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Is Your Computer Your Best Friend?

Is Your Computer Your Best Friend?

Mark Lewis November 23, 2016

Humans have a remarkable ability to project human-like characteristics on inanimate objects. Personification isn't just a literary technique, it is something we seem to do on a regular basis with objects...

No, Jesus was not a conservative

No, Jesus was not a conservative

November 18, 2016

We received three responses to Alexander Jacobs' op-ed, "Yes, Jesus was a conservative." By Mitchell Palermo Jesus was not a conservative. Jesus was also not a liberal. Contrary to what some might...

An official clarification

An official clarification

David Crockett November 18, 2016

I want to clarify to the university community that the Department of POlitical Science had no role in sponsoring the lecture by Ryan Anderson on religious liberty. The Anderson talk was supported by a...

Dear fellow Republicans

Dear fellow Republicans

Luke Ayers November 18, 2016

In the wake of the election, I've heard the stories of countless people who are terrified of what the next four years will bring for them as minority members of our American community. I've heard from...

Disagreement isn't discrimination

Disagreement isn’t discrimination

Alexander Jacobs November 18, 2016

Once again, the left has demonstrated that the best way to win an argument is to employ logical fallacies. Exhibit A: last week's Trinitonian article titled "Promote free speech, not free discrimination,"...

Do you approve this message?

Do you approve this message?

Editorial Staff November 18, 2016

"An on-campus speaker gains a certain amount of privilege: they are given a platform where their ideas can be heard and respected. The political science department has extended this privilege even further,...

How to deal with disappointment

How to deal with disappointment

Joy Lazarus November 18, 2016

I used to think  that if something walked like a duck, and quacked like a duck, then it was a duck. But now I'm not so sure. Appearances are deceiving, and often enough, when something seems inevitable,...

Republicans: I'm with you!

Republicans: I’m with you!

Manfred Wendt November 18, 2016

Calling all Trinity conservatives, Republicans, libertarians and deplorables: This article is probably the only article that you want to read in this edition of the Trinitonian. Following the shocking...

What you see isn't always what you get

What you see isn’t always what you get

Melissa Flowers November 18, 2016

I am Melissa Flowers, director of Residential Life. I am also living, breathing proof that not all Trump-supporters are sexists, racists and share my political affiliations during the election season....

What's next?

What’s next?

Alex Perkowski November 18, 2016

There has been much written about this election. Go to any social media site and it's staring the reader in the face. Visit any news website or crack open a newspaper and the same is true. There are a...

"˜Trailer Park Boys' is good for the soul

“˜Trailer Park Boys’ is good for the soul

Gabriel Levine November 14, 2016

"She told me she loved me. I trusted her. And then she took all the dope, man." It's lines like this that make me love "Trailer Park Boys," a show about a bunch of idiots' drunk and high misadventures...

An open letter for Trump's supporters

An open letter for Trump’s supporters

Carl Teegerstrom November 14, 2016

Donald Trump is the 45th President. Very few were expecting this. With your victory, many of those same people who weren't expecting your victory are scared now, including myself. The current state of...