Trinitonian

GUEST: Welcome to the Trinity community garden

Rileigh Hoffart, Maggie Kirt & Steph Machado-Peña, Guest Columnists • November 13, 2025

In a small nook between the Storch Memorial Building and the Hill Tennis Stadium lies Trinity’s very own plant oasis. The Trinity Community Garden is home to several native Texas plants, like the Texas...

GUEST: Inside the Shutdown: A Federal Intern’s Perspective from D.C.

Jade Humphrey, Guest Columnist • November 12, 2025

From Texas, the effects of what is now the longest government shutdown are only shown through headlines, but in D.C., it continues to disrupt lives. This semester, I chose to participate in American University’s...

GUEST: Inside D.C. Policing: Understanding D.C. Crime through an MPD Ride-along

Jade Humphrey, Guest Columnist • November 12, 2025

On the evening of Oct. 29, I went on a ride-along with a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer in District 1 of Washington, D.C. Before the interview, I created a list of questions regarding the...

Behind the Gavel: SGA’s stance on Fizz and the community

Omar Ratrut & Maddie Stovall • November 6, 2025

To our dear Trinity Community, VP Stovall and I write to you today regarding some recent events that have impacted members of our community. On Oct.ober 22nd, at our weekly Student Government Association...

Americans Pay for Shutdown With What They Need to Live

Selah Fernandez, Guest Columnist • November 6, 2025

While millions of Americans face an uncertain future due to the halt of federal aid towards nutrition, energy and education programs, President Trump has continued to find the funds for our law enforcement...

Guest: Yet another stadium and other crummy ballot measures

Colin Houston, Guest Columnist • October 29, 2025

As a lifelong Bexar County resident and an alum of both Trinity University and the Trinitonian, I feel honored that my former colleagues think highly enough of me to ask me to write in as a guest. I want...

Even if American policies say otherwise, no lives should matter less

Selah Fernandez, Guest Columnist • October 23, 2025

Why should you care about funding global healthcare when every glance at your phone alerts you to another attack on our American rights? From unlawful and violent ICE raids that threaten our safety to...

Advice for surviving midterm season

Andrew Wells urges students to focus, find balance and keep moving

Andrew Wells, Vice President of Student Affairs • October 23, 2025

Dear reader, My undergraduate institution was on the quarter system. Academic terms were 10 weeks of instruction followed by final exams. In hindsight, classes were ending just when I was finding myself...

Guest: AAUP Board introduces themselves

AAUP Board • October 16, 2025

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is both a union and a national membership organization representing university faculty nationwide. Founded in 1915, the AAUP has chapters on hundreds...

Guest: The AAUP speaks out about the Compact for Higher Excellence in Higher Education

AAUP Board • October 16, 2025

Trinity is facing pressure to surrender much that makes it an extraordinary place to study, to work and to build community. The Trump administration is using executive power to pressure American colleges...

GUEST: Should we just get rid of Greek life?

Chi Delta Tau member, John Ferretti shared his opinions with the Dean’s office per the new red zone guidelines. In the email he writes:

John Ferretti, Guest Columnist • September 19, 2025

To the Dean and the Associate to the Dean of Students at Trinity University, I would like to take a moment to ask for clarity in response to your forceful and impulsive command of extending the red...

Behind the gavel with SGA: Addressing recent constitution and bylaw changes

Omar Ratrut, Madeline Stovall • September 12, 2025

To our Trinity Community, We are writing to you today to address an update in language from the Student Government Association (SGA) constitution and bylaws. On Sept. 3, SGA voted to amend the organization’s...