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Opinion: Amanda Gorman's Super Bowl invite must be the start of more social justice efforts by the NFL

Opinion: Amanda Gorman’s Super Bowl invite must be the start of more social justice efforts by the NFL

Gail Grady, Sports Reporter February 3, 2021

Amanda Gorman, the poet who amazed viewers with her poem, “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, will now recite an original poem at Super Bowl LV this Sunday in Tampa Bay, Florida....

The Trinitonian has gone all-digital this semester

The Trinitonian has gone all-digital this semester

Editor's Desk, Editor-in-Chief January 31, 2021

Welcome back, everyone. If you haven’t heard, the Trinitonian is all-digital now, meaning we’ll have to say bye-bye to print for now. It wasn’t easy to come to terms with, but right now, what matters...

Whether archaeology or the Roots Commission, Johnson has worked to dig up the truth

Whether archaeology or the Roots Commission, Johnson has worked to dig up the truth

Student Spotlight: Senior Camille Johnson's academic interests have shifted over her Trinity career, but she remains passionate nonetheless
Kayla Padilla, Editor-in-Chief January 31, 2021

This week’s student spotlight is Camille Johnson, senior anthropology major and triple minor in history, African American studies and museum studies. The museum studies minor, first offered to Trinity...

Open your ears to the music of the world

Open your ears to the music of the world

Carmine Villarreal, Arts Reporter January 31, 2021

Oftentimes, we find ourselves flooded with music streaming algorithms designed to feed us a highly catered set of sounds and emotions. At first glance, having refined methods of receiving music relatively...

NFL fans react to Brady's tenth appearance at the Super Bowl

NFL fans react to Brady’s tenth appearance at the Super Bowl

The 43-year-old quarterback has won six Super Bowl championships in his career, this could be his seventh.
Kayla Padilla, Editor-in-Chief January 28, 2021

Well, well, well, if it isn’t Tom Brady on his way to the Super Bowl yet again. Though I imagine fans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are beyond elated to see their team at the Super Bowl for the first time...

Title IX Trainings remain a timely requirement despite pandemic

Title IX Trainings remain a timely requirement despite pandemic

Title IX Coordinator Angela Miranda-Clark reiterates the importance of completing the required training
Logan Crews, Web Editor January 28, 2021

Online Title IX training was assigned to all students in October, but enough students had not completed the training that the deadline was extended to Dec. 18. In an email sent the day before the new deadline,...

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Life is a bowl of noodles

Mai Vo, Opinion Columnist January 28, 2021

Are you really a college student if you haven’t sat, staring at your dinner consisting of a bowl of ramen noodles while you contemplate the meaning of life? Before even making ramen noodles there are...

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: What we can learn from the 2020 pandemic episode

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: What we can learn from the 2020 pandemic episode

The children's show is no stranger to addressing difficult, sometimes taboo issues
Kayla Padilla, Editor-in-Chief January 28, 2021

In 1954, Daniel Tiger was brought to life in the hit children’s series, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” The once stuffed, lumpy-looking puppet has taken on a new cartoon look in “Daniel Tiger’s...

Actress Ashley Blaine Featherson from "Dear White People" served as Trinity's 2021 MLK commemorative lecturer

Actress Ashley Blaine Featherson from “Dear White People” served as Trinity’s 2021 MLK commemorative lecturer

The actress, singer and producer talked about Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech and the importance of intersectionality in diversity work
Kayla Padilla, Editor-in-Chief January 28, 2021

Despite the obstacles of the COVID-19 pandemic, Trinity University, partnered with the City of San Antonio MLK Jr. Commission, is continuing their annual tradition of hosting an MLK commemorative lecturer....

You are what you eat: Looking at Vietnamese food as preservation of culture

You are what you eat: Looking at Vietnamese food as preservation of culture

Mai Vo, Opinion Columnist January 25, 2021

When I was six, I would walk across the street every Saturday morning towards metal carts with pots of steaming broth, fresh noodles, warm baguettes and fragrant herbs. Greeting the vendor with a familiar...

Public History: The Ursula Lauderdale Exhibit

Public History: The Ursula Lauderdale Exhibit

Isabel Chavez, Pulse Reporter January 25, 2021

Imagine trying to piece someone's life together based on 150 items ranging from postcards, to letters, to black and white photographs, and deciphering the meaning of the person who kept them. That’s...

The football team practices on the field in the fall. Sports will return this spring while classes remain virtual until at least Feb. 8.

Classes shift online while sports receive green light

Students, athletes react to President Anderson's announcement
Gail Grady, Sports Reporter January 19, 2021

On Thursday Jan. 14, Trinity surprised many students by announcing that all classes will be virtual from Jan. 25 until at least Feb. 8 due to the increased spread of COVID-19 and hospitalization rates...