Alcohol-related offenses are becoming more frequent on campus this year.

As of Feb. 12, records from the University Police De-partment, UPD, show that there have been three DWIs and six public intoxication offenses that lead to arrests

on campus since Jan. 1. One DWI and nine public intoxication of-fenses took place over the entire year of 2012.

“Nationally, al-cohol on college universities is an issue,” Lisa Kirkpatrick, dean of students, said.

If a student is arrested or

accused of a drug-related crime on or off campus, St. Edward’s may take disciplin-ary action against that stu-dent for violation of the Stu-

dent Code of Conduct.However, as stated in the

Student Code of Conduct, the disciplinary process is not meant to punish stu-

dents, but rather to protect the community and challenge students whose behavior is not in accordance with uni-versity policies.

“Our policies are about safety, education, and the community,” Kirkpatrick said. “We offer an opportu-nity for students to reflect on their actions and make better decisions in the future.”

The Alcohol and Other Drug Policy states that stu-dents under the age of 21 are not allowed to drink or pos-sess alcohol on or off campus. Students age 21 and over liv-ing on campus may store and consume alcohol in the their rooms provided that students under 21 are not present.

It took over an hour for the Travis County Emergency Medical Service and the fire department to lower an in-jured worker from scaffold-ing following an accident at the construction site of the new Munday Library at St. Edward’s University.

The first ambulance arrived on the scene at 2:02 p.m. The injured 26-year-old male, who was not named, was tak-en to St. David’s South Aus-tin Medical Center at about 3:12 p.m. on Feb. 22, Travis County Emergency Medical Service, EMS, spokesperson Warren Hassinger said.

“It was nothing major, a

minor laceration,” said Mike Smith with VKW Construc-tion Co., the contracting company for the project.

The man sustained a two-inch laceration on his leg that was caused by an angle grind-er, Hassinger said. Blood loss was minimal and the man’s injuries were serious, but not life-threatening.

Witnesses said the con-struction crew appeared to be exploring several differ-ent methods for lowering the man down from the scaffold-ing, such as using a crane and a forklift, before the para-medics arrived on campus.

“I think they were just try-ing to figure out how to get him down but they didn’t do anything unsafe,” sophomore

Michael Haywood said.Two fire trucks and another

EMS ambulance arrived at 2:17 p.m.

Emergency personnel then used three ladders to lower the man to the ground, one as a slide for the stretcher and one on each side for people to stabilize the stretcher.

“Since he was on the scaf-folding, he couldn’t walk down. They were practicing doing things in a safe way be-cause it wasn’t life threaten-ing,” Smith said.

Construction continued on the adjacent structure throughout the process of lowering the injured man down from the structure.

Additional reporting by Brooke Blanton.

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Campus Ministry program Alternative Spring Break adds a new trip location.

Planning for the second annual club sports athlete banquet is in the works.

Austin fixture and crosstown paper the Daily Texan faces financial troubles.

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Alcohol offenses more frequent this semesterBridget Carterbcarter5@stedwards.edu

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Photo by Matthew NuñezParamedics lower an injured construction worker from the scaffolding on Friday afternoon.

“Nationally, alcohol on college universities is an issue ... Our policies are about safety, education, and the community.”-Dean of Students Lisa Kirkpatrick

Construction worker injured on site, evacuated by paramedics

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Two weeks after Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation was accepted on Feb. 24, ru-mor and fact is still hard to separate as much speculation had been stated and circulat-ed these past few weeks.

“The pope was speaking to a meeting of cardinals and bishops known as a consis-tory. It seemed to take them all by surprise. Only his clos-est advisors and his brother seem to have known about the pope's plans,” said the Rev. Peter Walsh, director of Campus Ministry.

Brother Larry Atkinson said the media has taken over coverage since then.

“[Benedict] believes he is not up to the physical chal-lenges of running a church of over one billion Catholics. He seems to be quite active mentally, but the constant

public audiences and visits to countries is difficult for a man of 85. He was coura-geous to break with tradi-tion and offer to resign and let a younger person lead the church,” Atkinson said.

Although some in the me-dia have given the pope a hard time about resigning, others believe it is a good thing that the pope resigned due to poor health.

“He has revived it as a real option for future popes who find themselves in a serious health crisis or advanced age.” Walsh said.

Selecting a new pope can be a very lengthy process. Tech-nically, any Catholic man can become pope, but it has always been somewhat of a tradition to select a Cardinal to take over the spot.

“The Cardinals gather in the Sistine chapel and pray, discuss and vote. If they do not get a pope on the first

ballot, they keep voting over a period of a couple of days until they have a candidate with the required majority,” Atkinson said.

The Cardinals will select the new pope once Benedict officially resigns Feb. 28.

“There are many needs in the church that need a strong

leader. Depending on whom they choose, it could be a more ‘traditional’ pope who will hold on to the traditions of the past, or a pope from a developing part of the world who might be more in touch with the current needs and perhaps be more ‘progressive’ in his rulings,” Atkinson said.

Having a pope with a more modern way of thinking could bring significant chang-es to the church.

“It could mean conflict within the church from those who resist change from both the clergy as well as the people. A ‘modern’ pope would have to consult before making any radical changes. However, a ‘modern’ pope might be more open to some of the current cries for change like married or female clergy; contraception, etc.,” Atkinson said.

Walsh said that if the new pope is younger rather than older, he could potentially serve into the middle part of the century.

“If that's the case, he will oversee a Church that will be largely located in the global south — South America and Africa — and Asia,” Walsh said.

A modern pope may also

have to adapt to the new me-dia available in the twenty-first century. Benedict used Twitter, and the next pope could similarly make use of Twitter and other online communication.

There will be several cam-pus events going on depend-ing on when the new pope is chosen. Because the new pope is not being chosen due to death, the traditional mourning period does not have to be recognized.

Campus Ministry will hold a talk on Benedict’s legacy on Feb. 28 and it will be followed by a prayer service. If people are on campus when the elec-tion happens during that day in Austin, the bells will be rung at St. Joseph Hall at the same time they are ringing in the Vatican. Televisions will also be set up for students who want to watch coverage in the Ragsdale Center lobby.

Monique Morenommoreno8@stedwards.edu

Pope’s resignation sparks discussion, Campus Ministry events

George Bridges/MCTPope Benedict XVI addresses a crowd at the White House.

Campus policies explain consequences for alcohol offenses

Students over 21 may con-sume alcohol at campus events if an alcohol permit has been issued so food and alcoholic beverages can be provided.

An arrest may be made if a St. Edward’s police of-ficer believes that a person on campus is driving while intoxicated. Visual detec-tion of DWI motorists in-cludes problems maintaining proper lane position, speed and braking problems and judgment problems, such as taking risks and endangering others.

In the event that an arrest is made, the officer must inform the student that he or she is being arrested and provide the reasons for the arrest, ac-

cording to the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

After an arrest, the St. Ed-ward’s police officer trans-ports the individual to the Travis County Sheriff ’s De-partment jail facility where the individual is booked.

However, UPD may release an intoxicated student to the care of an adult who agrees to take responsibility of the student.

“If an adult or family mem-ber over 18 is willing to take care of the intoxicated in-dividual for the evening, we can allow that,” Captain Dan Beck of UPD said.

There are also health fac-tors to consider. According to the Alcohol and Other Drug Policy, the blood alco-hol content, BAC, of .08 is considered intoxicated for an

individual over 21. If a stu-dent’s BAC rises above .30, the student is at serious risk of alcohol poisoning.

The person is at risk of death if he or she passes out and cannot be awakened, becomes cold or clammy, has un-usually pale skin, or vomits while they are asleep.

“If we assume that a stu-dent may have toxic poison-ing, we will make sure they get to a hospital,” Chief Ru-dolph Rendon of UPD said. “Health and safety are our priorities.”

Student Code of Conduct sanctions for driving while intoxicated and public in-toxication include attending

educational classes and com-munity service projects, los-ing housing eligibility and the ability to drive on campus,

and the student contacting his or her parents.

In addition to university sanctions, state penalties could apply. A first-time DWI offense could result in a $500 fine, 40 commu-nity service hours, an alco-hol awareness course and a 60-day suspension of the individual’s driver’s license.

Providing alcohol to a minor could incur a $4,000 fine and one year in jail.

Student housing and dorms may be prime areas for stu-dents to engage in under-age drinking or the use of illegal drugs. Occasional room in-spections in residence halls and apartments take place when university personnel may enter student housing for the purpose of health and safety inspections, repair and maintenance, assessment of damages or emergencies where danger to life, safety or health is suspected.

