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The Trinitonian exercises editorial independence

The Trinitonian exercises editorial independence

Diya Contractor, Opinion Editor November 21, 2024

Jeff Bezos is at it again. The Washington Post’s editorial team made the decision to stop endorsing presidential candidates going forward. One of their TikTok reporters blamed Bezos for this, claiming...

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...

LESS IS ALWAYS Going to be MORE

LESS IS ALWAYS Going to be MORE

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor November 14, 2024

These past couple of weeks, I’ve been running around constantly. I was at a media convention with the Trinitonian over Halloween; we decided the Saturday we got back to cover the election in Bexar county;...

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...

Don’t let expectations ruin celebrations

Don’t let expectations ruin celebrations

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor October 31, 2024

A couple of weeks ago, I found out I would be going to New Orleans for a college media convention. It was a great opportunity to learn more about journalism and to improve my work. The only catch was that...

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...

Being in the limbo of post-graduate plans

Being in the limbo of post-graduate plans

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor October 17, 2024

I’ve officially reached the point in my college career when I’m forced to think about what happens AFTER. I mapped it out in my head the moment I got here. When people would bring up careers or graduate...

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...

We need to talk about intimate partner violence

We need to talk about intimate partner violence

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor October 3, 2024

*Content warning: sexual violence This week, Natasha Trethewey, poet and memoirist, visited Trinity University to read and discuss her work. Her pieces encompass many topics, but she focuses on two...

Your imposter syndrome could be telling you something

Your imposter syndrome could be telling you something

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor September 26, 2024

This week, I wrote my first article as managing editor. It was in the section I worked in for two years; it was simple event coverage of the Nicholas Kristof lecture on Sept. 19 — something so familiar...

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...

Reminding you that your life is full of good things

Reminding you that your life is full of good things

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor September 12, 2024

Since the moment I left in May, I anxiously waited to be back on campus. Not because I don’t love being home — I do. I have cultivated a life here, and compared to the solitude and silence of sitting...