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Health services provides vaccines for flu season With flu season underway, Health Services offers students easy and quick vaccines by James Godfrey NEWS REPORTER
photos by Jordan Leeper On Oct. 23, Pi Kappa Alpha participated in a men’s march “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes,” to stand up and work against sexual assault, violence and gender abuse. The fraternity members, including junior Frankie Arndt (right), wore high heels and stood near the Magic Stones holding signs with more information on the cause. For more information see page 14.
Trinity continues strategic marketing with new features With new online additions, Trinity continues push with strategic plan marketing by Courtney Shikle NEWS REPORTER Since updating the strategic plan to gain more students for the 2014-2015 academic year, there have been more developments in the marketing aspect to continue to reach as many prospective students as possible for the academic years to come. One technique for the marketing team is expanding and developing
new markets for Trinity and trying to reach out to areas with high enrollment rates. “It is not a secret that most of our students come from Texas, and then the second largest group is generally the Southwest. So, we are looking at places in the Southwest where we think Trinity can be a desirable choice—California, namely southern California, and the Colorado areas,” said Charles White, vice president for information resources, marketing and communications. Trinity actively gets students from southern California and Colorado, but the idea is to market to those areas a bit more strongly than was done in the past. “What we see is that the Southwest is an area
where our reputation is the strongest, so why not focus on developing those before we start reaching out to areas where we are probably less well-known?” White said. The strategy to impact prospective parents alongside prospective students has been developing as well. “We want to make sure that we are never leaving parents in the dark during the college process because we realize how important they are, potentially, to a lot of students when they make their decision,” said Michelle Bartonico, associate director for marketing communications.
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Health Services is offering influenza vaccination shots this season to all members of the university community. The department began offering shots in late September, when they received the shipment of the vaccine was received, and they will continue to provide shots through the fall until their supply is depleted. Students, faculty, and staff can acquire a shot for 17 dollars. “The [Center for Disease Control and Prevention] estimates that the annual
death rate for influenza in the U.S. is between 3,000 and 49,000, depending on the severity of the season,” said registered nurse and coordinator of health services Jackie Bevilacqua. Influenza is a contagious respiratory illness that is especially easy to transmit in the campus environment, as it is transferred by droplets produced by coughing, sneezing or talking. The virus can potentially be transferred by adults a day before symptoms appear and up to seven days after the symptoms have stopped. Health Services recommends that community members with influenza or flu-like illnesses stay home until at least 24 hours after their fever has stopped, in order to minimize the potential of passing the virus to others.
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Annual death rate for influenza in US between 3,000 and 49,000 (depending on the severity of the season) Annual death rate for influenza in US between 3,000 and 49,000
Trinity Health services distributes around 400 vaccines on average each flu season. Annual death rate for influenza
Annual death rate for influenza
CDC estimates that only 8.5% of all pneumonia and influenza deaths and only 2.1% of all respiratory and circulatory deaths are influenza-related Influenza annual attack rate estimated at 5%-10% in adults and 20%-30% in children. Worldwide, influenza is estimated to result in about 3 to 5 million cases of severe illness, and about 250,000 to
500,000 deaths.
Ebola
Total cases: 9915 Laboratory-confirmed cases: 5481 Total deaths: 4555
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On Oct. 20, there was an alert of a suspected gas leak at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Officials said it was something related to construction at the Texas A&M Student Recreation Center. The leak was closed off soon after it was detected. However, there may still be lingering fumes in the air, so the Rec Center will be closed until further notice.
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A skull and bones were discovered on Oct. 18 behind an abandoned home in central Virginia. Investigators suspect these may be the bones of student Hannah Graham, last seen Sept. 13 in Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall area near the University of Virginia. The bones were found in a creek bed behind the abandoned house, just eight miles from where she was last seen. A pair of black pants was also discovered in the area, similar to ones that Graham were wearing when she went missing. chron.com cnn.com
In Indonesia, the volcano Mount Sinabung began erupting on Oct. 16. Thousands were evacuated in the surrounding areas due to ash clouds from the volcano. This same volcano also erupted in August 2010; before that, it had been dormant for 400 years. An estimated 130 active volcanoes have been erupting lately. Because Indonesia is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, it is prone to seismic activity.
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Tigers for Tigers $900 Approved The organization requested funds for t-shirts and advertising tools, as well as a trip to the zoo.
Along with the one budget request, SGA had multiple points of discussion during the meeting. This included looking at whether simultaneous involvements with ResLife and SGA was a conflict of interest. This was put to a vote, and 9 out of 13 members were interested in removing the conflict. This has not been approved. SGA Budget Proposal SGA’s proposed budget consists of the following categorical breakdown: -Food and small cultural events 28 percent would like to decrease to 20 percent. -Large Cultural Events 26 percent would like to increase to 30 percent.
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-School spirit three percent would like to increase to five percent. -Conferences 10 percent would like to increase to 12 percent. -Speakers five percent would like to decrease to three percent. -Equipment and Supplies 28 percent would like to decrease to 22 percent. SGA would also like to add the categories “Academic Clubs” and “Strategic Savings Fund” to the budget Budget Approved
SGA is narrowing down candidates for presidency from 16 to eight and then they are going to pick the three finalists. They plan on using advertising for elections this year. There was a complaint about Taco Taco having no gluten-free options, which the group found valid. SGA is also interesting in improving the current first-year advisor program.
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Location: Exterior of Bell Center Date: 10-16-14 Time Occurred: 11:36 p.m. Location: Laurie Auditorium Classification: Consumption of Alcohol by Date: 10-08-14 a Minor: Public Intoxication Time Occurred: 9:33 a.m. Classification: Theft Location: Lightner Hall Information for these briefs is provided Date: 10-11-14 by the Trinity University Police Time Occurred: 12:47 a.m. Classification: Consumption of Alcohol by Department. compiled by Luke Wise a Minor
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team and others on campus have been monitoring the cases of Ebola in the United States, and believe the likelihood of Ebola coming to campus is extremely small. The likelihood of a patient coming down with the flu, however, is far more likely. Students and community members are highly encouraged to acquire vaccinations to avoid coming down with the flu this season.
Symptoms of the flu include fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headaches, vomiting and fatigue. Should someone begin exhibiting these symptoms, they are encouraged to stay home from class until their fever breaks, and those around them should take care to frequently wash their hands and avoid using utensils or eating after them.
“We encourage all students and staff to get the flu vaccine yearly, as it is the best protection from the flu.”
Jackie Bevilacqua Registered Nurse and Coordinator of Health Services “We encourage all students and staff to get the flu vaccine yearly, as it is the best protection from the flu,” Bevilacqua said. Health Services offers the flu vaccine yearly to the community, and on average
“We would only consider Ebola if there were risk factors for exposure...Trinity community is at negligible risk for Ebola.”
photo by Jordan Leeper Judy Norris, secretary, and Health Services are offering students influenza vaccines; students may walk in Monday through Friday.
they are able to distribute about 400 vaccines. At times, due to media attention, they have administered more than this, namely during the swine flu epidemic in 2009. Though there are no official records on the total number of community members affected by the flu, it affects many students every year, Bevilacqua said. In order to acquire a vaccination,
members of the community can walk into the Health Services office without an appointment Monday through Friday during normal business hours (Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.). Acquiring a shot requires filling out some necessary paperwork, paying $17, and, afterwards, a 20 minute
wait in order to ensure that the patient does not have a negative reaction to the vaccine. After that point, the patient is released. “It was pretty quick,” said senior Joseph Bacal. “I expected the wait to be longer.” As some early symptoms of the flu and Ebola overlap, there have been concerns about the two recently this season. The university crisis management
Jackie Bevilacqua Registered Nurse and Coordinator of Health Services “We would only consider Ebola if there were risk factors for exposure,” Bevilacqua said. “The Trinity community is at negligible risk for Ebola.”
Presidential search continues; narrowed down to semi finalists On Thursday, Oct. 16, the presidential search committee met to discuss the results of their Skype interviews with the quarter finalists for the new Trinity University president. They have now pared down the number even further to what they are calling the semi finalists. However, the number of candidates is not allowed to be released. The search committee will now be moving forward by having longer meetings with each candidate and making reference calls. “I am really looking forward to this series of interviews that we are about to have,” said Adam Urbach, chair of the faculty senate. “We have already met all of them in short Skype interviews...Now we are going to have longer interviews with them before bringing the finalists to campus.” These off-site interviews will take place at the end of the month. After that series of interviews, three candidates will be brought to campus. These visits are tentatively scheduled to be Nov. 13 - 21, but cannot be firmly planned since the candidates have not yet been selected.
“They’ll have two days jammed packed with different constituencies, open forums, campus tours, meeting everyone they need to meet, and students, faculty and staff will have an opportunity to interact with them there,” said Evan Lewis, Student Government Association president. “We want feedback from the campus, which will help us to make the case for the candidates,” Urbach said. After these visits, the search committee will make a “pro and con” list of each candidate. Their recommendations will then be forwarded to the Board of Trustees which will make the final hiring decision. However, the new president will not be on campus until this summer. “While we would hope to have a signature on paper by the first of the year...the fact is that the people we are looking at are usually highly placed in other institutions,” Lewis said. “They have other obligations... we wouldn’t want a candidate to jump ship halfway through the year without giving their university adequate time to respond to their moving on.”
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Trinity continues Life Launch program for women of the Battered Women’s Shelter New Life Launch curriculum set to provide battered women with life skills and various opportunities by Katie Hayes NEWS REPORTER Since Fall 2012, Trinity University has hosted women from the Battered Women’s Shelter in a program called Life Launch. This program was started by Dante Suarez, associate professor of finance, and Penelope Harley, adjunct political science professor.
“It’s my job... to install some knowledge in them, some power in them, so they can feel more comfortable around the computer.” Deborra Cardenas Help Desk Manager
“More recently, in this incarnation of Life Launch, what we have been doing is to help the women get back on their feet. So we developed
a curriculum that is very short, but very focused on teaching them what we call Life Launch skills,” Suarez said. Life Launch is held during October and consists of a welcome session hosted by Harley; a session addressing finding a job hosted by Lisa Jasinski, special projects coordinator in academic affairs; a session on computer literacy hosted by Deborra Cardenas, help desk manager; and a session on financial literacy, hosted by Dante Suarez. “I think both Dante and I felt that there was both a pool of experience here, but also a pool of warmth and a pool of welcome and I feel really strongly that is something the women appreciate just as much as anything they learn,” Harley said. Although the first evening is just about making the women feel welcome at Trinity, it plays an important part in the program. “That introductory evening has its own value because even though we are not technically sort of imparting knowledge, we are imparting—and this is so important to me—the sense of welcome,” Harley said. “A very specific component of that first evening is trying to gauge what would be most useful for the women.” Aramark has joined in Life Launch as well. “For the first time, the senior staff of Aramark actually sat in the introductory circle...and that
felt really special. They were not just providing food, they were actually a really valued part of the program,” Harley said. “They really believe in what we are doing and they want to support [it]. There is obviously sort of a bottom line that they have to cover... but I know that because they believe in what we are trying to do, they have been as generous with their time and their ability to cut their costs as much as they possibly can. In addition, Aramark taught the women numerous ways to prepare a boiled chicken for under five dollars. The second evening is hosted by Jasinski and covers how to research jobs and create a resume. “I have never had to write a resume...one of the volunteers taught me little tricks,” one of the women from the Battered Women’s Shelter said. Jasinski says she is able to provide a rich experience to foster opportunities to further one’s career. “I try to give a lot of authentic opportunities to start working on the things that are really important to whether you want to go on in your educational career or whether you want to go on in a professional career,” Jasinski said. During the third evening, the women learned skills that ranged from using a Gmail account for business to learning to create a budget in Excel. “It’s my job...to install some knowledge in them, some power in them, so they can
feel more comfortable around the computer,” Cardenas said. “I think these types of classes will give us the opportunity to grow,” said another woman from the shelter. The most recent problem has been finding someone to replace Harley in case she leaves with her husband President Ahlburg.