The Room Inspections in Residence Halls and Apart-ments Policies state that any items in violation of univer-sity policies that are in plain site will be confiscated and handled through the student

conduct process. Officers may conduct a room search based on probable cause. During a search, officers are permitted to bar students from the area being searched.

If an alcohol or drug related incident takes places in cam-pus dorms, a resident advi-sor or resident director may write a report. The student has the right to review the re-port and the allegations made against him or her.

“Anyone can write a report acknowledging what they saw and the objects they found in the student’s room,” said Residence Director Roy Pequeno. “Loosely termed ‘evidence,’ such as a student’s physical mannerisms, may be recorded in the report.”

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“Health and safety are our priorities.”

-Police Chief Rudolph Rendon, University Police Department

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Going abroad raises questionson affordability, study options

Questions arise when stu-dents decide they want to study abroad, including those of finances and living situa-tions.

Students can bring any such issues to Natacha Martin, assistant to the dean of the School of Humanities.

“I see my role as trying to overcome any obstacles,” Martin said.

Martin urges students to start early and plan, especially if they are freshmen already considering study abroad.

“There are some life issues that I think play into this de-cision,” Martin said.

One of the biggest concerns is most likely how a student will afford to go abroad.

If students travel abroad through a faculty-led pro-gram at St. Edward’s Uni-versity for the summer, their financial aid will be divided up into the spring, summer and fall semes-ters, instead of just spring and fall semesters. This option can help students who have to stay an extra summer or just want to go abroad the sum-mer after they have already been in college for four years.

A student currently study-ing abroad in Angers, France in the spring of 2013 is pay-ing $15,355 in St. Edward’s tuition, according to the Of-fice of International Educa-tion’s, OIE, website. With a $5,195 program fee, the total cost $20,550.

The cost includes tuition for 12-18 credit hours, single occupancy housing in stu-

dent residences, international health insurance, pre-depar-ture and on-site orientation and certain excursions. It excludes course textbooks, technology, round-trip air-fare, meals, transportation within Angers, personal ex-penses and passport and visa application fees.

All financial aid and schol-arship would go towards tu-ition payment.

If a student chooses to go abroad through a third-party provider program, they can use private scholarships, stu-dent and parent loans, as well as the Federal Pell Grant, said Sarah Garza, financial servic-es counselor.

However, if a student chooses to go abroad with an exchange program such as the International Student Exchange Program, ISEP, a student would be able to use their federal and institutional financial aid, said Laura Ray, assistant international advi-sor.

“Essentially, they pay what they usually pay here at SEU for a semester or year abroad with their financial aid in-cluded,” Ray said.

Similar to a third-party provider program, ISEP also has a direct program in which a student pays ISEP directly. A student’s federal financial aid can be applied to the pro-gram cost, Ray said.

Financial questions aside, the requesite first step for

student who expresses inter-est in studying abroad is to attend a Study Abroad 101 session at the OIE. After at-tending the session, a student will be placed with an advisor within the OIE to determine what program they want.

Students will work with the dean or associate dean of their school on the course ap-proval process if that is neces-sary, Ray said.

Students are required to meet with their financial aid counselor or with Garza in the Office of Student Finan-cial Services to understand how their financial aid can be used, Ray said.

Both Ray and Garza said that they help students find outside scholarship and funding. However, the two provide support for other questions regarding study abroad, as well.

“It’s not a matter of ‘can I af-ford to go?,’ it’s more a matter of which study-abroad pro-gram and when,” Garza said.

Eriann Panado, sophomore, is currently studying abroad through ISEP in Aalborg, Denmark at Aalborg Univer-sity for the spring semester.

Panado was able to pay St. Edward’s tuition since she was going abroad through ISEP, but she said she has to pay for her own books, excur-sions, a $400 resident permit, a bus pass, bike rental for the semester, as well as about a $900 round trip flight from her hometwon San Diego to Aalborg.

Despite the many questions and issues that can occur in the process, most students who study abroad share the same sentiment, according to Martin.

“Study abroad was the de-fining experience [in their college career,]” Martin said.

Kelsey Cartwrightkcartwr@stedwards.edu

The Obama administra-tion has proposed a com-promise in response to complaints by religious or-ganizations about the man-datory women’s preventive health care included in the Affordable Care Act. This compromise is not likely to affect the university’s current healthcare plan, but that is not set in stone, university spokesperson Mischelle Diaz said.

“This new modification to the [Health and Human Services] ruling does raise some questions, but for now it’s just unclear whether the proposal will affect health insurance here or not,” Diaz said. “The administration needs time to look at that and to meet with the health care administrators to see if there would be an effect or not.”

Last year, as part of the Affordable Care Act, Presi-dent Barack Obama and the Department of Health and Human Services required all businesses that provide employee healthcare to also provide for women’s pre-ventive care free of charge. Preventive care includes services like birth control, pap smears, mammograms and other crucial services intended to stop or quickly recognize lethal diseases.

Catholic groups raised protest against the bill, be-cause the use of contracep-tives contradict Catholic so-cial teaching. In an attempt to diffuse this tension, the Obama administration re-cently made a compromise that essentially redefines which religious groups can exempt on faith-based

grounds. The administration added

a clause that allows non-profit religious organiza-tions to be exempt from of-fering coverage themselves, and rather had the insur-ance company foot the bill entirely.

The health plan for St. Edward’s faculty and stu-dents does include prescrip-tion birth control coverage. However, over-the-counter methods, like the “morning-after pill” are not covered under the current insurance plan.

However, current St. Ed-ward’s health policies on contraceptives are more fixed.

“The reason we have a pol-icy that covers [contracep-tion] right now is because our health insurance plan is what’s called a ‘fully insured group’,” Diaz said. “It admin-isters a health plan approved by the Texas Department of Insurance. The way that stands right now in Texas, customizations are not an option. You can’t customize to exclude certain things, in-cluding contraception.”

This applies to both em-

ployer and employee, Diaz said.

The mandate already ex-empted churches and other non-profit religious organi-zations from the beginning, but it did not include Cath-olic hospitals and universi-ties in the country.

Even with the compro-mise, the bill is facing oppo-sition from other Catholic interests, who feel that the compromise is a weak at-tempt to please both sides.

“In effect, the president is saying we have a year to fig-ure out how to violate our consciences,” Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan said in a statement to the New York Times.

Many universities, hos-pitals and other for-profit religious organizations have filed suit against the govern-ment because they believe their religious liberties are being violated, since the bill penalizes non-compliant companies financially. The suits have had many dif-ferent results, which could mean that the mandate will be tested in the Supreme Court, according to the Washington Times.

Sam Jacksonsjackso8@stedwards.edu

Affordable Care compromisestirs debate among Catholics

Kirk McCoy/Los Angeles Times/MCTThe university’s health care plan includes contraceptives.

“There are some life issues that I think play into this decision.”

-Natacha Martin, assitant to the dean of the School of Humanities

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An employer receives an ap-plication. In many work plac-es, the first stage for screen-ing the candidate is a quick Google search.

Ryan Hoover, professor of English Writing and Rhet-roric, ENGW, realized this growing trend and wanted to help students at St. Edward’s University transition into life after education.

In 2011, Hoover and other ENGW professors put to-gether a specialized portfolio site powered by WordPress and transitioned from the traditional paper portfolio

required for graduation to an electronic one.

SEU Folios is now a hub of writing students portfolios, but faculty from other majors are starting to show interest. This semester the Religious Studies department adopted SEU Folios. Other majors may implement it into its curriculum for next semester.

“It’s a great program be-cause when people Google your name, SEU Folios is one of the first things to pop up,” senior ENGW major Whit-ney McCaskill said. “You can have all of your academic work in one organized place for employers to see.”

Hoover believes that this

program is more beneficial than other profes-sional social net-working sites like LinkedIn.

“It is a presence that you control,” said Hoover.

Students can-not modify the appearance of other network-ing sites to the extent of SEU Folios. Hoover said there is no limit to the content or ap-pearance of the portfolio.

“It creates a beautiful im-age of who the student is,” Hoover said.

Currently, St. Edward’s owns the copyrights for the

technology, but it is working out a deal to sell the program to other universities. The Na-tional Institute for Technol-ogy in Liberal Education has offered to promote the profile system. Sam Houston State University has already shown interest in implementing the portfolio system in class-rooms.

Hoover’s original goal was to give students an online presence that could be used for academic and outside purposes. Now, students are using SEU Folios in ways he never anticipated.

