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Trinity purchases City Vista building University master plan takes first action with the purchase of former university property for student housing BY ALEXANDRA URI MANAGING EDITOR BY PHILLIP McKEON NEWS REPORTER
On Wednesday morning, President Danny Anderson sent an email to the Trinity community announcing that the university had acquired the City Vista apartments located off of Hildebrand. According to the email announcement, the apartments will be open to juniors and seniors starting in the fall of 2017. Anderson said that the purchase will provide Trinity students with more housing options and greater opportunities to grow as people. “There are two key factors that made me recommend exploring this purchase. First, since I became president at Trinity, I have listened to students. One message that I heard was that students liked the residential living experience and they wanted additional options with greater independence. They liked the community experience of campus life, and at the same time wanted a bit more privacy and independence by the time they were juniors and seniors. The appeal of the North Hall renovation to create private bedrooms demonstrated the reality of this interest. Second, the campus master planning process included student surveys and student focus groups. A key finding there was the interest in apartment-style living opportunities on campus to provide more privacy and independence,” Anderson said. Melissa Flowers, director of Residential Life, also believes that this addition to Trinity housing is positive for students looking for alternative living arrangements. “Providing students with increased autonomy in their living environment as they progress through their time at the university better prepares them for productive and successful lives after graduation,” Flowers said. The announcement was met with mixed reactions from students. Zeina Zayat, junior, said that this could make her search for offcampus housing for next year easier. “I’d always planned on living off campus my senior year, and most likely still will, but having gone through some of the process of finding a place off campus, I can say that it would definitely be a lot easier and would save a lot of effort to just get a place through Trinity,” Zayat said. Some Trinity students are already living at City Vista. Eliza Ozden, junior, confirms that apartment-style living at City Vista is indeed a step above traditional dorms. “When I was given the opportunity to live off campus, I immediately took it because I wanted to escape the cramped upperclassmen dorms and the stress of living under Trinity’s
City Vista, located at 655 E Hildebrand, will be available for student housing starting Fall 2017. The complex has 141 apartments ranging from one to two-bedroons. photo by MIGUEL WEBBER
supervision. While living at City Vista has forced me to take on adult responsibilities like paying bills, etc., my living situation is definitely more luxurious than anything Trinity could have offered me, and the rent is cheaper than living on campus,” Ozden said. Senior Lauren Harris said that the purchase is a great thing for Trinity, however she has some questions about the logistics of transforming the apartment complex into student housing. “They’re diversifying their investments, which I think is great. I’m glad they’re doing it, but I wonder if I am paying less than what students will be paying in the future or if I’ll be paying more. I wonder what’s going to happen to that apartment complex and if it’s going to stay the nice, quiet, adult living that I wanted or if it’s going to completely change the rental market in San Antonio,” Harris said. In the email, Anderson said that the purchase will respect current leases. “Trinity will maintain the current leases and immediately begin the transition process so that City Vista Apartments will operate as student housing starting Fall 2017. The University will develop a plan for its usage that is consistent with Residential Life policies and the selection of occupants,” Anderson said. However, even though the university will respect those currently living at City Vista, there will come a time when it will be converted to housing for only Trinity students. “Now that we can work openly with the management team at City Vista, we will develop a transition process. We want to keep the building occupied as long as possible, but we need a clear transition point. We have retained the services of the management team at City Vista to help us work through the transition
process,” Anderson said. One concern expressed by Zayat is whether or not living in City Vista will be affordable. “One of the perks of being a senior and getting to live off campus in the first place is getting out of the Trinity bubble and getting much nicer accommodations for a fraction of what you’d pay on campus. Obviously you’d get the nicer accommodations at City Vista, but we’ll see what they do with the price. I really doubt it would be as affordable as living off campus,” Zayat said. One question that has come up with this purchase is how much it will cost to live in the apartments. According to Harris, it costs about $925 a month to live in a two-bedroom, twobathroom apartment with a roommate. Sophomore Isa Medina said that the cost of the housing would factor into her decision of wanting to live there. “I’d definitely want to live there my junior year if I could, but only if it were reasonably priced like a normal apartment,” Medina said. In a follow-up email to the campus, Flowers informed students that more information would become available to students over the next couple of weeks. “We have already begun working to prepare for this transition and will contact you in the coming weeks with detailed information regarding apartment availability, the room reservation process and pricing structures for the new spaces,” Flowers said. While there haven’t been any set plans on how much it will cost to live at City Vista, Anderson said that it will be more expensive than other housing options. “We will have a pricing scale for all of our residential living options, including City Vista
Apartments. The apartments will be more expensive than residence hall rooms but I do not know our exact pricing yet,” Anderson said Harris, who currently lives at City Vista, said that Residential Life faces a lot of logistical difficulties. “I think it’s going to depend on how much they want to overpower the existing tenants with their rules or if those will be specific only to students. I wonder, will TUPD now be patrolling that area; is this going to be essentially just another dorm room that was made by someone else? It’ll be interesting what ResLife has to come up with in order for this to work,” Harris said. Furthermore, as a current resident, Harris worries that the purchase will take away from what made City Vista so appealing to Trinity students in the first place. “If we’re excluding price considerations, it would be in my mind considering another type of dorm room, albeit a nicer quality and more private dorm room. But I specifically, ironically, chose this place because mainly adults live there and I wanted quiet and I didn’t want any noise. So honestly if I knew this was occurring and I knew this was student housing, I would choose somewhere else,” Harris said. Ozden also said that she would most likely not try to live in City Vista again after Trinity takes it over. “When I read that Trinity had bought City Vista and planned to move upperclassmen here, I instantly worried about the maintenance of the building. The amenities will be abused and not cared for properly, as is the case oftentimes in the dorms. So to answer your question: no, I would not still want to live here. Sign me up for Rosemont,” Ozden said.
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Cameron to visit Trinity Former U.K. Prime Minister, David Cameron, plans to visit Trinity campus at the end of January for lecture series that brings in world leaders BY KATHLEEN CREEDON NEWS REPORTER
On Jan. 31, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, will present the 2017 Flora Cameron Lecture on Politics and Public Affairs. Cameron served as prime minister from 2010 to 2016 and will focus on the issues he brought forward while in office during the lecture on Tuesday. The Flora Cameron Lecture has been made possible by the generosity of Flora C. Crichton, a Trustee Emerita of Trinity. The lecture has brought many world leaders to Trinity to talk about their careers and current events. Former speakers include Margaret Thatcher, Condoleezza Rice and George H.W. Bush. “These lectures that we have at Trinity are a wonderful opportunity for students that might not occur at other colleges or universities or that might be limited to donors and other people who can afford to go,” said Sharon Schweitzer, assistant vice president of External Relations. Trinity University works with agencies out of Washington, D.C. and New York City to find speakers that work well with specific lecture series held. The Flora Cameron Lecture revolves around politics and public affairs. “David Cameron is the most recent Prime Minister of Great Britain, and Great Britain is going through a lot of social, cultural and economic flux in the same ways the United States is,” Schweitzer said of Cameron’s relevance to the recent political atmosphere. Although a lecture on public affairs may seem dull to some, the Trinity community looks forward to the former Prime Minister’s perspective on current politics. Some professors are
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bringing classes to a student meeting with David Cameron to ask questions before the lecture. “Events like this one give students direct contact with someone who is a true mover and shaker in current politics,” said Nanette Le Coat, director of international studies and one of the professors who will bring a class to the student meeting. Le Coat suggests her students do some research beforehand to have well-thought questions for Cameron. “I think people will get the most out of the lecture by doing their homework, by researching and formulating questions,” Le Coat said. This lecture intends to get the community thinking more globally. The Flora Cameron Lecture offers the opportunity to listen to international leaders speak about current events from their perspective. “Every time a big person comes to campus — or a small person for that matter — I always tell students that this is the only time in their lives that they can see interesting people for free,” said David Crockett, chair of the political science department. Attending the lecture will allow students to focus less on the intricacies of their lives and take a look at a broader scope of what is going on in the world. Because this is such a great opportunity, Trinity will be offering tickets for the lecture. “I think we’ll have a packed house, so we’re offering tickets to faculty, staff and students first. Whenever we have someone coming who will bring such a big draw, we make the determination to issue tickets to ensure we don’t oversell the auditorium,” Schweitzer said. Cameron will be escorted by his security detail from Scotland Yard. Because of security risks, students are asked not to bring backpacks or large bags, as they will have to leave them outside of the auditorium. Donors endow the lectures, so they can be made available for the Trinity community and the San Antonio community. Tickets will be given at a first come, first served basis on Jan. 24 and 25 at the Laurie Auditorium box office, open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Students must bring their student ID to reserve tickets and to attend the lecture.
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Thousands march in honor of MLK Jr. The upcoming presidential inauguration shadowed the feelings of some Trinity marchers BY JEFFREY SULLIVAN
NEWS EDITOR
On Monday morning at least 240 Trinity students and faculty gathered for San Antonio’s 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. march. Thousands marched through the East Side in the nation’s largest walk honoring King’s legacy of peace and justice in light of perceived political turbulence. The week’s upcoming presidential inauguration was clearly held in the thoughts and feelings of several Trinity participants. “I think if we look at what’s happening Friday with the inauguration, a lot of people are still a little discouraged by the election results,” said Tahlar Rower, a junior and member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee. “A lot of people are still hurt and a lot of people realize that this election brought out a lot of racial tension, a lot of discrimination that people have known have been around for years but has really resurfaced. Trinity marchers held a Trinity University banner, individual letter cards spelling Trinity and a collection of hand held Trinity signs. Some students held their own handmade signs with slogans that included “Black Lives Matter” and “John Lewis is a hero.” “We begin the week with MLK and then end it with an inauguration that’s causing a lot of controversy,” said Kezia Nyarko, a first year and member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee. “We also had Trump talk about John Lewis, all talk no action. I think it’s incredibly relevant now to have this march because it actually shows people like Trump that a lot of people were not just ‘all talk no action.’” Faculty members were also active in the march and cognizant of its place in history. “This is more important because of our post-election challenges,” said Stacy Davidson, director of Academic Support and chair of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture. “For people to see that there are people out here for whom these kinds of things matter, and they’re not just black. They’re not just poor. It’s everyone who feels like they want to be a part of making a difference. I want to be a part of demonstrating that I care about others in my community that may not necessarily look like me. I think it’s particularly important a week out from the inauguration.” Participants were asked to gather at the intramural field at 8:30 a.m. where T-shirts were distributed while waiting to board any of the four busses that would bring them to the starting point
Trinity University marchers were situated between representatives from HEB and USAA.. “Honoring the Dream” was the slogan for USAA’s participants. photo by MIGUEL WEBBER
in the East Side of San Antonio. Each bus was equipped with TV monitors that showed segments of the famous 1965 march King led from Selma to Montgomery in the documentary film, “Eyes On the Prize.” “You need things like that when you’re on your way to remind people why you’re out here,” Rowe said. “You’re not out here just to be out here. You’re out here because we’re commemorating and remembering what they did back then. It’s really a necessity to remind people why you’re out here so that you don’t lose sight of what’s really important.” In celebration of King’s legacy, San Antonio has opted for a march as opposed to a commemorative parade, which is popular in other cities. “I think a lot of time a parade gets in the way of a march because, if you think about back then, they literally marched,” Rowe said. “They marched with a mission. I really like that San Antonio keeps hold to the idea of a march. I don’t discredit a parade — which is a celebration — but I think a march is more-so synonymous with the actions of MLK.” The sentiment was shared amongst members of San Antonio’s East Side community. “It’s a great man that we’re celebrating,” said Jerome Harris, a veteran representing the East Side with other members of the American Legion Post 828. “I come out year after year just to
keep the dream alive. To make sure that we’re not just marching in vain but we’re marching for a purpose.” The starting point was at the M. L. King Academy, where banners of Martin Luther King Jr. and President Barack Obama had been draped down from the building’s roofs. The marchers then began down Martin Luther King Dr. and through several parts of the city’s East Side. “It really bothers me, still, to walk through that east side community and see the conditions under which people are still living,” Davidson said. “That’s wrong. We’re supposed to be the richest country in the world and we still have people living in conditions that don’t allow them to reach their full potential, which was another thing that MLK said.” Groups outside of the East Side community felt warmly received and appreciated for their participation in the march. “The more the merrier,” Harris said. “I think everyone should be a part of this.” Despite gray clouds and light drizzle the spirit of the marchers seemed high and proud. “I wouldn’t miss this for the world,” Davidson said. “I didn’t care if it was gonna rain, pour or sleet. I didn’t care. I was going to be here because he died to allow us to congregate and convene across all of our different lived experiences. What a better way to honor him.”
