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Singh creates history at Smithsonian
Darsh Preet Singh is celebrated as the first Sikh basketball player ever to play in NCAA
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Walker finds time for free reading
Walker provides techniques for free reading, with no literature reviews in sight
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Culberson makes waves at DIII Nationals
Culberson won the 100-yard freestyle event at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
theTrinitonian Volume 111, Issue 22
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Trinity remains DIII Isaacson applauds the liberal arts Rumors that Trinity athletics will move to DI are disproved by Ahlburg
by Aly Mithani SPORTS EDITOR On Wednesday, March 5, the San Antonio Alumni Chapter hosted the second Food for Thought Lecture in the Fiesta Room. The speaker was Trinity’s men’s soccer head coach Paul McGinlay, and the title of the lecture was: “The Third Decade of Trinity University Men’s Soccer.” In attendance were members of the San Antonio Alumni Chapter, numerous representatives from the Trinity athletic department, members of past and current Trinity men’s soccer teams, President Dennis Ahlburg and former Trinity President Ronald Calgaard. During the lecture, McGinlay presented a history of Trinity’s soccer past, celebrated its present by recognizing members of the current team and pondered the future of the program.
During this discussion of the future, McGinlay brought up the possibility of becoming a school with a Division I athletic program. “I see this not as an athletic decision. It is really an admissions decision. I think our profile would improve if we are competing against schools that are more like us,” McGinlay said. During the lecture, McGinlay discussed the differences in endowment between Trinity and other Division III schools in the state of Texas. According to his research, the total endowment for all the other Division III schools in the state of Texas is $1.16 billion combined. According to US News and World Report, Trinity’s 2012 endowment was approximately $915 million. McGinlay repeatedly emphasized a quote that he imparts to his soccer team on a regular basis. McGinlay tells his players, “I don’t want you to be anyone else. I want you to be the best original of yourself.”
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photo by Miguel Webber Biographer Walter Isaacson stressed the importance of the intersection of humanities and science. Isaacson, who has written biographies about Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs and Benjamin Franklin, told students that these great men all possessed great creativity.
New marketing initiatives spark questions of photo consent Photographs showcasing student tactile engagement valued over classroom settings by Faith Ozer NEWS REPORTER Trinity University’s new marketing platform showcases students on the university web page, billboards around San Antonio and print media attempting to highlight new branding platforms and leaving some students curious about photo consent practices. The latest marketing practices revolve around four brand themes: large-school resources in a small- school environment, preparing to lead, engaging with the world and a challenging and supportive academic environment. According to Sharon Schweitzer, assistant vice president for external relations, the university aims to represent these themes in content they develop from student experiences.
“Showing Trinity from a student perspective is better marketing for prospective students and shows what we do from the student perspective as a small, residential, liberal arts university,” Schweitzer said. After interning at a pediatric AIDS clinic in Swaziland over the summer, senior English major Barley Halton’s story and personal photographs were showcased in Trinity Magazine, with one photograph of Halton’s making the magazine’s cover. “When the article itself came out, I was getting all of these messages from people ‘Oh, I saw your picture.’ Then it turned out that they actually used one of my pictures for the cover of the magazine, which was great. Sure, I loved having my face everywhere, but it was just unexpected, that’s all,” Halton said. “That’s where there’s a grey line, because I did submit my photos, and I knew that they were going to use it for the magazine, I just didn’t know they were going to use it for the cover.” Unlike Halton, who submitted his own photos for use in the magazine, some students take part in university photo shoots potentially utilized for
Trinity marketing. While doing research with Troy Murphy, assistant professor of biology, junior biology major Matthew Mitts had his photo taken by a Trinity photographer. The photo features Mitts using binoculars at a research site and is on a billboard at the intersection of highway 281 southbound and St. Mary’s Road.
“We have a research site over at Incarnate Word at Headwaters, and we were just told that we were going to have a photographer come out and take some photos of us. Her name was Jeanna, and she was a lot of fun and we showed her everything. The photo was done as someone was processing birds, and there was a bird on
a branch,” Mitts said. “I am actually taking a photo through my binoculars, and I look dorky, but I am actually instagramming a photo through my binoculars. She took a photo of us looking, and we all thought it was hilarious.”
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photo by Anh-Viet Dinh Matthew Mitts, featured in this billboard at 281 south and St. Mary’s Rd., was photographed during research on the black-crested titmouse.