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Trinity students branch out for bonsai trees
Taiwanese artist Lo Min Hsuan presents over the art of growing bonsai trees.
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Tiger’s senior has scored, and assisted more goals than any female player.
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Pi Kappa Alpha Suspended for two years Since 2009, there have been a total of 47 investigations of sorority and fraternity organizations at Trinity. Images depict the number of investigations involving the listed organizations. Data courtesy of Campus and Community Involvement. graphic
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Fraternity currently in appeal process after Greek Council announced suspension Friday, Oct. 31 by Luke Wise NEWS EDITOR After a Greek Council hearing last Tuesday, Oct. 28, Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) has been suspended from campus for a two-year period. The suspension comes following the fraternity’s probationary period beginning the spring of last year. According to the Pike president Frankie Arndt, junior, the sanctions were following an alleged unregistered party. “We were brought in for an unregistered party that had apparently happened,” Arndt said. “The three sanctions we were accused of were: one, an unregistered party; two, an alcohol violation; and, number three a rush violation.” Regarding the sanctions, Arndt felt the sanctions were unwarranted in various senses. “It wasn’t an unregistered party and it wasn’t during rush so how could you add on a rush violation?” Arndt said. “The reports of the alcohol violations said here were unsafe amounts of drinking…Everyone that was drinking was of age at this get together and the school even recognized there were people coming from an overflow of other parties.”
In addition to criticizing the sanctions, Arndt stated that the event did not meet the criteria for an unregistered party. “It wasn’t marketed by the fraternity there were not any chapter funds,” Arndt said. “After all that was said we were found guilty for an unregistered party which 17 percent of our organization was at—there were only five members there.” With the deliberations regarding the incident closed, members of Greek Council were unable to comment on the steps and proceedings of the hearings. “In the original hearing they were found to be in violation of policies of the university and to some Greek Council policies,” John Pederson, Greek Council men’s co-chair, said. “That finding of responsibility in context of their current probationary status and judicial history allowed us to assign them that twoyear suspension. In Trinity University standards, that means they can’t wear those letters on campus. They can’t reserve spaces on campus or organize and co-host any events on or off campus—that includes meetings of any sort or any recruitment and orientation processes.”
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Campus students form dining committee
SGA responds to student dining complaints, fosters student discussion by James Godfrey
NEWS REPORTER The new Dining Advisory Committee, which held its first meeting this week, was formed in order to facilitate discussion regarding dining services on campus. The committee formation was spearheaded by Student Government Association senator Liliana Diaz with the direction of David Tuttle, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students. The committee currently includes 25 students and
welcomes new members, who are encouraged to speak to Diaz about joining if they are interested. “I [have been] pushing since last year for there to be a consistent student communication channel in response to some of the negativity around Mabee,” Tuttle said. “Senator Diaz has been working this semester to put it in place.” Trinity was ranked 74th nationally by The Daily Meal for quality of college dining. This relatively low ranking prompted the Dean to encourage SGA to help improve dining experiences for students at the university at a variety of levels.
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Members of the Dining Advisory Committee sit down over dinnner to discuss their plans to help facilitate communication over dining services.
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LOCAL On the morning of Nov. 3, a venomous caterpillar sting sent a San Antonio student to the hospital. The girl was stung on the bus on her way to Reagan High School by a puss caterpillar. These caterpillars are small and are covered in blonde, grey or brown fur. The sting can hurt, can cause anaphylaxis, an allergic reaction that affects the whole body, can cause difficulty breathing, and in some cases can cause death. There was another report of a student at Reagan High School being stung by a puss caterpillar recently, and she was treated and then returned to class. mysanantonio.com
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The health and safety committee came to the SGA meeting to discuss their opinions on making Trinity a tobacco-free campus. The committee consisted of Paul Chapa, chief of Trinity University Police Department; Wanda Olsen, director of Residential Life; Jackie Bevilacqua, coordinator of Health Services; and Jacob Buratovich, risk management coordinator. Previously, SGA members were not in favor of having a tobacco-free campus. However, the health and safety committee said that many other colleges are banning tobacco, and eventually all schools might be prompted to ban tobacco on their campuses. All of the schools in the University of Texas system have already done this, including UTSA. The policy would be enforced by the community itself. There would be a minimum oneyear notice before the policy would be implemented, as well as resources for people who want to quit smoking available on campus. Several students with asthma have complained about smoking around campus making it hard for them. The
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The 2014 midterm elections ended on Nov. 4. with Republicans gaining seven Senate seats and 13 House seats. This marks the largest GOP congressional majority since World War II. Mia Love of Utah became the first AfricanAmerican woman elected to Congress. Alex Mooney became the first Latino congressman from West Virginia. Tim Scott’s win in South Carolina make him the first African-American Senator from the South since Reconstruction. Elise Stefanik from New York became the youngest woman elected to Congress at age 30, and the number of women in Congress reached 100 for the first time in U.S. history. cnn.com
Rurik Jutting, a British banker, has been charged with a murder in Hong Kong. Two Indonesian women were killed in a high-rise apartment building in the heart of downtown Hong Kong. One was found in a suitcase on the balcony of the 31st floor and the other was found lying on the floor with many cuts on her body. Both victims had wounds on their necks and are believed to both be sex workers. The suspect appeared in court in Hong Kong Nov. 3 and after not asking for bail has been remanded until the Nov. 10.
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main debate seemed to about whether this policy encroached on people’s rights to make their own decision just because they live on campus or whether it was worth implementing for the overall health of Trinity students.
Other topics that the health and safety committee are pursuing includes the Rape Aggression Defense Program or R.A.D., which educates students on how to face the threat of rape and offers a self-defense class, which will be part of the curriculum next fall. TUPD have also been focusing on promoting their philosophy when it comes to their interactions with students. They are open to hearing a student’s side of the story and they aren’t interested in just getting students in trouble but making sure they are safe. SGA will be sending out a campus wide survey that briefs each side of the argument equally and measures whether students would be interested in an entire or a partial ban.
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Corrections In last week’s issue, in the story “Trinity hosts ISIS panel” the Ottoman Empire was mistakenly attributed to fighting on the side of the Allied forces during WWI, when they were fighting against them.
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3 News Barry Moser exhibit comes to Trinity Special Collections theTrinitonian NOV.07.2014
Trinity recieves an illustrated King James Bible alongside other Moser books by Courtney Shikle NEWS REPORTER
The Special Collections section of the library recently received a limited edition Pennyroyal Caxton Edition of the Holy Bible illustrated by Barry Moser, donated by philanthropists Bruce and Suzie Kovner of New York. The Bible is a two-volume King James Version that took four years for Moser to complete. It is rare and expensive, considering only 400 copies were produced. Moser illustrated the Bible with over 230 original resin engravings and orchestrated the entire project. “He [Moser] calls himself a booksmith. He is most well known for his illustrations—he also does paintings—but he is more well known for the wood engravings and resin engravings. He does everything from the typography to the size of the book, he designs the entire book and coined the term booksmith,” said Brandi Russell, junior and curator of the exhibit. Although he is a selfproclaimed booksmith, he did not make every part of the book himself. He was more of a director. “He did not make the binding, that was hand-made by two women and the paper was made in a paper mill in Germany, but he orchestrated it and did all of the engravings. There were other people involved in the project but
photo by Micheal Miller Brandi Russell, junior and exhibit curator, speaks to reception attendees Thursday about the addition of Moser’s illustrated King James Bible and other publications.
he directed it. He designed it,” said Megan Toups, Special Collections librarian and university archivist. “I would call him a book artist, but he calls himself a booksmith.” Special Collections received the donation because the Kovners felt they would showcase the Bible and connect it with students and faculty instead of it sitting on a shelf, according to Toups. “[The Kovners] went around to different schools trying to pick the best school that they thought would actually use the books on display and so we
wanted to do something with the Bible since it was donated to us,” Russell said. Russell and the Special Collections staff decided to do a Barry Moser themed exhibit because of his illustrations in the donated Bible, and the library had multiple Moser books on hand. “Since we had around 30 other books by Moser, both in Special Collections and the general collection, we thought it would make a good exhibit. It is a great way to get the word out about the donation and then also to showcase Moser,” Toups said. “I like that, too,
as a book person, because it is also focused on the book as an object in and of itself and worthy of paying attention to.” Diane Graves, university librarian and professor, lent a few of her personal Moser books to the exhibit, including her copy of the Wizard of Oz. After meeting with Moser at a dinner with the University of California Press honoring Moser for his illustrations in their edition of the Wizard of Oz, Graves said she was an instant fan. “I ended up sitting next to him at dinner and he is a really interesting guy, very engaging, such a talent
and a really fun person to talk to. He’s a good storyteller and he has a good imagination,” Graves said. “I got a signed copy of the book and left the dinner saying, ‘Wow, I can’t believe I got invited to that,’ and started watching for his stuff and once you have seen his work you can spot it, you know what it looks like.” The exhibit will be open until April, and anyone is welcome to view it weekdays from 1:15 to 5 p.m. in Special Collections, unless otherwise noted. Check libguides. trinity.edu.archives for up-to-date hours each week.
Annual Tigerfest attracts students with Midnight in Paris theme SPB continues yearly Tigerfest gala with high student turnout and ticket sales by Mia Garza NEWS REPORTER Tigerfest took place at the Westin River Walk Hotel on Oct 25. This year’s theme was Midnight in Paris. “Tigerfest is an annual gala that Trinity holds, presented by the Student Programming Board (SPB). This year there will be be free food, dancing and a photo booth,” said Jamie Banks, traditions chair of the Student Programming Board and the main coordinator of the event. Decorations, meant to create the atmosphere of romantic Paris, included string lights, mini Eiffel Towers and ornate street posts.
The centerpiece was the 17-foot Eiffel Tower replica, with which many students took pictures. “We really wanted to go for a more elegant, classy look for it,” said Carolyn Young, assistant traditions chair of SPB. The decorations and the rest of the event involved a lot of planning. Aside from decorations, SPB arranged for buses to pick up and drop off students, chose the hotel and theme and organized publicity for the event. “It takes place normally around midterms so you can release, have fun. There’s free food and various things. It’s just a fun dance,” Young said. While Tigerfest has been known as Trinity’s homecoming dance in the past, it has evolved into more of a fall dance. “I went with some friends and it was at a really nice hotel on the River Walk, we danced, and we had fun,” said sophomore Anna Butler of her experience last year. Tigerfest has taken place at the same hotel for two years,
and the facility has been very accommodating. Like many first years, Butler didn’t exactly know what it was until she got there. “It’s something different than all the other Trinity events, so I would recommend students to go,” Butler said. Banks and Young, along with other members of SPB, sold tickets in Coates the week before the dance and also gave away chocolate bars that provided the details of the event. They usually have an average turnout of around 500 people, but ticket sales were very successful this year, so they are expecting a lot more people. Tigerfest is funded by SPB using the student activity fee that all students pay at the beginning of the year. The largest portion of the budget is used on the decorations and booking the hotel, which is at a prime location on the downtown River Walk. “I’m so happy that Trinity has such wonderful traditions, and I hope students will come and enjoy,” Banks said.
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With 2014 marking the 100th anniversary of WWI, Trinity displays collection of wartime material by Mia Garza NEWS REPORTER This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start the of World War I, and to commemorate this historic occasion, Trinity’s Special Collections has an exhibit displaying objects from Trinity during the time of the Great War. Several editions of the Mirage from the years of the war are just some of the books and pictures on display.
