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Getting buzz for your buck: buying alcohol on a budget

Krista Campolo November 10, 2012

CAUTION: If you are under the ripe age of 21, I must advise you, for the safety of your liver and for the sake of you not getting arrested, to stop reading "¦ but, hey, you're probably going to keep...

Why we keep watching: Our love/hate relationship with TV

Donald Dimick November 10, 2012

A question I get asked often as a fairly vocal "critic" of television shows is "why do you keep watching?" After hearing me gripe, nitpick and complain bitterly about different aspects of a show, most...

Trinity’s best and worst elevators

Nick Allman November 10, 2012

I'm the kind of guy who hates stairs. I understand how they are necessary for our transportation, but I never have been able to get over how painfully slow and boring traversing them can be. My disdain...

Lively festivities for Day of the Dead

Lively festivities for Day of the Dead

Paul Cuclis November 2, 2012

It's time to put away the Halloween masks and pick up some skull face paint. Today is Dia de los Muertos, a Mexican holiday that traces its roots all the way back to an Aztec festival dedicated to...

The San Antonio film experience

Sara Marchionda November 2, 2012

Need someplace special to go for dinner and a movie?  Just like going to see movies, whether they are box office hits or under the radar flicks?  There are theaters in San Antonio to accommodate all...

Battle Royale: Google, Microsoft and Apple

John Mendiola November 2, 2012

The holiday season is almost upon us; it's time for mad stampedes and your wallets and those of your close family and friends to be sad and empty husks of their former glory. With all the new and shiny...

TV shows by committee are “camels”

Donald Dimick November 2, 2012

The saying goes "a camel is a horse designed by a committee." Whereas a horse is fast and strong and beautiful, camels seem to be an attempt to be "all things to all people" and are in many ways the...

Walk this way to some fun activities near Trinity’s campus

Krista Campolo November 2, 2012

If you're stuck without a mode of transportation, let me begin by saying I am so incredibly sorry. I feel your pain like you can't even imagine. Being at Trinity without a car is much like placing a baby...

Halloween costume idea: Felix Baumgartner.

The best topical costumes for Halloween 2012

John Mendiola October 26, 2012

Halloween is upon us once again, and the time for revealing, inappropriate outfits to be socially acceptable is upon us too. But this isn't your "I'm just a little tipsy" friend's closet, this is...

San Antonio’s haunted legends

Krista Campolo October 26, 2012

There's no denying that San Antonio is a popular tourist destination with riveting sites like the Alamo and the River Walk. But if headset tours really aren't your thing (are they anyone's?) and drunkenly...

Halloween on campus

Sara Marchionda October 26, 2012

The season for dressing up in silly or slutty costumes, gorging on candy and taking in all the scary décor galore is here.  If you miss Halloween at home carving pumpkins and handing little trick-or-treaters...

The new History Channel: a modern television tragedy

Donald Dimick October 26, 2012

"Pawn Stars." "American Pickers." "Outback Hunters." "Swamp People." "Ice Road Truckers." "Hairy Bikers." "The Men Who Built America." All of these shows have something in common, and...

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