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Transphobia is welcome at Trinity

Transphobia is welcome at Trinity

Colin Houston, Sports (Interim) Editor November 14, 2024

On Oct. 28, I protested alongside many students, professors and community members against the imposition of professional transphobic grifter Riley Gaines on our campus. In doing so, we found that Trinity...

Free speech or hate speech … or both

Free speech or hate speech … or both

Jules Plewes, Pulse Reporter November 14, 2024

Students who protested Riley Gaines, a recent controversial speaker, on campus called the presentation hate speech. While protestors argued that hate speech has no place on campus, opposing students and...

Letter to the Editor: YCT on Riley Gaines

Letter to the Editor: YCT on Riley Gaines

Clayton Lansford, Guest Columnist November 14, 2024

Clayton Lansford, President of YCT I was asked to write this column following the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) hosting Riley Gaines on campus, alongside opinion pieces in the Trinitonian discussing...

Guest Column: My take on Riley Gaines’ presentation: The perspective of a non-binary swimmer

Guest Column: My take on Riley Gaines’ presentation: The perspective of a non-binary swimmer

Sid McCullough, Guest Columnist November 14, 2024

Riley Gaines’ presentation was not only transphobic, but also ultimately ineffective. Former collegiate swimmer turned public speaker, Gaines spoke at Trinity University on Oct. 28* as part of her...

Trinity class rings are a pointless investment for graduating students

Trinity class rings are a pointless investment for graduating students

Will Sharp, Opinion Columnist November 7, 2024

Why do we attach so much meaning to expensive rings in the United States? In American culture, a ring symbolizes a sacred bond like marriage or a high achievement as a sports player. Undoubtedly, rings...

Graphic with data about students past and current taking film studies as an ISM and minor.

Lights, Camera, New Major? Trinity needs a film studies major

Kieran Garvey, Opinion Columnist November 7, 2024

As a sophomore at Trinity University with major declaration right around the corner, I’m facing the same choice many students do: deciding on a major. Since I applied to college, I’ve been passionate...

I can’t give up on the United States yet, and neither can you

I can’t give up on the United States yet, and neither can you

Diya Contractor, Opinion Editor November 7, 2024

“Are you okay?” The morning after Election Day, I woke up to several texts from close friends and family asking me if I was okay, how I was doing and to text them if I needed anything. In that moment,...

Letter to the Editor: Feedback from alumni Michael Drudge

Letter to the Editor: Feedback from alumni Michael Drudge

Michael Drudge, Guest Columnist October 31, 2024

The Trinitonian report on the state of broken and scarce elevators on campus was propitious, coinciding with Alumni Weekend. Having once served as Trinitonian managing editor, I always pick up a copy...

Saints, spooks and a plea for a mid-semester holiday

Saints, spooks and a plea for a mid-semester holiday

Beck Williams, Opinion Columnist October 31, 2024

For most readers, I imagine today is set apart only by its adjacency to yesterday’s festivities. For college students across the country, ‘the day after Halloween’ is a time of recovery, of lots...

We don’t have to be embarrassed by our senator: The case for Colin Allred

We don’t have to be embarrassed by our senator: The case for Colin Allred

Adom RIchards, Opinion Columnist October 31, 2024

Colin Allred is challenging the infamous incumbent Senator Ted Cruz in this year's election. Senator Cruz’s two terms in office have been mired by controversy, such as when Cruz read “Green Eggs and...

Learn about consent and boundaries in the sex corner

Learn about consent and boundaries in the sex corner

Kait Nash, Photographer October 24, 2024

Welcome to another issue of the Trinitonian Sex Corner! It’s cuffing season which means lots of PDA and a desperate need for a brush up on boundaries and consent. The Sexpert is in. First, let’s...

Who won the Cruz v. Allred U.S. Senate Debate?

Who won the Cruz v. Allred U.S. Senate Debate?

Colin Houston and Diya Contractor October 24, 2024

Background information Earlier this month, the long-awaited senatorial debate between Colin Allred and Ted Cruz took place at the WFAA studios in Downtown Dallas. Allred, the U.S. Representative from...