“I’m always surprised every day...of what Trinity has that I didn’t know about, whether it be historical or insane facilities.” Benjamin Gomez Sophomore One of the books features an “Honor Roll” displaying the names of all the men from Trinity who served in the war alongside a dedication to “the noble men holding not their own lives dear.” The 1919 Mirage is dedicated to
photo by Micheal Miller Attendants at the Special Collections exhibit look over various WWI material, inluding a 1919 Mirage yearbook with dedications to student soldiers who served and died during the war.
the men who served and also contains an image of a flag with many blue stars and six gold stars with the gold stars representing Trinity men who died in combat during the war. Although seven students were killed during the war, the seventh, who served with the Red Cross, died following the printing. Five of the seven men’s names are listed; the other two are unknown. Andrea Lee and Benjamin Gomez, sophomores who visited the exhibit this week were impressed with the artifacts on display. “I’m always surprised every day...of what Trinity has that I didn’t know about,
whether it be like historical or insane facilities or whatever. It’s just crazy that Trinity has all this stuff,” Gomez said. Pictures of the Students’ Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.), a precursor to the Reserve Officers Training Corps (R.O.T.C.), are also featured in the exhibit. “This was established by the government for students to receive military training while they continued with their studies,” said exhibit curator, Meredith Elsik. One of these pictures shows two officers sent to Trinity to facilitate the Army Training Corps. All of these photographs can be dated back
to the early 1900s. Neither the S.A.T.C. or the R.O.T.C. exist on campus today. Gomez and Lee recommend other students go check out the exhibit to see the artifacts or to just hang out. “It’s also a great place to study,” Lee said. The exhibit is located on both the second and third floors of Coates Library. The second floor features books and pictures from Trinity’s involvement in World War I, while the the third floor has books about the general history of the war. The exhibit will be on display through December and can be viewed during normal
Spring 2015 courses include: Topics in Renaissance Studies: Renaissance Foundations of Modern Political Thought (MDRS 2302) Art at the Courts of Europe, c.1330-1416 (ARTH 3339)
Art & Architecture of Medieval Europe (ARTH 1314)
Art History I: Prehistoric to Medieval Art (ARTH 1307)
British Literature: Epic to Romantic (ENGL 2301) John Donne (ENGL 4320) Late Ancient & Medieval Philosophy (PHIL 3312-1) Making & Meaning of Medieval Metalwork (ARTH 3391; must also enroll in ART 3391-1 or ART 3391-2)
Medieval English Religious Literature (ENGL 4319)
Medieval Europe (HIST 1332-1 and 1332-2) Vikings, Saxons, and Franks: The Barbarian North, 500-1300 (HIST 3332) Women's Studies and Art History (ARTH 3392)
See the Spring 2015 Class Schedule, p. 48, for further listings For more information on the Program contact Dr. Laura Agoston (laura.agoston@trinity.edu) or Dr. Nicole Marafioti (nicole.marafioti@trinity.edu), or see the Program’s website
Special Collections hours, 1:15 to 5 p.m., Mon. to Fri., unless otherwise posted. If interested, students can sign up to receive the Special Collections newsletter to find out what other events and exhibits are coming to the department. They are also open to suggestions for future exhibits. The newsletter, while still in the works, is planned to be released three times a year. Other informaiton on Special Collections can be found at the collection’s blog, http:// archivestrinity.blogspot.com/. Part of the exhibit was made possible by a grant from the Associated Colleges of the South.
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News Dining Advisory Committee aims to facilitate healthy discussion over campus dining services • continued from Page 1 Following this development, Diaz began researching the policies of higher-ranked schools in this listing to see what might be applicable on Trinity’s campus as well. She also began working to create the new Dining Advisory Committee with the goal of providing students with an open communication line to improve dining on campus. The committee was created in part due to student complaints regarding dining, which were often too broad and did not allow for specific action; they
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hope to outline and address more specific issues to improve the dining experience. A number of interested applicants for the committee contacted Diaz with the intent of representing students with particularly dietary restrictions or allergies, indicating that these are issues the committee hopes to address. Though Aramark was not involved with the initial design process, Diaz is meeting with Food Service Director Miguel Ardid. “I wanted to make sure that there was a voice on the committee for people who are gluten-free or have some
food allergy,” said committee member Tyler Boelts. An email was sent out by SGA president Evan Lewis on Oct. 27 informing students of the formation of the new committee and requesting that anyone interested in joining contact Diaz. Diaz received a number of responses, and the new committee has held a meeting with 10 members in attendance, with others absent due to exams. A great number of the responses were from people with special dietary restrictions. The committee is still open to new members should they be interested. It is
developing a survey for students to communicate what they want from their dining experience, and one member, junior Hayley Sayrs, is drafting a survey for Aramark employees in order to learn their opinions on what would be the best changes for Mabee. “We will be the liaison between [students and Aramark] in hopes of making changes,” Diaz said. “I strongly feel that every voice should be heard, and it is nice to have a variety of opinions.” The committee will meet bimonthly to discuss progress and new projects.
University installs new banners across campus Throughout campus, small banners with quotes from various professors are attached to poles near the Ruth Taylor Theater building, and outside of Mabee. The goal of these banners is to help current students feel welcome as they are walking around campus, much like the “Discover. Grow. Become.” banners visitors see when walking to the front of Northrup. The banners mark the continued strategic plan implementation, which has included a variety of marketing initiatives aimed at creating a more known and attractive campus. “It really made the campus kind of open up and be brighter and more welcoming, which is absolutely what we were going for,” said Jeanna Goodrich Balreira,
associate director for creative services. “Since students do not normally walk to the front of Northrup, we wanted to extend the same welcoming picture that is in front of Northrup throughout the rest of campus.” According to Balreira, the quotes from various professors in multiple departments are meant to serve as inspiration and motivation for Trinity students. “We want students to think about what they learn in class with these same professors and learn how to digest it, discover what it means to them and hopefully take that same message back out into the world,” Balreira said.
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Pi Kappa Alpha face two year suspension following sanctions • continued from Page 1 In regards to the punishments following the sanctions, Arndt found the results to be an infringement of his rights as a student and was shocked by the decision. “They basically took away our First Amendment by telling us we can’t wear our letters and we are not allowed to hang out in groups because that can be associated with a fraternity meeting—it’s a big thing,” Arndt said. “For the protection of the students’ rights, that’s ridiculous, though we will respect our sanction even though we don’t agree with it at all.” Alongside his criticisms towards the sanctions, Arndt noted the damage this outcome will have on the organization. “It just seems strange to me that this was choreographed perfectly by the school. They took away a pledge class last year they gave us a two -year suspension,” Arndt said. “Our youngest pledge class graduates in two years so
they said to us in an email it gives us a chance to rebuild— how are we supposed to rebuild as an organization without anyone here?” In regards to this critique, Pederson made note of the other responses by various Greek organizations that have faced similar situations. “The four organizations sanctioned in 2012 had some of the biggest turnarounds with recruitment last year, there is definitely potential for positivity,” Pederson said. While the 2012 sanctions were from university action, the Pikes faced sanctions from Greek Council. “Greek Council and university actions are different, separate,” said Briana McGlamory, coordinator for fraternity and sorority life. “[The 2012 incidents] weren’t through Greek Council, it was a different hearing process.” While on a probationary period following cases from the spring of 2013, Arndt mentioned the fraternity’s recent charity events and
new action plan towards the issue of sexual assault. “I’m sure they are saying we have a history of this, but we have implemented an action plan, and CCI has told us they are pleased with how well we are executing our action plan and we have been out of trouble since the beginning of last year,” Arndt said. “It just seems that even when the good things we do are questioned by the school you are kind of in a lose-lose scenario.” The Pike’s probationary period was following two cases in the spring of last year, leading to their inability to take a new pledge class and the probationary status. “There were two specific cases in the spring; the first in the spring semester led to their inability to take a new member class on bid day and another case, maybe a month later, and the outcome was probation through orientation through 2015,” McGlamory said. Currently, while already dealt the sanctions, Pi
Kappa Alpha is in an appeals process with the Greek Council. Greek Council, made of 10 executive members, randomly assigns four members to any hearing alongside the judicial chair. “The remaining five members did not hear any of the initial deliberation and are eligible to be on our appeal board,” said Pederson. This is done by Greek Council to make sure there are no conflicts of interest and to eliminate any biases that may arise from different cases. “They don’t all serve on each case and that information, we don’t discuss cases with the rest of the members,” McGlamory said. “The deliberations are private and not discussed with the rest—it’s a random draw.” In the midst of the situation, Pederson noted the climate of the Greek community and Trinity, calling upon all organizations to help support each other through the process.
“The Greek community is close-knit here, we get to see each other succeed in things,” Pederson said. “We have called on the entire Greek community to be an extra support system for each other as everyone hears this information.” The outcome of the situation has left Arndt in awe, with Greek Council’s decision leaving a precedent for the community of students at Trinity—around one quarter of the student body. “If they do decide to keep the original sanctions, there is precedent being set— Greek Council in general has instilled a fear into every Greek organization rather than coming together collectively and helping each other out,” Arndt said. “I feel there is always a fear of getting in trouble based on pressure put on by the heads, and people talk about it but when it comes to doing something about it they’re afraid because more attention will be drawn to them.”
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Voting Guide
Voting will take place next week from Nov. 11 through Nov. 13 in Mabee Dining Hall and Coates University Center. Votes will be tallied and winners will be announced on Friday, Nov. 14.
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I have played soccer the majority of my life, which has given me the ability to work well with others in achieving a common goal. In high school, I worked closely with my school’s SGA in order to help encourage the increase in activities that move towards the success in certain school goals such as school unity. My goals for the next year are essentially to help bring the most important issues at Trinity to light, help fix them and get all students more involved with what is happening. I believe it is really important that students are connected and kept up to date with what is happening with the SGA and my goal is to help continue that in addition to possibly increasing the involvement.
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I am first year currently studying a variety of interests as an undeclared major. I have been involved in student affairs in highschool through student government and feel that I could make a positive impact on Trinity by becoming a member of SGA. My main goals for this upcoming year include improving lounge areas within the dorms, increasing student involvement in on-campus activites, improving dining services and conducting feedback surveys to include the valuable opinions and ideas of the student body.
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I was a member of the principal’s advisory team throughout my high school career, captain of the varsity water polo and basketball teams, president of Serbian Club, leading member of the Gifted Lyceum Program’s service project and co-founder of my high school’s Education of Depression and Depression Awareness Club. Even during the short amount of time I have been at Trinity, I have heard students complain about the food locations and the hours of availability. There have also been complaints about times of the food itself. My goal is to relay messages from students to the faculty that is in charge of food and make your voices heard. I will work hard to listen to concerns and make sure something is done to ensure that your experience at Trinity is the best you will ever have.
Shivani Parmar
Economics
Michelle Kong
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In my senior year, I served as vice chair and mayoral appointee of San Francisco Youth Commission, a board of youth directly appointed by the Mayor and Supervisors of San Francisco, to represent children and youth in San Francisco, to advise and recommend on all legislation that impacts the youth. I was also a member of Youth Empowerment Fund Advisory Board, which was charged with making grants up to $10,000 per youth-lead project and distribute up to $100,000 to youth initiatives each year. After coming to Trinity, I have taken up the role of Discussion Officer in Trinity Progressives, where I am charged with generating discussion for each general meeting. In the coming year, I hope to increase the amount of nutritional facts provided by on-campus dining. I believe it is important for students to understand what types of nutrition they are taking in when they choose to dine on campus. I also hope to encourage Aramark to source their food from local farms. While dining is a major issue on campus, I also aspire to raise awareness for pedestrian safety. There is a severe lack of traffic mirrors and an overwhelming amount of blind spots on campus. By urging the school to install more traffic mirrors around areas like Prassel Garage, we can ensure safety for pedestrians and drivers alike.