Students plan to march for women Walks in San Antonio and Austin offer students chances to stand in solidarity with minorities BY KATHLEEN CREEDON
NEWS REPORTER
On Jan. 21, people across the nation will attend a Women’s March to exhibit their commitment to human rights, both locally and globally. Trinity students have joined the campaign and will attend marches in San Antonio and Austin to show their support. For many, the march symbolizes unity amongst minorities. Despite gender, ethnicity, race or creed, people are gathering as concerned citizens to react to injustice in our nation. “I am going because on Jan. 20, a bigot who has insulted and belittled the struggles of women, African Americans, the LGTBQ community, immigrants, Muslims, people with disabilities, POWs and more will take power in the most prized seat our country offers. I will be marching to show people that many of us do not agree with him and will not sit idly by while people’s freedoms are taken away from them,” said Ellen Hart, one of Trinity’s students who will be attending the march in San Antonio. Because the march brings together many, people see it as a chance to stand up for minorities. Rather than remaining apathetic about a situation that affects the whole nation, marchers will demonstrate their reluctance to resign. “This march signifies to me that we are standing together. We will not be quiet in the face of wrongdoing and will have each other’s backs no matter what groups we belong to,” Hart said.
Hart sees her participation in this march as an act against hate and oppression. She stands firm with the decision to advocate for those who are need of support and the decision not to remain silent. “I think this is the most important thing I could be doing. Many minorities are scared, as they have a right to be. By marching, we are showing them that we have their backs; we will not allow the rights of the people of America to be taken away,” Hart said. Though the mission of the march may be misconceived as a protest of gender inequality, it encompasses more than just gender. Participants march against inequalities of race, religion and sexuality. “I really like this march in particular because it focuses on the intersectionality that women face. We’re not just marching for women, but we’re marching for women of color because we recognize that they face more obstacles. We’re marching for trans-women and queer women,” said Stacey Debner, a sophomore who will be attending the march in Austin. The march intends to join women in diversity despite the negative rhetoric of recent politics. Those who participate stand together to fight the insulting and threatening nature of powerful figures. “I feel like a lot of it was spurred by the misogynistic discourse that we have with our president-elect, so I think it makes a really big statement about our views on misogynistic discourse in politics, especially now that our president has such a record of misogyny,” Debner said. The negative political atmosphere has prompted many students to become more active because they believe a change is needed desperately. Oumoul Setamou, a sophomore attending the march in San Antonio, agrees.
“I feel like it’s important to be proactive and active in a time like this. As an African-Muslim woman of color, I was really discouraged by the election and in a pretty big slump for a while, but I realized that in a time like this I need to be more visible than ever,” Setamou said. Setamou expressed nervousness about attending the march due to the biased discourse in the United States. However, she decided attending the march was a great way to stand against the hatred. “For me, the message is resilience and visibility. As a member of a marginalized group and knowing so many dear people in my life are a part of already small, marginalized and invisible places, it has become difficult, in light of everything that has been said, to remain resilient and visible. But, I have come to understand that our power and strength comes from continuing to live our lives and assert that we belong here just as much as anybody else,” Setamou said. Though the label of “feminist” may be misconstrued as a form of negative rebellion, the people who participate in marchers like this one are attempting to give the stigmatized word a more positive definition that represents its true intent. However, Debner remarks that marches are only the beginning of such a change. “I feel like we’re getting to a place where people are more understanding, but that’s going to take more personal discourse. A big march protests bigger ideas, bigger things — like politics. If you really want to have understanding on a personal level, that has to come through intercommunication,” Debner said. Women’s Marches will be held across the nation on Sunday. The marches intend to promote unity and equality and are protesting negative voices in politics. The San Antonio march will begin at City Hall at 11am.
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MLK Jr. commemorative lecture features author and professor Marc Lamont Hill The speaker’s second speech at Trinity runs over contracted time with extend Q&A BY DANIEL CONRAD
NEWS REPORTER
Public intellectual Marc Lamont Hill addressed Trinity students and the San Antonio community in Laurie Auditorium last Thursday as part of an annual lecture series dually organized by the university and the city’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission. Hill’s keynote speech — titled “From Segregation to Social Justice: What Would Martin Say?” — celebrated the commission’s 30th anniversary along with Monday’s MLK, Jr. March. Hill is a distinguished professor of African American studies at Morehouse College and host of BET News and VH1 Live. This was his second time speaking to Trinity University. His first visit was in 2011, when he also spoke for the MLK, Jr. Commemorative Lecture. “[Since then,] we’ve seen radical changes in the economy,” Hill said in a private interview. “We’ve seen some repair … but we’ve also seen more and more jobs go overseas. We’ve seen more and more poor people become enmeshed in a state of precarity, a space where the government doesn’t protect you and they outsource everything to the private sector, which is designed to make money. So people are stuck without protection or investment.” Hill noted that there has been important progress, noting the change in public discourse about transgender people, marriage equality legislation and the 2011 repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy. He remained critical of activists on both the left and the right of American politics, however. “I think the Obama administration brought a certain kind of hope, but it also ushered in a certain kind of complacency; I think there are people who would have spoken out against a Republican president who were scared to speak out against a Democratic president,” Hill said. “But in the midst of that, we saw a freedom movement emerge. We saw Black Lives Matter, we saw Occupy [Wall Street and] we saw a generation ignite and develop a new kind of worldview, a new kind of oppositional politics.”
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Hill began his lecture by thanking San Antonio and Trinity for taking King seriously. “I find no greater joy than … in thinking together about this man, Martin Luther King, Jr., someone I regard as perhaps the greatest American we have ever produced.” Hill discussed a litany of social and political issues facing America both in King’s time and our own, including imperialism, food insecurity, mass incarceration, poverty, prison reform and the war on drugs. He encouraged the audience to remain vigilant despite victories. “We are able to imagine ourselves and our struggle as moving forward and progressing toward an inevitable or natural end,” Hill said. “We begin to see black success all over the place, we begin to see black progress all over the place, and when you see that much black progress, it can become easy and convenient to not see black misery. … Dr. King’s legacy is to find the
“Dr. King’s legacy is to find the contradictions ... The legacy of King isn’t about feeling good” -Dr. Hill contradictions. … The legacy of King isn’t just about feeling good. It’s not just about marching. It’s not just about saying we overcame. It’s about keeping track of the least of these.” Hill emphasized the importance of youth engagement and a kind of discourse he called “deep listening.” “King asked us to not only listen carefully [but] to discern
wisely. We’ve got to ask different questions. King’s legacy is of action, analysis, work, struggle [and] prophetic vision. But King knew to ask different questions.” Hill was particularly passionate on the value of joining movements bigger than oneself. “We can show what is possible through our action. There are people who are hungry tonight, and we can feed them, we can act bravely tonight,” Hill said. “That is the legacy of King: to do something, to act, to join something. These are not individual actors; these are organizations. Join an organization — I didn’t say start one, I said join one.” Hill echoed his criticism of partisanship during the lecture as well. “We must be above the partisanship; we must engage in principles,” Hill said. “If you speak the truth when it is bitter, you will find yourself alone. The legacy of King is one of radical solitude. You will find yourself alone. But I don’t want you to be ashamed of being alone.” The audience was invited to ask Hill questions following his keynote lecture. Questions included pushback from Republican students, the difficulty of engaging in deep listening when faced with anti-intellectualism and the necessity of providing alternatives in tandem with political criticisms. Tahlar Rowe, junior political science and Spanish double major and president of Trinity’s Black Student Union, is a member of Trinity’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Committee, which selects each year’s lecturer and coordinates Trinity students’ involvement in the San Antonio MLK, Jr. March. “My job was to reach out to the local churches and get them to attend the event,” Rowe said. “I was pretty much their liaison.” Following the lecture, Rowe had only positive comments about Hill’s speech. “It was great,” Rowe said. “I’m always mesmerized how he can inspire, yet critique each side. … I walked away very inspired, but also a little conflicted; there are some things that I know I’ve been doing that haven’t been all so great. I know I haven’t been living up to [King’s] legacy, … so I think sitting there was pretty mind-blowing, but it was also eye-opening.” Junior biology major Cristian Vargas said that Hill was a great choice for speaker. “His lecture was amazing,” Vargas said. “[He was] very passionate, very willing to engage audience members who didn’t necessarily agree with him.”
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Turning Point Tigers turn tail on their liberal professor watchlist Representative of activist club partially rescinds charges of “war” on conservative students BY DANIEL CONRAD
NEWS REPORTER
On Dec. 21, about 30 Trinity University faculty endorsed a press release in protest of the Professor Watchlist run by Turning Point USA (TPUSA), which purports to name instructors who discriminate against conservative students and advance “leftist propaganda in the classroom,” according to the organization’s website. Jonah Wendt, vice president of TPUSA’s Trinity chapter, penned a post on conservative social news site Hypeline headlined “Trinity University Professors Declare War on Conservative Students,” though he has since toned down the organization’s response to the professors’ protest. “I don’t think it’s the best idea in the world,” Wendt said of the watchlist. “It’s only going to serve to have people drop out or just not take classes rather than face viewpoints that are in opposition to theirs.” Wendt deflected criticisms of the watchlist, claiming that it is ultimately ineffective. “This list doesn’t have teeth. The only people who are going to use [it] are Turning Point USA members who are freaking out that someone has a different opinion than them,” Wendt said. “For the most part, people are going to look at this list and be like, ‘Oh, that’s just something they’re doing for attention,’ and the thing is, it’s actually worked. I think it was more of a publicity stunt than anything.” Wendt’s Hypeline article claims that the professors’ press
release amounts to “a statement pledging to discriminate against conservative students with the sole purpose of satisfying their own personal quest to be on an internet watchlist.” He says the article was motivated by other conservative students who were worried they might face discrimination at Trinity. “Upon further investigation, I believe that thought process was flawed and not what the teachers intended,” Wendt says. “I think they just wanted, in the wake of Trump’s election, that they want to have some control, so this is their way of saying, ‘Look, we’re going to try to fight back.’” The public document was endorsed by professors from more than 10 academic departments. The protest was spearheaded by Kelly Lyons, associate professor of biology, and is described by Lyons as an act of defiance. “We are not going to be successful in getting on the list, that’s not the point. The point is to mock the list,” Lyons said. “The idea is to say, you can make a list, and I’ll be happy to be on it, and you’re not going to scare me.” Lyons warned against the dangers that watchlists present. “I think [the list is] toothless until somebody tries to use it to deny somebody tenure, get them out of their position or cause them legal problems,” Lyons said. “We’ve seen these kinds of scare tactics before. … We’ve seen them now with the new administration asking for the names of people who are working in gender issues with the state department, or the names of people who are working in issues of climate change or the Paris agreement. Lists are being made, and we should be alarmed by this.” Lyons further clarified the intention of the professors’ protest. “To make a statement that we are waging war on conservative students only furthers the perception that somehow this is about conservative students. It’s not about conservative students; it’s about freedom of speech. It’s about fear tactics
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that are designed to silence certain voices.” Lyons was critical of Wendt’s recent statements. “If he thinks that [the article was] the product of a flawed thought process, then he needs to take it down,” Lyons said. “There’s a fine line between flawed logic and lies. We’re not waging war on anybody. … In my mind, it’s equivalent to fake news. [Hypeline] might not be a fake news site, but it’s certainly an op-ed news site, and it’s presenting itself as real news.” When asked whether the Hypeline article would be removed or revised, Wendt said there are no plans to do so. “I don’t have time to deal with it.” In drafting the press release, Lyons contacted a number of professors she thought would be sympathetic to the protest. Andrew Kania, associate professor of philosophy, explained why he endorsed the statement. “I was a little bit of two minds about it,” Kania said. “A reason against [signing it] is that drawing attention to this sort of thing gives it the kind of publicity that you don’t want it to have if you’re against it. But on the other hand, I felt that what was in the letter was true, that these sorts of [lists] are not good and are reflective of a certain sort of turn that American politics seems to be taking. So I thought that I had a certain ethical obligation to add my voice to the group.” Kania hopes that the protest highlighted one of the difficulties he finds in debates about free speech. “One of the messages I was hoping that [the press release] sent is that just because you have the right to say something, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s a good or wise thing to say at a particular time or in a particular context. I think that gets lost very quickly in American debates over free speech,” Kania said. “Other relevant moral considerations tend to get ignored because the right to free speech has this rhetorical trumping power in America.”
