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Trinity Professor Worked for Biden Transition Team

Juan Sepulveda held two roles in the Biden/Harris transition team
Mikayla Mullin, Pulse Reporter February 7, 2021

The game “Six degrees of Kevin Bacon” is based on the assumption that everyone in Hollywood has no more than six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon. Well, no offense to Kevin Bacon, but Trinity...

Harrison Hartman, Anna Miller, and Lauren Dotson studying in the CSI

Trinity is cautiously “opening up” as quarantine anniversary approaches

Two weeks after students, faculty and staff arrived on campus for the spring semester, Trinity is opening its grounds in a way that looks very similar to the fall.
Gloria Farris, News Reporter February 7, 2021

On Jan. 14, Danny Anderson, university president, announced in a mass email that for the first two weeks of Trinity’s spring semester, classes and activities would be conducted virtually. Anderson explained...

The Trinitonian has gone all-digital this semester

The Trinitonian has gone all-digital this semester

Editor's Desk, Editor-in-Chief January 31, 2021

Welcome back, everyone. If you haven’t heard, the Trinitonian is all-digital now, meaning we’ll have to say bye-bye to print for now. It wasn’t easy to come to terms with, but right now, what matters...

Whether archaeology or the Roots Commission, Johnson has worked to dig up the truth

Whether archaeology or the Roots Commission, Johnson has worked to dig up the truth

Student Spotlight: Senior Camille Johnson's academic interests have shifted over her Trinity career, but she remains passionate nonetheless
Kayla Padilla, Editor-in-Chief January 31, 2021

This week’s student spotlight is Camille Johnson, senior anthropology major and triple minor in history, African American studies and museum studies. The museum studies minor, first offered to Trinity...

Title IX Trainings remain a timely requirement despite pandemic

Title IX Trainings remain a timely requirement despite pandemic

Title IX Coordinator Angela Miranda-Clark reiterates the importance of completing the required training
Logan Crews, Web Editor January 28, 2021

Online Title IX training was assigned to all students in October, but enough students had not completed the training that the deadline was extended to Dec. 18. In an email sent the day before the new deadline,...

Actress Ashley Blaine Featherson from "Dear White People" served as Trinity's 2021 MLK commemorative lecturer

Actress Ashley Blaine Featherson from “Dear White People” served as Trinity’s 2021 MLK commemorative lecturer

The actress, singer and producer talked about Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech and the importance of intersectionality in diversity work
Kayla Padilla, Editor-in-Chief January 28, 2021

Despite the obstacles of the COVID-19 pandemic, Trinity University, partnered with the City of San Antonio MLK Jr. Commission, is continuing their annual tradition of hosting an MLK commemorative lecturer....

You are what you eat: Looking at Vietnamese food as preservation of culture

You are what you eat: Looking at Vietnamese food as preservation of culture

Mai Vo, Opinion Columnist January 25, 2021

When I was six, I would walk across the street every Saturday morning towards metal carts with pots of steaming broth, fresh noodles, warm baguettes and fragrant herbs. Greeting the vendor with a familiar...

Public History: The Ursula Lauderdale Exhibit

Public History: The Ursula Lauderdale Exhibit

Isabel Chavez, Pulse Reporter January 25, 2021

Imagine trying to piece someone's life together based on 150 items ranging from postcards, to letters, to black and white photographs, and deciphering the meaning of the person who kept them. That’s...

The football team practices on the field in the fall. Sports will return this spring while classes remain virtual until at least Feb. 8.

Classes shift online while sports receive green light

Students, athletes react to President Anderson's announcement
Gail Grady, Sports Reporter January 19, 2021

On Thursday Jan. 14, Trinity surprised many students by announcing that all classes will be virtual from Jan. 25 until at least Feb. 8 due to the increased spread of COVID-19 and hospitalization rates...

First-years John Hawes and Sean Mitchell eating dinner at Mabee Dining hall, an Aramark dining service.

Tigers Against Aramark continue push for contract repeal

Student-led group continues to push for alternative dining
Gloria Farris, News Intern December 31, 2020

Earlier this October, the student group Tigers Against Aramark (TAA) publicized the demand that Trinity break its contract with the food provider Aramark. After releasing a shared statement and sharing...

Stepping into a new (digital) era of the Trinitonian, for now

Stepping into a new (digital) era of the Trinitonian, for now

Editorial Board November 24, 2020

We are happy to announce that the Trinitonian has just launched a new website! We acknowledge that our previous website was difficult to navigate and not as pretty as it could have been. Because of this,...

The implementation team is co-led by Kara Larkan-Skinner, Executive Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness, and Michelle Bartonico, assistant vice president for Strategic Communications and Marketing. Photo from Trinitonian Archives.

University takes action on inclusion goals

Implementation team moves forward with task force recommendations
Neha Kumar November 19, 2020

Months after the Diversity and Inclusion task force shared its report with Danny Anderson, university president, Trinity has begun its first steps towards implementing the suggested solutions to strive...