. “But I think maybe we need to shift the framing of conversations to [one] about dating and relationships and boundaries and communication with an intimate other. That’s relevant to everyone regardless of past experience, gender [or] orientation of relationship.”

Imram Khan, a first-year, was tasked with writing a monologue based on an account of interpersonal abuse for his Creative Genius First-Year Experience.

“While this event is confidential, I was hoping that participating in today’s dialogue could help me explore these issues because sexual assault is often a component of abusive relationships,” Khan said.

At the end of the event, many students signed up for an email list so that they could discuss the topic further and possibly come up with solutions for these problems. Mathews said that the departments would also be happy to host a similar dialogue in the future if needed.

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DIY or die: Halloween costumes on-the-go Some creative ways to get spooky on a budget KATHLEEN CREEDON | EXEC. PRINT EDITOR kcreedon@trinity.edu I can confidently say that I’ve never worn a store-bought costume for Halloween or for any other dress-up event, for that matter. Though it was easier when my mom would spend hours sewing something together for me, I haven’t lost hope since I began doing it on my own. And neither should you.

Do-it-yourself (DIY) costumes are easier, cheaper and — in my experience — turn out much more authentic than anything found in a Party City. Don’t get me wrong: if you spend wads of cash at a high-end costume place, your costume will be tip-top. But that’s expensive and no fun. Here are some ideas for month-before, week-before and day-of costumes.

WINNIE THE POOH What you need: red shirt, yellow bottoms (can be a skirt, pants, overalls, etc.), jar with “honey” on it. *Optional: Bear ears, “Pooh” in yellow writing on the shirt.

Cost: $ GHOST A classic. What you need: a white bed sheet with holes cut for eyes. *Optional: A mouth hole, clothing under.

Cost: -$

CATCHER IN THE RYE What you need: a white shirt with “The Rye” written on it, a baseball mitt. *Optional: Full catcher’s gear, a red hunting hat.

Cost: $ SOUPER HERO What you need: a cape, a shirt (preferably half red, half white with a yellow circle at the middle) with “Campbell’s” written on it. *Optional: A spoon.

Cost: $-$$ SPICE GIRLS What you need: two to three friends, shirts with different spice labels (e.g. Ground Cinnamon, Thyme, Rosemary Leaves). *Optional: The level of effort you want to put into this.

Cost: $-$$ OH, DEAR! What you need: a plain brown shirt, brown jeans or a skirt, fake deer antlers and a sign which says “Oh!” on it taped somewhere on the antlers or your shirt. *Optional: Face make up to further resemble a deer.

Cost: $ TWO-BUCK CHUCK What you need: a pink, white or red shirt or dress, two one dollar bills (to put on either arm) and a name sign which reads “Hello, my name is Chuck”. *Optional: A bottle of Trader Joe’s infamous wine to go with the costume.

Cost: $

SIDEWALK SYMPOSIUM What’s the worst scary movie?

VELMA DINKLEY What you need: orange shirt (preferably a turtleneck), red skirt, long socks (orange or white), dark shoes (red if you have them), glasses. *Optional: Bangs (just find a pair of scissors, and you’re good to go.)

Cost: $

JULIA WEIS, senior and editor-in-chief of the Trinitonian, left, and AUSTIN DAVIDSON, junior and sports editor, right, pose in their DIY costumes. photos by GENEVIEVE HUMPREYS

“There’s this one on Netflix called ‘Zombeavers,’ and we watched the whole thing as a joke. It was terrible.

It was about beavers that are zombies, and like, everyone dies.”

MIRANDA MONTOYA SOPHOMORE

“ ‘Annabelle’ is the one with the porcelain doll, […] the doll is moving and it’s just like ‘That doll shouldn’t be able to move!’ It’s anthropomorphizing [it] and, it’s hilarious. I think it’s a very funny movie that’s unintentionally funny.”

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BRAWNY MAN What you need: a red and black flannel (preferably unbuttoned with a bit of white undershirt showing), a pack of Brawny paper towels. *Optional: Rolled sleeves, a fresh shave, pine trees looming behind you.

Cost: $

“I would say ‘Rubber,’ where that one tire goes around and kills everyone. It’s terrible — it’s horrible, but it’s really funny.”

ANJANETTE CARLISLE FIRST-YEAR

“Maybe any of the ‘Scary Movies’ [franchise], like ‘Scary Movie 3.’ I don’t know why, [there’s] just bad effects. And I’m not a fan of scary movies to begin with, but I can’t take it seriously.”

