Setting aside, for the moment, this accident, I find Manny's concern a very hard one to fathom.
I'm a Trinity graduate (I began, academically, elsewhere, transferred to Trinity for reasons that were beyond my control; I maintain more loyalty to my first ins ution than to Trinity, but I'm not unaware of what happens at both places). I've been keenly aware of any acknowledgments made of my Alma Mater for the last, say, 10 years. Just as Manny has his perception, I have mine.
My perception is that the only time the local media gives a crap about Trinity University is when something bad happens. A few years ago, there was a situation in which one Trinity student broke into another's apartment and opened fire. That got plenty of run in the local media. There was also a sitution in which Trinity's starting QB was arrested for disorderly conduct the night after TU won its National Semifinal and clinched a birth in the Stagg Bowl. Somehow, that story got more media time than the fact that Trinity had advanced to a national championship game.
Those stories get air time. Stories about Trinity's academic excellence, the signficant research it contributes, or the contributions of its students in the community are almost-entirely ignored in the local press.
Trinity is a remarkable academic ins ution, but in San Antonio, it seems that the ins ution is either viewed with great contempt or considered insignificant.
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