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The Student News Site of Trinity University

Trinitonian

Graduation stoles sit on display in Office of Student Inclusion and Belonging.

Inclusive graduations bring significance to stoles

Trinity opens up the inclusive ceremonies to all graduates for this year
Monica Martinez, News Reporter April 25, 2025

All graduates can now attend any of the five inclusive ceremonies on May 16 to celebrate their upcoming graduation. Along with the traditional graduation ceremonies, Trinity holds Kente, De Colores, Lavender,...

Wellness services hands out free donuts, ribbons, stickers, and informational flyers for teal week

Why was everyone wearing teal?

It’s On Us and Wellness Services host Teal Week for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Monica Martinez, News Reporter April 18, 2025

Students and staff wore teal ribbons and clothing for Trinity’s annual Teal Week hosted by It’s On Us from April 7 to 11. Teal is associated with sexual assault violence prevention, and wearing teal...

MADELYN STOVALL transitions into SGA Vice President after finding passion in finances.

Meet the new SGA

Monica Martinez, News Reporter April 10, 2025

Omar Ratrut, junior political science major, and sophomore Madelyn Stovall, sophomore political science major, are the new president and vice president for the 2025-2026 school year. Each class also got...

Watch what you flush

Herndon leaks caused by backed-up pipes
Monica Martinez, News Reporter March 27, 2025

On March 2, the Harold D. Herndon first-floor GroupMe received notifications about an all too familiar event: the toilets in some rooms started leaking sewage water, leading to standing water in resident...

Julie Schwam working in the Bell Center.

Show me the money, honey

TU institutionalizes the funding for student wages at the Bell Center
Monica Martinez, News Reporter March 20, 2025

Starting this spring, Trinity, instead of the Student Activity Fee, will fund student wages for on-campus jobs at the William H. Bell Center. This will match the precedent the university follows by funding...

Structure put up at the Welcome Center

Ready. Set. Rise.

Trinity’s new strategic plan set to make future campus adjustments
Monica Martinez, News Reporter March 6, 2025

President Vanessa Beasley announced Trinity’s new strategic plan, “Ready. Set. Rise,” and their fundraising campaign, “Our Time,” in an email to Trinity students on Feb. 21. Beasley offered links...

From Left: Ruby Welch and Anakin Becker assemble bridge supports

Dry spaghetti, hot glue and triangles

American Society of Mechanical Engineers at Trinity hosts first Spaghetti Bridge contest
Monica Martinez, News Reporter February 27, 2025

Trinity’s ASME student chapter held its first Spaghetti Bridge contest on Feb. 21. Teams were tasked to make functional bridges with uncooked spaghetti and glue. Spaghetti Bridge contests are a common...

New kids on the block learn the ropes

New kids on the block learn the ropes

Fraternity and Sorority Life 2025 spring orientation comes to a close after a season of new policies
Monica Martinez, News Reporter February 20, 2025

One fourth of the undergraduate population is involved in Fraternity or Sorority Life at Trinity. Orientation — a time for the newest members to bond with their organization — started on Jan. 31 and...

Mike Capuano (left) and Joe Heck (middle) responding to questions from Kyle Gillette (right)

Going across the aisle

Congress to Campus promotes collaborative dialogue
Monica Martinez, News Reporter February 11, 2025

On Feb. 4, former congressmen Mike Capuano of Massachusetts and Joe Heck of Nevada came to campus as a part of The Conversation, a new series dedicated to fostering constructive dialogue and productive...

Courtesy photo of Maria Raper

Remembering Diane Persellin’s impact: “a mover and a shaker”

Monica Martinez, News Reporter February 6, 2025

The basement of the Margarite B. Parker Chapel has been the home to the Trinity Handbell Ensemble since its inception in 1977. Passing by the classroom, you will see handbells of various sizes and sounds...

A slam dunk for Trinity

A slam dunk for Trinity

SGA and SPB host Tiger’s Night Out
Monica Martinez, News Reporter January 26, 2025

With the advent of a new semester, 300 members of the Trinity University community traveled to the Frost Bank Center to cheer on various Trinity choir members and watch the San Antonio Spurs take on the...

“The time is always right to do what is right”

After a year away, Trinity participates in the 38th annual MLK March
Monica Martinez, News Reporter January 23, 2025

Despite 30-degree temperatures and biting wind, universities, corporations and local groups attended the 38th annual Martin Luther King Jr. March on Jan. 20. Among the thousands of people there, Trinity...