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Police and the fetish for justified violence

Luke Eakin October 31, 2019

Illustration by Andrea NebhutThere exists a certain sort of person who is common in America. This person, upon hearing that killing someone was wrong unless it’s in self-defense, thinks to themselves,...

Photo credit: Andrea Nebhut

Gun control PSAs place responsibility on the wrong people

Natalia Salas October 3, 2019

Illustration by Andrea NebhutOn Sept. 17, I saw a Sandy Hook Promise PSA going around about school shootings, as I’m sure many of you have seen by now. It was about “back-to-school” products,...

photo by Chloe Sonnier, staff photographer

Trinity Forum club prompts community discussion

Gabriella Garriga April 11, 2018

As Christian Young sat in history class listening to his professor describe the salons of the Enlightenment period, Young imagined the people in the salons: their elaborate clothing, their odd food and...

illustration by Liz Day, graphics editor

Point-Counterpoint: Two takes on the Second Amendment

Jordan Bruce April 9, 2018

“The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” — so states the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment, which allows citizens to possess firearms, has played a vital role...

photo by Stephen Sumrall-Orsak

March for our lives: Admirable movement, flawed manifesto

Noelle Barrera April 4, 2018

On Saturday, March 24, I participated in March For Our Lives along with members of Trinity Progressives and other members of the Trinity community. MFOL was pioneered by Parkland students activists such...

photo by Stephen Sumrall-Orsak

Why I attended the March for our Lives

Emily Bourgeois April 4, 2018

It began like a normal day. I was in seventh grade at the time — 12 years old — and had stayed up the night before studying for a geography exam. The periods came: first, second, third and fourth....

illustration by Andrea Nebhut, staff illustrator; graphic by Liz Day, graphics editor

T-Prog to “March For Our Lives”

Amber Adickes March 22, 2018

In response to the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, which resulted in the death of 17 students, a nationwide protest against gun violence called March For Our Lives, will be held....

First-year TFL member Kurt Hardee, center-left, argued against strict gun control with Isaiah Mitchell, left, a sophomore member of the Trinity debate team. Sophomores Simone Washington, T-Prog member, and Ansh Khullar, member of the debate team, argued for stricter gun control. Photo by Chloe Sonnier, staff photographer.

Student groups hold gun control debate

Bobby Watson November 29, 2017

To spread political awareness on campus, the Trinity University Forensic Society (TUFS) and the Contemporary, a student-run online publication that focuses on public affairs, hosted a debate over gun control....