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Mock Trial meeting in Northrup to prepare for competition

Trinity Mock Trial to achieve national ranking for the first time in the club’s history

This untraditional competitive team is representing Trinity even without a coach
Monica Martinez, News Reporter March 23, 2023

While students were going their separate ways for spring break, 12 students from Trinity’s Mock Trial team traveled to Fort Worth to represent Trinity at the Open Round Championship Series (ORCS). This...

Chartwells to introduce similar rotating dining service

Chartwells to introduce similar rotating dining service

The concept of Revolve will live on as Trinity makes the switch to new dining provider
Joshua Mitra, News Reporter March 23, 2023

Amidst Trinity’s transition from Aramark to Chartwells as dining service provider, the future of many of the food vendors with which students are familiar is up in the air. With each merchant, Chartwells...

Latinx Leadership events plan to pop the “Trinity bubble”

Latinx Leadership events plan to pop the “Trinity bubble”

The class hosts five events this spring to spread Latinx culture and connect students
Samara Gerstle, News Reporter March 23, 2023

Latinx Leadership’s lotería night on March 8 rang in the first of five events planned to take place in upcoming weeks. The class is hosting a Kickball Carne Asada on March 31, a leadership summit on...

ASL club works toward gaining language credit

ASL club works toward gaining language credit

American Sign Language club collects support across campus in fight for language credit
Samara Gerstle, News Reporter March 9, 2023

Since the beginning of the semester, officers of the American Sign Language (ASL) club at Trinity have been working with administration to accept credit from ASL classes taken in high school or at other...

Trinity women in choir sing at the performance during Women's History Month.

This March, Trinity observes Women’s History Month

Organizations and departments hold events and offer resources to celebrate women
Pao Mendoza, News Reporter March 9, 2023

Trinity University rang in Women’s History Month with an array of events and services involving groups and departments across campus, from women and gender studies (WAGS), to the student diversity and...

Illustration to commemorate 1 year of the invasion

Ukraine and Russia continue to clash on the world stage

International conflict surpasses one year of fighting with no clear end in sight
Joshua Mitra, News Reporter March 9, 2023

Russian forces invaded Ukraine under the command of Russian president Vladimir Putin on Feb. 24, 2022, initiating an international conflict that has lasted for just upwards of a year. Despite initial uncertainty...

Ross Gay introduces himself at the Ross Gay lecture event.

Ross Gay spreads delight at reading

Poet and writer Ross Gay visited campus for a prose reading, Q&A and book signing
Samara Gerstle, News Reporter March 2, 2023

On Tuesday Feb. 21, Ross Gay, poet and creative nonfiction writer, visited Trinity as a part of the annual Stieren Arts Enrichment Series (SAES) for the English program. The English department held a Q&A...

Black Essence Festival returns to campus

Black Essence Festival returns to campus

Black Student Union and Trinity Diversity Connection host second-annual Black Essence Festival
Monica Martinez, News Reporter March 2, 2023

On Saturday, Feb. 24, the Coates Esplanade was filled with live music, games and food from San Antonio area Black vendors to celebrate Black culture. The second annual Black Essence Festival was sponsored...

SGA president Danny Nguyen moderated Tuesday's RFP committee panel.

Town hall reveals new info about Chartwells changes

Alejandra Gerlach, Managing Editor March 2, 2023

On Tuesday, Feb. 28, six members of the Request for Proposal (RFP) committee which selected Trinity's new dining contract, served as panelists at a town hall meeting in the Fiesta Room. The meeting was...

Senior Thao Dinh waits to read her script at the LNY dress rehearsal.

AAPI organizations put on a Lunar New Year celebration

Annual event brings returning and new performances from dance to poetry to fashion
Monica Martinez, News Reporter February 23, 2023

The hard work of more than 90 student performers in various Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) student organizations will be realized at Trinity’s annual Lunar New Year celebration on Friday,...

Trinity trades out Aramark for Chartwells

Trinity trades out Aramark for Chartwells

Trinity moves toward more ethical dining while protecting the jobs of frontline employees
Samara Gerstle, News Reporter February 23, 2023

Trinity announced on Feb. 13 that it will be switching dining service partners to Chartwells after 50 years with Aramark. Sheryl Tynes stated in an email to students that Chartwells “truly reflect[s]...

Are snow days now a thing of the past?

Are snow days now a thing of the past?

In-person classes were canceled at the end of January, but classes were still in session online
Joshua Mitra, News Reporter February 16, 2023

On Jan. 30, Lorenzo Sanchez, Trinity emergency manager, emailed the entire student body to announce the cancellation of in-person classes due to winter weather. Zoom services were implemented to accommodate...