Though I’ve legally been an adult for almost four years now, there is a sense that I’m only now leaving my childhood behind. I’m in my last semester of college, getting ready to graduate in May,...
As the end of the semester approaches, students studying abroad will soon return home, embracing a new world outlook and sense of self. As our friends return, a whole cohort of students, including myself,...
I was scrolling through TikTok last week when I stumbled upon an interesting video: Hasan Minhaj’s response to a New Yorker article about him that had been published a little over a month prior. Minhaj...
In the midst of piles of papers and projects, Halloween on Oakmont gives stressed students a chance to momentarily forget their woes, dress up in a Halloween costume and go trick-or-treating on Oct. 31...
October may be “spooky season,” but the scariest thing this month brings for Trinity students is exams, and lots of them. Every week, I feel like I’m telling people, “this is my hard week; I just...
Astronomical events turn eyes and minds toward forces greater than ourselves. Phenomena like eclipses serve as grandiose reminders of where humanity stands compared to the scale of the universe. As we...
Last semester, I started getting nauseous all the time. Really nauseous. Sometimes I couldn’t bring myself to do anything but lay down, I could barely eat more than a few bites of any meal without feeling...
It’s hard enough to be a student, let alone a student amidst a time of political, social and economic turmoil. The current student faces a myriad of stressors that students a few decades ago did not...
To the Editor:
In its Sept. 22 edition, the Trinitonian reported on the state of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs at higher education institutions in Texas. The author very helpfully illustrated...
Sarah Fisher, Editor-in-Chief
• September 21, 2023
It's times like these when I miss Tennessee the most. No, not because this is the time when school starts ramping up and all the assignments and the drama make me homesick, simply because it’s September,...
Sarah Fisher, Editor-in-Chief
• September 15, 2023
The dominant fashion trends of the past decades can serve as a reflection of the ideas and values of generations inhabiting those eras, and by tracing the changes in fashion, we can see how we’ve evolved...
The Trinity I arrived at for the first time in August 2020 looked very different from the Trinity I see now. Only other first-years on campus, classes on Zoom, no big in-person events, everyone in their...