Sophomore Willa Gold-berg is using her portfolio to document her study abroad experience in Durban, South Africa. McCaskill used the coding skills she learned and the organization of her work to get the rights for her own website.

English Writing and Rhet-oric students create their profiles sophomore year in document design. Students are encouraged to put their

best piece of work from ev-ery ENGW class into their portfolio. Students culminate their two-year project in a career preparation course. Along the way, classes such as Technical and Business Communication have re-quirements for the portfolio in their curriculum.

“The portfolios give stu-dents a change to assemble their work strategically,” ENGW professor Moriah McCracken said. “It certainly wasn’t the way it was when I was an English major and everything was in a filing cabinet, but the world doesn’t work that way anymore.”

Alumni from St. Edward’s University have banded to-gether to form the largest and highest fundraising team for the Livestrong Austin Mara-thon and Half Marathon in support of 26-year-old can-cer survivor and alumna Kate Voth.

The team broke records of team size with 119 runners, as well as fundraising, and raised a total of $53,000.

Stephani Smolucha and Katie Shagman, both St. Ed-ward’s alumni, were already planning to run a half-mara-thon this year. Smolucha and Shagman came up with the initial idea to run in honor of Voth.

Team Kate’s initial fund-raising goal was to hit $1,000, an amount which doubled within the first week of the team’s creation.

“[It] is a testament to what an incredible person Kate is,” Smolucha said.

In 2004, when Voth was in

school at St. Edward’s, she went to a dermatologist and had melanoma removed from her shoulder, thinking it was a routine procedure. Voth went back to the doctor in 2008 and had melanoma re-moved again, this time from her scalp. In 2009, Voth was told that she had melanoma in her liver and in one of her adrenal glands. She was 22.

“I’ve looked at myself as a young, active, determined individual who, aside from cancer, is in perfect health ...

For me, beating cancer has never been a question of ‘if ’ but ‘when,’” Voth said.

She is still fighting cancer and undergoes treatment regularly. Last month, her doctors discovered that her cancer had grown. She is now enduring radiation for some 25 brain tumors. Her diag-noses and subsequent treat-ments have prohibited her from doing any high-impact activities, which includes her all-time favorite passion of running.

“Running is her passion, and I hate running with a passion,” Melinda O’Cañas, a friend of Voth’s, said. “We wanted to show our gratitude and support for everything that she’s enduring by run-ning this marathon. She’s gone through so much.”

O’Cañas—who is the ad-ministrative coordinator in the St. Edward’s School of Education—and Voth met at an alumni event and hit it off. O’Cañas did not know Voth had cancer until a while after

meeting her.“She always looked like she

was ready to put on her ath-letic clothes and get ready to run,” O’Cañas said on Voth’s healthy appearance, which was unaffected by treatment until very recently.

Because of her newest form of radiation, Voth lost her hair. In a show of support, Voth’s husband, mother and sister also shaved their heads.

Runners have the option of paying the regular runners’ fee or to fundraise $500 each. O’Cañas joined Team Kate and decided to pledge to fun-draise, ultimately reaching $700. Then, O’Cañas hit the track and started training.

O’Cañas, experienced first-hand the pain of running 13 straight miles.

“Mile 11 is where my back was really hurting. My sec-ond toe felt like the toenail was coming off. I could com-fortably run 10 miles, but pushing the rest felt like too much,” O’Cañas said. “I kept thinking that Kate has en-dured so much compared to

this little thing I’m complain-ing about, which was 20 more minutes of just pushing my-self to run.”

Thinking about Voth’s struggle with cancer encour-aged O’Cañas to push to the finish line. Voth has served as an inspiration for the lives of many, and her positive energy brought family, friends, peers and strangers together to run for an important cause.

“She’s such a beautiful and kindhearted person, and I’m so glad all these people came together to show support and love for her,” O’Cañas said. “She’s a human being, and she’s an incredible person.”

Eighty-one percent of all funds raised since the pro-gram’s inception have gone directly to support pro-grams and services for can-cer survivors, according to the Livestrong Foundation’s website.

“It just makes me happy that so much good has come from this very challenging battle with cancer,” Voth said.

“The portfolios give students a chance to assemble their work strategically.”-Moriah McCracken, professor of English Writing and Rhetoric

University alumns form biggest LIVESTRONG marathon team

Professor builds, plans to sell online student portfolio system

Courtesy of Melissa O’CañasFormed in support of Kate Voth ‘07, Team Kate’s roster is the largest in LIVESTRONG history.

Shelby Colescole2@stedwards.edu

Shelby Sementellissement@stedwards.edu

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Alternative Spring Break, ASB, is a week-long trip or-ganized by Campus Ministry that sends groups of students to various sites throughout the country to do community service.

“I am excited to be taken out of my comfort zone and experience what it means to live without the luxuries, which often become distrac-tions in our everyday life,” ju-nior Greg Hakeem, who will participate in ASB for the first time this March, said.

Liza Manjarrez, Assistant Director of Campus ministry, is the mastermind behind the program.

“If you really wanted to go to New York for Spring Break, buy a plane ticket. If you want to make a difference during Spring Break no mat-ter where you are placed, then apply for Alternative Spring Break,” Manjarrez said.

Students who are interested in attending an Alternative Spring Break trip apply at the beginning of the fall semes-

ter and do not know where they will be sent until the ceremony before the trips, after undergoing an interview

process.The small teams of students

with a variety of backgrounds are selected to go to a service

location.Service sites include El

Paso, New Orleans and Phoenix. The newest addi-tion to the ASB roster is Los Angeles, Calif.

“I am looking forward to being able to learn and grow with people whose stories are drastically different from mine and learn from our con-versations and interactions,” Hakeem said.

All of the teams work to as-sist the local community of the place they travel to. For example, in New York City, students will be working with inner-city kids to help com-bat education issues.

“Each program is unique and caters to a different com-munity and social justice is-sue. We look for students open to an experience of ser-vice no matter where they are placed,” Manjarrez said.

Before leaving on their ex-cursions, applicants also do community service in their local community and bond as

a group. The goal is that stu-dents bond and work togeth-er before they ever embark on their trips.

Each trip has a student leader that has previously participated in an ASB expe-rience. Sophomore Cristina Alvarado took part in ASB last year and is now leading the trip to Los Angeles.

Alvarado believes every stu-dent should partake in this experience because it is em-powering.

“It's awesome to see a group of different students, all wanting something differ-ent, come out with profound smiles on their faces,” Alvara-do said.

For Alvarado, Alternative Spring Break is an emotion-ally moving experience.

“Any of the other awesome people I get to work with will tell you I cry easily. It's never because I am sad ... it's be-cause it makes me amazingly happy to see compassion and faith in action,” Alvarado said.

Unknown to many, there is a thriving Slam Poetry scene in Austin. Events are per-petually taking place within the city, both competitive and open-mic, and well-known artists such as Anis Mojgani and Derrick Brown have settled down in Austin for its thriving scene.

Among the rising poets on the scene is St. Edward’s University alumna, Gloria C. Adams, ’12.

According to Adams, Slam Poetry is a fusion of a variety of art forms.

“It bridges together poetry,

acting, rap and even stand-up comedy, and the blend is not consistent,” Adams, whose stage name is “Glori B,” said. She describes the melting pot of poets as “a community of writers and performers each working in a similar but dis-tinct style.”

The alumna defined Slam as a cathartic experience.

“On any given night you are guaranteed to hear some deep philosophy, hilarious stories and deep, painful rev-elations,” Adams said.

Furthermore, Adams be-lieves the people are drawn in by the art because of the will-ingness to be vulnerable.

She said an audience ex-

pects “honesty, full disclo-sure, feelings, metaphors and above all, truth.”

At 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, the Spiderhouse Ballroom on Guadalupe and 29th hosts the Austin Poetry Slam, a competitive event comprised of 13 poets in total each night.

If a poet does not get an op-portunity that evening then they are guaranteed one the following week.

On April 3, the Austin Po-etry Slam will culminate its season competition and have an end-year final, known as the “Grand Slam.”

Those who earn a spot on the team will then perform

at Nationals in Boston this August.

The Grand Slam will take place at the Stateside Theater on Congress.

“Glori B.” is among the four poets already guaranteed a spot. Her love for poetry, tal-ent for performance and the amount of pain, struggle and vulnerability she puts into each poem is evident.

One piece in particular has garnered acclaim from those in the scene.

“Last year, a friend of mine died, and I found that writ-ing about it helped. I brought a poem to Slam about his death, and every time I per-form that poem, people come

up to me afterwards to tell how they relate, how they

also lost important people in their lives,” Adams said.

