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Football conquers Centre for SCAC title

What’s Inside

twelfth night See a review of one of Will Shakespeare’s most famous and beloved plays.

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n Tigers remain

undefeated, earning most crucial win yet as they head to the playoffs

by Brooke Sanchez

that m-named movie The film is “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” the challenge is saying that five times fast.

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bottom photo by Christina Velasquez

(Top) Tiger players gather to celebrate their win. Fans rushed the field following Trinity’s 20-14 victory over the Centre Colonels last Saturday, Nov. 5.

Soccer at home Trinity is hosting NCAA playoffs for both men’s and women’s soccer teams.

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(Bottom) Junior quarterback Nyk McKissic runs past a Centre player and makes his way down the field. McKissic completed 1121 passes for 121 yards and a touchdown.

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Before the game last weekend, Nov. 5–6, head coach Steve Mohr reminded the Tigers that every class that has passed through the Trinity football program in his career has experienced a conference title. This year proved to be no different.

In what was arguably the most exciting game thus far this season, the Tigers defeated the Centre Colonels 20-14 in a battle of undefeated teams on Saturday to clench at minimum a share of the SCAC title and the NCAA playoff automatic bid for the first time since 2007.

The Tigers are now 9-0 overall and 5-0 for the SCAC. “There wasn’t a single

moment where my nerves weren’t going crazy,” said junior linebacker Phillip HinerLeamon. “We knew they had the best offense in the conference, but we were confident going into the game. Centre came out hard, but we were able to change the momentum. We knew that we had more passion than the opponent.”

The Tigers fell to a 14-point deficit in the second quarter when Centre scored their only two touchdowns for the day.

“The shorter our offense was on the field, the longer our defense was on, and they were just getting more and more tired – so that’s why they ended up scoring 14 points,” said junior wide receiver Riley Walker. “The last two-minute drive of the half really put into perspective how efficient we can be if we just put it together. Once we started making things happen I just felt our energy increase and we just n See TIGERS Page 24

Rushdie gives novel approach to politics n Award-winning author provides laughs, commentary on politics and the role of the novel in conveying information

by Alecia Jarrett Reporter

Sir Salman Rushdie, acclaimed author and winner of the Man Booker Prize , presented humorous insight into the role the novel plays in portraying truth in modern society during the 2011-2012 DeCoursey Lecture on Monday, Nov. 7 at Laurie Auditorium.

Rushdie contrasted the polarizing nature of modern America and world politics with the ability of the novel to examine character and influence change in society in his lecture titled “Public Events, Private Lies: Literature and Politics in the Modern World.”

“It’s a strange thing to listen to a writer speak; there’s no reason at all why writers should be able to do this,” Rushdie said after his introduction by Dennis Ahlburg, president of Trinity University.

Rushdie began his lecture with an anecdote about how Charles n

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Sir Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial “Satanic Verses,” gave a lecture on Monday, Nov. 7, about the value of the novel in the fast changing world.

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TUPD Briefs Information for these briefs was obtained from the public police records of the Trinity University Police Department located at 538 Kings Court.

Trouble Alarm

11-09-11, McLean Hall: 4:05 p.m.

Officers responded to an alarm activation. No smoke or fire found. It appeared that the smoke detector in room 125 activated. A service request was initiated.

Fire Alarm

World & Nation LOCAL

A proposal to allow the Confederate battle flag available on specialty license plates was rejected Thursday by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.

Governor Rick Perry has been silent on the issue, though he recently told reporters in Florida, “That’s just a part of history that you don’t need to scrape that wound again.” All nine members of the board voted unanimously against passing the proposal.

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NATIONAL

The Republican Debate this Wednesday night was a serious blunder for Texas Governor Rick Perry. The presidential candidate was discussing his plans for sizing government down, specifically eliminating three federal agencies. “The third agency of government I would do away with — the Education, the Commerce. And let’s see.

I can’t. The third one, I can’t,” Perry said.

“Oops.” The governor was trying to think of the Department of Energy.

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INTERNATIONAL

Chaos and panic is spreading throughout the European continent as Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister, announced his resignation after the latest austerity bill passes. The economic world has turned its eyes from Greece to Italy this week as the interest rate on Italy’s 10-year bonds traded around 7.3%. France and Germany are holding preliminary talks to break up the Eurozone, fearing that Italy is too big to rescue if its economy fails.

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11-09-11, McLean Hall: 10:45 a.m.

Officers responded to an alarm activation. It appeared the smoke detector in room 315 activated. A service request was initiated.

Health & Safety Code: Controlled Substance Act

11-08-11, Prassel Hall: 7:58 p.m.

Officers referred four students for a drug violation.

Health & Safety Code: Controlled Substance Act

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11-08-11, Thomas Hall: 3:28 p.m.

Health & Safety Code: Controlled Substance Act Officers referred a student for a drug violation.

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What are your goals for ASR?

11-07-11, Beze Hall: 6:55 p.m.

Officers responded to an alarm activation. No smoke or fire found. The alarm panel indicated trouble. Facilities Service personnel notified.

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11-07-11, Prassel Hall: 1:49 p.m.

Officers responded to an alarm activation. Smoke from a fire pump activated the smoke detectors. The building was evacuated and Facilities Services notified.

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11-06-11, Murchison Hall: 7:25 p.m.

Officers responded to an alarm activation. It appeared that the smoke detector in room 109 activated because of burnt food.

Alcohol & Beverage Code: Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor 11-06-11, Susanna Hall: 3:31 a.m.

Officers referred three students to the Student Conduct Board for an alcohol violation.

Correction In last week’s article titled “ASR raising activity fee,” Caroline Keener’s name was misspelled as “Kenner.”

[I am involved in] Delta Sigma Pi, the professional business fraternity.

Obviously we are the voice of the students, but if you ask me what I would like to see happen, I would like to see [ASR] have more say in decisions or be more powerful. Abroad student governments have power and they mobilize students; they can get all students to not go to class and protest…Students have more interest in pursuing their interests.

My personal issue is campus apartments or single rooms or reducing the three year requirement.

What have you done as an ASR representative that you are most proud of?

[I am proud of] approving the increase in the student activity fee. We are still working on it, but it is going to be great. We’ll be able to get more activities during the year such as the welcome week concert, and having more events on campus. Right now we are low on funds and we have to cut budgets here or not approve some stuff that we think is good but we just don’t have the money for.

If you had unlimited funds and no restrictions, what would you do in ASR?

I would really like to have on-campus houses – like actual little houses. I went to Skidmore [College] in New York, and they are like Trinity – it’s a small liberal arts, hippy-ish and they have houses. It’s like a house and there is an apartment in the basement and one on top and it’s for three or four people. They have a kitchen and a living area – it’s really neat. compiled by Samantha Bos

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ASR Briefs Sexual Diversity Alliance

$266 Passed SDA requested funds for an event called Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to grow awareness of antitransgender violence, at 6 p.m. on Nov. 20, in the Parker Chapel Courtyard. The event is being co-sponsored by United Methodist Student Movement. The money will be used to provide food and decoration.

Before the normal ASR procedure, Dennis Ahlburg, president of the university, held an informal Q&A session with the senators that lasted for an hour. Ahlburg fielded questions varying from topics such as: single houses and apartments on-campus for seniors, underage drinking, the small percentage of alumni donors as one of biggest challenges that the university sees and the level of school spirit.

After the funding requests, the senators went over the Student Organization Training PowerPoint to be used next semester for the organization leaders of the process of applying for funds to ASR, regarding what can be funded and what cannot. After, Raphael Moffett, director of Campus and Community Involvement, emphasized that ASR’s Student Activity Fund will be significantly larger next year and the senators will have to stop worrying about the dollar of the event and instead focus on the idea of the event and how it can impact Trinity.

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Author of “Satanic Verses” addresses character n continued from Page 1

Dickens made speaking tours popular and how his final tour led to a fatal disease. Dickens’ speaking tour represented the devotion of authors to promote change and spread the news in the age before mass media coverage.

The history also served as a set-up for a joke about the dangers that Rushdie faces in writing controversial books.

“Some writers are good at [speaking], but it kills them. So here I am this evening, risking my life. Perhaps not for the first time,” Rushdie said, referring to both Charles Dickens and the 10year fatwā issued against him by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini which is still in effect under the Iranian government.

Rushdie stressed the importance of writers telling the truth through novels, even though it is fiction. According to Rushdie, novels will always provide an empathetic medium of information.

“Writers can lift the lid off of the fiction of ordinary life [to] show you what’s really going on,” Rushdie said.

Books, according to Rushdie, can still provide “the news of lived experiences” while other forms of media may struggle with this.

“At the time of Dickens, people would find in the novel information about their society,

things that were going on in their country, which they would not find in any other source,” Rushdie said.

With so many other ways of receiving news nowadays, according to Rushdie, the conventional wisdom of providing news is no longer the main function of the novel.

“Things move very fast and the novel is a slow cumbersome form,” Rushdie said.

Even with new technology, such as the Internet, Rushdie argues that it does not yet have the capacity to support the proliferation of news that the traditional print media has.

“The old media is dying and the new has not yet been fully born,” Rushdie said.

While mainstream media is failing to understand the nature of events, Rushdie said, there is a place for books during the transition from print to electronic.

Transitioning to the role that novels play in the modern world, Rushdie mentioned two literary dangers that writers face today: datedness and the loss of the human scale.

“Fiction wants to be intimate and private,” Rushdie said. “We live in an age where that is very hard to do. The gap [between public and private life] has diminished.”

According to Rushdie, the gap between the private and public

photo by Purushottam Shah

Students and members of the San Antonio community fill Laurie Auditorium on Monday, Nov. 7, for Sir Salman Rushdie’s lecture, titled: “Public Events, Private Lies: Literature and Politics in the Modern World.” world has shrunk due to mass communication and globalized culture.

As the gap closes, Rushdie said a distinguishing aspect of the novel is that the fate of a fictional character is based on their internal nature more than the external circumstances that take place in a character’s life. Even though the novel is fictional, Rushdie argues, the ability for people to determine their own destiny is still relevant in today’s world, even as external

TU is checking out Lynda n Lynda.com, a website comprised of tutorials for software programs, has hundreds of users

by Alecia Jarrett Reporter

by John Reesman Intern

Lynda.com, a website that teaches about technology through video courses, currently has 460 Trinity users with the site license costing the university $24,000 a year.

In the Sept. 2 article “Web site helps students master needed skills,” the Trinitonian covered the introduction of Lynda to campus and Charles White, vice president for Information Resources said, “To justify our expenditure, we want people to use it. We want to see it being used.” The website, which provides brief tutorials for a wide range of computer software has been advertised around the university as the easy tutor and the administration hoped that enough students and faculty would use the website to justify the subscription costs.

An annual subscription to Lynda costs $250 per user, but through the Trinity license, each user costs around $52.

The website has been advertised around campus

throughout the semester, but Amy Chapman, communications coordinator for Information Technology Services, feels the reason behind the number of users is positive reinforcement from people who have used it.

“A lot of it has traveled by word of mouth,” Chapman said.

“That’s a good sign, I think, if people are actually telling others about it.”

According to Chapman, there are several faculty members who have used Lynda within their classrooms.

“I use Lynda as an adjunct to my regular curriculum,” said Lyn Belisle, instructor in the department of computer sciences.

“It is extremely helpful for my class, which is more or less a survey of survival skills using the computer in an academic environment.”

According to Belisle, her class uses Lynda to go beyond what they can do in the classroom with Excel, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Web and more.

“Lynda.com adds a new dimension to an area that a student may want to explore further than the classroom,” Belisle said.

Belisle has been a subscriber to Lynda for 25 years and has recently unsubscribed since Trinity provides this service for faculty, students and staff for free.

Cynara Medina, visiting assistant professor for the department of communication,

wanted to offer her students a free method for learning graphic design.

“I teach a class in media interpretation and criticism,” Medina said. “Traditionally, we’ve used this book called “The Nondesigners Design Book.”

And it’s not that expensive, but do I really want to make my students buy this book if they’re just going to use it for a month?”

Medina found a presentation called “Graphic Secrets for Business Professionals” on Lynda.com that her students can watch for free, and it only takes 30 minutes.

“I think that there’s a lot of possibilities, and I would like to see more people use it, but you have lot to realize that some of these things are easier to incorporate in certain disciplines than in others,” Medina said.

According to Medina, Lynda is very useful for the communication department because their courses involve technology.

“These tutorials give you expertise that you don’t have to master yourself,” Medina said.

According to Chapman, while Lynda continues to offer an upto-date quality service, Trinity will hopefully continue to offer the product.

“Nobody can know for sure how the budgeting will go, but it’s paying for itself in the ways that we’re able to use it as a resource at this point,” Chapman said.

factors appear to be controlling peoples’ lives.

“It feels that the things that shape our lives are not in our control,” Rushdie said. “It is within some peoples’ character to choose acts of violence and it is within others’ character to not.”

While public events affect private lives in the closing gap, according to Rushdie, it is ultimately up to an individual’s character to decide his or her fate.

“Who has power over the

story?” Rushdie asked the audience.

Humans are the only creatures who understand who they are through telling stories, according to Rushdie, and we all have power over that story.

“The narrative changes, in a free society, the story is argued and fought over, and it changes,” Rushdie said. “Liberty is the ability to change and retell the story.”

Ward Churchill revisited Last week we asked students to voice their opinions about Ward Churchill on www.trinitonian.com. These are the results of the poll:

During a special session of the International Colloquium, students and special guests gathered to reflect on Ward Churchill’s inflammatory speech given Wednesday, Nov. 2. The class was open to the Trinity University and San Antonio community and attendants included Dennis Ahlburg, president of the university; Michael Fischer, vice president for Faculty and Student Affairs; Diane Graves, university librarian; Diane Smith, associate vice president of Budget and Research and Sharon Jones Schweitzer, assistant vice president of University Communications among other faculty and staff guests.

After a brief introduction by Rob Huesca, professor of communication and director of international programs, Arturo Madrid, Norene R. and T. Frank Murchison Distinguished Professor of the Humanities and professor of modern languages and literatures read a speech written by David Spener, associate professor of sociology and anthropology, and one of his own creation. After a brief discussion period, Ahlburg addressed the issue of Churchill’s speech as exemplifying academic freedom. According to Ahlburg, academic works need to be accurate, relevant and respectful. Ahlburg systematically addressed each of these issues and demonstrated how Churchill’s speech did not meet the qualifications of good scholarly work.

After the speeches, there was another period of discussions during which some faculty and staff voiced concerns about Churchill as being a poor role model of academic standards. A large number of students, however, stated that they felt that the discussion spurred by the controversy was beneficial to the university.

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Invisible children find voice Invisible Children, an organization dedicated to bringing an end to Joseph Kony’s use of child soldiers in the rebel war in central Africa, visited Trinity University on Wednesday, Nov. 9 as part of the organization’s Frontline Tour.