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Throughout high school I was able to participate in various leadership positions through cross country, human rights, and debate. I hope to take the leadership qualities I learned in high school and improve upon them in SGA. I would like to focus on the university’s food options both in terms of location and variety. Having different food options sorted throughout campus is important to me and a topic I will pursue if elected.
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During high school, I was a secretary of student government and vice president of math club. Also, I was a vice-president in UN debating club in the little college I attended after graduating the high school. During both high school and college years, I was a head intern that leads small dormitory in Montreal for two years under the direction of the guardian. My goal for the next year is: bringing more outside food, better dorm-room appliances, more bonding between classmen (first years, sophomore, junior and senior), more accessing time for facilities (Mabee, Bell Center, library...), more stress-relieving programs in school.
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In my freshman year of high school, I participated in establishing a student government organization in my school and was elected as a class representative. During my junior year of high school, I was voted as public relations officer, encouraging the student body to engage in school activities, including our annual schoolwide fundraising festivals. As a result my class, together with the graduating seniors, raised over $2,000. My senior year I was voted class president by my fellow classmates and raised over $4,000 for senior activities. I am interested in becoming a senator, because, given all the different issues I have heard on campus, I would like to instigate a positive change for the student body. This change includes increasing access times to the library and on-campus dining during the week.
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Craig Powe (First year), Nathan Dullea (first year), Madeline Sears (first year), Mirka Serrato (sophomore), Dominique Vale (sophomore), Camille Carter (sophomore), Nathaniel Adams (Junior), Alexander Perkowski (first Year), Kat Fischer (President)
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I currently serve as a Student Government Association senator. I have served on the Student Life Committee, Rules and Oversight Committee and the Coalition for Respect university committee. I am interested in listening to the concerns of all Trinity students and pursuing issues that students are passionate about and in areas they wish to see change. During my first year as an SGA senator, several campus concerns have come to the forefront including: increased and improved campus dining options, Trinity’s sexual assault policy, the possibility of a tobacco-free campus, and greater accessibility for handicapped students. As a senator, I pledge to be accessible and listen to student concerns and work hard as a student leader to make positive changes on our campus.
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• I am currently an SGA senator for the sophomore class and recently started the Dining Advisory Committee (DAC). It is completely new to the Trinity campus and it will help carry out projects that will effectively manage initiatives to enhance the dining experience on campus. I am excited about this new committee on campus and I look forward to working with some very passionate students who are just as excited. • Aside from dining, I also hope to continue working with the student life committee and add more spirit on campus through different projects.
Dzung Vu Accounting & Mathematical Finance • Sophomore senator, marketing coordinator for TDC, public relation director for VSA and event coordinator for International Club. • If elected, I will put all my efforts in improving academic and residential environments, strengthening diversity presence and raising school spirit.
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• I am interested in continuing to increase transparency between the student body and the Student Government Association. I would strive to encourage active involvement from students in regards to the SGA. With these ideals, I intend to foster a strong connection between Trinity students and the administration. I intend to address the issue of parking on campus and listen to student suggestions regarding dining services. Overseeing the allocation of funds for student organizations will be an exciting opportunity to apply the skills I have learned at Trinity and to contribute to student organizations on campus. • I feel I am qualified for this position because I can bring a fresh point of view to SGA. I have diverse leadership experience and can responsibly organize funding for student interests and activities. I have always enjoyed expanding my reach in the community and in the world. Being an international business major, I have gained a comprehensive understanding of how organizations interact and collaborate in a changing environment. With this experience, I can offer a unique perspective to campus issues. Through my leadership in intramural sports, I can bring experience in organizing and facilitating group events that will encourage active involvement from the student body as a whole.
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I have been involved in many group functions and projects in which leadership and teams have to work together. This will allow me to effectively and efficiently work with the other members of SGA. I hope to help SGA work not only on improving campus dining and parking, but to listen to the ideas of Trinity campus and work on implementing these ideas into reality to the best of my ability.
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I am the program-head for TUVAC’s Stand Against AIDS, which allows me to form great relationships with members and leaders of the San Antonio community. I have been senator since my freshman year so, if elected, this would be my third consecutive term to serve the student body. I was also on the University Standards Committee, so I am well informed on university policies such as the alcohol policy and the sexual assault policy. I have been a big advocate for school spirit since my first year so I hope to continue that throughout my senior year. I would also like to make sure there is more communication between students and the administration about student life issues on campus so that everyone on campus is on the same page with how to get the answers they need or find the answers they are looking for.
Sean McCutchen Computer Science • In the past semester, I spearheaded multiple committees and events within my fraternity, Omega Phi. In these events, I took into consideration the concerns of other members, worked with a budget, and delegated tasks efficiently when needed. Through my involvement in baseball, Greek life and other activities, I have met a wide range of Trinity students and feel as if I could well represent their interests. My academic pursuits of computer science coupled with business make me uniquely qualified for this position by providing both an analytic and pragmatic background. • As president, I would address issues related to dining and continue the committee created recently to remedy this problem. I would encourage the continuity of a transparent SGA as well. I would work to improve the quality of the residence halls. I would strive to increase the availability of parking on campus. I would collaborate with administration to strengthen and grow alumni relations. Lastly, I would make every effort to ensure that the needs of the students are heard by SGA.
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Dear editor, Recently a flyer has gone up around Trinity Campus. While the cause seems to be the raise funds for autism research, there are substantial problems with the title of the event. On Saturday Nov. 15, the lovely ladies of the Chi Beta Epsilon sorority and the men of the Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity will be hosting a Fundraiser run. The name- Wipe out autism. While I am sure their motivations are genuine, their inherent disregard for the language used against those with mental differences is extremely apparent and something that needs to be addressed. The term “wipe out” implies it to be something we need to cure or get rid of- a disease or sickness of sorts. Those born with autism are not things or sicknesses to be cured. They are people who possess a mental difference from what society deems intellectually normal. Furthermore, “wipe out Autism” implies that the way they are not is not acceptable and needs to change. It is a developmental disability that needs to be understood and studied. The people living with autism should be treated with acceptance and compassion as members of society who have the ability to contribute in a positive way. Many prize their intellectual capacity and different ways of seeing the world while others are nonverbal and need basic assistance. Yes, awareness for autism needs to increase. Yes, some with autism would benefit from research that would give them independence they currently will never possess. No, we should not “wipe out” what many people see as their gift that gives them distinction in a world that tells you to conform and be normal. While I hope the color run goes well, I will not be purchasing a ticket, and I encourage others to be aware of their language toward people whose voice is so often ignored and unheard. Sincerely, Ashton Crues
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Some things (never) change This year’s senior class is no stranger to change. Since most of the class’s arrival in 2011, it has watched as the Center for Science and Innovation was erected, slowly and not without the occasional walkway obstruction. It has watched as Marrs-McClean endured its much-needed facelift and the concrete path once thought of as a “highway” was paved, replacing the previous slim and cracking sidewalks. White lawn chairs have come and been moved, departments have gone to the houses on Oakmont and come back, campus staff has changed and now it is spectating the slow change of university presidency. However, unfortunately, some things haven’t changed, and without fail, the class of 2015 has watched as Trinity’s sororities and fraternities have been reprimanded time and time again. There always seems to be something going on with the Greeks—from the four-club suspension in the spring of 2012 partially due to incidents during orientation, to repeated investigations of clubs, and finally, the two year suspension of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity due to an unauthorized party announced last Friday (see the news section for details). According to Campus and Community Involvement (CCI), over the last five years there have been 47 fraternity and sorority investigations. Now, before you get angry and slam down your papers, condemning the Trinitonian for life, we are not here to tell off any of the clubs. Rather, we raise the question: is something wrong with the system itself? While we can alternatively assign blame to a club or to club member(s) or even to CCI, and while some incidents do indeed deserve blame, let us all take a step back and wonder if maybe this whole establishment of “Greek on-campus chartered club” is broken. We at the Trinitonian are not experts in the Greek charter system, but we have done enough reading and investigation in the past to understand that, essentially, in order to be chartered by the university, you have to play by the rules. These rules and not necessarily unreasonable, but for clubs of mostly 18 to 22-year-olds who are bound together for brotherly, sisterly and socially tasked bonds, maybe they simply are not pragmatic. Instead, they seem, for clubs and university alike, problematic. In light of the recent suspension, we ask, why is the goal to be an on-campus organization? To be “let back” to Trinity? The reality is that even when the charter is revoked or the club is suspended, the members exist, and if the bonds of siblinghood are indeed present, then chances are they have survived this technicality. If it were any other group of men and women choosing to cohabitate, socialize, coordinate clothing, throw themed parties, appropriately utilize campus space, volunteer, plan parties and, dare we say, drink underage and experiment in the ways in which many college-goers do, then rule-breaking would follow a much more streamlined process. If you broke a law, the police would reprimand you. If you broke a university rule, you would be similarly investigated and reprimanded, but without the hullabaloo of charters, dozens of hours of CCI investigation, lawyer fees, university PR maintenance and endless amounts of grief on all sides of the conflict. When all is said and done, we are not here to accuse. It is not cool to haze, to assault and to harm, and we hope that this can be universally acknowledged both inside and outside the Greek community, but beyond atrocities of character which are not bound by any one club, how is it that time after time, club after club, investigations and suspensions still occur on other matters? If college students now and in the future are still going to play like college students, without being able to rise to the standards of accountability presented by the university, then maybe it’s the system that should change. Or, maybe it’s not but you are to say.
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How are you planning to survive until Thanksgiving break? Netflix marathons.
Beth Smith Senior
Pumpkin Spice lattes. Mark Atkins Junior
Chill at grandma’s place.
