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The Student News Site of Trinity University

Trinitonian

The Student News Site of Trinity University

Trinitonian

News Brief: SGA and Zipcar

Gabriella Garriga October 17, 2019

This year, Trinity promoting Zipcar to students on campus to incentivize the company to keep its services on campus. Zipcar is a car-sharing program that enables people to rent out a car, paying by the...

News Briefs: Equipment behind Bell Center

Gabriella Garriga October 17, 2019

A mainline heating pipe broke in August. Because of the difficult positioning of the pipe, placed 20 feet underground, Facilities Services will not be able to repair it. According to Jim Baker, senior...

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Trinity considers change to Carnegie Classification

Gabriella Garriga October 17, 2019
Following Santa Clara’s move, Trinity may switch into the national liberal arts category
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Lecturer urges scientists to diversify

Gabriella Garriga October 3, 2019
Schaal highlights the importance of science communication at TU

News Brief: Unsolicited Pictures

Gabriella Garriga October 3, 2019

Sending sexually explicit pictures is a newly defined offense under Texas criminal law. Texas state lawmakers passed House Bill 2789 which bans sending sexually explicit material without consent. The law...

News Briefs: Chapman Basement Flood

Gabriella Garriga October 3, 2019

On Tuesday morning, water was discovered in the basement of Chapman Building (CGC), covering the floors of all classrooms. The source of the water break was a broken urinal handle. Facilities services...

News Brief: Trinity’s water system

Gabriella Garriga September 30, 2019
Recent water outages are due to the structure of residential halls' water piping system
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Initiative proposes more inclusive senate

Gabriella Garriga September 29, 2019
Faculty Senate moves to include contingent profs. in governance

News Briefs: Power Outage

Gabriella Garriga September 28, 2019

POWER OUTAGE Due to a power outage, the Trinity community lost all power across campus around 3:47 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23, for approximately one hour. Ivan Pendergast, emergency manager of Facility Services,...

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Sloane lectures about the importance of “stepping off the relationship escalator

Gabriella Garriga September 19, 2019
Students learn to feel confident with nontraditional connections from non-academic POV

News Briefs: Trustees

Gabriella Garriga September 19, 2019

FOUR NEW TRUSTEES HIRED This semester, four new trustees were elected to Trinity’s Board of Trustees, and all of them are women. After this addition, there are 36 trustees on the board. According...

SGA stalls as positions remain unfilled

SGA stalls as positions remain unfilled

Gabriella Garriga September 12, 2019
Dining, public relations and sustainability committees, among others, await new members