“Tony,” a documentary about the Ugandan boy who is the inspiration for the Frontline Tour, was shown followed by remarks from Angwech Collines, a resident of Uganda and a survivor of the Lord’s Resistance Army conflict.

Thanks to funds and support from Invisible Children, Collines

is part of less than one percent of Ugandan women attending university. She has taken a break from school this year to travel around the United States with Invisible Children to help spread the word of the atrocities of Kony’s LRA and encourage support from American citizens.

“When the rebels were still in Uganda, we could not stay at home during the night. It was safer to hide in the jungle or in alleys in the city. It scared me,” said Collines.

“My cousin stayed in the jungle for eight months hiding from the rebel

army. She was traumatized. When she finally came back home, she killed her sister as an effect of the trauma she had been forced to go through.”

Although the LRA has begun to concentrate its forces elsewhere in Africa in places such as Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Invisible Children is still determined to bring an end to the threat Kony and his rebel army poses.

“The people of Congo have not done anything wrong. They do not deserve this,” Collines said.

by Kenneth Caruthers, Intern

photos by Kendra Moloney

On left, merchandise from Invisible Children was on display and available for purchase as part of the event that included guest speaker Angwech Collines, standing with the microphone on right.

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Sexual assault training provides support for victims nStudents, faculty and staff available to answer questions, assist sexual assault survivors

by Rachel Puckett Reporter

After completing training last month, Trinity’s Sexual Assault Survivor Advocates began their second year of serving students who are victims of sexual assault.

The program began last year thanks largely to the efforts of David Tuttle, associate vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students.

“The role of the advocate is to listen to what somebody says and to kind of lay out what options they have and to be an ally through whatever process the student chooses or doesn’t choose,” Tuttle said.

In order to provide this service to students, advocates must complete training that includes presentations by a detective from the San Antonio Police Department, a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and a student who was assaulted and went through the advocacy program. Additionally, potential advocates role-play to gain listening skills as well as learn the university’s policy and procedures on sexual assault. They also and undergo a background check.

It’s effective in that it sends a message to the community that this is an important issue and that we want students to be comfortable coming forward if they have been sexually assaulted.

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David Tuttle

associate vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students

The purpose of the advocate program, as Tuttle explained, is to give students options when looking for someone to talk to about assault outside of Trinity University Police Department, Residential Life or Campus and Community Involvement staff, many of whom are trained in the university’s sexual assault policy and procedure.

Thus far, Tuttle has been pleasantly surprised by the amount of interest shown in the program.

“Initially when we put this in place, I was imagining, you know, ten advocates or something like that. And we had such a positive response from people wanting to

do it that we ended up with over thirty.”

In addition to providing training its second year, the program also invited students to participate.

Senior Nicole Castro was one student who showed particular interest in SASA. After contacting Tuttle to ask about becoming an advocate, Castro became instrumental in over-hauling this year’s training. Through her work with the Rape Crisis Center, Castro secured the San Antonio police detective and SANE presentations.

With the help of other SASAs, Castro hopes to start a discussion on campus about sexual assault.

“I think it’s good to talk about the fact that we do have a program.

Sexual assault is one of those things that is not party conversation; it’s not something that you want to talk about with your friends, but in any way that we can start having a dialogue and a conversation letting people know that it’s something to talk about, and that there is peer support for people who go through [sexual assault],” Castro said.

With this conversation, Castro hopes to also make people aware that women are not the only victims of sexual assault.

“A lot of men are sexually assaulted, and it’s even harder for them to come forward because it’s seen as a women’s problem,” Castro said.

Even as the group continues to grow and spread awareness about sexual assault, it is difficult to assess the successfulness of the program.

“It’s effective in that it sends a message to the community that this is an important issue and that we want students to be comfortable coming forward if they have been sexually assaulted,” Tuttle said.

In terms of numbers, Tuttle estimates that half a dozen students sought out advocates last year.

Already this year, Castro has been approached twice for consultation about situations involving sexual assault.

Andrew Kania, associate professor of psychology and first time advocate, sees the program as one that will experience more use as it gains more participants.

“The main thing is that it seems like the sort of program that it would be great to have as many people in as possible. The basic idea is, if you’ve been sexually assaulted or you have been involved in a sexual assault or you have question about that kind of thing, that you might want someone to go and talk to, particularly someone that you already know,” Kania said.

Because sexual assault is a complex issue on college campuses, the Sexual Assault Survivor Advocates do not believe the problem will be solved soon.

“We are trying to educate our population about [sexual assault],” Tuttle said. “We’re trying to approach it from multiple angles in terms of education and prevention and resources and effective policy.”

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Sexual Assault Survivor Advocates David Tuttle

associate vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students

Nicole Castro

Andrew Kania

senior

associate professor of psychology

Fast facts about sexual assault: - Most victims know their attackers.

- There is a difference between sexual assault and regretful sex.

- Similarly, there is a difference between seduction and coercion.

- Trinity defines sexual assault as involving “force or a lack of informed consent.”

- Reports of sexual assaults do not always result in hearings—when students approach advocates, the interaction can be focused solely on counseling.

- Trinity has over 30 trained Sexual Assault Survivor Advocates in a variety of departments.

- A complete list of advocates and policies and procedures about sexual assault can be found online at http://web.trinity.edu/x6044.xml compiled by Rachel Puckett

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Study abroad adviser explores new territory

by Kellie Benn Reporter

Study Abroad adviser Tisha Temple will be leaving her post at Trinity at the end of this month to take a position at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Tex. Temple will be Southwestern’s new director of Intercultural Learning and will oversee both the international students and the study abroad program, which is an improvement from her current position in the International Programs Office at Trinity.

The void left by Temple’s departure will be filled by Brigette Thompson, who is currently serving as the International Student and Scholar advisor. In what is basically a lateral move, she will take over Temple’s position and responsibilities as study abroad adviser when Temple leaves.

The International Programs Office is currently seeking applicants for Thompson’s position, which they hope to fill by the beginning of the spring

semester, if not sooner. Today, Friday, Nov. 11, is the last day applications will be accepted.

Thompson has experience working with both Temple and Nancy Ericksen, assistant director for Study Abroad, with study abroad procedures, thus making the transition a little easier on everyone. “[Thompson has] been working with Nancy and me for the past one and a half years helping with some of the sessions we do… and [she] understands the whole process of the office so really it would just be picking up those additional pieces that she needs in order to really do my job,” Temple said. “It was an absolute thrill for us to have her come over to this side just because she already knows Trinity; she knows the ropes of the office so it won’t be as steep of a learning curve for her.”

Although initially Ericksen will take on a majority of the advising duties, Thompson will be able to take over some of the presentations and paperwork she’s already familiar with and gradually transition into advising students.

“We’re fortunate to have a staff member in our International Student and Scholar Offices who knows a great deal of Tisha’s job. I think that the transition is going to be far smoother than it ordinarily would be,” said

Robert Huesca, director of the International Programs Office.

[Thompson has] been working with Nancy and me for the past one and a half years helping with some of the sessions we do… and [she] understands the whole process of the office so really it would just be picking up those additional pieces that she needs to in order to really do my job.

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nTisha Temple, one of only two current study abroad advisers, leaves Trinity for Southwestern

Tisha Temple

Study abroad adviser

A graduate of Trinity, Temple says she enjoyed her time here at the university but feels now

is the right time to move on and pursue other goals.

“I’ve been at Trinity for six and a half years and really felt like I’d kind of reached my potential here,” Temple said.

“Nancy [Ericksen] has been an amazing mentor throughout these six and a half years. She really helped me with the path I should be following in order to get into the field, so coming back and working with her has been a dream, but I kind of feel like I’ve gotten to the point where she’s given me all of the resources that I need and has now kind of also given me a little bit of a push to get out on my own and see what I can do with it.”

Ericksen admits she will miss Temple but feels she has learned a lot in her time here and is ready to move into her new position at Southwestern.

“I think she’s smart; she’s well-organized; she has a solid background now not just in the things you have to know about risk management and financial aid and so forth – you can get a lot of that out of workshops – but she also really has learned the hands-on things that never fit into any workshop. Every job has that,” Ericksen said.

Although Huesca said he will miss Temple’s calm and cool demeanor in what he says can be an intense and hectic

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Tisha Temple, a Trinity alumna and study abroad adviser, will be starting her new job as director of Intercultural Learning at Southwestern University on Dec.1, 2011. Taking her place will be Brigette Thompson, the current International Student and Scholar advisor.

Temple’s last day at Trinity Unviersity will be Nov. 30.

environment, he recognizes this is as a great opportunity for her.

“She’s a great employee, we’re gonna miss her but we’re all excited for her,” Huesca said. “This is a great opportunity for her at this stage in her career. It’s is a real endorsement of her competencies.

She’s taking on a big job – director of Intercultural studies at SW – it’s a major step up for her.”

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TU should protect gender identity Guest Column

by John Dean Domingue and Caitlin Gallagher Members of the Sexual Diversity Alliance

Many students come to Trinity expecting to study and live in an environment that fosters openness and safety. Queer students especially need this type of environment in order to be productive learners, considering we face disproportionately higher rates of suicide and victimization by hate-motivated crimes, not to mention higher rates of homelessness and sexual assault.

When we come to school here, many of us finally find a place where we feel we can come out without fear for our safety or fear of rebukes from students, faculty or staff.

This sense of safety was shattered in reading Professor David Crockett’s Nov. 4 Trinitonian article, “Threats to freedom of conscience could have far-reaching consequences,” in which our struggle as queer people to live openly and honestly is called a “sexual freedom agenda,” our lived experiences summed up as an “effort to redefine the normative boundaries of sexual behavior” and our brave allies dehumanized as “pressure groups.”

We recognize and decry these claims as blatantly heterosexist, harmful and steeped in a long tradition of a bigoted fabrication of reality. In using queer sexualities as rhetorical tools to make some abstract point about the freedom of conscience, Crockett not only ignores our collective experience as an oppressed people, but also

redefines our existence as an oppressive force on religious groups, ignoring the fact that many of us are religious ourselves.

Speaking as representatives of the Sexual Diversity Alliance, we feel the need to address this attack on the authenticity of our identity as queer people in relation to other protected identity classes.

Sexual identity and religious identity are both just identities which people claim, create, discover or otherwise possess.

We, as a democratic citizenry, have created laws in some parts of the country that protect both of these classes at an equal level with other classes like race and disability.

Crockett argues that religious groups should be able to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender and marital status; if unable to do so, Crockett argues, their “freedom of conscience” will be threatened. By giving religious groups this ability to discriminate, the government would be acknowledging that religious identity is superior to sexual identity, thus creating several tiers of rights accessible

by Americans.

The SDA, as an equal rights advocacy organization, vehemently opposes the establishment of multiple tiers of rights and argues that no religious identity magically endows one person or group the ability to discriminate against members of another protected class. We believe sexual orientation, gender and marital status (among other classes such as gender identity and expression) should have the same level of protection from discrimination that all other

Armagetiton

Ashley Feinberg calls for everyone to join her in celebrating the end of time Page 9

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by Kim and Chiara Ferrari

editorial

Controversial ad has the right to run The Trinitonian was faced with a difficult decision this week concerning the David Horowitz Freedom Center advertisement (see Page 12). We had two options: either we refuse to run the ad and avoid the controversy altogether or we run the ad and risk serious backlash.

After careful consideration we decided to run the ad, concluding that it is our job as journalists and free speech advocates to allow for the expression of all opinions, no matter how controversial.

We did not take the decision to run the ad lightly, and we knew that it had the potential to upset our readers.

Freedom is what brings people from all over the world to the United States, and dissention, argument and struggle play an uncomfortable yet vital role in securing that right. Religion is a sensitive topic for debate in this country, especially because we have worked so hard to protect our right to believe what we want, free from persecution. There is a fine line between criticism and bigotry, and it is up to you to decide where you place the Horowitz ad.

Since 1988, the David Horowitz Freedom Center has been crusading against “the radical left and its Islamist allies,” according to their web site (www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org). Horowitz has spearheaded several other organizations, including Jihadwatch, Wednesday Morning Club and Students for Academic Freedom. According to their web site (www.studentsforacademicfreedom. org), SAF is “a clearing house and communications center for a national coalition of student organizations whose goal is to end the political abuse of the university and to restore integrity to the academic mission as a disinterested pursuit of knowledge.”

The solicitation by the Freedom Center seems rather timely following the controversy last week over visiting lecturer Ward Churchill’s speech on academic freedom and his demonstration of a Nazi salute to Penelope Harley (see Page 3 “Ward Churchill Revisited). The question of whether common decency should determine the limits of free speech is fresh on our minds from Churchill’s visit and fittingly carries over to discussion of the Horowitz ad.

Another Trinity guest lecturer familiar with adversity, Sir Salman Rushdie discussed during his lecture this past Monday his perception of the devolution of the media, arguing that journalism is losing its ability to cover important news in a way that promotes great change; that because of the rapid, quick-fire nature of 24/7 news, nothing of value is really covered anymore (See Page 1 “Speaker gives novel approach to politics”).

This point solidified our confidence in running the ad. What we hope to gain from this situation is an opportunity for progressive discussion on an important issue that affects everyone in our nation. It is a mistake to shy away from controversy, especially on a college campus, where we are gaining experience in dealing with issues that effect not only ourselves but the world.

While we stand by our decision to run the ad, we encourage you to respond to our choice. This is our chance to start a meaningful conversation. In the true spirit of academic freedom, let’s show the world that we can form an argument based on openness, inquiry and diversity of experience.

Do you agree with the Trinitonian’s decision to run the Horowitz ad?

Vote in this week’s online poll, send a letter to the editor at trinitonian@trinity.edu or write a guest column.

We want to hear from you!

n See SDA Page 11

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Trinitonian November 11, 2011

Opinion letters to the editor

Freedom of Conscience leads to “endless stream of exemptions” Dear Editor, I write not to disagree with the specifics of David Crockett’s argument (Nov. 4, 2011) for exemptions on the basis of conscientious objection. Rather, I find fault with his implication (in the penultimate sentence of the column) that we should and can avoid the slippery slope of political intervention and its “farreaching consequences.” If we follow Crockett’s implied logic of exempting all persons with “intellectually defensible,” “deep convictions,” we can imagine an endless stream of exemptions with extremely far-reaching consequences itself. Why, for instance, shouldn’t a conscientious Jehovah’s Witness seeking a M.D. in hematology be exempted from having to study/perform blood transfusions? By the same logic, shouldn’t a pacifist soldier be exempted from combat duty in the Marine Corps? For that matter, why shouldn’t the anarchist steeped in the intellectually defensible work of, say, the philosopher Pierre Kropotkin be exempted from observing any rules in whatever organization of which she is a member on grounds that she conscientiously objects to formal rules? You see my point. The same holds for organizations that want to be exempted from having to practice equal treatment. If a medical school’s administration sincerely believes that its degree recipients should study a minimum set of legal medical procedures including abortion in order to be properly prepared physicians, how does barring/expelling those who refuse to learn the abortion procedure differ significantly from a Christian student organization like InterVarsity, which wants to bar/expel members unwilling to study or follow certain precepts of the Bible?

