09.07.2018

Volume 116 Issue 04

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5 Guest column: Don’t ignore OPINION the Catholic church’s abuses

6 Transfer student creates PULSE new “drama therapy” major

SEPTEMBER 07, 2018

9 TU cheer grows to 18 members.

SPORTS Before tryouts, they had four.

Bird scooters flock to campus Pathways stresses

out the class of 2019

Should Trinity be the company’s next university parter?

78 seniors still need 3+ required classes to graduate in spring

JOLIE FRANCIS | NEWS REPORTER jfranci1@trinity.edu Electric scooters run by the Bird company are finally making their way onto the Trinity campus after their introduction to San Antonio in late June. Students have taken the opportunity to zip around campus and to the nearby St. Mary’s Street on the Birds.

Birds are electric scooters that are available for rent through the Bird company app. Bird is active in 39 U.S. cities as well as Paris and Tel Aviv.

Bird also has a partnership with universities Abilene Christian University (ACU) and the University of Memphis. ACU’s student government association president, senior Ty Kelley, introduced the concept to ACU about a partnership with Bird.

“It just makes sense to partner with Bird. Birds add a lot of benefit to students,” wrote Kelley in an email interview. “Not only can students get a quick, inexpensive ride across campus, Birds have also helped with our parking situation. Students no longer dread when they can’t find a parking spot close to campus because they can just hop on a Bird.”

ACU and Bird have an indemnification agreement between

KAYLIE KING | NEWS REPORTER kking1@trinity.edu

A Bird electric scooter is left outside of City Vista. The scooters are available to rent. The Bird company has partnered with two universities, with the schools receiving $1 per day per scooter on campus. photo by MATTHEW CLAYBROOK

them in which Bird has agreed to take full liability. “[Bird] also give[s] their university partners $1 per day per scooter that is nested on campus. We are able to use this money to improve sidewalks, add signage and make our campus increasingly ‘Bird-friendly,’ ” Kelley wrote.

Paul Wright, director of business operations at Trinity, thinks that the process of integrating Birds on campus would be complicated.

Campus policies and procedures

would have to be changed and made to allow scooters on campus and to control their usage on campus.

Business operations would have to work with risk management, TUPD, university leadership and the company to bring Birds to campus. Additionally, Wright brought up the issue of the layout of the campus, and that scooters may not be very handy when navigating to upper campus. continued on PAGE 3

The most recent figures show that 78 students with an expected graduation date of May 2019 are anticipated to be incomplete in three or more Pathways components at the end of the fall semester. The data does not include changes students made to class schedules during the add/drop period, certain transfer credits, pending waivers, course substitutions or exceptions.

The class of 2019 will be the first class to graduate from Trinity under the Pathways curriculum, which was implemented in 2015. The number of students with missing requirements is expected to decrease.

However, the curriculum has caused some concerns for seniors.

“We want this class to be successful and we know that Pathways is new and anytime you try something new you have to be wiling to see how it goes and make adjustments,” said Glenn Kroeger, chair of the University Curriculum Council (UCC). “What we’re trying to do is figure out if there are some that are more problematic than others. And there are, they’re not even.”

Kroeger expressed the most concern about the interdisciplinary cluster element of the curriculum.

The cluster requires taking three classes in three different disciplines that are connected by a specified theme. Currently, there are 18 different clusters, but this number has grown substantially since when the class of 2019 started at Trinity.

“Part of the reason for that is that for the past three years clusters have been growing, more courses have been added, but that also means that it’s taken longer for seniors to find those courses available,” Kroeger said. “Very often, a student will have in their mind ‘This is the one course I want to take to finish some requirement.’ Well it’s fine to hold out for that one course, but in the end you may have to choose a different one.”

Duane Coltharp, associate vice president for Academic Affairs, elaborated on the reasons he thinks the clusters have been a more of a problem.

“We have seen them around campus, and we’d have to come up with policies and procedures and then go through the process to see if it would work here,” Wright said.

“And I don’t know how fast it would happen but we’d have to work it through the different departments to get their feel for what it would be like here on campus.” continued on PAGE 3

How should Bell Center employees be paid?

SGA identified using the student activity fee to fund student athletics workers as a point of concern KAYLIE KING | NEWS REPORTER kking1@trinity.edu The Student Activity Fee (SAF) Students funds recreational sports jobs in the Bell Center, though most student jobs are paid through alternative funding sources.

There are approximately 100 Recreational Sports jobs — including lifeguards, student athletic trainers and coaching staff assistants. As Recreational Sports is one of the program that students pay for with the SAF, Trinity has chosen to pay for the employees and individual programs through the SAF. “That model is common when looking at other university recreation programs across the country,” wrote Seth Asbury, associate director of Athletics. “In fact, some universities charge a separate fee just for recreation. Trinity students pay a total of $300 per year for more than just recreational sports opportunities. Trinity provides some amazing opportunities outside the classroom supported in part via the Student Activity Fee.” The only student employees that are paid through the SAF are students

T.J. RANISZESKI, junior, cleans a rowing machine in the fitness center. Raniszeski and other Bell Center employees are paid through the student activity fee, which is a yearly $300 fee paid by every student. photo by MATTHEW CLAYBROOK

who work for Campus Publications (Mirage and the Trinitonian) and Recreational Sports. However, the majority of Campus Publications’ funding is from sources of income besides the SAF, while students with recreational sports jobs are paid entirely through the SAF.

Members of the Student Government Association (SGA) have recognized that the way Recreational Sports jobs are funded is concerning. By allocating less of the SAF to Bell Center student employees, more of the fund could go towards operating University-

Sponsored Organizations and Registered Student Organizations.

“SGA has identified it as something we’ve had concerns with as to why the student activity fee is funding student workers in the Bell Center as opposed to getting another source of school funding,”

said Rachel Daniel, senior and vice president of SGA. “We are in conversation with vice president [Gary] Logan about this, as well as other school administrators to see if there are other options and to see if there are ways of reducing constraints on the student activity fee.”

Logan, vice president for finance and administration, believes that potential alternatives for funding Recreational Sports jobs do exist.

“This just becomes a resource allocation issue,” Logan said. “At the SGA meeting last spring when this issue came up there was a request to appoint a committee to study this and see if we could come up with some other ideas. As far as getting the university to pay for it, it really needs to be formulated in a proposal to the university and submitted as part of the budget process.”

After a proposal has been submitted, the university will decide if it’s a high enough priority for them to fund Recreational Sports jobs.

“Like everything else, it comes down to if it’s not paid by the SGA and goes into the university coffers or someplace else and then the question is, ‘What are we not going to fund to fund that?’” Logan said.

graphic by ALEXANDRA PARRIS

Previously, on SGA: The Funds and the Furious This covers the meeting on Sept. 5.

CAMPUS CLIMATE CHECK Junior senator Simone Washington suggested taking action regarding rumors surrounding Stacy Davidson’s departure. President Amulya Deva, senior, agreed that they should discuss what steps to take after the meeting.

Sophomore senator Nick Pareida expressed concern with the broken elevator in Dick and Peggy Prassel Hall.

Junior senator Ty Tinker, chair of the Textbook Affordability Committee, reported that he met with Tess Coody-Anders, vice president for Strategic Communication and Marketing, regarding online bookstore options. He expressed optimism moving forward.

RSO FUNDING REQUESTS Registered-student organizations (RSOs) are given the opportunity to request funds during the fall after University-Sponsored Organizations (USO) have been awarded funds. Following the budget requests from USOs, SGA has a projected $113,000 to award to RSOs throughout the 2018–19 school year.

TUFit: The health club requested $1,503.64. The Student Government Association (SGA) approved the amount of $741.88, rejecting the clubs request for funds for veggie trays, gift cards and t-shirts and voting to halve the amount requested to pay yoga and fitness instructors.

TEDxTrinityUniversity requested $5,075.60 to send two members to a conference in Palm Springs. SGA approved the amount of $2,557.60, subsidizing approximately half the cost of the trip.

The Filipino Student Association requested $2,292.53 to fund Mabuhay, an annual live cultural show. SGA approved an amount of $1,932.48, deciding to cover only half of the cost of t-shirts.

Alpha Phi Omega (APO) requested $1,229.12 to send two delegates to a national APO convention, a requirement to maintain their charter. SGA approved the full amount.

OFFICER REPORTS Deva asked for a member to represent students on the University Curriculum Council. Junior senator Ben Gonzalez volunteered.

Chief of staff Cecilia Turkewitz reminded every member of SGA to be deputized to register voters on National Voter Registration Day.