“For the first time, the senior staff of Aramark actually sat in the introductory circle...and that felt really special ... they really believe in what we are doing.” Penelope Harley
Adjunct Professor of ...Political Science “I’m just hoping we can continue this program even though we might not have Penelope as a lead. I’m just hoping that maybe APO will pick it up or another dynamic person on campus can pick it up and continue this, because I think it would be an absolute shame for this program to dissolve,” Cardenas said. “I think that it’s just one of those topics we’ll have to discuss after we run our program with the ladies.”
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Alternative spring break deadline extended Although originally due last Monday the 20th, the deadline for the alternative spring break trips has been pushed back to Oct. 24 at noon. The two trips currently being offered include travels to Atlanta Georgia and the Caribbean. For more information, contact cci@trinity.edu or Edwin Blanton.
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Student-Athlete Advisory Committee oversees fundraiser for Breast Cancer Awareness Month Varsity sports come together to sell T-shirts for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
“It would be nice to be able to write a check for $5,000 for our total donation, but essentially our goal changes every year and every year we want to do better than we have in the past. Five to ten thousand dollars is typically our goal,” Hazelwood said. The money raised from sellingTshirts as well as the individual fundraisers will be donated to the Susan G. Komen foundation and potentially a local breast cancer research organization. “We have tried to also donate money to local breast cancer organizations, whether it’s research organizations or organizations that help women cope with the disease and cope with treatment,” Hazelwood said. Another goal of the fundraiser is to raise awareness of breast cancer in general and its effect on the individual.
by Courtney Shikle NEWS REPORTER For the last four years the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) has sponsored and organized a fundraiser f during October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The theme this year is baseball with the logo “Save 2nd Base.”
“People can give a flat donation of money or they can cap the amount they would like to pledge.”
Lauren Goldberg Senior and SAAC Women’s Soccer Representative Each of the 18 varsity sports come together to sell T-shirts with the logo in Coates University Center and at sporting events on the weekend to raise donations. The SAAC organizes everything ,and the representatives from each sports team encourage their team to participate in the fundraiser.
"The purpose is unity and bonding among the organizations. The event is to promote a positive image of the Greek community.” Briana McGlamory Coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Life
photo by Michael Miller In support of breast cancer awareness month all 18 varsity sports came together sold T-shirts (above) with the logo “Save 2nd Base”.
“Each fall team that has a home event can choose to do some type of breast cancer awareness game as well,” said Aly Hazelwood, assistant volleyball coach. “Volleyball did a ‘dig pink’ game and wore pink jerseys while the SAAC representatives were selling shirts. Soccer is doing a ‘think pink’ game, and football will always participate by wearing pink during one of their games.” Although selling shirts is the primary way
to raise donations, teams are encouraged to do other internal fundraisers. “In addition to selling shirts, individual teams put on fundraisers of their own, such as coordinating with restaurants like Chipotle and Bird Bakery to donate a portion of their profits for a specific day to the cause or asking parents to pledge to donate a certain amount of money per goal scored at a soccer game, or per birdie at a golf
tournament,” said Erin Cusenbary, senior and co-president of SAAC. “People can give a flat donation of money, or they can cap the amount they would like to pledge,” said Lauren Goldberg, senior and women’s soccer representative for SAAC. The goal is to sell all of the shirts that were purchased and to raise as much money as possible to support the fight against breast cancer.
“The grand finale of sorts for the fundraiser will take place at a baseball game in early November, when our Tiger baseball team will play the University of Oklahoma.”
Erin Cusenbary Senior and Co-president ..... of SAAC “Although the shirts say ‘Save 2nd Base,’ the real goal of this fundraiser and the message we are trying to get out is to save more than second base, since cancer affects people, not just their body parts,” Cusenbary said. While SAAC is mainly trying to raise awareness and donations on Trinity’s campus, they are also trying to coordinate with the opposing team at the final game of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “The grand finale of sorts for the fundraiser will take place at a baseball game in early November, when our Tiger baseball team will play the University of Oklahoma on their field. We are trying to work with OU’s SAAC team as well so we can present a check with the total amount of money raised at that game,” Cusenbary said. So far, SAAC and the varsity teams have been successful and gained a lot of attention and awareness on campus, according to Hazelwood. The sports representatives for SAAC echo the success of the event. “I think this is a great event, and I am glad that I have been involved with it for the past two years,” Goldberg said. “It is amazing to see how much support there is from the community.”
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Strategic marketing campaign continues with attractive new additions to admissions webpage • continued from Page 1 There are two new additions to the admissions webpage to help prospective parents and students gain insight as to what life at Trinity is actually like. One feature is a live chat and the other is a continuation of the summer research blog. “We added a live chat feature that is on the admissions section of the Trinity site. The admissions office has a counselor on duty and that person is responsible for taking questions and answering them,” Bartonico said. “It has been really successful for us and what is great is that we have data that we did not have before that helps us give people the information they need.” Over the summer of 2014, a blog was created to cover all of the graduate summer research and activities that were done on campus, and this addition to the website is an evolution of that blog.
“From my point of view, it is our way of extending the reputation of the university and making sure that it is better known.” Michael Fischer Vice President for Faculty and Student Affairs
“It is called “The Trinity Perspective” and it is written and curated for students, by students. The audience is primarily prospective students and parents and it is just another way that we can give them honest information about what is here,” Bartonico said. “This is something that is recently developed and is helpful for people to get some genuine information about Trinity.
photo courtesy of www.thetrinityperspective.blogspot.com One of the new additions to the webpage includes a blog, “ The Trinity Perspective,” dedicated to covering graduate summer research and other information for prospective
We are trying to be as authentic as possible.” Another development to Trinity marketing is tailoring ads to the individual. “You do not ever want to be inundated with ads that are not really relevant to you, so what we are trying to do is if we serve a banner ad to someone, we target them and give them information that might come up to them because they actually want to see that type of information,” Bartonico said. Trinity is pretty clear about what type of student it wants and modifies marketing to that demographic. “Trinity students tend to be pretty college savvy, and we think we do better with college savvy people than with people who are not quite as knowledgeable about what they are looking for in a college,” White said. “We
are not for everybody, so if you are not the right person for us, we want you to know that early rather than later so that we do not waste your time and you do not waste our time if we are not right for you.”
“And it is a little elitist, but we do not have to be shy about that. We are pretty proud of that. We only accept the best.”
Charles White Vice President for Information Resources, Marketing and Communications
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The marketing team has also placed Trinity ads on television spots to target a specific group of people. “Not any television, but Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). We do PBS spots in San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles and also in Denver. Because we are trying to be authentic; we are not trying to say ‘Hey, we are everything everyone wants! Everybody can come here!’ No, not everybody, just certain people,” White said. “And it is a little elitist, but we do not have to be shy about that. We are pretty proud of that. We only accept the best.” The long-term goal of having an integrated marketing plan in the context of the overall strategic plan is making Trinity an even better university for its undergraduates and alumni,
according to Michael Fischer, vice president for faculty and student affairs and cochair of the strategic planning committee. “From my point of view, it is our way of extending the reputation of the university and making sure that it is better known by prospective students and others,” Fischer said. Although marketing largely consists of targeting external groups, internal groups such as current students, parents, alumni and faculty will still be targeted with Trinity ads. “We want everyone to be on message to recognize who we are and to be consistent in presenting Trinity to others,” White said. “We want to be authentic about it to know what we are saying about the place and if that feels good to you then say that about us.”
Opinion The Short List
Coleen Grissom, Professor For several years it’s been my privilege to make a speech to former students at Alumni Weekend. Initially, I tried to compose a completely new, fresh talk for them, but soon I realized that was stupid: when the audience changes, one can recycle an old speech! So, recycle I do – and happily. A second rationalization for delivering a slightly revamped commentary is that I, honestly, want to follow a simple outline: welcome them “home” to the campus, update them on what I’ve been doing since I retired from the vice presidency, share with them my impressions of the current student body, and try once again to motivate them to continue to stretch and to grow intellectually, especially by reading. What most catches the alums’ attention are my comments on Trinity students today. I base these observations on anonymous questionnaires I distribute in my three classes, and the similarity of answers through the years interests me. For example, there are comments about faculty: “I thought professors would wear more tweed and more
You can’t hide. It’s better to be yourself than to pretend to be something you’re not. Liquor before beer and you’re clear; beer before liquor and you’ve never been sicker. “His use of description was wonderful” is a good response if you haven’t been listening to class discussion. (I hate that one.) I am more culturally and racially tolerant, more flexible, and more knowledgeable. And, try this one – “While I haven’t yet met my future husband, I sure as hell met myself.” What would your anonymous reflections be to some of those queries? Have you found your instructors to be enthusiastic about their work, accessible, engaging? Have you appreciated being among intelligent peers like yourself? Do you value that “you can’t hide” and that this is a tolerant, accepting community? It’s just past midsemester. Don’t let this year get away from you without assessing your experience at this institution. It’s a costly endeavor in every sense. If you aren’t getting the best and achieving your best, I urge you to consider reevaluating your situation. Start anew in the spring taking advantage of the remarkable opportunities available to you here. Coleen Grissom is a professor in the English department.
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Keep calm and keep going
For most of us now, midterms have come and gone, entering our lives in a preconceived and indiscriminate panic. We are in the chronological “downhill” of the semester, despite the fact that the weeks between Halloween and departure from our last final are almost always a calmer yet all-the-more intense challenge. However, few things are as stressful and terrifying as the ill-boding exams that mark the midpoint of the semester, and, needless to say, much of the student body is recovering from the stress (and possibly, the post-stress celebrations). So to help you get through the rest of the fall, here are just a few friendly reminders: 1. In the past week, many important discussions have taken place at Trinity, including the panels on ISIS and Ebola. While generally it’s impossible to attend all—or even multiple— of these events, we recommend picking a few to try and stay up-to-date on. Aside from being a well-informed citizen, this will give you something to chat about with friends and family over the holiday break after finals have erased most other academic memories. 2. Be safe. With Halloween, Thanksgiving and the general college environment, it can be all too easy to put personal safety on the backburner. In travel, in celebration, and in life, it’s important to maintain your personal health. Whether it’s remembering to call a cab after a night of raucous drinking or just hitting the gym occasionally, safety takes many forms, and should not be easily forgotten. 3. Don’t lose steam yet. Between now and the holidays, there are going to be major projects, more exams and possibly a novel-length paper to write, but you have come this far, so don’t let carelessness get the best of your studies. While the “Friends” episodes on Netflix and the major ragers are tempting, don’t let them get in the way of how hard you’ve worked thus far. 4. Similarly, try to find a balance. While keeping up work-ethic is no easy task, it’s a good life skill to be able to step away from your work and give yourself a break. Find something to clear your mind, and don’t get so burnt out by projects that you don’t enjoy the rest of life. College is hard, so try and find joy in some facet of your everyday routine or make time for the hobbies that matter most to you. 5. Vote. Early voting has just begun, and the Trinitonian has included a student-friendly non-partisan voter guide in this issue to help keep you informed as you make your way to the polls. Now is the time to start good habits, and exercising your basic civic duty is certainly a great habit to have. So to all of us: congratulations, and keep going.