Do I accuse Crockett of the double standard of wanting to exempt only those groups and individuals whose values he prefers? Yes. But the more important point is that no one committed to a specific set of values can avoid the double standard. There is no way of forever escaping the slippery slope of discriminating against one’s philosophical foes. In the morally pluralist world we now inhabit, persons who wish to live firmly according to their convictions will likely clash with equally committed persons who adhere to opposing values.

In that instance where the values are incompatible, the morally committed individual or group must decide to silence, exclude or in some way disadvantage opponents (or else compromise the very values to which they are firmly committed, an approach, by the way, that I personally recommend exploring). This is an ultimately political act of power that entails imposing “my” values on my foes. Anyone, therefore, who aspires to live firmly by his or her values should prepare for this unavoidable political battle, including being on the winning or losing end. One best avoids the latter by maneuvering to make one’s own values dominant. But I suspect Crockett knows or intuits just this, and is among the reasons why he frequently contributes his intriguing columns to the campus newspaper. n Peter O’Brien is a professor of political science.

Crockett misses chance to offend transgendered

Dear Editor, Reading Dr. Crockett’s Nov. 4 column, I was puzzled to find a missed opportunity for easy discrimination. He spends his entire column discussing the evils of the infamous homosexual agenda, or “sexual freedom agenda” in his words, and abortion, the “population...agenda.” He neglects, however, an entire segment of the population which many argue deserves the most discrimination of all: the transgender community. This apparent invisibility of the community to which I belong is fascinating in an article dedicated to cheap shots. After all, would it hurt to take one more?

Then an all too familiar nagging settled in me. The transgender community is now neglected so often that Dr. Crockett gets away with bashing only the gays. Though he mentions that gender-based discrimination should be allowed by religious groups, he completely ignores defining that as “gender identity or expression.” Lacking a definition, his argument thus implies discrimination based on sex. By only talking about sexual orientation and gender, he completely limits his options. Also, by including marital status in this list of discrimination-worthy categories, he privileges married couples more than single people like me or most students here. One could even say that he was discriminatory in deciding how to discriminate, which gives us the most puzzling term of the week: meta-discrimination.

Imagine this legal discrimination as a bigotry bread line: who will be first for some righteous discrimination?

In Dr. Crockett’s article, it is non-transgender gays and lesbians, women, and married couples (probably gay ones, though he doesn’t specify). And who gets to sit on the curb? Transgender people. Again. Thanks a lot, dude. n Luca Keefer is a first year.

A puppy perspective: I don’t understand Dear Human, I’m so sorry for whatever I did that made you so angry at me. I’m only a puppy and have a lot to learn in life.

I really don’t remember much of what happened. I remember waking up, excited that a new day was beginning and that I would be able to get an occasional pat on the head from you, or perhaps you’d say my name and that I’d get something to eat and some water to drink. Or maybe a chance to chase a squirrel or play with tennis ball, or go for a walk or a run with you.

Was it when I got out of the house/yard that made you hate me so much? Or perhaps it was that I got hit by that car that made you decide to tie a rope around my neck and tie me up to that tree at Trinity University? Maybe I had too many accidents at home that upset you? Or perhaps it was because I got to excited whenever you came home?

I tried to be a good boy. I waited at that tree like you told me to. I thought maybe you were just punishing me by leaving me there for a little while and that you’d eventually come back and forgive me.

I want you to know that despite my front leg being hurt so badly, I did try to get away from those strangers that were trying to be nice to me, and see if I could run to catch you. But I couldn’t move very fast, and I didn’t see which way you went. I’m not familiar with where you left me, so I couldn’t try to get home.

But it’s okay. I forgive you; I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me. A very nice man and his family have taken me in to care for me until you decide to forgive me. He gently carried me, because my front leg hurt so badly and gave me a ride to their house. They gave me a bath and cleaned up my injured leg, and gave me something to eat and a nice place to sleep. My leg is healing nicely and should be all better by the time you forgive me and come get me.

Something deep inside of me is telling me that you won’t forgive me and won’t be coming to bring me home. But that’s okay, too. I forgive you and my new humans forgive you too.

Signed, Junior the dog n Harold Lovejoy is the director of environmental health and safety. This piece was written in response

to an event where a dog was abandoned outside of Coates Library on Oct. 26. In his accompanying email to the Trinitonian, Lovejoy wrote, “I want them to know that Junior is safe, his injuries are being tended to, and he has a nice place in the country to live out his life, with all the other animals and strays.”

Following David Crockett’s column in last week’s issue where he stated, “There are numerous stories of medical school students and residents who face pressure from their programs to participate in abortion-related training...” We asked our readers to weigh in on the topic. See the results above.

Religious orgs exempt from laws Guest Column

by Amy Stone

Assistant Professor

As a scholar who has a forthcoming book on nondiscrimination laws that protect people from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression, I was shocked at the misrepresentation of these laws and their purpose in David Crockett’s column last week.

Crockett argued that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights are a threat to people’s “freedom of conscience,” an argument that is frequently used to oppose non-discrimination laws in all their forms. Indeed this argument is very old; it was used to oppose the passage of federal civil rights laws in the 1960s, as many individuals argued that religion dictated the division of races.

First, it’s important to realize all the rights afforded to churches as religious organizations. In most non-discrimination laws, there is an exemption for churches. Thus, churches can hire someone based on their marital status, gender, sexual orientation, religion or whatever criteria are relevant for the job. They are also not required to conduct marriage ceremonies with any couple.

Second, we all have the right to our belief systems, according to the Constitution. We can believe anything we want about sexual orientation, marriage, abortion, the role of women in society, whether or not those beliefs are religious.

However, with both of these things in mind, things change when we work alongside others in the secular civil society. Although we may have a wide array of religious beliefs, we cannot force them upon others or commit social injustices in the name of religion and call it “freedom of conscience.”

For example, there is a difference between a church and a faith-based organization such as Catholic Charities. In my work with non-profits who serve homeless individuals across the city, I have seen faith-based organizations provide compassionate and caring service to the homeless. What we have to remember about these organizations is they take funds from the city and the federal government to provide these

services. When same-sex marriage became legal in Washington DC, Catholic Charities was receiving $22 million from the city to provide

social services. Catholic Charities made a decision in response to the legalization of same-sex marriage: they discontinued their contract with the city for foster and adoption services due to their unwillingness to place foster children with same-sex couples.

That “public good” did not disappear; another social service agency happily stepped in and ran the foster and adoption program.

This case illustrates that there are indeed difficult decisions that face people based on their religious beliefs. But religious beliefs themselves are not “special”; they do not put us above the law. We can believe whatever we want, but due to non-discrimination laws we do not have the right to violate someone else’s civil rights in the name of religion. We cannot decide to hire and fire people, provide services or not, based on them. We cannot harass people in the workplace or classroom because of them either.

It’s important to realize that if faith-based organizations are going to serve the public, they cannot pick and choose who that public is. Faith-based organizations who manage foster and adoption programs will be dealing with both same-sex couples who want to adopt and (more importantly, in my opinion) foster children who are LGBT-identified. Faithbased organizations who manage homeless shelters are going to encounter the devastating rates of homelessness among transgender individuals and among LGBT teenagers. For years I worked in a teen homeless shelter in Michigan, and every day we dealt with LGBT teenagers who ran away from hostile faith-based foster homes or who could not find refuge in local faith-based shelters. These children are the most vulnerable among us. How is this serving them? How is this a “public good”?

Finally, it’s important to realize why these non-discrimination laws exist at all in schools, corporations and cities across the country.

There is currently no federal law that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression. In other words, in most states (Texas included) it is completely legal to fire someone because they are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.

Yes, you read that sentence right.

Completely legal. If we want to talk about threats to freedom, imagine being denied the freedom to openly be who you are every day. n

Amy Stone is an assistant professor of sociology and anthropology.

Opinion

The rapture is upon us, kids

by Ashley Feinberg

Senior

Most people who know me to some degree are also fully aware that I take a mildly concerning amount of pleasure in discussing the impending rapture. While this may seem odd considering that I a) am not religious in any sense and as a result b) would almost certainly find myself in the more fiery of apocalyptic fates, I am also a steadfast believer that open minds generate positivity and that high temperatures keep you nice and limber. An eternity of fire and brimstone is a hell of a lot more manageable when you can outrun Satan’s minions with the ease of an 18-year-old.

As many of you know, though, the world was slated to end on May 21, 2011. It didn’t didn’t—supposedly. The day of reckoning was again supposed to be upon us on Oct. 21, 2011.

I’m sure, just like me, all of you were once again waiting eagerly on your lawns to ease your ascension into heaven with minimal blockage and “Defying Gravity” ready to play on your iPods at a moment’s notice.

Sadly, the day came and went with little fanfare and not a single fiery horseman to be seen.

The more time goes on, though, the more I begin to wonder—

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The more time goes on, though the more I begin to wonder— are we really, quite sure that we’re not in the midst of the world’s brutal and torturous end of days?

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The Feiner Things

are we really, quite sure that we’re not in the midst of the world’s brutal and torturous end of days? Let’s take a look at the facts I’ve made up after briefly skimming several websites that don’t appear to have been updated since the dancing, naked baby delighted our (my) screen for hours.

Now, from what I understand, when the rapture came—I use the past tense both to strengthen my argument of our non-ascension as well as to let whomever our future overlords may be know that I’m aware of what has happened and offer my aid in return for preferential treatment and what will soon be highly coveted sunscreen—there was no way we could have known that anything happened. In the case of an invisible rapture, the more pious companions will smugly ascend to heaven, leaving all nonbelievers,

waywards, heathens, harlots and everyone else who is otherwise enjoyable to spend the next seven years in a period known as the Tribulation. That, party girls and boys, is where we find ourselves today.

Disasters of epic proportions reign supreme in this period of comeuppance, and we’ve certainly fit the bill with devastating events including, but not limited to, Hurricane Katrina, the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan, famine in Somalia, and, most recently, the current lineup of Republican presidential hopefuls. What about pestilence, you say?

Allow me to point out avian flu, swine flu, monkey pox and Justin Bieber’s potential progeny. And things are only getting worse. The economy has been on a downswing; Kim Kardashian’s divorce tore our hearts in two; and now the rest of the country has been made aware, repeatedly, that we elected a governor who either pregames primary debates or just genuinely has the attention span and verbal capacity of a 9-year-old. I’m not sure which I prefer.

Regardless, if I have to accept the fact that I didn’t make the heavenly cut, I’m glad to know that all you lovely individuals will be spending eternity by my side. Let me know if you’re ever in need of sunscreen, and I’ll see you in hell. n Ashley Feinberg is a senior

English and communication major.

Hello fall weather, hello bargains! À La Mode

by Taylor Dolan

Columnist

Since that one day last week of crisp, cold weather, I have been curled up in flannels and all of those pre-loved and pre-worn items in my closet, and I plan on determinedly wearing them as a protest of sorts until fall decides to show up. In celebration of this decision, I spent the weekend rifling through racks of secondhand clothing with my ever-fashionable suitemates.

And much to my surprise, one of them had never tackled this genre of shopping. Most likely from the sheer overwhelming nature of the warehouse-like setups in most Goodwill and recycled clothing centers, she had never experienced the joy of getting six sweaters at $3.99 apiece. So for your future winter shopping needs, here are some tips and advice for tackling secondhand shopping and re-selling in San Antonio.

1. First, a little vocabulary lesson: there is indeed difference between thrift, vintage and consignment. Thrift generally applies to stores that receive clothing donations and sell them at drastically reduced prices – stores like Goodwill. Vintage

implies that the clothing items are from bygone decades. Each clothing item has been selected by vintage buyers, and then is sold on a piece-by-piece basis. This gives most vintage stores a boutique status, and a much higher overall price range. Consignment stores are usually also a part of the vintage process, as individual sellers can showcase their items and if they sell, make a part of the profit.

2. The best thrift store hot spots include Boysville (307 West Olmos Dr.), and any of the nearby Goodwill stores (several locations within a 15 minute drive). I recently got a vintage “Members Only” leather jacket from Boysville at majorly discounted price. On top of those cheap prices, they are always having additional sales, so check the dry erase board at the front door when you walk in. Also check for missing buttons or an inability to close zippers, as these little details can occasionally knock a few more dollars off.

3. When it comes to resale, the classic choices are Buffalo Exchange (145 West Olmos Dr.) and Plato’s Closet (754 NW Loop 410). Please note that these are not wholly consignment, thrift or vintage stores. You are free to bring in whatever items you wish to attempt to sell; they will dig through your bag and give you a small compensation

for the items they wish to keep, the rest you can take home or donate (most stores will take the leftovers to Goodwill for you). Both stores are rather picky. Plato’s Closet only takes brand name clothing (think Abercrombie & Fitch, Forever 21, Hollister, etc. The sales associates rarely recognize items from stores like Free People because the brands are more obscure), and Buffalo Exchange tends to gravitate towards the bizarre. Buffalo advertises that they are interested in vintage buys, but after several attempts to sell some beautiful dresses from the ’60s and ’70s, it seems to me that that tag on their website is more for image than actual sales. Finally, fold your clothing items nicely before you bring them into the store. The more you cherish and respect your clothing, the more likely the sales associate will see its potential value.

Parting Fashion Tip #5: Know name brands BEFORE you attack these stores. I was able to get one Ralph Lauren denim shirt, one Dockers’ flannel and several vintage pieces for less than twenty dollars. Amazing considering that one Ralph Lauren denim can sell anywhere from $50 to $285. n

Taylor Dolan is a senior French and studio art major.

Trinitonian November 11, 2011

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Sidewalk Symposium What class would you create at Trinity and why?

Tiffany Prasifka Junior “Napping 101, because every Trinity student deserves to nap more.”

Kendra Doshier Senior “Trolling 101, because people need to know how to do it right.”

Erin Richards Sophomore “Rock climbing, because it’s rockin’.”

Andrea Penafiel Sophomore “Salsa dancing, because it’s fun.”

Rachel Lake Junior “Cooking, because there isn’t a Mabee in the real world.”

Rishya Fernando First Year “Cricket, because people need to learn how to play a real sport.”

Adhwaith Mani First Year “Stand-up comedy, because I want to be good at it.”

Tim Duvarney Senior “Wind-surfing class, because it looks exhilirating.”

Trevor Flynn Junior

“Pretentiousness in art history, because I feel it would illuminate various phenomena imparted to us by stuff.”

compiled by Asavari Jalan, Intern

Opinion

10 Trinitonian November 11, 2011

Thinking about graduate school? Think again.