Bell Center renovations challenge parking Parking spaces previously used for student and staff parking for the intramural fields and dorm buildings become subjected to closures for alterations BY JEFFREY SULLIVAN
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15-month renovations to the Bell Athletic Center started at the beginning of the semester, closing off parking lot O between the building and Verna McLean Hall. The closures have led to tightened parking on campus for those living and working on campus. Students commuting from off campus have found it challenging to find open spaces in the parking lots available to them. “I’ve definitely been inconvenienced by it,” said Evan Epps, a senior urban studies major. “There’s just less parking spaces. People are being siphoned into Prassel garage, which is filling up really quickly. I’ll get onto campus at 8 a.m. and still can’t find a spot. Usually that early there are lots of spots available.” Lots available to students without parking spaces have been utilized in light of the shutdowns. “With my current schedule, I would have parked along the Bell Center, but now I have to park in Prassel garage or Alamo Stadium,” Epps said. The closures only contribute to some of the newfound difficulties. “First of all, the reduced parking from construction and the higher number of students in the lower grades has really affected parking, and it’s making it a lot harder,” Epps said. Despite having difficulties finding parking, schedules seem to remain largely unaffected. “It’s not so much of a time inconvenience,” Epps said. “Time inconvenience is only a couple minutes, but it’s just having to carry equipment for P.E. classes from my car to the Bell Center is quite annoying, to sound really whiny about it. But it’s also that I drive a bigger vehicle which makes it more likely for me to hit someone.” While commuters report having more difficulties finding parking on campus, some students and staff who living on campus haven’t noticed as much of an impact.
Despite the shortage of Lot O, several other student parking areas remain unaffected apart from extra parking flows received from Bell Center visitors photos by CLAUDIA GARCIA
“I park in Prassel garage, but I’m very lucky because, as a staff member, I have a reserved spot,” said Rachel Boaz, coordinator for Residential Life and Experiential Learning. “I haven’t noticed a large impact on Prassel’s parking. Since the start of the semester and the Bell Center renovations, I haven’t noticed an increase of traffic either.” Some students living in McLean haven’t noticed significant changes either. “I haven’t really noticed any changes aside from all the gates,” said Willa Rubin, a junior living in McLean. “It’s really not that much worse. I think that anyone who’s complaining about this is being superfluous, because there are plenty of spaces to park. Sometimes you have to walk a little bit longer.”
The price paid for reducing the number of spots will be visible inside the newly renovated Bell Center once they’re completed. “I have heard a lot of people at Trinity complain about the size of the gym. A lot of people,” Rubin said. “If you want them to increase the size of the gym, they might have to close down a few parking spaces. Do you want a bigger gym or more convenient parking? I don’t know. I’m annoyed about the smallness of the gym but I understand that there will be marginal benefits and marginal costs to get what you want. I also really don’t think that the parking is so bad that it’s worth complaining about because we’re getting something good out of this. They’re doing something nice for us.”
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Trinity Greek life: great or gratuitous?
While fraternities have their negatives, their foundation in brotherhood, academics and service are solid This is an interesting time for me to be writing this. For the record, I never expected to be the one in the Trinitonian writing a defense of Greek life, against my friend Sarah Haley of all people. And to an extent, I agree with her. As I prepare for my first meeting as president of Omega Phi, there is no better time for me to come to grips with what Greek life is, ALEXANDER and what Greek life should be. PERKOWSKI OPINION COLUMNIST Coming to Trinity, it was doubtful that I would join Greek life. I didn’t go out in high school, and I would not have known where to find a party had I wanted to go to one. My dad was in an eating club in college, and my mom was in a national sorority, but it never came across my mind to join a Greek organization. Looking back, values are what impressed me about my organization specifically, and Greek life generally. I will be the first to say that Greek life is petty. Greek life is ignorant. Greek life assumes a lot about others, and pats itself on the back for acting how any good person should act. Greek life is a naturally exclusive organization that prides itself on inherently negative aspects of college life: binge drinking, hazing, stratification and division. When organizations self-select these aspects as objectives of their
time, they are failing to uphold the standards to which Greek life should accord itself. Greek life can mold itself into a great organization that provides change and sets standards and baselines for how Trinity students should behave, but it must reaffirm its values and destroy the negative ones. I joined Omega Phi because it focused on academics, because it focused on service and because it focused on brotherhood. That’s the key word there. Brotherhood. What does it mean? Does it mean chugging a bottle of cheese wiz? Does it mean getting paddled? Does it mean the destruction of the individual in the favor of the group? No, it does not, and it should not. When organizations haze, they destroy. They remove the aspect of brotherhood from a fraternity. Brotherhood is the difference of looking your parents in the eye and saying you are proud of the individual you have become because of your brothers, not in spite of their efforts to break you down. If organizations on campus took less time tearing down their new members and spent more time celebrating their individuality, the reputation of Greek life would be a lot different. At this point, it is difficult to cast it in a positive light in the eyes of parents, students and the administration. I believe all students, Greek or not, should hold Greek life to a higher standard. As student leaders, we should look to Greek life to set a higher standard. Organizations should feel social pressure to be better and to embrace a
positive culture. There are easy ways to do this. Jeremy Allen has been incredible at removing stigmas and reopening the conversation in a positive light. The new standards framework he has put in place ensures that organizations set a baseline for themselves, and for the administration. It promotes positive aspects and values of Greek life. Service, philanthropy, leadership, academics. You know, the reasons we are at Trinity. To learn. To teach. To grow. These positive aspects of Greek life do exist, in my organization and others. Do not take this as a disparagement of other organizations, but of the culture Greek life can create, as a result of this focus on partying or hazing. If Greek life can serve itself and create a positive culture, embracing the roles service, philanthropy, leadership and camaraderie play into the health of an organization, I have no doubt it would be a positive force. To be perfectly honest, I will no doubt agree with most, if not all, of the points Sarah will make in her article. These sort of changes have to happen from the ground up. People should expect more. To any first years, sophomores or even juniors reading this, make your decision based on where you want to be at the end of your Trinity career, not on where you want to be at the start. You may find your choice to be different. Go Greek. Alexander Perkowski is a junior politial science major.
Positives found in sororities are not unique: look to the greater Trinity community to get connected I chose Trinity in part because I heard Greek life didn’t monopolize the social scene on campus the way it supposedly did at larger schools with national Greek organizations. This much has proved abundantly true. Yet my sophomore year of college, I made the decision to rush and join a sorority. After struggling SARAH HALEY to find close friendships with women OPINION COLUMNIST during my first year, it was presented to me as a way to make female friends, to belong to a sisterhood without the intense stress and superficial nature of national sorority life. This much has proved to be mostly true. I did make friends that will last me a lifetime. I did gain leadership experience, ascending through the internal ranks of the organization with a drive to always improve and strengthen the club’s values and future. Yet, as I diversified my interests and grew through my experience at Trinity and beyond, there also grew a disconnect. The disconnect I perceived eventually lead me to choose to no longer be active within the organization. I can speak to the positives of social Greek life, surely. This isn’t challenging to do. Perhaps what is more challenging is coming to terms with the fact that those positives can all be found elsewhere without the unfortunate negative impacts that go along with Greek life. My friend Mr. Perkowski is willing to concede that these negatives exist, undoubtedly. I look forward to letters to the editor from other prominent members of Greek life defending the positives of their organization (or their cult, language varying depending on who you ask. I’ll leave such ambiguities to the reader). Yet my argument is not quite to that point. It’s not that such positive impacts like leadership skill building, philanthropy and camaraderie are not legitimate aspects of Greek life but simply that all of these can be found elsewhere without the unfortunate negative indirect effects. Removing the “stigma” of Greek life is all well and good, but what is the value of removing the stigma truly if the risks such as binge drinking, increased incidence of sexual assault, hazing, isolation and exclusiveness continue to persist? It’s important to note that here I am talking about social Greek life, and not Greek organizations of the professional or service varieties. In fact, professional Greek life gives Trinity students a chance to organize around academics and networking values without such intense partying and potential for hazing, and tend to be more inclusive and diverse. Additionally, service Greek organizations
like Alpha Phi Omega organize together specifically for philanthropy, with some fun and camaraderie thrown in, but not at the expense of accomplishing consistent and impacting philanthropic work. These options prioritize positive aspects intentionally. In the vein of philanthropy, there is also the Trinity University Volunteer Action Committee (TUVAC). TUVAC isn’t going anywhere. I frequently feel as though, when it comes to social Greek life, the good of philanthropy is used to excuse, obscure or justify the ills of Greek life. “Less philanthropy work should be done by the Trinity student body” is an indefensible stance nobody should be comfortable taking. But there is a strong argument to be made that organizing specifically for the purpose of philanthropy — rather than using it as a front to justify other problematic behaviors — is both more efficient and effective. One of the main positives social Greek life offers students is the opportunity to make friendships. The trouble is, there are plenty of other ways at Trinity to make friends which don’t place financial burdens on students or put them at increased risk of binge drinking and substance abuse. Consider working for the Trinitonian: you get paid to write about things that interest you and find a community in a truly unique staff, instead of paying hundreds of dollars to be in a club. Or perhaps join theater and work with a variety of students from different majors and walks of life to put on productions for the entire community to enjoy. Consider becoming a Swing Bum and learn to swing to delightful music and build friendships through dance without dangerous amounts of liquor involved. It’s like dancing at a frat party, except better in every conceivable way. And when it comes to camaraderie, look no further than the Swashbucklers. They are a tight-knit, positive, friendly and inclusive community with loads of fun traditions and events, none of which cost each student hundreds of dollars or put them in dangerous situations. Certainly my biggest regret of college is not being a Swashbuckler. Social Greek life also supposes to function as a powerful networking tool. As mentioned, this aspect may be more potent within professional Greek organizations on campus, like Delta Sigma Pi and Alpha Kappa Psi, which are both more diverse and less costly than social Greek life. Furthermore, Trinity offers networking resources for all students, regardless of paid membership in a separate organization. Visit the Career Services office. Go to Making Connections events. Clustering resources among students who had the financial means to “go Greek” or were invited to “go Greek” prevents those benefits of networking from being realized by the entire Trinity community. Building
certain people up while actively withholding those benefits from other students is not good for Trinity as a whole, and plays into the classist elements of social Greek life that we must not ignore. While social Greek life builds community among members within a single organization, it also has the potential to isolate people from each other as well as undermine campus-wide community. Social Greek life also brings grief to people on Bid Day just as it brings joy to some. Not everybody is invited to join one of the clubs — some individuals find themselves alone on bid day, left out of a process they invested time and energy into throughout recruitment. The reality that some are excluded despite their best efforts to become a part of a club and suffer emotional turmoil as a result is a harsh reality we also shouldn’t ignore. Just exactly how many people are we comfortable with temporarily devastating while still justifying the exclusive nature of recruitment and organization membership? Similarly, being in one organization can isolate you from members of other “rival” organizations, whether you as an individual desire for that rivalry to exist or not. This undermines campus-wide community arbitrarily. It’s not as if I got nothing positive out of my roughly two-year stint in a sorority at Trinity. I made some friends who will be with me for the rest of my life. Many of those friends, however, have come to similarly troubling places in their relationship with social Greek life as a whole, wherein it’s not immediately clear that the positives outweigh the negatives. After making the decision to leave social Greek life, I was able to excel even further in all areas it was supposed to be aiding me. This is because Trinity has a host of other ways to serve, to grow as leaders and to build relationships that don’t go hand in hand with risks of substance abuse and don’t concentrate resources amongst certain more privileged groups of students. It is for these reasons I would like current “rushees,” for which the politically correct term is “Potential New Members,” (PNMs for short) to know this: you don’t have to go Greek. You can. I did. But you don’t have to go Greek to obtain all that it promises you.