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Copy editors - think of a gorgeous title please creative facial hair.” “Faculty so accessible and caring,” “Teachers who actually care about what they teach.” Except for the first one, I take pride in these oft-expressed “likes.” What students, year after year, reveal disappoints them include: dining hall food, fewer cute boys than I expected, fewer cute girls than I expected, the walk up cardiac hill, lack of school spirit. That list is short, much to my delight. Those with power and authority do address these recurrent complaints, except, perhaps, for that hill from lower campus. What also stays much the same is what keeps me teaching and loving it. Year after year, what students like about living and studying in this academic community reflects such experiences as these: students respect each other – there are so many incredible, vibrant personalities, unique skills and passions; the closeness of the campus – you literally can’t walk anywhere on campus without seeing a friend; the caliber of the students – “I now feel dumber than everyone in my classes but smarter than all my friends at home.” I so hope you share some of those mild complaints about the Trinity experience as well as the positive ones. My all –time favorite information gathered from current students, however, appears in their answers to “what have you learned during your first year here?”
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I threw a surprise party for two of my best friends.
Adam Lallani Sophomore
I went home. It was nice to get to relax. Josie Blackburn First year
I went skydiving.
Nicole Garbarino Sophomore
I went to Austin for a cross country meet.
I got my nose pierced.
Taylor Piske Junior
Iris Baugman Sophomore
I went home and got home cooked meals. Tyler Caldwell Sophomore
I mostly just caught up on sleep and avoided homework.
Cassie Watson Junior
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‘Tis the season to be cheer-fall Sleeping in class Staff Column Callum Squires, columnist Thank the Lord that summer appears to FINALLY be coming to an end. Let’s be honest... who even likes the hot weather that much?! Not me! Suuuuuure, we all get a tan and look nice and bronzed but there are tanning salons for that. Thankfully, summer is leaving us and being replaced by something much better! Fall, as you guys call it, is known as autumn where I come from, and it means leaves are turning golden and falling to the floor. Think of all the numerous benefits the fall season brings you! You say you can’t think of any?! Well, it’s your lucky day! ‘Cause I can! Loads of ‘em. Do you enjoy showering before class and then needing another shower once you arrive at your 8:30 lecture on psychology? A 10 minute walk should not reduce me to a sweaty mess, but, hey, that’s a Texas summer for you. Cool temperatures, less humidity and maybe even a tiny spattering of rain once in a while!?! Magical. And of course, this leads to jumpers, cardigans, sweatshirts, hoodies AND JEANS finally exiting my wardrobe and being worn
outside on a daily basis! Think of all the added comfort! Think of all the huggable warmth. Think about the one dude who takes it too far and wears a beanie hat! Ahhh what possibilities! Wonderful. Dust off your raincoats, pull out those sweaters and embrace fall fashion. I should write for Vogue. Pumpkin Spice Lattes. I have to admit I don’t actually know what these are but I see lots of social media things about them so I have to assume they’re a good reason to be happy about fall...does this make me a basic white girl?! Sports get serious! We welcome back the NBA and Los Spurs to our screens at the end of this month. The NHL (apparently it’s a real sport) recently began again, so we get fights on ice and a sport which is impossible to follow on national TV again. The NFL actually gets kinda serious as the standings take shape. The Dolphins will be .500 or higher for anyone that’s wondering. And the English Premier League throws up some great matchups as the table begins to take shape. Not to mention the end of the college regular season and the beginning of SCAC and NCAA playoffs. Let’s go, sports! Halloween! You Americans love this nonsense. I thought the representation of Halloween in “Mean Girls” was an exaggeration. Then, I went to Club Rio’s Halloween party last year and realised it really was so. It was eye-opening. People here take the opportunity to wear less clothes
and not be judged for it very seriously. The “costume contest” I saw last year was closer to being in a strip club than I ever wanted to be...not again please. Let’s get some really scary costumes and actually terrify people instead of turning them on. But I do know that Halloween means candy. And lots of it. How can that be bad? I still don’t understand what this candy corn nonsense is, but I’m all in favour of copious amounts of chocolate easily and readily accessible for all of us. And once October ends, we have all the fun of November to look forward to! Everyone gets all beardy with “No Shave November!” Lovers of facial hair around the world rejoice, and all of us who haven’t shaved in over a year and still can’t get even a measly moustache feel rubbish and emasculated. Yay. Thanksgiving also comes along in November. It’s like Christmas without presents but with added NFL on TV. I enjoyed my first one and can’t wait to overeat some more this year! So there you go. Don’t mourn the loss of summer; look forward to the fun of fall! It’s gonna be great. And if it isn’t, there’s always Christmas at the end of it! Santa makes everything better. ...What do you mean he isn’t real!? Callum Squires is a sophomore majoring in German studies.
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Lauren Schroeter, Columnist I admit, I have to set several alarms for the morning in order to ensure that I wake up on time, and even that doesn’t always work. Getting out of bed is something that I have to prepare for, and “preparing” often means mentally walking through the things I need to do once I get up: what I’m going to wear, in what order I will do things, what things I need to put in my bag, etc. I often do not follow these steps. So it goes without saying that waking up in the morning isn’t my strong suit, and sometimes my sleepy demeanor carries over into more important morning activities, like eating (ever fallen asleep face-first into a cinnamon roll?), brushing my teeth, putting on makeup, or sitting in morning classes. Well, the last one is hypothetical, because of course I would never fall asleep in class. But if I were the type to fall asleep in class (which I’m not) I would totally not get caught doing it. There are many ways to sleep in class, so here are a few favorites of mine. “I’m not asleep, see, my eyes are half open!” This is what I call when you close your eyes just enough so that light barely reaches your pupils and you rest your chin in your hand to prop yourself up.
Eyes may occasionally close all the way. For added effect, hold a pen in your other hand as if you’re about to write something down. You’re totally paying attention! “The pious student.” Fold your hands in front of you (as if praying) and rest your forehead on them. If anyone asks, say that you’re praying for a good grade on the next exam (you’re going to need it after sleeping through the review session). “Heavy forehead.” Sometimes, your head just feels really heavy, and sometimes, you don’t have the energy to hold it up. Just rest your forehead right on the desk! With that out of the way, you can give your full, undivided attention to what’s going on around you. This one hardly counts, though, since you aren’t technically sleeping, you just look like you are! “Backpack pillow.” Unless you’ve been stuffing your backpack full of pillows, it shouldn’t feel soft or fluffy. But when you’re sleepy and sitting in a cold, cramped desk, nearly anything can seem comfortable. Sometimes, it helps to be in a state that is somewhere halfway between being asleep and being awake. That way, you’re still technically paying attention. After all, being able to hear what’s going on means that you’re totally absorbing that knowledge! Granted, I don’t know any of this from experience; this is just a collection of observations I’ve made. Sometimes you’re just so tired it’s unavoidable. Lauren Schroeter is a senior majoring in geology and religion.
Phones: the good and the bad Staff Column
Joy Lazarus, Columnist I love my phone; it means a lot to me. I’d say we have a pretty healthy relationship. It is my secretary, personal assistant, pseudo-best friend. However, I’ve noticed that it has a mind of its own. Autocorrect will add a suggestion of a word once you type in a few letters. The added word will probably be something that you wanted to put anyway, and autocorrect notices your habits so it will just add it there so you won’t be burdened with carpal tunnel in the future. This automated correction is very handy, although it might choose to take artistic license and fill in a word that is not accurate. Lately, my phone has been improperly autocorrecting words and has taken advantage of my verbal expression. Typically it does a good job of recognizing local jargon because it’s typed in so often. For example, ‘maybe’ is naturally changed to ‘mabee,’ the dining hall, or CSI is strangely capitalized, I guess as a throwback
to the much loved CBS crime show. Friends’ obsecure names used to wreak havoc, but now my phone has gotten accustomed to international dialects as well except for one instance. A few days ago autocorrect changed a friends name from ‘Madrina’ to ‘latina’ on a text message. This is fitting, because she is Latina, but it was definitely a surprise to see my phone make such bold assertions based on race. The text message referred to her name as her ethnicity and had multiple exclamation marks. The exclaims were my doing, I’ll take credit for that, but the text did read like a cat call. I have clicked the suggestion by my phone and sent in a different word numerous times, and then a correction for that word, and then a G rated expletive (phooey, darn, opps). Lame excuses follow to cover up tracks of keyboard fumbling. It becomes an ordeal. It’s similar to asking for a chipotle salad from Einstein’s and the cashier places the order for a chicken sandwich instead. The orders are not really related, but they are spelled similarly on any account, so it’ll do. You pay for it, you take it and it’s a done deal.
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And just like when you’re texting—you click on the suggestion, press send and deliver the message. It’s just more convenient to take what is coming. However, sometimes what is handed to you is not really something that you need. There are times when you will have to actively pursue what you want. The reality that lays in your lap is not always in your best interest. You’ll have to make choices and scavenge through the
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fluff. You don’t need a device to tell you what you already know, to put words in your mouth. So order that chipotle salad! Manually type out that entire booty call. Make sure you are doing things for yourself that you want to do, and not what happens to be easiest for the time being. Shortcuts have the tendency to be short lived. Joy Lazarus is a sophomore majoring in art and communication.
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Zadie Smith provides commentary on her new essays by Heather Bush CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER
On Monday, Oct. 13, awardwinning British novelist Zadie Smith gave a reading and commentary of her work as part of the Stieren Arts Enrichment Series. “I have a couple of friends who have read her work and list her as one of their favorite authors, but I kind of went in blind,” said Rachel Maceross, a senior. “And I was really happy that I did, because just going in and listening to her read her work, without any expectations for what it should be, made it so beautiful.” After a brief introduction from Andrew Porter, head of the creative writing program, Smith began reading directly from her work. Smith is the author of five novels but chose to read a selection of her essays that featured herself as the speaker. “I was touched when she discussed her hypothetical granddaughter in a way that made her seem like a living person,” said Ryan Diller, a sophomore. “By imagining herself in dialogue with this yet-to-be-conceived girl, Smith made the inevitable damages of global warming—which, like her hypothetical granddaughter, have yet to be fulfilled—even more real.” Smith read three of her nonfiction essays, including “Elegy for a Country’s Seasons,” “Find Your Beach” and “Joy.” “What these essays have in common is that they are about
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limits, which are always a hard thing to talk about in America, where we’re so encouraged to think of ourselves as limitless beings in a limitless country in a limitless world,” Smith said. Each essay featured moments and reflections from Smith’s own experiences, set in familiar settings and around familiar objects or ideas. “I loved hearing her perspective on the parts of living in New York that were different from her home in England,” said Erin Cusenbary, a senior. “It was funny, but also eye-opening, to hear an outsider’s perspective on things that we see and absorb without questioning them, like the Corona advertisement that was the focus of one of her pieces.” With each essay, Smith focused on common experiences from everyday life, avoiding the extreme situations that often pop up for fictional characters in novels or short stories. “While she was reading her work, there were words and experiences and feelings that I could resonate with,” Maceross said. “It was neat to hear someone put words to things that you are feeling and help you to better express yourself.” After the reading, Smith was available for questions and book signings. A selection of her published work was available for sale outside of the Ruth Taylor Recital Hall. “I took two things home from this lecture: a desire to read her works and a new copy of “White Teeth” from her merchandise table,” Diller said. Smith is currently working on a book of essays, “Feel Free,” which will be published next year.
