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At yeast the bagels are back

Einstein Bagels in Coates Student Center reopens after closing for some renovations

Keira Cahill, News Reporter • February 6, 2025

After closing in December 2024 for renovations, the Einstein Bros bagel company in the Coates Student Center is back up and running. The updates included new paint, a renovated storefront and the removal...

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...

Previously, on SGA: Funding for business department denied

Adom Richards, Opinion Columnist • January 31, 2025

The following covers the meeting on Jan. 29. CLASS OF 2028 SENATOR VACANCY SGA elected a first-year senator to fill a vacancy. Kate Gregory, William Regan, Eva Smith, Andrew Cersonek, Gabe Irvine,...

Thomas laundry room takes a fiery turn

Fire caused by a clothing dryer in Thomas Hall sparks concerns about facilities management and safety

Keira Cahill, News Reporter • January 30, 2025

Late last semester in the midst of finals, a fire started in the third floor Bruce Thomas Hall dryers. The incident caused the fire alarm to go off in the Thomas and Camille Lightner Residence Halls, forcing...

What Trump’s immigration policy means for campus

Kat McKinney, News Reporter • January 30, 2025

The inauguration of President Trump last week on Jan. 20 sparked renewed concern among Trinity University students. Trump’s previously uncertain immigration plans are beginning to take shape through...

The Student Funds have dwindled

Trinity’s Student Government Association announces changes in future funding

Katie Amdur, News Editor • January 30, 2025

On Dec. 5, the Student Government Association announced dramatic changes to how various student organizations will be funded next year. These changes come after leftover pandemic era funds have finally...

Previously on SGA: Proposals for new bylaws

Al Stubblefield, Arts Reporter • January 27, 2025

The following covers the meeting on Jan. 22. CLIMATE CHECK Senior Senator Jackson Delhagen requested that Facilities physically mark alternate routes to the construction on campus. President...

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...

Title IX over the years at Trinity

In five years there’s been four coordinators and two sets of regulations

Giovanna Campolo, Copy Editor • November 22, 2024

Since 2021, there have been four different Title IX coordinators at Trinity University and two sets of federal regulations. The Title IX office ensures the university is compliant with the civil rights...

Remembering Bucee

Students gather to remember the life of the late Trinicat

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor • November 21, 2024

This past Saturday, Nov. 16, Bucee, a new arrival to the community of Trinicats, passed away. Two Trinity University students found Bucee, known by many as “Buck,” dead on Stadium Drive from what appeared...

News Brief: The day Trinity University lost its iconic chime

Ngoc Minh Thu Nguyen, News Reporter • November 21, 2024

On Nov. 7, the lower-sounding of the 60-year-old bells of Murchison Tower stopped working, leaving the tower silent and missing its hourly chimes for nearly a day. Facilities Services repaired it and brought...