Sarah Haley is a senior theoretical economics and environmental policy double major with a minor in mathematics.
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“Greatest people” and society A man is born in the province of Yan and grows up in the province of Chu. Once he has MARKHAM SIGLER reached a GUEST COLUMNIST certain age, he sets out to return home, so that he can pay his respects to the ancestors. Upon the road, he joins other travelers. These other travelers decide to deceive him. As they approach the province of Jin, they point to the wall surrounding it and say, “Look, it is the wall surrounding your home.” The traveler’s face becomes sad. They enter through the wall, and happen upon the province’s main temple. “Look, it is the temple of your home.” The traveler sighs, distraught. Next, they see the beginning of the community’s houses. “Look, it is where your ancestors lived.” Tears began to fall from the traveler’s eyes. Then, they see graves. “Look, here is where your ancestors are buried.” The traveler begins to weep profusely and pathetically. The deceivers inform the traveler that they are not in Yan, but in Jin. The traveler is ashamed. Finally, they arrive at Yan. When the traveler truly sees his ancestors’ graves, he is emotionless. This is an ancient Chinese fable, author unknown. Your impression of the traveler is what matters. It would be rash to call him a fool for believing his deceivers. How could he have known what his home looked like, if he had never been there? He’s no fool — he’s a man, in search of the place where he’ll fit in — in search of his natural identity. Everything he knows about his origins has been told to him by people he has never met before, yet he trusts them readily, assuming they have his best interests in mind. Eager to find the place where he belongs, he assumes (who wouldn’t?) his deceivers are being honest, and that they act with good intentions. The sentiments he displays as he ventures deeper into his fake-home are authentic, and it turns out, ridiculous, considering the sights have no connection to who he is and why he’s here, and therefore, what he’s looking for. So he’s embarrassed, and probably feeling pretty jaded by the world. When the traveler arrives at his true home, he shows no feelings. This final image is compelling, even a bit confrontational. It seems the author wants to shock us out of our predisposition to assign authority to a very personal, individual and subjective origin. “Don’t allow the desire to belong overcome attempts at unbiased, clear thought,” he might say. It’s a message that translates well through time and culture. A common worldview — one embedded so deeply into our unconscious that it is difficult and awkward to tap into — is that the life I have is significant because it is about me. Therefore, I’m the main character in my own narrative of the universe. This worldview is manifested often in our culture. As Americans, we see ourselves as predestined for world dominance. We are the greatest people, the chosen ones. In an over-generalized way, the globalized culture revolves around us — ideas, money, entertainment, art. As former President Barack
Obama enjoys saying, we are “on the right side of history.” Whatever we think that means, even if it makes your inner American giddy with pride, it’s probably a narrow-minded worldview that devalues the rest of the world to a saddening extent. We’re guilty of this in the tribal context as well, within borders. There are many names we choose to define ourselves with politically, religiously, etc. The blind acceptance we give these definitions is a large reason for America’s moral and social regression. Unifying beliefs and ideals are no longer a part of what it means to be an American. Instead, we rely on sensations of superiority, sensations that are inherently exclusive. It’s as if we “get off” emotionally to having a self-proclaimed higher intellectual or moral status. (I’m not using the phrase “get off” for any reason other than I think it best depicts the chemical process by which much of our “topical” dialogue takes place. The purpose of this “topical” dialogue is not to be challenged, stretched or to encourage empathy; it’s about achieving that addictive rush of dopamine that accompanies self-gratification. It controls the way we speak — answer-heavy/preachy/ matter-of-factly. It controls the way we listen — either vigorously nodding or vigorously shaking our head — never wanting to truly listen. That is, unconsciously, we allow the desire for self-gratification (to get off emotionally) to dictate how we handle human-interaction, especially with regards to discussions of economics, religion, politics, etc. This holier-than-thou attitude many of us possess as individuals is exacerbated by our tribal associations. It does not make for a healthy, conscientious society. A group of solipsistic individuals is a dangerous, reasonless mob, bent only on self-gratification. If we recognize this, we can begin to recognize the frailty of our causes: weaknesses, over-generalizations and innate imperfections. We’ll be more inclined to look to history or other countries/cultures for advice, directions, what is sensible and what has already failed. A quick read of George Orwell’s “Notes on Nationalism” (what Orwell called nationalism, we consider tribalism) paints a picture of 1945 Great Britain, a country with many frighteningly familiar tribes framed by antisemitism, political catholicism, anglophobia and a group Orwell calls “Color Feeling,” best expressed by the line “any intellectual would be scandalized by the claim that white races are superior to the colored, whereas the opposite claim would seem unexceptionable even if he disagreed with it.” He also discusses the Communist tribe, which shares similarities with today’s socialist movement. It is interesting to see how many commonalities Orwell’s Britain shares with our America. So despite our assertions to the contrary, the ideas of our distinct tribes aren’t exactly fresh — and that’s fine, but we should never act as if they are. It’s apparent the groups we root our identities in matter to us, but to what extent are they really understood? Ignoring facts like our tribe’s unoriginality, and their assignment to us through a combination of societal expectations and personal upbringing, is foolish. These facts can be difficult to confront, and
once reckoned with, may lead to disillusionment with group-based causes altogether. The individual could choose a life of quietism. But quietism is naturally lazy, selfish and admits a hollowness about the larger causes humans naturally seek. So, it’s not an ideal response for people who want to connect to a world greater than themselves. Additionally, there is, I think, a universal recognition of the limitedness of the individual, and the worthiness of a meaningful cause bigger than one man. Nevertheless, in a time marked by sound bites and nasty social media discourse, it seems that we have become less concerned with utilizing reason, research and examination to discover the best cause, and more focused on molding reason to compliment our feelings-centered causes — causes that in many ways are joined and valued not because of an attraction to truth, but their quantity (of members). As Greek philosopher Socrates once quipped: “Popular opinion overcomes truth.” Occasionally, today’s tribe leaders will encourage simple methods of self-improvement such as traveling, engaging within your community and reading. More often, it seems these leaders aren’t interested in encouraging a challenged belief system, but stimulating tribal loyalty through pointed, dismissive rhetoric. Fox’s Hannity and Tucker Carlson, and sociocultural late-night hosts like Seth Meyers and Michael Che are a few culprits, perhaps. That being said, it didn’t take long for genuine calls from op-ed writers and
professors to “vary your sources” to become platitudinous. “Varying your sources” is useless if you do it to achieve validation, rather than understanding. A remedy for our tribal tendencies may be too complex to fully discern. What would our dear old Chinese philosopher say about our society? He may be impressed with the improved means of transportation and the thoughtful preservation of national parks. He’d probably be a bit amused by our simultaneously judgmental yet offense-prone natures. Most significantly, he’d be dismayed by the lack of real consideration we’ve given our causes. Dismayed by an increasingly weak desire to learn and grow, a once-strong desire that is being steadily supplanted by desires to feel good about yourself. We are like the man from Zhou, falsely lead to believe he’s home, complete with jacked-up emotions due to a deep desire to belong. Where the philosopher fails to give practical advice, Orwell does not. He understands that biased emotions are somewhat inescapable, but asks that his readers at least recognize the truth that these biases exist. Rather than allowing them to “contaminate our mental processes,” we should aim to control them, setting them at the side of an acceptance of reality, which he admits will be a “moral effort.” Markham Sigler is a senior Chinese studies and international studies double major.