Guest Column

by Twyla Hough

Assistant Director

Five Reasons to Go to Graduate School: 1) Prospect of Job Searching in the Current Economy is Too Daunting 2)Higher Degree Equals Higher Pay 3)Fear of the Unknown, e.g. the “Real World” 4)It’s the Automatic Next Step After Undergrad 5)Everybody’s Doing It Okay, so the title of this list

is a bit misleading in implying these were going to be five good reasons as opposed to five poor excuses. Then again, all of them aren’t necessarily poor reasons. A few could pass as mediocre, and might even be considered good if accompanied by a more logical reason. Making the decision to go to graduate school solely based on any of the above reasons can be a very big –and costly–mistake. Yes, a job search in the current economy may be difficult and will require more proactive planning than in previous years, but graduate school is not a guaranteed alternative toward career success. Speak with professionals and employers in your chosen profession to find out if graduate school is recommended.

Notice the plural. Obtaining feedback from more than one source is essential. Include your faculty, career advisor, alumni and recruiters on the list of people you poll for information.

In reference to the second reason, assuming “higher degree equals higher pay” can lead to bitter disappointment. A degree typically doesn’t stand on its own. Having work experience to demonstrate your ability is ideal. As you gather information to determine what is the best next step towards your career success explore what employers in your industry value in strong candidates. If a graduate degree is expected, ask if it is better to gain work experience before, after or during graduate studies. This

can help you make an informed decision.

Hopefully it is obvious to you that the logic behind the last three reasons is unsound. Avoiding the “real world” by continuing your studies is a temporary solution.

Rest assured that the “real world” will likely stalk you patiently and then attack when you least expect it. Knowing this, you might as well face it head-on. Additionally, assuming graduate school is always the next step after undergrad is a mistake. It’s not the way high school is the logical next step after middle school. Research the profession to confirm such assumptions as either true or false.

Finally, anyone using the excuse “everybody’s doing it” can

be identified as one of the least prepared for graduate studies. It’s lame when children try to use it as justification for an action and even more so when adults try to use it.

Graduate school is a big decision and can be a very rewarding investment. However, as with most major investments, do a bit of infogathering before making a decision.

You have plenty of resources to help you explore your options. For further assistance, consider visiting Career Services to discuss ways to explore whether graduate school is a logical next step in pursuing your career goals. n Twyla Hough is the assistant

director for career services.

point counter point

A worthy investment indeed Take your ring at face value Point

by Amanda Benbow

Alumna

There are three milestones in our lives that are traditionally accompanied by a ring: graduation from high school, graduation from college and marriage.

I have one of those three rings: my class ring from college.

The first ring, the high school class ring, is arguably less important than the college class ring. A high school diploma is much more common, and it is cheaper and easier to obtain than a college degree. Since I had every intention of going to college, I didn’t see the sense in dropping two hundred dollars or more on a high school class ring. Furthermore, I didn’t particularly enjoy high school. Am I proud that I graduated? Sure. Do I want to walk around sporting jewelry intended to remind me of high school? Not in the least.

I do, however, enjoy owning a ring that reminds me of my experiences at Trinity. It may not be the most aesthetically pleasing ring I’ve ever seen, but that’s what a wedding ring is for. I don’t care so much about what my class ring looks like, I care more about what it symbolizes. When I look at my ring, I am reminded of four wonderful years of learning, friendship and accomplishment. I worked incredibly hard for my diploma, and I’m proud to

be a Trinity alumna. For me, my ring has much more sentimental value than monetary value. It is a milestone ring.

That is the justification for my purchase of my class ring.

Since I graduated I took a job as a research assistant in Chicago, Illinois, and I like to wear my ring to work every now and then. It already has some wear on it, so I don’t recommend wearing it on a regular basis, but I’m still happy with my ring despite the flaws. Trinity is where I discovered my interest in research, and I came to Chicago in pursuit of that interest. Wearing the ring serves as a reminder of that, and it’s a good motivator.

I’ve only been out of college for six months, but I still think my ring was a worthy investment. I won’t tell you how old my mother is, but she still has her class ring from her alma mater (University of Florida), and she still wears it. I like to think that I will still wear my class ring when I’m 50 too (oops! Sorry Mom!). n Amanda Benbow is a

member of the class of 2011.

To order an official Trinity University ring, contact Balfour at 1-866-225-3687 or visit the Balfour ring website. Students can also purchase their rings in the Coates University Center at different times throughout the semester. For more information contact Christine Sun in the Office of Alumni Relations at (210) 999-8405 or at Christine.Sun@trinity.edu.

Counter Point

by Brittany Losey

Senior

As a Trinity senior, I can attest to the amount of work we put in over the course of four years. After 73 hours spent in the classroom, Trinity starts to dangle the carrot—a nice, shiny, expensive carrot— in front of us to commemorate what we’ve accomplished and to inspire us to achieve more. The class ring tradition is a valued one, and for good reason—it highlights our connection to Trinity, to education and to what lies ahead. Its symbolic value certainly should not be underestimated, but when it comes time to purchase yours, remember to take it for what it is—a small, vulnerable hunk of metal.

I remember the excitement of being eligible to buy my class ring last year.

Not only did this mean I was halfway done with college, but also rings are probably my favorite type of jewelry, and this is certainly one to have for the collection. Unfortunately, nothing went quite as planned in the process of ordering my ring. From enduring the bombardment of class ring emails to deciding on the minutest of details (Diamond? No diamond?) to arguing with the Balfour lady about the type of metal I want (I dare you to ask about the differences between silver and white gold), simply getting the ring on my finger was a battle. Sadly, the ring

was unable to withstand the battle of residing on my hand past the weekend.

The ring suffered a significant scratch on its side within three days of being in my possession.

After several trips to Alumni Affairs and phone calls to ring representatives, my ring was still battered, and all I got were a couple of people essentially telling me “sucks to be you.” One man did offer to polish the ring, but I decided against making the ring shinier, which would just make the scratch more prominent. So it met the same fate as my high school class ring: stuck in a box at home to be forgotten along with similar keepsakes (which I didn’t pay hundreds of dollars for but will remember about the same).

Perhaps I’m being a perfectionist in retiring my ring for this scratch. Perhaps one day I’ll give it another chance.

A wise friend told me that I should look at that mark as representative of my less enjoyable Trinity moments.

Fortunately, like the scratch, both are minimal and simply part of a greater overall picture.

Hopefully, this story doesn’t sound too much like the rant of a bitter, cynical customer. I do not mean to discourage a ring purchase in any way. Rather, my message is simple: appreciate your class ring for whatever aesthetic, symbolic or other reason you may choose to buy one—just remember to take it at face value.

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Brittany Losey is a senior.

Point-counterpoint is a standing feature of the Trinitonian and is intended to be a forum for community members to discuss various issues on campus. What topics would you like to see addressed? Gives us some us ideas and you might see yourself or a friend featured!

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Opinion

SDA argues for equal treatment n Continued from Page 7

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Meet the Press compiled by Tommie Ethington

We want equal rights for everyone, not special rights for some.

If Crockett had instead written about how nondiscrimination laws regarding race or disability constitute an assault on the freedom of conscience, he would already have been on several national news channels, and the university probably would have begun a formal investigation. But instead, he wrote about sexual orientation, gender and marital status, and we see no such reaction.

We therefore challenge Crockett to explain why he thinks religious groups should be allowed to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, but not other classes such as race and disability. What makes people with this specific identity less deserving?

What’s your favorite part about working for the Trinitonian?

I really enjoy the people I work with. Everyone is laid back but dedicated to the success of Campus Publications.

What’s the most interesting assignment you’ve been given?

One of the most important aspects of my job is ensuring that employees of the Trinitonian and Mirage get authorized to work. It’s disappointing to see reporters at the beginning of the year that want to write stories, but then we can’t publish them. So I put in a lot of work making sure everyone had the right documentation, and that I could put as many people on payroll as quickly as possible.

What outdoor activity would you recommend to Trinity students?

Spend the day at the zoo, and then ride the train in Brackenridge Park!

Vanessa Freckman ’12 Accounts Payable Manager Accounting & Spanish Major

What’s your favorite part about working for the Trinitonian?

I really enjoy getting to meet and talk with people I wouldn’t otherwise get to know through interviews, and I enjoy learning about what’s up on campus. It’s the bee’s knees.

What’s the most interesting assignment you’ve been given?

My favorite story thus far was one about the different yoga studios in town because I went to try several of them out!

What outdoor activity would you recommend to Trinity students? n John Dean Domingue is a

junior art and sociology major, and Caitlin Gallagher is a junior urban studies and economics major.

I would totally recommend roller blading, particularly in costume, but only with the correct protective gear and preferably in neon ’80s colors. And if that doesn’t strike your fancy, I suppose biking is a pretty great way to get to know San Antonio.

Jessie Burch ’12 Sports Reporter

International Studies & Spanish Major

Boredom is in the eye of the beholder Aramark

by Michael Schreyach

Columnist

When I was a kid (even a young adult), whenever I expressed to my mother that I was bored, she’d refuse to believe me. “Boredom is in your mind,” she’d admonish, as if environmental conditions had nothing to do with it. Try growing up in Oklahoma.

While boredom itself is surely a historical phenomenon—a particular condition of our modern age—the question of what to do when we are bored seems universal. Homer: “Marge,

Art can alleviate boredom, or so we think. But there is plenty of art that takes boredom as its implicit theme.

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I’m bored.” Marge: “Well, why don’t you play a game?” Homer: “Because I am trying to reduce my boredom.”

Art can alleviate boredom, or so we think. But there is plenty of art that takes boredom as its implicit theme. One of my favorites is a photograph called “Dust Breeding” by the American artist Man Ray. It’s a

here) and experienced the selfloathing that follows can tell you that while Warhol may have been prescient, he had no idea how bad things would actually get.

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Many cultural critics, in fact, have pondered the problem of boredom and the spectacular distractions that putatively help us to avoid it.

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picture of a now famous work of modern art, Marcel Duchamp’s “The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even” (1915-1923), covered in a dense layer of city dust that Duchamp allowed to drift through his New York studio window and land on its surface over the course of one year. The exposure of the negative itself took two hours. Even Man Ray distrusted his capacity to resist becoming bored during that interval. He and Duchamp went out for lunch.

In 1971 the conceptual artist John Baldessari videotaped himself repeatedly scribing a single sentence into a gradeschool ledger, as if he’d been caught doing something wrong by a teacher and was being punished. “I will not make any more boring art,” it read. He didn’t.

Or try watching (maybe enduring is a better word) Andy Warhol’s “Empire” (1964). It’s an eight-hour film of the upper stories of the Empire State building, shot from a stationary camera. Nothing happens, really, except the slow change of light between dusk and dawn. Maybe that should be enough. “Boring art,” wrote the critic Barbara Rose, “is one way of testing the audience’s commitment.”

Put the film in perspective: what Warhol really found boring was television, with its regimen of programs all sharing one basic narrative structure and featuring only an endless variation of the details. Anyone who’s ever selfishly indulged in a Project Runway or Jersey Shore marathon (I implicate myself

Many cultural critics, in fact, have pondered the problem of boredom and the spectacular distractions that putatively help us avoid it. Some, like Clement Greenberg, directly connected the diversions of popular entertainment with the capacity of its consumers to be bored.

Writing in the 1940s and ’50s, his idea was that mass media (for him radio, television, and film) wasn’t so much the solution to, as the cause of, the problem. Instead of providing the urban proletariat with the skills and the time needed to assimilate high culture, the culture industry merely produced a debased, formulaic, faked, and mechanical version of it for immediate consumption.

(It’s not any good, but at least we can momentarily be distracted when we’re too exhausted and depleted after working all day to delve into Sophocles.) Greenberg called this phony salve “kitsch,”

and, in a justly memorable phrase, defined it as “the epitome of all that is spurious in the life of our times.”

Which comes first? A capacity for boredom which demands its momentary relief in forms of spectacular distraction? Or the culture industry that produces an endless cycle of entertainment fodder, stuff that doesn’t so much cure our boredom as intensify it, hollowing out and attenuating our sensitivity to art and our capacity for engaging it on its more rigorous, but ultimately more fulfilling, terms?

Maybe the question is unanswerable, but it is clear that boredom and spectacle go hand-in-hand. We have to be on guard to resist both, since they lead to what the American psychologist and philosopher William James called “empty time,” adding: “The odiousness of the whole experience comes from its insipidity. The sensation of boredom is a protest against the entire present.”

Students in Paris later put it this way: “Boredom is counterrevolutionary!” They grafittied this phrase in the streets during their activist uprising in 1968.

The revolution was meant to sweep aside what they and their compatriots in the Situationist International called “the spectacular organization of nonlife.” What would remain, they thought, would be life, and never boring. n Michael Schreyach is an

assistant professor of Art and Art History.

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“Twelfth Night”: antiquated “She’s the Man” Shakespeare’s love story brings humor and complexity

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Tonight, Nov. 11, is the opening night for Trinity’s production of “Twelfth Night,” a beloved comedy by arguably the best English-language playwright to have ever written, William Shakespeare. For those of you who have seen the posters around campus, it’s true: the play is the basis of the plot of “She’s the Man,” starring Amanda Bynes. This rendition of the original play is creative in its interpretation of Shakespeare’s text as well, although the production’s director, Susanna Morrow, assistant professor of speech and drama, felt little need to modernize it in ways as blatant as changing the language of the play to fit our daily speaking patterns.

“Of course, working with Shakespeare has been challenging,” said junior Rodman Bolek, who plays Duke Orsino in the play. “We took about a week and went through the entire script with Susanna and figured out what we were actually going to be saying. We’re tapping back into this beautiful language, and I don’t have any evidence for this, but my vocabulary has definitely improved since being in the show. There’s a difference between everyday speech and

Shakespearean language as an actor, it’s rewarding to use this language because it allows for more active emotion and exciting speech patterns.”

Morrow and the creative team behind the production of the play did see fit to update the overall style and feel of the play through the use of wildly visual sets and costumes and

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This play is about love and what love means to the characters.

Love at first sight, unrequited love, love based on social standing, other shallow forms of love.

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Question: Were you nervous to interview someone who is so widely known?

Khozein: Yes. Not because of his achievements necessarily—just you never know who you’re going to get.

The Communication Department has gotten a lot of interesting people, like the director of Crazy Heart and others. But Salman Rushdie was very down to Earth. He felt very normal.

He talked about “Mad Men” and “The Sopranos” and how their stories both belonged to the writers, because he’s currently working on a show and he wants that to be the case for his show for Showtime as well. He also didn’t have the “real literature is this way” attitude. He loves that, for example, “Harry Potter” has induced so many children to read big books. He cares deeply about writing and reading.

Q: What was your favorite part?

K: Oh my god! He revealed that he was supposed to have had an appearance in “Talladega Nights!” He was going to be a racecar driver but the scheduling didn’t end up working out, but I was shocked when I heard that.

Q: How did you get selected to interview him?

K: I work for TigerTV and Newswave. I’d interviewed with Tiger TV in the past and I got the email from the head of TigerTV asking if I wanted to interview Salman Rushdie, which was a stupid question really because of course; it’s Salman Rushdie!

Q: Have you ever interviewed someone famous before?

K: Not as famous as Salman Rushdie. I’ve been crew for others, and I’ve worked with CNN anchors, but this was my first time to conduct the interview. My background in theatre helped me, because in theatre you’re supposed to be shameless, so I wasn’t too nervous.