Meetings are held every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Waxahachie Room. coverage by KENDRA DERRIG

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YIKES On Saturday, Sept. 1, at 1:35 p.m., an adult who is not employed by the university was found asleep and intoxicated in Mabee Dining Hall. They were taken to the detoxification unit at the Center for Health Care Services.

THAT GOOD KUSH On Friday, Aug. 31, at 12:03 a.m., three students were found in possession of marijuana in Thomas Hall following a report of the smell.

THAT GOOD KUSH, PART II On Monday, Sept. 2, at 10:12 p.m., one student was found in possession of marijuana in South Hall following a report of the smell.

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Organizations promote civic engagement as midterm voter registration deadline nears

Political groups across campus make individual and collaborative efforts to get people to the polls GABBY GARRIGA | NEWS REPORTER ggarriga@trinity.edu Mid-term elections are around the corner, and students on campus are spending the months before organizing, canvassing, registering and preparing the Trinity community.

Trinity groups across the political sphere are gearing up for the midterm elections. Tigers for Liberty (TFL) members are block-walking and phone banking. Trinity Progressives (T-Prog) members are being deputized to register voters on-campus. Student Government Association (SGA) is teaming up with student organizations to register students on National Voter Registration Day (NVRD).

David Crockett, chair of the department of political science, believes that if college students want political figures to listen to their opinions, they need to continue this activism and show up to the polls.

“The age group 18–29 is the group that turns out the least percentages for voting — not for any strange purposes. It’s just that it’s the first time for many people voting. They haven’t developed a voting habit, they don’t necessarily see the relevance of voting in their lives — there are all sorts of reasons why,” Crockett said. “But if students want their voice heard, they need to come out in larger numbers.”

TFL members are going to canvas for Chip Roy, a conservative congressional candidate running for the 21st District of Texas, every Saturday with students from the University of Texas at San Antonio. TFL will also phone bank every Tuesday.

Isaiah Mitchell, junior and TFL chairman, believes it’s important for students to get involved in local politics and realize the impact their vote can have.

“It’s just so easy, especially on a campus like Trinity’s that’s so small and insular, to get involved in the bubble mindset. Obviously we

encourage people to bust out of that and realize that they’re part of a greater community where political happenings have a big effect on people’s lives,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell also thinks that these initiatives catalyze one’s career in local politics.

“We also get a lot of [first-years] every year in the club who want to get started in politics, and they’re ideological students, and they don’t know really where to start, and this is just about the best starting point — going out and knocking on doors. That’s kind of how you get your political career started if you’re a college student,” Mitchell said.

On the other side of the political spectrum, T-Prog has been focusing on registering voters this semester. On Aug. 30, the club tabled and registered voters at the Health Fair promoted

by Global Health Initiative. Carson Bolding, sophomore and public relations officer for T-Prog, explained that there’s a correlation between politics and health.

“We are registering people because we think that policy and politics relate a lot to health in so many ways,” Bolding said. “It’s about health care, and it’s about mental health services for veterans and everyday people. So much of policy influences health-like food — desserts getting food stamps and things like that are relevant too.”

T-Prog’s officers, who are all deputized to register people to vote, plans to host voter registration tables every Tuesday to make it easier for members of the Trinity community to vote in November.

“Civic engagement is important because it’s such a direct way to impact things that are happening in your life, and it’s the easiest way to do it, too. Voting is fun and exciting, and just the fact that we live in a country where you have the option and the ability to impact your government in that way I think is really cool,” Bolding said.

illustration by KAITLYN CURRY

Similarly, other groups on campus are focusing on voter registration. On NVRD, Sept. 25, SGA is partnering with MOVE Texas to bring deputized members to campus and get students registered. As of Aug. 31, other organizations from campus like T-Prog, PRIDE, Trinity University Volunteer Action Committee, EcoAllies, Alpha Phi Omega and Trinity Diversity Connection have agreed to help table.

Cecilia Turkewitz, sophomore and chief of staff of SGA, is excited that the Trinity community is coming together to help with this effort.

“The goal of SGA is to be the voice of the students, so we thought it was a great opportunity to have people come and, once we reached out to these student organizations, they were so on board and so happy to help. I think it’s something that a lot of people were looking at, and MOVE was just such a great way to have it happen,” Turkewitz said.

The NVRD tabling will be on Sept. 25 from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. at Coates Student Center and the Magic Stones, 1–5 p.m. at Coates and the library, and 5–7 p.m. in Mabee Dining Hall.

Seniors’ Pathways woes Bird scooters at Trinity continued from FRONT

“Because it’s a three-course requirement, it’s a bigger commitment than other elements,” Coltharp said. “I have the sense that some students took a while to make the commitment and decide which cluster they were actually going to work on. Some clusters are bigger than others and some of the smaller clusters don’t have a lot of registration options in a given semester.”

Ana White, senior, reflected on some of the most difficult things about the Pathways curriculum.

“Pathways made it much more difficult to double major unless the two majors have common classes,” White wrote in an email.

“Originally, I planned to double major in music education and math. I dropped math because to double major on Pathways I would have had to take more than 20 hours each semester. As it is, I’ve taken 17-19 hours — usually 19 — each semester.”

White also expressed that the cluster was particularly difficult.

“For the music [education] major, we have to take two classes in the same cluster, but they’re both in the same department so only one is allowed to count,” White wrote. “The cluster also only allows us to use one class required for our major. I know a lot of other people in different majors have also struggled with the cluster component and have had to get exceptions made so they can graduate. Our professors in the department are working to resolve the cluster issue so we can graduate.

I’ve finished everything else for Pathways.”

The UCC and Academic Affairs are both working to improve the Pathways curriculum and to help students complete the curriculum.

“The UCC will be working constantly to get input to figure out what’s working, what’s not, to make adjustments,” Kroeger said. “The goal is to graduate students.”

For students facing issues with the interdisciplinary cluster, there are options available such as the student-designed cluster.

“I’m not sure if all students know about that, but that is an option,” Coltharp said.

“That requires a form, a proposal, it takes some work, so it’s not for everyone. But it is possible for a student to identify three courses that have some common theme and then to make a case for the coherence of those courses and that would ultimately have to be approved by the UCC. We had a few last year, five or six were approved. I would expect to see more this year.”

Another option is working with Michael Soto, vice president for Academic Affairs, who can evaluate courses that are not listed as Pathways, but could apply to the curriculum.

“He grants exceptions to curricular policy for all kinds of reasons, not just having to do with the cluster,” Coltharp said. “We don’t want to see too many of those, but when for whatever reason a student is having difficulty actually fulfilling the curricular requirements, we can — if it’s justified — make course substitutions.”

The Pathways curriculum will continue to be evaluated by the UCC, and changes will be made if necessary.

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continued from FRONT

While the process of bringing Birds to campus may be difficult, Wright understands that they might be beneficial to Trinity students.

“We’re not well-versed because [partnerships with Bird are] so new, so we’re not sure how they work,” Wright said. “But if students would like to see it on campus, then I certainly don’t mind taking a look at it!

Seeing [Bird’s] information, talking to them.

We could certainly try!”

Kelley, ACU’s SGA president, advocates for universities to partner with Bird.

“Bird was a great fit for our campus due to our smaller student population,” Kelley wrote. “I think any university that has Birds on their campus already, but doesn’t have an agreement with the company, is missing out on some great benefits.”

In the meantime, Bird scooters are still available for rent throughout the city and campus. Christine Drennon, professor of urban studies, has seen a large increase in the scooters all throughout the city of San Antonio.

“I’ve even seen them on the grassy strips in my HEB parking lot, and I live near westside — which is not where many would think that people who use scooters would live and/or shop — so they’re appealing to lots of people,

not just young hipsters,” Drennon said.

Drennon supports the idea of introducing more Birds on campus.

“Why not? If we can work out how to keep people safe and not have them littering up the city, which is beginning to happen, then they can become a new form of transportation,” Drennon said.

Sophomore Brianna Pena holds an opposing view.

“I do think they’re a good form of transportation but I think the amount that we have right now is really good because there’s not too many but they’re still available,” Pena said.

Sophomores Ethan Jones and Sam Gustafsson, both frequent users of the scooters, agree that there should be more Bird scooters on campus.

“I think there should be more scooters on campus because it will help people increase their productivity on campus because they can get to places faster,” Jones said. “And I think it’s just really fun. It allows students to have more fun on campus.”

