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The Student News Site of Trinity University

Trinitonian

Find your passion, Trinity

Find your passion, Trinity

Editorial Board August 31, 2018

If you've been here for a while, you know it's not uncommon to hear that Trinity students are overcommitted and involved in every organization on campus. We've found it to be mostly true. Trinity encourages...

Take advantage of campus journalism

Take advantage of campus journalism

Editorial Board August 23, 2018

As you get more settled into the new year, we at the Trinitonian urge you to think about what makes you excited and angry about our campus. We hope that you will see the Trinitonian as an opportunity to...

It’s OK to be undecided

Editorial Board August 15, 2018

Ask any senior on campus if what they're doing now is anything close to what they imagined it would be four years ago, and most would probably say no. Even the seniors on the Trinitonian had no idea how...

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From the Editors’ Desk: Let’s #SaveStudentNewsrooms together

Editorial Staff April 25, 2018

Hundreds of student media outlets across America are standing together in support of our shared mission, and the Trinitonian is proud to add its voice to the chorus. #SaveStudentNewsrooms is a call...

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From the Editors’ Desk: The results are in

Editorial Staff April 20, 2018

There’s nothing quite like seeing administrators take an active interest in the students’ opinions, then take that feedback to heart. It’s an unfamiliar feeling. This newspaper staff has witnessed...

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From the Editors’ Desk: Take a break

Editorial Staff April 11, 2018

Two weeks. Just two more weeks of class, then reading days, and then it’s finals season. Then, finally, the spring semester will draw to a close, and we’ll get to relax and enjoy the summer break. That...

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From the Editors’ Desk: Don’t stop donating over Parscale

Editorial Staff April 4, 2018

One month ago, Trinity University uploaded a video to Facebook spotlighting Brad Parscale, who graduated in 1999. Parscale was the digital adviser for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and was recently...

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From the Editors’ Desk: Stand up for your rights

Editorial Staff March 22, 2018

The freedom of expression, guaranteed by the First Amendment, is one of the core principles of this nation. About one year ago, the Washington Post changed its slogan to “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”...

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From the Editors’ Desk: Aramark renewal an opportunity to affect real change

Editorial Staff March 1, 2018

When we first heard that the Dining Services Request for Proposals (RFP) committee had opted to renew the university’s contract with Aramark, newsroom opinions were divided. Were we really going to...

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From the Editors’ Desk: Meal-sharing, please

Editorial Staff February 22, 2018

The Trinity University Dining Services Request for Proposals (RFP) committee, which comprises students as well as university faculty and staff, has decided what food vendor it will recommend to the Board...

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From the Editors’ Desk: On Student Concerts and Trinity Trustees

Editorial Staff February 15, 2018

This week, the 36 members of Trinity’s Board of Trustees convene on campus for the first of their three tri-annual meetings this year. For those unfamiliar with our university’s leadership structure,...

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Why’s it so hard to talk about love?

Editorial Staff February 8, 2018

You’d think it’d be easier to talk about love than to talk about sex. Isn’t that what they say, that sex is a difficult, embarrassing topic? But when we sat down two weeks ago to plan this Love...