Heather Hayes First Year
I don’t know if I’ll make it. Isaac Villalobos First Year
Embrace the grind. And party. Guillermo Marquez Senior
Short-term hibernations, aka naps. Evan Hunter Senior
Watch football and relax on weekends. Ben D’Aurizio First year compiled by Michael Miller
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Nana knows best, always Faculty Column Jacob Tingle, Professor I received some great posts in advance of this week’s #AskTingleTU column. Some of the more intriguing questions included: 1) my midseason thoughts on the college football playoffs, 2) could an NFL team survive in Montana, 3) would an NFL team thrive in San Antonio, and 4) whether the Spurs will repeat as NBA champions. While those are all great questions, especially the query about NFL in the Gold and Silver state, I’ve decided to go off script for this column. You see, today is my grandma’s 93rd birthday. It’s not every day my Nana celebrates another year of life on the same day I have an article appear in the Trinitonian. So, today’s column is a tribute to the biggest sports nut I know and the life lessons she’s imparted, as told through the lenses of star athletes. 1) Tommie Smith and John Carlos: Racial equality On Oct. 16, 1968, Smith and Carlos won Olympic Gold and Bronze in the 200-meter race and lifted their gloved fists in a human rights salute while on the medal podium. In terms of overt political engagement, Smith and Carlos are held as the standard by which all other athletes are measured. Though I was born nearly five years after the 1968 games, I learned about those two brave men very early in life. My Nana, in her small way, was a champion of inclusion. In telling me her own stories, she made sure to share those of Smith and Carlos, Lew Alcindor, Muhammad Ali and other athletes who disrupted the dominant discourse. Nana’s moment came when she stood up to the Ku Klux Klan. My uncle Danny played basketball at the University of Houston. Since my family lived in South Houston, he would frequently invite teammates for a home-cooked meal
and some time away from the dorms. It’s important to know that in the late 1960s, many big schools in the South hadn’t yet integrated their athletic teams. Though UH’s athletic teams were racially integrated since 1964, the rest of Houston might not have been ready for AfricanAmericans and Whites to interact off the court. Late one night, after Danny and his teammates headed back to campus, Nana received a call from a local Klansman, threatening to do harm to everyone at the house if another N***** visited. Ever defiant, Nana said that anybody that was a friend of her son’s was welcome to stop by for dinner anytime and “who sits down at my table is none of your business.” While the calls lasted for another week, Nana remained firm. As I listened to Nana recount this story on numerous occasions, I came to understand the importance of treating everyone with dignity and respect. 2) Allen Iverson: Perseverance Not only was Nana a HUGE fan of A.I., even going so far as to say, “he gets a bum rap in the media,” but she, like Iverson, didn’t have “any quit.” Allen Iverson grew up very poor in Hampton, Virginia, and had, by all accounts, a troubled childhood. He let those humble beginnings be a crucible in which greatness was forged. Nana grew up in the heart of the Great Depression and quickly learned survival was dependent on the ability to overcome hardships. Even today, Nana remains a great role model. A few years ago, about a mile into a 5K road race she was running with my cousin, Nana fell and broke her arm. In a prime example of overconformity to the sport ethic, she winced her way through the pain and finished the race. While I don’t advocate for engaging in physical activity which might result in permanent damage, her finishing that race taught me a lot about resilience. Both AI and Nana could’ve given up, but instead they learned grit and fortitude. There is much to learn from struggling; another important lesson Nana passed along.
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3) Alan Page: Education Page is a member of the NFL Hall-of-Fame, played in four Super Bowls with the Minnesota Vikings, and was the lynchpin of the great “Purple People Eaters” defensive line. His most significant achievements, however, occurred off the field. In 1985, Page was appointed Assistant Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, and since 1992, he has been an Associate Supreme Court Justice in Minnesota. Like Page, Nana understood that valuable life lessons could be learned on the court or field, but they both also understood the value of a formal education. She encouraged every one of her children and grandchildren to read and stayed on us about our grades. Indeed, no trip to Nana’s was complete without a conversation about my academic life: what classes I was taking, whether I was doing my homework and discussions about my favorite element of each subject. My dad relays the story of the “Nana Rules.” Regarding sports and grades, she told her children, who passed it on to their children: “I’m not talking about passing grades. That’s the school’s business. If you don’t make A’s and B’s, you don’t play. That’s my rule, and if you don’t think I mean it, try me.” None of her kids tested her nor did any of her grandchildren. The Nana stories could go on forever, but alas, I’ve reached my word count. Nana’s impact is farreaching and I’ll forever love her for teaching me, through the lenses of sports, the importance of racial equality, perseverance, and education. Happy 93rd Nana!!! As to those #AskTingleTU questions mentioned early in the column, 1) relax 2) what? 3) no 4) heck yes! Keep the story ideas coming; otherwise my next column will be about the greatness that is Tom Brady. Jacob Tingle is an assistant professor of the practice, business administration and sport management minor director.
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Dressing for two climates Staff Column
Lauren Schroeter, Columnist It is really cold in the library. Granted, it’s cold in any given building on campus, but the library just takes it to a whole new level. When it’s warm out, I still have to bring a jacket with me, just to survive indoor temperatures, and even then I find it’s usually not enough. As it is, in the warmer months, you have to dress for two different kinds of weather—indoor weather and outdoor weather. And while I’d much rather be cold than sweating off all of my makeup, I still don’t fancy freezing to death in the library or deep in the aisles of a Wal-Mart. Not gonna lie, on a hot day, walking into the cold library feels pretty good, but if you’re there to study or get work done, then you’re going to be sitting in there for a while. Is it supposed to stimulate your mind? Because all it stimulates in me is the need to bury myself under a pile of things in a vain effort to keep myself from freezing to death. Maybe, in the library’s case, it has something to do with preserving the books,
but I’m also sure that having icicles growing off them isn’t too good for them, either. Now that the weather’s getting colder, or at least appears to be getting colder for a brief period of time— as cold as it can get in this part of Texas—this problem achieves a different level of complexity. Some places keep it cold— after all, this is Texas, so it’s not like super cold outside or anything. Fine, that way you can just keep your scarf and jacket on and it’s no problem, no hassle. Some places keep it warm inside, which is just annoying, because 1) I’m already warm, I dressed up warm to go outside so that I could get to this building, and now I have to take the warm clothes off, and 2) this is Texas, and according to countless people in the north, it’s really not that cold. But then, what can you really do? You’d look stupid carrying around full winter wear in the summertime, and if there’s one thing that people hate despite inevitably doing it anyway, it’s looking stupid. But if the alternative is getting frostbite in the library, then who really is the stupid one here? On the other hand, I really hate it when buildings turn the heating on. I can’t win. Lauren Schroeter is a senior majoring in geology and religion.
Thriving in long distance relationships Staff Column
Joy Lazarus, Columnist Maintaining long-distance relationships can be quite a hassle. It’s testing when your nearest and dearest live far away from you but, through practice, I’ve devised a system to stay in contact with friends. It helps to schedule Skype dates or FaceTime calls. Choose a time when both of you are free and then show each other your rooms or dirty laundry. I have this terrible habit of slouching during these calls so my chin recedes and is hidden on the screen.If your friends are anything like mine, try to have good posture so when they screenshot you your double chins won’t end up on Instagram. Take liberty in escorting the virtual friend around the room. Zoom in on a picture you have of the two of you together. Make them feel special. Write cards, especially because paper products are on the decline. I love getting personal mail from the mail
center. Most of us (myself included) don’t know how to properly open envelopes because we haven’t been given much opportunity to practice. Or find a piece of clothing that miraculously fits everyone in your entire friend group and send it to each other in the mail (preferably jeans). This exercise should increase a trust the public mail service! Enliven the postmasters by frequenting their business! When we have graduated and are faced with the hefty task of paying back college loans, the mail we’ll get will be bills lovingly signed by our favorite credit union. Phone calls are great also. With phone calls, the person with whom you’re conversing won’t have the ability to see your face, so all bets are off. You can put in headphones and pretend you’re talking to yourself, too. It’s great to come across these people in public. I find headphones to be a more deceptive Bluetooth. Walking and talking with headphones is a pretty grand feat. I’m not as coordinated as I would like, so I would trip, but most people wouldn’t.
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Long-distance relationships • continued from Page 9 I was on a call with a friend and she managed to mount and ride a bike across her college campus while talking to me with headphones in. I heard a slight scuffle in the background. I thought she had fallen off her bike. She didn’t. I hung up that night knowing the phone call was a sign of true dedication to our friendship. There are hundreds of quotes about friendship on Pinterest. I tried to find one for this column that would be insightful. I was distracted by Snapchat instead, by old friends taking pictures of their study habits in different cities shown in 10-second intervals.
Lasting friendships, like any relationships, can’t be summed up in a few words. They span years and hours and time. They’re actually pretty substantial, which doesn’t become glaringly obvious unless the friendship happens to disintegrate. So let’s practice healthy relationships! It shouldn’t feel like too much work. Hopefully your friends enjoy hearing about your life as much as mine pretend to. The great thing about having multiple sets of friends is that you can continue telling the same story to different people. Spread the wealth. Joy Lazarus is a sophomore majoring in art and communication.
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Thank a giver next week by Ana Ruiz GUEST COLUMNIST Treadmills, benches, trees and even buildings! Next week, you’ll be wondering why all these things around campus are covered with tags. If you don’t want to be confused, you’re reading the right column! The tags are part of Trinity’s TAG Week, which stands for “Thank a Giver,” hosted by the Trinity Student Ambassadors. There are various tags on campus to encourage students to thank donors who have given to Trinity. Along with thanking givers for their generosity, this week is meant to educate the Trinity community about philanthropy and how tuition does not fully cover the Trinity experience. Tuition only covers about 64 percent of the full cost of a Trinity education. The remaining 36 percent must be subsidized by the University’s endowment and
gifts from alumni and friends, who understand the value of a Trinity education. Donors fill the gap and allow each of us to have the complete Trinity experience. Throughout the week, students will be able to see the impact that donors make through their generosity. We are able to have the resources and buildings that we do because of the donations made by many gracious individuals. Our education is made possible by the buildings and resources in them. In addition, more than 90 percent of Trinity students receive scholarships or financial aid. Donors have the option of deciding where their donation goes. Donors can choose for their donation to go to a specific club, department or building. The tags around campus will raise awareness of these donations. Not only will TAG Week enable students to see how
donors shape their Trinity experiences, but they will also be able to thank donors as well. Students will be able to write personalized letters to donors and even have the opportunity to meet donors in the spring. Seniors can also stop by to make their Senior Class Gift. Plus, students will have an opportunity to participate in a scavenger hunt lasting throughout the week! Student Ambassadors will have tables set up at Coates and in Mabee on Tuesday, Nov. 11, and at the TAG Week Super Nacho Hour on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Stop by to “Thank A Giver” and you could receive a free “I Heart TU” tank top. Hope to see you there!
Ana Ruiz is a junior majoring in business administration concentrating in marketing.
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Piano performances by faculty, students recognize donors for contribution by Sarah Davis CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER With the purchase of 32 brand-new Steinway pianos last spring, Trinity has become one of 169 other schools in the world to be called an allSteinway school. Thanks to the large gift of a donor, Trinity now has 43 Steinway pianos throughout campus, as well as the prestige associated with having only handcrafted pianos. At 7:30 p.m. tonight in Ruth Taylor Recital Hall, a performance will be held by David Heller, chair of the music department, and Carolyn True, piano professor, to thank the donors who made this purchase possible and celebrate Trinity’s designation as an all-Steinway school. “The pianos are fantastic, obviously—they’re beautiful and just plain fun to make music on. On a functional level, they’re a long-needed upgrade to the pianos departmentwide. But I think the greatest part of all of this is becoming an all-Steinway school and the
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prestige that comes with that,” said Allyson Phillips, a junior choral music education major. The donors who financed the purchase of the pianos are Jim and Janet Dicke from the Board of Trustees, who also helped make possible the construction of the Dicke/ Smith Art and Music Building in 2006. David Heller describes the generosity of the Dickes as “a tremendous gift” and wants to thank Jim and Janet Dicke again publicly Friday night. “He is a wonderful human being; he is an alumnus of Trinity, him and his wife. They love this school, they love music, they love the arts, and this was a further extension of their generosity and gratitude to Trinity University and we are so grateful for that,” Heller said. “What they have done is they have made possible so many opportunities for students not just now but for generations to come, both with the building and now with the gift of the pianos.” Heller and True, along with Amy Lazzell, academic office assistant for the department of music, traveled to the Steinway gallery in New York in May to select the new pianos. see TRINITY page 13
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photo by Sarah Thorne Sophomore Cullen Moore practices on one of the new Steinway pianos in the Dicke/Smith Art and Music Building.