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Feeling grown up but a child at heart
As I sit in my childhood r o o m , w h i c h is still garnished with soccer MIA GARZA trophies, OPINION COLUMNIST my own art, a stuffed animal or two and other relics from my past life, I can’t help but feel a little … younger. College has a knack for changing people for the better, I think. Trinity is no different. You don’t have to look too far to meet people from different backgrounds with different perspectives on things that you might not have ever considered. And if you fit the firstyear stereotype like I did, you’re pretty keen on trying new things. Living on your own also tends to reveal new habits. When and what do you eat when you’re on your own? How late do you get home when you don’t have to answer to anyone’s curfew? This is a magical time of trial and error, testing boundaries and self-discovery. Or at least that’s how I look back on it as a senior. Although a lot of my decisions, actions and words were embarrassing beyond belief when I was an 18-year-old energetic and slightly insecure Beze resident, I
grew and learned a lot about myself from them. As a first year, I found myself four months, after leaving home for the first time, back to exactly where I started — sitting in my parents’ living room flipping through television stations. You wouldn’t know it on the outside, but on the inside I was totally different, or so I thought. I had all these new experiences under my belt and I had been introduced to thoughts and ideas that transcended the boundaries of my parents’ suburban neighborhood. At first, I tried my best to let my parents and high school friends know that I had gained all this newfound independence and they should not expect me to fall back into my past ways just because I was at home. It didn’t take long for me to prove myself wrong. At school, I make all my decisions for myself. At home, that’s not always true. My mother is very kind and caring, and I think she very much enjoys doing things for me when I’m home. Mothers miss those kind of things, although they probably wouldn’t ever let on. Those things mainly include cooking and laundry — things that I’ve gotten used to doing on my own. continued on PAGE 18
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New year, new better us Has anyone ever kept a New Year’s Resolution to the end? At our last meeting, no one on our staff could say that they had. The idea of starting each year as a new chapter of our lives, a fresh start or a blank page seems more like a nice thought than a realistic expectation. We’re working with the lifestyles and commitments we’ve been building our whole lives and the conceptual new year doesn’t erase what we’ve already written. But that’s not to say that reflecting on the past year and seeing where and how we can improve ourselves is a useless endeavor. As individuals, we have different goals; some want to read more, others want to eat better, some want to get organized, get fit or get a job. It is important
that each person’s goals are based on what is doable and healthy for him or her in order to realistically achieve them and create positive, lasting change. Rather than going to an extreme with the “new year, new me,” let’s start with our current selves — our routines, priorities and habits — and see how we can strive for a “new year, better me.” That is our goal here at the Trinitonian. After reflecting on last semester, we were proud of many of the goals we achieved and ideas that we saw come to fruition. But there is always room for improvement, and we are excited to embark on a new semester with big plans for positive change. As readers, you can help us bring our ideas to life to make a better Trinitonian experience for
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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT “In this time of political turmoil, we must remember to be kind and respectful to one another. I think openness, tolerance, civility and a capacity for understanding all serve as cornerstones for our community.” Carolyn Becker, professor of psychology
Before students returned to campus, a fire broke out in the science building on Wednesday, Jan. 4; responders worried that potentially hazardous chemicals had been released during the emergency. photo by CLAUDIA GARCIA
Stop, drop and roll: recent emergencies prompt reminder of safety procedures In the wake of the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting and a CSI chemical spill, Trinity community prioritizes welfare of its campus BY COURTNEY JUSTUS PULSE REPORTER Emergencies like fires and shootings can happen at a moment’s notice, but the Trinity community, particularly students, are equipped with resources and tools to help them to smoothly manage crisis situations. Drills have been organized for various situations that may endanger members of the Trinity community in hopes that they’ll learn about proper reactions in case they find themselves in hazardous predicaments. One student endured an emergency situation and found herself using these resources earlier this month when she landed at the Fort Lauderdale airport right as the Jan. 6 shooting began. “I listened to the people in charge. When the shooting started, the air marshals, TSA agents and even pilots all sprung into action. They tried to keep everyone calm and safe,” said
Caitlin Heller, a senior political science major. “The air marshal and pilot took control and locked us safely inside. After that, they kept us up to date with the news as they received it. It was very reassuring how calm and collected all of the employees were, and it helped me stay calm when things were scary.” The passengers remained inside the plane until further notice and were kept safe thanks to the prompt actions of the air marshal and pilot. Heller believes that Trinity has definitely taught her how to act in a way that allows her to stay safe when all variations of emergency situations arise. “I think Trinity does the same thing during moments of crisis. Employees really work to make sure the community is safe. They keep the student body well-informed with the Trinity Alert System and make sure that we are all in safe places. Knowing what’s happening is so important in these kinds of scary situations,” Heller said. Trinity gives its students, staff and faculty valuable tools and resources that they can use to learn more about safety, self-defense and what they can do when any type of emergency may come up. One such resource available to all students is the Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) gym class, which teaches students
who enroll in the course about various self-defense techniques in a collaborative group setting. “I learned self-defense moves and learned to be, in general, more aware of my surroundings and how to still go out and have fun and be a college student while staying safe and, most importantly, knowing what to do in a situation and remain calm and focused,” said Marina Schweitzer, a sophomore communication major. Schweitzer took the class during her first year at Trinity and learned a great deal about both self defense and how to stay safe on campus in all types of emergencies. “The campus police are very helpful, and there is a safety app that I learned about in the class. If trouble arises the app will send your location for help, which is really convenient and useful,” Schweitzer said. The app Schweitzer is referring to is Elerts, which students can download for free. It allows them to report suspicious activity on campus by taking photos and sending TUPD the approximate locations of the suspicious activity. Students walking at night can hold down a button on the app and, if they sense danger, they can release the button, which alerts TUPD about the situation and allows them to respond to the area. “I feel more empowered and confident because I know how to
defend myself now. This class is a great opportunity for women to learn important life skills for defense and safety in any kind of unpredictable situation,” Schweitzer said. Some students, faculty and staff members recently had to deal with an emergency situation on the Trinity campus. Shortly before classes recommenced this month, there was a fire in the Center for the Sciences & Innovation that was thought at first to involve hazardous materials, though eventually, it turned out not to be related to these potentially dangerous materials. The situation was alarming and unstable to those who were on campus as the hazardous event unfolded. “Until we could find out what was going on in the lab, we had the fire department, hazardous material team and even emergency responders taking a slow approach to it because they didn’t know if it involved any potentially dangerous chemicals,” said Leslie Bleamaster, the science facilities manager at CSI. Bleamaster noticed during some emergency situations that sometimes students were not paying attention to what was going on around them, especially in stimulations and emergencies during recent months. “I think, first and foremost, we should treat every emergency, alarm and evacuation like it’s a real
situation. We’ve had quite a few kinds of tests and exercises recently and I think there is a tendency for another alarm to go off and for them to treat it as just another drill,” Bleamaster said. In order to keep these unpredictable and hazardous situations to a minimum, CSI has instituted a buddy system that helps to ensure that all students and faculty members stay safe while working and studying in the labs. “In CSI, you’re really not supposed to be working in a lab after hours by yourself. No matter what time you’re working there, you should always be sure that you are wearing your protective gear and doing everything carefully because you just never know what might go wrong,” Bleamaster said. Students should always pay attention when drills are going on around campus and listen to authorities, who can help them to stay safe. When drills are going on, students should also be sure to listen to the advice that is supplied in order to guarantee their safety should they find themselves in actual danger. To ensure even greater individual safety, students should make sure they are on the TrinAlert system and install the Elerts app on their phones for the promised assistance of TUPD during moments of danger.
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Welcome home: students return from time abroad Juniors and seniors discuss the impacts of spending a semester in various countries BY JULIA WEIS
PULSE REPORTER Cady Wills still looks left instead of right when crossing the road. Alex Hansen mixes up the word order of his sentences. Erin Roberts misses the ocean at her doorstep. Alyssa Tayrien is still in the mindset of being abroad, of always being on her toes. These Trinity juniors and seniors are all back at Trinity after several months of studying abroad. Their readjustment back into the Trinity lifestyle is not entirely smooth sailing, just as their initial transition into their host countries was not. Whether they were in New Zealand, Taiwan or Greece, these Trinity students were able to experience cultures vastly different from their own. “If you ask anyone who’s been abroad, they would say they’ve changed. And taking who you were over there, that changed person, and putting them back where they used to be is kind of a weird transition,” Wills said, a junior anthropology major. Wills spent last semester at the University of Otago in New Zealand. When she wasn’t in class, she was exploring the island’s natural wonders and traveling to wherever she could find the closest adventure. Wills was even able to meet up with her sorority sister, Roberts, who was studying abroad in Wellington. Both
Wills and Roberts still miss the paradise they called home. “It’s a hard readjustment because when you’re abroad, you’re always adventuring because everything over there is brand new. Being back here, it’s back to the same,” Wills said. Roberts, a junior engineering major, is readjusting to differently structured classes. “Wellington is right on the water so I could just go running or walking along the beach. It was so nice to just be surrounded by nature and beauty,” Roberts said. Alex Hansen, a junior computer science and Chinese double major, became fluent in Mandarin Chinese through his 16-credit language course. Although that seems like it would take up most time, Hansen still explored the country and learned from natives. “One time I left my phone on a bus, so when I told the school, they mobilized a unit of moms and called bus stops and ended up driving me to the police station, where the lost and found was. I don’t know if I would have skipped work to take some foreigner to the police station,” Hansen said. Alyssa Tayrien, a senior communication and classical studies double major, thinks her time in Athens lead to personal developments that will be beneficial for her last semester. “It was nerve-wracking, walking through a foreign city by myself. By the end of it, I could cover the city without a map. To see that development in myself was cool,” Tayrien said. These four upperclassmen are happy to be home, but are still getting settled back in. “I think that when we’re here at home, it’s really easy to just get into a routine of things
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and accept things how they are, but when you’re abroad, you’re forcing yourself to question your identity. You’re forcing yourself to ask ‘Why am I doing this? What do I want
to do? Because I can do almost anything.’ And since that’s something that I can already feel myself missing, that sense of adventure, I just find a way to implement it,” Tayrien said.
New faculty soccer team is a keeper The intramural group has made big goals for the season as they prepare for first game
BY ROBIN BISSETT PULSE REPORTER Trinity’s intramural sports department has a variety of activities and teams to appeal to a variety of interests. Now, the department is taking its games to a whole new level by adding a 2017 faculty and staff soccer team. The team, called It’s in the Syllabus, prioritizes scoring some goals, getting some exercise and having fun. “I used to teach at The College of William and Mary, and a colleague of mine in chemistry and I started a faculty flag football team, and we won the championship. I’m a classicist; she’s a chemist. Why would we ever meet? It’s in the Syllabus is completely open to anybody who is enthusiastic about joining the team. Especially at a place like Trinity, it just emphasizes the sense of community,” said Ann Morgan, a classical studies professor, founder and captain of the team. It’s in the Syllabus is made up of members of all different skill levels and ages, with a couple of particularly exceptional star players. “There’s a professor, Amer Kaissi. He runs a Sunday evening pick-up game for faculty and students, and has for a while now. There’s also a lot of hype around Katsuo Nishikawa, and another friend of mine, Shana McDermott, has never played before; I just convinced her to join,” Morgan said.
While the faculty and staff begin to interact with each other and start working together as a unit on the field, they are also able to connect with students outside of the classroom. Some students have expressed delight in playing against It’s in the Syllabus in this coming season. “I played for the varsity soccer team, but didn’t end up playing this year. Lots of kids like me used to play for varsity team, but there was no middle of the road soccer team. I looked into it a little bit and created the club constitution, then I started reaching out to the guys who were interested and asked them if they wanted to play,” said Trey Foster, a first year Spanish and business administration double major. The initative of the professors have encouraged other students to begin the process of starting teams of their own to also compete. “If my fraternity ends up making a coed intramural team, it would definitely be interesting to play against some teachers” said Nick Morrison, a junior chemistry major. The intramural sports department faculty is also excited to see this team get involved with the student intramural soccer teams. “It is a great opportunity for faculty and staff to interact with students. They are encouraged to participate in any intramural, league or tournament, at no extra cost,” said Kristen Harrison, the interim assistant athletic director for internal affairs and It’s in the Syllabus member. It’s in the Syllabus will be playing against other teams Jan. 22. through Feb. 23 weekly on the Intramural Field. Faculty and staff are highly encouraged to join or create their own teams by registering their players at www. IMLEAGUES.com.
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Due to looming overpopulation on campus, Trinity’s decision to purchase City Vista Apartments is a welcome relief for the younger students. But many seniors are unsatisfied, realizing that this expenditure does not benefit them at all.
A quite “Unfortunate” Netflix adaptation Like many kids in our generation, I avidly read Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” I enjoyed that they didn’t have a happy ALEXANDRA URI ending and that it MANAGING EDITOR involved a decent amount of thinking for a children’s series. On top of reading all of the books, I watched the movie adaptation of the first three books what seems like hundreds of times. When I heard that Netflix was going to produce a television adaptation of the series, I was beyond thrilled. I enjoy most Netflix Originals and I thought that this show wouldn’t be any different. Additionally, the show would supposedly cover more of the story than the movie by covering the events of Book Four. However, despite initial rave reviews from people who are paid to think deep thoughts about TV, the show fell completely short of my expectations.
My first problem is with the casting. While everyone looks the part as described in the books, the actors don’t quite fit in with the characters. In fact, some of the characters felt downright miscast. While Neil Patrick Harris is a wonderful actor, he just doesn’t have the manic qualities needed to play someone as horrific as Count Olaf. A lot of the time, the character felt very forced, especially when compared to Jim Carrey’s interpretation of the character in the cinematic adaptation. Furthermore, Patrick Warburton, who you may know as Kronk from “The Emperor’s New Groove,” plays Lemony Snicket, the man who drives the entire story. However, his delivery completely changed the tone of the show which didn’t match up with the mood of the book series. While I did enjoy his occasional sarcastic jokes, overall his voice just came across as grating and uncaring. When he begins the show by warning the audience that it will not have a happy ending, he seems more annoyed than sympathetic to the plights of the children.
My biggest grievance with the show, however, wasn’t the casting choice. It was the choice to include more than what the books included. One of the things I was most excited about with a TV adaptation of the series was that it was going to be able to include everything from the books. While the series does a great job including much of the book’s canon, it includes some information that isn’t found in the story, or at least not in the order in which the books present the information, However, much like in the story of the Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire, there are some bright spots in this Netflix production. One aspect that the show did well was to include more people of color in the cast. The show allows a greater representation of people, creating a much richer cast without falling into the trap of tokenism. Many of the secondary characters flourish in the series. Aasif Mandvi does a fantastic job as Montgomery Montgomery, the children’s herpetologist “uncle.” He portrays a genuine warmth that really makes you wish the story could end with the
Baudelaire children living with him forever, happily ever after. Also, despite having to fill the shoes of Meryl Streep, Alfre Woodard portrays Aunt Josephine with a hilarious nervousness. Again, she portrays a genuine warmth that makes the viewer wish everything could work out for the plucky Baudelaires. Another great aspect of the show is the visual effects and set pieces. Other than the special effects done on Sunny Baudelaire, the designers of the show do a wonderful job of creating a surreal world. The end product is a setting with an atmosphere but lackign reality. Overall, “A Series of Unfortunate Events” fell completely short of expectations. What I had hoped would be a truly accurate portrayal of the books I loved ended up being an almost unrecognizable story. The show lacked most of the authenticity that made the books so memorable, but perhaps that was the point. Only time will tell what Netflix plans to do with the rest of the series. However, despite the many flaws of the first eight episodes, I know I’ll be logging on to watch the rest.