Gustafsson lives in Prassel and uses the scooters to get from the dorms to upper campus and Mabee faster.

“I think there should be more Birds on campus. It doesn’t have to be a ton, just a few, because a lot of times when I want to use one they’re not available,” Gustafsson said.

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Voting is a non-partisan issue

The midterm elections are quickly approaching. While this normally wouldn’t cause such a big buzz, you’ve likely heard that it’s going to be a big year for Texas. Democratic nominee Beto O’Rourke is inching closer and closer to Republican incumbent Ted Cruz.

Whether you’re red, blue, green or couldn’t care less, you should understand why voting is important, especially at our age.

Groups all across campus are spreading awareness of the upcoming elections and trying to engage the community. You can read about Tigers for Liberty canvassing for Chip Roy, Trinity Progressives deputizing their members to register voters and Student Government Association teaming up with organizations

across campus for New Voter Registration Day. Even professors are encouraging their students to get politically active whether it’s handing out information on voter registration or canceling class on Election Day. Why does everyone suddenly seem to care about the election? Maybe it’s that everyone suddenly realized that we aren’t being represented in the outcome of elections because we aren’t voting. According to the Census Bureau, the age group 18 to 29 consistently has a lower turnout than older generations, even though we’re the ones who are going to be around the longest to deal with politicians we don’t like. We’re here to tell you that voting — much like the free press — is a chance for you

to exercise your right to a democracy. Voting is a privilege that you should take advantage of, because many people across the world today aren’t given this chance. People fought for you to exercise your right to vote.

Remember that your vote is equivalent to your voice. If the elections come around in November, and you were too lazy or just forgot to vote, it may be hard to justify your opinion on the results. The point of our democracy is to have us feel represented by our elected politicians, and if you don’t vote, how are your views going to be represented?

If you support Beto, go vote. If you support Ted Cruz, go vote. If you support neither, go vote. This is going to be a close one.

Remembering Hurricane Harvey NATALIA SALAS OPINION COLUMNIST nsalas@trinity.edu

On Aug. 18, 2017, I walked out of my house at 4 a.m. with all my things packed in my dad’s car and jokingly saying goodbye to all the objects I saw around me. “Goodbye chair, goodbye bed, goodbye lamp, goodbye door.” I felt the obligation to be as annoying and over-dramatic as I possibly could because my parents were officially becoming empty nesters. I took that opportunity and milked it for all it was worth. I was going to college, after all, and I had to be at least a little annoying since they weren’t going to have to deal with me for months at a time over the next four years.

On Aug. 19, I started to take notice of weather reports that said a hurricane may be approaching the area, but I didn’t think much of it; Houston had flooded twice in the last couple of years, and my house had never been affected. Then, students started to get alerts and classes started to be cancelled here in San Antonio.

I was too busy adjusting to my new life and still didn’t think twice about it. I saw all the precautions being taken by the university. I saw the turmoil on social media of people preparing for the worst as they bought every last water bottle at grocery stores, caused inflated gas prices, etc.

But somehow, I still couldn’t be bothered to care all that much.

On the morning of Aug. 26, I saw all the Snapchat stories from friends back home displaying the aftermath of the storm, a storm that I had almost entirely ignored until then. It

looked like the storm had passed; the damage had been done, and — from what I knew — my house was fine.

Later that day, I received a text from my parents saying that our house and all our cars were flooded. I was more in shock than sad, since I really didn’t think destruction was an option until it happened, so I was almost numb to the situation. I didn’t make a big a deal out of it at first.

For about six months (which was extremely fast, given the state of the city), my family hopped from house to house until ours was ready to be moved back into.

Given the situation, my family was undeniably fortunate — not only because of flood insurance, but also because of the amount of friends, family and strangers who helped my family move back into our home after they had completed their long list of repairs.

During the next couple weeks following the flood while I stayed here at school, I felt guilt, shame, self-pity, compassion, empathy and an indescribable mixture of them all as I witnessed the aftermath of the flood from afar — 199 miles, to be exact.

Guilt because I wasn’t there. I went about my day-to-day life, went to classes, made plans with my new friends and experienced an entirely new life all while my parents struggled to put our lives back together after we had lost our home.

Shame because I suddenly felt that I had taken my city for granted for 19 years, and now I wasn’t there to help put it back together after it had been torn apart.

The self-pity came from a place of selfishness and entitlement, I’ll admit. Embarrassingly enough, I had to remind myself that inanimate objects — especially those that personally belonged to me — were nothing compared to the homes and lives that had been lost during the flood.

Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas on Aug. 25, 2017, and caused millions of dollars worth of damage. photo provided by NATALIA SALAS

I felt compassion and empathy for the people who — as cheesy as it may sound — had it way, way worse.

On Aug. 11, 2018, I left my house at 9 a.m. to move back into Trinity for my sophomore year. Needless to say, the door I closed behind me was a completely different door from the one I jokingly said goodbye to just one year earlier.

This time, I was sure not to annoy my parents with announcing my goodbyes to the brand new objects that had replaced the ones we lost.

Natalia Salas is a sophomore majoring in communication.

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Debates require fair conditions to be effective BEN GONZALEZ OPINION COLUMNIST bgonzale@ trinity.edu Last semester, in an opinion column about broadening the types of political media people consume, I cited the YouTube series “Change My Mind” by Steven Crowder as an example of someone from the political right who engages with people from opposing viewpoints.

The series follows on Crowder as he sets up a table in public places, such as college, campuses and invites people to debate with him about a stronglyheld belief of his, such as “Male Privilege is a Myth” or “There are Only Two Genders.” At the time, I was trying to demonstrate how someone with passionate political opinions can create content centered on interacting with opposing arguments instead of a purely one-sided demonstration that doesn’t acknowledge any dissent.

However, even though Crowder may include people who disagree with him in his videos, the way in which he engages with his impromptu debate opponents is unfair in nature and borders on malicious in intent, ruining any chance of a fruitful exchange of ideas.

The context of Crowder’s show involves an inherent imbalance, seen when he sets up a table featuring a large poster proclaiming his opinion and

invites people to sit down and change his mind.

The problem with this format is that Crowder — who has prepared a topic, a table and is followed by a production team with multiple cameras — is far more prepared to engage in debate than the random people passing by. While arguing, he often cites specific data and statistics that seem to support his argument and renders his opponent’s arguments futile.

In the beginning of his “Male Privilege is a Myth” video, Crowder broadly dismisses all of his opponents’ arguments by claiming that “every single point, without fail, was anecdotal.”

It is, however, unfair of him to expect college students passing by his table to have prepared, thought-out arguments with sources to debunk his beliefs. By establishing his show in such a way, the debate contains a power imbalance that prevents Crowder’s opponent from having a fair shot.

Crowder also tends to jump on people’s emotional reactions to his provocative statements, shifting the focus from the argument itself to the illegitimacy of his opponent.

In the same male privilege video, one of Crowder’s opponents, named Gregory, calls Crowder’s arguments “bullshit,” causing Crowder to smugly remark, “That’s always a great way to start a civil conversation.”

He repeatedly references Gregory’s profanity, asking him why he resorted to such measures in the midst of “such a civil conversation.”

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Later, as their debate becomes more heated, Gregory raises his voice, causing Crowder to place his hand on the student’s shoulder and say, “You’re getting very emotional.” By doing so, Crowder belittles his opponent, reducing them to emotional (and therefore irrational) reactionists.

This discredits any arguments his opponents use and reinforces the power imbalance of the debate.

I am not focusing on this specific YouTube series in order to discredit Crowder specifically.

Rather, I have noticed that there seems to be a growing online culture around the supposed sanctity of the political debate.

Often, conservative political commentators measure their success and truthfulness of their ideas through their ability to debate. Take, for example, the hundreds of videos of commentator Ben Shapiro debating with various people who disagree with him.

Often, the videos consist of people arguing with him at Q&A sessions in which he has a crowd of supporters who cheer on his every counterpoint. Other times, Shapiro debates with someone on the news, which seems like a fair fight until the news anchor starts arguing against his opponent as well.

These types of unbalanced settings for discourse only serve to demonize the

commentator’s opponent while raising their own opinions as inherently better because the more reasonable and calm person comes out of the debate looking like the one with the “right” opinions.

Last month, progressive political candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied Shapiro after he offered to donate 10 thousand dollars to a charity of her choice if she agreed to debate him.

In this case, Ocasio-Cortez refused to engage in Shapiro’s unbalanced power dynamics, arguing that the offer of money implied entitlement to a debate with her.

