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Voting in the primary will impact your future

David Pooley January 28, 2018

Imagine you only had 16 dollars to spend for the rest of your life. That's it. That's all you have. You will never receive any more income. And you can only spend a dollar every four years, but you cannot...

Brenda Ramos smiles as she crosses the Metropol Parasol bridge in Sevilla, Spain during Trinity’s first semester-long study abroad program in Spain last fall. photo provided by Katsuo Nishikawa

All the world is your classroom

Bladimir Ruiz January 28, 2018

I am a first-generation college graduate. I grew up in a poor family in Venezuela, and was fortunate enough to have a grandmother who pushed me to continue in school. I went to college, I even went to...

David Spindel, Jacob K. Tingle, and Hailey Wilson pose and smile while sitting at Loftus Street, the home stadium of the Queens Park Rangers. photo provided by Jacob K. Tingle

Sport in London: Unbelievable

Jacob Tingle January 28, 2018

Over the winter break I spent two weeks in London, during which I attended three football matches and a play in Piccadilly Circus; I also took Blue Badge Tours of Westminster Abbey, Queen Elizabeth Olympic...

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Black lives will always matter

Kayla Padilla January 25, 2018

Dear Isaiah Mitchell, and anyone who agrees with him: Black lives matter. There’s so much to correct, but I’ll begin with the basics, the basics of being a human being. While it seems that “raging...

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Snowflakes in January: What the MLK marches are really about

Ian Dill January 25, 2018

The white victimhood narrative espoused in Isaiah Mitchell’s recent column as the supposed motive for marching is frankly insulting to the thousands of people marching for diverse, warranted and vitally...

Ariel Del Vecchio and Abigail Wharton's "Constructed Religiosity," on display as part of the Mini exhibit in Dicke-Smith until Feb 12, 2018. photo by Amani Canada.

Don’t play identity politics with people you don’t know

Abigail Wharton January 24, 2018

Co-signed by Ariel del Vecchio. Ariel del Vecchio and I are presenting a mixed media installation piece titled “Constructed Religiosity” at the Mini, a student art exhibition in Trinity’s own Neidorff...

Ariel Del Vecchio and Abigail Wharton's "Constructed Religiosity," on display as part of the Mini exhibit in Dicke-Smith until Feb 12, 2018. photo by Amani Canada.

Students’ art is an appropriative, white feminist mess

Cristina Treviño January 24, 2018

When you visit the "Mini," Trinity's annual competitive art exhibition featuring the work of nine students, don't be fooled by the prayer candles and altar, the messages of female empowerment on "prayer...

Illustration by Yessenia Lopez, staff illustrator

Tobacco 21 hurts San Antonio youth and government

Manfred Wendt January 24, 2018

The San Antonio City Council rang in the new year by raising the age required to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21. I was personally very disappointed by the decision, but not surprised at all. San Antonio,...

Illustration by Andrea Nebhut, staff illustrator

More patience for your packages

Max Towers January 24, 2018

For the duration of our time here at Trinity, we live on campus about nine months out of the year, making it as much a home as merely a place to live. Last week, Trinity students had to experience what...

“This War of Mine” screenshot depicting the repercussions of player decisions during gameplay.

Videogames recreate moral realities of modern war

Gabriel Levine January 24, 2018

One of the great values of art, film, photography and literature is that they are our only means, outside of direct experience, of grasping and confronting the reality of war, history and ideology. Videogames...

Illustration by Yessenia Lopez, staff illustrator

Escape from the echo chamber

Benjamin Gonzalez January 24, 2018

As I scroll through my Twitter feed, retweeting Bernie Sanders’ passionate calls for health to be declared a human right, it’s easy for me to forget that most of the political opinions that appear...

graphic by Tyler Herron

Racism is not dead

Natasha Sahu January 20, 2018

There are a few people who wanted to know why racism really butters my egg roll. I  give them the obvious answer: I’ve personally experienced it, it’s a rude thing to do, I want to be respected as...