VOLUME 118 ISSUE 5 TRINITONIANServing Trinity University Since 1902 SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 6 Exploring the musical genius 12 Tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman, 14 Tiger student-athletes discuss OPINION that is instrumental metal ARTS known for Black Panther, Jackie Robsinson SPORTS their favorite sports movies COVID-19 testing reveals low positivity rate Of 100 students, faculty and staff randomly sampled, zero tests to-date have come back positive The specifics of how many people to test, JAKE PERRY | REPORTER and in what ways, have been based on the [email protected] recommendations of two local epidemiologists that have been in consultation with Trinity since With plexiglass walls, a small team of the outbreak. “We rely on the professionals,” masked medical personnel and a “please said Ivan Pendergast, Emergency Management take a number” machine, Murchison lounge Coordinator at Trinity. is a far cry from the midnight computer Those randomly selected testees can lab students know and love. Now, it’s the choose online from a series of testing times center of Trinity’s first round of COVID-19 so as not to interfere with classes or job surveillance testing. obligations. Testees enter the one-way door, The first round of mass testing revealed take a number, and after a short, socially- an exceptionally low positivity rate, and the distanced wait, are given the polymerase most recent round has a nonexistent one. So chain reaction (PCR) “nasal swab” test. Once far, there have been zero positive results from the test is complete, testees are then free to go the first round of surveillance testing. about their day. “It’s gone really efficiently, I’m pleased to PCR tests are what Trinity is using right say,” said Tess Coody-Anders, vice president now, but that may change. for Strategic Communications and Marketing. “Going forward, so that we can test “This is a pretty seminal moment. Mass testing perhaps more people and perhaps more was a big deal, now let’s see what’s happened often, we’re going to look at other options,” since school started.” said Coody-Anders. “We’ve looked at and JACKE ROBLEDO and CHANTEL CHAMPAGNE talk while waiting for students to arrive to the COVID-19 testing About 100 participants were selected are trying to decide whether or not we’d center in Murchison lounge. One-hundred students, faculty and staff were administered PCR tests. randomly by computer from the categories of use a rapid antigen test, or perhaps that in photo by KATE NUELLE on-campus students, off-campus commuter conversation with some other approaches.” students, faculty and staff. The categories The level of resources Trinity has to enough to take actions [and] reduce operations Surveillance testing will continue this way are selected proportionally to the size of respond to a COVID-19 outbreak on campus before the entire campus is implicated.” for the foreseeable future, on a recurring 14- populations relative to each other, meaning remains above what is currently being used. “We don’t want to use low numbers as day cycle. It is not set in stone how Trinity students account for more than 50% of “We’ve improved our processes at quarantine a false sense of security and relax,” said would respond to an outbreak indicated by those tested. Students are also representative and isolation enough that we have a pretty good Pendergast. He attributes the success of the a second round of testing. Administration is of the different residence halls and buildings capacity,” Coody-Anders said. “We would want first round to “[Trinity’s] messaging and keeping its options open. on campus. to be able to do enough testing frequently students listening.” continued on PAGE 3 Conduct panel, dean’s office issue Health Pledge violation sanctions Forty-two reports of violations have been made anonymously and through TUPD, Residential Life

students accused will have the opportunity BENJAMIN ADAMS | REPORTER to defend themselves. [email protected] “If the reporter is a RA or RLC, we invite them as a witness to hearings. Witnesses As a part of Trinity’s ProtecTU campaign have a non-speaking role, but the panel can to limit the spread of COVID-19, all ask them questions. Generally, if the party students, faculty and staff were required who reported the incident is involved in to sign the ProtecTU Health Pledge, the hearing for Student Conduct, they are in which they agreed to practice social normally asked questions from the panelist,” distancing and wear masks. Designed to wrote Castillo. hold students accountable to their peers “The student conduct panel overall aims and community, students that break the for fairness and transparency while holding pledge face consequences, ranging from students responsible for their actions. There removal from residence halls to a one- is not a ‘cover all’, or ‘blanket’ sanction semester suspension. for violations of the health pledge,” wrote “Generally, if the student breaks the Castillo. “All cases are viewed independently, promise made in the Health Pledge, and the panel considers several factors, their infraction is either handled through such as the impact to the TU and greater Residential Life staff or the Dean of community, impact on the student, how the Students office, either administratively or incident unfolded, etc. Within the panel, on a Conduct Panel,” wrote Casey McLeod, we encourage students to talk openly about senior biochemistry and molecular biology MEGAN MAGILL, junior biology major and member of the Student Conduct Board, is one of the individuals the incident, the factors that led up to the major and member of the Student Conduct hearing ProtecTU Health Pledge violation cases. Most reports so far have been by Residential Life staff. incident, and so on.” Board, in an email interview. photo by KATE NUELLE When it comes to consequences for health In order for an investigation to take pledge violations, the potential sanctions are place, a report must be made, either by Most reports have come from Residential Outside of the reports made by also variable. Residential Life, TUPD, or through Trinity’s Life staff. Residential Life staff, reports have also “Most sanctions involve a warning and anonymous COVID-19 violation form. “The reports are consistent with rounds trickled in from the student body, some of fine which can change depending on how “These cases can then be handled through the [Resident Assistants] have to complete which are anonymous. severe the actions were,” wrote Meghan several different outputs discussed above. and thorough reports of noise complaints, Castillo pointed out that “The reporting Magill, junior biology major and member Generally, if the report is sent through our etc.,” wrote Christina Castillo, coordinator form asks for the reporter’s information, of the Student Conduct Board, in an anonymous forum, the Dean of Students for Student Conduct and Special Projects, the students involved and a description of email interview. office reaches out to the alleged students to in an email interview. “RA’s are not out what occurred. The form also has a section Magill also noted that there were get more information prior to scheduling looking for violations, but if they come across to include uploads, such as pictures, videos, things that students who had violated the a case,” wrote McLeod. “Once all the something that seems like it violated policy, etc. Sometimes there is no information to health code could do in order to positively necessary information is gathered from they need to report it.” follow up on in the report.” influence the severity of the sanctions given both respondents and reporting parties, a So far, 42 reports have been received by When it comes to trial, these reporters to them. Conduct Panel case is usually scheduled.” the Office of the Dean of Students. will have a chance to give their say, and the 2 TRINITONIAN.COM • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 • NEWS Previously, on SGA: Student Activity Fund, What’s It Good For?

WEAR This covers the meeting on Sept. 16 their newly-held positions. Planning for these elections will begin soon. CLIMATE CHECK Sophomore senator Donya Ahmadi started off this PUBLIC MEETINGS, NO PUBLIC? YOUR week’s climate check by inquiring about what students VP Chapin-Eiserloh mentioned that they are currently should do if they see someone who’s not allowed on looking to increase SGA visibility, particularly when it campus, referring to a person who hasn’t been tested comes to community members attending their public or tracked their symptoms. Advisor Thompson referred meetings. Junior Communication Chair Rebecca Wicker Ahmadi to the COVID Violation Report page where said that they are currently working on inviting the MASKS students can submit a report about an individual who is community through Instagram where those interested in violation of community health and safety guidelines. can be sent a link if they wish to attend the meeting. Senator Ahmadi also suggested that SGA review their constitution to address conflicts of interests to STUDENT ACTIVITY FUND PLEASE prevent potential issues in the future. Though junior Vice Once again, questions about where the student President Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh stated that there are activity fund would be allocated were brought up. VP no active violations, junior senator Nasim Salehitezangi Chapin-Eiserloh said he was not in favor of distributing suggested that a constitution review would be good the money between students because it wouldn’t be for SGA to ensure that there continue to be no active much anyway. He says he’d much rather see it allocated STAFF violations. towards other ways of helping students that don’t involve KAYLA PADILLA editor-in-chief a cash disbursement. GENEVIEVE HUMPHREYS managing FIRST-YEAR ELECTIONS editor Senior SGA President Jaelen Harris mentioned the JORDAN JURAN business manager COMITTEE ACCOUNTABILITY JESSIE DE ARMAN ad director upcoming first-year elections. The process includes President Harris mentioned that comittees will be DANA NICHOLS news editor holding 1-2 information sessions about SGA, sending out expected to submit a report about their progress every PHOEBE MURPHY opinion editor the application, waiting for submissions, campaigning week in order to be transparent with everyone. Comittee MACKENZIE COOK pulse editor and then voting. Once representatives are voted into members will be expected to be honest about workload SAVANNAH WAHLGREN arts editor SGA, they’ll immediately be invited to meetings regarding and their progress every week. BRIAN YANCELSON sports editor KATE NUELLE visual editor Meetings are held every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom. LOGAN CREWS web editor Additional coverage can be found online at trinitonian.com, coverage by KAYLA PADILLA GRACEN HOYLE assistant web editor