Q: Were you nervous to interview someone who is so widely known?

Haworth: Not really.

My sophomore year I got to interview Dustin Lance Black (Oscar-winning screenwriter

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vibrant music choices. With every scene change, there is something new, shiny, colorful or otherwise vibrant to delight in.

The music, composed by senior Isaiah Putman, complements the onstage happenings so well that even if the language moves too quickly for some at times, the audience can easily understand the nuances of each scene.

“The conceptual approach is very eclectic—early on in the play’s production, the costumer and the set designer had this image of making the style “steampunk,” which is industrial Victorian era meets Punk. Expect a lot of bustles, leather-gear, and hats; it’s very interesting fashionwise,” Morrow said. “There will also be lots of different types of music and modern instruments, including kazoos. A lot of creativity went into it all.”

This production of “Twelfth Night” is high energy and funny, and actors and the director alike attribute much of this energy and humor to the cast and their ability to interpret and engage the script.

“The cast is wonderful. The rehearsals are really fun and energetic,” said sophomore Rachel Laven, who plays Viola who pretends to be a man named Cesario for much of the play. “It’s energetic, it’s fun, there’s love, there’s fights, there’s Nerf guns— everything in the show is topsyturvy. It’s a great example of a show for people who are maybe intimidated by Shakespeare.”

Morrow enjoyed directing this cast as well and applauded their enthusiasm and efforts, saying that every member of the cast brings an element of excitement, humor and wit to the performance, and the different groupings of characters amidst the fast-paced scene changes meld into a cohesive piece.

The play itself is a bit complex, and at the center of the complexity

is a love triangle between Duke Orsino, the character Viola who dresses up as a man she invents called Cesario who becomes servant to Orsino, and the feisty Olivia, who falls for Cesario during the character’s attempt to persuade her to consider the affections of the duke.

While all of this is going on, an exceptionally humorous side-plot is being developed. The entire cast works together to keep the attention of the audience during fast-paced scene changes and plot that swiftly advances. “[The cast has] worked very hard, and some of them are real comedians, and we’ve laughed a lot,” Morrow said. “But they’re also very intelligent actors, who can make the audience follow the narrative by playing their characters, and by their interactions with each other— they really brought their Agame.”

When asked why—beyond the visually and orally engaging spectacle —students should attend, Morrow commented on the essential theme of the play: love.

“This play is about love and what love means to the characters. Love at first sight, unrequited love, love based on social standing, other shallow forms of love,” Morrow said. “I think that the Trinity community will be able to relate to that. The foibles of being in love: the deep feelings and the foolishness that love forces you into—everyone’s a fool in love.”

Jesus walks among us n Messiah look-alike

models for religious art

by Maddie Rau

Reporter

Sophomore Joshua Pedrick, a religion major, has recently found a hobby in modeling for local artists. Pedrick, who sings in both the Trinitones and the choir and is involved in Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, says he thrust himself into modeling by a curious set of circumstances.

Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of Pedrick’s appearance is what some might describe

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Joshua Pedrick

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as his physical resemblance to Jesus Christ.

“It turned out that a man I know had been a model for some art classes taught by a painter off campus, and this guy was a nude model,” Pedrick said. “I have not done that, because I’m not entirely comfortable with it as of yet, but what I’ve done for [that same painter] is gone in and done some work with him, posing fully clothed for a couple hours at a time for artists to draw and sketch.”

Pedrick said that over the past year he has been growing his hair out to donate to Locks of

Love. He also has a beard, which he said is “merely aesthetic— for decoration.” Pedrick added that the painter, who teaches at Inspire Community Fine Art Center, has started using his shots for religious art and hopes to do some longer, more in depth shots in the future.

“I think it’s fun, and I get paid by the hour, but I probably won’t do it as a career,” Pedrick said. “I enjoy art in general and I do what I can to take part in the artistic process. Every artist has different technique and style that they bring to the table, so it is amazing to see what people end up creating.”

Pedrick explained that he usually starts off choosing a pose and holding each pose for two minutes for experienced artists to do several very rough sketches. He has to stay in some poses for up to 20 minutes at a time.

“One time towards the end of the day I was asked to do a few poses while in action,” Pedrick said. “I did what I thought was going to be a really easy pose, which was pretending like I was picking up my back-pack. I had my hand on my knee, putting all of my weight on my wrist, and after about three minutes it was just killing me. You live and you learn.”

Despite the physical rigors, Pedrick finds modeling low-key and enjoyable.

“I am pretty bold in general, so any tension or awkwardness dissipated pretty quickly after the first time I modeled,” said Pedrick. “It is much more relaxed and casual than I expected for visual art, with people coming and going. I get breaks to stretch out between poses.”

Pedrick said his first

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by Maddie Rau

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This past Sunday, Nov. 6, in Laurie Auditorium, Trinity received Emmy and Tony award winning actor Hal Holbrook in his one-man show “Mark Twain Tonight!” Presented by ARTS San Antonio and the San Antonio Public Library Foundation, the production has enjoyed three separate runs on Broadway.

Michael Kearl, professor of sociology and anthropology and an avid Twain aficionado, said the last time he saw Holbrook perform at Trinity was more than 20 years ago. photo compliments of Dan McBain

Sophomore Joshua Pedrick poses as Jesus Christ in a painting by Dan McBain.

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reaction to people commenting on his resemblance to a biblical character was that he wasn’t very surprised.

“I thought it was kind of

funnyand I understand because I have long hair and a beard,” Pedrick said. “I also wear these sandals all the time that look biblical. It’s pretty common for people to pick out. I guess I do look fairly similar. One sweet little old lady went so far as to say I looked like Ashton Kutcher, which was a surprise.”

Pedrick comes from a Christian background and grew up overseas in Norway and Australia, attending high school in Houston.

“In theory, if my life emulated Jesus as much as my face and hair did, I’d be a happy camper!” Pedrick said.

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Holbrook is now 86 playing Twain, who died at age 76. It’s interesting that he has been Twain longer than Twain himself.

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“I remember the Trinitonian interviewed with [Holbrook] back then,” said Kearl. “He had four to five hours of makeup prep [for the performance], and now it’s down to two because he doesn’t have to put a white wig on anymore. Holbrook is now 86 playing Twain, who died at age 76. It’s interesting that he has been Twain longer than Twain himself.”

Holbrook offers witty, scathing commentary using only Twain’s writings in his performance, remarking on topics that are just as relevant today as they were more than a century ago.

“What makes Twain great is that what he had to say is still so relevant in 2011,” said Kearl.

“I would say one major theme [addressed in the performance] is that politicians are just as ignorant as they were 106 years ago. Another is that, despite all our technologies, it is amazing how consistent the human condition is.”

One observation Kearl made was the general lack of a younger audience present in the crowd.

“I noticed a number of buses from retirement communities outside of Laurie,” Kearl said.

“It was definitely an older generation crowd, which leads me to worry about whether or not Twain will be remembered in twenty years. It’s too bad for those who missed it because it was probably Trinity’s last visit

by Mark Twain as reincarnated through Hal.”

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Wideopen spaces

Diwali brings cultural clubs together

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ASA hosts Hindu festival of lights on Saturday

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At 7 p.m., Nov. 12 in Laurie Auditorium, Diwali will celebrate the Hindu New Year, and this year the Asian Subcontinental Association is taking Trinity’s celebration of the holiday to new heights.

Every year, the celebration features several different Indian dance performances. In addition to Loon-E Crew and members of ASA, there will also be performances from UTSA’s Bhangra dance team, and Trinity’s new Bollywood dance group, Top Naach.

Members of ASA and the broader Trinity community are participating, and it is important to the vice-president of ASA, junior Lizna Makhani, that people from outside the Diwalicelebrating community attend, so that they can attain a better understanding of the culture.

“The performances are going to be really beneficial, because they will demonstrate the many and varied styles of Indian dance, meaning that it will show that there is more than traditional Bollywood dance,” Makhani said. “It has been interesting, different and exciting to see people who are not as familiar with the culture

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During a dress rehearsal, students practice their performance for Saturday’s Diwali with dandiyas, traditional Hindu decorated sticks. try to learn the choreography of the dances, especially the ones I’m also part of.”

Not only will there be the traditional dance performances in Laurie auditorium, but ASA has also planned both an introductory segment to introduce students to the importance of Diwali to Hinduism and Trinity’s own community. A reception will follow in the Ruth Taylor Courtyard.

The program will begin with a brief presentation from a speaker who will discuss Hindu culture broadly, then a video that ASA put together about what Diwali means to Trinity students will play. Following the speaker and video, the dance performances will begin.

“The celebration will basically be an hour and a half of loud, upbeat music with people dancing, followed by people hanging out, eating delicious Indian food, and having fun

decorating diyas, which are terra cotta candleholder decorations associated with Diwali, in Ruth Taylor Courtyard,” said junior Asavari Jalan, president of ASA. The opportunity to decorate diyas is new this year, and the ASA came up with it as a replacement for the usual sparklers that are given to students. Sparklers cannot be used this year because of the ongoing burn ban established across much of Texas. The diyas are provided as are decorating tools, and everyone in attendance is invited to eat free food, enjoy popular Indian music, and decorate the terra cotta candleholders. Different student groups were invited to participate, and many of the students feel fortunate and excited to be part of something so central to cultural traditions that were outside of their own.

“What I like about being able to participate in Diwali is that

we get to experience a culture that Americans don’t often experience,” said senior Jaime Izquierdo, who is performing in Diwali. “Plus, it’s like you get to be in your own Bollywood movie, which is awesome because I love Bollywood!”

ASA encourages the entire student body to come out, enjoy, and learn about a different culture.

“We want this celebration of Diwali to be able to inform students who don’t know as much about Indian culture and Hindu tradition,” Jalan said.

“Diwali is basically a festival of lights marking the beginning of the Hindu New Year, and it’s important and fun. In Hindu culture, the whole family gets together for this week-long celebration, eats good food and there are firecrackers, candles, paintings—it’s a huge celebrationand we are glad and excited to bring its essence to Trinity students.”

Urban Studs, an organization of urban studies majors, held an event called Reclaiming Space on Friday, Oct. 28 to transform the walkways between Northrup Hall and Coates Library into venues and to celebrate the retreat of construction barriers.

Senior Ruth Easterling, a member of Urban Studs, organized the event.

“People tend to think of that area as just a sidewalk, a transient space,” said Easterling. “Our goal was to get people to think of it as a destination, a sticky space.”

The idea to take space that doesn’t work and transform it into a venue was first formed after an Urban Land Institute that Easterling attended. Another aspect of the event was to celebrate the campus landscape was been once taken over by construction.

“The construction is a very positive thing for Trinity, but it’s still an invasion of our campus,” Easterling said. “I was so happy to see some of the sidewalks open up and reclaim those green areas around the Magic Stones, which was why we called the event Reclaiming Space.”

Although several student organizations were scheduled to perform, including Loon-E Crew and Acabellas, only a yoga class attended to attract onlookers.

Easterling and Urban Studs plan to hold a similar event next semester when the weather improves.

“I also want to do it at a time when there is more foot traffic; Friday afternoons aren’t the best times for that,” Easterling said.

“We’ll also have more time to prepare and give more notice of the event.”

While the event was not as successful as Easterling had hoped, she believes that it was still important to try to get students to notice the campus around them.

“We have a lot of really nice lawn that is very underused,” Easterling said. “We put a lot of money into our campus landscape and we should take time to appreciate it.”

Urban Studs plans to hold more events in the future that raise awareness about how the university can provide better infrastructure on campus.

“We seem to have poorly and randomly placed benches throughout campus. Things like these can be changed to improve areas of campus,” Easterling said.

The group provides opportunities for urban studies majors to host events like Reclaiming Space and stay up to date on urban policy.

Urban Studs plans to assist Downtown Alliance in their Urban Spaces Tour as tour guides. The tour will take participants through historic landmarks in downtown San Antonio.

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Most popular study abroad locations: fall 2011 Event Calendar n Information provided by the Study Abroad Office, Spain ranked #1 most popular location for

past seven years for Trinity students.

11/11/11 Friday Everywhere

Day is rumored to bring good luck.

Kayla Mire Food Drive Friday Coates University Center

Last day to donate canned food to the San Antonio Food Bank in the 4th Annual Dean of Students Half Marathon Challenge.

Donations will be made in Kayla Mire’s name. Mire, a Trinity ‘10 alumna, died in a car accident last fall.

Checks should be made out to San Antonio Food Bank.

Swing Bums’ Founders’ Fling 4 p.m. to midnight, Friday to Sunday Webster’s Gym

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This past weekend, Nov. 5 to 6, TigerTV hosted a film contest where contestants had 36 hours to prepare, film and edit a film.

In what senior Keaton Davis, TigerTV independent projects manager, called a “film race,” contestants had to incorporate three things: a character named Janet, the line “Don’t tell me you didn’t mean to bring eggs,” and a plunger.

“We decided to use these guidelines so each submission would be similar as far as constraints go,” Davis said.

The contest began at midnight on Friday, Nov. 4 and ended at noon on Sunday, November 6. Three teams of filmmakers submitted videos and were judged on “creativity, editing,

quality and how well they incorporated the parameters,” said senior Lyndsey Johnson, TigerTV Programming Manager.

Junior Erin Curtis and her team were selected as the winners of the contest for their spot on “Paranormal Activity.” “[Curtis] did a good job and [her team] deserved to win,” Johnson said.

One of the challenges Curtis faced was finding help for her on such short notice. She enlisted her 16-year-old brother and his friends.

“I joined the contest because film is something that I really am passionate about,” Curtis said. “I love making films and showing them to people so it was a great opportunity for me.”

TigerTV hopes to get more students involved in the future, but the timing of the event during finals lowers the level of participation.

“This time of the year it’s hard to get participants because everyone is so busy,” Davis said.

“Also, because we don’t have a film program a lot of people don’t know how to work a video camera.”

The contests provide an opportunity for filmmakers to find potential collaborators as well as get their work seen by a broader audience.

“One of the main reasons we do these events is to get people’s work out there,” Johnson said.

“We also are working on getting TigerTV more well-known.”

TigerTV’s studio was recently renovated and has allowed the station to increase its programming quality.

“Everything we do has been bumped up,” Johnson said. “We all work really hard to put our shows on and it really pays off when people watch TigerTV.” TigerTV features three original programs: Newswave, a daily news program, Studio 21, a music-video based news program, and The Not So Late Show, a variety comedy program.

“There’s something for everyone on TigerTV,” Davis said.

Plans are in the works to hold a similar contest next spring.

“I would absolutely recommend the festival to other students,” Curtis said. “It is so much fun!”

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Swing Bums are teaching how to twirl and whirl like the pros. Each day will feature lessons during the day and a social dance at night. All events are free and open to dancers of all levels.

