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Though more students are applying each year, the university has kept its acceptance numbers stable. graphic by Tyler Herron

The state of the university budget

Daniel Conrad March 31, 2017

Last Thursday, Trinity University president Danny Anderson presented the annual budget briefing to faculty and staff in Stieren Theater. He addressed tuition increases, annual revenues, the potential acquisition...

A collection of the flyers  were returned to the dorm of organizers as a form of protest to Dinesh D’Souza coming to campus. D’Souza will be speaking at Trinity on March 7 at 7 p.m. in Laurie Auditorium.

Disrupting D’Souza

Daniel Conrad March 3, 2017

Student response to upcoming speaker ignites debate over harassment, respect Dinesh D’Souza, conservative political commentator and filmmaker, will be delivering a free public lecture titled “What’s...

Interview with alumnus, San Antonio mayoral candidate Ron Nirenberg

Interview with alumnus, San Antonio mayoral candidate Ron Nirenberg

Daniel Conrad February 27, 2017

The Trinitonian recently had the opportunity to interview Ron Nirenberg, Trinity alumnus and candidate in San Antonio’s 2017 mayoral election, about Trinity University and his election campaign. Nirenberg...

Students + Startups applications submitted

Students + Startups applications submitted

Daniel Conrad February 9, 2017

The internship programs seeks to expand opportunities for students to gain real world work experience with upcoming companies and ventures The second annual "Students + Startups" program has just...

Photo by Claudia Garcia

Lean in with NPR’s Michele Norris

Daniel Conrad February 9, 2017

Michele Norris, former co-host of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” spoke to an audience of approximately 300 in Laurie Auditorium on Tuesday about the importance of engaging in candid...

Stumberg students and faculty reflect on post-competition work and advancement

Stumberg students and faculty reflect on post-competition work and advancement

Daniel Conrad February 2, 2017

Finalists of last year's Louis H. Stumberg Venture Competition, a program of Trinity's entrepreneurship department, continue to expand their organizations in new ways. Representatives from the department,...

First Alvarez speaker presents recent book

First Alvarez speaker presents recent book

Daniel Conrad February 2, 2017

James Fernàndez, professor of Spanish and Portuguese at New York University, delivered a lecture Wednesday titled "Invisible Immigrants: Spanish Immigrants in the United States." The talk was the first...

SGA initiative works towards free textbooks

SGA initiative works towards free textbooks

Daniel Conrad January 26, 2017

The Student Government Association (SGA) is working with librarians and faculty to provide free and low-cost textbooks and other class resources for students and professors. The initiative is still in...

MLK Jr. commemorative lecture features author and professor Marc Lamont Hill

MLK Jr. commemorative lecture features author and professor Marc Lamont Hill

Daniel Conrad January 19, 2017

Public intellectual Marc Lamont Hill addressed Trinity students and the San Antonio community in Laurie Auditorium last Thursday as part of an annual lecture series dually organized by the university and...

Turning Point Tigers turn tail on their liberal professor watchlist

Turning Point Tigers turn tail on their liberal professor watchlist

Daniel Conrad January 19, 2017

On Dec. 21, about 30 Trinity University faculty endorsed a press release in protest of the Professor Watchlist run by Turning Point USA (TPUSA), which purports to name instructors who discriminate against...

On animals and suffering

On animals and suffering

Daniel Conrad October 27, 2016

Those who defend the raising and killing of animals for humans' consumption sometimes say that such practices benefit the animals by providing them existence. Leslie Stephen, the father of Virginia Woolfe,...