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Mirage yearbook sent to presses

Editors, staff overcome challenges while documenting school year

Mikayla Mullin, Pulse Reporter • March 28, 2021

It’s been a historic year under COVID-19, which means that the Mirage, Trinity’s yearbook, had the opportunity to make a historic yearbook. Now that the 2020-2021 Mirage has gone to the presses, how...

Trinity sticks to no-fan policy despite SCAC’s greenlight

University cites ongoing COVID-19 concerns as reason for decision

Paige Wallace, Sports Reporter • March 28, 2021

On Friday, March 19, the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) announced they would allow member institutions to create their own policies regarding spectators attending any non-tournament outdoor...

Sarah Everard is every woman

For vulnerable people, going on a walk or run isn't always just that

Kayla Padilla, Editor-in-Chief • March 28, 2021

Content warning: This story includes mentions of murder, femicide, harassment, and sexual assault. For 33-year-old Sarah Everard, March 3 was the same as any other day. She was visiting a friend in...

EAST Statement

EAST in Solidarity with Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander members of the Trinity community

EAST • March 26, 2021

East Asian Studies at Trinity (EAST) in Solidarity with Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Members of the Trinity Community March 25, 2021 In his first prime time national address on March...

Q&A with author Joy Castro

The Trinity alumna will be giving a lecture on the 25th via Zoom

Kayla Padilla, Editor-in-Chief • March 24, 2021

Joy Castro ‘90, award-winning author of The Truth Book, two literary thrillers, an essay collection and a short fiction collection, will be giving a lecture via Zoom tomorrow titled, “Packing a Punch:...

A Tale of Two Tigers: Women’s Basketball claims SCAC Championship while Men’s Basketball Falls to St. Thomas

Cameron Hill's team cuts down the nets at Calgaard Gym

Paige Wallace, Sports Reporter • March 24, 2021

Over the weekend, the men’s and women’s basketball teams went in as top seeds and hosted the finals of the 2021 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Championships. The women’s team defeated...

Pessimism or self-preservation?

Editorial Board • March 24, 2021

Around this time last year, senior students were in a panic about what was to become of their graduation ceremony. One year later, it’s our turn to graduate, and it seems we can’t be bothered to inquire...

McNay Art Museum hosts “Limitless! Five Women Reshape Contemporary Art”

Looking to support more female artists? The McNay's newest exhibition has you covered

Ashley Allen, Arts Columnist • March 23, 2021

Having some trouble naming five women artists? You wouldn’t be the only one. Women have historically been at the disadvantage in the history of Western art. To combat this, we need to educate ourselves...

Previously, on SGA: Virus Vigilance

Phoebe Murphy, Opinion Editor • March 23, 2021

The following covers the meeting on March 3. CLIMATE CHECK Sophomore senator Maeve Armand began the meeting by expressing concerns about sightings of non-Trinity individuals coming onto campus without...

Students publish research on rats and addiction

Under professor of psychology Kah-Chung Leong, students studied "sugar-seeking behavior" in rats

Isabel Chavez, Pulse Reporter • March 23, 2021

When you think of rats, you might think of a grimy sewer rodent, or maybe a tiny chef in Paris who led a restaurant to become a hit overnight. For three neuroscience undergraduates, however, rats are their...

The Democratic party needs ‘Never Trump conservatives’

A strong alliance between the two is long overdue

Ben Falcon, Opinion Columnist • March 23, 2021

As with history, politics has a tendency to repeat itself if trendlines persist long enough. In the 1990s, it was the Blue Dogs who felt out of place in their party that began searching for a new home....

Students reflect on study abroad in China one year later

Seniors Anna Lund and Tryne Vander Straten recall being optimistic about returning to normalcy in early 2020

Kayla Padilla, Editor-in-Chief • March 22, 2021

By late January of 2020, six Trinity students were abroad in China, with one other awaiting a late start to their semester. Around this time, the COVID-19 outbreak began to spread quicker, and almost immediately,...