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photos by Mary Vanderbloemen British novelist Zadie Smith signs copies of her book after her presentation (Above). Smith reads from her essays (Below).
Silver & Black Give Back announces Team Up Challenge Scholars Seven Trinity students represent university with non-profit partner of Spurs by Sarah Davis
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Silver & Black Give Back, the non-profit partner of the Spurs Sports and Entertainment family, has partnered up with Trinity students for their program, the Team Up Challenge. The Team Up Challenge is an annual student-led service-learning program in which students address a need in their community with the help of college students. Students who are part of a club, team or class in schools across San Antonio create proposals for projects to improve their community. They then submit them to the Team Up Challenge, which selects 20 semi-finalists who receive $2,500 to begin their project. The program runs
from October to April and culminates by awarding five teams $20,000 to continue and expand their project. Each team is paired with a college student to serve as a mentor.
“We look for passion for community work, passion for working with children and passion for mentoring them and helping them implement their own project.”
Ivan Jovanov Silver & Black Give Back Community Responsibility Fellow “My role is to help facilitate their ideas,” said senior Angela Chen, a Team
Up Challenge scholar. “I am just there to help them think through their project and be their support system as a role model to see what it is like to be a college student.” The scholars are chosen from universities in San Antonio and paired with a group of kids based on shared interests in one of the five categories: health & wellness, education, uniformed services, arts & culture and environment. “We look for passion for community work, passion for working with children and passion for mentoring them and helping them implement their own project,” said Ivan Jovanov, Silver & Black Give Back community responsibility fellow. Trinity senior Maddie Winchester heard about the Team Up Challenge through the Department of Education email list and applied in September. “In the last few years, I have come to realize how important mentorship is to helping kids develop their
full potential, and education is one of the most important things that we can give to children,” Winchester said. “This is about service learning as opposed to just community service, what kids can learn about themselves and what skills they can develop from this experience.”
“This is about service learning as opposed to just community service, what kids can learn about themselves and what skills they can develop from this experience.”
Maddie Winchester Senior, Team Up Challenge Scholar One of last year’s Team Up Challenge champions’
proposal was a community garden to educate people on growing their own food, composting and healthy living in general. The project expanded into an entire greenhouse for growing food to donate to the San Antonio Food Bank. The Team Up Challenge scholars and schools were paired on Monday; however, the pairings will not be released to the public until later this month. Trinity has the most representation of all the participating San Antonio colleges this year, with Trinity students representing seven of the 20 scholars. “We find the Trinity scholars to be very passionate and very engaged in the community,” said Kristine Lim, Team Up Challenge coordinator. The seven Trinity scholars chosen for this year are Angela Chen, Timothy Davison, Bryony Harris, Markham Sigler, Elizabeth Southwick, Ethan Valdes and Maddie Winchester.
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Trinity alumni conduct panel on women in technology Amara Keller, Patricia Wolf and Aly Miller discuss career experiences by Julia Elmore CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER As part of the ongoing Women in Technology lecture series, Trinity hosted three alumni, all women who have careers in technology fields, to answer students’ questions about their experiences as women in technology. The Q&A panel was held last Monday evening. The series is sponsored by the Martha, David and Bagby Lennox foundation. The panel featured Amara Keller, who graduated from Trinity in 2012, Patricia Wolf, ’11 and Aly Miller, ’12. Keller currently works for Intel, while both Wolf and Miller work for USAA. All three studied computer science while at Trinity. Wolf had always planned to study computer science upon entering college. “When I came to college, I knew I wanted to do something with computers,” Wolf said. “My brothers got me into it. Now we are all three in technology fields.” Miller discovered computer science because she thought it
photo by Eva Littman Amara Keller, ‘12, Aly Miller, ‘12 and Patricia Wolf, ‘11 participated in a panel on women in technology for the Lennox Seminar Series on Oct. 13 in the Fiesta Room.
was a better alternative than a traditional science lab. “I had never planned to go into computer science,” Miller said. “I needed the science credit and computer science sounded better than bio lab. I kept taking classes, expecting to fail, but I kept going and kept loving it.” Keller originally intended to major in biology, but her advisor pointed her in the direction of computer science.
Monster Mash to include henna, wax hands, cake walk, movie and live music by Sarah Davis
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The Student Programming Board is hosting its first ever Halloween-themed event on Thursday, Oct. 30. This new idea for a Halloween event comes as SPB is trying to change things up and put on larger events for the student body. “We are trying to go bigger and better on all of our events. We thought maybe we can do fewer events and make each of them really strong,” said senior Jamie Banks, SPB traditions chair. The event will be similar to a fall festival with individual booths operated by various student organizations. Hosted on the Esplanade, there will be stations for face painting, henna, wax hands, a photo booth and lots of candy. A stage will be set up, featuring performances from several dance groups and the Trinitones and AcaBellas. The event will culminate with a showing of a Halloween movie, “Hocus Pocus,” at the fountain in usual SPB fashion. “The whole aim of Monster Mash is to have a carnival-
type festival for Trinity that SPB puts on. We think it’s kind of a cool way to boost the whole university community spirit within this new kind of Halloween twist,” said sophomore Benjamin Gomez, concert chair. Gomez, who is also the Student Ambassadors Pumpkin Party Chair, coordinated the two events to make each of them more successful. The Pumpkin Party is open to both students and alumni and will take place at the Murchison fire pit. Partygoers can then migrate up to the Esplanade for Monster Mash so that alumni and students can continue to interact. “SPB has been trying new things and trying to think outside the box with events and really incorporate as many people as possible this year, and so far they have been really successful,” Gomez said. “We have had a great turnout at all of the events this year.” TUVAC is also partnering with SPB to make Monster Mash a large event with their annual event of bringing children to Trinity to trick-or-treat around the dorms. TUVAC also planned another Halloween event, and instead of having multiple events by the various student organizations, SPB decided to combine them all into one event. see MONSTER page 12
three alumni on the panel talked about positive experiences in school and enjoyable workplace environments. “I feel like I’ve had good opportunities to lead where I want to and follow where I want to,” Miller said. “I absolutely feel like I’ve been given equal opportunities. From day one, I had an excellent support system.” Keller agreed with Miller, saying that being a woman in
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the workplace has in no way restricted her. “I am appreciated instead of undervalued as a woman,” Keller said. “I am considered a valuable asset.” All three women agreed that their Trinity educations prepared them for success in their careers. see LENNOX page 12
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“I declared bio and planned to be a trauma surgeon,” Keller said. “I went to my advisor and he said to take a computer science class. Not only did I like it, but I realized I wanted to do it as my second major.” According to previous lecturers, it is common for women in technology fields to face discrimination at school or in the workplace because of their gender. However, each of the
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The Jewish holiday Sukkot is celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei. This year, the holiday lasted from Oct. 8 through Oct. 15 at sunset. During these eight days, Trinity’s Jewish Student Alliance (JSA) built a sukkah— meaning “booth”—on campus to celebrate the holiday. “During harvest, the Israelites would build these little huts—like what we have at Miller Fountain—so they wouldn’t have to travel all the way back to their homes while they were harvesting,” said David Herman, a junior. “People would often eat meals and hang out with one another in them.” Many describe Sukkot as the Jewish version of Thanksgiving. “To me, a sukkah is a family thing, and my favorite memories of Sukkot all involve sitting around a table with my family, eating good food and laughing with each other,” said Natalie Seitzman, a junior. A sukkah must have three walls, as well as a partially open ceiling so that the stars can be seen at night. Sukkahs are also often decorated with streamers, shiny ornaments, fall foliage and fresh, dried or plastic fruit. The sukkah built this Sukkot is the first on Trinity’s campus in 10 years and shows the importance of the observation of this Jewish holiday. “It was a student’s mission, David Herman, to have a sukkah on campus. He reached out to the Trinity chaplain, Stephen Nickel, and explained the sukkah’s importance and how much he really wanted to build one on the campus,” said Samantha Mazuz, Hillel advisor for JSA.
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on campus Hillel is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world. As Hillel advisor, Mazuz helps create a sense of community for the Jewish students in San Antonio by providing a place where they can celebrate and engage in Jewish traditions. Mazuz also helps to educate students about their heritage and the meaning behind many of the traditions. “The sukkah definitely stood out on campus, and students showed a lot of interest in asking what it was and why it was there,” Mazuz said. “I think it brought about awareness to the student body that JSA exists and that we are making efforts in making the organization strong, meaningful and a learning experience for its members and the Trinity student body as a whole.” Herman hopes that the sukkah’s presence will bring more recognition for JSA around campus and encourages the Jewish student population to become more involved in their culture. “After we built the sukkah and as we were leaving to put stuff back, we saw two people read the sign we put up,” Herman said. “That was really cool to see, especially for us since there really aren’t that many Jews on campus. I really want us to be more known.” Though the sukkah certainly attracted attention around campus, it also provided a place for many Trinity students to spend time in and be reminded of their heritage. “On campus, the sukkah provides an opportunity to stop what you’re doing and rest, if only for a moment, and enjoy the day,” Seitzman said. The sukkah remained on campus for the full eight days of the Jewish holiday and was removed last week. JSA hopes to continue the tradition of having a sukkah on campus in future years.
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• continued from page 11 “I completely credit Trinity to where I am now,” Miller said. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do. The common curriculum pushed me. I had a one-on-one relationship with my professors, and they really helped guide me in the direction where I ended up.” Wolf credits Trinity’s rigorous standards for preparing her for the challenges she encounters with her work now. “I find we got a better allaround computer science education because of the
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academic rigor,” Wolf said. “We know the technology, the essential concepts and the skills and often outrank the big schools’ computer science programs. The collaboration that’s encouraged at Trinity taught us how to interact with others.” The next lecture in the Lennox Seminar Series will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27, in Chapman Auditorium and will feature Erin Pettigrew, who is the vice president of business development at Gawker Media.
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“Before the students come in, we are going to have the TUVAC kids who trick-or-treat around the residence halls come around the fair, and so are the alumni that are going to be there that weekend,” said sophomore Christina Moore, press relations cochair for SPB. SPB also combined their efforts with TUVAC for a pumpkin painting event. “TUVAC had a pumpkin painting type of event that would be going on that day, so SPB just kind of latched
on and took over their event,” Moore said.
