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Friendly reminder to stack up your resumé in college

Friendly reminder to stack up your resumé in college

It's getting harder and harder to get a job with just a measly bachelor's degree...
Riya Vankamamidi, Opinion Columnist April 11, 2024

Why are we even here? The median wage for high school diploma holders is $809 per week, while for bachelor’s degree holders, it’s $1,334 per week. That’s certainly a sizable difference, so continuing...

Tigers win against Austin College in the weekend series

Tigers win against Austin College in the weekend series

Trinity softball dominates offensively in a three-game series against the ‘Roos
John Thweatt, Sports Reporter April 11, 2024

Austin College visited the Tigers this weekend, only to meet the claws. In an offensive smoke show on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, Trinity scored a combined 23 runs compared to Austin College’s...

T-shirts made in remembrance of those that died to gun violence

Trinity organizations advocate for social issues

TU Progressives and MOVE Texas educate about gun violence in speaker series
Monica Martinez, News Reporter April 11, 2024

This week, students walking past the Murchison Tower may have noticed a different sight among the trees. What is usually an empty space was filled by students and TU Progressives with a myriad of colored-cotton...

Get in losers, we’re riding with a Fetii!

Get in losers, we’re riding with a Fetii!

Ride-sharing app based in Austin takes over San Antonio, catering to college students
Malika Chauhan, Pulse Reporter April 11, 2024

Launched in 2021, Fetii is an Austin-based company that promotes ride-sharing groups to travel in decorated party buses and has begun to target a college audience. After one member of a group books a ride...

Space Week draws crowds amid the clouds

Space Week draws crowds amid the clouds

Second Space Week sparks learning and lights up community
Harper Horn-Clegg, News Reporter April 11, 2024

To commemorate the total solar eclipse on April 8, Trinity celebrated its second Space Week, beginning April 2 and running until the day of the eclipse. It included several interdisciplinary events: a...

Previously, on SGA: USO funding continues

Previously, on SGA: USO funding continues

Sarah Fisher, Editor-in-Chief April 11, 2024

The following covers the meeting on April 10. Climate Check Secretary Alexis Aguallo asked why majors are not included on diplomas, and President Danny Nguyen told her to ask the registrar. Junior...

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Across states and across generations, liberal arts remain

Ava Peinhardt, Managing Editor April 11, 2024

As a member of the Trinity community, there are a couple reasons why you might recognize the name Birmingham-Southern College (BSC). Both schools belong to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,...

Vote NO on the proposed change to the FL requirement

Vote NO on the proposed change to the FL requirement

The change to the core Foreign Language requirement should not be passed
Jack Maxwell, Opinion Columnist April 11, 2024

On Friday, April 12, Trinity’s faculty will vote on a proposed gutting of the Foreign Language (FL) requirement. Currently, most students must take at least three semesters of a non-English language....

Previously, on SGA: USO funding starts with a bang (a meeting that lasted over 3 hours)

Previously, on SGA: USO funding starts with a bang (a meeting that lasted over 3 hours)

Sarah Fisher, Editor-in-Chief April 8, 2024

The following covers the SGA meeting on April 3rd Faculty Handbook Approval Orrin Shindell, associate professor of physics and astronomy, presented to SGA to gain its approval of a proposed update...

Student resuscitated after a deadly snack

Student resuscitated after a deadly snack

Campus gang wars ensue after TPD is accused of brutality
Boshua Bitra, News Reporter April 4, 2024

This piece is entirely satirical as a part our April Fool’s edition, the Trinibonian. Stephanie White, sophomore business major, decided to attend Toilet Paper Department’s (TPD) April 2nd Copcorn...

SGA is now Swashbuckler Government Association

SGA is now Swashbuckler Government Association

After a year of my leadership, I’ve taken the Swashbucklers campus-wide
Captain Cailyn Austin, Source April 4, 2024

This piece is entirely satirical as a part our April Fool’s edition, the Trinibonian. Last year, I wrote a piece on my initiative to bring positive change to the Swashbucklers through my benevolent...

#EXPOSED: Fizz’s new update to reveal anonymity

#EXPOSED: Fizz’s new update to reveal anonymity

The top-secret app where students mock students just became less top-secret
BDEVE, Farts Editor April 4, 2024

This piece is entirely satirical as a part our April Fool’s edition, the Trinibonian. Starting April 5, all creator posts on Fizz will become non-anonymous, revealing every user and their online comments....