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This past weekend the Southtown Art District’s Second Saturday event exhibited “Nasty Woman Art Exhibition” and “Portraits by JEFF SULLIVAN Kasumu” in 1906 NEWS EDITOR Gallery’s AP Art Lab. Contributing to San Antonio DreamWeek, the exhibits displayed collections of diverse artworks created by female artists. DreamWeek San Antonio hosted several cultural events over the weekend where people were encouraged to engage in the arts for the promotion of values such as tolerance, equality and diversity. While connected to DreamWeek, each collection shown during Second Saturday had planning and organization by independent San Antonio groups. “Nasty Woman New York was the original nasty woman show,” said Elle Minter, Yes, Ma’am organizer and nasty woman. “They had us on their website and they promoted our show.” Minter worked alongside fellow Yes, Ma’am
zine collaborator Suzy Gonzalez to host the San Antonio exhibit where featured art pieces were sold between $10-$100 with all proceeds donated directly to Planned Parenthood South Texas. Over 150 pieces
were reportedly sold on the opening night raising $3500 dollars for the nonprofit. “We did our call submissions through Instagram, Facebook and Twitter,” said Minter. “We have a lot of first time artists in the show actually.” The call encouraged anyone who identified as a nasty woman to submit their artistic work, stating on the Yes, Ma’am Facebook page that any piece following the posted guidelines would be featured. “I do art for myself normally,” said Lucy Gonzalez, artist and nasty woman. “This is the first show I’ve ever been in, but when I heard the topic and that you pretty much just had to be involved in wanting to participate to participate, that was really awesome knowing that whatever I chose to do they were going to put it in their show. That was very encouraging for me as an artist that doesn’t do shows.” One of the two works submitted by Gonzalez was a depiction of Princess Leia done on wood.
“There were a lot of celebrity deaths that made me a little sad last year, but that was the one,” said Gonzales. “I made it shortly after that happened. I’ve always admired Princess Leia slash Carrie Fisher. Of course she’s been good in other roles, but I mean Leia is the nasty woman. A strong woman who doesn’t need to listen to a man, that can think on her own, and get shit done.” People lined against the walls to the exhibit’s entrance for most of the night while they waited for their opportunity to walk through the gallery featuring fewer and fewer pieces as they were sold during the show. The S.M.A.R.T projectspace located to the right of the Nasty Woman exhibit featured photographic portraits by the London based British-Nigerian photographer Juliana Kasumu. “I think the exhibit was literally just the works that I felt most inspired by to this day,” said Kasumu. “The hair images are all basically based on this investigation into self, and me being Nigerian and moreover what these hairstyles traditionally meant pre-colonialism and postcolonialism. I wanted to show work that was reflective of who I am. They’re all just a reflection of who I am as an artist today.” Kasumu sought to engage viewers in the
Upsides of creative franchising Hollywood has latched onto the cinematic universe model as a safe bet, letting in more risky intellectual properties The franchise, or cinematic universe model, has been gaining traction in Hollywood for good reason. Moviemaking is an expensive business, and ALEJANDRO CARDONA linking a new movie to A&E WRITER a pre-existing fan base provides a guaranteed audience. That’s the holy grail for a studio executive. Taking that into account, dismissing the franchise model is unrealistic and naive. Would you invest half a billion dollars into a movie that might simply
not resonate with audiences? Probably not. This is only the newest in a series of economic models which have been set up to keep the whole industry from crumbling. Remember the “Old Hollywood” studio system? They contracted directors, writers and movie stars for a given number of movies, which meant that movies were often made on an assignmentbasis. Even in that potentially stifling pipeline, movies like “Sunset Boulevard” and “Citizen Kane” came into being. As some would say, necessity is the mother of invention. The red tape is as old as Hollywood itself, and the cinematic universe might be as good as it gets. Franchises allow Hollywood to take chances on edgier content. “10 Cloverfield Lane”, for instance, was not originally part of J.J. Abrams’ “Cloverfield” universe. Initially titled “The Cellar,” the movie was in “The Hit List,” a compilation of highly-rated, unproduced screenplays. There is no question that its inclusion in the “Cloverfield” universe generated interest and hype from the pre-
existing fan base, which allowed what was designed as a super-low budget indie script to become a box office success. Even outside of a business dimension, franchises can coexist with creativity, by enabling and encouraging storytellers to find further dimensions to existing cinematic properties. Any given cinematic universe is potentially boundless, containing stories with all kinds of styles and tones — all you need is the right filmmaker to bring them out. When Alfonso Cuarón directed “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” he transformed the tone and style of the franchise into the darker, edgier feel which matured into the latter installments of the saga. “Star Wars” took a similar step with a dirtier, tragic finale in “Rogue One.” Studios might get it horribly wrong every once in awhile, but the fact is that franchises provide a security that can let them keep taking risks. “Suicide Squad” was widely panned by critics and deplored by audiences, continued on PAGE 14
nuances of black-female identities. Her work was represented by the Òlàjú art group. “We’re a nonprofit organization promoting contemporary African arts and culture,” said Obafemi Ogunleye, founder and director of the group. “We put out an open call on our Instagram and she responded all the way from London. This special event was an exhibition plus a live demonstration. We had models coming in throughout the night to be photographed portraiture style, which is her speciality.” Kasumu captured her unique tonal mood in the portraits of the volunteers who modeled inside of the exhibit throughout the evening. “These women are based here in San Antonio,” Kasumu said. “They’re notable black women within San Antonio who are professeurs, entrepreneurs and women of inspiration. I want it to be a continuous thing where with every city I go to I document these notable black women.” Kasumu has a temporary exhibit on display at Musical Bridges Around the World titled “From Moussor to Tignon: The Evolution of the Headtie” until March 1. The Nasty Woman San Antonio will hold its final closing reception on January 21, in the 1906 Gallery.
Resolutions NABEEHA VIRANI A&E WRITER Within the first two weeks of January, everyone and everything is centered around New Year’s resolutions. We ask ourselves and others what our resolutions are, but don’t figure out or ask how we’ll accomplish them. One reason why accomplishing these resolutions is hard is because they’re too vague. For instance, if your New Year’s resolution is to get fit or lose weight, it’s not going to happen. Let’s be real. Assess your environment and figure out whether or not this resolution can actually be fulfilled. If it can’t, then set reasonable goals for yourself. It’s easy to say that you’ll work out, but if you think of specific ways to increase your chance of working out and staying fit, it will be easier to stick to them. For example, take the stairs to class, spend your bonus bucks at Freshii instead of Einstein’s and drink more water instead of coffee or energy drinks. continued on PAGE 14
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and still brought in $745 million at the box office. Even if it further damaged DC’s credit as a superhero universe, the fans are willing to pay for the movie ticket, out of the comfort and familiarity of their favorite characters. By anchoring itself in pre-existing characters, the cinematic universe has reconnected to a much older kind of storytelling. Remember how “The Odyssey” was born out of the “Iliad?” Or how Agamemnon shows up in both stories, and then gets a series of plays dedicated to his family in the Oresteia? Shakespeare did it too, by using history, a rich creative well, as his franchise. Plays like “Richard III” and “Henry IV” utilized wellknown British canon as the platter on which to serve a brand new tragedy, to Queen Victoria no less. It’s a mistake to think of this interconnected storytelling as new. In the past, they were called mythologies, now they are called “transmedia narratives,” and they are the thing of the future. The “Star Wars” universe already spans movies, books, video games, comics, fanfiction and even LEGO sets. The result is a universe of ‘mineable’ content — a realm that can be endlessly mined for new stories, interpretations, and remixes, done by producers and audiences alike. How is that stifling anyone’s creativity? Like any kind of storytelling, a cinematic universe must be built consciously, using the existing texts to expand into new narrative territories, not allowing previous successes to weigh down the future installments. Hopefully, studios will allow creators greater and greater artistic license as their comfort with franchising grows, using the currency of intellectual property as the launching pad towards a better film industry less fearful of risky content.
Find an inspiration like those really fit YouTube and Instagram girls that put up workout videos and/or have a workout buddy who also has the same resolutions as you, and hold each other accountable. According to Google, another common resolution is to “learn something new.” Again, this is too vague. If you want to learn a new language this year, for example, make a schedule and find the appropriate tools you’ll need to learn the language. One resolution I constantly hear is to spend
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less time on social media and to just “enjoy the moment.” I honestly believe that the only way to reduce your time on social media is to deactivate your account(s). However, if you want to keep your accounts and find more time to just live life, whatever that means, schedule time for when you check your social media. It sounds silly, but if you make a habit of only going on social media during certain times of the day, those habits will stick and you’ll achieve your goal. At the start of each year, we like to think that we’re completely starting over when in reality, we stay the same
and just add on more things we want to do and accomplish with our resolutions. Once we get back into the swing of things — whether it be school or work - stress kicks in, our lives get busier and we end up disregarding our goals. So think of your resolution as a plan and make time for it. Hold yourself accountable and keep yourself motivated by making small goals for yourself that will eventually fulfill your larger resolution. If you take the time to think about and plan for how you’re actually going to go through with the resolutions you’ve set for yourself, they’ll be easier to accomplish.
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Note: This section is typically dedicated to a moment in sport’s history with a lasting impact. Instead, today we consider a strange event from last week, the first of its kind since the 1980s according to The Ringer’s Bill Simmons. On Jan. 9, New York Knick’s embattled point guard Derrick Rose didn’t play versus the New Orleans Pelicans. The interesting thing is, he didn’t let anyone within the Knicks organization know he wasn’t playing. He simply didn’t show up, apparently flying to Chicago, his hometown, for reasons that remain undisclosed. Rose is noted to be unhappy with his steadily diminishing role with the disappointing Knicks, but not showing up to play is strange way to express your desire to play more. Rose’s fall from grace continues to be unsettling and sad.