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The first copy of the Trinitonian is free; additional 26. Korean picked staple copies are three dollars each. ©2019. All rights reserved. Interactive version available at Trinitonian.com NEWS • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 • TRINITONIAN.COM 3 Trinity prepares for a virtual Fall Family Weekend Events will take place over Zoom, allowing parents, faculty and students to connect safely “[This year there will be] panel discussions NEHA KUMAR | NEWS REPORTER with leadership, a state of the university [email protected] address from the president, Saturday the 3rd there’s a theater production, so we are looking at that, and also a lecture on the election by This year’s Fall Family Weekend, while a couple of professors who are experts in the historically an opportunity for parents to field,” said Holzman-Cantu. reconnect with their students mid-semester David Tuttle, dean of students, and attend in-person events, will be going emphasized the challenges of virtual virtual due to COVID-19 precautions. As planning, noting that concerns over privacy webinars replace tailgates and picnics, the led the committee to alter the format of planning committee has been flexible in its some events. preparation for this Trinity tradition, which is “We try to showcase our faculty at to take place Oct. 2-4. different times. In the past it has been that According to Susan Lavenant, assistant family members can visit a class. To do director of Special Events, all events for this that in a Zoom environment with some year’s Fall Family Weekend will take place of the FERPA considerations, the privacy online. While conducting the event over considerations, we decided that would Zoom has its drawbacks, Lavenant noted be just different enough that it made us that virtual events present an opportunity to uncomfortable. Instead what we will do expand engagement and attendance. is have a presentation to family members ‘I like to do face-to-face. I like to put a about the upcoming election. This way it name to the face. Now we are having to do will be an educational element. It’s relevant, things a little differently, and it’s virtual. it’s timely, it showcases our professors and it I’ve been working at Trinity since 2011, can be interactive,” Tuttle said. so you have your same donors attend a lot The state of the university address from of the events. It’s always nice to be like, Danny Anderson, president of Trinity ‘Oh, there are Joe, good to see you!’ Or University, is an annual highlight of Fall you have gotten to the point that you give Family Weekend that will continue virtually them a hug or handshake or just a friendly and provide an opportunity for families to welcome,” said Lavenant. “I think being engage with Trinity leadership. One of the people behind the planning of Fall Family Weekend is ALIZA HOLZMAN-CANTU, director of Parent virtual, you don’t get that same experience, “We honestly discussed whether or not to Giving and Engagement. Returning events include the state of the university address and a theatre production. however there’s pros to it. Now, people even have [Fall Family Weekend], because photo provided by TRINITY UNIVERSITY that live out of town who have not been it will be markedly different from what we able to attend a lot of our events because have done before. One of the things that This year’s Fall Family Weekend also that many parents are likely to be interested in of the distance, it’s nice to have them has always been a really important element presents an opportunity for parents to connect engaging in the events through Zoom. join. It’s a perfect year to explore all the is the state of the university [address] from with one another virtually by region, making “We did a virtual webinar that included different options.” President Anderson. We are trying to set up for the loss of what are traditionally in- alumni, donors, friends and a little over 300 Aliza Holzman-Cantu, director of Parent that up as a live webinar event, and that’s person connections. people signed up for it. This was kind of the Giving and Engagement, described the really important for families to pose their While the committee is unsure of the number first one we had done like this, so I’m just various events taking place over the weekend, questions, unfiltered and direct to the of families that plan to attend the fully virtual comparing to that. I’m hoping it’s going to be a new and old. president,” Tuttle said. Fall Family Weekend, recent trends suggest really good turn out,” Levanant said. Random sampling shows avoidance of outbreak continued from FRONT “Trinity faculty and staff really demonstrated just how nimble, innovative and creative they “If it seemed that the positive results could be when faced with a shared problem,” were clustered in a particular cohort, that said Coody-Anders. “I think it’s a shining might dictate an action,” Coody-Anders example of what it means to be a Trinitonian.” said. “I don’t think one round [of testing] will in and of itself trigger a closure, but it could trigger a path.” Trinity has partnered with Florence “I think we can get to the Medical Group to facilitate testing. So far, Trinity administration has been satisfied end of the semester, and with Florence. I think it would be an “They’re a wonderful group who’ve been able to adjust with us every step of the way,” incredible story for Trinity Pendergast said. Murchison lounge’s transformation and Trinity students to from computer lab to COVID-19 testing center in a single morning is tell about the kind of representative of larger collaboration efforts across departments at Trinity. The culture of engagement and Nerve Center has coordinated efforts with the Health and Wellness working commitment to each other group, the Facilities and Operations we have..” working group, the Teaching and Learning Task Force, the Stakeholder TESS COODY-ANDERS VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS Engagement working group, Campus Life working group and the Operating Budget Task Force. Finding the intersection between Looking forward, Coody-Anders and safety and university function has been Pendergast both independently described their difficult for Trinity’s top decision- outlooks as “cautiously optimistic.” makers. Canceling events and traditions “I think we can get to the end of the like the first-year tower climb were hard semester,” Coody-Anders said. “I think we can calls to make. get to the end of the semester, and I think it “Let’s look at everything that needs to be would be an incredible story for Trinity and done and look at the balance of experience and Trinity students to tell about the kind of Top: DANIEL RESTREPO, senior religion major, exits after his COVID-19 test. Bottom: CHANTEL CHAMPAGNE walks education,” said Pendergast. “That decision and culture of engagement and commitment to through Murchison, Trinity’s makeshift COVID-19 testing center in partnership with Florence Medical Group. ensuring safety and that we continue to operate.” each other we have.” photos by KATE NUELLE 4 TRINITONIAN.COM • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 • NEWS Facilities Services sanitizes, cleans campus Classrooms, common areas, residence halls undergo daily cleaning and sanitization a spray bottle filled with a self-contained RACHEL POOVATHOOR | NEWS REPORTER dissolvable solution in the bottle and a [email protected] microfiber towel. “We provided you with the materials to Amidst the hustle-and-bustle of getting back clean your room as often as you think you to campus, students and parents might not needed and then once a week, we came by realize everything that went into getting the with the Clorox 360 machine to spray their campus ready, clean and operating in the brave room once a week,” said Butler. new world of COVID-19. Spaces across campus undergo both “We hit the ground running to get to August cleaning, the routine housekeeping services 14th, which was our day to be ready for students such as dusting, sweeping and emptying coming back for that first round of testing,” said trash, and sanitization, which offers Bruce Bravo, senior director of Conferences and additional disinfection to limit the spread Special Programs and co-chair of the Facilities of COVID-19. Staff members spend three and Operations working group. hours a day using the nine Clorox 360 There are seven working groups that report electrostatic misting machines a day, wearing to the Nerve Center, which is a coalition of the required N95 masks while operating the individuals across campus sectors led by Tess machines. Coody-Anders, vice president for Strategic Classrooms on the registrar’s schedule are Communications and Marketing, and Dan cleaned and sanitized once per day, as are Carson, Project Management Consultant. the common spaces in academic buildings “The Nerve Center was brought together and residence halls. Residence hall student so that we could begin the Fall semester back rooms are cleaned as usual every two weeks on campus,” said Jim Baker, senior director of and sanitized with the Clorox machines Facilities Services and co-chair of the Facilities once a week. and Operations working group. Using a colored dot system, students There were four scenarios that the Nerve can choose whether or not they would like Center considered for Fall 2020: T1, T2, T3 their space to be cleaned or sanitized. Red, and T4. The T1 scenario was that no students orange, yellow and green dots are placed on returned back to campus. T2 was a partial doors to communicate students’ preferences return to campus, T3 was a scenario in which to staff. all students were expected to be back on Staff, who would otherwise be cleaning A Facilities Services staff member disinfects surfaces in Mabee with an electrostatic sprayer. The campus and T4 was operating as if COVID-19 classrooms or offices, became part of the sprayers are being used for sanitization in common spaces, classrooms, and residence halls. never happened. Microfiber Team. This Team wipes down photo by KATE NUELLE “We were T3 all the way up to the 1st of the doors, elevators and handrails every August,” said Baker, “We had fourteen days to morning. These staff workers are contracted face shield and an N95 mask when cleaning. “We leveraged Aramark’s global resources. switch over to T2.” Aug. 14 was the first day of through a custodial contract with ABM, a Due to student confidentiality, it is not They immediately shared plans for catering, student arrival to residence halls. facility management company. disclosed to custodial staff whether a student dining, cleaning and sanitation,” said Bravo. “Where we were at in July in San Antonio, it Facilities Services staff went through the in the isolation room has tested positive After each day, Clorox 360 machines just didn’t look good,” said Bravo. same precautionary measures as students themselves or if the student had been in are used throughout all dining areas on The T3 approach was a much more costly prior to coming on campus, including contact with a positive case elsewhere. The campus, including the Commons and plan for the University, as operations were testing and education on COVID-19 safety only thing known about those in isolation Mabee. Bravo mentioned that the formerly- expected to run at near 100% “normalcy” and policies. rooms is that they have been asked by the planned renovations to the Commons easily with the additional sanitation load for each “Our department has been directed to University to isolate. accommodated the social distancing and classroom, office, residence hall, etc. only accept the nasal swab test results. We Students are asked to make use of the de-densification requirements for the flow “T3 was brutal for sanitation and had no positive results. All of the Facilities hand sanitizer along with provided cleaning in, out, and between buildings and spaces housekeeping. When we went to T2, we asked Services staff have taken a 4 part training supplies to wipe down common spaces before across campus. faculty to opt-in to a cleaning program. Of a within SafeColleges Training,” wrote Ernesto and after use. “Our team looked at each academic building, total 141,000 square feet of office space, only Gonzalez, associate director of Facilities Speaking of common spaces, Bravo each floor, and decided this was going to be a 19,000 opt-in square feet opted-in,” said Baker. Services, in an email interview. “... All of has been preparing for dining at Trinity one-way, this was going to be an entrance, was “The point of T2 was the de-densification of our staff are required to participate in the during COVID-19, alongside Aramark’s going to be an exit, and got signage and that was campus. Less residents, less students. By design, Conversahealth screening every morning Management Team, since May 1. Aramark one of the first things we did,” said Bravo. that meant we could focus our resources exactly and are randomly asked for their pass by provided their corporate recommendations “Our priority is to continue to provide where we needed it ... into common areas where supervisors. The university is also conducting to Trinity which were considered in a safe environment where our students, people actually are,” said Bravo. random testing for our staff.” addition to the Health and Wellness faculty, and staff can focus on succeeding All students who returned to on-campus Custodial staff who clean the designated working group’s recommendations, in their every endeavor within our Trinity housing received a white paper bag containing isolation rooms in Murchison wear gloves, a according to Bravo. community,” said Gonzalez. ProtecTU Health Pledge sanctions continued from FRONT

