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‘Warfare’ suffocates without the spectacle

‘Warfare’ suffocates without the spectacle

Alex Garland’s new film evokes a sense of confusion and panic from a single moment in Iraq
Kieran Garvey, Copy Editor/Arts Columnist April 25, 2025

Going into “Warfare,” I wasn’t expecting much. Co-directed by Alex Garland and former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza, the film is a recreation of a failed 2006 mission in Iraq. After being underwhelmed by...

Alex McCaffity with The Mountain Goats album cover

The melodies that got seniors through college

Graduating seniors recount the impact of music on their personal and educational journeys
Jack Jones, Arts Reporter, Photographer April 25, 2025

To Trinity’s class of 2025, music isn’t just a combination of sounds, it’s a valuable aspect of daily life. For these three seniors, listening to tunes helps them find identity, motivation and rhythm....

Professor Porter reads aloud

Exploring ‘The Imagined Life’ with a professor’s new novel

Trinity celebrates Andrew Porter’s new novel
Oliver Acker, Arts Reporter April 25, 2025

How well do we really know our parents? Our past? Our own memories? These are just a few of the questions Andrew Porter, professor of English and director of the creative writing program, explores in his...

RYAN HUNTER  wears his Bexar Goods T-shirt design made special for the NBA Spurs team.

Trinity alum redefines San Antonio’s visual identity

Ryan Hunter traded cleats for creativity to shape the visual identities of beloved businesses
Eve Slemp, Arts & Entertainment Editor April 25, 2025

Ryan Hunter went from playing soccer to building a one-man design studio that now shapes the visual identities of some of San Antonio’s most beloved businesses. Athlete and artist, influential graphic...

Fragments promotional poster

A mosaic of senior artists

Senior art exhibition ‘Fragments’ opens April 17
Al Stubblefield, Arts Reporter April 18, 2025

From April 17 to May 17, the Neidorff Art Gallery will showcase the senior art exhibition Fragments, kicking off with an opening reception from 5–7 p.m. on the first day, April 17. Ten Trinity seniors...

(From left to right) DAN MORRISON, ELLIE MORRISON, LORENZO GOMEZ, host the first episode of their podcast, “Voice of San Antonio Podcast.”

A city of visionaries: Amplifying San Antonio voices

Trinity alumna creates online content platform, amplifying storytellers across the city
Eve Slemp, Arts & Entertainment Editor April 18, 2025

It started with a drink at Sternewirth in Hotel Emma, an appreciation for San Antonio’s cultural scene and a shared frustration: Why weren’t San Antonio’s stories being told the way they deserved? From...

Creeper? Aw man, we back in the mines

Creeper? Aw man, we back in the mines

‘Minecraft:’ What came first, the mine or the craft? A review on the best movie of the year
Kieran Garvey, Copy Editor/Arts Columnist April 18, 2025

“Chicken Jockey!” “Enderpearl!” “I am Steve.” “They LOVE crushing a loaf.” “Flint and Steel!” “La-la-la-lava ch-ch-ch-chicken.” No, this is not a mass hallucination; these are...

Trinity University Press booth at the San Antonio Book Festival

Ready, set and read! San Antonio Book Festival unites readers

Jack Jones, Arts Reporter, Photographer April 18, 2025

For many, the San Antonio Book Festival is more than just an event —– it’s an opportunity to spark connections, build precious memories and explore the vast world of reading. The festival invites...

From left: Ana María San Román Alvarez, Genevieve Ellis, Jorge Morfin, Miles Rojas-Castle, and Jose Felix Combs perform together

Digging up bones and secrets with ‘In the Clearing’

Octavio Solis’ new play makes its world premiere at Trinity
Oliver Acker, Arts Reporter April 10, 2025

“In the Clearing,” a play written and directed by Octavio Solis, debuted at Trinity on April 4. Solis, an accomplished playwright and Trinity alumnus, was invited to campus to direct one of his works...

Meet the Acabellas

Musical students share their love for a capella
Evelyn Ragsdale, Arts Reporter April 10, 2025

Whether caroling at Natural Bridge Caverns or performing a capella arrangements on campus, the Acabellas provide spaces for talented treble vocalists to sing together. The club holds auditions at the...

A series of horrific events

A series of horrific events

Reviewing ‘Adolescence’: a new series of juvenile crimes and consequences
Kieran Garvey, Copy Editor/Arts Columnist April 10, 2025

With the rise in popularity of the online manosphere, it comes as a surprise to no one that a new show addressing it would be released. “Adolescence” is the latest Netflix limited series. It was created...

Mr. Beast announces new show, ‘The Unfeastable Games’

Mr. Beast announces new show, ‘The Unfeastable Games’

Stubbedmytoe, Reporter April 3, 2025

This piece is entirely satirical. Read the rest of our April Fool’s edition, the Trinibonian, here Famous YouTuber and philanthropist Mr. Beast announced his plans on X this weekend to create a new...