Sandjideh speaks at last Lennox lecture Jazz Ensemble will hold Students make Google employee’s fall concert this Sunday presentation most attended of series by Julia Elmore CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER Last Monday night, Amy McDonald Sandjideh spoke in Chapman Auditorium to round out Trinity’s Women in Technology lecture series. Sandjideh brought stories of her experience, advice for students looking to follow in her footsteps and even Android robot puzzles for the audience in the mostattended lecture of the series. Sandjideh opened with stories of her early experiences with computers and of how her family, particularly her father, encouraged her to learn about computers and eventually pursue a degree in mathematics. “I just had a couple of interactions with a computer when I was young,” Sandjideh said. “I didn’t know how I was going to use them, I just knew I wanted to.” Sandjideh also talked about her experience in college at Tulane University, where she and a few other women formed a club for
women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Her stories of personal experiences and how she got to where she is today registered well with students in the audience. “I enjoyed how much of her talk was about her experiences,” said first year Grace Frye. “She talked about how she faced different challenges, what she did to overcome them and choices that defined her career. Everything was really real.” In terms of her career, Sandjideh worked at EA.com and Dreamworks prior to her current position as a technical program manager at Google. She spoke positively of her experience as a woman at these companies. She did, however, mention that an unconscious bias against women does exist. “I was surprised by her acknowledgement of the unconscious bias in our society, and she caused us to experience it,” said junior Taylor Mobley. “She told a story where management was asking her to take on a big job. After telling the story, she said the audience probably pictured the managers as men, which I did, but they were women.” In that story, Sandjideh explained that she was
pregnant at the time, and throughout the lecture she told of her experience as a parent in the workforce. She noted that the companies she has worked for have been very flexible in terms of understanding that employees have duties as parents as well as in the workplace. Sandjideh said she hopes to see equal pay for women in the future, as well as a more reasonable critical mass, or percentage of women, in technology fields. Her presentation encouraged some potential future computer scientists. “It really applied to me because I plan to major in computer science, so her lecture and her career are very relatable to what I want to do,” Frye said. Students also agreed that both Monday night’s lecture, and the series as a whole have been beneficial and informative. “All of the speakers have had strong commitment to their passions, and it’s really inspiring because they all seem to be doing what they love and what they really want to be doing,” Frye said. Mobley concurred with Frye on the insightfulness of the speakers this semester. see SPEAKER page 14
Junior Robby Herron will perform a solo in a ballad by Heather Bush CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER On Sunday, Nov. 9, Trinity’s Jazz Ensemble will perform their annual fall concert. The performance will include 11 pieces featuring students from all academic years. “We had a lot of graduating seniors leave last semester, so we ended up having mostly newer students come in,” said Martin Roemisch, jazz ensemble director. “It’s been challenging since we started off with only two alto saxophonists and a couple of trumpet players, but we were lucky to bring more people in as we went along.” The ensemble is nearly a complete jazz band, with full saxophone, trombone and rhythm sections; the band is only short two of the five trumpets present
in a traditional jazz band. The size of the ensemble allows Roemisch to include a variety of music in the performance. “I wanted to find something that accommodates older students so that they can continue to grow but also make it more appropriate for the younger ones,” Roemisch said. “That’s why I picked tunes that were more based out of earlier-style dance tunes and also some more challenging tunes.” The program’s musical numbers will include some basic swing tunes, Cuban pieces, traditional pieces and even a ballad. Robby Herron, a junior, will be featured as a soloist in the ballad. “It’s of course really nerve-wracking going up in front of the entire ensemble and having them accompany me, but it’s something that I’m really, really passionate about,” Herron said. “So being confident in myself and in the rehearsals where we’ve been practicing for this moment takes away some of the nerves.” see ROEMISCH page 14
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Academic department staff keep professors and students on track The women behind the scenes explain what their jobs entail by Sarah Davis CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER From department secretaries to academic office administrators, these staff members keep departments running smoothly and help professors more than students know. Some of them even take classes for fun or as part of a degree. Here’s some insight into the on-the-job responsibilities of these women.
opportunity to do anywhere else: “Art and Archeology of Ancient Rome” and “The History of Ancient Greece and Rome.” What are some of the challenges of the job?
Just making sure that everything is running on an even keel. It can get a little bit crazy in here. The challenges are we have 22 professors, trying to keep them where we have them on the deadline. We also have no room up here; we’ve run out of space. Trying to get it to where if you need to come in here and take an exam, we have a room to put you up in if you need extra time. Those have been the main challenges we’ve encountered these last few semesters, just making sure we have the space to accommodate people.
How would you describe the professors in this department? I feel like they treat us as equals and that we work together as a team. It’s not “the secretaries are over here and the professors are up here.” In this department, I really do feel we honestly work as a team. I’ve been very lucky to work here at Trinity.
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Academic office administrator, department of history When did you come to Trinity? I came here in September 2013. Trinity is very welcoming. It’s a friendly community. Everybody
works together and looks out for the best interest of one another. It’s not one person trying to be better than anybody else. I think it’s a good vibe, especially here in this department. Even the students come in here and feel very comfortable talking to their professors. What do you do on a daily basis?
I manage the department as far as whatever the faculty needs. I also do the budget reports for the department, and we have four other accounts for the distinguished professor and research. If they have any needs for their classrooms or if there are any students majoring or minoring in history, I try to help them out. I will also be in charge of the communications as far as what is going to be on
display on our TV outside the office. What are some of challenges of the job?
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The job can be demanding at times because we have a lot of different faculty here in the department. It’s all about managing and prioritizing your time. How would you describe the professors in this department?
All of the history professors are just very laid back and cool, almost zenlike. They are very welcoming with their students, and they encourage students to come into their office. Their offices are always open, so it’s a very welcoming environment for everyone. see STAFF page 13
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Deborah Bowling Secretary in the School of Business When did you come to Trinity? I came to Trinity in 1990. I’ve been here almost 25 years. I worked the first seven years in the Registrar’s Office and then I came over here, which was an entirely different job. What do you do on a daily basis?
It changes so much. I take care of 10 professors divided up, and the other secretaries in the office take care of the same amount of professors, if not more. Basically, we just take care of what our professors need, especially first thing in the morning. The most important part of my job is to take care of the students who come into the department. Do you have a favorite memory on the job?
The opportunity to have been able to see the different people they bring here on campus. I’ve got to see Alex Haley, who wrote “Roots.” He was here on campus, so I got to have breakfast with him and a group of students and listen to him speak. I’ve also seen the British actor John Cleese. I’ve taken two classes, non-credit of course, that I wouldn’t have had the
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Amy Lazzell Academic office manager, department of music When did you come to Trinity? I arrived at Trinity in 2001. I initially started off in the Registrar’s Office, and then I came to the music department. What do you do on a daily basis?
We are one of the busiest departments on campus. We deal primarily with the outside public where we coordinate all public interactions, scheduling and communications for external events.
There’s a lot of public interaction and things where we not only work internally with the different departments and the events they need to have here, but we do a lot with the outside. We’re very similar to what conferences and special programs in Laurie Auditorium does along that same line. We can have 150 to up to 200-some-odd events a year. My job is that I oversee all of the activity in the department in regard to the public and internal interaction. I have a Ruth Taylor Recital Hall manager that I oversee with all the events that need to be scheduled. We really go all day and most of the evenings because almost all of our music events start at 7:30, and so I’m here early in the morning and until the late evening. Sometimes it requires for me to be here after hours and weekends, too, to take care of those events as well. We are a very busy department, but it’s all rewarding in the end. What’s your favorite part of your job?
I think it’s definitely the people. I love interacting with the students. I work with a lot of positions. Most of our part-time faculty are San Antonio Symphony players, and so they bring a very interesting background and stories with them. The things that are available to be through the people that I work with and the students that come in are just fabulous. It’s a very
interesting job, a very high-stress job, but a very interesting and fun job. Nothing is ever the same.
Irma Escalante Senior secretary, department of religion When did you come to Trinity? I came to Trinity in September 2002. What’s your favorite part of your job?
Interaction with students. I really enjoy meeting students and talking with them—our majors, whenever they come in and whatever they may need. We have periodic get-togethers for our
majors, and that’s really nice. They have it right here in the reception area. Do you have a favorite memory on the job?
I just graduated from Trinity last December with a major in religion and sociology as my minor, so my favorite memory was definitely when I crossed the stage and my department was cheering me on; that was just very special. I’m very proud of that. The older you get, the harder it is. It’s blood, sweat and tears is what it is. That’s why this department is so great; they’ve been so supportive. As a matter of fact, I’m leaving in November and starting the process of creating this non-profit tutoring education center for children who can’t afford tutoring in my hometown, Pleasanton, Texas. What was your favorite course you took?
It’s a sociology class with Dr. Spener called “Cities of Immigrants.” It was great; I love his classes, and I still read the books that I had in his classes. They’re so helpful, especially in the field that I’m going into: tutoring children who have come from homes with single parents and poverty. I loved all the sociology classes I took. It took me a long time, because—as an employee—you can only take one class a semester.
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Trinity gains 32 Steinway pianos • continued from page 11 Heller and True played many pianos to test out the sound and feel of them all, while Lazzell documented the trip and helped with the business aspect of the purchase. Donors Jim and Janet Dicke joined the Trinity faculty in New York and picked out a new concert grand piano that is glossy black with maroon tones for Trinity. “Each piano is singly crafted so each one will have its own character, not only in the way it sounds but the way it feels in the keyboard and how you play it,” Heller said. The event tonight will feature several performances by Heller, True and students with the Board of Trustees in attendance, as well as Dennis Ahlburg, president of Trinity. “The event is really going to be special. We’ll have the donors there and it’s just going to be a really big celebration, and we’ll have a really nice reception afterwards,” Lazzell said. “I feel honored to be chosen to perform at this event. It really shows how supportive the music department is of its students,” said junior Caileen Tallant. “I think this is a great way to celebrate these amazing piano additions.”
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Students branch out for Bonsai trees Lo Min Hsuan explains distinctions between Chinese and Japanese styles by Sarah Davis CAMPUS PULSE REPORTER “I’m very famous in Taiwan,” Lo Min Hsuan jokingly said during in his Bonsai tree demonstration last Wednesday night. As it turns out, Lo wasn’t joking at all; he really is a worldfamous Bonsai artist who travels the world to speak about the art of Bonsai and demonstrate how to shape them. Bonsai is an art form that uses miniature trees grown in pots. Lo was originally scheduled to give a talk in Florida but asked if he could stop in San Antonio beforehand to visit his daughter, Susan, here at Trinity. When Stephen Field, J.K. and Ingrid Lee Professor of Chinese and codirector of the East Asian Studies at Trinity (EAST) program, caught wind of Lo’s trip, he decided to take full advantage of the opportunity to have Lo speak to students. In 1999, Lo won the Japan Airlines World Bonsai Contest grand prize. Lo has been a visiting professor at several universities and travels often to show his love of Bonsai. His distinct “Lo style” of Bonsai involves many vertical
curves reminiscent of old, large trees combined with influence from Chinese calligraphy. “The artistic version of Chinese calligraphy aims to mimic nature, and he most definitely showed how these Chinese characters on the page looks like one of the trees in his slides. Students got an idea of how art and nature were joined in the Chinese mind,” Field said. In Lo’s presentation, he elaborated on the differences between Japanese and Chinese styles of Bonsai. Bonsai was originally a Chinese art that was brought to Japan and has become known as a Japanese art form. The Chinese style is much more classical and is based on landscape paintings from a Chinese perspective. “Being a Taiwanese-Chinese whose father was raised under Japanese colonial rule, it actually went from China to Japan back to China. In a sense, what Mr. Lo is doing is trying to recover the original Chinese aspect of this art,” Field said. Lo’s daughter, Susan, is a sophomore at Trinity studying music education. Susan recalls playing in her father’s Bonsai garden in their home in Taiwan, which includes around 200 trees, despite her father’s worry that the fragile trees might be damaged. “I would say I am really proud of my dad all of the time because he’s a really inspiring person.
