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Attacking DEI or democracy? Trump’s attack on higher education

Attacking DEI or democracy? Trump’s attack on higher education

Adom Richards, Opinion Columnist February 6, 2025

So far, the Trump administration has been marked by chaotic, confusing and destructive executive orders and policy directions, affecting not only lower class and minority groups but students here at Trinity...

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What Trump’s immigration policy means for campus

Kat McKinney, News Reporter January 30, 2025

The inauguration of President Trump last week on Jan. 20 sparked renewed concern among Trinity University students. Trump’s previously uncertain immigration plans are beginning to take shape through...

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Biden Defeats Trump — So What’s Next For Democrats?

Ben Falcon November 11, 2020
While Biden’s win was decisive, the polarized brand of the Democratic party appears to still be an issue.
Carmen Mercado leaves Alamo Stadium after voting as poll worker Amy Riggle, class of ‘09, waits outside. Photo credit: Kate Nuelle

Students contend with uncertainty of election

Dana Nichols November 5, 2020
Days after election day, students of all political ideologies left hanging for results
Refusing to vote in the presidential election is dangerous

Refusing to vote in the presidential election is dangerous

Bella Spangher October 27, 2020

I try not to use generalizations in my writing, but I do not mince words when I type: Voting for Joe Biden is the most important thing any citizen of the United States can do right now. With this sentence,...

Photo credit: Gabrielle Rodriguez

Hindsight doesn’t always have to be 2020

Ben Falcon October 27, 2020

illustration by Gabrielle RodriguezTuesday, Nov. 3 will be a historic day in more ways than one. In seven days, we elect 35 United States senators, 435 members of Congress, 13 state governors and one leader...

Photo credit: Kate Nuelle

A voter’s guide to 2020’s presidential candidates

Kayla Padilla September 30, 2020
Here’s what you need to know about Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump
Photo credit: Genevieve Humphreys

Patriotism is more than just worshiping the Stars and Stripes

Logan Crews April 13, 2020
Opposing something you view as unjust in your country is patriotic too
Dr. Crockett

Trump becomes the third president to be impeached

Gabriella Garriga January 23, 2020
Political student organizations reflect on the impeachment process and meanings
Watergate and Fox News: Echoes of the past

Watergate and Fox News: Echoes of the past

Thomas Harvell-Degolier September 11, 2018

Shocking revelations and event after event revealing duplicities from the White House that leave the nation glued to their screens watching investigations unfold — though these details correspond...

photo by Stephen Sumrall-Orsak, staff photographer

Students discuss ‘Being Right’ on liberal campus

Brianna Duncan April 4, 2018

It’s commonly believed that most Trinity students lean liberal. But at Dean of Students David Tuttle’s March 28 discussion “Being Right: Living — and Living with — the Conservative Viewpoint...

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Trinity’s promotion of Parscale is shameful

Craig Mills March 22, 2018

Discover. Grow. Become. Trinity’s tagline is affirming to those who seek a personalized liberal arts experience, a goal of which is to produce civically engaged members in a free society. When its alumni...