Spring break service program adds a new site

Courtesy of Jered ScottAnis Mojgani is a world-renowned slam poet that lives in Austin.

Monique Morenommoreno8@stedwards.edu

Jorge Roquejroque@stedwards.edu

Austin Slam Poetry community continues to grow and expand

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new orleans, la

biloxi, ms

chicago, il

denver, co

los angeles, ca

el paso, tx

phoenix, az

new york, ny

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Graphic illustration by Hannah SmithASB participants will travel to one of 10 sites across the United States later this month.

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The award-winning student organization Transit Theatre Troupe has just announced their spring season which in-cludes Neil LaBute’s “Some Girls” and the musical “I Love You Because” by Ryan Cun-ningham and Joshua Salz-man.

Transit Theatre Troupe was founded in 2007 as an on-campus, site-specific the-ater company that produces shows in various locations on campus.

“[Transit Theatre Troupe] is an opportunity for new ar-tistic and creative experiences for the St. Edward’s commu-nity,” said junior Leah Harris and managing director.

The troupe is completely student-led and overseen by adviser Michelle Polgar, the managing director of the Mary Moody Northen The-atre.

The student-led aspect, the principle on which it was founded, is what Harris says she really loves about it.

For the spring, Transit

Theatre Troupe will produce their first musical.

The romantic modern-day musical, directed by senior Andrew Hatcher, is called “I Love You Because,” and will run in April.

The troupe will also pro-duce a comedic play entitled “Some Girls,” directed by senior Emily Donald. “Some Girls” is expected to open later in April.

Furthermore, if the troupe manages to iron out the de-tails, they will produce a per-formance art piece consisting of five different music genres and five different artists. The company wants to show how different types of music can influence visual art.

“It’ll be a night of music and painting at sunset,” Har-ris said.

Transit Theatre Troupe may makes it look easy to put on these productions, but much, dedication, hard work and time go into the shows.

“Each show is prepared just like any other production you might see,” Harris said.

The student directors host auditions, create the cast and

then move on to facilitating rehearsals. Other members of the troupe are maintaining proper advertisement for the show and making sure there will be an audience present on the performance day.

It should be known that all Transit performances are completely free of charge.

The company does, how-ever, heavily encourage dona-tions. Eighty percent of the money contributed is donat-ed to a charity picked by the director and 20 percent goes to the company to fund more productions.

These charities are most of-ten associated with the arts and music in the local Austin community.

By donating, a student is not only helping Transit Theatre Troupe provide en-tertainment for themselves and fellow Hilltoppers, but they are also helping their lo-cal community.

Students can get involved by auditioning, liking the company’s Facebook page, following them on Twitter and going to see their free shows.

It has been a very impor-tant couple of weeks for fashion. It is that time of year again when the world’s best designers grace the cat-walks with their new and upcoming designs at New York Fashion week, where the upcoming fall/winter 2013 are displayed ever so artfully at numerous runway shows.

That is right. As we are gradually saying goodbye to our winter ensembles, fash-ion is already saying hello to trends for next year.

It may seem silly to some that trends so far in advance are already being talked about, but in the fashion world, being far ahead of the game is necessary.

As an outsider looking in, it is fun to see what kinds of things people will be wear-ing almost a year from now.

Even though I was unfor-tunately not physically at fashion week, I was longing-ly drooling over online pho-tos and Instagram pictures of the event. As I scoured through these photos, not only did my obsession for the fabulous British model Cara Delevigne flourish as I swooned over those caterpil-lar eyebrows and her perfect bone structure, but also my Topper Trend inspiration was kicked into full gear.

Therefore, it seemed im-possible and unfitting for me to write on only one upcoming trend, since fash-ion week supplied me with many. So, I came up with a list of my 5 favorite trends

to be on the lookout for this upcoming year.

1. LayeringIt was once all about the

crisp, simple pieces and lay-ering was seemingly over. Well, not anymore. Now, it is all about adding dimen-sion to your outfit by layer-ing a sweater over a collared shirt or simply putting on a high-fashion jacket to polish your ensemble.

2. Menswear fabricsRemember a couple of

years ago when it was in to wear men’s style clothing? I am talking boy cut jeans and preppy plaid jackets. Yep, it is back. Tommy Hil-figer, for example, showed off this preppy menswear fabric style by layering up houndstooth, checks and pinstripes.

3. The beanie As any of you avid read-

ers know, I am a huge fan of grunge style. Unfortunately, it did not touch the runways this year as expected. The exception to this was the beanie, which was seen ev-erywhere from Victoria by

Victoria Beckham to Tom-my Hilfiger.

4. ‘70sAs both history and fash-

ion tells us, things repeat themselves. Rather, they are repeated in a revamped way. Marc by Marc Jacobs and Von Furstenberg injected some feel-good 70s glam-our into the week, includ-ing bold prints and lots of velvet.

5. Matchy-matchy It is usually a huge fashion

crime to match from head to toe, but not anymore. At DKNY, a pink leop-ard sweater was worn with a matching pink leopard skirt, bag and shoes. Yes, all matching. Right now, fash-ion is taking a chance and finding new ways to make matching modern.

Now, I know we all may not be able to wear the new-est Marc Jacobs or J.Crew pieces, but what we can do is look to them for inspiration. Take some of these looks, tweak them and make them your own in order to show off your personal style.

Transit Theatre Troupe set to perform musical this springAlexis Gonzalesagonza27@stedwards.edu

Katie Brownkbrownj@stedwards.edu

Courtesy of Transit Theatre TroupeTransit Theatre Troupe also produces an annual New Works Festival during the fall semester.

Photo by Katie BrownLayering was a popular style at this year’s Fahsion Week.

Topper Trends | Top FiveLatest Fashion Week trends can update every wardrobe

8 LIFE & ARTS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013 • HILLTOP VIEWS

85th Annual Academy Awards

The 85th annual Academy Awards proved to be an in-teresting mix of deserved recognition, snide comments and celebrity flubs.

Host Seth MacFarlane, of ‘Family Guy’ fame, proved that while talented, his sense of humor would be better left to the voices of adult cartoon characters. His delivery was sarcastic, cavalier and edgy - hardly what one would expect in the world’s most-watched award show.

Despite the painfully long introduction including sev-eral musical numbers and an extended cameo from Wil-liam Shatner, the awards themselves celebrated in-credible achievements in film over the past year with some particularly ground-breaking nominations.

Nominated for her work in “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Quvenzhané Wallis became the youngest person ever nominated for Best Ac-tress. The nine-year-old was cute, precocious and graceful even when she lost the award to the second youngest nomi-

nee, 22-year-old Jennifer Lawrence.

“Amour,” a brutal Austrian film about an elderly couple, won for Best Foreign Film, but earned an impressive four other nominations: Best Picture, Emmanuelle Riva for Best Actress, Michael Haneke Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

Also a first, there was a tie for Sound Editing. Both “Skyfall” and “Zero Dark Thirty” claimed the Oscar. This is the first tie for the Academy Awards in 43 years. The last tie came in 1969 in the Best Ac-tress category for

Barbra Streisand in “Funny Girl” and Audrey Hepburn in “Lion in Winter”.

While there were big win-ners at this year’s Oscars, there was no single movie that swept the awards.

“Life of Pi” proved to stim-ulate the senses with its wins for Ang Lee for Best Direc-tor, Best Cinematography,

Best Visual Effects and Best Original Score. However, “Life of Pi” seemed to lack the acting prowess and sto-rytelling abilities of its fellow nominees.

Ben Affleck’s “Argo” earned

the coveted spot of Best Pic-ture as well as the awards for Film Editing and Adapted Screenplay, although it also failed to snag any acting awards.

The strongest acting came primarily from historical or period pieces.

Daniel Day-Lewis won his third Oscar for his stunning-ly realistic portrayal of honest Abe in “Lincoln.”

To no one’s surprise, Anne Hathaway received the award for Actress in a Supporting Role for her raw and emo-tional Fantine in the movie musical “Les Misérables.”

Austrian-born Christoph Waltz won his second Best Supporting Actor award as Dr. King Schultz in Quen-tin Tarantino’s “Django Un-chained.”