Most of the people of his age in Taiwan cannot speak English. He encourages me to study abroad and explore the fields I have never explored before,” Susan Lo said. “I’m really glad he’s here and what is the most rewarding part is that people kept coming to me and telling me how much they enjoyed the presentation. This is a really narrow area that people don’t really get exposed to, so I’m glad that people came and saw.” Sophomore Elena Wilson attended the presentation and learned how tedious the upkeep of Bonsai trees can be. ”I learned that growing these trees takes tremendous patience and constant maintenance over many years, and that Bonsai artists draw their inspiration from everyday life experiences like nature and calligraphy,” Wilson said. “It was really interesting to see Mr. Lo’s actual demonstration of trimming a Bonsai and the careful coiling of wires around certain branches to guide the tree’s growth.” Lo requested that Trinity buy two Bonsai trees and prepare them for him to demonstrate the techniques of sculpting and shaping. Field said the trees Trinity bought were unrecognizable after Lo reshaped them and transformed them into works of art. One Bonsai was gifted to the EAST program and the other gifted to Chia-Wei Lee, associate professor of music.
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Roemisch accommodates students from all backgrounds • continued from page 11 The Jazz Ensemble members come from a variety of backgrounds, with majors that include molecular biology, neuroscience, French, engineering, computer science and psychology.
“I wanted to find something that accommodates older students so that they can continue to grow but also make it appropriate for the younger ones.”
Martin Roemisch Jazz Ensemble Director “I can only find time to practice with the band during rehearsals on Tuesdays and Thursdays,” said sophomore Charlie Stein. “Finding time to practice alone is a different matter. That’s been most challenging, but the rehearsals have been pretty smooth.”
The ensemble has been rehearsing every Tuesday and Thursday in the weeks leading up to the show, setting aside the time even with each student’s busy schedule. “You can see that there aren’t many music majors in the band, but they’re still able to come together. They are obviously very smart individuals to even be at this school, so they pick up the information quickly and work together very well,” Roemisch said. “I’m lucky to have them in the band, still pursuing their music even with such busy schedules.” Some students—like Herron—hold music minors, but many of the members are simply continuing with a hobby that they have enjoyed since middle school. Both Roemisch and his students share a passion for this unique style of music. “I’m just excited to get in there and have a blast. It’s my favorite type of music to play,” Herron said. “I know I’m not the only one who’s passionate about it. We’re all excited to perform on Sunday, so I’m really hoping everything turns out, and I’m sure it will.” The performance will take place at 3 p.m. on Nov. 9 in Ruth Taylor Recital Hall, lasting just less than two hours with an intermission.
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• continued from page 11 “The speakers are intelligent and successful women who have helped pave the way and provide hope that there is potential for
improvement in the future,” Mobley said. More information about Sandjideh and other speakers in the series can be found at womenandtechnologyproject. com.
“Nightcrawler” and his Web
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Internet Week, Part 1: What would you do for a click?
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The “curiosity gap” is a term used to describe the gap between what we know and what we really want to know. Today, plenty of websites are finding ways to exploit that gap. Sites like BuzzFeed, the Huffington Post and Upworthy have become some of the fastest growing websites on the Internet by using headlines like “No one applauds this woman because they’re too creeped out at themselves to put their hands together” and “Watch a teenager bring his class to tears just by saying a few words.” These websites write headlines by making them shocking or manipulative in
some way (a strategy known as “click bait”) so that the user will click on them. My other criticism of websites is best described by Katie Rife from the A.V. Club: “Outrage is quickly replacing porn as the Internet’s most valuable export.” Just getting someone to click the link doesn’t really add a lot of revenue. The real money comes from getting a lot of “someones” to click the link. Outrage is so easy to induce: show something and point out how offensive it could be to someone, write some snark and see the comments and shares pour in. Yes, there are situations in which anger, frustration, snark and outrage are totally justifiable; it is far harder to tell where the line is today, because
every celebrity comment or article or ad causes so much noise. Recently, a CNN video with three people talking about a catcalling video from New York went viral. The phenomenon of catcalling and the racial and socioeconomic implications of the video were so interesting, but that discussion was drowned out when everyone started sharing and discussing the video. CNN decided to pick an awfully offensive, sexist man to discuss the video (smart of them). Now all anyone can talk about is this nobody. I write for a newspaper. I get it. My editor-in-chief and other purists may disagree, but our job is, in a way, to sell newspapers—or, in Trinity’s case, to get people to pick one up. I have probably been guilty of writing a headline that crosses
the line into manipulative or misleading. The days of yellow journalism come to mind with huge headlines that are meant to grab your attention when you walk past the newsstand— exact accuracy or factuality be damned. When you spend as much time on the Internet as I do—an unhealthy amount—it is hard to distinguish a lot of things from each other if you don’t take the time to really analyze what’s around you. That is almost impossible when you scroll past hundreds of articles in a day. I feel like I never take the time to think about why something caught my attention or why I shared it on my Facebook wall. Unlike the times when only a handful of newspapers controlled news output, there are now a million websites for
that purpose—and we have less time than ever, making it much more difficult to analyze the content. My hope is that there will be a trend away from headlines that make you curious and withhold information. But I doubt these sites will start policing themselves. We are only going to be more inundated by crap articles with crap headlines. The responsibility to change that is up to us. Gut reactions are important, but the most important thing is that we have to think for ourselves and not just repeat whatever a person in authority said, however intelligent they may be.There is a lot of injustice in the world, a lot of interesting content, a lot of real experiences—but it cannot be properly found and consumed if all other content is just as loud and demanding.
Caffeine and college life go hand in hand. It starts off with your sleeping patterns altering by the second week of your first semester; soon after, you don’t even know what day of the week it is. Maybe you told yourself you’d never need it, but you felt really tired that day, so you had your first sip and the rest is history. Enter caffeine addiction. Hello, my name is Sofia, and I’m a caffeine addict. As a first year, I was satisfied with a Coca-Cola from the POD, and I felt like such a rebel having soda every day since it was something entirely unavailable to me at home.
Then the semester got progressively more hectic and midterms reared their ugly heads, so I switched to coffee. At first it was because toting the Styrofoam cup that lets out a frustratingly small amount of liquid seemed like the cool collegiate thing to do. And then I just started to like it too much. I even went so far as to buy my own coffee pot, and it was extremely satisfying to brew my very own cup of instant happiness in the morning. During sophomore year, I graduated to Red Bull, and I’ve had chest pains ever since. What started as a “maybe-just-for-this-exam” kind of thing eventually grew to what is now, sadly, a daily habit.
I confess, I pro-caffeinate on an almost daily basis. By “almost,” I mean that I drink Red Bull during the week to trick myself into being productive, and on the weekends it’s mostly for fun. Caffeine is the foundation of my hierarchy of needs, because without caffeine there is nothing to be excited about. So I would like to think that I am not addicted to Red Bull; we’re just in a committed relationship at this point. Every once in awhile, after chest pains and some eye twitching, it gets to the point where my roommate has to hide the Red Bull from me, so I sip a cup of tea. In between sips, I tell myself that I will stop tomorrow. That’s never
gonna happen, but I tried, and it’s the thought that counts, right? Essentially, coffee and energy drinks are the stuff of a college existence. If you haven’t had any, you’re either managing your life exceptionally well or you’re in denial about how much fun it is to self-induce hyperactivity. I like to think that having a cup of coffee or a can of Red Bull in hand simply makes you look busier. It appears that you’ve studied like crazy and are SO ready for that god-awful exam you’re about to take, or maybe like you’re about to sit down and blow through that 10-page essay. I’m not about to tell you not to drink caffeine around
finals, because that would be ridiculous. However, I will advise you not to drink it for fun, because chest pains only make writing a paper more difficult. Then again, if your heart isn’t racing to get out of your chest, you’re not doing it right. When it comes to caffeine, pain is often an integral part of the experience. That said, do be healthy: when said experience gets to be too much, sip some water and just pretend those caffeine headaches aren’t real. But for those times when you are simply in denial about writing that final paper that’s 30 percent of your grade, I champion your decision to crack open a Red Bull and procaffeinate.
The Red Bull Saga: Living the life of a caffeine lover
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In defense of the world’s most boring superhero Who likes Superman? Raise your hand. Now, I know I can’t see you through the paper, but I’m guessing that there are very few of you. I used to be one of you! I used to think, “Man. Superman has got to be the most boring, overrated, and pointless superhero ever.” I mean, his one weakness is a weird rock. He’s so morally righteous that he wouldn’t hurt a fly. Bland was the word that came to my mind when I thought of him. But I have come to realize that the original Superman has truly been lost in the sense of what he once was and the reason he was created. The comics refer to the 1930s-50s “Golden Age of Comics,” and it is in this era that the superhero first appears (coincidentally, this is an era in which the children of immigrants are reaching adolescence, but we’ll get to that later). Superman was the first American superhero, introduced in 1938 in Action Comics #1, and though many of you may know the name “Superman,” you might be surprised at what you find
would if you picked up some early examples of the most famous superhero in American history. This guy couldn’t fly, didn’t have X-Ray vision, and couldn’t turn back time. Early Superman doesn’t fight superpowered supervillains. In fact, there’s nothing super about the bad guys he deals with. He fights against what his young creators, Siegel and Shuster, saw as the ultimate bad in the world: tyranny and social oppression. His targets are dirty businessmen, cruel landlords and crooked politicians, because these were real problems faced by real people. This Superman is sarcastic and witty and will go to extreme lengths to fight injustice. In one issue, in which a mine owner is too stingy to fix his mines for the safety of his workers, Superman concocts an elaborate plan that involves getting the owner to host a party in the mine, trapping the party inside of the mine, and then saving them. Superman is all about incurring sympathy for the downtrodden and essentially diminishing the power of the wealthy. Superman, however, has undergone extreme changes.
Today, he is often seen as a symbol of traditional America—conservatives everywhere enjoy him as a perfect example of a pure, classic American ideal. In fact, many critics (me included) saw heavy Christian overtones in the latest Superman movie, “Man of Steel,” which painted him as a Christ-like figure of sorts: omnipotent, the epitome of moral goodness, self-sacrificing and born for a purpose. This is obviously pretty far removed from his early days of rebellion and, frankly, anger. He was simultaneously assimilating into America and yet remained staunchly proud of his origins. In fact, scholars consider him not to be a symbol of Christ or omnipotence, but of the immigrant. This duality—his firm connection to both his past and his present—could be encouraging to immigrants to America, who find themselves struggling for a complete cultural identity. Siegel and Shuster were the children of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. They saw in their creation a way of voicing their frustrations with the system.
