This summer, my dog died.  It was a very harrowing and gross affair, and many tears were shed by me and by my parents.  The cat appeared not to care, but he probably did. I could describe in gross detail...

I title this bi-monthly column, "The Short List," because I intend as my subject whatever is at the top of my concerns, interests, irritations, despairs or delights "“ you get the idea "“ as I compose...

Of late, the Trinitonian has been thinking a lot about involvement, and it was inspired, in part, by our longtime frenemy"”we might actually be soul mates"”the Association of Student Representatives....

I hope Johnny "Football" Manziel has learned a lesson from the NCAA. He was thoroughly investigated and questioned for about 8 hours by the NCAA last Sunday, and rest assured, he has learned a lesson...

On June 26, I was avoiding media. It is a rare occurrence. Some form of media is always on at our house. However, on June 26, I didn't care for my usual routine of television, Facebook and Twitter for...

Although the paper isn't published on Thursdays, I want to throw it back anyway.  Remember the game we played as kids called, "Would you still be my friend if..?" We would all plug in phrases like "if...

On the standardized writing tests we were  forced to take throughout grade school, we were always expected to write about ourselves, to which I would always default to something stupid and outlandish....

This week's edition of the Trinitonian is chock full of construction. The unintentional theme got us thinking: is there, perhaps, a method to this construction madness? Is there a method to the multiple...

Welcome to Trinity University, you saucy first years. At some point, every one of us has been in your shoes.  You were top dog at your previous institutions, and now you are starting over. Trinity is...

I'm sure many of you have either heard of or experienced directly the stereotype of school cafeteria food: the horror, the misery, the greasy nasty pizza substitute. As incoming students, you may have...

As the green leaves of summer begin their inevitable change into the auburn colors of fall, new generations of students now enter the campus of Trinity University. Bright-eyed and eager, they begin their...

Reality sunk in for me as my parents idled their car in front of the gates of Trinity, threw my backpack out the window and sped off. That was the moment  when I officially became a college first year...