SIMBA MACHIGAIDZE SENIOR

“Kingdom of the Spiders.’ It’s this horrible movie [set] in this small country town, and it gets invaded by tarantulas. The visual effects are horrible, the acting is horrible, the plot is horrible, everything about it is horrible to the point where you can’t help but laugh and enjoy it.”

CHRISTIAN BREWSTER FIRST-YEAR

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HALLOWEEN

What Not to Wear: Halloween Edition Right and wrong ways to dress this Halloween

MATHILDE LE TACON | PULSE REPORTER mletacon@trinity.edu With Halloween coming around in under a week, many students will be scrambling to pull their costumes together at the last minute. Even if it's just a quick trip to the store to grab some cat ears or a scary mask to call it a day, last-minute doesn't have to mean offensive or distasteful — so be aware, be sensitive and be kind.

While no one can dictate what you wear on Hall-o-weekend, there are a couple things to keep in mind when choosing a costume and two sides to every coin when it comes to deciding what's appropriate and what isn't.

CAN YOU WEAR A COSTUME LINKED TO A CULTURE THAT ISN'T YOUR OWN? With talk of cultural appropriation in the past few years, is it time to hang up the 'Indian princess' costumes and geisha wear? The general rule of thumb has shifted toward steering clear of costumes that fetishize a culture, that ignore the sanctity and sacredness of a cultural element (for example, Native American headdresses), that emphasize harmful racial stereotypes or that involve coloring your skin to pass for somebody else. So while it's still widely accepted that a little girl who is starryeyed over Moana could dress like her for Halloween without having to be of Polynesian descent or identify with the culture, you may want to pass on "g*psy" costumes associated with racial persecution and Hindu gods or goddesses. These costumes represent cultural and religious elements that you may not identify with or understand that could mean something sacred to somebody else.

DON'T DO BLACK-FACE This may be one of the most integral rules of sensitivity when it comes to Halloween costumes.

No costume should ever require you darkening your skin to match another race. While arguments go back and forth on whether representing another culture on Halloween is appropriate, it's widely accepted that painting on another skin color is never okay and completely unnecessary. There are plenty of costume ideas that don't require you to alter your skin color for the night, and those are likely the better way to go.

SHOCK FACTOR ISN'T EVERYTHING An inkling of common sense does some good here. There are a number of costumes out there created solely for the shock factor, ranging from costumes that glorify domestic abuse to members of hate crime groups to tragedy victims. There are also costumes that are blatantly racist or discriminatory.

No amount of attention or attempt to stir up controversy is worth completely demeaning a religion, culture, person or struggle. If it's offensive just for the sake of being offensive, think about what your actions mean — it's not just one night that you can make an intentionally harmful decision and then revert to normalcy the next day: hate continues to affect people long after it's been spewed.

USE COMMON SENSE; IF IT FEELS WRONG, DON'T WEAR IT. When in doubt, why take the chance? If you're unsure if a costume is going to cause trouble, you probably won't feel comfortable during the night anyways. Halloween is meant to be fun, so wear something that you know represents you, makes you feel happy and will make others happy to celebrate the holiday with you! No one is here to tell you what to wear or what not to wear, but use your instinct, your gut and put yourself in other peoples' shoes to know how you'd feel.

illustration by KAITLYN CURRY

Swashbuckler hall prepares to scare

Haunted Hall plans to be fashionably late for this year's Halloween season NOELLE BARRERA| PULSE REPORTER nbarrera@trinity.edu

Haunted house attractions, such as 13th Floor and Ripley's Haunted Adventure, are popular in San Antonio; however, the most frightening haunted house is right on Trinity's campus. Every year, the Swashbucklers, members of a special substance-free hall with a pirate theme, puts on a Haunted Hall. In the months leading up to Halloween (or in this year's case, November 2 due to a scheduling conflict), students create scary room themes, recruite actors from within the hall, and prepare to transform the second floor of Susanna Wesley Hall into a living nightmare.

I'm in Haunted Hall as an actor this year.

While my responsibilities won't begin until next week around the day of the event, I've been part of numerous weekly Haunted Hall meetings where Swashbucklers have discussed room ideas, themes that have worked well in the past, and buying props and decorations — the last one is a necessity, due to an incident over the summer where most Swashbuckler costumes and props that were used for Haunted Hall were lost. While this event was unfortunate, room managers are currently in the process of buying new decorations and will be reimbursed for their purchases.