“Such mitigating factors including respecting Residential Life/TUPD and honesty about the situation can result in a more efficient and clearer case. These factors influence the outcome of a case, as it reflects that the student(s) understand their actions,” Magill wrote. Rather than mere punitive measures, the sanctions are a way for students to hold themselves and others accountable to the Trinity community. “Sanctions are not meant to upset the responsible students, but to reinforce the importance that without complete student cooperation the campus will be unable to remain open,” Magill wrote. “Trinity has promised the students, their parents, the staff and anyone else associated with our campus that they will do everything possible to keep the campus safe and healthy, and as a result, the Conduct Panel is here to make sure that those who impede with those promises are held responsible.” NEWS • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 • TRINITONIAN.COM 5 NEWS BRIEFS

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CONSTRUCTION ON OAKMONT The construction, done by the City of San Antonio Public Works Department, was completed in two days. On Sept. 10, the City of San Antonio Public Works Department began construction to conduct improvements to and repave Oakmont Ct, located on Trinity’s upper campus. Although Trinity community members were warned in an email from TUPD that the renovation window was until Oct. 10, the project was completed quickly and people were back to parking on Oakmont Ct by Sept. 12. “They ground [the pavement], they hauled it off, brought in new asphalt, paved it, rolled it and they’re gone and now we’re parking on it,” said Jim Baker, senior director of Facilities Services. The improvements made to Oakmont were a city-sponsored project, the Public Works Department moving street-by-street to mill and overlay San Antonio roads. Trinity played no role in the project and underwent a quick turn-around to alert the community of parking limitations, having learned just days before that there would be construction. “They have been repaving the streets in the neighborhood for I think nine months, and so they just kind of pick a street and progressively move through,” said Baker. “We really didn’t have anything to do with it. It was a great finished product, but not a university directive.” The homes on Oakmont house many Trinity administrators, including Danny Anderson, university president, David Tuttle, dean of students, and Sheryl Tynes, vice president of Student Life. While technically a residential street, the houses on Oakmont are an integral part of Trinity’s landscape and the host of the university’s annual Christmas on Oakmont event. Oakmont is also used by many Trinity students as a place to park their cars due to its proximity to the Center for the Sciences and Innovation. Oakmont Ct is not the only street near Trinity seeing renovations: Rosewood Ave underwent preservation in Nov. 2019 and Shook Ave is set to undergo reclamation in the city’s fiscal year of 2022, both projects a part of the City of San Antonio’s five- year rolling Infrastructure Management Program (IMP). The mill and overlay of Oakmont Ct is not included in the directory of IMP projects.

FURTHER COVID-19 TESTING More rounds of surveillance testing for COVID-19 are to come to the Trinity community in the upcoming weeks. Given the zero percent positivity rate for the most recent surveillance testing, Trinity administration aims to continue rounds of testing on a biweekly basis. Extra precautions are being taken concerning the recent holiday Labor Day weekend and the potential of there having been social practices veering from COVID-19 health precautions. University testing for COVID-19 is being administered in Murchison lounge, where Trinity’s health services partners from Florence Medical Group are stationed. Currently, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) “nasal swab” tests are being Construction crews contracted by the City of San Antonio Public Works Department began the process of repaving on Sept. 10 and were done by Sept. 12. used, allowing for quick functioning. photos by KATE NUELLE 6 OPINION TRINITONIAN.COM • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 wwwv` FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK WANT TO The Trinitonian grows with its readers Over the summer, we sent a survey to people who are in our community. While our collective of students is always in SUBMIT A the Trinity community to gauge a variety it’s only expected people refer to our past flux. We grow, we learn, and we develop of concerns. We wanted to hear straight columns to try to paint a picture of how into better reporters, photographers from our readers how they perceived the we’re going to run our paper, we think it’s and editors. COLUMN? Trinitonian — if they felt our stories were important you know that we have every Thank you for the constructive diverse enough among other things — intention of being inclusive of all voices, criticism. We hear you. We know there’s and gave them the option to address any whether we agree with them on a personal work to be done. Hold us accountable, here’s what you other concerns they had about our paper level or not. disagree with us, and remember that we and how we run it. want to hear from you. Write a letter to should know. We are aware that the Trinitonian has the editor, submit a guest piece, let us developed a particular reputation. From Hold us know when you appreciate how a story the survey, we found that a significant is covered. If you feel the Trinitonian is number of the respondents consider the accountable, disagree lacking a certain perspective, please be letters to Trinitonian as a “gotcha” news source, that voice. Contribute and interact with one-sided, and closed off to responses with us, and remember our long-standing community paper. the editor and feedback. We understand that with It is a difficult job to run the Trinitonian our editorship comes the weight of that we want to hear when we’re all so far apart, but we hope what we’ve written about in the past. our physical distance doesn’t discourage Share your quick reactions to It’s perfectly valid to inquire about our from you. you from letting us know what you think. Trinitonian coverage and opinion intentions and inclusivity when we’ve We hope our improvements are tangible columns. Send 300 words or written left-leaning opinions in the and that our readers can respect the hustle. fewer to the head editors and past. Does this mean we’re only going to We are a student-run publication That’s what this is. A hustle on top of Phoebe Murphy, opinion editor, publish left-leaning material because we and will always strive to be better. It’s school, on top of our other commitments at [email protected]. She or want the Trinitonian to be some left-wing important to note that past experiences and on top of the craziness that is our paper? Of course not. Being an opinion with the Trinitonian, while important current world. We love what we do, and Kayla Padilla, editor-in-chief, will columnist means getting to share your to address and talk about, are just that we love hearing from our readers too. So be in touch as soon as they can. opinions as an individual while being an — in the past. We lose staff, gain staff talk to us, interact with our social media, editor means we put our politics aside and and get new executive editors every year. let us know where you stand and where ensure our paper is representative of the Hold us accountable, but recognize that you want to see improvements. guest columns

Can’t keep it to a few hundred The genius of instrumental metal words? Pen a guest column and let your views be known. parent genre. Animals as Please keep it between 500 and MAI VO Leaders often takes a lighter 700 words, and give us time to COLUMNIST approach to their riffs than [email protected] those bands, pulling from jazz prepare. If possible, submit by and electronica influences, Sunday at noon to be in the Friday among others. The other edition of the paper. Email it to Imagine this: it is just after midnight, there common name in the scene opinion editor Phoebe Murphy at is a problem set due in eight hours that you would be Polyphia, a mostly [email protected]. have not started yet and no study music seems instrumental band based in to be working. Lyrics are distracting, but most Dallas, Texas. Personally, they instrumental music just does not have the are my absolute favorite, and right tempo, or it all starts to sound the same. I have no shame in admitting please note! Orchestral music, movie soundtracks and lo-fi that I would go to any extent hip hop were all meant as background music, to see them if they are ever in The Opinion section editor and but they get boring after a while. What you town. Like Animals as Leaders, the Trinitonian copy editors need is a driving beat and a grooving guitar they practice frequent genre illustration by KATE NUELLE hook to keep on task. experimentation. Although will fact-check your work and Enter instrumental metal, the perfect they have gained popularity by touring with instrumental albums. Beginning this year, edit for clarity, legal concerns, study soundtrack which manages to keep such major acts as Periphery, Between the the post-hardcore band has begun releasing grammar and style, but we will things loud, fast and interesting without the Buried and Me and August Burns Red, they their old albums sans vocals, beginning with not alter your argument. Also, distraction of vocals. cater to a smaller scene than those progressive the most recent release, “Artificial Selection,” please include your graduating Instrumental metal and post-hardcore are metal giants. and working backward, putting out a new– year and major or your position exactly what they sound like: they feature loud For a solid example of “standard” old album every month. Because vocal lines at the university. and highly technical guitar work with a focus instrumental djent, one has to look no further were originally present, some selections sound on complicated riffs and a driving beat from than Their Dogs Were Astronauts, an Austrian empty, like “Count Bassy,” while others, like the bass and drums. The genre operates at a duo formed by brothers Denis and Leonard “Chucky vs. the Giant Tortoise,” on the album faster tempo than most instrumental “study Roth in 2014. Both brothers play guitar and “Mothership,” allow the aggressively talented music,” and the lack of vocals allows the utilize backing tracks for other instruments instrumentalists to shine. musical talents of the metal guitar players to when in concert. The sound is heavier than Instrumental progressive metal and djent truly shine. acts like Animals as Leaders or Polyphia, with have gotten short shrift, mostly from metal Most instrumental metal tracks fall into a tremendous focus on the brothers’ guitar fans who prefer vocal lines, but bands like one of two categories. First, there is progressive skills, and songs like “Low Life” would feel Animals as Leaders, Polyphia and Their Dogs metal, a broad genre closely related to the right at home in the soundtrack to a sci-fi Were Astronauts have something to offer for vaguely defined post-hardcore. Broadly, it action scene. everyone. For band members, particularly When you see this “forum” encompasses all metal with experimental In the past, instrumental metal or heavy guitarists, it gives them a chance to show stamp, know that you’re elements, such as uncommon time signatures, metal in general has not been taken seriously off their technical chops in extended form, syncopation and unusual chord progressions. and is seen as lacking academic credibility outside a solo and not hidden behind screams reading community voices. The Within progressive metal is a sub-genre when compared with other genres such as jazz and growls. For the burgeoning guitarist, an Trinitonian is a public forum for known as “djent,” named for the signature and classical music, but that is just a cultural interesting riff gives them something fun and Trinity students, faculty and staff. guitar sound: high gain, low pitch, distorted construct. I would even say that instrumental challenging to practice. All guest columns are unpaid and palm-muted. The genre was pioneered by metal enables greater “riffiness” in metal. And for the college student, like me, these and do not represent the views Meshuggah and Periphery, and bands within Without vocals to keep bringing the song back bands walk the line of being interesting to are noted for their use of guitars with more to repetition, riffs could have greater leeway keep people awake and engaged in their essays of the Trinitonian. Want to join than six strings and for the technical prowess and repetition would exist not out of standard and problem sets without distracting them the forum? Here’s how to start of their performers. song form but to emphasize parts of the song into a sing-along. a dialogue and have your voice One of the seminal instrumental djent that need repeating for the sake of atmosphere. heard in print and online. bands of the modern era is Animals as Leaders, For those who want a choice between Mai Vo is a junior piano performance and a three-piece group that sounds little like its listening, there are the Dance Gavin Dance communication double major. OPINION • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 • TRINITONIAN.COM 7 Bigotry shouldn’t be seen as a valid viewpoint completely. It just means we should treat it defended in all uses at all costs. However, JULIAN VALDEZ as a false viewpoint and one based on bad this simply isn’t true and our words carry COLUMNIST logic and bigotry. This means not letting meaning. Language and the use of it are so [email protected] people post whatever hate speech they want important. Racial slurs demean the races against a specific group, even if they believe they attack, and the use of them normalizes that their viewpoint is inherently true. that mindset. Spreading conspiracy theories It seems the more and more we try to make I will then point out how the alt-right of Jewish people controlling the world is an society inclusive and tolerable of others, the sees this as censorship and tend to try to old and dangerous theory that led to the more certain viewpoints get silenced. This cause an outcry when they are silenced on mass genocide of them in the second is relevant on social media where profiles certain platforms for what they say and World War. We can never deny the can get deleted for spreading certain ideas the ideas they spread. First, you can still existence of these terrible views, but and perhaps saying something seen as hate say what you want, but it does not mean the moment we actively allow this speech. And the more this happens, the that we should tolerate that viewpoint and kind of speech to thrive and influence more I see the same outcry: “So much for allow you to spread it further. Second, in others is when we allow bigotry, the tolerant left,” as if we should be giving any private platform run by a company and hatred and ignorance to win. every single viewpoint equal value in the not the government, they have the right to Now, I am not trying to divide general public’s mish-mash of ideas. This remove those they deem not good for the people, I’m simply trying to bring makes sense, however, being tolerant also platform and their image. people together and trying to get means not tolerating any viewpoint that is those who use their words to spread intolerant of others. hate to understand why they get