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“Milk”) and Scott Cooper 8515 or stop by the Stieren (director of “Crazy Heart”) so after those two I’ve been very Theater box office between confident about my interview 2 to 5 p.m. Monday through skills. What you realize is that Friday, or one hour prior to just regular people and they love each performance. to talk, otherwise they wouldn’t want to be interviewed. You just have to treat them with respect and care about what they have to say.

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H: He said a lot of great stuff, but I guess my affinity for cameos made me enjoy this particular story. He has appeared on a couple films as himself and he said the two he really regrets not doing was that he was going to play a NASCAR driver along with Julian Schnabel and Lou Reed in “Talladega Nights.”

The other role was that he was going to get into a fistfight with Russell Brand’s character in “Get Him to the Greek.” Also he imitated the voice of Munchkin from “The Wizard of Oz.” He was a surprisingly funny guy.

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Celebrating your birthday San Antonio-style

By Deanna Husting Birthdays should be the most celebrated day in a person’s life. Usually our parents take charge in planning the birthday celebrations, but now we are at college and need to help our friends, teammates and roommates celebrate the day of their birth. Everyone is different and celebrates at certain levels, so here are some options to inspire your birthday spirit.

Happy 19th Birthday!

This is your first birthday to celebrate while at college, so put some effort in. Trinity prides itself on the camaraderie on the halls your first year, so bring your hall family out and take advantage of San Antonio’s celebration spots. If someone on your hall is celebrating their 19th birthday, plan a group dinner to their favorite place. Dick’s Last

Resort, the Hard Rock Cafe and Mi Tierra Café y Panadería are three festive options that easily accommodate large groups for special occasions. Downtown still holds charm and intrigue your first year, so park in the $8 garage off of College Street and eat!

Waking up to a decorated room is also fun, so put in some effort as suitemates—color some birthday signs and tape them up all over their room and bathroom. You also can’t go wrong with streamers and balloons. The dorm is small, so you don’t have to go crazy or spend a lot of money to surprise your friends on their birthday.

Your first year at Trinity is the year to throw each other in the Miller fountain as part of the longstanding, wet tradition.

Surprise the birthday person by sneaking into their room and dragging them up Cardiac Hill to the fountain. As per tradition, make them dance around in the fountain while you sing “Happy Birthday.” Make sure to bring a

towel for them, or if it’s freezing outside, maybe a robe.

Happy 20th Birthday!

As sophomores you still deserve lots of birthday attention from your friends, so here are some more personal/more expensive gestures appropriate for a 20 year old.

Cupcakes. An actual cake is a tad burdensome to procure for a college student, but cupcakes are the new hit thing and in abundance in San Antonio.

Take the birthday person some tasty treats to their first class or surprise them with cupcakes and candles to blow out that night at dinner. Or, go on a scavenger hunt across San Antonio to try one cupcake from every boutique. For your guy friends, Cupcake Couture makes “Man Cakes” (Guinness beer and chocolate cupcakes) that are quite delicious and the perfect masculine treat. Cupcakes are really acceptable for any age (and any day of the week) and are not too expensive.

Try and spend a whole day celebrating! Go to Fiesta Texas or spend the day shopping at La Cantera. Do a double feature and pay for one movie but see two (for the official record I do not condone this, I’m merely reporting that it sometimes happens). Just spending time with your friends on their birthday will mean more to them than any monetary present.

who will take care of you and make sure you are having fun and being safe. Places like Bombays Bicycle Club, Howl at the Moon and Pat O’Brien’s are traditional Trinity hang outs that you can now officially frequent.

Make sure to buy your newly 21-year-old friend something embarrassing to wear out that night like a tiara, funny hat or sash.

Happy 21st Birthday!

Happy 22nd Birthday!

So much to celebrate in just one day! I celebrated my 21st this past May and will be thanking my friends for the rest of my life for all the fun they planned for my birthday. Obviously, this birthday involves responsible-first-timelegal-drinking but you should do other things too! I am all about surprise breakfast in bed brought to you by your roommates who wake you up with smiles and off-tune singing. Something as simple as tacos from Taco Taco will suffice.

For the evening festivities, surround yourself with friends

Now you can do all of the above but better because you’ve been celebrating in San Antonio for a few years. If you live off campus, throw your roommate a birthday party at your house complete with cheesy decorations, a homemade cake with candles and all of your friends! Dinner out can be at Cappycino’s, Mon Thai’s Bistro or Capparelli’s to name a few.

Or Panchitos off of McCullough where they will sing to you while you wear an embarrassing sombrero and then give you a free plate of sopapillas!

Why Kim’s marriage lasted less than a semester

By Megan Hageney

During Monday’s lecture, Sir Salman Rushdie questioned why Kim Kardashian was famous.

His speculations legitimized my own because I have spent countless hours wondering the same damn thing. I know she did a porno with Ray J, her dad was O.J. Simpson’s attorney and she has her own show on the E! network. Yet do any of these things really warrant fame and all of its subsequent spoils?

Her notoriety is based on mere association rather than anything she actually did—besides Ray J. Now, however, Kim has finally accomplished something on her own: she divorced Kris Humphries. Did anyone not see this coming? If you did not and are still in mourning, I have compiled a list explaining why anyone with a functioning brain could have foreseen this as well as the moral lessons that you can take away to avoid your own high-profile divorce in the future.

1. His name was Kris.

For those of you who pretend to not watch E!, that is the same name and spelling as her mother. I could try to speculate on the psychological reasons and implications of this, but I think only Freud could really understand.

Lesson learned: Do not marry a man with your mom’s name.

I am currently avoiding men named Vivian.

2. They hated each other.

I’m pretty sure their relationship

started out with, “Oh hey, you have a nice ass” and from there, the love blossomed.

From what I’ve observed, though, the more they got to know each other their initial attraction was replaced by disdain. She learned about his weird obsession with his dogs and he discovered that her posterior was compensating for her lack of a personality. It progressed to a point where they literally did not speak before their wedding.

Lesson learned: If you are not talking to the guy and you hate him, then you probably should not marry him 3. The height difference.

According to (the always reliable) Wikipedia, Kris is 6’9” and Kim is 5’2”, which makes for a height difference of one and a half feet! Not only does this make for extremely awkward photos but I am pretty sure the neck pain they got from straining to look at one another was a primary factor in the divorce.

Lesson learned: If you are dating someone who is over a foot taller than you, develop hardcore neck muscles and sit when taking photos.

4. Khloe predicted this.

Khloe, the only cool Kardashian, had bad feelings about this romance from the very beginning and questioned his intentions.

And if I have learned anything from watching “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” as well as the subsequent spin-offs, it’s that Khloe is always right! Bible, she is the only one who acts like she has a brain most of the time, so I don’t understand why they don’t blindly follow her advice.

Lesson learned: Always listen to Khloe.

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The Editor’s Corner

by Matt Kafoury ¡Viva! Editor

Elizabeth Olsen carries fascinating film

“Martha Marcy May Marlene” Grade: A Opens Today Run Time: 1 hour 42 min.

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“Martha Marcy May Marlene,” a haunting drama from writerdirector Sean Durkin, is not an easy film to swallow. Indeed, the crowd at a screening I attended was quite vocal about its disdain for the movie. Amidst booing, I heard the phrases “waste of time” and “worst movie ever” uttered by multiple audience members. While I can understand this reaction, I certainly don’t agree with it.

The film takes patience to enjoy and avoids offering easy resolutions to the issues at hand. It has a grim tone and a somewhat languid pace. All of which could easily be found off-putting, but Elizabeth Olsen’s commanding, grounded performance successfully guides viewers through the story.

Olsen plays Martha, a young woman who flees the compound

of an abusive cult, where she lived for an unstated amount of time.

In an attempt to re-assimilate into her previous life, Martha moves in with her older sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson, also great) and brotherin-law Ted (Hugh Dancy).

Durkin’s screenplay skillfully cuts between present-day scenes and flashbacks to Martha’s life with the cult, led by the menacing Patrick (a commanding, creepy performance from John Hawkes).

These shifts in time effectively illustrate the hope and dread that Martha feels as she struggles to recover.

Gorgeously shot by cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes, “Martha Marcy May Marlene” has a beauty to it that can’t be attributed to one source. The performances, direction and writing each come close to perfection. For better or worse, the film’s mood is infectious, maintaining a measured sense of dread through the bold, thoughtprovoking final scene.

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Well-acted “Take Shelter” offers smart, subtle thrills

by Matt Kafoury

¡Viva! Editor

“Take Shelter” Grade: AOpens Today Run Time: 2 hours The phrase “psychological thriller” has long been overused, particularly in reference to film. Somewhere down the line, “psychological” became a synonym for “good” and/or “interesting.” “Take Shelter,” written and directed by Jeff Nichols (“Shotgun Stories”), is a true psychological thriller (though “good” and “interesting”

still apply here as well). The story’s conflicts and thrills arise almost entirely from the protagonist’s psyche, and the film is all the more fascinating for it.

Ohio construction worker Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon) has been having visions of an apocalyptic storm, complete with imagery so vivid that reality and the nightmarish world of Curtis’s visions are often indistinguishable.

As written by Nichols and portrayed by Shannon, viewers are granted seamless access to Curtis’s mind—the objective and subjective are rarely made clear.

With schizophrenia in his family history, Curtis understandably questions his mental health, despite strong convictions that his visions are actually premonitions. As you may expect, this causes a strain between Curtis and his wife, Samantha (Jessica Chastain).

Fortunately for viewers, the characters in “Take Shelter” are intelligent enough to discuss their feelings and seek help for their troubles.

As portrayed by Shannon and Chastain, Curtis and Samantha feel organic and relatable throughout the entire film.

Shannon is the main attraction here, giving a lead performance

that’s as fascinating as it is frightening. Chastain, who I’ve been raving about since her breathtaking performance in “The Tree of Life,” is wonderful as always.

“Take Shelter” takes its time reaching the finish line, but when it gets there the ending is so powerful (and likely controversial) that the slow-burn approach that Nichols employs is more than validated.

A [fake] Q&A with Apple’s Siri

By Brian Westfall With the hotly anticipated release of the iPhone 4S came one of the more unique features that is becoming wildly popular by the minute – Siri. Like a HAL 9000 without the murder, Siri uses voice commands to help the user with anything he or she needs.

Where’s the nearest supermarket? Siri knows. Who was that one guy in that movie who said the thing? Siri knows. Does this look infected? Unfortunately, Siri knows.

So if Siri is so omniscient, I thought, what does it have to say about Trinity? What insightful answers can this faux machine god tell me that counselors, administrators and professors can’t? That’s what I ventured to discover this week, and here is what Siri had to say: Q: What is the most awesome place to just hang out at Trinity University?

Siri [in Dean Tuttle’s voice]: It’s hard to say. The new Mabee and Tiger’s Den are both equally popular to students. Going to those places, and no other, will net you a lot of cool friends and fun memories. I wish I were human so I could hang out there!

Q: I want to join a fraternity, but I’m not sure which one is for me. What is the best fraternity at Trinity University, Siri?

Siri: Pfft, it’s pretty obvious bro. If you don’t know, then you’re not frat enough. Now shotgun this beer, pledge.

Q: I want to know the distinguished lecturers before everyone else! Can you predict what lecturers we will have at Trinity University in the future?

Siri: Robert Gates in 2011, Michele Bachmann (her schedule will be free) in 2012, Zombie Ronald Reagan in 2020, Kim Kardashian in 2025, Blork the Alien Ambassador to Earth in 2030.

Q: I’m worried about the shakeup in the SCAC. Siri, what teams are going to be left in the conference next year?

Siri: There will be two teams left in the SCAC by the end of 2012. One will be Trinity University. The other will be Smithson Elementary School. Trinity University’s athletic teams will win all major conference athletics titles for the foreseeable future.

Q: Why can we only go to the top of Murchison Tower twice in our entire career? What is Trinity University hiding up there?

Siri: The hunchback of Murchison Tower must not be seen by students. Only the chiming bells he plays every 15 minutes give any hint to his existence outside of the administration. He lives mainly on Trinity cats and leftover construction material.

Q: I want to make a lot of money out of college. What Trinity University major should I choose?

Siri: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Lawrence Ellison all made billions after they dropped out of college. It seems that the best major is none.

Q: Besides getting a job, what else is my Trinity University degree good for?

Siri: There are many uses for your degree: napkin, placemat, airplane, bib, straight edge, bong are just some of the many, many possibilities.

Q: What is the easiest class at Trinity University?

Siri: No.

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Website offers some P nterest-ing options

by John Wendell Mendiola

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Imagine blending together a scrapbook, a pinboard, Twitter (the cute little bird was not harmed in this exercise), kittens, fabric, puppies, more kittens and Google images – and yes, for you savvy YouTube users out there, it will blend. You get Pinterest.com: the burgeoning social web 2.0 site that features a clean, simple user interface and intuitive sharing (let’s play the “who can say the most buzz words” game), an amalgamation of different services focusing on images. It’s simple: you find a picture on your hard drive or on the internet, you “pin” it on Pinterest, you put it on a board composed of other “pins” related to yours,

and now everyone that follows you or follows that board can see your “pin.” Yes, if Pinterest keeps growing, “pin” will be added to our vocabularies alongside “blog,” “google,” “tweet,” “upvote” and “I can has cheezburger?”

Not many people know that the newest Internet phenomenon isn’t very new. Even the venerable Time magazine featured Pinterest in their “50 Best Websites of 2011” column, though it started in March 2010. Pinterest only started gaining public mindshare (buzz word!) this year, but it’s gone through such rapid growth in such a short time.

It went from a company that was valued at $40 million earlier this year to $200 million a few months later, according to a techcrunch.

Pinterest’s Facebook group states

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that there are 2.5 million monthly active users. There’s even an app on Apple’s app store now that lets users easily take and upload photos they take away from their computers.

“People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and share their favorite recipes,” according to Pinterest’s About page, which concisely summarizes the prevalent female demographic. It’s not fully open to the public yet but it isn’t hard to find someone who is a member to send you an invite, and when you do sign-up, the site asks you about a few interests then automatically follows a few people that it thinks you’d like. Now I picked interests that were less into the home decoration and jewelry areas, but

there are still a few stray pictures of hoop earrings and striped curtains that sneak into my main board.

Males, don’t run away just yet! Don’t dismiss Pinterest as a women-only club! It may be that there is a large female user base but not every website should have to be a testosterone-addled repository. There’s no harm in entertaining your more feminine side. The elegant aesthetics bely a tumultuous collection of images that has appeal outside of the initial demographic. But as a pinner, you can easily opt out of following people or boards you dislike. Or you can always just view boards specific to your interest like your secret fascination with all things “Hair & Beauty.”

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by Judson Rose

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A charted course in the “Uncharted” series

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“Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception” If you ask any self-respecting Playstation 3 owner to name a flagship series exclusive to the console, chances are they’ll mention the “Uncharted” series. “Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception” launched Nov. 1, 2011, teetering on the shoulders of a giant—”Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.” “Uncharted 2” is not only one of the most uniformly praised games in recent memory, but it will likely be remembered as one of the greatest games of this console generation (if not of all time).

