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Trinity University introduces new Gender Neutral Housing Policy

Malika Chauhan, Reporting Intern March 31, 2022

Trinity University has finalized its decision to allow for gender-neutral housing for sophomores, juniors and seniors on campus. According to the Gender Neutral Housing Policy’s description released...

Encapsulating the class of 2022 in a time capsule

Encapsulating the class of 2022 in a time capsule

New student org TUASA to collect and preserve material for future time capsules
Abby Power, News reporter March 31, 2022

Trinity University Archives Student Advocates (TUASA) is a new student organization on campus that is working with the Coates Library Archives to increase documentation depicting the student experience...

Trinity Diversity Connection discusses San Antonio’s Fiesta celebration

Trinity Diversity Connection discusses San Antonio’s Fiesta celebration

Scholars examine Fiesta’s history and cultural appropriation vs. appreciation
Ivanna Bass Caldera, News Reporter March 31, 2022

For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the famous Fiesta celebration will return with all of its events in the spring (March 30 – April 10). According to the Fiesta San Antonio...

Team(s): Skelton Beat Band and Skelton Light Mounting System

Lucas Riley '23, Paul Kim '23, Alfonso Kamel '23, Gabriel Ogden '23

Louis H. Stumberg New Venture Competition seed round held

Seven teams move on to Summer Accelerator program
Emma Utzinger, News Reporter March 31, 2022

Last week, 11 teams of young entrepreneurs entered the seed round of the Louis H. Stumberg New Venture Competition with nothing but a pitch and a whole lot of hard work. The goal? To win $5,000 to put...

Previously on SGA: Funding requests from TigerThon and MSA amongst others

Previously on SGA: Funding requests from TigerThon and MSA amongst others

The following covers the meeting on March 16
Alejandra Gerlach, Managing Editor March 29, 2022

Prior to climate check, President Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh began the meeting with a reminder that applications to be an SGA senator for the 2022-2023 school year are open and will close Friday Mar. 25 at...

Students studying in the Coates Library.

Mask no more: Professors weigh in on ProtecTU Protocols

New campus policies place masking decisions in hands of staff and faculty members
Abby Power, News Reporter March 24, 2022

On March 7, after over a year and a half of mandatory masking, the ProtecTU mask policy officially changed to optional masking in most indoor spaces. Additionally, as a March 3 Trinitonian news brief outlines,...

Trinity celebrates Women’s History Month

Trinity celebrates Women’s History Month

Women and Gender Studies welcomes inclusive dialogue
Ivanna Bass Caldera, News Reporter March 24, 2022

To celebrate Women’s History Month, the Women and Gender Studies minor (WAGS) offered the Trinity community opportunities for involvement through Instagram trivia contests, booths for writing postcards...

Update to Trinity’s Athletics and Recreation Transgender Participation Policy

Update to Trinity’s Athletics and Recreation Transgender Participation Policy

A policy update in trans inclusion in sports in response to changes in NCAA guidelines
Emma Utzinger, News Reporter March 24, 2022

A major source of controversy in recent years has been the participation of transgender athletes in sports. While trans participation in college athletics has become more normalized, much anti-trans legislation...

Previously on SGA: On-campus dining options and Inclusive Excellence

Previously on SGA: On-campus dining options and Inclusive Excellence

The following covers the meeting on March 16
Alejandra Gerlach, Managing Editor March 22, 2022

Climate Check First-year Senator Ella Charbonnet began climate check with an inquiry on behalf of Trinity’s club volleyball team, which was interested in getting SGA funding to go to Nationals. President...

San Antonio Symphony strike continues

San Antonio Symphony strike continues

Five-month strike protesting budget cuts impacts Trinity orchestra professors
Ivanna Bass Caldera, News Reporter March 17, 2022

Since Sept. 27, 2021, the San Antonio Symphony musicians have been on a strike due to cuts made by symphony management to their salaries and benefits. The proposal offered by management would cut the orchestra...

Trinity University reclassified as Baccalaureate Arts & Sciences University

Trinity University reclassified as Baccalaureate Arts & Sciences University

Shift from Regional Master’s University comes with changes
Emma Utzinger, News Reporter March 16, 2022

In January, President Danny Anderson announced that Trinity University had been reclassified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Trinity, formerly classified as a Regional...

Russo-Ukrainian War continues

Russo-Ukrainian War continues

War in Europe ravages on, nations worldwide react
Abby Power, News reporter March 16, 2022

On Feb. 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized “special military operations” in Ukraine, attacking the nation on three fronts. Russian forces had already penetrated two separatist eastern...