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Breaking down the housing updates

Residential Life changes housing prices and City Vista selection process for the 2025-2026 school year
Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor February 27, 2025

Over the past few weeks, Trinity’s Residential Life announced in emails that housing prices and the City Vista selection process are changing. From 13 different pricing options to four, Residential Life...

Shea Bedminster, computer science major

Time to kick up your boots

Black Essence Fest celebrates Black culture
Kat McKinney, News Reporter February 20, 2025

On Feb. 21, the Black Essence Festival served as the finale for the Black Student Union Spirit Week. BSU started the festival only four years ago, but has hosted events and performances to celebrate Black...

Previously, on SGA: Upperclassmen to live in 4th floor McLean

Previously, on SGA: Upperclassmen to live in 4th floor McLean

Adom Richards, Opinion Columnist February 20, 2025

STAFF CHATS Senior strategist and project manager Michelle Bartonico presented the new Workday student portal to SGA. Trinity will fully transition from TigerPAWS to Workday Student on March 17. Bartonico...

A search for world peace

A search for world peace

Students’ reactions range from support to opposition on “Is Peace Possible?”
Keira Cahill, News Reporter February 20, 2025

On Feb. 17, Trinity’s Hillel chapter held “Is Peace Possible?” a discussion moderated by Trinity professor David Lesch between David Makovsky and Ghaith al-Omari, two political scientists specializing...

Trinity moves Student Activity Fee into the general tuition

Trinity moves Student Activity Fee into the general tuition

Katie Amdur, News Editor February 20, 2025

Trinity is getting rid of the student activity fee and incorporating it into tuition. SGA predicts their future budgets for allocation to have zero carryover unlike years past, as the funding allocated...

New kids on the block learn the ropes

New kids on the block learn the ropes

Fraternity and Sorority Life 2025 spring orientation comes to a close after a season of new policies
Monica Martinez, News Reporter February 20, 2025

One fourth of the undergraduate population is involved in Fraternity or Sorority Life at Trinity. Orientation — a time for the newest members to bond with their organization — started on Jan. 31 and...

Color photo of Progress for Palestine flyer.

Event organizers cancel ‘Progress for Palestine’

Students raised questions about the reasons for the cancellation of the panel
Keira Cahill, News Reporter February 20, 2025

Event sponsors, including professors and MSA leaders, canceled the “Progress for Palestine” Panel, scheduled for Feb. 5. The event would have featured three professors, Judith Norman, Habiba Noor and...

No more junior/senior meal plan

No more junior/senior meal plan

Trinity Dining alters the meal plans offered to students for upcoming school year
Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor February 15, 2025

On Thursday, Feb. 13, Trinity Dining sent out an email to students outlining changes to the meal plans for the 2025-2026 school year. The changes included raising prices, lowering the overall amount of...

The freshly renovated Esplanade contains new lights, planters and seating.

Construction completed

The new and improved Esplanade reopens this week being closed for a semester
Keira Cahill, News Reporter February 14, 2025

The Coates Esplanade, the open space near Coates Student Center on upper campus, is officially opening on February 14 after Trinity closed it during the fall semester. The changes include new sidewalks,...

The end of an era: TigerPaws gets replaced

The end of an era: TigerPaws gets replaced

Trinity switches to Workday Student for upcoming registration cycle
Monica Martinez, News Reporter February 14, 2025

A software company, Colleague, created TigerPAWS in the late 1990s, serving thousands of Trinity students during their college careers. To update and modernize university systems, students, faculty and...

Swept under the rug: Dormitories left uncleaned for months on end

Swept under the rug: Dormitories left uncleaned for months on end

Kat McKinney, News Reporter February 14, 2025

From late October to February, dorm buildings at Trinity went without the scheduled bi-monthly cleaning services. While the gap in service raised concerns among students, services resumed last week. The...

Previously, on SGA: MSA, Volleyball and Formula Racing funded

Previously, on SGA: MSA, Volleyball and Formula Racing funded

Adom Richards, Opinion Columnist February 14, 2025

FUNDING REQUESTS The Muslim Student Association requested $7,172 for iftar events during Ramadan. Since Trinity Dining is limited for students who observe Ramadan, MSA hosts iftar, the fast-breaking evening...