If the arguments of political commentators are strong enough, they should stand on their own in a fair and balanced setting for a debate. They should not need a crowd of supporters vehemently cheering support, nor should they only be effective on strangers who are spontaneously chosen without prior preparation.

In a neutral and balanced setting with two people of equal experience and preparation, debates can develop ideas and challenge opposing views to make them stronger. Without these conditions, however, one person walks away believing they have the better opinions when in reality they’ve only ridiculed and dismissed the humanity of their opponent.

Ben Gonzalez is a junior majoring in anthropology and is a senator in the SGA.

Refusing to support GreenGoolia presents: Becoming the Catholic church your ultimate eco-friendly self DOMINIC ANTHONY DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR dwalsh@trinity.edu In response to Luke Ayers’ column “Reflecting on faith amidst controversy.”

I grew up Catholic. I went to church every Sunday, attended Sunday school, received all applicable sacraments through confirmation (my “confirmation name” is Thomas Aquinas), and I was lucky to attend a private, Catholic high school.

I stopped calling myself Catholic about five years ago (new label still pending). There are many motivations underlying my “fall from faith,” and many more have been added over the past few years.

The Catholic church is broken. By broken, I mean that it doesn’t function in a way that adds up to a sum good for humanity. Since its inception, the Catholic church has committed genocide, portrayed the Bible as a proper guide to morality and — most recently and saliently — enabled and covered up horrific abuse.

It’s weird and gross. Over the past two decades alone, we’ve learned about scandal after scandal, cover up after cover up, committed at nearly every level of the church hierarchy.

How is this an organization worth supporting? How can anyone give money to an organization that uses its extensive resources to enable abusive clergy to continue abusing members of the organization? Almost every major investigation has uncovered

really disgusting patterns of predatory behavior followed by administrative cover up. Why would anyone want to be a member of an organization that does this? I am super aware of the multitude of tepid, vague responses to my questions — faith and tradition always seem to come up. Catholics justify their participation in the church by citing a belief system that is inherently arbitrary and often selfcontradictory, and I refuse to entertain this belief system by swimming into theological or biblical waters — I won’t reference the numerous bible verses or church teachings which suggest that membership in the Catholic church is not at all necessary for salvation because I think it’s unhelpful to cite a source as fundamentally flawed and self-contradictory as the Bible. Instead, I’ll use common sense morality.

A good test of whether or not you are in an organization worth supporting: 1. Does my organization have a recurring pattern of abuse?

2. Does my organization have a recurring, systemic pattern of enabling and covering up abuse?

3. Does my organization use member resources (donations, legal expertise/connections, etc.) to commit, enable and/or cover up abuse?

If your answer to any of these questions is yes, I strongly encourage you to reconsider membership in your organization. Chances are you can find a somewhat similar group that doesn’t abuse people.

Dominic Anthony is a junior majoring in communication.

JULIA WEIS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF jweis@trinity.edu

The truth is inevitable: Climate change is destroying our planet.

The human race is causing massive destruction to the Earth, resulting in rising sea levels, the destruction of rainforests, air and water pollution, extinction of animal species and so on.

The earth we currently know might look completely different by the time we’re 50, especially at the rate the Trump administration is rolling back environmental protection policies.

If you’re wondering why I — the Trinitonian editor-in-chief — am so concerned about environmental protection, it’s because I’m a notso-secret eco-nut in my spare time.

My fiery passion for our Mother Earth has become a recent focus in my life, especially after joining Trinity’s Outdoor Recreation Program and being around the most environmentally friendly people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. I’ve gone as far as adopting low-waste and vegan lifestyles.

When I started to read more about climate change and came across the disheartening facts about our dying planet, I felt very overwhelmed and helpless. I started to think, “Will anything that I do make a difference?

What’s the point if we’re all dying anyway?” Existential crises aside, we as individuals actually can make a huge impact on the climate. We have

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Being eco-friendly is easy with a few simple tools: A glass water bottle, plastic tupperware, bamboo silverware and metal straws. photo by JULIA WEIS

the power as consumers to vote with our dollar and show businesses and corporations what we want our future to look like. I’d like to share with you, readers, a few simple tips on what you can do if you’re also worried about the environment and would like to become more eco-friendly. In the first part of this eco-series, I want to talk about the importance of reusables.

Did you know that we have produced 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic since its invention in the 1950s?

According to National Geographic, that’s about the same weight as the entirety of humanity. And since 91 percent of plastic is not recycled, this plastic will either float in the ocean or sit on land for hundreds of years.

An easy way that you and I can fight climate change is by using reusable items instead of single-use plastics

that are immediately thrown away. It makes a big difference to bring your own coffee mug to Einstein’s and your own reusable water bottle to class. If you want to take it a step further, you can invest in some reusable straws and silverware. I bought mine online for cheap and use them everyday! If you’re bringing lunch to campus or want to take home leftovers after eating out, I would recommend investing in some nice Tupperware. A good glass or stainless-steel container can go a long way.

I hope you found these tips on reusables helpful. Next time, check in for ways to improve your shopping habits.

Julia Weis is a senior majoring in communcation. Follow her eco-blog on Instagram @greengoolia.

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Drama therapy: The making of a major

A Trinity transfer student explains how she decided to create a second major

MATHILDE LE TACON | PULSE REPORTER mletacon@trinity.edu If you haven't heard of drama therapy at Trinity University, there's good reason for that. It's new, and it's all the work of one student who transferred to Trinity last year.

Junior Molly Rosenblatt, a communication major, has started the process of creating a second major.

Before attending Trinity, Rosenblatt was studying at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. It was the only school she applied to, but she soon found herself unhappy with the university's administration and was facing several medical issues at the time. When her mother pushed her to transfer, Rosenblatt was drawn to Trinity and was later accepted with a scholarship.

While she describes the transfer process as having been overdrawn and scary, Rosenblatt said that Trinity ended up being the right place for her.

“I just fell in love with Trinity as I've been here, and the people are great, and the theatre department's awesome, and I couldn't imagine myself being anywhere else," Rosenblatt said.

“By being at Trinity, I got more opportunities to volunteer with programs like Kinetic Kids, which got me interested in drama therapy in the first place.”

But just what exactly is drama therapy?

Drama therapy as a field describes the use of theatre techniques to facilitate personal growth and promote mental health. It's a subject Rosenblatt feels passionately about.

Rosenblatt, who has been acting since she was five years old, discovered her love for drama therapy after interning for the Magik Theatre in downtown San Antonio, where she was able to help kids find their confidence and

heal. When the Magik Theatre asked her to serve as chairperson for their new Kinetic Kids program, Rosenblatt was ecstatic to jump on the opportunity to pass on her own love for theatre to kids of all ages.

“I've always used drama as my therapy growing up. It's always been my escape, it's always been my way of understanding things, understanding people. This is exactly what I want," Rosenblatt said. "I want to take all of these negative emotions or things that are haunting your mind and put them into a healthier form. I tell a lot of kids to take their anger and focus it into an art as in playwriting or acting or something as opposed to keeping it inside.”

Rosenblatt said that one of the moments that inspired her to pursue drama therapy was when an eight-year-old girl changed her life. The girl was terrified and frequently ran out of the classroom, but Rosenblatt pleaded with her boss to let her work with the girl.

By the end of the week, the girl successfully performed on stage in front of an audience.

“I just remember the smile on her face and the tears running down her mom's face, and she was like, 'I never thought that she would ever get a chance to do something like this.' And just thinking of that moment pushes me forward,” Rosenblatt said.

Since Trinity doesn't have a major for drama therapy, Rosenblatt has been working with Trinity faculty and staff to create this second major. One of these people is Ellen Barnett, assistant professor of education at Trinity University.

“Molly is an independent thinker who is passionate about drama therapy and its potential to impacts students' lives in meaningful ways.

MOLLY ROSENBLATT, junior and Trinity transfer student, explains how she was inspired to make her own major after interning for the Magik Theatre in Texas. photo by ELIZABETH NELSON

It was a pleasure to support Molly as she faced various challenges, and it is an absolute delight to watch her learn and grow,” Barnett said. "I'm excited for her future, and she knows I'll be in the front row of her students' first performance."

Michael Soto, associate vice president for Academic Affairs, is also an important figure in coordinating secondary majors and paving the road to student success.

“The University mission — to provide a transformational liberal arts and sciences education — guides all that we do. An interdisciplinary second major often proves an excellent way for students to leverage the university's many academic strengths by bringing them into direct conversation with their personal intellectual ambitions," Soto said.

