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First Year’s Guide to the Library

Joe O'Connell August 16, 2012

For many first years the library can be a confusing and frightening place, but if you learn to use it to its fullest potential the library can be your best friend. Obviously, the library has books, but...

Top ten Trinity traditions

Lydia Duncombe August 16, 2012

Trinity may be a small school, but it is not a school short of traditions.  Some traditions date way back while others have only developed recently. You may enjoy some more than others, as I know I do....

Welcome Week comedian

Kenneth Caruthers August 16, 2012

After a summer full of tragedies across the country, students arriving on Trinity's campus could definitely use a good laugh to get themselves into a positive mindset for the beginning of a new academic...

Goettel’s wish to meet former San Antonio Spur Sean Elliott was granted by Make-A-Wish Foundation. Goettell was also given the opportunity to speak at the 2012 Make-A-Wish Gala. Photo courtesy of Renae Goettel.

Blind Trinity alumna gets her wish granted

Maddie Rau April 27, 2012

Renae Goettel, who graduated from Trinity with a double major in communication and sociology in 2008, was both Trinity's first blind student to graduate and a first generation college degree graduate...

The Choral Union, directed by Gary Seighman, collaborates with the Trinity Symphony Orchestra, directed by Ken Greene, in Parker Chapel. Photo by photo by Abhishek Chhetri.

Choral Union and Handbell ensembles perform

Pamela Torres April 27, 2012

Trinity students ended the year with a musical bang. They held concerts to celebrate the conclusion to this school year and say goodbye to the graduating seniors. The Choral Union and the Trinity...

First Time Offenders plan final performance

Lauren Wilks April 27, 2012

First Time Offenders, Trinity's own improv group, has been busy this semester. The club, which started at least six years ago, puts on parodies of Trinity's big theater productions and organizes various...

Ellis lectured on the relationship between the Jewish people of Israel and the Palestinians and how it has evolved since the end of the Holocaust. Photo by Abhishek Chhetri.

Theologian discusses effects of Holocaust

Pamela Torres April 20, 2012

Marc Ellis, director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Baylor University, gave a lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 16 at the Chapman Auditorium on the relationship between the Jewish people of...

National Day of Silence calls for an end to bullying

Lauren Wilks April 20, 2012

Today, Friday, April 20, Trinity's Sexual Diversity Alliance is putting on an event to coincide with the National Day of Silence for an End to Anti-LGBT Bullying. SDA participates in the National Day of...

Earth Week promotes sustainability in a modern society

Maddie Rau April 20, 2012

This past week marked the commencement of Trinity's first-ever Earth Week, filled with a number of environmentally friendly events and activities. Earth Week  was sponsored by Campus Planning and Sustainability...

Kaitlin Graves and Sam Weiner perform in Act 1 of "Cloud 9." The play experiments with gender roles by asking its actors to play multiple characters during and between acts who are both male and female. Photo by Christina Velasquez

“Cloud 9” examines the cultural change in sexual politics

Pamela Torres April 13, 2012

"Cloud 9" will encourage the audience to challenge their own views and ideas as it opens at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 13, at the Stieren Theater. "Cloud 9" was written by Caryl Churchill and it portrays...

Wahls tells it straight

Wahls tells it straight

Rachel Puckett April 13, 2012

Zach Wahls, an Iowa State engineering student and gay rights activist, spoke to students Monday, April 9, in Laurie Auditorium. Wahls entered the public sphere when a video of the speech he gave to the...

Spotlight delights Trinity with student performances

Joe O'Connell April 12, 2012

Trinity's annual talent competition featured many amazing acts, but only two winners. The Trinitones came away with the large group prize and Just Friends took home the small group prize. Spotlight...