Mitch Harrisrharris7@stedwards.edu

Best Picture: “Argo”“Zero Dark Thirty”

Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”

Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”

Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”

Directing: Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”Paul Thomas Anderson, “The Master”

Foreign Language Film: “Amour” “Holy Motors”

Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, “Argo”Chris Terrio, “Argo”

Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, “Django Unchained”Rian Johnson, “Looper”

Animated Feature Film: “Brave”“Wreck-It Ralph”Cinematography: “Life of Pi”“The Master”

Sound Editing (tie): “Skyfall” and ‘’Zero Dark Thirty”

Original Song: “Skyfall” from “Skyfall,” Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

Documentary Feature: “Searching for Sugar Man”“The Imposter”

Best Austin Film: “Bernie”

Founded in 2005, the Austin Film Critics Association is a group that recognizes and awards the best in film, locally, nationally and abroad, each December.

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/MCTHost Seth MacFarlane showed off his singing voice in the show.

Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times/MCTAng Lee earned his second Best Director Award for “Life of Pi.”

Francis Specker/Landov/MCTAnne Hathaway won her first Oscar for “Les Misérables.”

“Host Seth MacFarlane of ‘Family Guy’ fame, proved that while talented, his sense of humor would be better left to the voices of adult cartoon characters.”

Oscars break records, celebrate filmmakersThe Academy vs. Austin Film Critics

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/MCTThe cast of “Chicago” performed a show-stopping number.

9LIFE & ARTSWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013 • HILLTOP VIEWS

[slapdash] Four seasons a week

Although the acting this year was superb, the cer-emony was far from it.

As Jennifer Lawrence walked up to accept her Best Actress award, she tripped on her own dress walking up the stairs. However, the young actress handled the incident with grace and hu-mor.

Once she reached the mi-crophone, the audience was giving her a standing ova-tion.

“You guys are just stand-ing up because I fell and that’s really embarrassing, but thank you,” Lawrence said as she accepted her Os-car.

Quentin Tarantino was his usual scatterbrained self when he accepted his award for Best Original Screen-play. He was sweaty, excited and downright proud of himself as he ended his ac-ceptance speech with the words “peace out.”

Renée Zellweger also had an interesting moment when presenting the Best Original Song with her cast from “Chicago.” Not only did the one-time Oscar winner seem a little off-kil-ter, when handed the enve-lope to read the winner, she squinted and passed it on to Queen Latifah. Rumors of drunkenness, drug abuse and illiteracy quickly prolif-erated on the internet.

Despite it being three and

a half hours long, the night was littered with pleasant surprises.

To everyone’s surprise, first lady Michelle Obama announced the award for Best Picture from the White House.

“[These films] reminded us that we can overcome any obstacle if we dig deep enough and fight hard enough and find the courage within ourselves,” Obama said.

The universe was also blessed with a performance from Adele and her song “Skyfall” from the James Bond movie of the same name. The anthem also won the Oscar for Best Original Song.

Also, Dame Shirley Bassey, performed “Gold-finger” from the 1964 Bond movie. Bassey was equally as stunning as she celebrat-ed the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise.

The theme of the ceremo-

ny was music’s role in film, and the musical numbers ended up being some of the best moments.

Aside from this year’s Best Original Song nominees, several outstanding songs from films gone by made an appearance.

Jennifer Hudson’s “And I Am Telling You” from “Dreamgirls” and Cath-erine Zeta-Jones’ “All That Jazz” from “Chicago” were a welcome reprieve from the typical awards show fare, though the did ceremony seem more like a Tony awards show.

Despite the length of the ceremony and the hit-and-miss humor of the host, the 85th annual Academy Awards proved to be a suc-cess, thanks primarily to the stunning cameos. From Michelle Obama to Adele to Jennifer Lawrence nearly falling on her face, this was an Oscars to be remem-bered.

Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times/MCTBen Affleck, George Clooney, and Grant Heslov won the Oscar for Best Picture with “Argo.”

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/MCTQuentin Tarantino’s original screenplay won him an Oscar.

Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/MCTQuvenzhané Wallis was the youngest nominee.

Francis Specker/Landov/MCTAdele’s “Skyfall” was named Best Original Song.

85th Annual Academy Awards

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/MCTDespite her fall, Jennifer Lawrence kept her cool.

SPORTSWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013 • HILLTOP VIEWS 10

This past academic year, St. Edward’s University has steadily risen in various national rankings. Recently, the university has gained national recognition for impressive student-athlete graduation rates.

For the 2011-2012 academic year, the university maintained a federal graduation rate of 82 percent. This ranking places the university at 7th amongst the various Division II schools within the nation.

According to the NCAA website, the data compiled shows that “student-athletes are shown to graduate at a higher rate than their peers in the general student body.”

According to the website, the nationwide measure like this is the first to ever be done by the NCAA.

Recently, the Athletic Department released an annual report for the 2011-2012 academic year. Athletics reported that the combined GPA for all St. Edward’s student-athletes was a 3.19.

According to the report, 69 percent of all student-athletes within the university held a 3.0 GPA. Additionally, 39 percent held a 3.5 GPA or higher. By the end of the academic year, nine student-athletes reportedly maintained a cumulative GPA of 4.0.

Senior Michelle Hundt, who plays libero on the volleyball team, was not surprised by the university’s

climb in ranking.“We are called student-

athletes because being a student comes first,” Hundt said. “That is what our coaches always say and they make us live up to this standard.”

Hundt said that her coach requires that players attend study hall if their GPAs fall below a 3.5.

“When I miss class, it does make [studying] very difficult. There we times when I should be studying, but instead I have to make volleyball my top priority,” Hundt said. “But volleyball has taught me not to procrastinate and to time manage.”

According to university policy and procedure, student-athletes may not skip

class for any type of practices activities including team meetings and rehabilitation. Student-athletes may not miss classes that are one hour before the game.

Additionally, the athletic schedule for every year is approved the SEU Athletic Council approves the entire competition schedule including away games. Their approval is based on the desire to minimize any academic conflicts for students.

In an effort to aid students, the university has various outlets to help student-athletes with their academic work.

For example, the Academic Success Center holds various study hall hours. Peer tutors are present to answer any questions athletes may have.

Student-athletes can attend either personal one-on-one tutoring or group tutoring events. The Academic

Success Center also provides academic coaching services to student-athletes.

Peer tutors, like liberal arts tutor Meagan Solis, aid student-athletes in various subjects like French I and Molecular Biology, among other things.

Additionally, the athletic council approves the athletic schedule to minimize any academic conflicts for students-athletes.

“At St. Edward’s, [student-athletes] are encouraged to find a balance between school and athletics,” Solis said. “There is a lot of encouragement to make time for academics… There is more of an awareness of balancing academic work and athletics.”

A committee of club sports athletes is currently organizing the second annual club sports banquet.

This new tradition on campus — dubbed the StEspy Awards, a play on ESPN’s ESPY Awards — gives St. Edward’s club sports athletes the chance to celebrate their camaraderie and accomplishments. This year will mark the second annual StEspy’s.

Those who sit on the StEspy Awards’ board looked at both the annual Athletics Banquet and the Student Life Awards, as these are two events that are comparable in size and purpose. Both the Athletics Banquet and the Student Life Awards have

consistent student turnout and have been successful over the years.

The Athletics Banquet is typically put on for the athletes, and has, in the past, been hosted off campus in hotel ballrooms.

Club sports teams and athletes have the interesting distinction of being one part Student Life and one part athletics. This means they are obligated to operate under both the administrative requirements of a student organization and are also beholden to the office of Campus Recreation.

While club sports teams and athletes are allowed to attend and be honored at the Student Life banquet, the Athletics Banquet is not an option for these student-run teams.

Last year, a few driven students were determined to create something unique to the club sports program.

Junior Bethany Cuenod went to Director of Campus

Recreation Andy Lemons for his thoughts on the idea.

Lemons was in full support of the banquet, so long as Cuenod and other committee members could find the club sport athletes to commit to

attending the banquet. “It was six of us making a

brand new event, so it was a little scary. But in the end, it went oddly better than any of us thought it would,” Cuenod

said.The event went

off last year without a hitch, and expectations are high this year after last year’s success. The first banquet had about 150 people in attendance and was held in the

Mabee Ballrooms. Attendees dressed formally and enjoyed food catered by Bon Appétit.

The current committee consists of Cuenod as well as senior Shelby Cole, juniors Curran Kelley, Jordan

Crain and Nicole Wellman, sophomore Audrey Eads and freshman Katy Gillis. The committee members are representatives from swimming, fencing, outdoor adventure club, rugby and women’s club soccer.

This year’s committee is faced with a challenge, as Lemons’ wife just gave birth to the couple’s first child. This means that means that Lemons, the committee’s advisor, will be on paternity leave for a portion of the planning.

As Lemons enjoys the experience of being a new father, the banquet committee will move forward with planning. Cuenod notes that this may make communication more difficult in the coming weeks.