“We are trying to go bigger and better on all of our events.”
Jamie Banks Senior, SPB Traditions Chair SPB hopes to involve as many student organizations as possible to make the event successful and well attended.
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Trinity’s annual fall music Behind the scenes of a capella rehearsals members performances underway New add variety and versatility to groups by Julia Elmore CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER While Trinity students have the opportunity to see the AcaBellas and Trinitones, Trinity’s a
cappella groups, perform on Fridays and other events, most do not see the behindthe-scenes work that makes these performances a success. Each week, both the women’s and men’s groups put in hours of practice to prepare to perform both on and off campus. “We practice three times a week for about one hour to two, depending on how much we need to work on the
music,” said junior AcaBella Lydia Benedict. “For gigs we meet more often throughout the week.” According to sophomore Trinitone Frank Ashford, the Trinitones also practice for approximately three hours every week. Both the Trinitones and the AcaBellas select which songs to perform as a group. see SINGERS page 14
photo by Miguel Webber Students perform in the annual Fall Choral Concert in Parker Chapel on Tuesday.
Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform Halloween-themed concert this Sunday by Heather Bush CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER Trinity’s annual Fall Choral Concert took place on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The concert featured all of the curricular choir ensembles: Trinity Choir, Chamber Singers and Voix d’Esprit. A variety of music was performed, including Renaissance pieces, spirituals and a 21st-century pop selection. “Being in an educational setting, you want to expose your singers to a wide variety of music,” said Gary Seighman, director of choral activities. “Every song has its own vocal and artistic demands. I want to educate my students—and educate myself and the audiences—by presenting this variety.” Members of the choral groups began preparing for the performance as soon as the 2014-15 school year began. The rehearsal process is extensive, with pieces in various languages and many that require narrowing in on specific sections for analysis. “We’re not just singing the notes and performing it; there’s also a lot of heart and mind going into this preparation, and so I’m hoping that’s something we can convey to the audience while they perform it,” Seighman said. The Symphony Orchestra Concert also recently took place on Thursday, Oct. 23. The ensemble is comprised of wind, brass, percussion and string players. “What is interesting about this concert is that the instrumentation
is varied throughout each piece. I play the flute in Ravel’s ‘Pavane pour une infante défunte,’ which is a lovely French piece,” said Lauren York, a senior. This Sunday, Oct. 26, the Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform a Halloween-themed concert. “The last time I programmed Halloween music for a fall concert was 10 years ago, so I thought it was time to do this again,” said James Worman, conductor. “I am repeating three pieces from that show but adding five new or different works.” Selections for performance will include “Dream of the Rarebit Fiend,” “Danse Macabre,” “Night Dances,” and “Ghost Train,” as well as several others. “There are three or four or five things that are special about this concert,” Worman said. “We have a student conductor for one of the pieces. This is the equivalent of including undergraduate students in research projects in other fields—an opportunity usually reserved for grad students at most colleges.” The event will also feature a screening of three silent movie vignettes before the concert at 2:30 p.m., a poetry recitation during intermission, and a spoken introduction by composer Michael Schelle for the performance of his piece, “Extraction on No. 9.” “In addition to the very diligent and tireless efforts in rehearsal preparation the students have engaged in, I have also provided a fair bit of academic supplements to ensure that the students will perform with a thorough understanding of the music,” Worman said. The concert will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday in the Ruth Taylor Recital Hall.
photo by Jordan Leeper Trinity’s men’s a capella group, the Trinitones, perform at Happy Friday in the Coates University Center.
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Pi Kappa Alpha “Walks a Mile in Her Shoes” Event works to stop sexual assault and gender violence by Heather Bush CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER On Thursday, Oct. 23, the men of Pi Kappa Alpha participated in an international men’s march— Walk a Mile in Her Shoes—to raise awareness and work to stop sexual assault, rape and gender violence. Fraternity members spent the day wearing high heels and held a booth in front of the Magic Stones with information about the event. “One of the guys who works for our national fraternity actually introduced this idea to us last year,” said Frankie Arndt, president of Pi Kappa Alpha. “A lot of other university campuses have done it and it’s been a very successful event, so we looked into it and decided that we should try to do it at Trinity.”
The event challenges men—and women—to literally walk a mile in heels. However, members of Pi Kappa Alpha are using this year’s event on Trinity’s campus to first raise awareness about the issue of sexual assault. “Our main goal was just to help raise awareness by getting people to talk about it, because it’s something that does happen,” said Greg Marifian, a senior. “We want to take a stand against sexual assault, and we had one hundred percent of our members here taking a stand.” The organization encouraged other students, faculty and staff members to get involved as well, handing out stickers for others to wear and show support for the cause. “A bunch of the guys approached a group of the SPURS about a week ago telling us that they were going to do the event,” said Lauren Goldberg, a senior. “We all thought it was a great thing and we
wanted to support them as much as we could, so we all planned on participating.” While it is impossible for a man to ever completely understand a woman’s experiences with sexual violence, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes aims to get people talking about the issue and actively working against it. “This is our first year, but next year we hope to map out an actual mile across campus. This year is just for awareness, but next year we’ll probably turn it into a fundraiser so people can purchase tickets and participate in the event,” Arndt said. Since the event was created in 2001, millions of dollars have been raised for rape crisis centers, shelters, prevention and education programs. At Trinity, members of Pi Kappa Alpha note that general responses to the event have been extremely positive. “At first people were kind of questioning it because it is a little
“It’s been interesting because the Pikes have been bashed so much lately on social media,” Goldberg said. “But then today— seeing the responses of people— there are actually positive posts and people are supporting them. It’s really good to see a change.”
photo by Jordan Leeper Two members of Pi Kappa Alpha supervise the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event.
odd seeing grown men dressed in heels, but it got their attention and we were able to talk about it in classes and through the fliers we handed out at the table,” Marifian said. Other students have seen immediate positive responses to the event as well.
“...next year we’ll probably turn it into a fundraiser so people can purchase tickets and participate in the event.” Frankie Arndt Junior, Pi Kappa Alpha President
For more information on the international event, visit walkamileinhershoes.org.
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“We want to sing songs that we will enjoy performing,” said senior AcaBella Lauren York. “We try to vary genre and time period. Each AcaBella brings unique musical interests to the group.” This year, each group has been able to incorporate new members who contribute new variety and versatility to the groups. “What is awesome is that part assignments are fluid throughout the year. No one is glued to a specific part all year,” York said. The Trinitones determined what parts their new members would take during auditions. “When the new members were auditioning, we decided what parts they would do based on their voices,” Ashford said. “A few guys can do different parts, depending on the song.” Members of both groups also say what they enjoy most are the songs they sing. “My favorite song that I’ve enjoyed singing is actually ‘Strangers Like Me,’” Benedict said. “It’s such a cool arrangement of the Disney classic and it brings back memories.” As a result of so much collaboration, the singers say that they have built friendships within the group. “My favorite part of being an AcaBella is the friendships,” York said. “This is the most encouraging and supportive group I’ve ever belonged to.” Ashford appreciates the fact that 12 different individuals can come together to collaborate on each of the songs the group selects. “I think it is cool that a group of guys use our talent to make art,” Ashford said. “It’s pretty cool how 12 guys come together. It sounds really awesome.”
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Here Sofia is pictured on the logo for Alaskan Amber, a beer that she bravely sampled mere days after turning 21 . Alaskan Amber was one of the dozens of brews featured at this year’s Beerfest.
The San Antonio Beer Festival was a Saturday well spent. To commemorate one of my first legal outings, here are some highlights, recommendations for an even better time at next year’s festival and personal advice for handling yourself postBeer Festival. Before I begin, full disclosure: I pretty much don’t consume beer unless I absolutely have to. When I first bought my ticket weeks in advance, I was a young 20 year old simply pumped to have fun with a legal status that was not yet a reality. However, as someone who is not in the slightest a beer enthusiast, I must admit
that Beer Festival was still memorable and incredibly fun. As you might imagine from the title of the event, this was a beer enthusiast’s dream. There was pretty much every imaginable beer type or flavor available for sampling. I am proud to admit that I endured three cups of real beer— October Fiesta, Crispin Pacific Pear and Alaskan Amber— before I caved and stuck to cider. Indeed, one of the perks of Beer Festival was discovering a new appreciation for a variety of ciders. For some reason, I thought that the San Antonio Beer Festival would change my dislike of beer. At this year’s Beerfest, I hoped that perhaps I would find a beer that didn’t taste like sour, yeasty soda to me, and that I could then start to regale all
my my beer-drinking friends with my newfound alcoholic expertise. Shockingly, this did not happen. However, I did discover the wonder of cider, and I spent most of my sample opportunities at the REDD’s tent, while my friends continued to sample real beer. As for how to have the best time at the next Beer Festival, I highly recommend bringing something to sit on. Thankfully one of my friends was smart enough to bring a towel, which made the dry, prickly grass much more comfortable. In the end, a lawn chair is ideal, but it’s not the easiest thing to carry around, so I leave it up to you to decide if comfort or access to good beer is more important. Also, there’s a reason that this is an age 21+ required event.
Outside of drinking beer under this age being, you know, illegal, the fact is that this Beerfest just wouldn’t be fun sober. Slowly becoming dehydrated in the two worst possible ways is only fun when you’re tipsy: all the alcohol sort of makes you forget that you’re sweating beyond recognition. So, dear reader, here’s my advice: wear something loosefitting and breathable for the most comfortable beerconsumption-in-90-degreeweather experience. After consuming copious amounts of alcohol in the span of approximately five hours, I suggest dining at a nearby restaurant. If you don’t get to eat from one of the food trucks on site, get yourself a solid burger or basically anything with plenty of carbs and fat.
Also, if you drink something with a lot of electrolytes, such as coconut water, just before you turn in for the night, you are pretty much set for a wellhydrated morning after. If you find yourself getting one of those pesky headaches, I’d say that ibuprofen is your best bet. Thanks to not-so-careful planning but some readily available coconut water afterwards, I can honestly say that I consider my first San Antonio Beer Festival a success. As delightful as the beer was, many of my takeaways from the festival were not related to that titular beverage. Some of my most treasured souvenirs include a hangover-free Sunday, a sunburn that resulted in some decent color and, as you might have guessed, a new appreciation and affection for REDD’s Strawberry Cider.
