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Big-Little Comedy Fest to bring laughs to SA

Big-Little Comedy Fest to bring laughs to SA

Austin Davidson February 7, 2018

With a population of 1.47 million people, San Antonio is the seventh largest city in the United States. San Antonio's size and active population make it a prime city for a new venue to expand and grow,...

Evan Baker starred as one of the archeologists in "The Mysterious Case of the Disappearance of Eloise Fisher," one of the plays in the 24 Hour Play Festival. photo provided by Kerry Madden

Review of 24 Hour Play Festival

Julia Weis February 7, 2018

Six plays. Six directors. Six playwrights. Eighteen actors. Twenty-four hours to put it all together. The 24 Hour Play Festival is a magnificent performance put on each year by  Trinity's theatre department....

Joseph Kneer, right, leads the Trinity Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal. photo by Chloe Sonnier, staff photographer

Behind the curtain: Trinity’s musicians rehearse

David Menchaca February 7, 2018

"Maybe I shouldn't have worn a sweater today," said Joseph Kneer, conductor of the Trinity Symphony Orchestra. He lifted his baton and began another run of the fast and regal "Awake the Harp" movement....

After two years of retirement, Sammye Johnson is returning in the spring to teach her Arts Criticism course. photo by Amani Canada, photo editor

How to think critically about movies

Sammye Johnson February 6, 2018

I believe my eclectic movie tastes were informed by what I watched during the cold winter months in Wilmette, Illinois (a North Shore suburb of Chicago) from the time I was eight until I went to Northwestern...

illustration by Andrea Nebhut

What does Net Neutrality’s repeal mean for our connected campus?

Bobby Watson February 1, 2018

Since the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) repealed net neutrality last November, U.S. citizens and business analysts have speculated about how Internet Service Providers (ISPs) might react to the...

Lil Pump is giving rap a bad name

Lil Pump is giving rap a bad name

Austin Davidson January 31, 2018

Lil Pump is a disease within the rap genre. What started in the 1970s in the streets of New York City has now turned into a 17-year-old kid from Miami, Florida saying "Gucci gang" 54 times in a two-minute...

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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...

Point/Counterpoint: Why we should like to thank the Academy

Point/Counterpoint: Why we should like to thank the Academy

Austin Davidson January 31, 2018

It's that time of year again. Actors and actresses wearing their finest statement pieces, and throngs of film buffs huddling around their screens to see if their picks get picked. You know what I'm talking...

“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...

Hildebrand's culinary highlights

Hildebrand’s culinary highlights

Susan Griffith January 24, 2018

San Antonio's rich culinary tradition is by far one of its best assets. Luckily for Trinity students, some of the city’s most authentic and delicious food is mere minutes away on Hildebrand Avenue. From...

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,...

The cast of Mr. Burns rehearse before the play releases. photo by Amani Canada, photo editor

A post-apocalyptic “Simpsons” comes to Stieren Theatre

Bobby Watson January 24, 2018

In the theatre department's latest production, a mysterious electric fallout has ended modern life as we know it, yet "The Simpsons" — America's longest-running animated show and the new bedrock of...