Court fight
Two students lose Jerabeck jobs; another banned from basketball
Erika McDonald
Issue date: 11/22/06 Section: Other News
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Lewd photos of a student dressed up as women's volleyball coach Jill Reynolds that surfaced on the Internet resulted in serious consequences for several students. Two student workers were removed from their part-time jobs in Jerabeck and a third student is banned from the building except to attend class. The punished students deny any wrongdoing and insisted University officials overreacted to an innocent prank.
Trouble between students and the volleyball coach began during the first week of the fall semester when senior international and environmental studies major Carlos Trujillo and four friends were playing basketball in Jerabeck, which they said was their usual afternoon routine.
Trujillo said they were instructed by coach Reynolds to leave the court as it was needed for team practice. Trujillo said the students, all male, offered to share the court with the team, but that Reynolds insisted they leave. Trujillo said Reynolds became upset and threatened to call campus security. Trujillo said he and his friends believed they had a right to use the court and that they waited for campus security to arrive in the lobby of Jerabeck.
An incident report obtained by the Cauldron details Reynolds' complaint that the students cursed at her and were disrespectful. Trujillo said he believes she was referring to his remark to one of his friends, during their argument with Reynolds- "That's bull----." The students were instructed by campus security to leave the building.
The incident was later referred to Vice President of Student Affairs Steve Sutton, although he refused to say by whom. Sutton met with each of the students involved individually, except Trujillo, and each was asked to apologize to Reynolds. Trujillo never scheduled his meeting with Sutton.
Then, Trujillo said he got what he called a "bright idea." The student donned a red UST T-shirt, blue track pants, fake breasts and a blonde wig and attended Neewollah, the annual campus-wide Halloween party, as a drag version of Reynolds.
Trouble between students and the volleyball coach began during the first week of the fall semester when senior international and environmental studies major Carlos Trujillo and four friends were playing basketball in Jerabeck, which they said was their usual afternoon routine.
Trujillo said they were instructed by coach Reynolds to leave the court as it was needed for team practice. Trujillo said the students, all male, offered to share the court with the team, but that Reynolds insisted they leave. Trujillo said Reynolds became upset and threatened to call campus security. Trujillo said he and his friends believed they had a right to use the court and that they waited for campus security to arrive in the lobby of Jerabeck.
An incident report obtained by the Cauldron details Reynolds' complaint that the students cursed at her and were disrespectful. Trujillo said he believes she was referring to his remark to one of his friends, during their argument with Reynolds- "That's bull----." The students were instructed by campus security to leave the building.
The incident was later referred to Vice President of Student Affairs Steve Sutton, although he refused to say by whom. Sutton met with each of the students involved individually, except Trujillo, and each was asked to apologize to Reynolds. Trujillo never scheduled his meeting with Sutton.
Then, Trujillo said he got what he called a "bright idea." The student donned a red UST T-shirt, blue track pants, fake breasts and a blonde wig and attended Neewollah, the annual campus-wide Halloween party, as a drag version of Reynolds.