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Previously on SGA: Updates on Thomas rats, TU dining and TUPD

Previously on SGA: Updates on Thomas rats, TU dining and TUPD

The following covers the meeting on March 30
Logan Crews, Editor-in-Chief March 31, 2022

Climate check Junior Senator Donya Ahmadi began climate check with feedback from Prassel residents that an external door is failing to close. They have reported sightings of adults walking into the...

SGA engagement and the health of the student body

SGA engagement and the health of the student body

Logan Crews, Editor-in-Chief March 31, 2022

Applications for Student Government Association (SGA) positions for the 2022-2023 academic year were due on March 30. In fact, the deadline was extended by senior Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh, president of SGA,...

Trinity Swim & Dive made a splash in 2021-22 season

Trinity Swim & Dive made a splash in 2021-22 season

Coach Pruden and swimmers reflect on season
Jay Fitzgerald, Reporting Intern March 31, 2022

Upon finishing competition at the NCAA DIII National Championships in Indianapolis, Trinity Swim & Dive concluded their 2021-22 season on a high note. Across both Men’s and Women’s teams, Trinity...

Trinity softball wins Schreiner series

Trinity softball wins Schreiner series

Tigers win Schreiner series thanks to a dramatic game 3
Caleb Reed, Sports Reporter March 31, 2022

Trinity Softball came out on top of their three-game series against Schreiner, taking a 2-1 game split in a weekend that saw plenty of action. On two days that saw beautiful springtime weather, supporters...

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Trinity University introduces new Gender Neutral Housing Policy

Malika Chauhan, Reporting Intern March 31, 2022

Trinity University has finalized its decision to allow for gender-neutral housing for sophomores, juniors and seniors on campus. According to the Gender Neutral Housing Policy’s description released...

Encapsulating the class of 2022 in a time capsule

Encapsulating the class of 2022 in a time capsule

New student org TUASA to collect and preserve material for future time capsules
Abby Power, News reporter March 31, 2022

Trinity University Archives Student Advocates (TUASA) is a new student organization on campus that is working with the Coates Library Archives to increase documentation depicting the student experience...

Lost friends: complacency is dangerous

Lost friends: complacency is dangerous

In an individualistic culture focused on success, we take friendship for granted
Mai Vo, Opinion Columnist March 31, 2022

Many see friendships as a comfort blanket: a shoulder to cry on, a reliable soul to confide in. Yet, the atomized nature of our lives causes us to inevitably fall victim to selfishness and crave discomfort....

How to truly “do no harm”

How to truly “do no harm”

Ashwini Vivek, Opinion Columnist March 31, 2022

Growing up, the only thing I ever wanted to be was a doctor. To me, that was the ultimate goal, the highest achievement I could reach. In my mind, doctors were the paragon of morality, sacrificing time...

Frozen Solid Geology: Asmara Lehrmann gives a talk on glacial research in Antarctica

Frozen Solid Geology: Asmara Lehrmann gives a talk on glacial research in Antarctica

The Trinity alumna researched foraminifera while aboard the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer
Cheyanne McDaniel, Pulse Reporter March 31, 2022

Asmara Lehrmann's work as a geologist has taken her all around the world. Most recently, Lehrmann boarded a research vessel, the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, to study Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica....

Ecoallies club, general meeting on waste management

Eco Allies introduces new subcommittees to address specific goals

Eco Habits, Eco Rights and Divest Trinity subcommittees focus on more narrow environmental issues
Lauren Roddis, News Reporter March 31, 2022

Eco Allies, Trinity’s environmentalist club, recently updated its constitution. The main change involves the introduction of subcommittees which will allow students to focus on more specific environmental...

Trinity Diversity Connection discusses San Antonio’s Fiesta celebration

Trinity Diversity Connection discusses San Antonio’s Fiesta celebration

Scholars examine Fiesta’s history and cultural appropriation vs. appreciation
Ivanna Bass Caldera, News Reporter March 31, 2022

For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the famous Fiesta celebration will return with all of its events in the spring (March 30 – April 10). According to the Fiesta San Antonio...

Team(s): Skelton Beat Band and Skelton Light Mounting System

Lucas Riley '23, Paul Kim '23, Alfonso Kamel '23, Gabriel Ogden '23

Louis H. Stumberg New Venture Competition seed round held

Seven teams move on to Summer Accelerator program
Emma Utzinger, News Reporter March 31, 2022

Last week, 11 teams of young entrepreneurs entered the seed round of the Louis H. Stumberg New Venture Competition with nothing but a pitch and a whole lot of hard work. The goal? To win $5,000 to put...