“Uncharted 3,” however, has had much more mixed reviews, although still decidedly positive. One of the most curious critiques of the game, I find, is that of its use of linear narrative progression and storytelling. “Linear” has become a dirty word among much of the gaming population; many are quick to see the technique as the flagship of the old guard: rigid, unimaginative, flat, and limited.

“Choice” and “open world” titles are the new buzz words in the industry, and while these sentiments are not without validity, I think criticizing the “Uncharted” series for this not only does a disservice to the game but is further indicative of a lack of understanding for what this game seeks to do with its story.

I would venture to say very few players of the “Uncharted” series feel oppressed by the pace and direction of the game. The narrative’s linearity isn’t a product of outdated or stifling design, but rather a product of its structure. In the structure of plays, for example, the delivery and mechanism of a plot can greatly affect the way it is perceived. Those that focus on the message of the play use it to organize all the other elements of the piece. This makes the play largely about why something happens as opposed to what or how. As much as the story itself matters, how it is told can be equally crucial.

The “Uncharted” series is the gaming version of a blockbuster: it’s all about what happens next, not so much how or why. After five minutes of playing any of these games, the latter two in particular, it’s almost impossible to shake that this was meant to be this generation’s Indiana Jones in a new medium.

The dialogue is witty, the premisses exotic and outrageous, and the sheer gratuity of its “are-you-kidding-me?” moments leave many slack-jawed. It is a true spectacle to behold and owes much of its success to the strong elements of film techniques, which results in possibly one of the most fluid combining of the mediums to date.

Players may not get to roam around in huge environments or choose what the characters say, but that would completely change the kind of game “Uncharted” is. If anything, the series is better for its linearity and serves as a prime example of telling a story in the most compelling and appropriate way.

As college kids, I know we have more than enough time sinks, and Pinterest is definitely another one of those. The visual-oriented presentation makes it easy to digest the information, and seeing more pictures is as simple as scrolling down, theoretically ad infinitum.

Even if you don’t like a few pictures, there are so many images displayed that something will catch your interest in the assortment.

Pinterest is a treasure trove of not just the Internet’s but the world’s pictures: beautiful, funny, nostalgic, practical, quirky and inspirational, even the odd earring and curtain here and there can be, and should be, appreciated.

Seriously, go find the cute overload board. Be prepared to be awed and to awwwwwwwwww.

1. M83- Midnight City 2. Bjork- Crystalline 3. Wilco- I Might 4. Dum Dum Girls- Bedroom Eyes 5. Real Estate- It’s Real 6. Zola Jesus- Vessel 7. Neon Indian- Arcade Blues 8. St. Vincent- Cruel 9. Feist- How Come You Never Go There 10. Girls- Honey Bunny

At the Movies

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In this issue pg. 22:

Volleyball takes second at conference pg. 23: Men’s soccer preps to host playoffs

pg. 24: Football grabs SCAC title and playoff bid pg. 25: Swimming and diving teams travel to Midland pg. 26: Men’s basketball starts play with exhibition game pg. 27: Women’s basketball gets ready for the season

This weekend All day, Saturday, 11/12 Swimming and diving competes against Colorado College.

5 p.m., Saturday, 11/12 Women’s soccer takes the field against St. Scholastica in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The winner will play the winner of the HardinSimmons/UT-Dallas game at 5 p.m. on Sunday.

1 p.m., Sunday, 11/13 Men’s soccer hosts the University of Texas at Tyler in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.

In The Spotlight Abby Loar Soccer Loar, a senior forward from Littleton, Col., was elected to the Capital One Academic All-District 8 NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Team, which honors students for their performances athletically and in the classroom. Loar was selected for the All-District First Team and is a candidate for the national Academic All-America Team. She is the Tiger’s all-time leader in goals and points with 55 goals, 34 assists, and 144 total points.

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Robinson Football Robinson, a senior linebacker from Coppell, was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week after his performance in the SCAC Championship game.

Robinson recorded 11 tackles, seven of which were solo, and three tackles for a loss of six yards. He leads the Tigers with 11.5 tackles for a loss and with 72 total tackles this season, 40 of which are solo. Saturday was his second quarterback tackle of the season.

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Women earn another SCAC Championship n Tigers impress at

conference, prepare to host NCAA playoffs

by Lydia Duncombe

Reporter

After a very successful run, the women’s soccer team clenched their third straight Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship title in Birmingham, Ala. “It was a great weekend.

We came out of the tournament scoring nine goals in two games.

We couldn’t have asked for any more,” said assistant coach Owen Collie. “A lot of girls got a lot of time and played very well with a lot of confidence.”

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We’ve been good at home this season, scoring a lot of goals. I don’t think too many teams are going to be too excited about coming and playing here.

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Owen Collie Assistant Coach

Play started with 5-0 shutout against Rhodes on Saturday, Nov. 5 in the semifinals. The game started off quickly with a goal in the fourth minute by senior forward Kelly Watts with an assist from first-year forward Stephanie Segovia. Other goals were supplied by junior midfielder Lauren Henderson with an assist from first-year midfielder Kirby Peddicord, Segovia with an assist

from first year midfielder Mariah Risk, one from sophomore midfielder Tara Sparks and another goal from first-year midfielder Emily Jorgens.

“We started out really strong,” said junior goalkeeper Katie Garrett. “We did a good job of knowing what we had to do and taking care of business. We scored throughout the game, so there wasn’t really a need for a lift during the game because we were so consistent with our scoring.”

The final game was played on Sunday against Centre with a final score of 4-0. Watts scored the only goal in the first half with an assist from first-year midfielder Hannah Kuhl. The second half picked up with a goal from Jorgens assisted

by Segovia, a goal by senior forward Abby Loar, with an assist from Henderson, and the final goal from sophomore forward Shelby Guenthardt. The shut out is credited to Garrett and firstyear keeper Devan Osegueda.

“We have previously beaten them 2-1 in double overtime. That was a game where they scored on us early and we were just fighting the rest of the game to get it back.

This time we knew what we were up against and we knew we had to be mentally sharp and just make sure that we really came at them hard,” Watts said. “They had played two hard games before ours so they were pretty fatigued, and we knew to use that to our advantage. We made sure we got them out of the way early by scoring and kept the pressure on them throughout the game. It was great because everybody was so into the game and so determined that everyone played really well.”

Because of the conference championship title, the team received an automatic bid into the NCAA Division III playoffs.

“We got a great draw and couldn’t be happier going into the tournament, especially the first games being played at home,”

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Senior forward Abby Loar, makes her way down the field during the Tigers’ match-up against Hendrix.

Collie said. “We’ve been very good at home this season, scoring a lot of goals. I don’t think too many teams are going to be too excited about coming and playing here. Should be a big crowd and I think the girls are looking forward to that. We’ve been on the road in the last few weeks so getting to come home is always a lot of fun.”

The women will play St. Scholastica (Wis.) in the first round of playoffs at 6 p.m. on Saturday at home. The winner of that game will move on to the second round to play the winner of the Hardin-

Simmons vs. Texas Dallas game at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

“We don’t really know much about St. Scholastica, but we try and go in with the perspective that we need to play to our own standards regardless of the team we are playing, and I think that will hold true to the game on Saturday,” Garrett said. “Overall I think we are excited to see Hardin Simmons on Sunday. They are the defending national champions and its always great competition every year. I think it will be a good motivator and indicator to how we will do for the rest of playoffs.”

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MEN’S SOCCER

Despite losing the conference title, the men received an at large bid to the NCAA playoffs for their outstanding performance and perfect record this season. The Tigers received a first round bye and will take on the winner of the UT-Tyler. Trinity will host the game, set for 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12.

FOOTBALL The Tiger football team earned an automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs for the first time since 2007 with their win over Centre last Saturday. Details on opponent, location and time of playoff game have yet to be confirmed.

WOMEN’S SOCCER The SCAC Champions earned an automatic playoff bid and will be hosting

rounds one and two of the NCAA tournament. The women will take on St. Scholastica in the first round of play at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12. If they win, they will move on to round two, taking on the winner of the Hardin-Simmons and UT-Dallas game.

By Megan Julian, Sports Editor

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Volleyball finishes strong at SCAC championship n Tigers come

together for conference, falling just short of title

by Chloe Pope-Levison Intern

The Trinity volleyball team overcame the challenges of a young, relatively inexperienced lineup and the unexpected injuries of multiple starting players to earn an outstanding second-place finish in the SCAC Championship Tournament last weekend, Nov. 4-6.

“Everyone just played really well together,” said first-year middle blocker Maggie Emodi.

“We had some injuries and other stuff off the court that happened which threw a wrench in the plan, but we came through the adversity.”

The Tigers began the tournament on Friday morning, easily beating No. 12 Sewanee 3-0.

Trinity hit .366, with 40 kills, six errors and 93 total attacks.

Trinity advanced to the quarterfinals on Friday afternoon against No. 4 BirminghamSouthern, a team that beat the Tigers earlier in the season. Yet it was the Tigers’ turn for victory and they seized it, winning 3-0.

“I’ll say it was a total team effort, complete total team effort,” said head coach Julie Jenkins.

Junior outside hitter Madison McMahon recorded 16 kills, setting a team season-high for a three-set match. Sophomore setter Maryn Swierc had 11 digs, 29 assists and a team-best three service aces in the match.

Senior middle blocker Desie Baker led with four blocks.

The Tigers then faced the No. 1 seeded and sixth nationallyranked Southwestern Pirates to whom they had already lost twice this season, 3-2 both times. Yet Trinity prevailed once again and ended up winning 3-1, becoming the only team in the conference to beat Southwestern.

“It felt so rejuvenating, because we wanted revenge on them so badly and we knew that they were ranked high in the nation,” said senior right side Catharine Found. “It just felt awesome—we all had faith and knew that we could do it.”

Senior middle blocker Maddy Hazelwood hit .333, with eight kills and 15 attacks. Junior libero Meredith Erwin tied her team season-high of 23 digs in a four-set match, while Swierc contributed with 15 digs and 46 assists at the setter’s position.

Nevertheless, the Tigers’ superior run was ended 1-3 in the title game by the thirteenth nationally-ranked and defending SCAC Champions, Colorado College.

In the match, McMahon hit .316, with 18 kills and 38 total attacks, and contributed 16 digs.

Baker led with six blocked shots and recorded two service aces.

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“Overall, I’m extremely pleased. I’m very proud of our performance, all four matches.” commended Jenkins.

“I thought they played with a lot of heart, a lot of pride and a lot of determination, and that’s what got us to the conference championship.”

In addition to an incredible tournament run, three Trinity volleyball players were elected to the 2011 All-SCAC Conference Volleyball Team.

Found and Emodi were elected to the All-SCAC Second Team, while Erwin earned third team honors. Emodi was also unanimously named the SCAC Freshman of the Year.

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Men fall short at conference, look forward to playoffs n Tigers receive at-large

bid and look to redeem themselves at home this weekend

by Lydia Duncombe

Reporter

Even after a disappointing game on Saturday, Nov. 5, in which they lost the conference title, the rest of the playoff season looks promising for the men’s soccer team.

“Losing conference was obviously a big disappointment for us. However, even though we didn’t win conference, we’ve been given the opportunity to redeem ourselves in the playoffs. If we were knocked out in the playoffs we would have to wait a whole year to play again, but we get the chance to set things right just a week later,” said sophomore defender MJ Kawamoto. “As coach McGinlay put it, we will gladly sacrifice a conference title for a national title.”

First seeded Trinity lost 1-0 to fifth seeded Centre in overtime.

Centre scored their one and only goal with 24 seconds left in the first overtime.

“Centre was very prepared for this game. They knew what they were doing. We also knew what we were doing and came in well prepared but just didn’t get the result we wanted,” said sophomore forward Yuri Ribeiro. “We dominated the game but unfortunately we couldn’t score.”

game like the other team, so we won’t be as tired as they will be.”

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Losing conference was obviously a big disappointment for us. However, even though we didn’t win conference, we’ve been given the opportunity to redeem ourselves in the playoffs.

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MJ Kawamoto

Sophomore Defender

The team looks to make some final adjustments before heading into the first rounds of playoffs.

“We want to put the games away early so they won’t have

the chance to come back in the second half or later in the game to score,” Forsten said. “Also we don’t want to allow teams to score off a set piece like Centre did this weekend.”

The men will play the University of Texas at Tyler at 1 p.m. on Sunday Nov. 13 at home in the second round of playoffs. UT-Tyler defeated Oglethorpe 3-0 in the first round on Thursday, Nov. 10.

If the men win this weekend, they have the potential to host the rest of the games at home until the semifinals and finals which are already scheduled to be played in San Antonio.

“It doesn’t matter who we end up playing because we will be prepared to play no matter what team it is. We didn’t like the taste of loss and from now on especially we don’t want that to happen again,” Riberio said. “We haven’t lost at home yet this season. I think it’s an Photo by Abhishek Chhetri advantage for us to play at home with our fans around us Sophomore forward Brian Hines vigoriously defends his possession in a game supporting us.” against Hendrix.

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The momentum soon reversed the 14-7-Centre lead as second half opened with McKissic throwing a backward pass to first-year backup quarterback Mason Blaschke, who then found Walker for a touchdown.

In the next offensive series, Osei-Kuffour’s 33-yard reception set up the Tigers on the Centre 1-yard line. Junior running back Patrick Granchelli then dove in for the winning touchdown that locked that score in at 20-14.

“Once we started hurrying up the offense, we were able to get them on their heels,” HinerLeamon said. “I also think our defense performs best in critical situations, so we did a good job of just keeping them out of the end zone.”

The defense had to keep up the efforts all the way to the end. The last minute of the fourth quarter gave Centre an opportunity to steal the game, one that kept the Trinity fans on the edge of their seats. However, the Tiger defense forced four straight incompletions to finally seal the game.

“The defense rose to the occasion,” said assistant coach Marshall Fleener. “They have done a great job of finishing games for us” Keeping the opposing offense sound, the Tiger defense has consistently kept opponents to a maximum of two touchdowns a game all season.

Senior linebacker Ben Robinson led the defense in tackles

photo by Christina Velasquez

Junior running back Patrick Granchelli outruns a Centre defender. with 11, while also recording one quarterback sack. He was named SCAC Defensive Player of the Week as well as to the D3football. com Team of the Week. Senior defensive back Jonathan Alexander followed with 10 tackles and also contributed to a quarterback sack.

“Defense is awesome,” Fleener said. “They’re a real tight-knit band of brothers and have done exciting things this year under Coach Dawson. They allow us to do a lot of things on offense.”

The offense successfully fed off the momentum in the game and came up with big plays and consistent drives to continue to

score.

McKissic completed 1121 passes for 121 yards and a touchdown, while Blaschke completed his pass for a 23-yard touchdown. Osei-Kuffour had three catches for 59 yards and a touchdown. Granchelli carried 22 times for 101 yards, his fourth 100yard game of the season.

