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Memes: Meaningless jokes or something more?

Memes: Meaningless jokes or something more?

The seemingly unimportant joke format allows us to process current events
Mai Vo, Opinion Columnist March 20, 2021

How often do you look at memes? Do you seek them out? Do you share them? Do you ever create your own? I’m sure you know the answer more than anyone else, but have you ever wondered who created the memes...

But first — let me take a selfie

But first — let me take a selfie

How selfie museums undermine contemporary art
Ashley Allen, Arts Columnist March 19, 2021

Pop-up selfie museums have been showing up all over my Instagram feed; they are bursting at the seams with meaningless immersive “art.” The definition of art can be blurry and subjective. I’m not...

Senior Gabriella Garriga looks to 'mobilize real change'

Senior Gabriella Garriga looks to ‘mobilize real change’

Student Spotlight: Garriga’s extensive experience with social justice work has shaped her post-graduate career
Kayla Padilla, Editor-in-Chief March 19, 2021

Senior Gabriella Garriga, set to graduate this May with degrees in sociology and economics and a minor in Spanish, has always had an interest in addressing inequities in her community, particularly through...

Becoming a student leader during COVID-19

Becoming a student leader during COVID-19

Editorial March 17, 2021

Holding a leadership position is much more complex than it’s ever been. Everyone is Zoom fatigued, in and out of meetings all day, and harder to engage. One could begin to wonder if being a student leader...

COVID and housing

Trinity alumni respond to reinstated residency requirement

The alumni express concern over the reinstatement
Isabel Chavez, Pulse Reporter March 17, 2021

“Ghost town” has been a popular description for campus life this year due to the lack of in-person events and significantly fewer people wandering around campus. While it’s been a great perk for...

HBO Max and the State of Cinema

HBO Max and the State of Cinema

Streaming services are keeping the film industry alive during crisis
Om Dighe, Opinion Columnist March 17, 2021

I haven’t been to a movie theater since Jan. 4, 2020. My dad and I went to go watch “Uncut Gems.” It was tense. It was darkly funny. The end was absolutely bonkers. And it was just an overall insane...

Finals Bound: Men’s and women’s basketball teams to host SCAC Championships after decisive semifinal wins

Finals Bound: Men’s and women’s basketball teams to host SCAC Championships after decisive semifinal wins

Men’s team to face St. Thomas while women’s team hosts Colorado College
Paige Wallace, Sports Reporter March 17, 2021

Over the weekend, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams won their semifinal games after hosting — a perk earned by being seeded number one in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC)...

Tigers Dominate The Net: Trinity volleyball sweeps matches against Centenary

Tigers Dominate The Net: Trinity volleyball sweeps matches against Centenary

Big boost for the team after consecutive losses to Colorado College
Alejandra Gerlach, Sports Reporter March 17, 2021

On Saturday, March 13, the second ranked women’s volleyball team returned home to Calgaard Gym to face Centenary College for the Tigers’ first home match since Nov. of 2019. The Tigers played two best-of-five...

Album review: boygenius

Album review: boygenius

The three female indie performers come together to form the perfect melodies
Ayden Smith, Arts Reporter March 17, 2021

Boygenius is the ultimate supergroup of female indie-rock artists. The group is made up of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, each of whom have successful solo careers as indie singer-songwriters....

Picture of Thomas and Lightner in the distance

Trinity University under COVID-19: Year-in review

One year later the university is still grappling with the realities of the pandemic
Kayla Padilla, Editor-in-Chief March 16, 2021

On Jan. 30, the WHO declared the Coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency. The first reported case of COVID-19 in the United States was reported on Jan. 21, 2020. March 11, 2021, marked the one year...

First-year football players create Somewhat Student Athletes podcast

First-year football players create Somewhat Student Athletes podcast

Ryan Arnold and Carson Byrd bring people into the lives of student-athletes at Trinity
Brian Yancelson, Sports Editor March 15, 2021

Everyone knows the typical activities done by first-year college students. First they move in with a roommate that they have likely never met before. Then they have to figure out where their classes are,...

Previously, on SGA: Winter Storm Aftermath

Previously, on SGA: Winter Storm Aftermath

Phoebe Murphy, Opinion Editor March 14, 2021

The following covers the meeting on Feb. 24. CLIMATE CHECK Sophomore senator Sol Rivas Lopes began the meeting by mentioning complaints about professors not altering their syllabuses after the winter...