Erin Ford, a junior and Swashbucklers captain, will serve as a tour guide in Haunted Hall, along with fellow captain and junior Blue Mohr, and former captain (or Grand Admiral, in Swashbuckler vocabulary) and senior Ryun Howe. The role of tour guides is to help groups

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of students navigate Haunted Hall — and perhaps scare them a little on the way.

"Personally, as a tour guide, I really enjoy how the people in my tour group react to how I respond to rooms, because that's what will really freak them out. If something very disturbing just occurred, they can still be scared, but they'll be even more freaked out when I laugh it off and skip merrily away," Ford wrote in an email interview.

Some of the most memorable rooms featured in last year's Haunted Hall include a "fancy cannibal" room, a room where a girl was performing a séance to bring back her dead boyfriend's ghost, and a "sadistic doctor" room.

"Every year Haunted Hall gets better, generally, and every year we have different rooms because we have a slightly different group of people coming up with ideas," Ford wrote. "As a tour guide last year, I would always ask the people in my groups which room was their favorite after the tour, and the most popular opinion was the Red Eye room, which for trade-secret reasons I cannot describe further."

Delia Rogers, a junior Swashbuckler, spoke about some rooms that students have found scary in the past.

"People tend to like rooms where you can't quite see what's going on," Rogers said. "I've also heard a lot of people say that the 'creepy doll' room is scary, although we're not doing that this year."

Rogers acted last year and is currently a room manager.

"Last year, I was in the crazy doctor room. But this year — it's a surprise. You'll see," Rogers said.

Aubrey Kehn, a junior Swashbuckler and room manager in Haunted Hall, is excited to participate in Haunted Hall for the first time.

Kehn discussed the theme of her room, which I will leave as another surprise for students to

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discover if they come to Haunted Hall and enter room 221. However, the theme is related to a certain popular Stephen King horror franchise.

"What I like about [my theme] is that it's unpredictable. It doesn't have, like some of the rooms, a set scene or a set script. For me, it's fun, as someone who does a lot of theatre — I'm a theatre minor — to 'read' each group that comes in, and create a character

in response to each group that comes there differently," Kehn said. "I don't know what's going to happen, the tour guides don't know ... it's just very unpredictable."

This year's Haunted Hall will be on November 2 in Susanna, from 8 to 11 p.m.

Students with questions about the event can email the captains at eford2@trinity.edu, smohr1@trinity.edu, or rhowe@trinity.edu.

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Season of the Witch

“The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” hits Netflix today, “Riverdale” teens and fans of “Mad Men”’s Sally Draper alike rejoice.

Boy Erased

Photos from set of Greta Gerwig’s version of “Little Women” creates widespread excitement but leaves out Lucas Hedges.

Say “Hi” to Mabuhay Last year’s Mabuhay performers practice the Tinikling dance in Stieren Dance Studio. The Tinikling dance is a traditional Filipino dance featuring the quick movement of bamboo sticks. file photo

FSA’s dance and cultural showcase takes place this weekend in Laurie, promising food and fun RAFAELA BRENNER | A&E REPORTER rbrenner@trinity.edu What does your ideal weekend night out look like? If it includes food, dancing and a whole lot of spectacle, this upcoming Saturday is your lucky day. On Oct. 27 at 7 p.m., Trinity’s Filipino Student Association (FSA) will host their annual Mabuhay festival in Laurie Auditorium.

As a part of Filipino Heritage Month at Trinity, the event will feature dance routines and various food dishes focused on a celebration of Filipino culture.

Throughout the semester, FSA officers have been hard at work in putting this event together.

“I feel like Mabuhay is always very different every year coming from each dancer, each choreographer and the whole [of each] dance in general. Even though it is very similar dance techniques, you can definitely see every personality [involved],” said Samantha Lee, senior and co-president of FSA. Multiple student groups on campus have been working to prepare acts inspired by aspects of Filipino culture for the event. The show will include student-choreographed dances and performances by groups such as FSA, Loon-E Crew, Top Naach, the Prowlers, the Acabellas and the Trinitones.

“Everyone has been so cooperative and so great and willing to work with [FSA], so we’re really excited about that,” Lee said.

This year’s Mabuhay festival will include performances that incorporate traditional aspects of Filipino dance and music as well as some more contemporary twists.

“We’re trying to mix some traditional with a lot of modern dances to showcase all

aspects of Filipino culture,” said Christina Guo, senior and FSA co-president.