“Once we get going on offense, we’re like a train – we can’t be stopped,” Walker said. “Our defense just put it to them, and then after Pat got the touchdown to put us ahead I was pretty confident we were going to win. Our whole sideline was just filled with

photo by Abhishek Chhetri

Senior wide receiver Jonathan Osei-Kuffour and junior wide receiver Riley Walker celebrate the Tigers’ victory in the air. excitement.”

The excitement carried the Tigers all the way to the SCAC title, which will be solely theirs if they win this weekend. The playoff berth, however, is secured.

“It’s had to be one of the most exciting games I’ve ever been a part of,” Fleener said. “It was a good springboard into playoffs.

But we have to take one game at a time, and I know they really want to go out undefeated with Austin College.”

The No. 16 Tigers (D3football. com) will wrap up the regular season with a conference game against Austin College in Sherman 1 p.m tomorrow, Nov.12 before the playoff run begins.

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Swimming and diving teams split meet n Women pull out a

win, men come up slightly short

by Jessie Burch

Reporter

The Swimming and Diving met in Midland against opponent University of Texas of Permian Basin on Saturday, Nov. 5. The teams exposed fans to the full spectrum of human emotion as they celebrated the women’s win and the men’s close loss.

On the women’s side, the Trinity swimmers blew UTPB out of the water with a score of 156 to 83.

“We won nine of 11 individual events and both relays, which pretty much tells the story of how the afternoon went. Christine Hoelterhoff, Kelly Holton, Mary Price and Rachel Berude raced to a 1:54.85 win in the opening 200 medley relay and we never looked back,” said Coach John Ryan about the women’s performance in the Swimming and Diving blog.

(Found at http://trinityswimming. blogspot.com).

Melanie Gustafson (1000 and 500 freestyle), Lydia Jones (50 and 100 freestyle) and Ruth Hahn (1 and 3-meter diving) were three double-event winners on the women’s side.

Other winning competitors included Mary Price in the 100 butterfly, Morgan Briggs in the 200 IM and Kelly Holton in the 100 breaststroke. One of the best-ever November sprint relay times was clocked by Christine Hoelterhoff, Meghan Varner, Mary Price and Lydia Jones (1:42.64).

On the men’s side, Trinity lost in a close competition to UTPB with a final score of 116 to 121. UTPB opened the meet with a 1:38.87 to 1:38.97 win in the 200 medley relay, in which first-year sprinter Kevin

Thomas had a strong lead until he missed a turn that cost the team crucial seconds.

“I felt like the meet went really well–they only beat us by a few points, and [since] they are a division II team with a lot more swimmers... the team did a great job as a whole, especially considering our six hour bus ride before the meet,” said first-year swimmer Adam Johnson, who competed on Saturday in the 200 medley relay, the 50 Free Style and the the 400 Free Style relay.

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Our guys definitely stepped it up and made things tough for the host team. We went down swinging.

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John Ryan

Swim Coach

Alex Miranda and Lucas Belury scored first and second in the 1000 freestyle and 50 freestyle, Thomas and Aaron Shaver tied for third with identical times of 22.31, and Lucas Belury took first in the 500 freestyle. In two remarkably close races, Spencer Bard lost by less than a second in the 100 butterfly and Matt Wey took third by only 6/100 of a second in the 100 breaststroke.

“Our guys definitely stepped it up and made things tough for the host team,” Ryan blogged.

“We went down swinging. I like that... I was proud of the way we competed.”

Due to a lack of divers on the UTPB team, the diving team had a quiet meet on Friday at home.

“The meet went well; it was very low key because it was just us, but it was a good way to get back into competition mode,” said sophomore diver Katie Sheldon. “It’s more exciting having the whole team there and competing at the same time, but we still had fun on Friday.”

Looking forward to March, Sheldon has her goals set high.

“I’d really like to be able to compete at [the national] level, because our conference does not really have much competition; there just aren’t enough teams with divers,” Sheldon said.

Both swimmers and divers look forward to this Saturday’s home meet against opponent Colorado College. The meet will take place in the Hixon Natatorium, free admission.

Divers will compete at 10 a.m.

Photo by Christina Velasquez and swimmers at 12 p.m.

First year Lydia Jones competes in backstroke during last weekend’s home

meet against Southwestern.

Club Sports Update: Women’s Water Polo The women’s club water polo team had their first informal tournament on Saturday, Nov. 5, at Texas A&M in College Station. They played three games against Texas State and the white and maroon teams from Texas A&M. Although the day ended with three losses, the team left with experience. They went in with winning low on their priority list. What was high on the list was gaining experience and practice so that they know what they need to work on in preparation for the season, which starts in the spring.

Amara Keller, the president, expressed how well their first tournament with the Trinity girls went.

“I think we played really well considering we are only allowed to practice in the pool for three hours per week. We had a lot of fun and played with the Gator Gals, a team that we literally met that morning,” Keller said.

Due to a lack of players from Trinity this weekend, the team paired up with the San Antonio Gator Gals.

The Gator Gals are a masters’ water polo team that has players ranging from 20-50 years old. According to team members, their main goal is to have fun and play the game.

If you are interested in joining the women’s club water polo team, practices are held from 7-8:30 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday in Hixon Natatorium, Newcomers are always welcome.

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It was reported this week that San Antonio Spurs owner Peter Holt got into a shouting match with New Orleans point guard Chris Paul at a bargaining session last month. While debating the owner’s revenue split of 50-50, Holt told the players to “take it or leave it.” Paul responded by shouting multiple times to Holt: “Take it or leave it?”

Currently, the players have left it.

Last Saturday, the Texas Longhorns football team defeated the Texas Tech Red Raiders, 52-20. The Longhorns gained 439 yards on the ground with 595 yards of total offense. It marks the first time since 1977 that UT has recored over 400 rushing yards in back to back games. Two weeks ago the Longhorns posted 441 rushing yards against Kansas.

On a beat-the-clock drive last Sunday night, quarterback Joe Flacco led the Baltimore Ravens to a 23-20 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Against the league’s second-ranked defense, Flacco moved the offense 92-yards and finished with a 26-yard touchdown pass to Torrey Smith with 8 seconds remaining. The Ravens are currently tied with the Cincinnati Bengals for the best record in the AFC.

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Men’s basketball preview: Tigers get ready for season with exhibition match n Men prepare for

challenging opponents by hitting the court early

by Adam Rauch Intern

As winter approaches, so does the men’s 2011-2012 basketball season.

Coming off a 16-11 season in which the Tigers went 11-5 in conference play, coach Pat Cunningham and the Tigers look to keep improving as they head into the new season. Young talent has emerged, yet at the same time, veteran talent has left, leaving both opportunities and challenges for the season ahead.

Perhaps the biggest challenge this season will be replacing former Trinity star Luke Caldarera, who led the Tigers in points scored for and rebounds for the past two seasons.

With a big void to fill, the Tigers will look to upcoming breakout players such as sophomores Zach Lambert and Robert Kitzinger.

Kitzinger was second on the

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We’re still in the preparation stage. We haven’t put in all aspects of our game to be ‘game ready,’ but we’re getting there. I’m always hopeful that we will continue to improve as this preseason continues and the regular season gets under way.

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Pat Cunningham

Head coach

team in scoring last year as a first year with 10.7 points per game and Lambert followed after him, averaging 6.6 points per game.

New talent has also entered the Tiger basketball program this year. First years such as William Young and Charles Allen have shown promise on the Tiger squad, and their roles will only continue to increase as the season progresses.

As far as key games go, the Tigers’ opening portion of their schedule features some games. The Tigers will face two nationally ranked Division III opponents within a two-day span Nov. 25-26. Their first

game matches them up against tenth ranked Virginia Wesleyan, followed by a battle against No. 13 Randolph-Macon College the next day. The Tigers will gain some serious attention if they can achieve these victories. The first home game will be played on Dec. 16 as the Tigers take on the University of Dallas in a conference match-up.

Although it may not be the regular season just yet, the Tigers have already displayed their skills in an exhibition game against St. Edwards last Saturday, Nov. 4. Just shy of a victory, the Tigers stood their ground against a strong Division II opponent, losing by only seven points.

The Tigers were led by Kitzinger, who posted 22 points while shooting 6-13 from the field.

“We got a lot of good, open looks on offense. We moved

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We played well offensively as individuals and as a team. We passed the ball well in the half court, got good shots and made 54% of our shots.

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Pat Cunningham

Head coach

the ball well. It was just all about knocking them in,”

Kitzinger said on the team’s performance.

The Tigers had the look of a poised and determined team, implementing a fast-paced offense, and while they were able to stay with the Hilltoppers for the majority of the game, the Hilltoppers managed to pull away in the end.

“We competed very well, but our defense needs some work before the season starts,” said sophomore guard Matt Selling.

As the Tigers continue to prep for the start of the 20112012 season, they hope to continue making progress and improvements on the court.

“We played well offensively as individuals and as a team.

We passed the ball well in the half court, got good shots and made 54 percent of our shots, which is a very good mark.

On the other hand, our defense

in general and our on-the-ball defense in particular was not very good. We also allowed 14 offensive rebounds, which is way too many,” said head coach Pat Cunningham. “We’re still in the preparation stage. We haven’t put in all aspects of our game to be ‘game ready’, but we’re getting there. I’m always hopeful that we will continue to improve as this pre-season continues and the regular season gets under way.”

With the first regular season game at Schreiner University less than a week away, both players and coaches are very excited to get things under way. As Robert Kitzinger puts it: “Get ready for some great basketball.”

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Women’s basketball preps for season n With young talent

and new coaching additions, Tigers look to impress this year

by Alex Milbert

Intern

The Trinity women’s basketball team has started practicing and gearing up for a great season.

“We’re really excited. We’re going to be a young team, so it gives us a lot of potential,” said first year Alison Salmon.

The Lady Tigers have seven new incoming first years. Their style of play has changed as they make way for such a big firstyear class.

“With seven first years and six sophomores, this year we’re focused on speed and playing with an up-tempo beat. We really want to try to put pressure on the defense as best as we can,” Salmon said.

Another new arrival for the women is assistant coach

Marvin Walker. Before coming to Trinity, Walker served as head coach of St. Mary’s Hall (San Antonio) where he coached for six years and turned around the program to produce a team which advanced to the state semifinals.

“He is a great coach; he really knows how to talk to us when we’re down and inspire us,” said first-year point guard Lauren Splawn.

“He really helps us defensively, and works really well with the players as he coaches us on developing our skills,” Salmon said.

Now that their passing and three-point specialist Danielle Hubenak is no longer on the court, and Trinity has no seniors on the squad, it is even more imperative for the younger players to step up and help the team.

“We really want to learn more and grow,” said first-year forward Jacqueline Sime. “The team is getting along well, and we are really excited for the upcoming season.”

Hubenak is still with the team, taking on an assistant coaching position this season.

Her focus will be on shooting structure and form. Her presence is beneficial because she works with the players one-on-one to perfect their technique.

In one week, the team will start their season and head to Redlands, California for the Redlands Tip Off Classic. The classic takes place Nov. 18-19.

The Tigers will first take the court against Chapman University and then University of Redlands.

“It’s our first real opportunity to see how far we can go as a new team,” Splawn said.

The Tigers are anxious to come together as a group and demonstrate their skills on the court.

“The team we have is a solid team. It’s a great way to start the season as we move forward,” Sime said.

The team has spent the past few weeks developing their game plan against the respective schools in order to get a good start to their season.

Upcoming Schedule Friday, Nov. 18Saturday, Nov. 19 Redlands Tip-Off Classic 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21 at Occidental 8 p.m.

4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 Home vs Richard Stockton 4p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27 Home vs. St. Thomas (Minn.)

“Our composure is key. If we can move the ball around and keep our quick passes going, then we’ll be able to stop them,” said Splawn. “Chapman’s a very quick team and Redlands likes to press a lot. Maximizing on our shooting and using our transition plays is what we have been practicing over and over.”

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Knocking on wood: the power of superstition Get in The Game

by Megan Julian

Sports Editor

Ask any of my friends, anyone in the newsroom or anyone who has seen me on campus, if I speak about Trinity football and their undefeated record, I will knock on wood and insist that everyone in my presence knock on wood as well, just to be safe. If I hear anyone talking about Tiger football, I stop and find something made of wood. Seriously, it’s a crisis if there is no wood around.

People probably think I’m crazy. Okay, so it sort of looks that way. But I’m really not that superstitious. I could care less about black cats or broken mirrors. But when it comes to football, knocking on wood and my lucky Colts socks I’m a sucker for rituals and nonsense.

But I can’t help it. What if I stop knocking on wood one week and they lose? Not that I don’t have all the faith in the world in those boys, but it’s so hard to let go. Superstitions are funny that way—they are ridiculous but for some reason we believe they help.

My little brother keeps a tiki man from Hawaii in his football locker. He and all the starters kiss it before every game. He even brings it to away games. He swears on it. That three-foot tiki man doesn’t score touchdowns, make tackles or possess magical powers, but for him it’s more important than anything.

Some pros are pretty strange too. Michael Jordan always wore blue North Carolina shorts under his uniform. Peyton Manning has to read the game program from front to back before taking the field. Turk Wendell chewed black licorice while pitching and brushed his teeth between each inning.

So are these rituals and superstitions only significant because we make them? Why am I even asking that question?

Obviously, I play no factor in whether or not Trinity football wins. But as long as they keep winning, I will continue to knock on random wooden objects.

Michael Jordan would probably play just as well with just one pair of shorts on, reading the program isn’t the key to Peyton Manning’s success and I doubt clean teeth make Turk Wendell throw faster. But, obviously these players believe in their own superstitions and there is a reason they continue to repeat them week after week, game after game.

On the other hand, if the Colts lose one more time, I just may burn my “lucky” socks.

It may be time to let that one go, unfortunately. Maybe my brother will let me borrow his magical tiki man on Sunday.

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This Week In Photos

compiled by Sarah Gambell, Intern

photo by Abhishek Chhetri

Juniors Will Hix, Nick Darling, Luke Suchecki and Tino Hong react to the win that made them SCAC Champions last Saturday.

photo by Christina Velasquez

A young fan gets a hug from LeeRoy the Tiger at the SCAC Championship game against Centre College on Saturday. Trinity won 20-14, clenching their first NCAA playoff bid since 2007.

photo by Purushottam Shah

A player takes a whack at an oncoming ball during the first TU Cricket Night, an event which many found to be a great success.

photo by Christina Velasquez

The American flag flies at half mast last week to mourn the death of Lance Corporal Benjamin Schmidt, the son of a team physician for Trinity athletics.

photo by Carly Cowen

Senior Kylie Reynolds performs in the human communication and theater department’s dress rehearsal of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” The play, which debuts today, Nov. 11, features elaborate costumes and music composed by senior Isaiah Putman.

photo by Purushottam Shah

Junior Erin Curtis edits a spoof of the hit horror movie, “Paranormal Activity,” as part of TigerTV’s 36 hour film competition. Curtis was a member of one of three teams to compete over the weekend.