I visited San Francisco a few weeks ago, and it was such a weird experience. You see, 11 years ago, a scared little ten-year-old stepped off of a plane from the Phillipines and arrived in San Francisco, unaware that everything familiar in his life was behind him now. Yet, at that time, I still did not realize how different my life would become and how difficult it would be when I fully realized how painful it was to lose connection to everything I used to define myself. Fast forward to a few years later: I stepped off another plane at the same place. Being back in San Francisco was surreal. A man had taken the place of
the boy (or so I’d like to think). Instead of forsaking everything I knew and loved, I was visiting the Bay Area, specifically UC Berkeley, for a hackathon. I am a different person now, a senior in a prestigious university, about to enter the American workforce in a few months (fingers crossed). Instead of a layover that lasted a day, I was going to be there for three days with a group of people. Let me back up a bit: what is a hackathon? Let me start by saying that here is nothing nefarious or shady about this event. In fact, it was a very business-oriented event, since many companies were there looking for students and many students were there looking for companies. Of course, there was also a profit
movie: some were also there to win and make millions of dollars. People came from all over the nation to Berkeley just to sit in a room for three days straight. They were there to sit in front of a computer for three days to make an app, a program or a website. It’s crazy how passionate and absorbed everyone was with the hackathon. There were thousands of students there, crammed in three floors of UC Berkeley’s beautiful Memorial Stadium. People took naps - no one really slept for the three days - outside on the lawn in their sleeping bags and fueled themselves with tons and tons of snacks and sodas. As a hackathon attendee, I can tell you that they are such
an anomalous event. Everyone and their mom was absorbed in this startup culture like nothing I have seen before, and everyone had an app idea. It was this culture that I never realized thrived so strongly. I knew the startup culture was strong in the Bay Area, but I never expected the ridiculous HBO show “Silicon Valley” to be pretty true to life. By the end of the hackathon, I was cold, hungry, uncomfortable, tired and very gross, but I was thankful for the experience. We did not win anything but everyone we talked to liked our idea. However, decided as a group to keep working on our idea and, one day, maybe we’ll get enough work done on it to release it.
I actually had some time to do requisite tourist stuff as well. I actually had some time to do requisite tourist stuff this time before I left. We had a hot dog from Top Dog, saw tons of people smoke weed and even drove on the Golden Gate Bridge. Life in America has not been perfect and I doubt I’ll ever make a billion dollars, but being in Berkeley that weekend made me think I won that hackathon just by being there. You see, I am my own unlikely startup story. I may not have a blue passport, but I‘ve found a place that I choose to call home after leaving the home I was born into. Which is Texas, because, frankly, the Bay Area is just WAY too weird for me to live in.
Hacking the West Coast, Texas style
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A movie lover journeys through Cameoland I love watching movies for lots of reasons. A big reason, though, is naming the actors: I like to imagine my mind as a catalog for actors’ faces and names and past films, so watching a film is an exercise for my brain! This gets super fun when cameos—famous people who are supposed to be easily recognizable but are playing minor roles—come into the picture. With that in mind, here’s a guide to some of the greatest cameos. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” This movie was pretty chock -full of terrific cameos (I mean, Kanye? Liam Neeson?), but these two were my favorite. Who doesn’t love every teamup they do?
Christopher Walken, “Pulp Fiction” and “Annie Hall” Chris Walken is one of the most hilariously strange personalities in Hollywood, and these roles echo that strangeness. In “Pulp Fiction,” he tells a young Butch Coolidge about the, um, dubious way a watch made its way from Vietnam to their living room. In “Annie Hall,” he plays Annie’s creepy brother.
Bill Murray, “Zombieland” Speaking of hilariously strange, Bill Murray. He’s got quite an obsessive fan base at this point, and roles like this remind you why. I’ve got to be honest, this cameo made me scream excitedly. What an unexpected and perfect role for this weirdest of movie dudes. David Bowie, “Zoolander” Who would be a better judge of a walk-off competition between Zoolander and Hansel than Ziggy himself, Aladdin Sane, the original glam rock king? This is a pretty crazyrandom cameo, but no one cares. Because it’s Bowie. Plus, most of “Zoolander” is pretty random anyway.
Stan Lee, everything Whether you love him or hate him (or you’re somewhere in between, like me), it’s always fun to look for the creative and varied cameos he’s made in just
about every Marvel movie besides the X-Men films. Among Stan Lee’s many entertainig appearance, my personal favorite is when he shows up “Iron Man 2”, and as Hugh Hefner, no less! Cate Blanchett, “Hot Fuzz” Wait, you didn’t catch that it was Cate Blanchett in that hazmat suit, breaking up with Sergeant Angel over the phone?
Johnny Depp, “21 Jump Street” I never watched t h e show, but
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knowing it’s where Johnny Depp got his big break, I love that they put him in here, if only briefly at the end.
Tom Cruise, “Tropic Thunder” The “Mission: Impossible” star plays a maniacal Hollywood bigwig, and the fatsuit, prosthetic hands, and bald cap make him basically unrecognizable.
Bob Barker, “Happy Gilmore” I watched a lot of “The Price is Right” as a kid. When I saw “Happy Gilmore,” I thought Bob Barker’s cameo was the funniest part of the whole movie. I mean, he beats up Adam Sandler. And even though it was a bad word, I went around saying, “The price is wrong, bitch” for a long time.
Alfred Hitchcock, everything Alfred Hitchcock wasn’t just a pioneering director, he was the original master of the onscreen cameo. In fact, Hitchcock appears in almost every single film he directed (hey, 39 out of 52 ain’t bad). He typically appeared as just a
passerby, missing a train or sitting at a table. His cameos became so popular he started to make them early in his films so as not to distract from the movie itself!
Leonard Nimoy, “Star Trek” Umm, what a great idea to have the original Spock play an old, alternate universe Spock who meets young, hot Spock! Mind-blowing in the classic JJ Abrams fashion, this cameo is a match made in cameo heaven. Charlie Sheen, “Being John Malkovich” Not a big Sheen fan, but I love this movie, and his gross weirdness fit here. Seeing him in a tacky Hawaiian shirt and balding was seriously hilarious. Channing Tatum and Anne Hathaway, “Don Jon” I loved the fake romance film that ScarJo and JGL go see during the first date scene. The brilliant film-within-thefilm stars these Tatum and Hathaway, and it’s seriously laugh out loud hilarious. Hugh Jackman, “X-Men: First Class”
Out of many comic book movie cameos, this one just may take the cake. It’s Wolverine talking smack in a bar. Nuff said.
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Rhapsody In Bruce: Delighting in two American masterpieces
Pictured above are Bruce Springsteen and George Gershwin, two great pioneers of America song. On top of them is a map of the USA, comprised of the lyrics to (you guessed it) “Born in the USA.”
by Mason Walker A&E EDITOR My music taste is maddeningly diverse, but most of my favorite artists have something in common: they were either popular before I came of age or deceased before I was born. In short, I may be listening to the Ella Fitzgerald or the Sex Pistols, but it’s highly unlikely that I’ll be listening to someone currently occupying a position on the itunes Top 10. Trust me, this isn’t some exercise in hipster posturing; it’s just the natural result of spending a lot of time around your dad’s extensive CD collection. Indeed, that CD collection is where I’m pretty sure I first encountered two of America’s greatest works of rhythm and sound. These two musical creations are as sublimely original as our nation’s best literature, and they tell us as much about the
American experience as our most thorough biographeres and visionary historians. The first is a George Gershwin concerto, “Rhapsody In Blue”; the second is a Bruce Springsteen album, “Born in the U.S.A.” As both of these works celebrate significant anniversaries this year, now seems as good a time as any to talk about why they matter— and why they move us, make us feel like laughing, weeping and dancing, make us feel a little more alive inside. We’ll start with “Rhapsody In Blue,” which turns 90 this year. You’ve probably heard the famous glissando clarinet intro, but if you hadn’t listened beyond that, prepare to do so now. And prepare to feel a lot of things. Not only does it touch every possible emotion, it does so while being musically inventive enough to bowl over even the snobbiest of concertgoers. You see, part of what’s
Quotes of the Week: The Wisdom of Springsteen
“It’s a sad man, my friend/Who’s livin’ in his own skin/And can’t stand the company.” “Lucky Town” “Freedom, son, is a dirty shirt/The sun on my face and my shovel in the dirt/A shovel in the dirt keeps the devil gone.” “Shackled and Drawn”
“(They) had a notion,/A notion deep inside, That it ain’t no sin to be glad you’re alive.” “Badlands”
remarkable about “Rhapsody” is how George Gershwin keeps bringing back the same musical patterns, but makes you react to them differently by plunking them out at different tempos or having them played by different instruments. The most obvious example of this technique is how the fast little clarinet riff at the beginning eventually gets sounded off loudly and grandly by the brass, but there are plenty of other instances as well, so look for them. But before you do this, listen to it once without looking for anything, and just let Gershwin’s genius wash over you. “Rhapsody,” by the way, is more than a great piece of music; this so called “jazz concerto” is a musical reflection of America. By combining centuries-old classical styles with the jazzy trends of 1920s popular music, Gershwin attempted to create a sonic portrait of this country’s diverse heritage. Needless to say, I think he succeeded.
Oh, and here’s a note to the film buffs among you; because of its creative evocation of the different colors of American experience, “Rhapsody” is featured in some of our nation’s most prominent motion pictures. Whether its accompanying the glorious black-and-white opening of Woody Allen’s “Manhattan” or forming the basis for an animated sequence in one of Disney’s “Fantasia” films, Gershwin’s masterpiece glimmers just as brilliantly on the screen as it does in a concert hall. Now, onward to the Boss. Springsteen shifts styles every couple of years or so, and “Born in the U.S.A.” which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, is the best exemplar of a specific kind of Springsteen sound: the kind with big, ringing electric guitar chords, deafening, primal drum-beats, and just a hint of the occasional ‘80s synthesizer. For the most part, this album’s sound is like a great beer: bracing, tasty and well-crafted.
Thematically, the album is an example of patriotic anger, a uniquely American virtue. On this album, Springsteen both revels in and rages at his native country. He castigates labor policies and the Vietnam war in “Born in the U.S.A.,” but praises baseball and a steady job in “Glory Days.” He burns with anger at intolerance in “My Hometown,” but burns with love for rock ‘n’ roll and the open road on “Darlington County.” By the end of all this, one remembers that, although America has created many great things (including the Twinkie), one of our greatest achievements is the concept that one can hate all that’s wrong with one’s country while still loving it overall. “Rhapsody In Blue.” “Born in the U.S.A.” Whenever you’re down about how America is responsible for Taylor Swift and an awful Congress, just remember that it also gave birth to works of genius like these.
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Roundtable question: To which late 2014 movie are you most looking forward?
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Volleyball goes 4-3 in past two weeks of action Tigers record now 20-8 overall and 9-1 in SCAC play by Sarah Farrell SPORTS REPORTER From Oct. 10-11, the Tigers hosted the SCAC divisional and finished a perfect 3-0 on the weekend. The weekend of Oct. 17-18 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Invitational, the Tigers played a few close matches and finished the weekend 1-3. The Tigers opened the divisional weekend with a win over Southwestern University. “I thought our team really set the tone that they wanted it more,” said head coach Julie Jenkins. “Your team’s heart and soul is based on how hard they’re going to work on defense and being scrappy and not letting balls drop, and they really did do a terrific job of that.” They took the first two sets 27-25 and 25-20, but then fell in a tightly contested third set losing 27-29. They came out strong in the fourth set and fought for a 25-22 victory. On Oct. 11, the Tigers beat Schreiner University handily 25-12, 25-18, 25-9.