Lee gave a preview of some of the dance acts set to be performed at the show.

“We have some dances which are really traditional such as a candle dance, which is something I’m actually choreographing. It’s a female-dominated dance with candles, it’s a very beautiful representation of the culture,” Lee said.

Another traditional dance you can expect to see this Saturday will be “Tinikling,” in which dancers move in interaction with large bamboo sticks slid across the stage. “[It’s] a very vibrant, loud dance that has huge wooden bamboo sticks,” Lee said.

Trinity’s hip-hop dance crew, Loon-E Crew, is among the many student groups performing at Mabuhay this year. Sophomore and co-captain Logan Muzyka has enjoyed the rehearsal process for the troupe’s routine, which was choreographed by her fellow cocaptain, senior Chancie Calliham, to Bruno Mars’s song “Finesse.”

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“Rocky Horror Picture Show” Shadowcast Mabee, 10:30 p.m.

Mabuhay Laurie Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Mala Luna Day 2 Nelson Wolff Stadium, all day

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College Trivia Night Halcyon, 8 p.m.

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“It’s going to have a ‘90s vibe to it, because the song kind of has an old-school feel. So we’re going to dress the part. You’ll see [that] in the choreography, which is also pretty old-school hip-hop. So that should be fun for us,” Muzyka said.

Free food lovers, take notice: FSA will be bringing back several favorite Filipino dishes to be served at this year’s Mabuhay festival after the live performances.

“I’m excited to see people having fun and learning about Filipino heritage,” Lee said.

“I’m hoping that the certain people who come do enjoy the experience and do learn something that they didn’t know before — whether that is something small like a certain dance they didn’t know, or something big like some food that they didn’t know existed and they really loved it.”

For more information about Mabuhay and Filipino Student Association, you can contact co-presidents Samantha Lee at slee9@trinity.edu and Christina Guo at cguo@trinity.edu.

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Ghostface vs. Freddy: Best Slasher Franchise CONNIE LAING GUEST COLUMNIST claing@trinity.edu

Great horror movie franchises are rarely built. There tends to be fatigue as franchises carry on and their killers, monsters, death-representers and/or memorable characters become the common association.

Pop culture and Halloween over the years bring back memories and scares for those fond of not being able to sleep. “Halloween,” “Friday the 13th,” “Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Saw,” “Alien,” “Final Destination,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Jaws” are just some of the horror/scary movie franchises that come to mind.

With many of these franchises, you see something familiar: a great first movie with so-so films following. There is, however, one franchise that constantly delivers: “Scream.” “Scream” is so self-aware that it could be off-putting if it was not such a blast to watch.

I feel that all four films cohesively make a great franchise — not because they all fit together, but rather for their ability to surprise the audience, change tone and have one of the best final girls in horror history.

The films follow Sidney Prescott as throughout her life she is stalked by different people taking on the mask of Ghostface.

She is originally targeted by the murderers of her mother. As the years go on, new people take on the persona. Sidney, Gail Weathers and Dewey are the only characters who continually survive.

In the opening scene of “Scream,” we watch for 10 minutes as teenager Casey Becker goes from making popcorn to being murdered. How it starts and ends is built on suspense, created through canted camera angles, sound design and jump scares along with a game of movie trivia — movie trivia specifically for scary movies.

There is really only one way to survive “Scream,” according to our killer(s), and that is to know how scary movies work.

This is reiterated by Randy, a video store clerk, throughout the movies as he laments about “the rules.” The rules, to be clear, are: 1) never have sex; 2) never drink or do drugs; and 3) never say “I’ll be right back.” Scream, as a franchise,

is built from a filmmaker’s love for scary movies that he transfers to the characters in the film.

Wes Craven, who helmed the first “Nightmare of Elm Street,” directed all four of the “Scream” movies. In the opening of the first “Scream” movie Casey even says to the mysterious caller on the phone that the first “Nightmare on Elm Street” was scary but the rest sucked.

The film also finds time between gruesome murders to critique the ways of society. The details of Sidney’s mom’s murder and the trial of the killer are all found out because of the news on the TV. We do not have characters spelling stuff out and we have the added benefit of believing news media is gossipy and sordid. This perception of news — and those who work for it — does bring about one of the franchise’s best characters.

Gail Weathers, played terrifically by Courteney Cox, first comes off as a hack reporter with no morals. She writes a book about Sidney’s mom’s murder and the trial of the person Sidney thought she saw commit it.

