PERSPECTIVES Campus Opinion Student media @UIWlogos www.uiwlogos.org @UIWtv http://uiwtv.org/ @kuiwradio Student shares issues with accessibility Tree-lighting ceremony holds symbolism Help often needed to cope with it. http://www.kuiw.org/ page 11 page 4 page 7 VOL. 118. NO. 4 Est. 1935 December 2017 By Sandra Preciado LOGOSiGrad STAFF WRITER tool will help manage money The Office of Financial The mission of this new tool will hopefully help them really further spread the news through said. Assistance at the University of is to help financially educate understand their finances and a campaign launch in Spring the Incarnate Word is preparing students, Alicea said, adding make smart financial choices 2018.” to introduce its students, parents that parents are also able to both during and outside of To sign up, students have to and alumni to iGrad -- the create an account but do not school.” iGrad is accessed complete a short eight-question newest money management have the ability to access their through the office’s website at assessment that will personalize After continuous use, iGrad tool. student’s or anyone else’s www.igrad.com/schools/uiwtx advice and recommendations helps build the student’s “iGrad is an online financial activities. However, the office hopes to for the student to learn to create financial skills by keeping literacy and debt management “It’s a way of providing have the tool at the student’s healthy financial plans. track of their progress toward tool that the university is information to students that fingertips by logging in through “A student who has learned achieving their financial goals. providing to students, free of they may not have received MyWord. how to manage their money “Some of the national charge,” said Cristen Alicea, before in high school or at properly is much less likely to conversation that we’re seeing assistant director for the office. home,” Alicea said. “This tool Alicea said, “We hope to default in federal loans,” Alicea about this is that students are Jump to page 2 Photo by Alejandro Jimenez Sister Kathleen Coughlin, vice president for institutional advancement, and Cynthia Escamilla, vice president and general counsel for the university, serve students. StudentsBy Analy Garcia taste ‘Cardinal Holiday Feast’ LOGOS STAFF WRITER Hundreds of University of the Incarnate Word students visited the different stations of international and brought, bought or prepared desserts. This was students flocked Tuesday, Dec. 5, to the Student foods. At the end of the night, students had the the first feast under the new president, Dr. Thomas Engagement Center for the annual “Cardinal Dinner opportunity to win two $25 gift cards to the UIW Evans. Faculty and staff wrapped the silverware Monday Feast.” bookstore by placing their names on their passport and afternoon and returned to serve at Tuesday’s event Inside the center, students were greeted by the entering it into the drawing. which featured international fare. aroma of foods made by UIW’s own campus caterers, The feast for students started in 1986 with an annual Flavors by Sodexo Catering Company worked Sodexo. At check-in, students were given a black “President’s Spaghetti Dinner” featuring meatballs with together with Paul Ayala, director of Campus card which showed appetizers, entrées and desserts a secret family recipe sauce by longtime UIW president Engagement, and the Office of Residence Life for separated into different columns. Dr. Lou Agnese Jr. Prior to past meals, faculty and approximately three months in preparation for These acted as “passports” that were stamped when s¬¬¬taff rolled the meatballs, helped serve the dinner Tuesday’s event. It originally started with 15-20 different Jump to page 2 Consultant asks ‘Blackface’ leads UIW community toBy Miranda Hanzalforum on race LOGOS STAFF WRITER for ‘vision’ input A Halloween the African Student American people they “blackface” incident at the Organization and the were portraying”. By Renee Muniz University of the Incarnate Black Student Association Disciplinary measures LOGOS ASSISTANT EDITOR Dr. Susan Resneck Pierce Word became a teachable called for the two took place for the two moment. offenders to be punished student-athletes after A special Resneck Pierce, share with Evans diversity, student E-mails went out and for the university an investigation by UIW consultant to the president of SRP and the Board characteristics, regarding two, non-black to issue statements administrators. UIW’s University of the Consulting and of Trustees in technology, student-athletes whose reprimanding their president, Dr. Thomas Incarnate Word’s former president January. internal Halloween costumes actions. Evans, issued a statement president, Dr. of the University On the final communication, sparked controversy “It wasn’t the, I guess shortly afterwards, saying, Thomas Evans, of Puget Sound in day of the strategic faculty meetings when they were seen the costume, that offended “The bottom line: