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Student’s hobby turns to business
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‘Eurydice’ to get ASL interpreters
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Ethics Bowl team gets ready for nationals By Kaitlin Martinez LOGOS STAFF WRITER After qualifying for national competition, the University of the Incarnate Word Ethics Bowl team will go up against some of the country’s best March 2-5 in Portland, Ore. UIW’s team qualified last November after finishing fourth at the Texas Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, a regional competition of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE). The association is a non-profit organization “dedicated to advancing scholarship, education, and practice in practical and professional ethics,”
according to the association’s website. At the fall competition, UIW’s team involved six student competitors and a student researcher. The competing members were Baylor Frandsen, a junior biology major; Isabella Ortiz, a freshman biology major; Victor Torres, a junior biochemistry major; Beni Resendiz, a senior communication arts major concentrating in strategic and corporate communication; Abraham Rivas, a junior business administration major; and Nathan Smith, a senior biology major. Carla Verver y Vargas served as the team’s researcher, and Dr. Chris Edelman, a professor of philosophy, is
the adviser. To prepare for competition, the team receives case files from the APPE office that present several broad ethical situations. The team then analyzes the cases and researches the ethical dilemmas presented. During the event, a moderator questions the competitors about the case files to gauge the team’s understanding of the ethical dilemmas. Teams are then rated on their “intelligibility, focus on ethically relevant considerations, avoidance of ethical irrelevance, and deliberative thoughtfulness.” In an interview with the Logos, Resen-
diz, who captains the team, said they discuss “the ethical boundaries, moral boundaries and the moral obligations that the people in these cases need to be responsible for.” They look at cases, challenge each other during arguments, and then decide which way the team should lean toward, Resendiz said. They look at things in different perspectives all the time because the judges at the bowls are not forgiving and they can include personal bias, he added. “We break each other’s ways of thinking and Dr. Edelman will catch JUMP TO ETHICS BOWL PAGE 2
Cardinal Stampede Stephanie Loftus/LOGOS STAFF
Lasso lass
A University of the Incarnate Word student tries her hand twirling a lass Monday, Feb. 6, at the ‘Cardinal Stampede’ in the Dubuis Lawn-Westgate Circle area. The twohour event, sponsored by Residence Life and Housing Operations, featured games and prizes, treats, line dancing, and a mechanical bull for any who dared to ride it. The event also helped promote the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.
Administrator: UIW ACCESS ensures students get books By David Peters LOGOS STAFF WRITER When the University of the Incarnate Word implemented its UIW ACCESS program last fall to ensure students had books and other materials, some students like senior David Blake weren’t thrilled. “I opened my student bill in early August. and was shocked to see a charge of $980 for a student university fee,” Blake said. “I had no idea what this fee
was, so I called the Business Office and they explained it was for books.” Between 2021-22 and 2022-23 the university student fee increased from $500 to $980 per term. The bulk of that increase likely is attributable to UIW ACCESS. According to the UIW website, UIW ACCESS delivers “the most up-to-date e-books or printed textbooks to students” a week before the first day class. “UIW recognizes that it is critical for
students to have those materials on hand and ready for use as they begin each term,” according to a statement from the website. The student fee isn’t just about books, Dr. Kevin Vichcales, an associate provost for undergraduate and graduate education, points out. The university student fee also underwrites multiple services and programming from a variety of areas including: (a) wellness/natatorium; (b)
health services; (c) student/ campus life; (d) counseling services; (e) library; (f) tutoring services; (g) writing support center; and (h) Dr. Kevin Vichcales the UIW ACCESS program. JUMP TO UIW ACCESS PAGE 2