Weathers also makes Sidney realize she might have identified the wrong killer and eventually saves Sidney’s life. She develops as reporter and as a person, and her romance with Dewey is integral to many of her changes.

I love “Scream” for its commitment to appreciating the cultural capital audiences have built over the years when it comes to scary movies. Even with all the knowledge the audience has built up about the genre, Scream lets you know it knows all the cliches you do.

Randy is the character who is supposed to be the audience, discussing how the film should play out. He makes reference to horror throughout, whether it’s “The Exorcist” or scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis. In the climatic scene at Stu’s house, “Halloween” is playing on the TV as people are getting murdered.

When Sidney smashes the nearest convenient item — a TV — onto a killer, the scene from Halloween plays where Jamie Lee Curtis’s Laurie Strode also grabs the nearest convenient item — a hanger — to stab Michael Myers in the eye.

“Scream” excels as a franchise by acknowledging that the audience is scary movie intelligent. It plays a game with the audience: are your expectations right or wrong?

GEORGIE RIGGS A&E EDITOR griggs@trinity.edu

I haven’t seen that many scary movies, but I have seen nine “Nightmare on Elm Streets” — including the Michael Bay-produced reboot. As someone who usually resorts to looking up a horror movie on Wikipedia to read the plot summary instead of seeing it in person, it’s odd that I can say I’ve actually seen a full scary movie franchise.

For the unenlightened — or unenfrightened? — “A Nightmare on Elm Street” features the killer Freddy Krueger who wears a striped sweater, only exists in dreams and murders his teenage victims only as they are sleeping, often in a boiler room dreamscape. Freddy is scary and mysterious, at least in the first film, like most slasher villains, but he also represents something more abstract and universal in his subconscious lurking.

Of course, “Halloween,” “Friday the 13th” and other slasher films are also dealing with an abstract, universalized fear. They just place those fears into one anonymous, infallible man. “A Nightmare on Elm Street” does something different, presenting an entirely new and original way for horror movie franchises to ascribe fear to its villain.

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The abstract is embraced rather than fully humanized in “Nightmare,” which negates comfort in knowing that if you just killed Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees, you’ve killed the evil. Freddy Krueger, however, is more than just a burned man in a striped sweater: he represents the entire state of dreaming.

The dream conceit is best illustrated in its imagery and death setups. The best known scenes in “Nightmare” come from the first in the franchise, directed by Wes Craven, horror giant and “Scream” creator. Craven ignores reality entirely in crafting his excessively expressive death scenes. The first killing in the film drags a girl up a wall and onto the ceiling, leaving an impossibly large trail of blood in her path. Later, her corpse appears in an empty school hallway, wrapped in plastic; this leads Nancy, the first film’s final girl played

by Heather Lagenkamp, into the boiler room with Freddy.

The dream setting leads to most murder taking place in the bed in equally surreal and weird ways. Nancy’s boyfriend is killed by Freddy within the mattress of his bed. Freddy drags him, along with his television set and his record player, into the bed, resulting in gallons of blood erupting from the bed. The image recalls the elevator of blood sequence in “The Shining” in that it communicates more emotion than fear.

All of these images may sound excessively gory — and they are.

But the dream setting means they

are charged with a deeper meaning.

It’s not just violence for the sake of violence but violence meant to build increasingly impossible images that lead to cathartically campy conclusions.

This cathartic camp is probably the best way to describe the rest of the franchise. Moments of truly original imagery are interspersed with scenes meant to be scary but are so bad that they are funny. Different directors for seven sequels means different styles and varying levels of quality, adding to the eclectic joys of watching the full franchise: you’re always going to get something new and unexpected.

One of the most common insults of slasher films is one that I am guilty of believing as well: they are all made of the same tropes featuring dumb teenagers and terrifying serial killers.

But “Nightmare” is just as aware of these tropes; it features smart teenage protagonists who spend the runtimes of the films trying to stay awake to figure out clever ways to escape an increasingly caricatured killer.

With “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” you get the experience of late ‘70s and early ‘80s slasher — reckless teen sex and synthy scores are aplenty — with the unexpected logic of dreams taking the images and plots into a bizarre world that’s part-horror and part-comedy. You can have your camp and eat it too — just as long as you chase it with a gallon of coffee and a handful of caffeine pills so you never fall asleep again.

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ZODIAC KILLER The perfect spooky song for your astrological sign.

