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The Omicron variant brings changes to the spring calendar

The Omicron variant brings changes to the spring calendar

Emma Utzinger, News Reporter February 10, 2022

Originally set to start on Jan. 12, Trinity’s spring 2022 semester was pushed back to Jan. 31 due to concerns over the Omicron variant. With spiking COVID numbers in Bexar County, the Nerve Center and...

Along with the Lions Field Recreation Center and the Bexar County Justice Center, the Tobin Library at Oakwell is one of several early voting centers near campus that will open on February 14th.

2022 Texas primary election around the corner

Preparing to register and vote in Bexar County and beyond
Abby Power, News reporter February 10, 2022

Election time is fast approaching in Texas and all across the country as senators, congressional representatives, governors and many more government positions are set to be voted on in 2022. Voting as...

Trinity keeps mask mandate in place

Trinity keeps mask mandate in place

ProtecTU policies still enforce masks indoors, deviating from the other universities’ policies
Caitlin Huisman, News Reporter November 18, 2021

As Thanksgiving break approaches, many students have been hoping that the ProtecTU policies would allow fully vaccinated individuals to be unmasked indoors on campus. However, despite the success of the...

Alumni Weekend Balloon Arch

Alumni weekend causes controversy after attendees seen indoors without masks

Pictures circulated showing attendees without masks, sparking student frustration
Caitlin Huisman, News Reporter November 11, 2021

Trinity University’s Alumni Weekend is an annual event that invites Trinity University alumni back to campus to reunite with their classmates and participate in weekend festivities. However, the 2021...

Aramark: Here to stay or going away?

Aramark: Here to stay or going away?

Campus dining services criticized by Tigers Against Aramark
Abby Power, News reporter November 11, 2021

On Oct. 21, the guest opinion article Tigers Against Aramark: The Next Step in Re-Imagining Dining On-Campus was released in the Trinitonian. Authors and Tigers Against Aramark (TAA) members Rachel Poovathoor,...

Dicke Hall to house humanities departments, foster departmental collaboration

Dicke Hall to house humanities departments, foster departmental collaboration

The building is expected to be ready for use by summer 2022
Emma Utzinger, News Reporter November 4, 2021

In the past few months, Trinity has begun construction on a new building, Dicke Hall. This addition will host many humanities departments and opportunities, including the English and religion departments...

Photo provided by Harlena Munnings

Trinity welcomes new Coordinator of Student Organizations and Leadership

Harlena Munnings stepped into her role on Nov. 1
Gloria Farris, News Reporter November 3, 2021

After just over four years as coordinator for Student Programs, Shannon Twumasi stepped down in July 2021 and Trinity created a search committee of faculty, staff and students to fill the position. Harlena...

Waka Flocka Flame performing in front of the student audience

Flocka flies high at Flocktoberfest Concert

SPB’s Halloween event brings concerts back to campus
Abby Power, News reporter November 3, 2021

Outside the Jim Potter Intramural Field, a line of students eagerly waited to enter the gates of SPB’s Flocktoberfest featuring rapper Waka Flocka Flame on Saturday, Oct. 30. At the entrance table,...

The end of an era: President Danny Anderson takes his leave and Trinity starts to seek his successor

The end of an era: President Danny Anderson takes his leave and Trinity starts to seek his successor

The individual to fill the role will ultimately be chosen by the Board of Trustees
Gloria Farris, News Reporter November 3, 2021

On Oct. 11, university president Danny Anderson announced, in a campus-wide email, his plans to retire at the end of the academic year. Now, Trinity begins the process of seeking a new president. Anderson...

Previously, on SGA: Extenuating circumstances policy presented

Previously, on SGA: Extenuating circumstances policy presented

Dana Nichols, Editor-in-Chief October 30, 2021

Extenuating circumstances policy proposal To begin the meeting, vice president Nasim Salehitezangi presented SGA’s suggestions for an extenuating circumstances policy to Jennifer Henderson, interim associate...

COVID-19 booster vaccines offered on campus

COVID-19 booster vaccines offered on campus

A vaccine drive for those eligible yields great turnout of students and staff
Caitlin Huisman, News Reporter October 28, 2021

After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced their plans to begin administering COVID-19 booster shots, Trinity sought to provide the booster shots to their community in order to...

YCT ‘communist cookies’ tabling event sparks campus-wide conversation

YCT ‘communist cookies’ tabling event sparks campus-wide conversation

Identical tabling was done in 2018, which garnered extensive student response
Emma Utzinger, News Reporter October 28, 2021

On Wednesday, Oct. 13, students from the Young Conservatives of Texas hosted a tabling event where they passed out fortune cookies and discussed Chinese communism. Oct. 1 is the anniversary of the founding...