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The Student News Site of Trinity University

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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...

Campus construction continues

Campus construction continues

Facilities Services progresses with Dicke Hall, water leak projects
Abby Power, News Reporter March 3, 2022

Two construction projects are in progress across Trinity’s campus. First there is the Dicke Hall project, which is near completion and will open next fall, along with an ongoing water leak project affecting...

Oh, rats! Thomas Residence Hall experiences its first rodent problem

Oh, rats! Thomas Residence Hall experiences its first rodent problem

Facilities Services and Residential Life work together to trap and remove the rats
Emma Utzinger, News Reporter March 3, 2022

On Feb. 3, rats were spotted on the seventh floor of Bruce Thomas Residence Hall. These rats caused a significant disturbance to the students living there. However, Facilities Services, Pest Control and...

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News brief: ProtecTU policies to change

Sarah Fisher, News Editor March 3, 2022

Trinity University has required masks in all indoor spaces since students returned to campus in the fall of 2020. Now, after monitoring the changes in COVID transmission on campus and in San Antonio, the...

Previously, on SGA: Potential housing changes and funding requests

Previously, on SGA: Potential housing changes and funding requests

The following covers the meeting on March 3
Logan Crews, Editor-in-Chief March 3, 2022

New senator introduction To start the meeting, President Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh introduced David Casillas, the newest senator for the Class of 2023. Climate Check Communications Chair Rebecca...

Trinity University commemorates Black History Month

Trinity University commemorates Black History Month

Douglass Day, other events celebrated in the TU community for BHM
Abby Power, News Reporter February 24, 2022

Black History Month has historically been celebrated during February across the United States. It was officially designated in 1976 during Gerald Ford’s presidency, after decades of Black communities...

A lighthouse flickers out: Tess Coody-Anders leaves Trinity

A lighthouse flickers out: Tess Coody-Anders leaves Trinity

Emma Utzinger, News Reporter February 24, 2022

Tess Coody-Anders, Vice President of Strategic Communications and Marketing and leader of the Nerve Center, will be leaving Trinity University at the end of February. Coody-Anders, a Trinity alum, has...

Previously, on SGA: Boiler reaches boiling point

Previously, on SGA: Boiler reaches boiling point

The following covers the SGA meeting on Feb. 23
Alejandra Gerlach, Managing Editor February 24, 2022

The normal order of SGA meetings was disrupted as the senior director for facility services James Baker and the associate director of facility services Ernesto Gonzalez were in attendance to answer questions...

Previously, on SGA: Mabee mishaps and calculator rentals

Previously, on SGA: Mabee mishaps and calculator rentals

The following covers the meeting on Feb. 16
Logan Crews, Editor-in-chief February 17, 2022

First-year Senator Ella Charbonnet kicked off Climate Check asking if there was any word on vending machines for menstrual products being installed in women’s restrooms. President Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh...

Students observe COVID protocol by wearing masks indoors.

COVID Comparisons

Taking a look at local universities’ responses to COVID
Abby Power, News reporter February 17, 2022

In the COVID update from Tess Coody-Anders, Vice President for Strategic Communications and Marketing, for the week of Feb. 7, she summarized the positive developments on the COVID front on Trinity’s...

Previously, on SGA: It's funding season

Previously, on SGA: It’s funding season

The following covers the SGA meeting on Feb. 9
Logan Crews, Managing Editor February 12, 2022

President Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh started off the meeting by saying this was meant to be a funding meeting, but SGA received no requests. Climate Check Sophomore senator Danny Nguyen began the climate...

Previously on SGA: Stress is high, but textbook prices are higher

Previously on SGA: Stress is high, but textbook prices are higher

The following covers the SGA meeting on Feb. 2
Logan Crews, Managing Editor February 12, 2022

Climate Check Junior senator Indigo Pearson started Climate Check with concerns over strict attendance policies outlined at the beginning of the semester. Adviser Demetrius Brown, Dean of Students,...