They finished off the weekend with a 25-20, 2515, 25-22 win over Texas Lutheran University. Senior Maggie Emodi had a strong performance over the weekend with 37 total kills and 53 digs, earning two double-doubles. Her performance earned her SCAC Offensive Player of the Week honors. Senior Layne Hubbard played one match during the weekend and finished with a double-double racking up 11 kills and 26 digs. First year Kirby Smith also stepped up for the Tigers on Saturday recording 17 kills, 13 digs and 50 total attacks in those two matches. “It was just nice being able to help my team out,” Smith said. “My performance in that first game was a little bit rough, but then after that second and third game I think I had a total of 10 kills on 25 attempts.” The Tigers began the weekend by facing the host UW-Eau Claire on Oct. 17. They lost a close match 2225, 25-20, 25-16, 21-25, 1315. “The very first match, we did a good job of maintaining energy and trying to push through the adversity that we were facing. The first couple of matches we were pretty high error in serving and that is something that
we don’t normally do,” Emodi said. In their second match of the day, they lost another five-set match to No. 12 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 25-18, 22-25, 21-25, 27-25, 15-13. “After we lost to Eau Claire, I thought our team really showed a lot of heart and will to win against Stevens Point, and we just fell short,” Jenkins said. “We had match point in game four and we just were not finishing off the close games.” Oct. 18, they opened the day with a 25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 25-18 win over the University of MinnesotaMorris. They finished off the weekend with a straight set loss to No. 22 College of Saint Benedict (Minn.) 2522, 25-22, 25-21. Emodi was named SCAC Offensive Player of the Week for the second week in a row with 78 kills, four service aces, 49 digs, 206 total attacks, nine total blocks and three double doubles. Hubbard was named Defensive Player of the Week finishing with 35 kills, 147 total attacks, six service aces, 85 digs and five total blocks. Oct. 25-26, the team will travel to Seguin, Texas. to compete in the SCAC divisional at Texas Lutheran.
photo by Eva Littman First year Kirby Smith jumps to hit the ball (top). Senior Bridget Bohman, junior Shannon Courtney, senior Erin Cusenbery, and junior Sarah Price play against the Texas Luthern University Bulldogs (bottom).
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Tiger swim season opener proves to be a success
Trinity swimmers put in strong first races in Montgomery, Texas by Alyssa Tayrien
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The Trinity swim team opened the season on Saturday, Oct. 11, with a strong performance against Centenary College (La.). The teams met halfway in Montgomery, Texas for the meet. The men’s team started well, with senior Stephen Culberson winning the 50and 100-yard freestyles, with times of 48.62 seconds and 21.85 seconds, respectively. In addition Culberson took part in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Culberson
won the event with a time of 1:30.19 minutes. Some other members contributing to the winning relay were Adam Thomas, Kevin Thomas and Nathaniel Adams. Junior Andrew Thiesse also gave a significant performance, winning three events including the 200yard freestyle (1:47.10), 500-yard freestyle (4:54.13) and 100-yard backstroke (55.35). “(I preformed) really well for so early on in the season. There are places to improve, but for right now I think I swam very well. And the team is looking good, especially with all of the young talent in the freshman class that performed very well in the meet. [For instance], my 200-freestyle
was close, with first year Gordon Allan finishing right behind me in second place,” Theisse said. Thiesse also took part in the men’s 400-yard relay with teammates Thomas, Brandon Tunon and Allan, winning with a time of 3:20.78 minutes. The men’s team also placed first in the 100 yard breaststroke, with Nikita Chirkov’s time of 1:03.23 minutes, and the 200-yard individual medley by first year Stephen Kim (2:05.55). The Lady Tigers took first in a variety of events as well. The women’s team won four of the freestyle events on Saturday. First year Lindsay Hagmann swam the 50-free in 26.21 seconds. The 100yard freestyle was clinched
McMurry University and Texas Lutheran University “B” team (617 each) tied for sixth place. George Fox University finished eighth with a two-day total of 623, and the Trinity “B” team finished in ninth place with an overall total of 629. Sophomore transfer Diego Trevino finished one stroke behind the firstplace finisher for third place overall. Trevino also earned Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Golfer of the week. ”I feel like this win was essential to get the team motivated. We will come back stronger and ready to win more come spring season,” Trevino said. The Tiger Women’s golf team shot a final round 321 for a fifth place finish in the tournament. “This was our first time playing at the Quarry, which is our home course, so it was
a lot of fun to play at a course that we always practice at. The team has gotten a lot closer this year, so I feel like every tournament we have a blast,” said sophomore Hanna Niner. The Tigers’ fifthplace team finish bested Concordia University (680), the University of Texas at Brownsville (682), Trinity “B” team (687), and Texas Lutheran University (752). The University of Houston Victoria won the tournament with a two round total of 633. “We’ve taken away a lot of positives from this semester, and we know what we need to work on during the offseason,” junior Brigette Lee said. The men’s team will return to action Feb. 16-17 at the Linda Lowery Invitational in Austin, Texas. The women’s team begins again on March 2-3 in Kerville, Texas in the Schreiner Spring Shootout.
the women) to PR, though, because of the crazy weather conditions,” said sophomore Julia Torres. After this race, senior Nicola Hill and junior Taylor Piske won SCAC Cross Country men’s and women’s Runner of the Week respectively. Hill ran the 6K race with a time of 24:07.3 for a sixth place finish among non-D-I runners and an 18th place finish overall. Piske came in fourth among non-D-I runners and ninth overall on the 8K course with a time of 25:06.7 minutes. “The guys did awesome; it was a big meet for them. Luckily the weather turned perfect for their race, and they really got after it. The women’s race I felt really
bad about, because two minutes into the race it started pouring down rain and the course, when you added downpour, was a complete mud-fest. They all still competed, though, and never gave up or decided to quit...so they performed really well,” said head coach Emily Daum. The Tigers then competed in the Concordia Texas Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 18, where the women’s team finished second and the men’s team won. The race distance was 5K for both teams. The men won with 19 points and the women were runners-up with 32 points. Several other SCAC teams competed, including TLU, Southwestern and Schreiner.
by Lydia Jones’s time of 54.86 seconds, the 200-free honors went to Bethany Rysak (2:01.43) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:32.93) was won by senior Sarah Miller, who also claimed the women’s 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:04.52. Hagmann also took part in two winning relays: she swam the 200 medley relay in 1:42.26 minutes with teammates Thea Hesson, Kari Wilkins and Madeline Doughty and also was a part of the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:44.48) alongside Jones, Doughty and Lauren Cuda. “We swam really well for the first meet,” Hagmann said. “A lot of us are focusing on getting better as the season progresses, and we have a lot of work to do.
One thing I’m going to have to learn in college is how to be comfortable and perform my best in new pools.” The season opener held nine wins for the men’s and women’s teams, who finished first overall. The men earned a 125-74 victory, while the women’s team rallied for a score of 121-58. “We have a very tough schedule this fall to challenge the swimmers right off the bat and make the later portion of the season ease up before nationals,” said head swimming coach John Ryan. Both the swimming and diving teams will compete against University of TexasPermian Basin tomorrow, Oct. 25, in the Hixon Natatorium.
Men’s golf wins and women’s golf finishes in fifth place at the Alamo City Classic hosted by Trinity
Trinity golfers end fall season with good showing at home by Stephen Mason SPORTS REPORTER
Trinity hosted the Alamo City Classic Oct. 20-21 at the Quarry Golf Club. The men won and women’s tea, finished fifth at the event. It was the last even of the fall season for both teams. The Trinity men finished three strokes ahead of the runner-up with a two-day total of 581, and shot a final round 292. Concordia University finished second with an overall total of 584. HardinSimmons University finished third overall with a two-day total of 587. The University of Houston-Victoria came in fourth with a two-day total of 595. Texas Lutheran University placed fifth with a two-day total of 600.
courtesy of Trinity University Athletics First year Shelby DeVore hits her approach shot into the number 17 green.
Cross-country teams run into success in recent meets Tigers compete at last two races before SCAC championship by Claire Hoobler-Curtis SPORTS REPORTER
On Saturday, Oct. 11, both the men’s and women’s cross -country teams competed in the University of Incarnate Word Invitational. The women’s team placed second out of 13 non-D-I teams and the men’s team placed fourth among 14 non-D-I teams. “It was a big meet; UIW hosted it and there were a lot of schools from a lot of places. It was really rainy and muddy, but everybody finished. It was hard (for
Several Tigers ran fast races to finish in the top 10. On the men’s team, Piske came in second, Michael Erickson finished third, sophomore Austin Brown got fourth place, Daniel Henkes finished in seventh, junior Chris Soto in eighth, and Jacob Hammond in tenth. For the women’s team ,senior Michelle Oberndorf was the top finisher as she clinched fourth place. Behind her, first year Melissa Whitman finished fifth, Hill in seventh and Emma MacEachern in eighth. “Our meet this past weekend was really good, it was a meet that was really similar to what conference is usually like. We got to race a lot of teams in our
conference, so it was good experience for all the new guys. We all did really well, which was good. We are hoping to do well and win conference,” Soto said. The Tigers have a twoweek break until the SCAC Championships in Boerne, Texas, on Saturday, Nov. 1. The men will run an 8K and the women will run a 6K. “We are hoping to do well and win conference,” Torres said. Soto adds, “We want to reclaim our title. We have won the past two years— last year we won by one point and this year it should be even closer.” After conference the Tigers will run in regionals on Nov. 15 in Berry, Georgia.
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Football overall record goes to 2-5 after win and loss
photo by Mary Vanderbloemen No. 15 senior defensive back Jai Boatman, No. 38 sophomore defensive back Brad Hood, No. 59 first year lineback Mitchell Globe and No. 4 senior linebacker Morgan Hix play defense against University of Chicago.
Tigers lose to Chicago then win second game of the season against Southwestern by Claire Hoobler-Curtis SPORTS REPORTER The 7-14 loss against the University of Chicago on Saturday, Oct. 11, marked the fifth loss of the season for the Tigers and brought their overall record to 1-5. Chicago opened the score with two touchdowns in the first quarter with one coming at the 5:45 mark and the second at the 5:16 mark. After the end of the first quarter and through most of the fourth quarter, Chicago led with a score of 14-0. With 2:28 left on the clock in the fourth quarter, senior running back Desmond King ran a 38-yard touchdown for the Tigers only points of the game. King’s touchdown was the last score of the game, and Chicago won 14-7.
