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Trinity hosts competition for young entrepreneurs

Trinity hosts competition for young entrepreneurs

Philip McKeon January 30, 2016

The second annual Stumberg Prize Competition for aspiring entrepreneurs at Trinity has now begun. Students wishing to enter will submit a business plan, pitch it, and ultimately compete for the chance...

Criminal seeks refuge on Trinity campus

Criminal seeks refuge on Trinity campus

Philip McKeon January 22, 2016

While the majority of students were home for winter break, a young man wanted for aggravated sexual assault went missing from the halfway house he had been staying at. It was suggested that he had come...

Administration issues warning to former fraternity

Administration issues warning to former fraternity

Tyler Boelts January 22, 2016

Late Thursday afternoon Michael Fischer sent out a campus wide email warning Trinity students of the repercussions of attending any parties thrown by the group formerly known as Pi Kappa Alpha. An...

SGA begins new year with fresh leadership

SGA begins new year with fresh leadership

Jessica Luhrman January 22, 2016

The Student Government Association is under new leadership after an election held last December. The study body elected Brenna Hill, junior urban studies and sociology major, as president, and Shivani...

Day against tobacco

Day against tobacco

Alexandra Uri December 5, 2015

Earlier in Nov., Trinity University participated in the 1Day Stand Against Tobacco. The national event was sponsored on campus by Trinity University Health and Wellness Services in order to encourage members...

Texas rejects refugees attempting to enter state

Texas rejects refugees attempting to enter state

Alexandra Uri December 5, 2015

On Monday Nov. 16, Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, announced in a letter to the United States President that Texas would not accept any refugees from Syria in light of the events in Paris. In the letter...

Trinity and multiple Texas schools under investigation

Trinity and multiple Texas schools under investigation

Jessica Luhrman December 5, 2015

Trinity University is one of five Texas universities being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights in response to a complaint regarding the handling of a previous sexual...

Trinity Spirit Organization cheers onto the scene

Jessica Luhrman December 5, 2015

The Trinity Spirit Organization became a registered student organization on Nov. 10. The organization aims to increase school spirit on campus. TSO's constitution states: "The purpose of this organization...

Student government association debates campus carry

Student government association debates campus carry

Jessica Luhrman November 13, 2015

  A forum was held discussing Senate Bill 11, often known as "campus carry," on Nov. 11. SB11 allows for concealed firearms on public universities who are given the option of having "gun-free...

St. Mary's speaker talks law with political science department

St. Mary’s speaker talks law with political science department

Alexandra Uri November 13, 2015

  The Trinity University Pre-Law Society, formerly Phi Alpha Delta, invited students to talk last week with Charles Cantàº, the former Dean of St. Mary's Law School in San Antonio. "Every...

Diwali festival of lights

Diwali festival of lights

Abi Birdsell November 13, 2015

  Last Saturday the Indian Student Association (ISA) hosted their annual Diwali celebration in Laurie Auditorium. The cultural performance included dance, a romance storyline, costumes and Indian...

24 hour giving challenge at Trinity

24 hour giving challenge at Trinity

Jessica Luhrman November 13, 2015

  The Trinity community participated in  its first 24 Hour Giving Challenge, a fundraising campaign lasting 24 hours, on Oct. 28. The goal for the 24 Hour Challenge was to receive 480 donors in...