GRACEN HOYLE Why should those who preach inclusivity “This means not letting silenced so easily. When they attack not tolerate certain views? Well, for one, others — those not similar to them and certain views go against the main idea of people post whatever hate “harder” to understand — they forget inclusivity. If someone believes a certain that they are humans from all walks of

race or a certain culture is less than another speech they want against a life. In the end, that is their goal, to show illustration by one, then this goes against trying to include group, even if they believe them as “others.” I want us to empathize them and make their views feel valid. This more as a society, but this does not may seem like a contradiction, but it’s not that the view of the world apply to everyone and I hope we all when you break down the logic. can learn that. Despite how politics If someone fights for inclusivity, they are as true.” are today, I want us to stop seeing racism, shouldn’t be considered because they inherently fighting against everything that is sexism and all other forms of bigotry as fundamentally undermine the humanity against inclusivity. What is the consequence normal. They should not be normalized as of others. We need to fight against them of this? Well, this means trying to show I think Americans are too used to having valid viewpoints because being anti-human constantly to have an inclusive society that how certain viewpoints are wrong. This freedom of speech pushed into our collective rights goes against the very livelihood of values the diversity of this world. doesn’t necessarily mean silencing someone minds as a proud right that should be marginalized people. These alleged opinions Julian Valdez is a sophomore philosophy major. When in doubt, look to bread-baking for some comfort to whole wheat flour ratio in my dough. I to emotionally project onto my sourdough, I was pleasantly surprised when I took NOELLE BARRERA wanted to figure out what kneading was and so I decided to keep a journal and to try the focaccia out of the oven some amount COLUMNIST how to shape the dough into a ball instead of a to make focaccia the next day. Focaccia of time later — time is fake, but in baking [email protected] sad football-looking-thing. I wanted to learn seemed harder to mess up, maybe because time is very real and important — and it how to notice more and react in a healthier the bread is practically fried in olive oil and had a golden, crackling, sort of bubbling way when things seemed to be going wrong. has a longer rising time than sourdough and crust, and most importantly, it was edible. At some point in late April, when I wanted to do over everything — my loaf you don’t have to do any kneading. Reader, Maybe it was just a loaf of bread, but it everyone was adjusting to being in our of dough, but also the past several months it is my solemn privilege and duty to bore felt like proof (this is also a bread pun, by homes for an unforeseeable amount of time, — and appreciate what I had before it was you with bread facts for the duration of this the way)! Over the summer, I learned how I decided that I would make a sourdough gone. That was sort of a lot to consider and column, you’re welcome. to chart days and weeks by the breads that starter from scratch. Everyone Online (TM) I had learned how to bake, or at least my was either binge-watching Tiger King or haphazard attempts at them. I made challah making sourdough from scratch; sourdough bread, which I appreciated because it made seemed easier to adapt to my predictably my hands smell like flour, salt, and sugar, short attention span and also seemed less which was almost as wonderful as learning ethically dubious than Tiger King, as a sort- how to braid the dough. I watched a YouTube of vegetarian and graduate of Dr. Rando’s video of a woman braiding the dough while animal studies and modern fiction class last her toddler laughed in the background. I fall. It was time for me to do something: made whole-wheat bread, French country though I was busy enough with my summer bread from the King Arthur’s Flour website, research project, I was — and am — still and Alexandra Stafford’s “peasant bread” experiencing quarantine-related anxiety recipe, the last one feeling relevant. I simply and brain fog. Time seemed to slip away. think if I were transported back into the I would wake up at 3 am and suddenly it medieval era, I would be able to bond with was 8 pm, and I was becoming uncertain if peasants over baking fresh bread, avoiding I had actually attended Trinity University, the plague, and revolting against elected gone places, or seen other people outside officials! I tried my best to make mallorca my house, or if the past few years were an bread (unsuccessfully) and croissants (I will elaborate dream, like a CIA psy-op but with never take Starbucks croissants for granted more overdue homework. Whatever was again, because these are so complicated happening, it was succeeding at the job of to make). I documented all of my baking making me extremely sad. adventures online, to remind other people So every day I started a ritual -- at around and myself that I existed and was baking 5 pm, I would fill an oversized orange bowl cool things. And over time, I got better. with whole-wheat flour and warm water, I still haven’t learned how to make and then I would scrape an unknowable sourdough yet. However, I think I’ve made amount away and discard it, at the advice of a every other type of bread that is possible for suspiciously cheerful blog on organic baking. someone to make while in their home with After a week or two, I put the bubbling limited ingredients and that’s something. mixture in a baking pan and succeeded Quarantine has been challenging, there’s at creating a loaf that looked more like no doubt about it. The days pass by and something from a geology textbook than The sometimes I can’t keep track of it. Not to be Great British Baking Show, and at almost cliché, but in a time where everything seems breaking all my teeth off when I bit into the uncertain, there’s something satisfying about dense, almost completely-whole-wheat crust. knowing that you can develop a tangible This was not a good bread loaf. It was the skill and make things that weren’t present “US government’s response to COVID-19” before in the world. If those things can be of bread loaves, and it was only a bit less baked at 400 degrees and served alongside likely to accidentally poison me. I threw it fresh rosemary and strawberry jam, well away, and resolved to make something better. that’s just a bonus I can happily live with. What did I want to do better the next Pictured top to bottom: challah bread and soda bread after being baked thoroughly and seasoned. time? I wanted to include a better white flour photo provided by NOELLE BARRERA Noelle Barrera is a senior anthropology major. 8 TRINITONIAN.COM • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 • OPINION Kayla’s Kitchen: Chile rellenos cooking seemed like the perfect avenue KAYLA PADILLA for me to connect with our readers who, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF at the moment, feel very far away, so I [email protected] hope you’ll come on this journey with me as we get through this pandemic together, so let’s get into it; let’s make This week, we’ll be talking about one of chile rellenos! my favorite vegetarian meals of all time, chile rellenos. Despite what I said in my INGREDIENTS FOR 3 SERVINGS: previous column, this recipe does include a ground beef substitute. Trust me, once 3 poblano or bell peppers all the spices are added, even everyday meat-eaters won’t know the difference. 1 package Morning Star meat crumbles What are chile rellenos, though? Well, they are fried poblano or bell peppers stuffed ½ cup of water with (in our case) a meat substitute and a few other ingredients. Typically, chile 1 tomato rellenos are fried, but my family uses a different approach and heats them up on 1 serrano paper a skillet. They are usually accompanied by rice and beans, but learning how to ¼ onion make Mexican rice and frijoles (beans) are columns for another time. For now, 1 ½ tbsp garlic powder let’s focus on learning how to make Chile rellenos are fried poblano or bell peppers stuffed with meat or a meat substitute and various chile rellenos. ¾ can of tomato sauce other ingredients. They can be served with a side of rice or beans, like most other mexican dishes. photo by KAYLA PADILLA ¾ tbsp salt

I am by no means an expert ¾ tbsp pepper

cook; I’m still learning ¼ tbsp cumin powder

myself, but the first step to INSTRUCTIONS: written and illustrated by PHOEBE MURPHY becoming a better cook is 1. Toast your poblano peppers on the to be okay with failing. stovetop on both sides until they turn blackish. 2. Remove them from the heat and peel off the black skin on the pepper. First, what does it take to follow a 3. In a separate pot, pour your package recipe of any sort? Sure, you can buy all of Morning Star meat crumbles and the ingredients and kitchenware you ½ cup of water. The good thing about need, but if that’s all you’ve got, you’re meat substitutes is that you never missing something else: courage. Cooking have to worry about them being raw. takes courage, and cooking takes a lot of So, let your meat crumbles heat up for sucking, and I mean a lot. Great cooks around 10 minutes. become great by making mistakes and 4. When the crumbles are nice and accepting their failed attempts, so if heated, drain the water. you follow my recipes and find your 5. Add ¾ can of tomato sauce. chile rellenos or fideo aren’t edible, try, 6. Add ¾ tbsp salt, ¾ tbsp pepper and ¼ try again. cumin powder. If you’re feeling insecure, try making 7. Cut into pieces a tomato, serrano these recipes for you as opposed to putting pepper and ¼ of an onion, then pour yourself under the immense stress of into the crumbles mixture. cooking a big family meal. I’ve had my fair 8. Mix all the ingredients together and share of cooking disasters; trust me, it never let cook for 5 more minutes. gets any less embarrassing. Eventually, 9. Remove from heat and let cool. though, you reach a point where you can 10. Slice each of your peppers in half, and comfortably cook for others. I am by no evenly distribute the meat crumbles means an expert cook; I’m still learning into the pepper’s shell. myself, but the first step to becoming a 11. Add toppings of your choice to your better cook is to be okay with failing. chile rellenos, for instance, cheese. With the pandemic at its worst, we all 12. Let cool and serve. need a distraction or at least something that isn’t as scary as all the news we Kayla Padilla is a senior anthropology and are consuming. Since we’re at home, English double major.