“We are so excited for Andy

and we know he is going to be able to help us out a lot while still being the coolest dad,” Kelley said.

Both Kelley and Cuenod had fond memories of last year’s award presentations during the banquet. Each club team gives awards to players on their teams and often have very fun ways of doing it.

Last year, Allison Baneham, a women’s lacrosse player received the highly-coveted “Most Likely to be in a Katy Perry Video” award. The chance to recognize the team’s “Most Valuable Player” or “Most Improved Player” is a way to build team spirit and acknowledge players’ commitment and skills.

This year’s StEspy Awards will be held on May 2.

Colin Stoneciphercstonec@stedwards.edu

Club sports committee plans second annual StEspy Awards

Lesli Simmslsimms2@stedwards.edu

Athletes recognized for academic achievement

“Club sport athletes are allowed to attend and be honored at the Student Life banquet, the Athletics Banquet is not an option...”

Sports InformationHundt is a volleyball player.

11SPORTSWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013 • HILLTOP VIEWS

Sophomore Rafaela Haegele is a driving force on the St. Edward’s University tennis team. Haegele was recruited in 2011 after participating in an athlete showcase. Her fierce game came with time and dedication.

Haegele started play-ing tennis as a child in S t u t t g a r t , G e r m a n y . At the age of four, Haegele played tennis with her par-ents and was truly a natu-ral. When she was seven, she began competing in tournaments around Germany.

Her practice time logged in at as much as three hours a day five times a week, and it is apparent that her hard work paid off.

Before moving from Germany to play for St. Edward’s, Haegele was ranked 77th in Germany for women 18 and under.

In Germany, as well as in many other European

countries, athletics and academics are completely separated, and universities often do not have student athletic organizations. Students are forced to either go on to university study or continue in the athletic realm. This led Haegele to search for an American university that could provide her with both an education and an

outlet for her tennis career. St. Edward’s was a perfect match, allowing Haegele to study international business and play competitive tennis with a seasoned team.

Haegele currently plays both singles and doubles, though she comes from a singles background. Haegele admitted that she learned most of her doubles game at St. Edward’s.

“Paige Rachel, [my

current teammate], really helped me understand how to play doubles,” Haegele said.

The two girls often play doubles together and know how to complement each other on the court. Rachel plays a great net game, while Haegele knows how to control the baseline.

Doubles aside, another significant obstacle Haegele faced was becoming comfortable playing on a cement court. In Germany, most tennis courts are made of clay, which slows the pace of play, the bounce of the ball is slowed coming off the ground; on a cement court, the game is all about speed. Haegele adapted well, making it to the top of the St. Edward’s team.

She compares her game to the legendary Steffi Graf, Haegele’s favorite professional tennis player. Haegele and Graf each play an aggressive baseline game complemented by a powerhouse serve.

The St. Edward’s tennis program is made up of many international students, from Brazil to France and places in between.

“Tennis is an international language,” Haegele said.

In a recent match against Texas State University, Haegele was the only player from St. Edward’s to win. She admitted that it was the toughest match of the year, but also happy to have won against such a good

team. Overall, Haegele is just happy to be able to play competitive tennis at the university level. When asked what her favorite part of the game is she said, “Even if you make an error you can still turn it around and win. So you should never give up.”

Kelsey Cainekcaine@stedwards.edu

ATHLETE PROF I LE

Sophomore tennis player finds perfect match

Sports InformationHaegele played tennis competitively throughout Germany.

SPORTS CALENDAR

BASEBALLFri. 3/01 | 12 p.m.vs. St. Mary’sFri. 3/01 | 3 p.m.vs. St. Mary’sSat. 3/02 | 12 p.m.vs. St. Mary’s

MEN’S BASkETBALL Thurs. 2/28 | 7 p.m.vs. UA Fort SmithSat. 3/02 | 4 p.m.vs. Newman

MEN’S TENNISSat. 3/02 | 10 a.m.vs. McMurraySun. 3/03 | 12 p.m.vs. Abilene Christian

MEN’S GOLFMon. -Tues. 3/04-3/05

St. Edward’s Invitational(All day)@ Austin, Texas

WOMEN’S BASkETBALLThurs. 2/28 | 5 p.m.vs. UA Fort SmithSat. 3/02 | 12 p.m.vs. Newman

WOMEN’S TENNISSat. 3/02 | 10:00 a.m.vs. McMurraySun. 3/03 | 1:00 p.m.vs. Incarnate Word

“Even if you make an error you can still turn it around and win. So you should never give up.”

-Sophomore Rafaela Haegele

12SPORTS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013 • HILLTOP VIEWS

Wrestling is one of the oldest sports known to man. It was even on the original list of athletic events practiced at the ancient Olympic games more than 2,700 years ago.

When the modern Olympics began again in 1896, wrestling was one of the first sports to be accepted and has not left the Summer OIympic roster since.

However, the International Olympic Committee, IOC, dismissed those 2,700 years of history on Feb. 12 when they announced that wrestling would not be included in the 2020 Olympics.

Due to budget constraints, the IOC had to cut their program from 26 core sports to 25. Modern pentathlon, taekwondo and field hockey were also on the chopping block, but wrestling was the unlucky chosen one.

“This is a process of renewing and renovating the program for the O l y m p i c s ,” I O C spokesman Mark Adams said. “In the view of the executive board, this was the best program for the Olympic Games in 2020. It is not a case of what is wrong with wrestling, it is what is right with the 25 core sports.”

The IOC took into account the popularity, ticket sales, global reach, television ratings and anti-doping policies for each of the sports and decided wrestling was the weakest, surprising many who thought the modern pentathlon would be cut.

In fact, according to a poll by the Los Angeles Times, nearly 28 percent of people thought modern pentathlon should be cut while only 7.6 percent thought wrestling should go.

In the 2012 London Olympic Games, wrestling had 344 competitors and gave out 33 medals.

The IOC’s removal of wrestling as a core sport does not mean it is banished from the Olympic games forever. On the contrary, wrestling could still show up at every Olympic games from here on out should the committee vote it in.

The classification of “core sport” means that the sport will be a guaranteed competition at the Olympics. Without that status, wrestling falls into a category that must bid to be selected by a certain city’s Olympic

games.The 2020 games committee

must choose between wrestling, baseball and softball, karate, squash, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and wushu.

It is difficult to predict the committee’s choice, however, since the host city of the 2020 games has yet to be announced. It is unlikely that any of the three selected applicant host cities would

vigorously support the reinstitution of wrestling.

The news may not seem terribly devastating to the US Olympic team as a whole. Only 125 of Team USA’s 2,400 total summer games medals since 1896 have come from wrestling. However, five percent of total United States medals should not be ignored.

If Team USA had five percent fewer medals in the 2012 games, China would have surpassed the United States in the medal count.

Regardless of the news, USA Wrestling refuses to give up hope.

The tagline for US wrestling is still “Where Olympic Journeys Begin.” If anything, the IOC announcement has strengthened the wrestling community worldwide: petitions are being signed, donations are being made

and the IOC is being bombarded with letters.

Wrestling representa-tives from the United States, Azerbaijan, Be-larus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey will be brought together in Teh-ran, Iran, on Thursday for the World Cup. In solidarity, they will lie on

mats in protest of the IOC’s decision and urge them to re-consider.

There is little to no chance that the IOC will overturn their decision, especially not this soon after declaring it. However, the gesture symbolizes what the Olympics should be about in the first place: people from different parts of the world uniting over a love for and dedication to sports.

A few weeks ago, American professional soccer player Robbie Rogers tweeted a link to a new blog post he had written and commented that he needed to get “some sh*t” off his chest. Linked was his letter to the world declaring that he is gay.

People have the right to come out all the time, but this was a little different — this is a professional soccer player coming out to the world in the middle of his career at the tender age of 25. He played for the United States Men’s National Team, who spent a few years playing Major League Soccer, MLS, and who played in England for some well-known teams like Leeds United.

In a sport that still has so much hatred and racism poking through the fabric of such a beautiful game, this was a breath of fresh air.

However, at the same time, he announced that he would be retiring from the same sport that had been his safe place while he kept his secret.

Rogers’ early retirement means there are still no out professional soccer players in Europe, save Swedish-based Anton Hysen.

I personally found that Rogers’ walking away from the game was the only dark cloud over his announcement. He quite literally had the world at his feet in the form of a soccer ball. So why walk away?

It was not for lack of support. The American

soccer community, including the commissioner of the MLS, came out in droves to lend their support for Rogers, just like they had when American women’s professional footballer Megan Rapinoe very publicly came out before the women’s team left for the London Olympics last summer.

