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Author Matthew Desmond address the Trinity community during his lecture. Desmond's book Evicted was chosen as this year's Reading TUgether book. 
photo by Amani Canada

A reflection on Matthew Desmond’s “Evicted”

Micaela Hoffman August 23, 2017

Home does not exist for the families in "Evicted," this year's Reading TUgether selection. This study of the current housing crisis in the United States is an honest and heartbreaking work by Matthew...

Special session rodeo

Manfred Wendt August 23, 2017

The Texas Legislature was working late into the summer this year. Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, determined that the state legislature didn't get enough done during the regular session, so he called them...

President Danny Anderson

Welcome back to the school year

Danny Anderson August 23, 2017

Welcome to the 2017"“2018 school year. You can feel the energy and excitement around Trinity and sense it is stronger than ever. At the same time, many of you are juggling mixed emotions. As human beings,...

Crowdsourcing, course catalogs and schedules with a senior

Crowdsourcing, course catalogs and schedules with a senior

Gabriel Levine August 17, 2017

Registration for classes as a first-year can be overwhelming. It's like sitting down at a restaurant, being handed a 100-page menu, and being told you have 10 minutes to choose a dish with an aftertaste...

graphic by Tyler Herron

From the Editors’ Desk: Care about your campus

Editorial Staff August 17, 2017

Community is a two-way street. You belong to the community and it serves you, but relationships are meant to be reciprocal. First-years, allow us to welcome you to Trinity University. You're now a part...

In defense of HUMA hall

Julia Poage August 17, 2017

The first year of life here at Trinity can be full of awkward silences, especially after incoming students run out of questions like "What's your major?" and "Where are you from? Houston?" The First-Year...

Illustration by Andrea Nebhut.

Casting your political net at Trinity

Manfred Wendt August 17, 2017

At colleges across America, students are eagerly arriving with heads held high and an unwritten bucket list of things to do while in college. That bucket list might include having a beer at a frat party,...

Illustration by Yessenia Lopez

Our Trinity Bucket List

Alexandra Uri August 17, 2017

Starting college can be a daunting experience. With so many opportunities to take advantage of at Trinity and in San Antonio, it can feel like an insurmountable task to fit everything into four years....

Illustration by Andrea Nebhut.

What if I want to study everything?

Micaela Hoffman August 17, 2017

"What's your major? What are you majoring in? What are you studying?" If you haven't already gotten tired of that question in its many forms, you will. Who is actually pretending to know the answer?...

Go get “˜em, Tigers: Advice from alumni

Aaron Delwiche April 28, 2017

You've got this. I would like to use my final column to speak directly to Trinity's graduating seniors.  It makes sense that many of you are feeling a bit anxious. For the past four years, you have...

graphic by Tyler Herron

How do we measure the cost of manufacturing?

Megan Plenge April 21, 2017

Environmental headlines typically revolve around a lone polar bear on a melting ice sheet, coral bleaching events of previously unimagined size or massive coastal flooding during epic storm events in faraway...

Photo by Sarah Thorne

Tobacco-free campus

Katherine Hewitt April 21, 2017

It is official, Trinity University will become a tobacco-free campus on Aug. 1, 2017. Admittedly so, this has been a lengthy process for our campus, with more work to be done. As we close out the academic...