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Lunar New Year rings in Year of the Dog, attracts off-campus attention

Georgie Riggs February 21, 2018

  The Lunar New Year festivities filled Laurie Auditorium last Friday with a mixture of dance, orchestra and singing, incorporating both modern and traditional elements of Asian cultures to ring...

Poets straddle line between love and anti-love

Poets straddle line between love and anti-love

Georgie Riggs February 15, 2018

“Personally, I believe the boundary between love and anti-love is always fluctuating,” said Courtney Justus, senior and event planner in charge of the Trinity Review’s Love & Anti-Love Poetry...

Famous for her viral hit “Dear Straight People,” Denice Frohman discusses her personal experiences as a queer Latina and how they have affected her poetry. Frohman’s work is notable for challenging popular narratives concerning often-overlooked identities, including both racial and sexual minorities, as well as the working class. photo by Chloe Sonnier, staff photographer

Rupture and reclamation at lively Frohman reading

Georgie Riggs February 7, 2018

“I’ve been thinking about what poetry can do in this time of rupture,” said Denice Frohman, poet and latest performer in the MAS Álvarez Seminar when describing her approach to writing in this political...

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Point/Counterpoint: Why do we still care about awards?

Georgie Riggs January 31, 2018

When this year’s Academy Award nominations were announced last Tuesday, it was hard not to feel excited. Greta Gerwig became the fifth woman to be nominated for best director, Jordan Peele became the...

“Taboo,” a project by ALEX MOTTER and QUINN BENDER. The art installation focueses on how fashion and the restrictions placed around it directly affects how identities are permitted to be expressed. photo by AMANI CANADA, photo editor

Identity and external perspective explored in the “Mini”

Georgie Riggs January 31, 2018

In Julia Poage’s piece, “The America I’ve Inherited,” one of her three graphic novel-style drawings exhibited in the "Mini," she defines the phrase the '1.5 generation.' This term generally refers...

illustration by Yessenia Lopez

Seeking community in the trash that is “The Bachelor”

Georgie Riggs January 24, 2018

For 22 seasons, it's been a fact universally acknowledged that a group of 20-something women will enter an inordinately staged mansion in a fruitless plea for the titular Bachelor. More interestingly,...

DAN FORREST delivers a lecture on his personal journey to become a composer. Forrest himself creates his music by keeping personal voice, financial need and the needs of the audience in mind. photo by CHLOE SONNIER, staff photographer

Living composers present music to campus

Georgie Riggs January 17, 2018

“I’m not really sure there are music notes, or where they exist in time and space,” said Forrest Pierce during his hour-long presentation at the Celebration of Living Composers held in Ruth Taylor...

San Antonio to celebrate its third century in style

San Antonio to celebrate its third century in style

Georgie Riggs January 17, 2018

The great white hope of Ireland, affectionately known as the “devil’s apples,” first reached New England’s shores 300 years ago, in 1718. The settlers called them potatoes. That same year, on the...

The cast of "Into the Woods" takes a bow at the end of the show. photo by Chloe Sonnier, staff photographer

Behind the Big Red Curtain: An inside look at “Into the Woods”

Georgie Riggs December 6, 2017

The theatre department debuted "Into the Woods" last Friday, but preparation for this semester's mainstage show has been ongoing since auditions were held in August. The production staff spent the past...

graphic by Tyler Herron

Trinity prepares for traditional holiday concerts

Georgie Riggs December 4, 2017

Though our thermometers might not show it, the Yuletide season is upon us and it is high time for some cozy Christmas music to figuratively warm us up. This weekend, the Trinity music department will host...

Illustration by Yessenia Lopez

What does it take to go Into the Woods?

Georgie Riggs November 16, 2017

The theatre department debuted "Into the Woods" last Friday, but preparation for this semester"™s mainstage show has been ongoing since auditions were held in August. The production staff spent...

All performing groups featured during the show gather on-stage to close out the festival. A consistently well-received event, this year’s Diwali featured people of all backgrounds celebrating South Asian culture. Photo by Amani Canada

Diwali delights with dance and more

Georgie Riggs November 9, 2017

Saturday, Nov. 4, the South Asian Student Association (SASA) celebrated Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, with its annual performance. This year's celebration, comprised of dance, song, acting and...