Volume 115 Issue 10
Trinitonian Serving Trinity University Since 1902
October 27, 2017
THE TRINITONIAN PRESENTS...
THE HALLOWEEN ISSUE
Holocaust survivor gives lecture at Laurie Anna Rado spoke about her time in Auschwitz and life in San Antonio after KAYLIE KING
NEWS REPORTER Anna Rado, a Holocaust survivor and San Antonio resident, gave a lecture in Laurie Auditorium on Monday at 7 p.m. The event was open to the public. After Rado spoke about her time in Auschwitz and her experience of losing most of her family members, she spoke about her gratitude and desire to spread a positive message. “After all the things I went through, I am still very blessed that I can stand in front of you and tell you I have children, I have grandchildren,” Rado said. “I always tell the children when I talk to them to never give up, and don’t hate. I’m really feeling very thankful that there are still some people who are interested in the Holocaust and the memory of it.”
ANNA RADO spoke about her experiences in Nazi Germany and how her belief in God helped her through the experience. photo by CHLOE SONNIER
Rado’s lecture was organized by Trinity’s Jewish Students Association-Hillel (JSA-Hillel) organization. Roughly 150 people attended. Ashley Lachterman, junior business administration major and the co-president of JSA-Hillel, helped with promoting the lecture and spoke about Rado’s lecture in an interview prior to the event.
“This is not the first Holocaust survivor I’ve heard speak, but every single one I’ve heard speak has been in a different kind of setting. I’ve had encounters with people that are more one-on-one, I’ve gone to panels, I’ve gone to meet-and-greet style at the Holocaust Museum in D.C., but this is definitely a different experience,” Lachterman said. “I think because everyone’s story is so
different, [Rado’s] story is going to be different from somebody else’s, especially because she was a child when she went through it.” Lachterman was also excited to see the feedback from the Trinity community following the lecture. “Since I’ve been at Trinity, we haven’t really had anything Holocaust-related that’s been open to the whole university and the public as well. I think it’s really important to talk about. The whole purpose of having Holocaust survivors speak and share their stories and their experiences is that we don’t forget what happened,” Lachterman said. “That’s the whole Holocaust Remembrance Day message. We shouldn’t forget the stories, we shouldn’t forget what happened. That’s why we have museums and everything.” Lachterman explained that it’s especially important for her to remember the Holocaust because she is Jewish. “It holds a lot more weight for me,” Lachterman said. “To meet anybody who’s gone through it is a gift. I really appreciate anything that they do. Having to speak about it and almost relive it just by speaking on it takes a lot of strength.” continued on PAGE 6
Lapsed club returns PRIDE hosts activists Students seek return of the International Club DOMINIC WALSH
PULSE REPORTER The International Club was a core part of the Trinity experience for many international students since it was formed in 2007, but it went inactive last academic year due to a lack of available officers. Questions regarding the need for the club have arisen; several students have expressed dissatisfaction with the club’s absence, especially after one of its staple events, the annual spring international student banquet, was not put on last year. The international student population has grown from 50 to 160 students in the past 10 years. Despite this growth, the lack of available officers precluded the continued existence of the club. Qui Jiang, international student advisor, observed that one possible reason for the lack of officers willing to devote a lot of time to International Club is the formation of smaller, more culturally specific groups as the number of students from specific regions have grown to club-size numbers. “The population became bigger and smaller groups formed as the group got bigger. They
all have their own cultures: Chinese culture, Filipino culture, African cultures — people kind of have more attachment to their cultural groups now,” Jiang said. Even two years ago, during the final year of the International Club’s existence, the officers were too busy to adequately prepare some of the club’s larger events. “The last International Club officers were kind of struggling to keep the organization running, especially for the big events. There are not many, but one of the of the big events is the spring international banquet, and they had a hard time finding the people to help with logistics,” Jiang said. Robert Seese, the assistant director of international student and scholar services, noted a similar trend when he first arrived at Trinity in 2014. “Our observation is that there are very few people — even though they had the officers in place — who were actually carrying the load. Their major activity was the annual spring banquet, which is sort of like a goodbye to the senior international students, and it was a nice event. But frankly, I noticed when I first got here that it wasn’t as well attended as I expected, although I didn’t know exactly what to expect,” Seese said. continued on PAGE 13
HALLOWEEN Something is brewing in the entrepreneurship department
DIA DE
LOS MUERTOS
Sophomore Jacob Hurrell-Zitelman is running a cold-brew coffee company out of his dorm room.
October PAGE 31 11 PULSE Celebreates All Hallow’s Eve in the Pagan and
November 2 Remembrance of All Souls Day, a Catholic holiday set
Speakers visit campus to promote LGBTQ involvement, unity
KENDRA DERRIG
NEWS REPORTER Two local political activists were on campus Oct. 10–11 to speak as part of Trinity University PRIDE’s speaker series, “Taking PRIDE: Community Activists and Outreach.” Megan Smith, an entrepreneur, political consultant and Trinity alumna, gave the first lecture. She spoke about her experiences being openly gay in the workplace, as well as how she has used her management skills in collaboration with local progressive political campaigns and nonprofits. Emmett Shelling, president of the San Antonio Gender Association and regional director of the Transgender Education Network of Texas, focused his talk on unity within the LGBTQ community, specifically concerning those who identify as nonbinary or genderqueer. He also discussed the current political situation in Texas concerning the results of the most recent legislative session, during which laws were passed that restrict the rights of LGBTQ people to use public bathrooms and adopt children.
The talks were attended chiefly by members of PRIDE, a group on campus that provides community and education for LGBTQ students and their allies. Each lecture had approximately 25 students present. Andy Acevedo, president of PRIDE, wrote in an email interview about the importance of hosting these speakers. continued on PAGE 5
EMMETT SHELLING, the president of the San Antonio Gender Association, spoke to students about the importance of unity within the LGBTQ community. photo by CHLOE SONNIER
The traditions of Dia de los Muertos and Halloween
Women’s basketball team aims for great season
Abigail Wharton looks into the two holidays celebrated widely on campus and in San Antonio.
The team begins quest to repeat their success in the SCAC championship last year.
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