Rosenblatt is currently trying to have credits from Sarah Lawrence apply toward the major, as she had took relevant classes, such as Community Outreach Through Theatre and Working With Kids. She is also taking psychology, education and theatre classes which she feels would align well with her drama therapy degree. She still hopes to graduate in 2020, but she recognizes that she could be taking classes for longer than the traditional four years.

Rosenblatt has advice for anyone who might go through the same process she has of making their own major.

“My biggest thing would be do not let anybody tell you that you can't do it. I'm a huge believer in the fact that nobody else can affect your life except for you. Other people telling you that you can't do it — they don't know you, they can't get into your head. Don't let anybody ever tell you that you can't. Always prove them wrong,” Rosenblatt said.

Rosenblatt hopes to do the Master of Arts in Teaching program after finishing her undergraduate work. She wants to teach for a couple of years, do something in communication to make some money and eventually go back to get a master's in psychology and open up her own drama therapy studio.

“I want to help kids all over the world understand that there's a healthier way to control their anger, their anxieties, to control all of that,” Rosenblatt said. “I think that drama therapy is a great way to teach that — there's just so many people that have been affected by it, including myself, and I just want to share that with everybody. My long-term goal would be making it more of a known movement and spreading the knowledge.”

Mobile gaming class levels up with DIY project

Aaron Delwiche challenges his students to get out of their creative comfort zones NOELLE BARRERA | PULSE REPORTER nbarrera@trinity.edu This semester, Aaron Delwiche — professor of Communication — challenged the students in his Mobile Gaming class to create a do-ityourself (DIY) project. The catch? The project must be in a creative area that the students are entirely unfamiliar with. Good at baking? Build a chair. Master painter? "Create a solar-powered emergency radio from an Altoids tin." (That's a verbatim example Delwiche offered in the project guidelines.) Delwiche started this annual assignment in 2012, in response to Trinity's “Information Literacy" Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), which emphasized the importance of students learning to effectively synthesize information from different resources. Although the QEP theme has changed, Delwiche continues to assign this project every fall during the first few weeks of class.

Along with developing their original project, students are expected to give a three minute presentation to their class and write a blog post with footnotes documenting the experience.

While this project is mostly offline, Delwiche hopes it can help students tap into the resourceful and rebellious spirit that the internet fosters in young programmers.

“There's this sort of do-it-yourself hacker ethic — hacker in a positive sense — culture

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on the internet that has a long history that can be traced back to punk rock and the '60s and really accelerated with the birth of the internet," Delwiche said. “Many people have anxieties about technology and about programming. ...

The idea is to get people outside of their comfort zone and to have them throw themselves into the sea of information online and find resources that help them do the project.”

The assignment also encourages students to identify their learning style and find the resources that help them learn effectively.

“I might prefer a computer manual for learning how to use Photoshop, you might prefer a video. Part of being a self-reflective learner is along the way we figure out what works for us,” Delwiche said.

Rachel Lopez, a junior enrolled in Delwiche’s class, branched out into fashion for the first time by sewing a dress out of a bedsheet for her project. She got assistance from Jodi Karjala, costume designer for the department of Human Communication and Theatre.

“I’m super grateful for [Jodi], she’s letting me use her sewing machine from her workshop, so I’ll get to learn how to use a sewing machine,” Lopez said. “I’m still looking at all of the designs.

I saw a pretty nice tutorial for a maxi dress, which is nice because you can hike or hem it up — since the bedsheet is naturally long, it might be a good starting project.”

Trinity students in their Mobile Gaming class play Code Combat, an online educational game that teaches students how to code Python, a coding language. photo by GENEVIEVE HUMPHREYS

Past projects for the class range from creating an iPhone camera lens from pieces from an old DVD player to cultivating cheese in a dorm room. One of the most memorable projects, according to Delwiche, was by recent Trinity graduate Andrea Acevedo, who created a fish tank that doubled as a way to water and fertilize plants embedded at the tank’s surface. Acevedo’s blog post was titled “Fish Are Friends (And Food?)”

Delwiche also shared an anecdote of a former Trinity student who created a potato cannon for his DIY project, inadvertently violating campus rules concerning weapons.

“I called TUPD and said, ‘Hey, this is what happened, can he bring [the potato cannon] to class?’ They’re like, ‘Oh my god, no. No weapons on campus,’ ” Delwiche said.

“We kind of snuck it out of the dorm into the back of my car, and then I kept it in my house for the next three years because he was a first-year student at the time, but I eventually returned it to him when he wasn’t on campus, and he went out into the fields and played with it with his parents and brother and stuff.” continued on PAGE 7

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No meat, no problem!

Advice from staff and students on maintaining a sustainable vegetarian or vegan diet at Trinity illustration by ANDREA NEBHUT

NOELLE BARRERA | PULSE REPORTER nbarrera@trinity.edu As the new school year begins, students are adjusting to the food options available at Trinity. New venues such as Starbucks and Steak and Shake are being added, while Mabee and the Commons have undergone renovations.

For students who are vegetarian, vegan or considering moving towards a plant-based diet, finding healthy, meatless meals on campus can be a major concern.

Katherine Hewitt, wellness coordinator, explained how her office has had more students come in with questions relating to vegetarianism or veganism over the years.

“As each class comes in, there seems to be more passion about food — thinking more about and being conscientious of where the food is being sourced, and picking food preferences based on either what their personal values are or for health-based reasons,” Hewitt said. “Students kind of seek out guidance either from our office or from the dietitian that we partner with pretty frequently.”

Mandy Tyler, an off-campus dietitian who often partners with Wellness Services to advise students, said that students can definitely live sustainable vegetarian or vegan lifestyles at Trinity.

“Whether students want to go vegetarian or if they want to go vegan and cut out all products from animal sources, it can definitely be done,” Tyler said. “There’s a lot of health benefits that an individual could receive by increasing fruits and vegetables in their diet and increasing whole grains, legumes or beans.”

Tyler has two pieces of advice that she often gives students who want to become vegetarian or vegan.

“Make sure that, one, you’re getting enough calories, especially if you’re an active individual, and then two, making sure that you’re getting enough protein,” Tyler said. “When you cut out protein, there’s other nutrients that we tend to not eat as much as — such as iron, B12, your Omega-3s sometimes can start to dwindle, Vitamin D, so those all could become nutrients of concern.”

According to Tyler, consuming a variety of foods is beneficial for vegetarian and vegan students.

“One thing that I always tell [students] is variety. ... If you’re eating a good variety — including fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, legumes, sources of protein — you’re

Thomas Johnson, senior, took the class last year and was inspired by the music documentary “It Might Get Loud,” featuring Jack White of the band The White Stripes.

Johnson created a slide guitar.

“There’s clips of [White] building a guitar out of a block of wood, some nails, a string, and it picked up pretty good sound, and so I thought that’d be cool,” Johnson said.

Johnson spoke about the benefits of the project for his technological confidence. “[The project] really made me feel more comfortable about going into coding because I’m

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going to get most of your nutrient needs met,” Tyler said.

Wellness Services is always available for any students who want to make positive changes to their diet, including vegetarian or vegan students who want to incorporate more protein sources in their diet.

“Whether it’s taking in more black bean options or eating more of seeds or nuts or things like that for protein, we just try to guide students through that process,” Hewitt said.

Delia Rogers, junior, spoke about her experiences finding vegetarian food on campus.

“With regards to iron, you can definitely find spinach in Mabee and at Freshii, and so I eat a lot of that,” Rogers said. “Protein-wise, there’s usually something with beans, and the stir-fry station is fantastic at Mabee. That’s a good place to get vegetarian food and find protein, like they often have quinoa or brown rice or tofu.”

Rogers also recommended lentils and peanut butter, two foods with many known health benefits.

“I don’t know if the POD currently has the Madras lentils, but I know that last year they did,” Rogers said. “Lentils also tend to be good sources of a lot of the things that you don’t get as easily on a vegetarian diet, so that’s a relatively inexpensive source of that. I’m keeping peanut butter on hand, too.”

Rachel Hernandez, Aramark’s marketing specialist, outlined the meatless choices provided at Mabee by Aramark.

“Each station in Mabee Dining Hall has a dish that will accommodate vegetarians.

Rooted, our new designated vegetarian station, serves a different vegetarian item at each meal period, the Comfort station has vegetables and starches for side dishes, and the new grill area has black bean burgers,” Hernandez wrote in an email, also adding that all locations at the Commons have vegetarian and vegan options for students.

