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The Student News Site of Trinity University

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Previously on SGA: TUPD explains their role

Previously on SGA: TUPD explains their role

Al Stubblefield, Arts Reporter September 26, 2024

CLIMATE CHECK Junior Senator Sabrina Cinque brought up concerns about transparency with residential life and multiple complaints from students over residential life policies. Chief of Staff Harrison Tinker...

CPS Energy's description of the Olmos Park area outage.

Who cut the lights?

Colin Houston, News Editor September 26, 2024

Last Friday Sept. 20 at roughly 7:40 p.m., students across campus reported three power surges happening in quick succession.  Electricity was quickly restored on campus, however outages in the Olmos...

Student Inclusion and Belonging (SIB) team members pose with LeeRoy as El Mercado kicks off and National Voter Registration Day winds down.

Double header at the Magic Stones

National Voter Registration Day coincides with Latinx Heritage Month kickoff
Colin Houston, News Editor September 21, 2024

Two major events occurred at the Magic Stones this Tuesday: Trinity University’s National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) event and El Mercado, hosted by Student Inclusion and Belonging (SIB), which kicked...

Bike thefts at Trinity cause push for increased security

Bike thefts at Trinity cause push for increased security

As Trinity deals with four recent bike thefts, TUPD increases patrols and students look for permanent solutions
Keira Cahil, News Reporter September 20, 2024

Last week, a series of bike thefts caught students’ attention. From Aug. 31 - Sept. 6, four bikes and a pair of bike wheels were stolen off Trinity University’s campus, two from areas near the first-year...

Students choose which stickers they want at the Pride Center San Antonio table at the Queer Health Fair

Trinity can say Gay: Trinity’s first Queer Health Fair

Wellness services has more events up its sleeve
Monica Martinez, News Reporter September 20, 2024

Trinity hosted their first Queer Health Fair on Thursday, Sept. 12. Fourteen on-and off-campus organizations gathered to educate students about queer health. The event featured organizations like the...

Previously on SGA: Student organizations funded

Previously on SGA: Student organizations funded

Katie Amdur, News Reporter September 20, 2024

This week on SGA, senators brought up unchanged water filters, the menstrual product initiative and complaints about Mabee Dining Hall during climate check. Student organizations then presented funding...

SIB, what’s that?: SDIO makes the switch to Student Inclusion and Belonging

SIB, what’s that?: SDIO makes the switch to Student Inclusion and Belonging

SDIO rebrands to a name that reflects future goals
Monica Martinez, News Reporter September 12, 2024

In June of 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 17, banning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at publicly funded universities. Amidst this change, Trinity’s student diversity...

Sophomore Livy Charlesworth takes food from dining area

Trinity’s food is a feast of change

Over a year out from the Chartwells transition, students share thoughts on dining services
Ngoc Minh Thu Nguyen, News Reporter September 12, 2024

Mabee Dining Hall and Mabee Market, located near the first-year area, serve as the primary dining services for many Trinity students. However, they have been accused by some students of not being sufficiently...

Efforts to stop election fraud limit voting access at Trinity

Efforts to stop election fraud limit voting access at Trinity

As Texas promotes voter integrity programs across the state, Trinity students are limited in their access to voting
Keira Cahill, News Reporter September 12, 2024

With the 2024 election around the corner, the Texas state government’s crack-down on election fraud with voter integrity programs has created barriers for Trinity students working to get an on-campus...

Previously on SGA: Four new senators elected to SGA

Previously on SGA: Four new senators elected to SGA

The following covers the meeting on Sept. 11
Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief September 12, 2024

CLIMATE CHECK Senator Delhagen opened the meeting by reminding everyone of the voter registration event happening on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Senator Delhagen encouraged other senators to volunteer and attend. President...

The debaters from the first event in The Conversation series (From left: Jack Moore, Brooklyn King, Will Walker, Avery Wilson)

The environment on center stage

The debate program hosts public debate on climate change policy
Colin Houston, News Editor September 12, 2024

After a long pause due to COVID-19, the Trinity University Debate program hosted a public debate in Dicke Hall last Thursday. Four debaters, forming two teams of two, argued over the merits of a carbon...

The Coates Esplanade construction through the inside windows.

There’s something afoot on the Esplanade: Spoiler alert, it’s the jackhammers

Monica Martinez, News Reporter September 5, 2024

At the beginning of each fall semester first-years are finding their way around campus. This year, however, poses a new challenge, with construction on the Coates esplanade blocking Cardiac Hill and limiting...