Confused about their heritage, desperate for visibility in American culture, angry that the “average American” was implicitly Anglo-Saxon, the two high school students dreamed of a hero who could fight for people like them and their working class parents. This hero, too, would struggle with where he came from, and he would look like them— dark haired and, when he was Clark Kent, bespectacled and nervous.The name “Superman” is a translation of the German word “ubermensch,” a term coined by Nietzsche and used heavily by the Nazis in a racist context.
So Superman wasn’t created with today’s image in mind. He was born as a savior of sorts, but the original model was tough, ruthless towards injustice, and much more similar to his readers. I highly recommend reading old issues of Superman, specifically those from the 1930s and 1940s. If you pick them up, discover a Superman who was truly a product of his time and his creators: a hero who really does represent the American Dream.
It seems
a fitting choice, perhaps an act of reclamation, for two Jewish boys from Cleveland whose creation debuted just before World War II began.
QUOTES OF WEEK: Heroes
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“My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results...but it is the effort that’s heroic, as I see it.” George RR Martin
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America’s hero. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.” J. Michael Staczynski
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by Mason Walker A&E EDITOR In a year of cinematicw duds, “Nightcrawler” is a daring and highly satisfying standout. This film is both viscerally emotional and bristling with interesting thoughts. I’ll deal first with the feels and then with the thoughts, many of which relate to this week’s A&E theme of the World Wide Web. In terms of its tone, “Nightcrawler” has already beencompared to “Taxi Driver.” Both films are, after all, eerie and prescient portraits of loners making their way through the scuzzy underbellies of great American cities. But whereas Martin Scorsese’s hot-blooded, highly sensual direction brought a sense of poetic despair to “Taxi Driver,” Dan Gilroy directs “Nightcrawler” with a savvy sense of detachment that invites us to view the journey of its main character as a kind
of dark (and I do mean dark) comedy. Plot-wise, “Nightcrawler” tells the story of Louis Bloom, a self-described “self-made man” who, after years of taking webinars and sitting around on forums, decides to get himself a job. When legit job offers don’t come knocking, he decides to be a “nightcrawler”, a freelance cameraman who breaks laws and risks lives in order to capture grisly, violent events for TV news stations. Lou rises to the top with the help of an observant assistant (Riz Ahmed) and a ball-busting news executive. But when success comes knocking, he starts treating his two partners not as equals, but as submissive underlings in his scheme to rise to the top of his field. The second half of the film is all about the hypnotic nightmare of Lou’s power trip. That power-crazy mad-man is, by the way, the best thing that this picture has going for
it. Lou isn’t just the kind of generic screw-loose sociopath who actors so often play when they’ve got an Oscar win on the brain. He’s an endlessly fascinating bundle of contradictions—ceaselessly polite yet ruthlessly uncaring, affectingly childlike yet addicted to violence, extremely orderly yet filled to the brim with messy emotions. I could write an entire article on how Lou’s contradictions are also America’s. Instead, focus on the one clear fact about Lou: the actor who brings him to life has given the performance of his career in this motion picture. Jake Gyllenhaal’s spent most of his career taking the back-seat to more obviously compelling stars, but he inhabits Lou with a freaky magnetism all his own. His line readings are spot-on, but one must also pay attention to his “non-verbals” his awkward hand gestures, his empty, almost diseased eyes.
This is a bone-deep performance. Sure, Gyllenhaal overdoes it once or twice, but there isn’t a moment when he isn’t seriously invested in this character, which he has to be in order for the screenplay to then undercut that seriousness with its sly humour. This brings me back around to my opening point: “Nightcrawler” is not a tragedy, like “Taxi Driver.” It is a pitchblack comedy that has a lot in common with “Network,” Paddy Chayefsky’s merciless satire of 1970s TV news. By using out-of-place music, bizarre camera angles and subtly ironic lines, this film asks us to laugh at the circus of modern media. Not “funny ha-ha” laughter, mind you: the kind of wincing gasp-laughter that comes to you when you’re jabbed with a syringe. However, the film pulls off this kind of discomfort with such precision that it becomes enjoyable. It keeps poking us where it hurts, and we sit there in awe of its accurate aim.
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One aspect of society that the film discusses accurately is the attitude of a generation shaped by the net. Sure, the film satirizes the outrage machine ofcontemporary news (and that John writes about so brilliantly on page 15,) but it also digs its teeth into the detrimental effects of the Internet. Lou is constantly reminding us that he is a self-made man, one who learned the tricks of his trade primarily via the isolation of his computer screen. Lou has grown up in an unsupervised cyber-world where people are merely abstractions on the other side of a screen. Is it any wonder that he’s so willing to treat real people as inanimate pawns in his crazy game? Ultimately, you should go see “Nightcrawler” primarily for Gyllenhaal’s performance. But you should also see it for its potent warning about what might happen to those among us who come of age in the cold, uncaring light of cyberspace.
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The Best Websites You’ve Never Heard Of Reddit*
Have you heard of Reddit? Probably not, right? I would continue with this joke, but I have limited space. It is an incredibly popular site, but in my experience, people who don’t use it don’t really understand it. I’ve heard people say, “God, Reddit is this awful site. Look at what they did!” But I have my own way to describe Reddit: it is a community of communities. Each “subreddit” is devoted to a certain topic— soccer, “Call of Duty,” Joseph Gordon-Levitt or baking—so it’s akin to a Pinterest board but much more centralized and curated, which leads to better content and discussion. It is, in a way, any website that you want it be. I am certain you’ve heard of it but I think everyone—at least, more people—should use Reddit more.
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Paste* I’m a huge AV Club fan, but before used it, I was a religious reader of Paste Magazine’s website. The writers are pretty hipster, but they write a lot of interesting articles about lots of popular culture (though they’re picky about what they review). I especially love their “best of the decade” lists, because they cover all forms of culture and express opinions with which I generally agree (Sufjan Stevens’ “Illinois” as the best album of the 2000s? Yes, please.). Plus, they even cover comics sometimes! It still isn’t quite the same as the AV Club, but if you’re looking for more breadth in your pop culture coverage, you might want to check out Paste. And they’re not as bad as Pitchfork, either. Monica Clifford, A&E Writer Polyvore* One website that is completely mainstream in some circles but entirely unknown in others is the wonderful, stylish, uber-chic Internet place of Polyvore. If you like looking at fashion or interior design magazines, then this is the site to waste time on. The site curates a collection of images from the Internet that link you to places from which you can buy the items. It sounds like Pinterest, I know, but the interface is just a little more sophisticated, and your creations resemble a magazine spread. You can create everything from an outfit to a spread that shows off your ideal bedroom. Sofia Villareal, A&E Columnist
Brain Pickings* It’s awfully hard to describe the delightful, unabashedly niche mess that is Brain Pickings, but I’ll do what I can. Founded by Maria Popova, a blogger who calls herself an intellectual “hunter-gatherer,” Brain-Pickings is all about “cross-pollinating” different disciplines in mind-blowing and addictively readable ways. In these posts, science joins with the humanities and poetry melds with politics. If you want to read about cooking in relation to Ernest Hemingway, country music in relation to philosophy, or space exploration in relation to photography ethics, this is the site for you. Mason Walker, A&E Editor
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Emily Jorgens makes Trinity women’s soccer history The Tiger senior has broken the Trinity record for most career goals, assists and points by Alyssa Tayrien SPORTS REPORTER When Emily Jorgens arrived at her first college soccer practice, she was confused. As a first year at Trinity University, Jorgens knew none of her teammates or coaches and had no idea what to expect. “There’s a substantial difference between the high school and college levels of play; I had to make a big adjustment,” Jorgens said. While adapting to the new environment, Jorgens worked with the upperclassmen on the team who, as she said, “set the standard for [the new players]. When we didn’t know what to do, they helped us adjust and acted as role models for how to become the best possible team.” Striving to reach her full potential, Jorgens became an integral aspect of the Trinity Women’s Soccer program throughout her college career. Four years later, Jorgens has finished her final regular season after accomplishing some impressive feats. In the 2014 season alone, she had a total of 18 goals and 24 assists, which add up to 60 season points. Jorgens ties Trinity’s record for career goals
file photo by Miguel Webber Emily Jorgens plays in the 2013 NCAA D-III semi-final game during her junior year. The Tigers went on to the win the game but fell in the championship.
with 58, and surpasses the previous records for assists and total points; Jorgens now holds both records with 85 assists and 201 total points. For Jorgens, however, the joy comes not from the statistics, but from playing the game itself. “I don’t know when I’m about to break a record, or have broken a record until someone says something
about it. My time on the field is when I don’t think. I rely on natural instinct because I love playing the game so much. It’s my time to be myself–an outlet to escape outside pressures, like records or even classes.” Jorgens is no slacker in the classroom, either. She is one of two All-Americans on the team (along with Kelsey Falcone) and has a 4.0 GPA. A business major, Jorgens
describes the team as very studious. “On away games, you can see us all sitting in the lobby of some hotel with our notebooks and textbooks, working away,” Jorgens said. On the field as well as off, the women have a bond, to which Jorgens attributes her success. “We love to be around each other,” Jorgens said. “We support each other in all
aspects, and I couldn’t have broken any records without the enormous effort of every girl on the field.” Though some competitors view her as the single threat to shut down, Jorgens disagrees, saying that the whole team is dangerous. “Other teams shouldn’t be just worried about me,” Jorgens said, “they should be worried about everyone on the team.”
a better team on that day,” said head coach Emily Daum. On the women’s side, Colorado College scored 26 points and Trinity was just three points behind with 29. The Trinity women competed with only one returner of the top five runners from last year’s championship team. “I think over the season we’ve definitely become a more cohesive unit,” said sophomore Julia Torres. “We know who to stick with, and if someone is struggling, people are quick to go up and help them out.” The team had three finishers in the top five, with senior Nicola Hill running a 24:08.800 to finish third; senior Michelle Oberndorf finishing just behind her with a time of 24:20.813 to finish fourth; and first year
Melissa Whitman rounding out the top five with a time of 24:21.764. The race winner was Leah Wessler of Colorado College with a time of 23:17. Six Tiger women earned All-SCAC honors including Hill, Oberndorf and Whitman, as well as senior Autumn Kervella who placed eighth (24:40); first year Emma Maceachern who placed ninth (24:41); and junior Mariana Sigala who finished 14th (25:11). Whitman also received the SCAC Women’s Freshman of the Year award after four top-10 finishes in six meets this season, including her fifth place finish in the conference meet. On the men’s side, junior Taylor Piske had the fastest 8k in the conference, coming into the weekend posting
a time of 25:06.7 at the Incarnate Word Invitational. He finished with a time of 27:25 this weekend to take second place in the meet. The individual winner for the men was Nick Hall of Colorado College with a time of 26:37. As a team, they finished eight points behind Colorado College; they scored 38 points to Colorado College’s 30 points in the 8k event. “Our strategy was if you see any jersey of yellow in front of you—or any jersey that is not maroon—that you’re supposed to catch them, stay with them and then try to beat them at the end,” said sophomore Austin Brown. This strategy seemed to wor well for them as five Tigers earned All-SCAC honors including Piske; first
year Michael Erikson who finished fourth (27:57); Brown who finished fifth (27:58); junior Christian Soto who was 13th (28:48); and first year Daniel Henkes who placed 14th (28:54). Erikson was also named SCAC Men’s Freshman of the Year for his work this season and in the conference meet. “We have a young team, and [Colorado College is] losing two of their top five and we’re not losing any of our top five; we’ve got a lot of potential still,” Brown said. On Nov. 15, both Tiger teams run at the NCAA Division III South/Southeast Regional Championships in Berry, Ga., which features competition from Emory University (Ga.), Rhodes College (Tenn.), Bridgewater College ( Va.) and others.