Hernandez also spoke about the new changes coming to Mabee this semester. Along with Rooted, there will be a new allergen-friendly salad bar — students with severe allergies can contact executive chef Brent Gorman to arrange individualized meals — and another new station, Batch 101, which will feature international dishes, many of which will be vegetarian- and vegan-friendly.

Off campus, the restaurant Green — located at the Pearl and featured in the Trinitonian’s “Best For Trinity 2018” issue — is known for its relatively inexpensive vegetarian, vegan and kosher comfort food. Other San Antonio restaurants known for vegetarian- and veganfriendly food include Earth Burger, Viva Vegeria and Bok Choy.

Students interested in learning more about a vegetarian or vegan diet or any other nutritionrelated topic can email khewitt@trinity.edu to schedule an appointment with a dietitian; Wellness Services can pay for up to two appointments if a student expresses interest.

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like, ‘It’s going to be the same thing: If I want to get it done, it can be done,’ ” Johnson said.

Delwiche started this annual assignment in 2012, in response to Trinity’s “Information Literacy” Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), which emphasized the importance of students learning to effectively synthesize information from different resources. Although the QEP theme has changed, Delwiche continues to assign this project every fall during the first few weeks of class.

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What’s Kory Cookin’ at KRTU?

A Day in the Life with Kory Cook, the music director of Trinity’s radio station RAFAELA BRENNER A&E REPORTER rbrenner@trinity.edu

Whether you’re looking to hear some jazz, indie rock or a variety of music genres, you won’t have to look beyond Trinity’s own campus to find the KRTU 91.7 radio station. Located in the Richardson Communication Center building, KRTU 91.7 is a non-profit radio station that provides San Antonio with independent, diverse music programming. KRTU is unique as a radio station in its focus on music education and reaching out to local listeners.

Just as you’ll never hear a song play on KRTU more than once on the same day, Kory Cook spends each day as the Music Director for KRTU working on something new for the station. On a daily basis, Cook ensures that the programming of the station and song selections maintain this focus on independent and local music.

“One of the things that we actually pride ourselves on here ... would be to provide as much variety as possible ... A lot of what I do is programming that music but trying to keep it fresh, try to keep it relevant to jazz as well, which is the most important thing for our daytime and evening programs,” Cook said.

KRTU music director KORY COOK manages the programming for the station as well as conducting on-air interviews and helping with events. photo by MATTHEW CLAYBROOK

Along with programming the station’s music, Cook also interviews guests, does air checks for hosts, and helps with events put on by the station in collaboration with other cultural organizations in San Antonio.

“There are more ways than ever to consume music and to hear radio ... and we kind of have to set ourselves apart from the rest of that to make ourselves important to the community, and I think the one way we do it is to represent the community by playing local music and by having local hosts on the radio. So we

don’t have any piped-in programming, we don’t have any syndicated programming: It’s all local. Everybody who’s on the air talking is somebody who lives in San Antonio,” Cook said.

For students looking to get involved at the KRTU radio station, Cook also teaches an apprenticeship class at Trinity, listed under COMM 1120, “Apprenticeship in Communication Center Media: KRTU Radio Host/Trainee”, which consists of training student hosts for the station’s on-air programs.

“[The class is] mainly for the [Indie] Overnight student hosts. Although some of my students end up being interested in the jazz programming as well, which is cool,” Cook said.

At the heart of KRTU lies the jazz genre.

Cook finds value in curating the library of music that features on the station, and the educational opportunities the station provides its listeners with in highlighting both current jazz artists as well as historical staples of the genre. The station also features shows done on the air by local jazz enthusiasts.

“We have ... people who love jazz, who bring in their records, play their recordings and talk about their love of jazz. And they do that every night between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Then on the weekends it’s all day: Morning, noon and night it’s locally hosted. There’s not very many stations that do that,” Cook said.

The KRTU station has also recently expanded their geographic transmitting reach, which is now at a wattage of 30,000, up from 8,000.

“We have a further reach and potentially a larger listener listening audience, which would mean potentially larger support in the coming years,” Cook said.

This expansion allows more listeners to tune in to KRTU and to experience the unique opportunities provided to the San Antonio community by the station.

“We have live DJs, we play music straight off of the source, whether it’s vinyl or CDs, and we’re constantly keeping our finger on the pulse of what’s happening in jazz and independent rock,” Cook said.

For students interested in getting involved at KRTU 91.7, the apprenticeship classes COMM 1120 and COMM 1123, “Apprenticeship in Communication Center Media: KRTU Audio Production,” are offered every semester.

Dario Robleto combines art and science in “Ancient Beacons” The artist’s new exhibit at the McNay explores the poetics of science CALLIOPE IZQUIERDO A&E REPORTER jizquie1@trinity.edu

The McNay Art Museum presented an exhibition by Houston-based artist Dario Robleto titled “Ancient Beacons Long for Notice,” which will run until Oct. 7. As the title suggests, the exhibit addresses a number of heady subjects, particularly regarding humanity’s smallness in the face of an infinite universe.

Rather than framing this theme as a bleak reminder of our insignificance, Robleto’s art lends credence to hard science as an empathetic endeavor by highlighting its inherently poetic nature.

A panel on the wall introduced Robleto as an artist raised in San Antonio and noted the historical significance of the Voyager space probes that carried the Golden Record — a disk that functioned as a little NASA-curated exhibit of humankind’s sounds, music, images and voices for deep space to receive.

The triptych at the beginning of the gallery, “Survival Does Not Lie in The Heavens,” touched upon the Voyager with its visual resemblance to Hubble Deep Field images, but it also emphasized the Golden Record’s main conceit by displaying — as the label tells us — stage lights from “live performances of now deceased Gospel, Blues and Jazz musicians.”

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More large prints of these stage lights lined the wall, titled “The Sky, Once Choked With Stars, Will Slowly Darken,” which emphasized the persistent theme of culture — particularly the American blues and jazz scene — transcending death and decay through the minds of others. The cosmic optimism implied by depicting the legacies of musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Sun Ra and Lightnin’ Hopkins appears to contrast with the morose titles of Robleto’s prints; the exhibit’s title awakens that optimism by offering the idea that humanity still notices these musicians.

“Ancient Beacons Long for Notice” got its name from an intricately detailed cut paper poster, titled “The Signal,” that hung in the opposite corner of the room across two sculptures encased in glass.

These two sculptures narratively led museumgoers from the stars to the depths of the earth’s ancient creatures with “American Seabed,” an assortment of fossilized whale ear bones rose from concrete.

Butterflies with antennae made from mangled recordings of Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row” adorned the whale bones. Even further was “Small Crafts on Sisyphean Seas,” an arrangement of various seashells and aquatic bits fashioned into angelic shapes and suspended by brass rods over acrylic domes; these arrangements covered symmetrical displays that bring to mind fancy dinner plates.

By incorporating geological figures into these new sculptures, Robleto continued to focus on the poetics of science — specifically the sciences that bring light to the distant past, as the stars provide us with visions of a different galaxy’s past just as the nautilus shell’s spirals bring to light Earth’s own watery past. The labels that corresponded to these art pieces connected science’s poetics to Robleto’s residency with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, which frames “Ancient Beacons Long

for Notice” as an ode to the Voyager’s existence in space. “[Robleto] understands the nautilus as a metaphor for how life can communicate across vast reaches of time and space, acting as a beacon communicating about the distant past and environment, while still living with us in the present time,” the label said.

While the main gallery of this exhibit confronted the vastness of life’s reach, the adjoining room was reserved for “The First Time, the Heart” and “Love, Before There Was Love,” two pieces that focused on early waveform recordings of blood flow through the heart. In another marriage of art and science, Robleto provided visual representations of various emotional states recorded from 1854 to 1913.

Set against a poem by Adrian Matejka written for this particular arrangement of pulse tracings, “The First Time, the Heart” follows the heart’s waveform of a person feeling “Fear, 1912,” another person “Name softly called while sleeping, 1877,” another person “Smelling lavender, 1896” and so on. The whole arrangement engendered an atmosphere of quiet reflection. All these fleeting sensations were presented in their suspended forms, and each time I bent down to read the fine, pale cursive of each print, I realized how quiet the gallery was.

Even with people walking around and stopping by each piece, the dim space invited me to look at each item carefully and thoughtfully.

As I walked around, I found myself drawn to “The People’s Intoned Praise of Their Maker,” a display of records and engravings that focused on American southern gospel music. Set on the other side of the opening triptych, this display hummed from a distance as varying tunes emanated from mounted headphones, providing both a poignant and reassuring coda to the themes explored in the exhibit.

