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United we stand

United we stand

Alexander Motter March 2, 2017

When confronted with a decision regarding any other person, we as humans have two possible actions. One involves respect, and one involves disrespect. The Bible teaches us to love thy neighbor as you love...

Recognizing flaws

Alexander Motter March 2, 2017

Recently, my boyfriend and I called an Uber that arrived at Prassel Hall's Shook side almost immediately. The driver, a talkative middle-aged man, struck up a conversation with us at once. It turns out...

Calculated controversy, reasoned response

Calculated controversy, reasoned response

Gabriel Levine March 2, 2017

Last week I penned a column condemning the decision by Tigers for Liberty to bring Dinesh D'Souza to campus on the grounds that D'Souza is both morally bankrupt and intellectually dishonest. Since then,...

Living in the moment

Living in the moment

Mia Garza March 2, 2017

I've heard many Trinity students complain about the rule demanding that students live on campus for three years, but I haven't yet heard an argument valid enough to convince me that living on campus isn't...

Parasitic bad science vs peer review

Parasitic bad science vs peer review

Megan Plenge February 27, 2017

A friend of mine recently did a "colon cleanse."  She took some homeopathic pills she'd purchased for some amount of money "” money that I would have considered wasted on pseudoscientific nonsense...

Absurd "All-Stars"

Absurd “All-Stars”

Callum Squires February 27, 2017

I love sports. I always watch sports. I'll watch almost anything with a ball in it, and many other things besides. But sometimes I have to draw the line. Some things in sports are so mind-numbingly pointless...

Exploring life through the sincerity of letters

Exploring life through the sincerity of letters

Joy Lazarus February 27, 2017

The best card I received was for Christmas a few months ago. I have a box of cards beneath my bed partly because I'm sentimental and like to write them (and thus receive some in return) and partly because...

Personality quizzing

Personality quizzing

Editorial Staff February 27, 2017

Media sources of all shapes and sizes "” including this one "” are encouraging their readers to be more "empathetic" and "open-minded." They're both nice sentiments, generally born out of an honest...

Small schools can have big problems

Small schools can have big problems

Mia Garza February 27, 2017

When choosing colleges, high school seniors often rule out schools that are too big, like Texas State University, which has 33,480 students enrolled. Class sizes at schools like that are often large too,...

Questioning D'Souza's "qualities"

Questioning D’Souza’s “qualities”

Gabriel Levine February 27, 2017

Last semester, I wrote an article recommending "Trailer Park Boys," a show centered on the stupidity of the dope-dealing, heavy-drinking, uneducated inhabitants of a Canadian trailer park. Among the...

Second semester slump

Second semester slump

Editorial Staff February 16, 2017

It's that time of the semester when we all feel like we've lost our motivation to do anything: the dreaded second-semester slump. Classes seem to drag on, papers seem endless and even things you once found...

Trump reaps what he sows

Trump reaps what he sows

Alex Perkowski February 16, 2017

Donald Trump has already won one metric as president: he is the fastest president of the United States to have an unfavorable rating. It's not a surprise, at least mathematically. Hillary Clinton did win...