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Can you believe it? Your professor’s in a rock band!

Trinity faculty rockstars share their experience in the spotlight
Al Stubblefield, Arts Reporter March 20, 2025

By day, they guide students, run departments and keep campus life moving. By night, they step into the spotlight, taking their talents from the university halls into the bright lights of a concert stage....

Mickey 17: You’ll die laughing over and over again

Mickey 17: You’ll die laughing over and over again

Robert Pattinson won’t stop dying in this drop dead dark comedy
Kieran Garvey, Copy Editor/Arts Columnist March 20, 2025

Bong Joon Ho’s latest film, “Mickey 17,” adapted from the novel of a similar name (Mickey 7) stars Robert Pattinson as an endlessly dying clone. With a star-studded cast, including Mark Ruffalo,...

The Oscars celebrate excellence, just not women’s

The Oscars celebrate excellence, just not women’s

Nearly a century after the first Academy Awards, women still make up only 17% of nominees
Oliver Acker, Arts Reporter March 20, 2025

At the very first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929, a mere 17% of the nominees were women. Nearly a century later, at the 97th Academy Awards ceremony on March 2 of this year, you’d expect that percentage...

Dylan McAndrew

Trinity hosts ‘African Asylum Seekers in Texas’

Art and social justice intertwine in Dylan McAndrew’s work-in-progress documentary.
Jack Jones, Arts Reporter, Photographer March 6, 2025

On Feb. 27, International Student and Scholar Services hosted a feedback screening of the documentary, “African Asylum Seekers in Texas.” The departments of international studies, political science,...

There is a ‘Femininomenon’ in pop

There is a ‘Femininomenon’ in pop

‘Busy Women’ in pop are transforming the genre
Evelyn Ragsdale, Arts Reporter March 6, 2025

From Chappell Roan to Sabrina Carpenter, it’s nearly impossible to scroll through social media or walk across campus without hearing a pop song by a woman. Their prominence has sparked conversations...

Paddington’s Peru-fic new adventure

Paddington’s Peru-fic new adventure

Paddington franchise continues to provide exceptional movies, this time packed with adventure
Kieran Garvey, Copy Editor/Arts Columnist March 6, 2025

“Paddington in Peru” is the latest film in the Paddington franchise and director Douglas Wilson’s feature film debut. With such an important and beloved franchise to so many, Wilson has made a film...

Naomi Shihab Nye reads poetry

Exploring peace through poetry

The “Nurturing Hope” event emphasizes conversation around conflict through poetry
Oliver Acker, Arts Reporter March 6, 2025

On Feb. 27, Trinity hosted an evening of poetry and discussion centered around conflict and reconciliation. To put on the event, Trinity’s chapter of Nurturing Hope San Antonio partnered with the Rotary...

Mathew Dirst prepares for his recital.

Harpsichord performer visits Trinity

Visiting professor Matthew Dirst debuts solo harpsichord recital for students and staff
Al Stubblefield, Arts Reporter February 27, 2025

Matthew Dirst, professor of music at the University of Houston, gave a solo harpsichord recital on Feb. 25 on Trinity’s harpsichord, made and maintained by local San Antonian Gerald Self. Around 30 students,...

Audrey Pettigrew performing in ‘The Apocalypse.’

An apocalypse has descended on Trinity

‘The Four Horsemen Present: The Apocalypse’ premiered on Feb. 21
Evelyn Ragsdale, Arts Reporter February 27, 2025

Last week, “The Four Horsemen Present: The Apocalypse” made its debut on Trinity’s main stage. Four students, Jayden Perez, Audrey Pettigrew, Steven Spill and Kunsh Tyagi wrote and performed the...

Camryn's Patchwork Sweatshirt Business

From hobby to side hustle

Students turn their creative passions into businesses by marketing their work
Oliver Acker, Arts Reporter February 27, 2025

With the demands of schoolwork, jobs and extracurriculars, it can be difficult for students to find the time and energy to engage with their creative hobbies. Some Trinity students, however, have found...

Punk is alive and well

Punk is alive and well

Punk rock continues to revolutionize music
Jack Jones, Arts Reporter, Photographer February 27, 2025

The punk rock movement has experienced undeniable changes since its origins. Many former punk rockers argue that the genre is dead, while contemporary alternative listeners defend that the scene is alive...

A Beastly Mess: Beast Games

A Beastly Mess: Beast Games

An expensive and overdone game show.
Kieran Garvey, Arts Columnist February 20, 2025

If you haven’t heard of Mr. Beast, I might have envied you — if it weren’t for the disaster that is “Beast Games.” Beyond the lawsuit controversies and Mr. Beast’s 9/11 (an incident on the...