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Trinity Review The publication’s staff and co-advisor discuss their plans for this year’s issue CALLIOPE IZQUIERDO A&E REPORTER jizquie1@trinity.edu

The Trinity Review — Trinity’s student-run literary journal ­— prepares for a lively semester of cultivating students’ creativity through a number of means, whether by encouraging student participation in readings and events or by submission of their work for publication.

While the Review is currently in the earlier stages of setting things up for the year, the staff — consisting primarily of students — is excited to welcome a variety of students to participate.

Their first event of the semester will be a fiction reading on Sept. 20.

Kelly Carrol, senior and co-editor of the Review, talked about the responsibilities of the co-editors, noting how the application process worked for them.

“The three creative writing professors, Dr. [Jennifer] Browne, Dr. [Andrew] Porter and Dr. [Kelly] Carlisle all interviewed me to see if I had the qualifications necessary to be one of the two co-editors of the Trinity Review,” Carrol said.

“Stuff like, ‘Do you have ideas for what the next Review could be like, are you good at directing people and keeping people on task?’ ” Carrol also talked about how the co-editors’ interact with the other editorial staff members such as the design editor, the events coordinator and other editors.

“I think what we really want is to give creative writing students an authentic editorial experience, which means that they get to make the decisions,” said Jenny Browne, one of the faculty advisors of the Review. “Decisions about design, about content, how many pages, what balance of poetry, fiction or creative nonfiction or — more lately — visual art.”

Carrol discussed the kind of content that is submitted to the Review for publication, noting the variety of creative expression that is accepted and encouraged.

“We take art, we take photography, we take poetry and prose, we take nonfiction essays,” Carrol said. “Last year we took short plays, and that worked out well, so we may continue to do that. And as of right now, I believe that that is it

so far, but we may be changing that again as we continue to refine our plans for this year’s review. … [As far as themes go,] we tend to take whatever people want to offer. A theme may come out of the submissions that we find and that we enjoy, or we may have a sort of logical order of progression of themes throughout the Review, more than focusing on one specific theme.”

Carrol noted the prevalence of creative writing students in the Review while also noting, as a biology major, the efforts to expand the Review’s welcome to students of varying majors and minors.

“We try to work with the creative writing classes pretty closely, since they are the most likely to be interested in our events, but we’re also going to try to be more interdisciplinary in areas besides creative writing,” Carrol said. “We’re trying to grow more interest in, say, showing the biology or the chemistry or the history departments and students in those majors that they too can have interesting pieces published in the Review, such as nonfiction essays.”

Carl Teegerstrom, senior and design editor for the Review, likewise echoed that the main challenge that the Review has faced has been outreach.

“The idea of the Review as this niche thing for people to write poetry is something we want to get away from,” Teegerstrom said. “We want to get the word around that people who write plays or write prose [or otherwise create art], even if you think your art and poetry is bad, it’s probably not. You could find a place here for whatever art you do.”

Teegerstrom expressed his hope that the events — such as the scary story contest or the love poetry reading or any other occasion for partaking in creative writing — help students to participate in activities that foster a community and bring them closer as peers.

“One of the things that creative writing students are always interested in is, ‘How do I publish my work?’ ” Browne said. “So for one thing, this is a really good opportunity to have your work in print — it makes it feel real, you can share it with other students, you can have it when you apply to grad school, that sort of thing. But one of the challenges I think we run into is that I don’t think the Review is as well known outside of the English department as I think it could be. … And I think there’s some real effort that this year’s editors are being more intentional about reaching out outside the English department.”

Students interested in either submitting a work or joining the staff can contact Jenny Browne or either of the two co-editors, Kelly Carrol or Emily Peter.

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THE GAMES ROAR ON

• Volleyball vs. University of La Verne and Claremont-M-S, Friday, Sept. 7, 3 & 7 p.m.

• Women’s Soccer vs. Hardin-Simmons University, Friday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m.

• Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, OLLU Collegiate Invite, Saturday, Sept. 8

Opinion: Shut up and let them speak Analyzing the complex and divisive issue of NFL players kneeling during the national anthem

EVAN BROWN | SPORTS REPORTER ebrown4@trinity.edu When Kaepernick sat on the bench of the San Fransisco 49ers during the national anthem at the first preseason football game on Aug. 14, 2016, he went unnoticed since he wasn’t wearing his uniform. During the third preseason game on Aug. 26, 2016, the media finally noticed that Kaepernick remained seated while the rest of his team stood. After the game, reporters asked him why he refused to stand.

“I’ll continue to sit. I’m going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed,” Kaepernick said. “To me, [racial oppression] is something that has to change.

When there is significant change, and I feel that flag represents what it’s supposed to represent, and this country is representing people the way that it’s supposed to, I’ll stand.”

Kaepernick made sure to clarify that he meant to protest police brutality and didn’t intend to dishonor the flag and what it means to military personnel and their families.

“I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country. And they fight for freedom, they fight for the people, they fight for liberty and justice, for everyone. That’s not happening,” Kaepernick said. “People are dying in vain because this country isn’t holding their end of the bargain up as far as giving freedom and justice, liberty to everybody.”

As a sign of displeasure, fans began burning his jersey and memorabilia. The situation got so bad that many hoped that backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert would start instead of Kaepernick.

The following week, Nate Boyer — U.S. Army veteran and former NFL football player — wrote an open-letter to Kaepernick. In the letter, Boyer mentioned that he initially responded with anger towards Kaepernick but was willing to hear him out.

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He also touched on what the flag meant to him when he carried the flag out during a preseason game.

“As I ran out of the tunnel with the American flag I could feel myself swelling with pride, and as I stood on the sideline with my hand on my heart as the anthem began, that swelling burst into tears,” Boyer said. “I thought about how far I’d come, and

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the men I’d fought alongside who didn’t make it back. I thought about those overseas who were risking their lives at that very moment.”

After reading the letter, Kaepernick contacted Boyer to arrange a meeting. During the meeting, Boyer suggested a different method of protesting during the national anthem to show more respect towards the men and women who have lost their lives for what the flag represents. Boyer recommended that Kaepernick kneel during the national anthem due to the symbolic nature of kneeling.

“Kneeling because people need to pray,” Boyer said. “[Veterans] will kneel in front of a fallen brother’s grave to show respect.”

Kaepernick kneeled during the playing of the national anthem for the next preseason game and all regular season games. Soon, teammate Eric Berry joined him. Within weeks, multiple players across the league knelt to show support for social change and Kaepernick.

The protests persisted from the 2016–17 season through the 2017–18 season, despite Kaepernick becoming a free agent following the 2016–17 season. The protests caught the eye of Donald Trump, president of the United States. On Sept. 22, 2017, at a campaign rally, he talked about what NFL owners should do if any of their players kneel.

“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners when somebody disrespects our flag say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now! Out! He’s fired,!” Trump said.

Trump’s statements put pressure on the NFL to establish a new policy for proper etiquette during the national anthem before the 2018– 19 season began. In late May, the NFL owners unanimously agreed on a new policy. Under the new policy, players would face disciplinary action if they either kneeled or sat down. Players are permitted to protest by remaining in the locker room while the national anthem plays.

In mid-July, the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) filed a grievance placing a hold on the current policy until the two sides decided on a mutually agreed policy.

Yet here we are, days away from the first week of regular season without a resolution in place.

Unless the NFLPA can convince the NFL to soften their policy, any sort of protest will earn players a fine and suspension.

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Eliminating the player’s ability to free speech de-Americanizes one of America’s most popular sports. How can we say it is American football if we deprive the players the most basic right of all Americans?

I can understand how you may feel that the players should just shut up and play the game.

You are watching the NFL to see people toss a ball around and to give other people concussions.

You are not watching to see a political rally. It’s ESPN, not C-SPAN. Here’s the deal. People watch ESPN. The players have a platform where their voice and actions can reach millions. Can you blame them for using it? They see a problem with America, and they want to do something about it. They want change.

They have heard case after case of police brutality, not to mention their own personal experiences of racial injustice and prejudice.

They decided to non-violently protest by showing America that it can’t continue to operate with racial oppression causing a divide among its citizens.

Not only does the protest harm no one, but it also could not take up less of your time. The protest lasts fewer than two minutes. If it really perturbs you so much, do something else for the two minutes.

