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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...

Anxiety, the presidential election and what you can do about it

Anxiety, the presidential election and what you can do about it

Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief September 5, 2024

Welcome to a presidential election year! Cue the patriotic music, invigorating public debates and magical first-time voting experiences. Isn’t it an exciting time to be on a college campus? For more...

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I was a teenage (and twentysomething) journalist

Sarah Fisher, Editor-in-Chief April 25, 2024

I’ve treated most of these editorials like personal diary entries, which I’m sure they’re not supposed to be, but this is my last issue of the Trinitonian — so let me have this one more time. Honestly,...

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Write a legacy for years to come

Ava Peinhardt, Managing Editor April 25, 2024

When I took the position of managing editor last December, I did not picture myself knee-deep in newspapers from over four years ago with ink stains all over my hands. But that’s just the nature of the...

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Change is slow, don’t stress yourself about it

Sarah Fisher, Editor-in-Chief April 18, 2024

In my first editorial, I wrote about how cool it was to get the opportunity to make our time at Trinity our own, to create a new Trinity experience in the wake of traditions that seemed lost to COVID,...

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Across states and across generations, liberal arts remain

Ava Peinhardt, Managing Editor April 11, 2024

As a member of the Trinity community, there are a couple reasons why you might recognize the name Birmingham-Southern College (BSC). Both schools belong to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,...

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You don’t read the Trinitonian? Keep that to yourself

Ivanna Job-Bek, Currently Unemployed April 4, 2024

This piece is entirely satirical as a part our April Fool’s edition, the Trinibonian. I’m going to level with y’all: working for the Trinitonian as long as I have has not been a wholly pleasant...

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I get that you love your dog — but don’t let it jump on me

Sarah Fisher, Editor-in-Chief March 30, 2024

I’ve had a phobia of dogs for as long as I can remember. No, I don’t have a specific trauma related to a dog attacking me or anything, which I feel like I should explain based on the number of times...

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Can I just graduate already? When senioritis sets in

Ava Peinhardt, Managing Editor March 21, 2024

It’s been a long four years, and this last one has been no different. Now that spring break has come and gone, the rest of the semester is laid bare, and the end is finally in sight. Graduation is only...