ARIES

Time Warp “Glee” cast version

TAURUS

Monster Mash Bobby “Boris” Pickett

GEMINI

Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks

CANCER

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

(A Man After Midnight) ABBA

LEO

She Wolf Shakira

VIRGO

I Put A Spell On You Bette Midler in “Hocus Pocus”

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Season of the Witch Donovan

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Time of the Season The Zombies

SAGITTARIUS Witchy Woman The Hollies

CAPRICORN Heads Will Roll Yeah Yeah Yeahs

AQUARIUS White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane

PISCES Babooshka Kate Bush

compiled by GEORGIE RIGGS illustrations by JULIA POAGE

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ATHLETICS TO OBSERVE THIS WEEKEND:

• Women’s Soccer at Johnson & Wales University, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2 p.m.

• Football vs. Hendrix College, Saturday, Oct. 27, 12 p.m.

• Volleyball vs. Austin College @ Schreiner Univeristy, Saturday, Oct. 27, 10 a.m.

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Football dominates Sewannee in new digs Capped by stellar preformances from Wyatt Messex and Tommy Lavine, the Tigers return to winning ways MEGAN FLORES | SPORTS REPORTER mflores8@trinity.edu The Tiger football team enjoyed a successful weekend, defeating Sewanee 2–14 at Alamo Stadium.

Sophomore quarterback Wyatt Messex recalls that the atmosphere of the off-campus stadium was different from a typical home game, but not because of the game location.

“Since it was Alumni Weekend, [head] coach [Jerheme] Urban brought in some alumni to talk to us about the importance this school and team has [had in] their lives, so it really sparked a fire to compete for something bigger than myself,” Messex said.

Messex certainly demonstrated this spark during the game.

Within the first drive, Trinity gained a 7–0 lead on a six-play, 54-yard opening drive in which Messex found junior wide receiver Tommy Lavine for a 15-yard touchdown catch.

“It’s always exciting to start the game off strong and cap the opening drive off with a big statement. It really set the tone for the rest of the game and kept the adrenaline going,” Messex said.

Early in the second quarter, another connection between Messex and Lavine led to a 32-yard touchdown that resulted in a 14–0 Trinity lead.

The Tigers were able to hold that impressive score until halftime with a notable

Trinity football stars sophomore WYATT MESSEX, left, and junior TOMMY LAVINE , right, pose while they relish in their deserved victory. The duo combined for three touchdowns. photo by MEGAN FLORES

interception by first-year defensive lineman Cameron Beaver. Later, Trinity’s offensive possession of the third quarter ended in a third touchdown pass from Messex to Lavine.

“Our offensive line did a great job of protecting Wyatt, our running back was picking up big blocks and the other receivers were running great routes. I knew we had to keep our foot on the gas pedal in order to win the game,” Lavine said.

Just before the conclusion of the third quarter, Sewanee had a twenty-play, 81-yard drive that ended with a five-yard touchdown pass.

In the fourth quarter, with a nine-yard touchdown pass from Blake Johnson to Chris Stewart, the Tigers moved to a 28–7 lead.

Sewanee cut the deficit back to 14 points with a 35-yard touchdown catch, but an interception by Nic Hover, junior defensive back, closed the game out.

During this game, Lavine had a team seasonhigh eight catches for 132 yards and tied his career-best with three touchdown receptions.

Lavine moved up to eighth in school history with 1800 career receiving yards. He is also the eighth player ever at Trinity to catch 20 or more touchdown passes.

“Tommy is an incredible player and leads the most talented group of receivers I have ever played with. I believe that this past game was his career high in terms of touchdowns in a single game, and I was more than happy to contribute to his success. It’s easy to give someone the ball when you can trust them on every play,” Messex said.

Lavine attributes a great deal of his success to those that support him.

“First and foremost, I want to give the glory to God. My grandfather is someone I have always looked up to, and I want to continue to make him proud on and off the field. My parents have been with me every step of the way, and have done so much for me. I want to give a big shoutout to my grandmother and all my siblings and family, The Medellin and lastly I want to express my appreciation for coach Urban and coach Gezella, who are constantly working with us to be better players and men,” Lavine said.

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The joy in finding a new sport WOMEN’S SOCCER The Tigers defeated Schreiner University 7–0 Friday. They hold a 13–1–1 record.

MEN’S SOCCER The Tigers defeated Schreiner University 8–1 on Friday. They hold a 13–1–1 record.

VOLLEYBALL The Tigers came out with a win and a loss from Saturday’s games. With a win against Johnson & Wales University 3–0 and then a loss to Colorado College 3–2.