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VICTORIA HENRETTY | REPORTER Graduate students are already getting a [email protected] hand at trying to bridge public health and healthcare administration. COVID has increased our culture’s awareness of healthcare workers. Essential workers are constantly exposed to the virus, making them vulnerable. Without decisive action from local, state and “This pandemic has national governments, COVID numbers continue to rise. This is putting a major only highlighted strain on hospitals. In hot spot areas, some of the hospitals do not have enough staff, ventilators, beds, or sometimes even disparities in our morgue space. Gabriella Lopez, a candidate for a healthcare system... master’s in healthcare administration, said, “when we were seeing a national I hope to be part shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators, the task to of the solution as help secure that equipment fell onto hospital administrators.” a future healthcare A lot of background work goes into leader.” making sure a hospital runs smoothly and can help people. SABRINA ARIZAGA “Often, people are confused about HEALTHCARE GRADUATE STUDENT the role of the healthcare administrator because they are only familiar with the front line works (doctors, nurses, techs, Healthcare administration graduate students, GABRIELLA LOPEZ and SABRINA ARIZAGA are entering a etc.). Healthcare administrators work to Sabrina Arizaga, a graduate student completely new landscape of business in healthcare as they work to complete their program. support those clinical functions as well and Trinity graduate, said, “I worked photo coordinated by NADIA CRAWFORD as environmental services, laboratory, with Katherine Hewitt, Trinity’s Wellness revenue cycle, food and nutrition, billing/ Coordinator, on developing a public health coding, etc.,” Lopez said. campaign for a safe reopening in fall 2020 Administrators are some of the unsung while working with the evolving state and heroes of our time. county public health guidelines.” “They continue to work round the Arizaga and Lopez both worked on clock with their COVID-19 command Trinity’s public health campaign, ProtecTU. centers, front line workers [and] state/ The campaign’s goal is to help Trinity students local officials to ensure communities keep our campus and wider San Antonio are receiving the appropriate care they community safe. deserve,” Lopez said. “Our small team within the larger Health The logistical work behind running a and Wellness team collaborated with Trinity’s hospital may go unnoticed, but it is an Strategic Communications and Marketing essential and highly skilled job. Helping department, epidemiologists, professors and people goes beyond the care between others to create COVID-19 educational and doctor and patient. Hospitals are a large training material and the ProtecTU Health network of different departments that Pledge,” Arizaga said. depend on each other to run smoothly. “It Entering the job market is already scary for takes a village,” Lopez said. any college graduate but even scarier during COVID-19 has impacted the field in a global pandemic that is causing major innumerable ways. layoffs. Despite the stressful situation, the Dr. Schumacher, the department graduate students are looking optimistically chair for healthcare administration, towards the future. said, “[COVID-19] really highlighted “This pandemic has only highlighted the inequities in our health system. some of the disparities in our healthcare We’ve known that inequities across race, system. Because of this pressure, the healthcare socioeconomic class and COVID has industry is experiencing tremendous change revealed that the healthcare system is right now, and I hope to be part of the solution really lacking.” as a future healthcare leader,” Arizaga said. COVID has amplified the existing Lopez shares the same sentiment. problems within healthcare. “I feel privileged and honored to get to “Historically, the health system and be a part of something so much larger than public health have been independent myself,” Lopez said. arenas...there hasn’t been interaction and Trinity’s graduate program is 28 months COVID has exposed the danger in that,” long, with a 12-month residency at the end Schumacher said. of the program. Students had to postpone Healthcare administration students their residency processes, which would have are deeply interested in resolving originally begun in May. these inequities. “We were very nervous and anxious “I was born and raised in a low-income about the residency search process at first community and witnessed what happens since we didn’t know if hospitals would still when communities have poor social be looking for residents since many hospitals determinants of health and how that plays were being negatively impacted financially by into their healthcare journey long term,” COVID-19,” Arizaga said. Lopez said. Students like Lopez and Arizaga exemplify Moving forward, the field will evolve the young administrators who want to to include public health issues and improve the field and make healthcare more bridge the gaps of healthcare that hurt accessible for everyone. marginalized communities. 10 PULSE • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 • TRINITONIAN.COM Jaelen Harris: Student Representative Student Government Association president discusses focus on positive messaging

MIKAYLA MULLIN | REPORTER and how do we hear our students’ voices?’ [email protected] SGA does have an Instagram and Twitter. We are also working on a website. These will have At the local, state and national levels, links to a form where students can submit students are often compelled to find ways concerns, a place to field questions, and will they can make their voices heard As students spotlight what we’re doing,” Harris said. of Trinity, we are impacted by every decision There is more to SGA’s effort than making our administration makes, and the SGA themselves available. With so many students (Student Government Association) exists off campus, SGA has to work harder to make as the body that represents such student students feel like they have a voice. interests. Its president is Jaelen Harris, who “Part of the messaging is not only making has been working with SGA since the fall ourselves available but telling them why it may of 2019. be important to reach out,” Harris said. I had the opportunity to sit down with Harris and ask him about SGA, and Harris described his presidential responsibilities. “I serve as the bridge between the student “It is my job to body and the administration. It is my job to represent SGA’s interests and by extension represent SGA’s the student body’s interests,” Harris said. interests and by While SGA cannot make the university’s policies themselves, it can support certain extension the student policies on behalf of the students. “I think one way that SGA helps students is that it body’s interests.” is our purpose to advocate for students,” Harris said. JAELEN HARRIS SGA PRESIDENT However, these new times mean that SGA’s representation will look a little different, and in some ways, it will be harder. This outreach especially includes “The students that we represent aren’t all in the students living off campus. “Part of JAELEN HARRIS, Student Government Association president, speaks on SGA’s mission for outreach and the same place. We can’t be in close contact increasing our outreach efforts is for the leading students through the coronavirus outbreak as they seek to act in students’ best interests. to pick up on these important conversations, students at home who still want to raise photos by NADIA CRAWFORD so it is harder to detect issues,” Harris said. their voice and remain involved on campus, Harris and SGA are not giving up, though. how can we make them feel as welcomed They are looking at these new challenges as and remembered,” Harris said. when many voices were calling out for students do not have to see it as a hindrance. an opportunity. For instance, the coronavirus To remain involved, students should also change. Student groups made their voices “Every student is going to have a different restrictions have given SGA a lot more be aware of a couple of positions SGA is and demands heard, and that’s all they needed experience. The question is ‘how can we time, and it is using that time to evolve as taking. Two of the most important issues this to do. I believe it is SGA’s job to remain in inspire students to stay safe, hold each an organization. “The biggest opportunity semester are living during the coronavirus lockstep with the administration to fight for other accountable and maintain a positive that I’ve seen that we have is a chance to and diversity and inclusion. diversity and inclusion. Fighting for diversity mindset?’” Harris said. really review how we conduct our business,” SGA is aware of the priority that the and inclusion is fighting for every student,” From talking to Harris, it is clear that Harris said. student body has put on diversity and Harris said. despite the struggles we are facing, SGA has One of the ways SGA has evolved is really inclusion, and it has made it a priority for SGA also wants the student body to committed to staying positive and seeing the taking advantage of its social media. “We are itself as well. “Over the summer, much be aware of how important it is to be safe struggles as an opportunity to find new ways working on ‘how do we get our voice out there, larger than Trinity itself, there was a moment during the coronavirus. However, the to serve the student body. PULSE • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 • TRINITONIAN.COM 11 INSTA-POSIUM What are you most excited to return to campus for post-COVID?

@emma.swims @matthewbart0n

Sports. Nacho Hour on Wednesdays

@alexmegmoriarty @thepineapplestolemyhusband @dinoalec All of my friends in the same spot!!!!! I’m just a freshman, but In-person classes. I’m excited for COVID to be over so that I can hug my friends.

@joshr42 @untitled_dork @nataliebartine

Getting to live on campus, Social activities + in person Being able to build driving to school every day classes special relationships with kinda sucks! professors and classmates again.

@brittany.it @ellabookhunter @absolutefluidity

Playing D&D in person Theatre!!! Returning to production again! nights in the newsroom with all the other section editors!

@isabel_c @john_jacob_jeremy_jaylor @charleslauffer

Having people gather in the Being able to sit down and Being back in a truly garden to harvest and eat have a meal with people academic environment as what we grow! other than my family. opposed to this strange limbo in Zoom.

