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Eleven months in: Another semester of genocide

Eleven months in: Another semester of genocide

Colin Houston, News Editor September 12, 2024

There’s a certain kind of numbness that overtakes you as you watch every system governing everything you’ve ever known proves over and over again that they are composed of the vilest form of evil....

Trinity is still a predominantly white institution, and don’t you forget it.

Trinity is still a predominantly white institution, and don’t you forget it.

Diya Contractor, Special Sections Editor and Opinion Editor September 12, 2024

The most challenging part of a microaggression is not the act itself but the lingering aftermath, a reality I know all too well. Being a person of color (POC) at a predominantly white institution (PWI)...

Students concerned about shift to four credit courses

Students concerned about shift to four credit courses

Students share anxieties over the shift to four credit courses, admin aims to clarify the change.
Julianna Plewes, Pulse Reporter September 12, 2024

Starting this semester, many academic departments have shifted courses from three credit hours to four, raising concerns among students regarding their class schedules and graduation requirements. While...

The Locker Room: Volleyball super senior Maddie Fate

The Locker Room: Volleyball super senior Maddie Fate

Legacy, leadership and contributing to team culture define Fate’s career at Trinity
Maddy Morrow, Sports Reporter September 12, 2024

During the COVID-19 lockdown, the option for collegiate athletes to play an additional year of their sport was added to make up for lost time, but the NCAA's fifth year of college eligibility will no longer...

‘The Boys’ is kind of a hot mess now

‘The Boys’ is kind of a hot mess now

This new season is the worst one to date, but not for the reasons you would think
Om Dighe, Arts and Entertainment Reporter September 12, 2024

SPOILERS FOR EVERY SEASON OF "THE BOYS” AND SEASON ONE OF “GEN V” “The Boys” is a satirical superhero show created and showrun by Eric Kripke (“Supernatural”). Based on the comic book...

Coach Bailey Wittenauer

Coach’s Corner: Softball’s Bailey Wittenauer

From “accidentally” coaching softball to setting program records, Wittenauer’s just getting started
Caleb Reed, Sports Editor September 12, 2024

After being promoted from assistant to head coach of Trinity Softball last season, Bailey Wittenauer has been the face of a historic rebound after two straight losing seasons. Last season’s success was...

Hunter Cain, Senior, goes for goal

Trinity soccer is back at McGinlay Field

Men’s and women’s soccer open seasons with a flurry of home games to start 2024 campaigns
Scott Lebo, Sports Reporter September 12, 2024

Trinity soccer got back into action during the last weekend of August as the men’s and women’s teams played two home games. In total, McGinlay Field has hosted nine matches since the start of the year....

In the Polls

Julianna Plewes, Pulse Reporter September 12, 2024

Questions Across: 3. Trinity’s voter registration org 6. “The Party of Principle” 8. State with most electoral votes 15. Candidate currently serving in office 16. Event where candidate...

9/13 comic

September 12, 2024

Tigers fall flat against TLU, 20-35

Tigers fall flat against TLU, 20-35

Turnovers & penalties lead to struggles in Week 1 upset
Caleb Reed, Sports Editor September 12, 2024

The Trinity Tigers opened their season on the wrong foot with a tough week one loss, falling to the Texas Lutheran (TLU) Bulldogs 20-35 in a game that was closer on paper than on the field. Trinity, who...

Reminding you that your life is full of good things

Reminding you that your life is full of good things

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor September 12, 2024

Since the moment I left in May, I anxiously waited to be back on campus. Not because I don’t love being home — I do. I have cultivated a life here, and compared to the solitude and silence of sitting...

Previously on SGA: Four new senators elected to SGA

Previously on SGA: Four new senators elected to SGA

The following covers the meeting on Sept. 11
Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief September 12, 2024

CLIMATE CHECK Senator Delhagen opened the meeting by reminding everyone of the voter registration event happening on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Senator Delhagen encouraged other senators to volunteer and attend. President...