Tiger cross country teams finish second at the SCAC championships behind Colorado College Two time defending champions fail to capture the SCAC for third year consecutive year by Sarah Farrell SPORTS REPORTER The Tigers fell just short in their quest to three-peat as conference champions in both the men and women’s races. On Nov. 1, they hosted the conference meet in Boerne, Texas. “[The course] was very challenging—there were some rolling hills, there were some tight turns. Honestly they all stuck to the plan pretty well. Colorado College just ended up being
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Volleyball loses first game, comes back to win next two games at Trinity National Invitational Tigers complete regular season with 26-9 overall record to be ranked No. 21 nationally by AVCA by Sarah Farrell SPORTS REPORTER
Last weekend, the Tigers hosted the Trinity National Invitational, marking the last regular season home games for teh seniors. The weekend began on Friday, Oct. 31, for senior night when the team battled against the fourth-ranked Wittenberg Tigers (Ohio). The Tigers came out early in the match with strong offense and very few errors. They ran away with the first set 25-11 and then won the second set 25-19. Wittenberg had several hitting errors
early in the match, but in the third set they began to pick up their tempo and play in a fast-paced style of offense, which cut down their errors. Wittenberg took the next three sets 25-16, 25-15,15-8. “We just weren’t able to get the scoring that we needed those last three games,” said head coach Julie Jenkins. “Even in the fifth game, it was seven all and then they went on an 8-2 run to finish it off.” Senior outside hitter Maggie Emodi lead all players in the match with 21 kills and 13 digs, recording a doubledouble for the match. She also had two blocks and hit .241 in the loss. She was named SCAC Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season. Sophomore setter Erika Edrington recorded her own double-double with 32 assists and 17 digs. She also hit a few dumps to register two kills. “We have a great team and
Football loses 34-27 to Texas Lutheran Tigers lose sixth game of season and second game of SCAC play to TLU by Stephen Mason SPORTS REPORTER
The Tigers played their second game of conference on Saturday, Nov. 1, in Seguin (Texas) when they lost 34-27 to Texas Lutheran University. Texas Lutheran kicked off scoring with a 61-yard drive that resulted in a field goal. The Tigers immediately answered with a 76yard scoring drive for a touchdown. The touchdown came off a 5-yard run from junior running back Travis Williams. First year Miguel Mendiola nailed the extra point to bring the score to 7-3 in favor of the Tigers. The Bulldogs answered with two touchdowns drives bringing the score to 17-7 at the end of the first half. “It was a hard fought first half. Both teams came to play. We were very focused on doing our jobs so we could beat our rivals at their stadium,” said firstyear linebacker Jordan Williams. At the beginning of the third quarter, the Tigers answered the call with a 63-yard touchdown drive. Senior wide receiver Matthew Kennemer threw the touchdown pass to senior quarterback Mason Blashke. “I was ecstatic when I saw our starting quarterback catch a pass from our senior
receiver,” said first year Benjamin Nunes. The Bulldogs answered with two more touchdowns, bringing the score to 31-14 Bulldogs. The Tigers responded with a 65-yard scoring drive. Blashke scored the touchdown on a 1-yard scramble. With five minutes to go the Tiger defense held the TLU offense to a field goal. The Tigers quickly rallied for a touchdown from first year receiver Jayden Holden, bringing the score to 27-34. Although the Tigers were within a touchdown of tying the game the clock expired before they could get a chance to score again. “It was a tough game. I think we showed our potential; now we have to learn to finish,” said first year lineman Jake Blankenship. Leading the offense was senior duo Kennemer and Blashke. Kennemer tallied 46 yards passing as well as 77 yards receiving. Senior Travis Williams rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown in his return to the starting lineup. Leading the defense was senior linebacker Connor Yorloff, who recorded 12 tackles and a sack. Sophomore duo Brad Hood and Julian Turner each had nine tackles. Sophomore Josh Cook recorded the day’s only interception for the Tigers. The team plays at 6 p.m. tomorrow, Nov. 8 against Southwestern in Georgetown, Texas.
our passing is awesome, which makes the setter’s job a whole lot easier,” Edrington said. The Tigers came out strong the next morning and swept Randolph-Macon (Va.) in three sets 25-19, 25-15, 25-20. Emodi posted another double-double with 11 kills, 15 digs and a hitting percentage of .364 in the match. Senior outside hitter Layne Hubbard also had 12 kills off of 33 total attacks and hit .273. They finished the weekend 2-1 with a 25-17, 15-25, 2520, 25-15 win over HardinSimmons University (Texas). Senior middle blocker Erin Cusenbary came back strong on offense Saturday after struggling against Wittenberg, recording 16 kills, a hitting percentage of .419 and seven blocks. She is now second in Trinity history for the number of blocks in a
career with 521. Edrington also had four kills of her own, along with 35 assists and 12 digs, recording another double-double. This senior squad has gone 94-48 during their fouryear careers, and had a trip to the NCAA regional final last season and back-to-back conference championships. “It’s been awesome— they’re awesome girls to work with. They’re all very unique in their playing style and their lifestyles off the court. It just makes for a really fun dynamic on the team,” Emodi said. Jenkins touted this group of six players’s work ethic and leadership abilities during practice and on the court. “All six of them have contributed so much, but they have also been a great example for everybody else on the team as far as their work ethic, and they have all
been good leaders,” Jenkins said. Many of the players have battled multiple surgeries and injuries but continued to stay strong both as individuals and as teammates. “We all have gone through a lot during our four years here—almost all of us have had to deal with an injury— we’ve come so close but fallen short in several postseason competitions, we’ve dealt with teammates quitting— but all of that has brought us closer together,” Cusenbary said. The Tigers play in the SCAC championships this weekend. At 3:30 p.m. today, in Sherman, Texas, the topseeded Tigers will play in the conference tournament against the winner of today’s matchup against No. 4 University of Dallas (Texas) and No. 5 Texas Lutheran University (Texas).
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Men’s soccer finishes up SCAC regular season play with wins against Southwestern and UC-Santa Cruz
Tiger men seeded first heading into the SCAC championships by Stephen Mason
SPORTS REPORTER
On Friday, Oct., 31 the second-ranked Trinity men’s soccer team took on Southwestern University to close out their SCAC schedule. The Tigers finished their conference campaign with a 4-0 shutout victory over the Southwestern Pirates. “It felt good to close out the conference schedule with a win,” said first year Daniel Ruano. This victory moves the Tigers to 18-1-0 overall with an undefeated record in conference play, earning the team a No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. The first half remained scoreless until senior Simon Uribe knocked in the eventual game-winning solo shot at the end of the 19th minute. In the 53rd minute of the second half, Zach Treu scored an unassisted goal, giving the Tigers a 2-0 lead over the Pirates. In the 79th minute, senior Johnny Lawson drilled an unassisted goal to widen the lead to 3-0 for the Tigers. Closing out the Tigers’ scoring for the game was a goal from Tom Carwile assisted Victor Araujo.
Senior goalkeeper Matt played for the full 90 minutes. Later that weekend, the Tigers wrapped up their regular season with a 2-0-shutout victory over the University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz. This win moved the Tigers foreward to an overall record of 19-1-0. “Santa Cruz was one of the better teams we have played this year. Historically, they have a good soccer program. It was good for the team to get a well-earned victory over a competitive opponent. It will help them for the postseason,” said sophomore Wade Hoffman. The game remained scoreless for the first half. The eventual gamewinning goal came off a penalty kick from Araujo in the 75th minute of the second half. First year Kellen Reid scored the closing goal of the match with 45 seconds left on the clock on an assist from Lawson. The regular season is now over and this weekend, Nov. 8-9, the Tigers compete in the SCAC championship in Seguin, Texas at Texas Luteran University. At 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, the Tigers play against the winner of TLU versus Dallas; if they win that game, they will play in the final at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9.
photos by Sarah Thorne Senior Victor Araujo dribbles the ball at an opponent (top). Simon Uribe, a senior defender, runs towards the ball during the Tigers’ game against UC-Santa Cruz on Nov. 1 (bottom). The Tigers defeated the Banana Slugs 2-0.
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Undefeated women’s soccer finishes regular season
The Tiger are ranked No. 1 heading into the SCAC championship by Alyssa Tayrien SPORTS REPORTER
file photos by Eva Littman Junior Kimber Polesak gets ready to kick the ball (left). First year Hannah Booher runs towards the ball (right).
Trinity women’s soccer had their last regular season game last weekend. In the home game against Southwestern University, the women took to the field in a strong offensive game, relying on teamwork to achieve a strong regular season conclusion. The night opened with a ceremony to celebrate the seven seniors—Devan Osegueda, Lauren Goldberg, Kirby Peddicord, Kelsey Falcone, Emily Jorgens, Hannah Kuhl and Shelby Hopkins—who all made significant contributions to Friday’s game. “Senior night was really sentimental, and it meant a lot to have most of our parents there and have them honored as well,” Falcone said. The junior, sophomore and first year members of the team knew the night was important to the seniors. “The other girls on the team knew how much that night meant to us and went out of their way to support the seniors,” Jorgens said. “We’ve really learned a lot from each other over the past four years; it was a great way to begin our final regular season game.” Following the festivities, the Tigers took control of the ball to initiate their lead against the Southwestern Pirates. The first half of the game featured goals from Kuhl, Jorgens and first year Colleen Markey. Kuhl scored in the 8th minute of the game after an assist from junior Maggie Olvera. Jorgens nailed one into the back of the net, thanks to a pass from Falcone, midway through the first half. In a quick turnaround, Jorgens combined with Olvera to assist Markey, who brought the score to 3-0 at half. For her performance against the Pirates, Markey was named SCAC Offensive Player of the Week. Scoring one goal in each half, Markey
added to her season total of six goals—tied for fourth on the team. “I’m really excited about this honor because it’s encouraging to be recognized as a first year. But even more so, it reminds me that I’m an influence on the team and contributing to the overall success,” Markey said. The second half opened with a solo goal from first year Julia Camp, who started the action within minutes of resuming play. Further into the game, Falcone used a timely assist from Jorgens to head the ball into the back of the net. Minutes later, Markey sprinted across the box, received an assist from Camp and scored. With her second goal, Markey concluded scoring for the evening and brought the final to 6-0. “[The team] worked hard to finish off the regular season with a big win, which provides some momentum that we can keep going into playoffs,” Markey said. The combined efforts of goalkeepers Osegueda and Goldberg kept Southwestern off of the scoreboard. Adding to the campaign were Hopkins and Peddicord, who displayed strong defensive skill throughout the game. The game marked the end of regular season competition for the Tigers, who remain undefeated by conference teams, with 17 consecutive victories and a conference record of 12-0-0. Due to the SCAC victories, Trinity Women’s Soccer holds the title of SCAC regular season champions and the top seed for post-season tournament. Heading into playoffs, Trinity women’s soccer has an overall record of 18-0-1. They will host the conference tournament Nov. 7-9, on McGinlay Field. “We have been waiting to host the SCAC championship since I was a freshman, and it’s so nice that we finally get to host for our senior year,”Falcone said. “It’s such a relief that we still have another guaranteed home game.” The Tigers have a firstround bye and play at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8. The SCAC championship is at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9.
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