@scarlett.patino @jordan_juran

Calling (the cat) Fern a Milk ‘n cookies!! f*tass every time I pass by her. MAYA NEUFELD-WALL | REPORTER 12 SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 • TRINITONIAN.COM [email protected] ARTS Remembering Chadwick Boseman for how he lived Opinion: From “42” to “Black Panther” Boseman inspired generations of people

that celebrity means sharing every aspect of your questioned his ability to fulfill the roles for which illustration by KAYLA PADILLA life with the world. No one in his inner circle he was auditioning for because of their EDITOR-IN-CHIEF leaked his diagnosis or went against his wishes preconcieved notions of whose bodies [email protected] to recieve treatment in private. Those around fit into their molds. Navigating him evidently respected his decision to battle the film industry as a disabled GRACEN HOYLE cancer without the invasiveness that comes with person can be isolating, and Chadwick Boseman’s abrupt death two celebrity. For years, they knew what we didn’t, even when films portray weeks ago was revealed to be the end result and when he passed, they were allowed to hear disabled characters, of a 4-year-long battle with colon cancer. In it from those close to him. they are often played the midst of the global pandemic and social Boseman died in his Los Angeles home with by able-bodied unrest, coping with mass death and suffering his family by his side. He didn’t leave behind people. In 2016, has become increasingly difficult. Boseman’s children of his own, but parents around the research by the passing was a shock to everyone who admired world were left with the task of telling their Ruderman Family him and his work, and it left many unsure with own children that “Black Panther died.” They Foundation how to cope. shared photos of their children in Black Panther revealed that Boseman is most notable for playing costumes with sentimental, tear-jerking only 5 percent T’Challa in Black Panther and portraying captions. Others were quick to note that the of television Black icons like Major League Baseball player character of Black Panther didn’t pass away, characters with Jackie Robinson in “42” and singer-songwriter rather the phenomenal man who portrayed a disability were James Brown in the biographical drama “Get the character, all while battling colon cancer. portrayed by a On Up.” His portrayal of Robinson in the Whether parents told or plan to tell their disabled actor. 2013 biographical film about the baseball children about Boseman’s passing is up to them, Even when films player’s life was an early highlight in Boseman’s but what can’t be undone is the inspiration include disabled career. Only a year later would he be cast as the Bosewick instilled in millions of people. He was characters, the film and legendary James Brown. a superhero of his own. television industry often According to a statement posted on His decision to keep his diagnosis secret, give these roles to able- massive What were the best TV shows of Boseman’s Twitter by his family, the renown though entirely understandable, did prompt bodied people, therefore loss at a actor had been managing starring in films while discussion regarding ableism and comments being discriminatory while time when also recieving treatment for his cancer. Boseman had recieved about his fluctuating recieving acclaim for pioneering we’re losing “A true fighter, Chadwick perservered weight over the years. Though those who left ‘inclusive film and television.’ so many others? through it all, and brought you many of the comments on his social media profiles about Boseman passed away on Jackie The beauty of film films you have come to love so much. From his weight loss couldn’t have known about his Robinson Day, a holiday celebrated by the and television is that even Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson’s battle with cancer, this proves that we shouldn’t MLB and adoring fans all around the world. when an actor passes away, their characters get Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and several more, be commenting on anyone’s body to begin with. The MLB Twitter account released a statement to live on forever, frozen in time. Whenever we all were filmed during and between countless Between eating disorders, chronic conditons, regarding Boseman’s passing. choose, whenever we feel like it, we can turn on surgeries and chemotherapy. It was the honor of and general illness, commenting on anyone’s “We are devastated by the tragic loss one of Boseman’s films and watch knowing that his career to bring King T’Challa to life in Black weight is always detrimental and supercedes our of Chadwick Boseman. His transcendent he lived doing what he loved, and maybe for Panther,” wrote the family. intentions, whether good or bad. performance in “42” will stand the test of time him, we should too. The Twitter post recieved a whopping 7.7 Along with the decision to withhold his and serve as a powerful vehicle to tell Jackie’s Boseman’s life hasn’t evaporated into thin million likes as of this week, making it the most diagnosis from the public come speculations story to audiences for generations to come,” air, it’s in DVD’s, it’s a click away, it’s in the liked tweet in Twitter history. The comments about why someone may choose to keep wrote the MLB in a tweet. eyes of children who wear their Black Panther were flooded with expressions of grief and that information private. Ableism is so Boseman’s influence is immesurable. He costumes to class, and sports fan who adore disbelief at his passing, he had kept his diagnosis deeply embedded in our communities, and continues to live in children, teenagers, and “42.” He’s everywhere we are, so long as we a secret after all. Boseman battled cancer on his undoubtedly in the film industry. If Boseman anyone who watched in awe as he performed his remember to look for him. own terms, and didn’t abide by the expectation had shared his diagnosis, filmmakers may have movie screen magic. How do we cope with such a Theatre Department creates new virtual series Moving Forward: Voices, Stories, and Performances from the Trinity BIPOC community CARMINE VILLAREAL | ARTS REPORTER platform to express themselves. As a result, the campus about their time at our university. This is been the process of trial and error,” said Martinez. [email protected] program has created the virtual series, Moving an experience that I don’t think can be easily said “I knew right away what I wanted to do, it was Forward: Voices, Stories, and Performances from but rather felt and seen... that is the beauty of figuring out how to put those thoughts into the Trinity BIPOC Community. art,” said Ramos. “I have been gathering research words. That was the tricky part!” “We were all horrified by the killing of George because I want to be delicate about it and make Though every contributor brings forth their Floyd that we thought it was important to begin sure it’s informed from others.” own lived experiences, they are all brought to address our own response as a theatre program The message of this community piece mirrors together by their desire to share a piece of committed to anti-racist policies, season, and junior Thomas Peña’s outlook on what Moving themselves with the community. curriculum, and to consider the things that we Forward signifies. “It’s important people outside of the wanted to improve about diversity of our season “Moving Forward to me is giving voice to department know about this event and are and the curriculum,” said Joseph. “We wrote a BIPOC members of the Trinity community encouraged to participate. We want people statement as a theatre program which outlined a to share not only their art and literature, but outside of just the theatre program to get number of actionable items. The idea for Moving a platform to share common experiences involved. This event is only made stronger if we Forward came from the statement and our desire marginalized groups face within the United get people to actually rally around this cause, to offer a platform that amplified BIPOC voices States,” said Peña. both participants and audience,” said Nishimura. at Trinity University.” Peña is going to be reciting a poem by “For anyone too nervous to sign up or doesn’t Sophomore Juliana Martinez will be reading a From recitations and monologues to dance Francisco Alarcón, titled “En un barrio de Los have an idea of what to do, please reach out to poem at a Moving Forward event put together by and performance art, the Moving Forward event Ángeles,” in English and Spanish. either me or any of our professors. It isn’t about the Trinity University theatre department. photo by KATE NUELLE showcases a variety of talent and perspectives Sophomore Seiler Nishimura is going to throwing you a mic and expecting you to have present among the Trinity BIPOC community. be performing a monologue stand up centered a finished product,” said Ramos. “The most The Trinity University Theatre department is Wren Ramos, a junior theatre and around her experience as an Asian adoptee. important thing is you come with your passions making strides to ensure their programming is communications major, along with helping “I come from a very privileged background and together we can create something. This isn’t more inclusive of BIPOC. BIPOC has become run the event, is going to be performing both and I want to be cautious of that, but I feel just about performing, it is about creation and a common acronym in conversations about a personal and a community piece. According comfortable speaking on this subject as community, so don’t be afraid to reach out!” diversity and inclusion, it stands for Black, to Ramos, the personal piece is going to be a something that I feel people have less awareness Performances are going to be broadcast Indigenious person of color. performance about love and identity, focusing of,” says Nishimura. through out the semester. The debut of the first Dr. Rachel Joseph, director of the theatre on Latinx culture and gender. Juliana Martinez, a sophomore English event will be October 17. department, came together with other faculty “The community piece is going to be on major, is going to be reciting an original poem You may email the Production Manager, from the theatre program to create a more the experience of BIPOC students on campus about reckoning with her mixed heritage. Jodi Karjala at [email protected] if you would racially diverse and representative environment informed by interviews for the scenic design and “I like playing with the different things that like to be involved with the series, or learn more by giving historically disadvantaged groups a with testimonies of different BIPOC students on language can do, developing my own style has about Moving Foward. ARTS • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 • TRINITONIAN.COM 13 TUPS’ First Years Putting on Theatre prepares for a virtual shows TUPS hopes FYPOT helps to replicate sense of community amidst remote learning and social distancing.