Support for Rogers came in the form of multitudes of tweets from not only various American players, but from the same teammates that Rogers once lined up with on the field. Unfortunately, Rogers’ brave announcement that took so much courage barely made a blip on the radar of the rest of the country.

Robbie Rogers does not owe me or any of us anything. He does not have to continue playing soccer to make any sort of political statement. Robbie Rogers did not shed light on the biggest secret of his life to

become any sort of poster boy or to gain notoriety. He did it to free himself and live an honest life. Both Rogers and Rapinoe symbolize the beauty in our unique American soccer community, a community that grows because of the passion and love inside it. They were equally supported by their teammates, fans and more in a way that I believe would not have been seen in other parts of the world.

While Robbie Rogers does not owe me anything, I do feel like I owe him for his bravery. I owe it to him to ensure that his story is told so that, one day, a player will come out and feel that he or she can still play at the highest level of his or her sport. We owe it to Rogers to cultivate an American soccer community that is always open and does not judge players by who they love off the pitch, but for their love of the game instead.

Irma Fernandezifernan@stedwards.edu

Olympic committee votes to eliminate games’ oldest sportMitch Harrisrharris2@stedwards.edu

SPORTS COMMENTARY

American footballer comes out, retires from pro soccer

Chuck Myers/MCTRogers played stateside for the Columbus Crew, an MLS team. He also played for Team USA in Beijing.

“The IOC dismissed 2,700 years of history when they announced that wrestling would not be included in the 2020 Olympics”

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Punk has been evolving ever since it crawled out of the gritty London underground. It is more than just a state of mind: it is an art form, a fashion movement and a music genre. Punk is a feeling.

But by now, punk has become a consumerism ploy, a political ideology ravaged by “posers” with as much staying power as a hashtag trending on Twitter.

That being said, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is hosting a multimodal exhibition entitled, “PUNK: Chaos to Couture” in celebration of the past forty years of punk culture. The exhibition will feature 100 designs, with

original punk designs from the 1970s, clashing beside the modern ready-to-wear trends they inspired.

The fashion designers featured in “PUNK: Chaos to Couture” range from visionaries who combined punk’s penchant for rebellion with high fashion showmanship such as Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, to a new flock of punk-inspired trendsetters like Jeremy Scott and Ricardo Tisci of Givenchy.

“PUNK: Chaos to Couture” will illuminate the hopeful prospects born from a street style’s nihilistic, “no future” maxim, according to the show's curator, Andrew Bolton.

The very core of punk seems

to be anti-everything the fashion industry exudes, yet fashion often appropriates punk’s sense of aggression in an attempt to capture the spirit of the radical youth.

Searching for a modern punk movement differs from, say, 1979, when “Rolling Stone” named The Clash’s “London Calling” the best album of the year.

Nothing so noticeably radical has dared to infiltrate the mainstream music psyche in years. Except maybe Lady Gaga or dubstep.

Regardless, neither Gaga nor dubstep are unmistakably original phenomenons like the punk movement of the 1970s.

So if our most prolific and defiant creative movements are just sampling vintage

vibes, where did “real” punk go?

The answer is the Internet.From the the debaucherous

hodge-podge of Reditt to the sea-punk nonsensical blur of Tumblr, kids today are using the Internet as a tool for rebellion.

Something as non-threatening as taking selfies with no filter on Instagram or posting a passive-aggressive 3 a.m. tweet often passes as a radical affront to the status quo, the establishment, or, at the very least, an online "frenemy."

Online nirvana is reached by maintaining both a flippant online presence and a revolutionary agenda. Individuality is key, and so is fitting a hip mold.

Punk is whatever you want

it to be. Punks of the past might

shudder in their Doc Martens at this statement, but modern Children of the Internet will agree.

Punk is Frank Ocean demanding to sing “Forrest Gump,” a song about his intimate feelings for another man, at the Grammys.

Punk is Lena Dunham playing ping-pong naked on an episode of “Girls.”

Punk is that Hot Topic phase you had in seventh grade.

The point is, although the stereotypical punk may not dominate the streets in herds, youth culture is still doing really radical things. And as long as there is a mainstream to rebel against, punk will never disappear.

The struggle for print-based publications in an Internet-dominated world has made its way to an Austin institu-tion.

The Daily Texan, the Uni-versity of Texas’ campus newspaper, is facing a finan-cial struggle that is threat-ening the future of the pub-lication. On March 1, the independent Texas Student Media, TSM, will consider a print reduction, according to the Daily Texan.

Since 1900, The Daily Texan has been an impor-tant source of news to the Austin community. Reduc-ing or eliminating the print version of the paper seems like a disservice to the Austin community. That being said, the Texan’s trouble reflects the similar struggle of many

college newspapers to stay afloat.

The Daily Texan averaged over $2.1 million in adver-tisements each year in 2007; however, last year, The Daily Texan sold less than $1.3 million in advertisements, according to TSM, and they expect these numbers to con-tinue declining.

Although the future of The Daily Texan is uncertain, the publication clearly knows where it stands.

According to The Daily Texan, reducing the number of days they print a new issue will not solve their financial woes.

Print advertising accounts for nearly 100 percent of the publication’s annual advertis-ing sales.

Unfortunately, similar di-

lemmas have become com-mon among college publica-tions.

When the University of Georgia’s campus newspaper, The Red and Black, changed its daily print production routine, both its print and online edition declined in readership, ac-cording to The Daily Texan.

Marquette Uni-versity’s campus newspaper paper, The Mar-quette Tribune, recently cut the length of its print edition in half, according to College Media Matters.

Fortunately, Hilltop Views is not in the same sinking boat as many other college

publications. Unlike The Daily Texan and newspapers at other public universities, we receive funding from our

university. We use revenue from ad

sales to pay for our online edition, but university fund-ing pays for our print edition and pays our staff.

Hilltop Views has some financial support from the

university, which allows us to maintain weekly print and online editions, but we do sympathize with struggle papers.

In fact, we have a direct connection with The Daily Texan’s struggle–Hilltop Views was printed at The Daily Texan’s press before the UT Board of Regents decid-ed to sell the printing press.

Unfortunately, the move away from print media and toward online media seems inevitable.

Hilltop Views is also differ-ent from other campus news-papers in an important way.

In addition to being a voice for the entire SEU com-munity, it is housed in the School of Humanities where it serves as a laboratory for students concentrating in

journalism across a variety of majors.

We only hope the move on-line does not eliminate print media like The Daily Texan entirely.

A free press is simply not free, but that does not mean a free press is not important. If papers are forced to reduce their print runs and move on-line, they lose revenue from print ads.

The loss of print revenue makes it difficult for papers to exist all, even if they exist exclusively online.

The decline of print media may seem like a niche issue, but newspapers, especially small papers and student-run papers, are an important place for civil discourse and an integral part of our com-munity.

Punk is not dead, lives on in youth culture and the Internet

Many college newspapers face cuts in funding

Jonathan Cokerjcoker@stedwards.edu

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Vivienne Westwood is an ac-claimed fashion designer.

“Hilltop Views has some financial support from the university, which allows us to maintain weekly print and online editions.”

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In just a few short weeks, over 250,000 people are ex-pected to pour into Austin for the annual SXSW inter-active, film and music festi-val and conference, which is now in its 26th year.

This massive influx of peo-ple not only means a lot of money for the city, but also a number of inconveniences for Austinites.

In the past 26 years, SXSW has grown from a small regional music festi-val to an enormous multi -modal and interactive fes-tival and conference. The growing size of SXSW and its crowds has caused an abundance of complaints and concerns. Large crowds can be difficult to manage, especially when you factor in that most of the crowd is under some sort of influ-ence.

These extra people also make excessive amounts of garbage. Last year, clean-ing crews es-timated that they picked up 90 cubic yards of trash and recycling from Auditorium Shores, according to YNN Austin.

Clean up crews clean the streets every morning to clear the trash from the pre-vious day, and make room for the new crowd.

SXSW also means road closures that usually last for four days, during the mu-sic portion of the festival,

but this year organizers are requesting that the city ex-tends road closures.

Then there is the traffic.Austin traffic is already

unsatisfactory, so trying to drive in or out of downtown with the over 250,000 out-of-towners can be a bigger

mistake than trying to get down Guadalupe when UT football has a home game.

SXSW can be an excit-ing adventure the first few years, but you quickly learn that without a badge your SXSW experience can be rather limited.

