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Spooky photo taken outside of Storch Memorial Building

Spooky, scary and silly conversations with [ghost]

Kait Nash, Photographer October 31, 2024

Last year, I was introduced to a pretty spooky app called [ghost]. It supposedly allows you to talk to ghosts or spirits through the electronic voice phenomena (EVP) feature it offers (only through a $10...

Celebrating Samhain: How students are practicing the pagan holiday

Celebrating Samhain: How students are practicing the pagan holiday

Trinity students celebrate the Celtic holiday that inspired Halloween as we know it
Katie Amdur, News Reporter October 31, 2024

Samhain [saa-wn] is a Celtic celebration of the transition from summer to fall. The week-long celebration is a chance for community time and honoring ancestors. Trinity University’s Alternative Faith...

Election 2024 voter guide!

Election 2024 voter guide!

If registered to vote at Trinity University, consult this guide to prepare for Election Day this Nov. 5.
Diya Contractor, Opinion Editor October 11, 2024

Early voting information: Please go to the Bexar County Voter Registration Check and Polling Location Search website. After inputting your information, you will be able to access your Individual Sample...

Opinion: Dear Monte Vista, it’s not about you

Jay Burdine, Illustrator October 11, 2024

An “Urgent Town Hall” was held at Dicke Hall on Sunday, Sept. 29 by the Monte Vista Historical Association (MVHA). The seats were filled with impassioned, predominantly white elderly residents, save...

Welcome to the Election 2024 special section

Diya Contractor, Opinion Editor October 11, 2024

On Sept. 13, Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez was fired as editor-in-chief of The Mercury, the student-run news publication at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Lydia Lum, UTD’s director of student...

Sidewalk Symposium: Are you going to the polls?

Anthony Romero, Sports Reporter October 10, 2024

Sonja Postma, junior mathematical finance and economics double-major Are you voting? “Yes.” Why are you voting? “I think it’s important to vote so that my voice is heard and politics...

Special Edition 2024 Election crossword

Diya Contractor, Opinion Editor October 10, 2024

Down: 1. Cannot take this into the voting booth 2. Trinity District Representative 4. How many electoral college votes Texas has 8. Underdog in the Senate race 11. When early voting ends 12....

Texas will be blue: What does it mean for the country?

Texas will be blue: What does it mean for the country?

Adom Richards, Opinion Columnist October 10, 2024

The Republican path to victory is based on the dated, fleeting assumption that Texas will always be red. In reality, Texas has been trending left for decades; Texas went to George W. Bush in 2000 by 21...

How student orgs are approaching the 2024 election

How student orgs are approaching the 2024 election

Pipp Phichairatanaphong, Social Media Coordinator October 10, 2024

With the presidential election coming up in just less than a month, Trinity’s student-led political organizations have been focused on increasing student voter registration and civic engagement. With...

Guide to finding YOUR style for dorks (like me)

Guide to finding YOUR style for dorks (like me)

It can be hard to be stylish while also feeling true to yourself, but by using some style tricks like color theory, you can make it work
Scott Lebo, Sports Reporter September 20, 2024

Growing up, I constantly wore track pants and jerseys, and as I got older, it earned me a lot of negative feedback. I never knew how to react because those outfits felt like me. Others grew up with similar...

An open letter to men on style

An open letter to men on style

Beck Williams, Opinion Columnist September 20, 2024

“The apparel oft proclaims the man,” says Polonius to his son Laertes in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Delivered as part of a classic father-to-son lecture on personal conduct, financial responsibility and...

Staying hot while it’s hot: Navigating fashion in high temperatures

Staying hot while it’s hot: Navigating fashion in high temperatures

Does style really come before comfort? Or is it just too hot for all of that
Cameron Lilly, Pulse Reporter September 20, 2024

In an era of baggy fits and denim, it can be hard to decide just where the line gets drawn regarding style over comfort. However, in college, where first impressions are key, it can sometimes feel as if...