SAVANNAH WAHLGREN | ARTS EDITOR and adapted in to fit a remote performance. [email protected] Additionally, in an in-person performance, there is a team of people in charge of elements like One of the major traditions of the Trinity lighting, sound, and prop design that help to University Players (TUPS) is their annual bring the show together, but the remote theatre show First Years Putting on Theatre (FYPOT). has fundamentally changed the way designers Production for this event starts at the end of the perform their roles. Even though these may seem spring semester when upperclassmen writers and like only more challenges to overcome, McGuire directors are paired up to create original short is looking forward to the innovation and creativity shows. The main goal of FYPOT is to welcome that will hopefully come from using Zoom as a first-year students into the theatre department and new performance medium. to help them meet their peers. “It’s interesting to see not only how the shows have turned out but how everyone is using Zoom “Coming in as a first-semester to their advantage,” said McGuire. “There’s going to be different shows that are just making fun of college student is already scary [Zoom]...If there’s an inconsistency with props, since everyone has to make their own, people will enough, already lonely enough, and react to how it’s changed and play it for laughs.” Overall, TUPS hopes that FYPOT helps to then you added in a pandemic that give students a way to connect with each other and make friends as well as create a sense of normalcy. is isolating and soul-crushing. We According to Tresca, many students use theatre as both a stress reliever and safe space where they have to be there, and we want to be are free to express themselves without judgement. According to him, he stress students are already there for the first-years.” feeling with the pandemic and college in general would only be exacerbated if TUPS wasn’t there to provide them with support and community. “First and foremost, the goal of FYPOT is to “Coming in as a first-semester college student create a great show, but the goal, even over that, is EMILY YOUNGERMAN, WREN RAMOS, KAYLIN BALYEAT and GABRIELLA STEIN rehearse over Zoom for their FYPOT is already scary enough, already lonely enough, for the first-years to have fun and to make friends in show, Conversation with Magic Stones. photo by KATE NUELLE and then you added in a pandemic that is isolating the theatre department. It’s our way of welcoming and soul-crushing,” said Tresca. “We have to be them,” said Megan McGuire, a sophomore who is drastically altered the way FYPOT was produced originally planned to put on a socially distanced there, and we want to be there for the first-years.” the Recruitment and Retention Officer of TUPS. and put on. Yet despite the challenges, they never performance in front an audience, but as the Apart from FYPOT, TUPS has big plans This year’s FYPOT features five unique shows considered canceling the show. pandemic worsened they decided it would be best for the remainder of the semester. As a result that range from parodies of popular musicals to a “We had a lot of early conversations to perform virtually. of the isolating nature of remote learning, the piece on the challenges of remote learning. While throughout the summer at our officer planning “We wanted to get as close to doing and organization is hoping to hold a variety of virtual each piece is created independently, which has meetings about how we were going to do FYPOT, emulating a live performance as possible, so we social events and club hang-outs, whether it be led its shows to have a wide range of tones, all the not whether or not we were going to do FYPOT,” decided that we would use Zoom, although through watching a movie, hosting a game night, shows this year are comedic and light-hearted. said Anthony Tresca, a junior and the president Zoom is not perfect,” said Tresca. or reading Shakespeare. TUPS is also looking to “No matter what’s happening in our lives right of TUPS. “We knew that FYPOT is probably Although many changes have had to be put on more virtual theatre performances and now, everybody needs a good laugh,” said Dr. the most important thing that TUPS as an made, there is a silver lining in the form of the encourages people to submit ideas of their own. Nathan Stith, theatre professor and faculty sponsor organization does the entire year.” new possibilities that Zoom introduces as an FYPOT will be performed via Zoom on Sept. of TUPS. “It’s been a rough time for everybody, so Since the beginning of summer, TUPS has artistic medium. Basic aspects of theatre, such as 19 at 8:00 pm. More information about TUPS a good opportunity to laugh is always good.” gone through many different plans for what dialogue, general interaction between characters, and FYPOT can be found on their Instagram Like everything, though, the pandemic FYPOT was going to look like this year. They had and staging, must be completely reimagined page @tups_official. For the Record: The Wrecks’ debut album Infinitely Ordinary The Wrecks’ debut album is anything but a wreck as it takes listeners on a musical journey. CHRSTIAN SETTLES | ARTS COLUMNIST no way to record their music effectively. The subject changes in the next few songs The Wrecks have come a long way from [email protected] However, when a friend of theirs mentioned to focus on both the good and bad aspects of sneaking into home studios to record in the they were house-sitting for a place with a relationships. “Feels So Nice” explores that middle of the night. They’ve developed and home studio, they took advantage of the feeling at the beginning of a relationship diversified their sound while emerging as situation and snuck in at night to record when everything is going well, featuring the one of the up and coming alternative bands three songs in three days. Those songs now lyrics “‘Cause it feels nice / It feels so good / to keep an eye on. Despite taking nearly four make up their self-titled debut EP “We Are When we’re dancing around in your bedroom years to formulate a debut album, I think The Wrecks” and created a foundation for / And it feels nice / If it’s so good / We can they’ve succeeded in pushing themselves the band’s career. live just like this if you want to.” That feeling in the right direction and have given fans Despite the initial popularity from their doesn’t stay for long, however, as tracks “Out a reason to be excited about them in the first release and an additional EP that came of Style” and “Fvck Somebody” speak to the future. Although “Infinitely Ordinary” is in 2018, it took the group nearly four years bitterness of breakups and literally wishing just over 22 minutes long, the record speaks to release their debut album “Infinitely your significant other would cheat on you so for itself and is sure to give the listener Ordinary.” Premiering on May 1 of this you have an excuse to leave the relationship. something to relate to. year, all 8 tracks on the LP are dynamic Despite the interesting subject matter, the illustration by GRACEN HOYLE and make a lasting impression. Influence music is irresistibly catchy and from the likes of The Strokes, Weezer and fun to listen to. The fifth song Cage The Elephant makes the record fun on the album, ironically named and authentic while also touching themes of “Four,” is a beautifully written relationships, love and the chaos of life. piano ballad that is authentic “Freaking Out” might be one of the most and vulnerable. “Four” is one of unconventional songs to start an album. my favorite songs on this record illustration by REN RADER The opening lines, “In the bathroom, on my for the way it breaks up the style For the record, the origin of The Wrecks back / There’s a picture on the wall of Kanye and sound. The mood changes might be one of my favorite things about West / He’s staring at me, he’s staring at me again with tracks 6 and 7, “We the band. Hailing from Thousand Oaks, / I’m freaking out, I’m freaking out,” are All Get Lonely” and “This Life California, the alternative pop-rock band has humorously delivered and probably quite I Have.” The Wrecks show their slowly been making a name for themselves in confusing if you’ve never listened to The angsty punk-rock side with the indie/alternative music scene. However, Wrecks before, but when the chorus comes saturated electric guitars and they might not have found success at all if along, the band’s true sound shines through. drum-heavy tempos. Finally, it wasn’t for the self-produced singles that Upbeat electric guitar and bass riffs create the album’s title track “Infinitely they recorded while sneaking into a studio an instantly catchy melody that seems to Ordinary” closes out the record back in 2016. oppose the lyrics. It’s a song that’s incited with a classic alternative/indie After forming the band a week prior and a few love/hate reactions and definitely rock tune that makes it hard not with a total budget of $0, the group had requires a few listens to be appreciated fully. to sing along. 14 SPORTS TRINITONIAN.COM • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 Tiger student-athletes talk favorite sports movies Favorites range from heartwarming underdog stories to laugh out loud comedies

PAIGE WALLACE | SPORTS REPORTER have been for her. During her high school "I would attribute a lot of my competitive [email protected] state cross country meet, it began pouring nature today from watching this and other rain in the freezing cold, but she thought movies like it. Nothing like an underdog story back to the movie. motivates you," Verwillow said. Typically, the Trinitonian reports on "I remember seeing the adverse conditions athletes' thoughts on games or their statistics that these boys were facing, mentally, Friday Night Lights and performances. However, since sports are emotionally and physically … well, I thought on somewhat of a hiatus this semester, I have of that movie and what that team had to This movie is about a small-town Texas the unique opportunity to learn more about face. Then, I knew I could get through [the high school football team looking to win the our student-athletes personally and see what weather conditions], and I knew my team state championship. It shows the adversities their likes and dislikes are. This week, we take would be there with me," Kotfas said. faced by the players, coaches and families of a look at our athletes' favorite sports movies. She elaborates that this movie has also the team whose lives revolve around football. If Movies can serve all kinds of purposes. impacted how she views running and relates to you live in Texas or like football, there's a good They can provide a reprieve, giving someone a her teammates. chance you've seen this movie. Or perhaps couple of hours of joy and a chance to escape "I would say it has definitely made me you've read the book the movie is based on. from every day worries. They can make social appreciate my team so much. I have always been Maybe you've seen the TV series adaptation. commentary, make you cry or laugh and super loving towards my teams throughout high The point is, this is a classic story. even inspire you. Sports movies especially school and college, but it is the connections that Annie Rose Leggett, senior volleyball player, seem to leave profound impacts on people's I saw in that movie that really made me realize explains that she loves this movie because it lives, from showing the power of teamwork how important these people are to me. They are illustration by REN RADER not only talks about football itself but also to highlighting a team that shouldn't win yet my family," Kotfas said. "I would also say that outlines many of the life struggles athletes shocks the world. this movie made me realize how much I love to "I like this movie because it's hard not to experience while playing at a high-level. Friday The following movies have impacted run and how much competing means to me. It is root for an underdog. So while there are many Night Lights has served to motivate her and has players differently, from serious messaging to so important to work hard, but it is also the heart other examples, in real life too, of an underdog informed her work ethic. simply providing a laugh. that you put into everything." emerging victorious, this one, in particular, "They really emphasize the fact that it'll stuck out in my mind due to the incredible never be easy to reach your end goal, whatever McFarland USA Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story acting performances and wacky characters. I it may be, and I find that very true in personal think it's not just funny, but an iconic film that experiences with playing volleyball. It also Based on a true story, this movie is about This comedy is about Peter La Fleur (Vince helped set the tone for comedy to follow in the showed me how those experiences along the a predominately Latino high school cross Vaughn), owner of Average Joe's Gym, who next decade," said Neil Verwillow, senior men's way are what will build character and make country team working to win the state must enter a dodgeball tournament to save soccer player. you better, which is something I definitely championship with their new white coach. his gym. He faces off against the high-end Verwillow has fond memories of watching live by as I work towards my own goals," Taylor Kotfas, a sophomore track member Globo-Gym, owned by White Goodman (Ben Dodgeball whenever his family traveled and even Leggett said. at Trinity, explains how influential and Stiller) accompanied by an unlikely group entered in a dodgeball phase after watching it motivating this movie and its characters of underdogs. so much. continued on PAGE 15 Coach Daniel Martinez talks sports psychology Head strength & conditioning coach seeks to motivate athletes on and off the field

