Eleven weeks ago, I wrote a guest column called "Would you still be my friend?" about my first week and a half with Bell's palsy, a condition in which an inflamed nerve causes temporary facial paralysis....

It is a week into November, and what does the Trinity campus have to show for it? 2300 hundred students who are praying to the old gods and the new that they can make it to Thanksgiving, let alone survive...

Endeavoring to recall scraps of something I read decades ago, the name of a minor actor in an old movie,  the closing chapter of a novel I last read when I was an undergraduate - these are some of the...

Most days I have to set two alarms just to ensure that I will roll out of bed 40 minutes afterwards.  I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one.  At least I hope I'm not, because that would make me weird,...

Being a first-year student at Trinity University, I was terrified during my first few weeks. You see, I was born with a speech impediment. Ideas flourish in my mind, but they just don't transfer smoothly...

You may have noticed this summer that your favorite lake was dried up or a tree you considered an old friend is now a dead stump. These visible signs of drought are minor compared to the many problems...

I spent three hours tracking down a plagiarism case, and it ticks me off. Three hours on someone who has as much respect for me as one would have for a gnat. Three hours that could have gone to reviewing...

So, Halloween's coming up, and I still don't have a costume.  For the past three years, Target has faithfully stocked a certain costume, which I have kept my eye on.  For these past three years, I have...

A couple of weekends ago was the annual Trinity University Alumni Weekend, which brings to campus hundreds of graduates, some of whom live nearby and frequently attend events on campus; others reside in...

Last week, while campus was tucked away in bed binge-watching every show available on Netflix, it appears that the University did not take such a break. Instead of guffawing at the antics of the Bluth...

Today the Academic Faculty Assembly is scheduled to vote on whether the university should redefine the credit hour. I have been surprised that there has been no significant student engagement on this fundamental...

On Oct. 11, the Trinitonian ran a photograph on the front page, above the fold, of a San Antonio AIDS Foundation van that visited the Coates Esplanade. On the van is a woman, adorned with a yellow flower...