“It has been pretty typical of our season so far. We’ve been in the ball games and then have just had too many mistakes and cost ourselves points in the game that ended in losses for us,” said senior quarterback Mason Blaschke. “The game against Chicago was frustrating in the sense that we played well but just didn’t make enough plays to get the job done,” said senior linebacker Connor Yorloff. The Tigers played their seventh game of the season and their first Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference game against Southwestern on Saturday, Oct. 18. The Tigers narrowly won the game 22-19. The scoring opened up in the first quarter when Southwestern scored a touchdown at 14:04 from the three-yard line after a miscued snap by Trinity. About two minutes later, Miguel Mendiola kicked a 33-yard field goal at 11:55 to bring the score to 7-3. Next, sophomore Adam Saunders made an interception and ran 45 yards for the Tigers’
first touchdown of the game to bring the score to 10-7 after a successful kick at 5:39 in the first quarter. Southwestern then scored another touchdown, but the extra point was blocked. Saunders came away with the ball and ran 98 yards for an extra point return, bringing the score to 13-12. Shortly after the second quarter began, Southwestern scored another touchdown at the 14:54 mark but failed to convert the extra point, which brought the score to 19-12. Then at 10:15, Sam Harford caught a 28yard touchdown pass from Blaschke to tie the score at 19-19 after the extra point. The Tigers then clenched the win after they scored a 26-yard field goal on the six minute mark in the fourth quarter and Southwestern failed to answer. “The game against Southwestern was a true testament to the heart of our team,” Yorloff said. “We ran into some early problems with turnovers at the beginning but were able
to make some great plays on defense that kept us in the game and allowed us a chance to win,” Head coach Jerheme Urban echoes Yorloff, saying, “We are growing and learning, and the biggest difference is we found a way to win the football game. It wasn’t pretty. We found ourselves repeating several of the same silly mistakes we have made throughout the year, but at the end of the day, our guys refused to lose. They found a way to finish it, and we came out with a win and that was a great show of growth.” After this win, the Tigers have three games left in the regular season, all of which are SCAC games. The team goal is still the same as the beginning of the year: win conference. “Our expectation is to come out these next three weeks and win our games. One of our goals is to win conference. All of our goals are still very attainable this year,” Urban said. To accomplish their goals, the Tigers know they will
have to work on aspects of their game heading into the end of the season. “A lot of it is growing up and guys getting more experience and learning one play doesn’t win a football game, and one play doesn’t lose a football game. If a great play happens we obviously have to move on to the next play and not take a step backwards, and if a play hits that has some adversity we have to realize that play isn’t going to lose us the game and we have to rebound and move on to the next one and just play more consistent football,” Urban said. Blaschke added, “We turn the ball over way too much and have had several offensive occasions where we have lined up wrong, and we are pretty young so it’s pretty usual; we just need to make sure we learn from the teaching points of practice and execute after.” The Tigers have a byweek this weekend. Their next game is at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, against Texas Lutheran University.
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Trinity tennis successful at ITA championships
Tigers compete well at tournament and men’s doubles team brings home the title by Sarah Farrell SPORTS REPORTER
Five Trinity tennis players competed Oct. 8-12 at the National Small College Championships in Sumter, S.C. in singles and doubles. Seniors Jordan Mayer and Aaron Skinner won the Men’s Doubles National Championship in Division III. Junior Adam Krull finished in fifth place in the singles draw. Sophomore Liza Southwick and first year Marie Lutz also finished fifth in the women’s doubles draw. Mayer and Skinner had a few tight matches in the opening rounds but swept
their last two opponents without dropping a set to claim the title. “What is nice about that is to see the maturity to be able to pull out those matches... even in the big moments— they don’t shy away from it—they embrace those opportunities,” said men’s head coach Russell McMindes. Mayer and Skinner won their play-in doubles match by defeating Hoeger and Hewlin of Whitman College (Wash). 6-2, 6-7(5), 1-0(11). They won their opening round match in the main draw 5-7, 6-2, 1-0(8), taking out the second seeded team of Ruderman and Wagner from Emory University (Ga.). “From the regional finals up through that match, we won three straight 10 point tiebreakers in order to keep advancing. It was pretty intense, and honestly we just kind of kept getting better
and better throughout each round,” Mayer said. In the semifinal match they beat David Liu and Deepak Sabada of the University of Chicago 6-4, 6-1. In the championship match, they defeated Connor Hudson and Kalyan Chadalavada of Pomona-Pitzer College (Calif.)6-4, 6-4. “Whenever you go into a tournament, you always have that goal that you’re going to try to win it, and then when it actually happens it’s kind of like, ‘oh my gosh how did this happen’,” Mayer said. They then played in the men’s doubles super bowl against the winners of the Division II, NAIA, and junior college draws. They lost in the first match 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 to the eventual champions Deni Zmak and Jaime Sanchez-Canamares of NAIA Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
ball when senior Kelsey Falcone scored in the 57th minute from an assist by Allison Carter. Soon thereafter, first year Julia Camp launched a shot to the back of the net thanks to an assist from Emily Jorgens. Jorgens’s assist to Camp marked her 15th of this season and the 76th assist of her career. Ranked third in NCAA Division III history, Jorgens said she caters each assist to each player. “There’s a lot of differences; [some players] are more efficient with their heads, [as opposed to] their feet. And it’s all about timing,” Jorgens said. “I have to make sure I put [the ball] where they want it so no one has to backtrack to get a hold of it,” Jorgens said. The Tigers finished the game with a score of 6-0, after senior Shelby Hopkins scored the final goal in the 78th minute. After the game, the women returned home to gear up for another game on Sunday. On Oct. 19, the Tigers faced Texas Lutheran at home for the second time this season. The match opened with controlled play from the Tigers, who scored four goals in the first half. Mid-fielder Kim Polasek started the scoring after two minutes of game time. After seeing an opening, Polasek received an assist from Falcone and marked the beginning of a successful half. First half also included another assist from Falcone, as well as two consecutive goals from Jorgens. “We started the game very strong and had a lot of
momentum in the first half. We also ended the game very well but unfortunately had a little broken patch in the middle,” Jorgens said. To finish the first half, senior Hannah Kuhl launched a shot to the back of the net and brought the score to 4-0. Osegueda, who played goalie the entire first half, did not let a shot past her. Texas Lutheran’s only goal came the 65th minute of the game when goalkeeper position was split between Lauren Goldberg and Kalli Douma. However, the Tigers outscored the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs immediately in the second half by scoring two more goals within a twominute span. The second half featured two goals from Falcone, a second for Polasek and firsts from Donnan and Alex Ortiz. The game concluded with a score of 9-1 as the Tigers celebrated another victory. “We have a high standard of expectation [during the] season,” said head coach Lance Key. “Our girls make decisions together, and that’s one reason we can be successful.” This weekend marked 15 straight wins for the Trinity women’s soccer team, and they now have a record of 15-0-1 overall and 9-0-0 in SCAC standings. The Tigers are now ranked No. 2 by the NSCAA co The lady Tigers’s next game will take place against Austin College at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24, at home on McGinlay Field. Then they play Sunday, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. against Dallas also at home.
Krull won his singles play-in match Wednesday, Oct. 8, by defeating Zachary Hewlin of Whitman College 7-5, 4-6, 6-1. He then fell to the third seed Matthew Heinrich of Stevens Institute of Technology (N.J.) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the opening match of the main draw. “I knew all the pressure was off because I wasn’t playing for a national championship...I just really knew that I was going to have a couple of great matches against some of the best people in the nation,” Krull said. In his second round match he beat Motasem Al-Houni of Gustavus Adolphus College 6-1, 6-3. In the fifth place match, he took out the top seed Alex Ruderman of Emory University 6-1, 6-2. On the women’s team Southwick and Lutz won their play-in doubles match by defeating Courtney Lawless Morgan Lawless of Whitman
College 6-4, 3-6, 1-0(7). In their first-round match they came up just short against the third seeds Megan Tang and Ariana Iranpour of the University of Chicago 1-6, 7-6, 1-0(2). The next round, they took out Laila El Dessouki and Carmen Lai of New York University 6-2, 6-3. They won a close match for fifth place 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(9) against the fourth-seeded team from Emory of Katarina Su and Anna Fuhr. “We knew they were good, but we just put our heads down and went to work,” Southwick said. “You really can’t be nervous or else you’re going to lose; you just have to be confident in how you’ve been playing.” The Tiger men and women tennis teams resume play at the Abilene Christian Indoor Tournament in Abilene, Texas on Feb. 6-7.
Trinity women’s soccer team Men’s soccer continues an unbeaten jumps to No. 2 in streak in regular season play NSCAA coaches Tiger women win last three games from No. 3 spot and are undefeated in the past fifteen by Alyssa Tayrien SPORTS REPORTER
On Friday, Oct. 17 the Tigers travelled to Kerrville, Texas, to play Schreiner University for a second time. Last month, Trinity won the home match against Schreiner with a score of 4-0, and this weekend only built upon the team’s previous success. As the third-ranked Tigers began the game, first year Colleen Markey took the lead. Scoring the first goal of the game, Markey used a wellplaced assist from Maggie Olvera and made her third goal of the season. “Getting the opportunity to score [from assists] feels really good. When one good thing happens to one person, it’s always a team effort. The support on the team feels really great,” Markey said. A second goal sailed past Schreiner’s goalkeeper when junior Emily Donnan scored off of an assist from Hannah Booher after 19 minutes of play. Before the end of the half, Yasmeen Farra scored another goal for the Tigers, bringing the score to 3-0. During the second half of the game the Tigers scored another three goals while goalkeepers Devan Osegueda and Kalli Douma held Schreiner scoreless throughout the game. Trinity offense took control of the
Trinity men win last four games of SCAC to bring overall record to 15-1 by Stephen Mason SPORTS REPORTER
The Trinity men’s soccer team won their 11th consecutive game when they took on Schreiner University 7-0 last Friday in Kerrville, Texas. The Tigers recorded their sixth consecutive shutout in seven games, improving their overall record to 14-10 and their SCAC record to 10-0-0. The Mountaineers dropped to 5-7 overall and 3-7 in the SCAC. The game remained scoreless until sophomore Zacharias Edholm kicked the eventual game-winning goal on an assist from senior Johnny Lawson with a minute and a half left in the first period. This goal late in the first half gave the Tigers momentum going into halftime. In the 78th minute of the second half, sophomore Callum Squires connected with Edholm for the score. Nine seconds later, in the 78th minute, Edholm scored another goal on a pass from senior midfielder Victor Araujo. “Coach put me in and told me to do my best to make a difference. I was really
happy to help the team secure an important victory and play my role as best as I could,” Squires said. The game resulted in a hat trick for Edholm. Senior Matt Cardone had goalkeeper duties, and the Tiger defense only permitted one total shot. Last Sunday, Oct. 19, the team took on Texas Lutheran University in Seguin. The game resulted in a 2-1 win for the Tigers. With this win, the Tigers clinched the top seed in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament. Roberto Comargo kicked off, scoring with a solo goal in the 14th minute of play. Texas Lutheran scored in the 40th minute of play. The game-winning goal came from All-American Victor Araujo in the 51st minute off a pass from Brent Mandelkorn. All-American senior Matt Cardone guarded the goal allowing one goal and posted one save in the game. After these games, first year defender Dylan Blumberg was named SCAC Men’s Defensive Player of the Week. Also after these wins the Tigers are ranked No. 2 in the NSCAA coaches poll. The Tigers play, tonight, Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. versus Austin on the McGinlay Field. They play again on Sunday, Oct. 26 at home versus Dallas at 12 p.m.
Sports Upcoming Events OCT. 24
Men’s Soccer vs. Austin 6 p.m. Home Women’s Soccer vs. Austin 8 p.m. Home
OCT. 25
Swim/Dive vs. UT-Permian Basin Home Volleyball vs. Centenary 12:30 p.m. Away vs. Dallas 3 p.m. Away
OCT. 26
Volleyball vs. Colorado College 10 a.m. Away vs. Austin 4 p.m. Away Men’s Soccer vs. Dallas 12 p.m. Home Women’s Soccer vs. Dallas 2 p.m. Home
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photo by Miguel Webber A partial solar eclipse, in which the moon covers the sun, is visible from the Mars McLean Observatory at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24. The next solar eclipse visible from San Antonio will be in Aug. of 2017.