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Top left: Junior guard NIK OATES drives to the rim from the right side as TLU’s senior forward ZACH BEHR slides into position to defend. Top right: Sophomore forward DANNY RIVARA posts up BEHR on the right block, looking to pass. Bottom: Point guard MATT JONES dribbles around forward AARON KNOPP’S at the top of the key, defended by TLU’s point guard JORDAN KOUREMITIS and forward SHAWN HAMILTON. Photo by TIM CLARK, TLU DIRECTOR OF SPORTS
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Tigers defeat Southwestern 79-68 on Friday before falling 80-70 to TLU on Saturday BY CHRIS GARCIA
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The Trinity men’s basketball team played a pair of games over the threeday weekend against two conference rivals. After defeating Southwestern in the Friday’s contest, the Tigers fell to Texas Lutheran the following night in Seguin. With an overall record of seven wins and eight losses, and a conference record of two wins and two losses, the Tigers are hoping to make a timely push for the coveted SCAC championship. The Tigers were coming off a home loss to Centenary College on Jan. 7 when they arrived in Georgetown to battle the Pirates. They started well in the first half, amassing a doubledigit lead. Notably, the Tigers’ defense held the Pirates to only 22 percent from the field. Although the Pirates staged a late rally to make it an eight-point game, the Tigers held on to win, ending at 79-68. Junior forward Jayden Holden continued his season’s strong performance, recording what was at the time his second straight doubledouble, with 15 points and 12 rebounds. These numbers brought his season’s statistics to 13.8 ppg
and 9 rpg. While impressed with the team’s cohesive play, Holden offered some criticism of their effort when the going gets tough. “As a team, we have moved the ball well and really worked as a team on the offense and defensive end. Something we need to improve upon is keeping the energy up when things aren’t going our way. Things don’t always go your way on the court sometimes, and staying positive is key in stopping teams’ runs and being a successful team,” Holden said. In addition to Holden’s solid night, first-year guard Brooks Mays finished with 27 points on 11-11 from the free throw line, and sophomore forward Danny Rivara contributed 16 points and 9 rebounds. The Tigers faced the Texas Lutheran University Bulldogs the next day. The Bulldogs controlled the first half from the onset, embarking on an 11-2 run with nine minutes remaining, and lead 36-26 at the break. The Tigers floundered early in the second half, allowing the Bulldogs to jump out to a 14-point lead. Trinity fought back, bringing the score to within seven points with
eight minutes left, but the Bulldogs maintained their distance, winning 80-70 behind senior forward Zach Behr’s 32 points. Despite the loss, several Trinity players achieved stellar individual performances, particularly junior point guard Matt Jones and Rivara. Jones scored a season high 21 points, ending his night 8-12 from the field, including 3-4 on threepointers, six assists and a pair of steals. Like Holden, Jones praised the team’s unselfishness “I think we have played well, but not our best yet. Each weekend we have had a good game and then just an OK game. It’s conference time, now, though and every game you play needs to be a good one if you hope to win,” Jones said. Jones added that the team’s lack of consistency is an issue that needs to be remedied if the team is to be a conference contender. “We have done a good job playing together as a team, and some good individual performances, but night in and night out we have played well together. We can improve our consistency as individuals. That is an important part of developing into a conference contender,
Rivara expressed some frustration with the team’s lackadaisical play against TLU as contrasted with their more inspired play against Southwestern. “Against Southwestern on Friday straight from the jump, you could see heart and hustle coming from the whole team. We were all going after boards and loose balls. Everyone was locked in on defense and we did a really good job of not letting our offense get stagnant. Against TLU on Saturday, we didn’t really do any of that. We let one of their guys get hot early because we weren’t defending him properly, we weren’t crashing the boards and we weren’t coming up with the 50/50 balls,” Rivara said. “As for the offensive end, our offense got stagnant at times and the ball wasn’t being reversed quick enough and that’s when we’re at our worst, so that definitely didn’t help.” Regardless of the weekend’s split, the Tigers are confident that they can make a run at the SCAC title. They will play at Colorado College tonight, before returning to Texas for tomorrow’s matchup at the University of Dallas.
Division III athletes rarely play professionally. With little exposure, it can be challenging for an athlete to move up to the next level; however, former Trinity soccer standout Matthew Cardone earned a spot on the San Antonio Scorpions in 2015. Since then, the Scorpions have disbanded, and he has joined San Antonio Football Club (F.C.), the newest addition to the San Antonio professional sports scene. Cardone originally tried out for the MLS’s Orlando City F.C., but his performance ended up catching the attention of the Scorpions. The Scorpions eventually ceased operations, giving way to the creation of San Antonio F.C., which is the United Soccer League’s most recent addition. In his opinion, his experience with both clubs has proven valuable. “My experience with the Scorpions two years ago was a learning one, and after the first year of San Antonio F.C., things have only improved. It is a great club with great ownership in Spurs Sports & Entertainment and will only continue to get better,” Cardone said. Cardone shows optimism about the new club and has used it to develop as a goalie. His experience in college has prepared him for the rigors of professional sport. “It’s the same sport but turned up another notch. Trinity Soccer is a high-standard program that helped me be prepared to become a pro. Thankfully, I’ve had support from my family as well as the mentoring of Trinity Head Coach Paul McGinlay, which I consider invaluable,” Cardone said. In their inaugural year, San Antonio F.C. fell just below a .500 winning percentage, finishing with 10 losses and 12 wins. Because the team is looking to improve in 2017 and build on that first season, maintaining a roster spot and his starting position could bring some heavy competition Cardone’s way. There will be a higher standard of performance as the club establishes itself, but Cardone expects more from himself than anyone else. When Cardone looks back on his time as a student, he is reminded of all the great times and friends he made; this contributes to his contentment in his current role, which has him living in San Antonio. “Trinity has a fantastic community and the environment that Trinity provides for its students, staff, etc. is really something special. I also made many friends and met important, intelligent people at Trinity, especially within the soccer program that I hope I will maintain lifelong relationships with,” Cardone said. As the year progresses, Cardone will be working diligently to improve his skills in order to help this new club succeed. Follow the San Antonio F.C. to check on how he’s doing.
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Club basketball is here Spurs and non-Texans Logan Simmons talks about the campus’s addition
BY ELISE HESTER
SPORTS REPORTER
LOGAN SIMMONS discovered his love for basketball and turned his new interest into a club at Trinity. Photo by OSVALDO VELOZ
Logan Simmons had never played — or watched — basketball before he came to Trinity. Today he and several friends are in the process of creating Trinity’s first club team for men’s basketball. This is not too shocking. From a young age, Simmons has had a desire for physical recreation. “I need to do something, I need to be fit, I need to be healthy and I need some sort of sport,” Simmons said. “I always thought sports were the answer because then I can have exercise and I can have fun.” From ages six to 10 he did gymnastics, and in recent years, swam and played football. Despite the sophomore’s lifelong interest in sport, basketball never hit his radar until last year. “Suddenly, I became obsessed with it,” Simmons said. “I can’t explain it.” Trading apathy for obsession, Simmons watched numerous basketball games and highlights, continuously seeking to learn
more about the sport. After falling head first into watching basketball, learning to play was the next step in Simmons’s progression. This next stop was one into which he expended considerable effort. “I was terrible,” Simmons said. “I loved it so much I wanted to have it as something to work on and have it be a challenge.” Lacking the ability to make a simple lay up, Simmons took the challenge upon himself to learn the game, taking Cameron Hill’s basketball class. Hill, head coach of the Trinity women’s basketball team, committed to work with the new enthusiast. “Every single day he gave me drills to do and I kept on working on it,” Simmons said. “I was like, ‘I wanna be way better than I am.’” From there, Simmons set out to create a club team for men’s basketball, with the goal of eventually playing other college club teams. Despite the relative newness of the team — they have not even had their first practice — there is still quite a bit of interest. They currently have 19 members, among which Simmons lists basketball enthusiasts, sophomores, juniors, seniors and choir kids. Members range in skill. Some, like Simmons, had never played before, while others played in middle and high school. “We wanted to make sure everyone could join,” Simmons said. “If you know what the rules are, you can play.” Members are allowed to play in intramurals during the duration of their one-year probation before becoming an official club team. Members currently make up two separate IM teams with their goal being to win first and second in the tournament. In addition to finding someone to coach the team, Simmons’ greatest goal for the burgeoning team is longevity after he and the other founders depart Trinity. He also desires to create a brotherhood among the currently unconnected group of young men who will soon be a part of this new team. “I always tell the guys on the team, ‘It’ll only be as good as much as you guys put into it,’” Simmons said. “This could be something way bigger than all of us.”
BY HALEY McFADDEN
SPORTS REPORTER
In San Antonio, “Go Spurs Go” is a ubiquitous phrase. It often feels like everyone knows of and loves the city’s beloved basketball team and enters each season knowing this is the year we become NBA champions again. Living in San Antonio, it may be easy to forget that not everyone in the U.S. mourned the retirement of Tim Duncan or that most schools do not have a giant “GO SPURS GO” banner that hangs in the center of their campus during NBA playoff season (although they definitely should). The Spurs have permeated most aspects of San Antonio life, and their logo can be seen at HEB, on running singlets and on bumper stickers everywhere. But what do the Spurs mean to a student who is not from San Antonio? In a lot of cases, not much. With a total of 30 teams, the NBA is a large organization, and loyalties seem to be mostly regionally decided. Thinking of it from that sense, it’s much more likely that a non-San Antonio native student would be a bigger fan of the Mavs, the Heat, or even the Houston Rockets. Each region seems to have its own team, which can even lead to some inner-student rivalry over whose team is supreme. “I think the Spurs are a fine team. I respect them and they are obviously great basketball players, but I guess I did not grow up with them so I do not feel a strong sense of loyalty to them,” said junior and Michigan native Nicole Jozefiak. “I think the atmosphere surrounding San Antonio’s love of the Spurs is really fun, and I will occasionally even say ‘Go Spurs Go’ myself because I do not personally have any strong team loyalties, but I have never really felt interested in going to a game or really following them.” “I will say,” Jozefiak added. “The Pistons are much better.” While out-of-state students likely have little interest in the Spurs, oftentimes Texas natives who grew up outside of San Antonio will still feel like they are fans, even if they did not grow up here. For many of these people, they
learned through their parents, or became fans once they came to school. “Growing up my parents were really big Spurs fans, so I kinda guess I ended up become a fan through them,” senior and Waco native Natalie Belew said. “I also followed the Mavs growing up, but the Spurs were always my top team. Growing up I had a singlet that I would run in that had their logo on the front, so even up north it affected me.” Some Trinity students did not start as Spurs fans, but rather evolved into one through experiences at Trinity such as Trinity Night. Trinity night is an event that occurs twice a year and is sponsored by Residential life. Trinity students can be bussed over to the AT&T center to watch the Spurs play and cheer them on. At only $10, the tickets are cheap, and the experience can be the making of a new fan. “I was never really into the Spurs before I attended Trinity Night mostly because I just really do not follow sports,” junior Rachel Hanes said. “However, it was a lot of fun, and I would recommend the experience to anyone who is even slightly interested in seeing what the hype is about.” In truth, mixed opinions of the Spurs do exist, even in the heart of San Antonio. Of course, everyone is entitled to an opinion, but that doesn’t make it a good one.
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A necessary investigation into winter training
The basketball and swim teams spend several weeks on campus with no other student life; what happens? BY ELISE HESTER
SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR As a child I asked so many questions that in the fourth grade, the official notes from the psychiatrist who diagnosed me with severe ADD credited my continuous questions as the reason “Elise is so isolated from her peers.” I’m slightly less annoying now but I still have many questions. Like: “How did I get into Trinity?” “Why didn’t boys like me in high school?” “Where does water come from?” (The answers, respectively: to fill a country-kid quota, my personality and the sky — specifically clouds). Bigger than all those questions though, is the lingering query that keeps me up at night: What happens during winter training? Judging from my Instagram feed, most Trinity students spend their winter break in the mountains or on a beach or in a city with twinkly lights. However, for swimmers and basketball players, apart from a short break for the magical days surrounding Christmas and half of Hanukkah, winter break is spent at the beautiful urban campus of Trinity University. What did those athletes do during this time, colloquially referred to as winter training? You may assume training, but as part of my healthy practice of refusing to believe anything them city-slickers tell me, I set out to find the truth. I did a lot of research. I talked to so many people. Not about winter training, I’m just really popular. But I did talk to people about winter training, mainly the people that were
here during winter training: basketball players and swimmers. I learned very quickly, and much to my surprise, that winter training involved a lot of training. For the swimmers, winter break was filled with pruny fingers and an inescapable smell of chlorine. I also discovered that the swimmers are now in taper, which is a physical cool down period, and not, as I originally suspected, slang for an aquatic type of tapeworm. “We played a ton of Smash Mario,” said David Smith, when cornered in the laundry room. “And we ate a bunch of eggs and tacos.” I knew they were hiding something, but I did not know what. If the swimmers weren’t going to talk, I was going to have to go to the basketball players. I went first to members of the men’s basketball team. Sophomores Matthew Colliflower and Kevin Owens shaved their heads during winter training, so I assumed they had interesting things to share. I was wrong. I decided to conduct this interview from a friendship angle, hoping to get more information. However, after a few minutes of fun, playful banter in which I dissed out some savage burns (unable to be printed due to sensitivity issues), I found the once-friendly basketball players now did not want to share with me for some reason. However, I figured I could get information from them by following an age-old journalism trick: refusing to leave.
