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Trinitonian is named the best small newspaper in Texas and Oklahoma

Trinitonian is named the best small newspaper in Texas and Oklahoma

Trinitonian staff members and the publication itself received top honors recently at two annual college journalism competitions.
Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief April 25, 2025

On April 10, the Society of Professional Journalists announced their yearly regional awards for excellence in collegiate journalism. The awards were for the 2024 calendar year, and the Trinitonian falls...

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I’m urging you to become a journalist

Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief April 25, 2025

I was dramatically singing along in the car to Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro” when I got the call. Alicia Guerrero, the Trinitonian’s adviser at the time, told me that I would be next year’s editor-in-chief,...

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Student media must protect international students’ rights

Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief April 10, 2025

Getting a criminal conviction. Working in the U.S. without permission. Failing to maintain a full course load.  Receiving a traffic ticket three years ago. Participating in a protest two years ago....

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‘The men had no rules. The women had a thousand’

Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief March 20, 2025

Crack open a Feb. 26, 1930 copy of the Trinitonian, flip to page three, and nestled between an advice column about roommates and a first-year’s essay about freight solicitors, you’ll find a comic that...

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All is quiet on the university leadership front

Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief March 6, 2025

Amid the recent barrage of executive orders targeting higher education institutions, I’ve been refreshing my email daily, waiting to hear from our university’s leadership about how or whether these...

We need to rethink zero tolerance hazing policies

We need to rethink zero tolerance hazing policies

Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief February 20, 2025

This week marks the end of Greek life orientation, where potential new members can finally fully join their organizations. This year’s orientation was the first after Gamma Chi Delta was publicly found...

Gratitude, goals and an open invitation

Gratitude, goals and an open invitation

Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief November 21, 2024

This is it. Today’s Trinitonian marks our last for this semester. Our next issue will come out on Jan. 24, but for the next 63 days, your favorite student-run newspaper and its journalists will be taking...

Why I drive 276 miles each election day

Why I drive 276 miles each election day

Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief November 7, 2024

For the over 67.5 million people who voted for Kamala Harris — and the many others who supported her but didn’t or weren’t able to vote — Election Day probably felt like a disaster. As a young...

Trinity’s history is queer history

Trinity’s history is queer history

Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief October 24, 2024

Last month, I spent several hours in the Trinitonian newsroom flipping through our vast archive of old Trinitonian issues that live in a filing cabinet tucked away in a back office. I was searching for...

This is your chance to save an innocent life

This is your chance to save an innocent life

There will be a murder in six days unless the courts or Gov. Greg Abbott intervenes
Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief October 10, 2024

On Oct. 17, Texas is set to execute death row inmate Robert Roberson for a crime that he is not only innocent of, but that never even occurred in the first place. Roberson was convicted in 2003 and sentenced...

The perfect outfit starts with a fabulous story

The perfect outfit starts with a fabulous story

Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief September 20, 2024

Welcome to the fashion edition of the Trinitonian! As various global fashion weeks are just now wrapping up or getting started, this special edition aims to bring that same energy to campus, celebrating...

Previously on SGA: Four new senators elected to SGA

Previously on SGA: Four new senators elected to SGA

The following covers the meeting on Sept. 11
Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief September 12, 2024

CLIMATE CHECK Senator Delhagen opened the meeting by reminding everyone of the voter registration event happening on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Senator Delhagen encouraged other senators to volunteer and attend. President...