With SXSW badges starting at $650 and going all the way up to $1,595, the chances of you having a

badge are low.There are free shows, and

you can always wait around the venue in hopes of getting in without a badge, but that often ends in heartbreak and disappointment. Some people can weather all those shattered hopes and long waits in line or suffering through basic bands at the free shows, but for the rest of us, it is tiring and vastly overrated.

SXSW is great for gen-erating revenue for the city, but it also makes a mess of daily life in Austin. While SXSW rages on, Austinites still have to go along with their daily routines, which can be difficult when there are over 250,000 people packed into downtown and its surrounding areas having a nine day party.

Also, this makes it difficult to enjoy everything Aus-tin has to offer during our Spring Break. So unless you want to fight the traffic and crowds, avoid going north of Town Lake as much a pos-sible. It can be more trouble than it is worth.

Each year, South by South-west hosts thousands of musicians, draws hundreds of thousands of people, and generates hundreds of mil-lions of dollars in revenue for Austin. While many criticize the multimodal event for var-ious reasons, one Holy Grail feature makes SXSW worth the traffic, lines and week of insanity: the free shows.

Each March, SXSW’s plethora of free live music confirms the best things in life are free. This year looks very promising.

The Free Concerts on Town Lake series has played host to a number of killer shows over the years, and some flops. In terms of memorable perfor-mances, The Strokes packed Auditorium Shores in 2011, bringing in an estimated 30,000 people and ending with fireworks during “Last Night.”

Another remarkable show was The Shins last year, just days before the release of their wildly successful fourth album "Port of Mor-row." The relative size of the

crowd marked a major turn-ing point in the band’s career, which has skyrocketed since the release of PoM, leading to primetime spots at heavy-hitting festies like Bonnaroo and ACL.

Some serious fails include shows like The Counting Crows last year. Lead singer Adam Duritz either had too much to drink before going onstage or was experienc-ing the degeneration of basic cognitive skills. Either way, the performance was dismal.

This year, however, Free Concerts on Town Lake is putting together what is set to be one of the best shows in the history of the series.

Jim James, Divine Fits, and The Flaming Lips will be playing Auditorium Shores in succession on March 15. For free. The Flaming Lips speak for themselves, and their fan base in Austin is massive.

On top of the cult follow-ing of the Lips, the successes of last year’s Divine Fits’ de-but, "A Thing Called Divine Fits," and this month’s first solo album from Jim James, "Regions of Light and Sound of God," guarantee that the

crowd will to be huge. The gates open at 3:30 p.m., so get there early.

If that godlike offering is not enough, this year’s free BrooklynVegan Day Parties look phenomenal. Notable acts for Wednesday include Tegan and Sara, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and Jova-notti.

The shows really blow up on Thursday with The Air-borne Toxic Event, Diamond Rings, Wild Belle, and The Joy Formidable. On Saturday, Alt-J is playing for free. Billy Bragg later in the day will probably be great.

Saturday hits hard with The Zombies, which is ex-citing and probably going to be the most packed of all the Day Party shows. The Ra Ra Riot set later that day is also not to be missed.

Despite the flack that SXSW takes from uptight Austinites, it offers some of the best free live music any-where. Even if you have never heard of these bands, go check them out.

After all, what better do you have to do with your Spring Break? So much is de-liciously free.

This year’s SXSW free shows to astound Austin music lovers

South by Southwest traffic and trash frustrate residents

Michael Darlingmdarlin@stedwards.edu

Kelsey Acostakacosta@stedwards.edu

Photo by Renee CornueAustinites may face inconveniences during SXSW.

Chuck Myers/MCTThe Flaming Lips are set to play at Auditorium Shores for this year’s South by Southwest.

SXSW 2013

“SXSW can be an exciting adventure the first few years, but you quickly learn that without a badge your SXSW experience can be rather limited.”

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The Harlem Shake, a viral video that has taken the In-ternet by storm over the last couple weeks, is the latest dance sensation to sweep the nation.

People can hardly scroll down their Facebook News Feeds without seeing a reen-actment of the original.

One video involves a person pulling the move, which is a combination of awkwardly flailing arms and bodily con-vulsions, then a crowd joins in, and basically “Harlem Shakes” their lives away.

The dance track featured in the video was composed by Brooklyn-based DJ Baauer.

People are not only watch-ing the Harlem Shake video online, but also recreating the

video themselves by shaking their business everywhere in-cluding the streets, at school and even at their own jobs.

Countless colleges have al-ready re-created the video, including St. Ed-ward’s University.

Students gath-ered Feb. 17 on the front lawn of Main Build-ing to record the Hilltopper ver-sion of the Har-lem Shake. The video reached over 7,000 views not even 24 hours after it premiered on YouTube.

However, the Harlem Shake has not always been about flailing your body to techno music. The dance originated in the New York City neighborhood of Har-

lem.Dance crazes seem to never

lose their popularity. Just last year, Gangnam Style became the most watched YouTube video of all time.

So why are people obsessed with all of these weird dance moves?

It has a lot to do with cama-raderie. The Harlem Shake would not be popular if it was just a video of one person dancing alone.

Instead, most videos feature

groups of people acting weird together.

Although Psy is the star of Gangam Style, it is rare that you see people out doing the Gangnam Style alone. The song plays, and everyone gets up to do it together.

Essentially, there is some-thing about dancing along with others that brings a sense of extreme joy.

Dance crazes are usually easy, involving just a few steps and anyone with a basic sense of rhythm can learn.

Dances like the Cupid Shuffle and the Electric Slide are still popular because the songs tell you each step to make.

Dance crazes are not about being the best dancer or the most coordinated. People ap-preciate a chance to just let loose and have fun.

Viral YouTube video captivates a culture

North Korea’s testing of nuclear weapons causes global concern

Brooke Lewisblewis@stedwards.edu

When North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il died in 2011, his son, Kim Jong-Un became the leader of the country. Like his father, Un has con-tinued the country’s testing of nuclear weapons. The first test occurred on Feb. 11.

The nuclear test was in re-taliation of the Chinese who have been urging North Ko-rea to not risk confrontation by conducting another test, according to the New York Times.

The blast could be felt by surrounding countries who were the first to report the nuclear test before the state news agency in North Korea confirmed the reports.

North Korea used a smaller nuclear device that was more powerful and did not have

any negative impact on the environment, according to the New York Times.

The fear of numerous countries around the world is that North Korea actually becomes capable of construct-ing a nuclear weapon that works. If they accomplish this, North Korea can potentially sell these weapons to countries like Iran or even to terrorist groups.

A North Korea capable of nuclear warfare is very dangerous for the safety of the world, especially the United States.

Threats have come from North Korea against the U.S. in the past, and if they can build a nuclear weapon that

can cross the Pacific Ocean, it could potentially hit the West Coast.

Another target for North Korea would be their neigh-bor, South Korea.

At a United Nations Con-ference for Disarmament, North Korea threatened to “destroy” South Korea, ac-cording to The Guardian.

The Obama administration has said that it will take ad-ditional action against North

Korea after the recent nuclear test, but there are not very many ways it can do that. The only way to truly hurt North Korea is through China.

For years, China has propped up North Korea through supplying them with oil and other aid. If China was to cut them off, North Korea would not have any-thing to support the country.

The only caveat is that Chi-na will most likely not cut off North Korea because Chi-nese leaders fear that North Korea will descend into cha-os without its support.

With China’s next presi-dent, Xi Jinping the current leader of the Communist Party, this could change because it would begin to change the strained relation-ship between China and the U.S.

China may be the last re-

sort to cripple North Korea, and potentially stop them from creating an operational nuclear weapon.

If they do not, the United States may feel the need accelerate a ballistic mis-sile defense program with American allies in the region,

something that China will not appreciate, according to the New York Times.

A fully nuclear North Ko-rea is a danger to the world, not only because of the threat it poses to the globe, but also because their actions cannot be predicted.

Jacob Sanchezjsanchen@stedwards.edu

“Dance crazes are usually easy, involving just a few steps anyone with a basic sense of rhythm can learn.”

MCTPunggye-ri is a nuclear weapon testing site in North Korea.

“A North Korea capable of nuclear warfare is very dangerous for the safety of the world, especially the United States.”

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Artcrank Austin 2013 had its opening night at Pine Street Station Feb. 22 which gathered thirty local artists to showcase their handmade, bike inspired posters. Proceeds from Artcrank, or ‘a poster party for bike people,’ were donated to the Livestrong Foundation and the Austin-based nonprofit’s campaign to provide free cancer support services. This free event will run from Feb. 23–March 17 at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop. Photos by: Nathaniel Muniz

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