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The Student News Site of Trinity University

Trinitonian

The Student News Site of Trinity University

Trinitonian

SGA engagement and the health of the student body

SGA engagement and the health of the student body

Logan Crews, Editor-in-Chief March 31, 2022

Applications for Student Government Association (SGA) positions for the 2022-2023 academic year were due on March 30. In fact, the deadline was extended by senior Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh, president of SGA,...

The power of print and the battle for The Battalion

The power of print and the battle for The Battalion

Alejandra Gerlach, Managing Editor March 24, 2022

There is power in print. Historically, newspapers have been compelling, powerful tools to inform people about current events, address important issues and circulate ideas. This is even truer for small,...

The balancing game between work and well-being

The balancing game between work and well-being

March 17, 2022

Your eyes burn staring at the blank document on your laptop screen. The light illuminates the empty Starbucks cup sitting on your desk—the second coffee you bought before the library closed. The words...

How to post ethically as a social media journalist

How to post ethically as a social media journalist

March 3, 2022

A Pew Research Center study published in January 2021 reported 53% of U.S. adults get their news from social media. As a result, an interesting phenomenon has occurred in which individual social media...

The responsibility to uplift and amplify

The responsibility to uplift and amplify

February 24, 2022

In an interview with the Trinitonian, Demitrius Brown, Dean of Students, said that one of the biggest benefits of engaging in Black History Month is that we become advocates for one another. That we practice...

Students deserve more following City Vista closure

Students deserve more following City Vista closure

Editorial Board November 18, 2021

Seven months ago, students were informed on April 29, 2021 that City Vista, the university-owned and -operated off-campus apartment complex, would be closed for the 2021-2022 academic year. Those who had...

The role of the Trinitonian

The role of the Trinitonian

Dana Nichols, Editor-in-Chief November 11, 2021

As Trinity’s sole independent student-run newspaper since 1912, the Trinitonian serves as a link between community members across campus and beyond. We report on prominent aspects of the student experience,...

An inclusive campus needs gender neutral restrooms

An inclusive campus needs gender neutral restrooms

Editorial Board November 4, 2021

As Trinity makes big steps toward fulfilling its Campus Master Plan with the construction of the Halsell Center and the up-and-coming Dicke Hall, there is great potential for smaller changes that can help...

‘Academic freedom’ must be fair to all

‘Academic freedom’ must be fair to all

Editorial Board October 28, 2021

There is no method of adequately listing or defining the variety of lessons taught to us by the pandemic. Professors, staff and students alike faced and are still facing challenges unlike those we had,...

From the Editors' Desk: Registration doesn't have to hurt

From the Editors’ Desk: Registration doesn’t have to hurt

Our advice on a smooth spring course registration
Logan Crews, Managing Editor October 21, 2021

In case you missed the email from the Office of the Registrar sent out on Tuesday, pre-registration for Spring 2022 begins on Nov. 8. It’s that lovely time of year when students must process the upcoming...

Days off are for rest, not extra work

Days off are for rest, not extra work

Editorial Board October 14, 2021

The word “rest” is not in a Trinity student’s vocabulary in the middle of October. Midterms hit hard, sometimes for weeks on end, and it isn’t uncommon to hear classmates almost bragging about...

They're our funds — so use them

They’re our funds — so use them

Editorial Board October 7, 2021

We students have money burning a hole in our theoretical pocket. Or, more accurately, the pocket of SGA in the form of our student activity funds. Every semester, undergraduate students shell out $150...