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Government shutdown ends Wednesday

Nia LaVoie, News Reporter • November 13, 2025

President Donald Trump signed the funding bill on Nov. 12 to end the 43-day-long federal government shutdown. After the Senate introduced and passed the bill on Monday, the House of Representatives approved...

SASA throws annual Diwali event

Trinity’s South Asian Student’s Association collaborates with a University of Texas at San Antonio dance team to throw the annual “Festival of Lights” event

Gautam Iyer, Staff Writer • November 13, 2025

The gleaming sparklers and dancing and singing performances have almost become a required standard by Trinity University’s South Asian Student Association (SASA). However, this Diwali was different;...

How should we remember the Alamo?

Alamo Trust controversy prompts CEO resignation

Kat McKinney, Reporter • November 13, 2025

Kate Rogers, CEO and president of the Alamo Trust, resigned on Oct. 24 following political backlash that began with a now-deleted social media post commemorating Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The post, published...

Previously, on SGA: Students can attend soccer playoffs for free

The following covers the meeting on Nov. 12.

Adom Richards, SGA Reporter • November 13, 2025

CLIMATE CHECK Sophomore Senator Nellie Clark updated SGA on conflicts with Facilities Services on a project to make campus windows safer for birds. Facilities previously put the project on hold due...

Nirenberg appoints treasurer in run for Bexar County’s top position

Ron’s appointment of Jorge Herrera all but confirms run for County Judge

Diya Contractor and Samara Gerstle • November 12, 2025

Former San Antonio mayor and current Trinity professor Ron Nirenberg appointed a campaign treasurer for his candidacy as Bexar County Judge on Nov. 10, according to a Bexar County election document...

YES DOWN THE BALLOT

All constitutional amendments and Bexar County Propositions A & B passed

Diya Contractor, Managing Editor • November 7, 2025

Texas voters approved all 17 constitutional amendments in Texas on Nov. 4 — with nearly three million Texas voters, marking the highest turnout in an off-year election since 2005. Bexar County also saw...

Previously on SGA: Senators Fund 2025’s Yule Ball

The following covers the meeting on Nov. 5

Adom Richards, SGA Reporter • November 7, 2025

CLIMATE CHECK First-year Senator Oliver Billings said that students have been waiting in the academic advising offices for two hours for their academic advisers, either because they’re not in their...

Fizz users cause crises

Discussion on Fizz conduct and Trinity culture follow life-threatening decisions from students harassed on the anonymous app

Samara Gerstle, Diya Contractor, Eve Slemp, Dylan Wilford, Riya Vankamamidi, and Ariel Ramirez • November 6, 2025

*warning: The following includes themes of harassment, bullying and suicide. A Trinity student attempted suicide, and another considered suicide after being harassed and bullied on Fizz, according to...

Bosnian scholar lectures Trinity about roots of the country’s genocide

Hikmet Karčić discusses genocide in Bosnia during Bosnian War from 1992-1995

Jonathan Wang, News Reporter • November 6, 2025

Around 50 students and staff members filed into Dicke Hall on Nov. 3 to listen to genocide scholar Hikmet Karčić’s lecture on the Bosnian genocide from 1992 - 1995 during the Bosnian War. The event...

Gardening Club robbed over the summer

SGA funds gardening club $6,102 for stolen tools and new projects

Nia LaVoie, News Reporter • November 6, 2025

After receiving $6,102.30 from the Student Government Association (SGA), the Gardening Club is expanding its projects. On Oct. 22, the Gardening Club came to SGA requesting funding for beekeeping and bird...

Previously, on SGA: TUPD chats with SGA, addresses police escorts, miscommunications and health

The following covers the meeting on Oct. 29.

Adom Richards, SGA Reporter • November 2, 2025

STAFF CHAT Police Chief Paul Chapa, Assistant Police Chief John Rowse and Lieutenant-Investigator John Santellan spoke with SGA. Chapa explained TUPD’s role on campus and spoke on their role in collaborating...

Students still confused: What is work-study?

Students and staff discuss benefits of work-study, but SFS work-studies are not clearly defined

Michelle Rodriguez, Staff Writer • October 30, 2025

Federal work-study is a program that allows students to hold a part-time job on campus while they study to pay for their education and personal expenses. They are paid for, in part, by a government fund....