They finished on Sunday with a win against the University of Dallas 3–0. They hold a 20–5 overall record.

FOOTBALL The Tigers defeated Sewanee: University of the South 28–14 on Saturday.

They hold a 4–3 record.

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Opinion: Organically falling into sports is how they stick with you AUSTIN DAVIDSON SPORTS EDITOR adavids1@trinity.edu

I can’t recall the exact first time that I watched basketball, but what I do remember is that I was bored.

It had to have been when I was younger, when the only things that kept my attention were Legos, Pokemon and trying to put a hat on my cat. But when I was in high school, I began watching my high school basketball team’s games.

They would be right after soccer practice, and lots of my fellow students would go watch.

Contrary to my initial viewing of basketball, watching it live with a group of fans that I more-or-less knew made the situation electric and fun. From there, I became not only an avid fan of my high school team but also started to watch and follow the NBA. If I told 12-year-old me that I would become a regular observer of basketball, he probably would have called me a really mean name and made fun of my hair.

Yet my new-found appreciation for basketball is something I enjoy. Had I not begun following the game I initially wrote off, I wouldn’t have been able to comprehend just how incredible a

player LeBron James is or how exciting basketball games can be.

This happened organically. I didn’t come to enjoy the game because a friend or family member forced me to watch games every weekend, I myself found a connection and fondness of a new sport.I would have been very hesitant to like basketball if someone had forced it on me. My father never forced me to watch football or soccer games: I was introduced organically to these games, and from there, my love for them grew.

Organically finding the sports I love is why they have stuck with me throughout the years.

Choosing for yourself what you like and love is, in my opinion, the most important part of becoming ... you.

I wouldn’t wake up at 6:15 a.m. on Saturday mornings to watch my wonderful Toffees get annihilated 5–0 if I hadn’t created my love for them.Finding sports or teams by one’s own means is how loyalty and a lasting bond is achieved.On the other side of this, being forced to watch a game or to play one can have the opposite affect. It can make you dislike the sport or grow tired of it.

Being forced to do anything makes me question whether I will like it even before I’ve

tried it. I would have disliked any sport my parents had forced me to play or watch it. I was lucky enough to be able to find the sports I still follow on my own. Many of my friends back home were pushed into swimming, soccer or baseball and — after a couple years — they burned out. They would grow tired of going to practice or lose interest altogether then quit, never to touch the sport again. But they stuck to the sports they choose on their own.

My friend Gabe was forced to play soccer all of his life, but the sport that really stuck with him was esports, a sport he still participates in today.

He follows esports because it wasn’t forced on him. Esports is what made us great friends and what got him a full ride scholarship for college.

His love and passion for it was separate from his parents or what his coaches told him: it was all his own.

Finding your passion and interests is a vital part in growing up and becoming who you want to be.

While I have yet to fully do this, I was lucky enough to have had the opportunity to find what sports and hobbies interest me.

Because of that, they have stuck with me and helped mold me into what I am today. Esports is what helped my friend Gabe get to the place he is today, as he goes to school essentially for choosing to play video games all the time (a dream I sadly won’t fulfill).

Choosing for yourself what you like and love is, in my opinion, the most important part of becoming who you want to be.

While I don’t know how my love for basketball helps in this process, I do know above all else that I need to trust the process.

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Trinity women’s basketball begins Football Coach Hill and the players dicuss their plans for the season and postseason takes win MEGAN FLORES | SPORTS REPORTER mflores8@trinity.edu

The Trinity women’s basketball team is just a few weeks away from the beginning of preseason play. In their first game on Nov. 12, the team will take on Concordia University (Texas) at home.

On this year’s roster, eight Tigers will return from last year’s lineup. Among these players are newly elected team captains senior Jackie Layng, junior Abby Holland and senior Rachel Chavez.

Head coach Cameron Hill explained that each captain contributed significantly to the team’s organization and overall drive.

“Jackie, Rachel and Abby all bring a true depth of understanding to what ‘Together Tigers’ means. I have really enjoyed watching them manage the role of captain. Their leadership has been and will continue to be a huge factor in our teams success,” Hill said.

Assistant coach Joe Shotland believes that the unique experiences each captain brings to the team allows them to lead others more effectively.

“In a team environment, you want mediators that can relate to their team members in different ways. Sometimes it’s by example, sometimes it’s with words and sometimes it’s a combination. Our three captains this season understand that.

