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Has the sun finally set on the British Empire?

Has the sun finally set on the British Empire?

The complex politics of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and death
Ashwini Vivek, Opinions Columnist September 22, 2022

The Queen is dead. Crowds gather in mourning, paying their respects to the loss of a figure so prominent not only in Britain but across the world. However, amid the grieving, groups across the globe see...

Pitfalls of Artemis: Let’s fix Earth before we explore space

Pitfalls of Artemis: Let’s fix Earth before we explore space

Emma Power, Opinion columnist September 22, 2022

It is no secret that the Earth is dying. The extreme amounts of carbon emissions humans have put into the air through industrialization, transportation and deforestation have had devastating impacts on...

Illustration by Michaela Bosco

Pakistan and global climate awareness

Flooding, secondary disasters and where the world goes from here
Ava Peinhardt, Opinion Columnist September 15, 2022

It’s no secret that climate change is already occurring. This past summer proved that to the United States with heat waves across the country and severe flooding in Kentucky. More importantly, this summer...

Turf Wars

Turf Wars

The future of artificial grass and its environmental impacts
Rachel Oliver, Opinion Editor September 15, 2022

In the wealthy neighborhoods surrounding Trinity, lawns are held to an impossibly high standard. They must be impeccably green and always cut, with overflowing pots of geraniums and petunias sitting on...

Trinity is in the red zone

Trinity is in the red zone

What the university can do to protect its students
Sarah Fridakis, Opinion Columnist September 8, 2022

While entering college is an amazing time to experience parties, make memories and find freedom, being thrown into adulthood as a first-year is overwhelming. Partying gives many a sense of relief from...

School districts are becoming less inclusive: what next?

School districts are becoming less inclusive: what next?

Ashwini Vivek, Opinions Columnist September 8, 2022

Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District (GCISD) in North Texas is known for a few things: racist jokes against Hispanic students, firing their first Black principal and recently enacting a policy...

A female future is now: Women in academia

A female future is now: Women in academia

Emma Power, Opinion Columnist September 8, 2022

It is rare to attend a university helmed by a female president and academic provost. Trinity students must not ignore how special it is to have our institution led by women. This is one of the reasons...

Being a student in Post-Roe v. Wade San Antonio

Being a student in Post-Roe v. Wade San Antonio

Shivani Selladurai, Opinions Columnist September 1, 2022

On June 24 of this past summer, Roe v. Wade was overturned. Constitutional protection over abortion crumbled and was left wide open to the prying hands of the governing states. Anyone who can get pregnant...

An unknown conflict

An unknown conflict

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls it the world’s “worst disaster”, so why aren’t we talking about it?
Emma Power, Opinion Columnist September 1, 2022

In the first semester of my first year at Trinity, I took Introduction to International Politics, and as a foreign relations nerd, I absolutely loved it because we got to take deep dives into international...

Guest columnist Ethan Crane

Guest Column: A chance to rescue our future

Ethan Crane is a senior philosophy major and economics minor and the outgoing outreach chair for Eco Allies.
Ethan Crane, Guest Columnist May 5, 2022

Last week, our student body’s representative government officially called on Trinity to divest its endowment from fossil fuels. The Student Government Association (SGA) resolution to divest is a historic...

Toxic South Asian beauty standards and social media

Toxic South Asian beauty standards and social media

Shivani Selladurai, Opinion Columnist April 28, 2022

There has been upheaval within the South Asian community about social media personalities who are being recognized for the decolonization of South Asian beauty standards. One influencer comes to mind....

A fond farewell to Trinity: Cheers to class of 2022

A fond farewell to Trinity: Cheers to class of 2022

Mai Vo, Opinion Columnist April 28, 2022

Here it is everyone, the moment we’ve all been waiting for: my final send-off. Now that sounds like I’m going to war, but really I’m just graduating. Yes, I know. The lack of my presence at Trinity...