I will never understand what it is like to be a minority in America. I have never experienced racial prejudice or injustice. Yet in the same way, I will never understand quite what the flag represents to veterans and their families. I have

one distant relative who fought in the Vietnam War during the Battle of Khe Sanh. That’s it. I can’t even remember his name. I can not begin to appreciate the sacrifices made by veterans and their families. I will never know what it is like to live overseas separated from your loved ones as your life remains in jeopardy every day.

But what I do know is that the players who protest the national anthem never intended to disrespect veterans and their families. Rather than sit, they have resorted to kneeling. Veterans kneel at their graves of their fallen brothers.

Kaepernick and others kneel at the grave of their fallen brothers in hopes of promoting a world with racial equality and fair treatment by police officers.

During the protests, a few players — like cornerback Jeremy Lane — chose to remain sitting instead of kneeling. Lane did dishonor the flag and what it represents because he ignored the national anthem. I don’t believe that he purposely disrespected the flag and its value. Regardless, he messed up.

At the end of the day, the two sides will never come to agreement if they don’t attempt to understand the other’s story. If the players protesting the national anthem still bother you so much, just shut up and watch the game.

This is an abbreviated version of the story, find the rest of it online: trini.cc/letthemspeak

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Cheerleading team welcomes 14 new members Coach Leviticus Weaver and captain Zoe Heeter incorporate the first-time cheerleaders into the routine EVAN BROWN | SPORTS REPORTER ebrown4@trinity.edu

On the night of Aug. 23, 17 students endured a rigorous three-hour cheerleading clinic in the Calgaard Gymnasium to determine who earned a spot on Trinity’s cheerleading team.

The clinic was mandatory for anyone who wanted to cheer this year, including members of last year’s team.

The women went through stations covering conditioning, jump techniques and motion techniques while Leviticus Weaver, head cheerleading coach, and Zoe Heeter, junior cheer captain, monitored their every move.

“We pick our members based on what we have taught them, and how well they pick the information up,” Heeter said. “We also look at spirit and attitude, so it’s really an overall evaluation.”

Weaver had to make some cuts before settling on a squad of 18 members.

At the end of last year, the team only had four returning members. Junior cheerleader Gina Butala understood why many of her former teammates left.

“Being an athlete at Trinity is a big commitment because learning how to balance education and involvement in a sport is challenging,” Butala said. “As in any sport, it takes a lot of endurance to balance it all mentally and train your body properly.”

Even if the team hadn’t received 14 new members, Heeter wouldn’t worry about the team’s ability to perform throughout the season.

“Being a cheerleader is dependent on individual effort and work. For example, we could have a team of 20 girls and not be able to cheer at football games if no one learns the material,” Heeter said. “On the other hand, you could have a team of six that could be really

strong if everyone puts in the effort. Numbers should never affect our ability to do our job.

It’s more about how much effort you are willing to put in.”

The cheerleading teams attend all home games for both men’s and women’s basketball and football. They support Trinity’s other sports teams when their schedules work together.

The cheerleading team has developed multiple tactics to produce the best game atmosphere.

“Getting involvement from the fans can be difficult at times for any sport, as they are all different, however the cheer team has a variety of game day cheers and chants to appeal to the crowd to involve them in the game,” Weaver said. “There is a 50–50 split when it comes to the cheerleaders job revolving around fans. The cheerleaders are there to encourage and support the athletes as well as to build the fans’ excitement for the team.”

Surprisingly, the cheerleading team has found that the number of fans who attend doesn’t determine the atmosphere of the game.

“We have had games with tons of fans and no one follows along, as well as games with just a few who really get into it,” Heeter said.

“Our goal is to get the fans involved, but we can still cheer on our teams regardless.”

Cheerleading is a large time-commitment and demands much of the body, according to Heeter’s description of their workout routines.

“Our workouts are hard, and they really push you physically, but it always prepares us for our job,” Heeter said. “Tumbling requires a lot of strength and agility, jumps require flexibility and stunting requires strength, focus and trust.”

“As a newly organized group on the campus, the Tigerettes were originated to band together those girls who have a special, definite interest in promoting school spirit” (Mirage, 1949) FILE PHOTO

The cheerleaders must deal with the unforgiving Texas heat like all other outdoor sports.

“The hardest part is training yourself to be physically prepared. [You are basically] doing exercise in the middle of the day outside in the Texas sun for hours,” Butala said. “You have to make sure your body can handle not only the cheer part but also the environmental side to it.”

The team has 14 members who will cheer for Trinity for the first time. Despite this lack of experience, Weaver feels that the team will gain good chemistry in no time.

“Each person will find their niche and cohesion with the team and teammates.

Having the same goal, drive and love for the sport helps create the chemistry needed to work together,” Weaver said. “We all have to work as a unit and sharpen our skills no matter where we are starting from.”

You can see the Cheerleading squad at the next Football game this coming Saturday at 6 p.m., where the Tigers will be taking on Hardin-Simmons University.

When you are watching the game, make sure to join the cheerleaders as they help tumble, chant and dance the Tigers to victory.

Opinion: To cheer or not to cheer when watching sports An avid soccer fan’s musings about what it means to be a fan and why we should heckle

AUSTIN DAVIDSON|SPORTS EDITOR adavids1@trinity.edu I went to both men’s soccer games this weekend. Sitting on those smooth concrete stands that rest mere feet from the field and observing our team annihilate various challengers from across the country is truly one of my favorite things to do here at Trinity. I love soccer, and watching these phenomenal athletes play the game I cherish is something special.

I don’t care if it’s so hot outside that my skin may very well be melting because I can just sit and analyze how our team is playing or observe one player and how they work on and off the ball.

While I may be in the minority when it comes to my obsession with soccer, I know that everyone loves watching an exciting game where both teams are highly ranked, evenly matched and create a true toss-up as to who will come out on top.

That was exactly what the games this weekend were for the men’s and women’s teams. Both teams came out of the weekend with a win and a draw. The women tied Pacific Lutheran University in double overtime (0–0) and beat the University of Puget Sound 1–0, while the men defeated Rutgers University-Newark 3–1 and tied the University of Chicago in a nail-biting 3–3 draw that went into double overtime.

During these games, I like to just watch for the first 20 minutes or so and then really lay into the other team, generally picking one player and letting him have it. I’m not saying all heckling is good, but I’d say 90 percent of it is good. I believe it is a duty as a spectator and a fan.

Of course there are certain things that are unacceptable to shout at the other team,

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but informing one of the opposing teams defenders his haircut makes him look like a paintbrush is entirely within bounds.

While it would be a problem if I was just some lone, obnoxious soccer dad screaming at a game (which I may very well be), when it’s a mass of fans all cheering and jeering, it’s quite a uniting force.

This fact couldn’t have been more evident than when the Trinity men’s team faced the No. 3 team in the nation, the University of Chicago Maroons. This team made it to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament last year and are a title-winning favorite. At the time of playing, Trinity was ranked No. 17 in the country, so the odds, according to numbers, were quite skewed in the direction of the visiting Maroons.

When the game kicked off, it became glaringly evident this was a team to be respected. The way they moved the ball, won seemingly every 50–50 challenge and dominated the game in every fashion made it clear that Trinity had a big beast to battle.

The Maroons scored two early goals and found Trinity in the strange position of being down. Hope seemed lost, yet the entire time, the boys on the field worked out a way to beat their opponents, while fans in the stands did their best to heckle the Maroons out of the game.

With the aid of a solid student and parent turnout, including the booming voices of the Trinity football team, the Maroons were gifted the ruckus and ever-present cheers of the Trinity faithful. The Tigers rallied from 3–1 down to tie the game up 3–3 and push through the double overtime to a respectable and well-earned draw.

These types of games are rare, at least where I come from — Albuquerque, New

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Trinity’s men’s soccer team gathers in the center of the field, reviewing the plan for the game and amping eachother up to win. This circle before the game has become a sports tradition. FILE PHOTO

Mexico for anyone who’s curious. At most games, regardless of sport, a turnout like the ones on Friday and Sunday night would be as rare as DC Studios making a good Superman movie: It just doesn’t happen.

But for nearly all of the Trinity soccer games I’ve been to, these energetic crowds are a common thing. They help, in a specific way, win the game. They get in the heads of

whoever dares step foot on Trinity’s hallowed grounds and make sure to lift our players in white and maroon as they smash and dash their way to victory.

It’s an experience I will cherish when my time at Trinity ends, and I hope this little snippet of what it’s like can entice just a couple people to the games. I guarantee, you won’t be disappointed.

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