Obviously each one of them does this a little differently based on who they are as a player or person, but all three of them understand and embrace the responsibility of being on this team,” Shotland said.

Layng, a senior guard from Warwick, New York, explained that the Trinity team is more than ready for the season to start.

“We have been preparing for season since the end of our last game last season. All summer, the Together Tigers have worked to be ready for practices. Pre-season went really well. We had lifts and conditioning with Daniel, as well as team pick-ups. Everyone is locked in because our practices so far have been intense and competitive,” Layng said.

Although Layng will miss the presence of last year’s seniors, her outlook on the team’s current lineup is glowing.

“The first-years are awesome. It’s just the beginning of practice and they have adjusted so well. They are a very talented group, and it’s going to be awesome playing with them.

They have already improved so much already,” Layng said.

Chavez, a senior point guard from El Paso echoed this opinion.

“We have a young team this year. This is the largest first-year class we’ve had, but I think the level that we compete with each other at practice is the best we’ve had yet. The new team members are great. They all bring such great energy in practice and are so eager to learn and compete,” Chavez said.

Pushing into the regular season, the Trinity team hopes to start their season with the same momentum they ended their last one with.Their current schedule features 28 games, with 13 of those being played at home in the Calgaard Gymnasium.

“The game schedule is mandated from a volume standpoint, so it’s not a heavy load. It is a tremendous opportunity for us to travel, play against great competition and represent our program and our university,” Hill said.

Specifically, the team will have the opportunity to travel up North to compete against other Division III teams.

“We travel to Seattle and Minnesota before SCAC starts, and we’ll be playing good teams. Those games should be super competitive, and we’re really looking to travel and take home wins,” Layng said.

Shotland notes that the team will continue to strive for greater success, regardless of where they stand in the rankings.

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“Wyatt has worked really hard since he has been here. He is young and brings a lot of energy for the offense and the team. I am excited to see him continue to grow as a quarterback and leader,” Lavine said.

Overall, Urban believes that the win against Sewanee was a great indication of the progress the team has made over the course of the season.

“Wyatt is really starting to come into his own as our starting quarterback this year. Tommy had previously played with Austin Grauer for two seasons, so it takes a little time for quarterbacks and receivers to develop chemistry. We are doing a lot of different things on offense this year, but the growing chemistry with our team is coming at a point that hopefully will help us finish our season strong,” Urban said.

With the win against Sewanee, the Trinity football team improved its record to 4–3 overall and 3–2 in Southern Athletic Association (SAA) play.

“I’d like to see us improve our record and finish out the close games in our favor, but there are things that can be taken away from every game — even the losses. There has been a definite impact by the upperclassmen that has instilled a desire for greatness within us, and I think we all expect more from ourselves,” Messex said.

Following the game, senior defensive back Jordan Williams was nominated as the SAA Defensive Player of the Week.

“Jordan earned this title because he played very well. It was also nice seeing Nic Hover make the big interception at the end of the game,” Urban said.

Next week, the Tigers will travel to take on Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas.

“We are taking each game one at a time.

Right now it’s Hendrix week, and that’s the only thing on our mind,” Lavine said.

TOP: First-year forward ABBIE WILSON surveys the court, looking for an open player while sophomore guard and forward MOLLY LANCASTER works to defend her advance towards the basket. BOTTOM: Sophomore guard EMILY DANIELS rushes to the basket for a layup, leaping and trying to shoot over her defender, first-year guard MARY KINDIG. photos by MATTHEW CLAYBROOK

“You’re always trying to take the next step as a program. Sometimes coaches say you’re either getting better or you’re getting worse, but you’re never staying the same. I think that’s the idea of our program. Winning is fun and all, but we have to improve. Our goals are always shifting in an upward trajectory, so we’re trying to take that next step forward and maintain the level we’ve set for ourselves,” Shotland said.

Although a few things have changed since last year, the coaching efficiency, goals and work ethic of the women’s basketball team have not.

Looking back on her opportunity to play for Trinity, Layng hopes to end her Tiger basketball career with a strong finish.

“Coach Hill comes from a very distinguished background of basketball, and he is definitely the best coach around. Coach Shotland also has great knowledge of the game, so we are very lucky to have two coaches that know exactly what is going to work for us offensively and defensively. I wouldn’t want to end my college career anywhere else. Trinity has such an elite program from top down,and it’s just awesome to play this game in an environment that wins championships,” Layng said.

“We always strive for success. With a new year and a newteam, we’re going to take it game by game and look forward to a great season,” Chavez said.

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