So I did not leave for several hours and eventually got some interesting information. Here’s what I found: From Dec. 15 to 18, the basketball players stayed at school. They came back on Dec. 27. “I guess it’s kind of sad being away from our families so quick,” Owens said. “But it’s fun cause all we do is hang out and play basketball.” While some parents may miss their children, they are mostly understanding. “They understand that ball is life,” Colliflower said. “We played a lot of board games. We played Monopoly, Risk, Texas Hold ‘Em, Five-Card Draw, Mafia, Town of Salem,” Colliflower said. “Watched a lot of ‘The Office,’ a lot of movies.” As previously mentioned, both Colliflower and Owens shaved their heads. “I wanted a mohawk,” Owens said. “I was like, ‘Yolo’” I also learned the men’s basketball team had a Secret Santa gift exchange and there was a lot of sauces exchanged, probably to use with the eggs. Owens received a unicorn pillow. At this point, I had discovered some information, but nothing that would change the world. I was dead inside and I truly felt my investigation was coming to a dead end. It was then that I sat down for a nice chat with women’s basketball player, Rebecca Gordon, junior, the first person to willingly comply with my investigation. What I found was
better than anything I could ever imagine. “At the beginning of every year the freshmen have to choreograph and sing a song in front of the entire team,” Gordon said. “The whole restaurant was full and we made them stand up in the back of the restaurant.” Junior transfer-student Micah Weaver was not spared the tradition, as she and first-year Victoria Trabysh performed “Ice Ice Baby” for the packed house. Their performance was followed by Jillian Cready and Abby Holland’s rendition of The Black Eyed Peas “My Humps.” “It’s fun to watch but not fun to do,” Gordon said. Becca Gordon also informed me of the one other eventful thing from winter training: sophomore Alex Duncan lost her authentic Christmas thrift store skirt on the side of the road, which was later found by Weaver. And with that there was a shift in the rankings of “The Best Personalities Of Trinity Teams According to Elise and Elise Only.” No. 1 is still women’s soccer because sicknasty hype videos. No. 2 is softball because blade gang or die. No. 3 is now women’s basketball because they sing in restaurants. No. 4 is baseball because they say hi when I blade by. No. 5 is the Acabellas, even though they are not technically a sports team, because of their sweet, sweet harmonies. Everyone else is tied. In conclusion, there were no synchronized swimming or full-court dance numbers, just a lot of practice, “Smash Bros,” a lost skirt and one unicorn.
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Growing up continued from PAGE 8
But only a couple weeks into having my mother call me down for dinner and delivering my laundry to my room, I fall into my old habits. And with none of my college friends around, there’s almost no external evidence that any of the things that happened at college actually even occurred. I spent long days lounging around, and my independence was stifled even on the days I did get out of the house. I’m bound to my parents when I’m home. I must let them know when I’m leaving and where I’ll be and when I’ll be back. After all, they are my parents, and they worry. Even as a senior, I spent more time than I’m proud of this winter break sitting in that exact spot, just watching TV. At this point though, I make no effort to be any less than obedient and lazy while I’m home. I know I can do my own laundry and cook my own meals. I know that I’m being safe, even when I don’t get home until after midnight. I know that I’ve accomplished many mature tasks and learned many things. For example, I’ve planned entire
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trips and traveled internationally extensively on my own, notably surpassing my parents’ travel experience. Yet when I travel with them, they still insist that they know better. Instead of blindly getting angry at them for still treating me like a child, I’ve decided to skip it, bite my tongue, in order to not spend my time with them fighting. It’s less of a hassle for me to let them handle travel details anyway. This in and of itself is a mature decision and in no way one I would have made before college. So, if my mother wants to do laundry for me, well, I think it benefits the both of us. And I also know, as a veteran of winter breaks, that even when it seems like they’ll never end, they always do. Before I know it, I’m being flung back into the same habits and practices I’ve become accustomed to here at Trinity. It baffles me to think that at some point soon, I’ll be on my own in a new way, without the Trinity community and the amenities of college. I’ll build new habits and form new ideas, and college will be another thing I look back on. Technology permitting, there will more than likely still be at least one day of the year when I’ll find myself on my parent’s couch, mindlessly channel surfing.
Photos of the week: Trinity represents at MLK march
TOP: Sophomore BRENDA RAMOS, DENEESE JONES, DANNY ANDERSON represent Trinity at the MLK march BOTTOM: A father and son share a moment at the march.
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Reflections on yoga in America and at Trinity BY MARKHAM SIGLER
SPORTS EDITOR
America’s exercise culture is growing. We have friends joining the Crossfit movement, notice more bikers dangerously close to our cars and read intense articles about esoteric “extreme fitness” classes that have strong followings in New York City and other crowded metropolises. Yoga, too, is blossoming. A survey financed by “Yoga Alliance” and “Yoga Journal” revealed some interesting statistics regarding the practice and its meteoric rise. Apparently, there are roughly 37 million yogis in the U.S.; three years ago, there were 20 million. Findings on the decreased discrepancy between female and male yogis were also illuminating: while the ratio several years ago was four to one, polls showed today’s practitioners are 72% female compared to 28% male. Other fun stats include (1) 74% of yogis began practicing within the past five years, and (2) $16.8 billion has been spent on yoga accessories/classes/equipment/clothing, up from $6.1 billion in 2012. Clearly, yoga has exploded in America. What many (including myself) believed began as a social media-inspired fad has become a cultural powerhouse stripped of its once-defining stigma. It’s no secret why. Yoga helps the inflexible, the stressed and those bored of traditional cardio. My 51-year-old father began his yoga practice last year. In the process, he endured savage ridicule from my younger brothers and myself — but our insults did little to diminish his determination to master the headstand. His enjoyment, at first disconcerting, steadily wore on me. Unable to play basketball or lift serious weights any longer due to foot, knee and back injuries caused in part, I’m sure, by the same lack of interest in stretching I (and most young athletes/former athletes) have, yoga presented an exhausting and fulfilling physical challenge for him. Maybe if I took it seriously, yoga could prolong my ability to sit down without wincing in pain because of an atrophied lower back.
I completed the caving process this past semester, and enrolled in Trinity’s 8 a.m. yoga class with Colleen Hill. It’s not all zeninducing incantations and the seamless loosening of tight muscles. Many poses are painful at first. You may be ashamed of your persistent and awkward inability to balance. And you may not exactly feel much more enlightened, physical or mentally, on the last day of class than you did when you stumbled in wearily that first early Wednesday. Eight o’clock is still too early, and you still cannot escape the desire to be in bed instead of in the humble warrior. If you’re particularly weak, you may not manage an A in the P.E. course, because you slept through four sessions. The opening segment of class is dedicated to the warm-up. Fast-paced sun salutations are voiced over by Mrs. Hill’s strict directions. After you focus your frantic energy on not tumbling over during the lunging portion of the pose, you alternate between the upward and downward dogs, viciously polarized stretches that suffice in alerting the rest of your body— the next sixty minutes are going to be “different.” Next, chair pose. You guessed it. Here, you sit in an invisible chair with your arms straight out in front of you. When you can’t bear the pain any longer, you lift your heels off the ground, so that your only connection to the ground is through your toes. “Feel the energy coming out of your fingers,” Mrs. Hill would command. What that means, I’ll never know. Generally, chair pose preceded a horrifyingly diverse series of balancing maneuvers. Note: they are all impossible. One of Mrs. Hill’s most constant reminders is to treat the practice as solely individual—you vs. your former self and not you vs. your fellow yogis. Forgetting for a brief second the ludicrousness of embracing a non-competitive stance, I found it exceptionally difficult to try, try again when every other yogi in the room seemed to resemble a perfect statue during the standing bow pose while my personal record of one-legged stillness may have been four and a half seconds. Leave your ego at the door if you want to live.
The remainder of the class typically included the quad-defiling warrior series and a variety of stretches named after animals (mooing cow, scared cat, lizard, camel, reverse camel, crow and snake) that basically conform you to unnatural, animal-like postures that look and feel ridiculous. Another repeated piece of advice from Mrs. Hill is to “not scrunch up your face during a pose; keep it nice and relaxed.” (In case you can’t tell, I got quite the kick out of these one-liners. I also enjoyed performing the more bizarre-looking poses for family members over the break, straight face in tow, mechanically repeating this instruction. My mom was a bit freaked out. It was hilarious, and I’m sure Mrs. Hill would be proud.) In the end, we’d be rewarded with a call for group savasana. Lying flat on our backs, palms facing up and legs forming a “V,” your fingers naturally formed the gesture of the Buddha (also used to signal OK or a made 3-pointer), and you’re graciously implored (by Mrs. Hill) to allow the ceaseless and noisy narrative of half-thoughts to come and go as they please. Towards the end of the semester, she started reading inspirational quotes about love, self-knowledge and true meditation. Originally her readings were strange, but like the poses, they grew on me, in part because if they didn’t, the class would have been unpleasant. Savasana is the most directed exercise in mediation, and it was gratifying on the last day of class to hear Mrs. Hill compliment the class on our collectively-vanished fidgeting. Note: The music playing throughout the class is similar to that of an aquarium’s playlist. The soft droplets of sound cascading peacefully upon you become creepily apparent during savasana, and I sometimes began to liken myself to a fish hunting for nirvana in a tank. Besides these irregular moments, savasana is great. The American Yoga Revolution seems to be legitimate. Simply put, yoga meets the participant freely, not requiring too much while enforcing a tangible sense of growth and attainment. Don’t let anyone steal your peace. Namaste.
Please congratulate the following Trinity and affiliated runners who competed the Ninth Annual Dean of Students Half Marathon Challenge and Kayla Mire Food Drive. They braved the elements of rain and cold to log 13.1 miles each! Maribel Arias
Tim Francis
Kate Jones
Steffanie Mortis
Gabrielle Roe
Robin Bissett
Dakota Frederick
Katherine Jones
Kevin Moss
John Rowse
Rachel Boaz
Maximilian Freeman
Pete Kelly-Zion
Kayleigh Murphy
Javan Stalls
Ingrid Brekke
Enrique Garcia
Esther Kim
Monica Nava
Jamie Thompson
Joshua Butts
Bernadette Gomez
Tanner Kohfield
Aaron Navarro
Simon Thompson
Sabrina Camacho
Caroline Grand
William Konyecsni
Kevin Owens
Julia Adriana Torres
Kathryn Castillon
Amy Grice
Caroline Kutach
Analaura Paez
David Tuttle
Lisa Chapa
Madison Habet
Stacy Lenderman
Don Philbin
Victoria Veltri
William Farner
Connor Hartung
Mark Lewis
McKenzie Quinn
Miranda Ward
Sean Farrell
Georgina Hawley
Roderick Lewis
Hanna Rafferty
Andrea Warkentin
Jack Fiedler
Marcos Hernandez
Adrien Lhemann
Anthony Ramirez
Claire Warkentin
Laurel Fitzgerald
Katherine Hewitt
Josefina Lillo
Brenda Ramos
Anne Wellford
Shonna Fitzgerald
Lavanya Hospeti
Emily Lupo
Owen Rettenmaier
Kayako Yamakoshi
Blaise Fort
Abigail Jones
Cheyne Minto
Michelle Riley
Fred Zapata
Bryan Fowler
Taylor Mobley
Christiana Zgourides
During the Kayla Mire Food Drive we collected 599 pounds of food and $417 in donations (which is 4,170 in food pound equivalents) for a total of 4,769 pounds. That is nearly 78,000 pounds over nine years!
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