under has talked and Tacoma, Wash., visioning sessions, and staff shortage. portraying characters in a lot of people,” ASO no circumstance is racism listened to faculty has been trying Thursday, Nov. Pierce said she blackface – a former of Vice President Spring ever acceptable”. and staff to help to identify key 7, Pierce held wanted the forum makeup used by non- Lucky-Dania said. “It was Not only did Evans with “strategic questions and an open session to start with one blacks to portray blacks. the fact that they felt the speak up about the matter, visioning.” concerns of faculty where topics idea: “Identify Following the events need to paint their face but many groups across Dr. Susan and staff she will discussed included the most critical of Halloween night, to resemble the African- campus showed their Jump to page 2 NEWS page 2 Est. 1935 December 2017 “Angel of Death” Returns Coast Guard operating ‘floating prisons’ Former nurse Genene Jones In an effort to halt the smuggling of hard drugs “Angel of Death” has been moved such as cocaine and heroin into the United States, back to San Antonio to face more U.S. Coast Guard cutters have begun to deploy charges for the death of five more farther and farther offshore into the Pacific children. She was convicted in Ocean. These cutters will intercept smugglers 1984 for killing a 15-month-old and hold them on board -- sometimes exposed to Compiled by Jake Fortune LOGOS Staff Writer with a fatal overdose and is the elements and often waiting weeks or months facing more charges of murder. before reaching U.S. shores and being properly 95-year-old suspect of stealing artifacts She will be in Bexar County until arrested. Joan Howard, the 95-year-old wife of a U.N. the cases have been adjudicated. Report: Caesar invaded Britain diplomat, has been accused of stealing priceless artifacts from Egypt and Ancient British archaeologists have uncovered the first Rome valued at $13 million. Howard’s piece of evidence to suggest Julius Caesar invaded collection has come under investigation Britain in 54 B.C., but retreated in defeat. Diggers from Australia’s Department of Foreign have found evidence to support this claim, as well Affairs. There is no solid proof she has as Caesar’s own account of the attempted invasion. actually broken any laws or regulations According to Professor Colin Haselgrove, leader regarding archaeological digs. of the expedition, the site would have marked the beginning of Roman occupation which lasted close to 400 years. comingCont. into college unprepared iGrad for School” informs tool students willthat provide students help with manageLive webinars offer a library their money financial health through on how to deal with their of loans and the different scholarship searches, a student of videos curated to financial the amount to modules money,” Alicea said. “So while types of financial aid. “Finding loan snapshot, retirement questions that student may face completed charted in a report. our priority is to keep down a Career” provides students analyzer and budgeting. today or in the future. “Although iGrad is not the loan rate, part of that is (to) a job-search engine and There also is a category Live chats are available to the yet available through the teach students good financial helpful tips to prepare for job called “GPS to Success,” short student asking questions on MyWord portal we strongly habits.” applications. Lastly, the “More” videos sharing insightful tips specific topics. Or the student encourage students to check The online tool provides category offers personalized for a successful interview and a has the option to browse it out now,” Alicea said. “Our students four main financial recommendations and career from professionals. through frequently asked office welcomes student users’ topics such as “Money informative media content. A “Financial Coach” tab questions. feedback.” Management” with subgroups Besides these four main answers frequently asked Students are able to check of budgeting and debt. “Paying topics, there are course modules questions in video format. on a bar and badges measuring Cont. Students taste ‘Cardinal Holiday Feast’ ideas of different countries and were later “the ceviche station from Peru, Middle Mexican hot chocolate.” hot chocolate. narrowed down to a handful. East is the Tabouli and Baba Ghanoush Students lined up at every station for “I found out about this event through “Dr. Evans and Mrs. Evans and their from Pascha restaurant which is one a chance to try different foods. Upstairs, a Res Life,” said junior Dina Gonzalez. family helped us narrow it down to the of our partners here on campus, traditional Peruvian flutist played. “I think so far it’s going great and it’s ones that you see in front of you today,” the German Wurst station with the In another room was the dessert flowing well and all the food’s great.” said Sodexo Catering Manager Ryan homemade kraut and mustard, our area where Baklava filled the tables Deharty.