ALEJANDRA GERLACH | SPORTS REPORTER practice of pushing one’s self to excel to that will change minds. If you use your heart, have communicated often to our student- [email protected] arena alone. you will change hearts. If you use your life, athletes the word competition comes from We articulate this false dichotomy simply you will change lives.” the Latin word competere, which translates Daniel Martinez is entering his as transactional vs. transformational action, to mean “to strive together.” We can still fourth year as Trinity’s Head Strength & which can occur at the coach/mentor and How do you think athletes can continue to compete, and we can make everything we Conditioning Coach and Coordinator of the athlete/student level. We can have moderate motivate themselves when, due to COVID-19, engage in our lives reflectaretas , which Sports Performance Center, as well as his first success focusing on the transactional nature there is no competition and practices must is a Greek term that loosely translates to year as the Advisor for the Student-Athlete of sports performance, i.e., lift a little more, follow social-distance restrictions? represent the virtue of excellence found Advisory Committee (SAAC). Martinez run a little faster this time, etc., but to through competition. holds an impressive resume, having worked truly exploit our full potential we need to Well, the idea that there is no competition We can still engage and compete every with athletes in over 25 NCAA athletic go further and impact the transformational. is false, it is just having to occur at a different day at the individual and team level, but it programs and with professional strength & There’s a great Deepak Chopra quote that level of experience. Competitions dedicated certainly helps if we can communicate this conditioning and sport science departments reflects this and has always resonated with to a specific championship season are not clearly to our student-athletes in a way that internationally. Martinez also competed in me and it says, “If you use your mind, you happening, that part is true. However, as I they can connect with. We understand, track & field at a collegiate level for the as an athletic department, that, without University of Texas-San Antonio (UTSA) championships to pursue, our current aims and as an Olympic weightlifter. can feel listless. But our hope with this next Among his many certifications, Martinez block of time is to help inspire our athletes has a minor in Sports Psychology and he to in many ways allow their preparation to is known for integrating sports psychology reflect more. That part is not lost on most in his work with Trinity's student-athletes. of our student-athletes as they certainly As we enter the Fall 2020 season without understand the feeling of loss currently, and intercollegiate competition, Martinez gave this has inspired many of them to reflect on some perspective about the role of sports what the opportunity to train and compete psychology in athletics during a pandemic. with their teammates really means to them. I think we have a tremendous opportunity to What, in your experience, drives an athlete add this additional layer to their experience in to grow and improve? Is it competition, success, the next semester and see that translate into community or something else entirely? more connection and cohesiveness as teams.

I think it can be influenced by all those Do you think that, in the context of COVID-19 things and more. If we attempt to reduce it and the changes made to the fall season, to its essential nature, from a first-principles team bonding and leadership development for standpoint, I think we can have the biggest student-athletes will be impacted? How so? impact together if we can connect student- athletes with purpose, character and I think it has the potential to do that, community/tribe. This has multiple levels yes, absolutely. But I also think we can look across identity, as the big failure for many DANIEL MARTINEZ is in his fourth year as Trinity's Head Strength & Conditioning Coach. He also at it as an opportunity to take advantage athletes, including myself in my time as a serves as Coordinator of the Sports Performance Center and as the advisor for the Student-Athlete of previously untapped resources that may competitive athlete, is over-identifying with Advisory Commitee. Martinez often integrates sports psychology into his work with Tiger athletes. actually improve our overall efficiency. their identity as an athlete and leaving the photo provided by DANIEL MARTINEZ continued on PAGE 15 SPORTS • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 • TRINITONIAN.COM 15 Socially - distanced sports everyone can play Opinion: Six fun athletic activities people can do alone or spread apart from others

Be sure to be mindful of people passing you Tennis Guided Meditation on the street and always maintain 6 feet or KAYLA PADILLA more of distance. Ever wondered what it was like to win This is more of a mental exercise, but EDITOR-IN-CHIEF a national tennis championship and beat it is deeply underutilized. Meditation [email protected] your opponent by a large margin? No? on your own can be great, but if you Rollerblading Well, I guess I’m projecting. Even if you’re have a wandering mind like me, guided not looking to win a championship match, meditation can help keep you focused and Sports all over the nation are being Okay, I’ll admit, this one can be difficult, tennis could be the perfect team sport for achieve ultimate calmness. Additionally, the canceled or postponed due to COVID-19, especially if you’re an amateur roller-blader. you and your friends. If you’re just looking affirmations provided in each session can but there doesn’t seem to be much talk about It becomes easier the more you practice, to play for fun, the kind of racquet you get help provide you with a new framework sports you can play while social distancing. though, so be sure to keep at it. You’ll want doesn’t really matter, so you don’t have to of thinking. If you’re recovering from last Sure you can do individual activities, but to invest in safety pads and a helmet, you go all out and spend $80 on a racquet. Not week’s tennis match, take some time to it’s nice to know you have the option of wouldn’t want your leisurely afternoon only is tennis a fun sport, but it’s naturally work on mental exercise. You won’t regret it. participating in interactive activities with to become a nightmare trip to the E.R. socially distanced too—perfect for our those you’ve been in quarantine with. So, Trust me, all the falls, scrapes and bruises current times. illustration by REN RADER let’s get into it. are worth it. Eventually, you’ll be a good enough skater that you’ll be able to skate Walking the sidewalks of your neighborhood as you Soccer listen to your favorite musical artists. Walking is one of the most underrated Even if you’ve never played soccer before, forms of exercise. Without all the Bike-riding playing with someone in your household can breathlessness that comes with running, be a great way to bond. You can go at your walking gives you time for reflection that There’s nothing like a good bike ride to own pace and you don’t even need to have a you wouldn’t necessarily have otherwise. alleviate some of your stress and make you real net. Set up your own net with objects It’s great to get your steps in while you’re feel like you’re the quirky side character in an lying around your house, and start trying to rushing to your next class, but be sure to early 2000’s comedy. Bicycles can be pricey, score goals! What’s great about playing with set aside some time in the early morning or but if you can afford to get one, you’ll soon your friends is that unless they’re part of a evening to spend time walking without any find yourself daydreaming as you pedal away soccer team, you’ll more than likely be on distractions. Counting steps is cool, but be into the sunset. Don’t daydream too much the same level. So take it at your own pace, sure you’re allowing yourself the peace and though. Keep your eyes on the road! You can and be mindful of social distancing if there quiet of walking without expectations or schedule an early morning or evening bike are other people playing near you. deadlines. Walk with a friend and you’ll be ride to avoid the sweltering heat. deep into conversation before you know it. Martinez motivates Sports movies that student-athletes Tigers love to watch continued from PAGE 14 comprehensive focus we believe necessary continued from PAGE 14 to sustainable growth and, ultimately, I have used a resiliency example with our championship performance: mindset, nutrition, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Did you not see a teams that reflects this in the great pyramids performance, and recovery. I have told our and a coral reef. The great pyramids represent student-athletes that, while I have always This comedy is about the NASCAR sports movie you a resiliency that is resilient, but unchanged over enjoyed the visual of pillars, it is probably more superstar, Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell), who time. A coral reef is an example of another type effective to think of them as buckets to be filled. loses it all after crashing during a race. After of resiliency, one of resilience changed, where Often, we can get carried away focusing on the the devastating setback, Ricky must face off love in this story? the reef becomes more robust over time with performance bucket, pushing hard in training against his biggest competitor with the help stress. So the only way we cannot continue our and competition, while neglecting to fill the of his friends and family. growth process is if our systems do not have other areas. Shamzi Alkaff, a senior on the men’s sufficient complexity, making them brittle and This can be a difficult thing for student- swimming and diving team, states that less responsive to change (resilience unchanged). athletes as sometimes they may want to this is his favorite sports movie because of This is novel stress to be sure, and a challenge I compartmentalize their sport involvement, i.e., its ability to create laughs while sending don’t think any of us want to engage in again for show up to practice, go hard, and then move on a message. Send us in your the remainder of our lives. But we are not leaders to the other areas of their campus life. But while “It combines comedy with sports and if we cannot channel optimism in this that we embracing the challenge of being a 24-hour teaches many important life lessons. I will make the best of our time. student-athlete may sound overwhelming, the remember watching this movie on my couch favorite sports One of my favorite quotes that reflects this discipline found in that process can lead towards with my friends. I can recall us getting duality is from former prisoner of war and Vice greater balance and harmony demonstrated in emotional throughout the movie because movie and we just Admiral Jim Stockdale, who said, “You must their daily life experiences, ultimately resulting the story was so compelling. I laughed and never confuse the faith that you will prevail in in true personal freedom. The rub is that change cried throughout the movie but in the end, the end, which you can never afford to lose, with can be difficult, as many of our habitual processes I rejoiced because the ending was so happy,” might talk about the discipline to confront the most brutal facts run our individual programming. There is a great Alkaff said. of your current reality, whatever they might be.” Warren Buffet quote that says, “the chains of Talladega Nights, a movie filled with it in an upcoming Blind optimism will not help us get through this habit are too light to be felt until they are too an endless amount of memorable quotes, next semester. There are challenges that remain heavy to be broken.” taught Alkaff important lessons about that we cannot fully comprehend yet. We do Another of my favorite quotes is, “the ability family and perseverance. issue! not even know that we will be able to train and to learn faster than your competition is the only “Ricky was at the lowest point of his life practice completely through this next semester sustainable advantage.” I minored in sports after his crash. He even got fired from being without interruption. But one thing we do know, psychology in undergrad and loved it, but after a pizza delivery driver. Even though Ricky’s and have embraced as an athletic department, is that I probably knew just enough to be dangerous father left him, he still taught him valuable that if we do not honor the ProtecTU health professionally. My continued commitment to lessons that helped Ricky on the road back pledge, and if we do not follow our COVID-19 learning around sports psychology is based on to success,” Alkaff said. protocols and procedures then we will not have my orientation as a coach, which means that While there are countless other sports Email a chance. I want to take advantage of every possible area movies out there, it was great hearing about to help our student-athletes learn and grow, to students’ experiences with each of these Sports Editor How does learning about sports psychology teach them to learn, train, and compete without movies. It’s clear that sports movies have the help student-athletes improve? Can this barriers... As I hope my previous responses have ability to make a mark on people’s lives well Brian Yancelson continue during COVID? demonstrated, we do not want to let them beyond the field. down and we cannot help our student-athletes If you find some free time any time soon [email protected] Mindset is one of the four pillars that we improve the way we know is possible if we allow between all your homework, club meetings communicate are important to a successful for barriers like mindset to get in the way of and social distancing, make sure to watch competition orientation, which reflects the their growth. these and see what all the fuss is about! 16 TRINITONIAN.COM • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 • ADS