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Event organizers cancel ‘Progress for Palestine’

Students raised questions about the reasons for the cancellation of the panel

Keira Cahill, News Reporter • February 20, 2025

Event sponsors, including professors and MSA leaders, canceled the “Progress for Palestine” Panel, scheduled for Feb. 5. The event would have featured three professors, Judith Norman, Habiba Noor and...

The struggle of Palestinian protests on campus

Students and faculty face challenges while trying to stand in solidarity

Robin Bernal, News Reporter • October 3, 2024

Over the past year of constant bombing of Gaza by Israel following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, students and faculty have made continuous efforts at Trinity University to organize events related to the...

TU MSA: So long as there is occupation

TU MSA, Guest Columnist • February 29, 2024

Morgan Powers’ “Letter to the Editor” is paradigmatic of the consequences of writing on a subject that one has no prior knowledge of. The comparison between Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)...

Colonialism and genocide don’t have two sides

Trinity needs to speak for the side of justice regarding Israel’s campaign in Gaza

Colin Houston, Opinion Columnist • February 15, 2024

A population of 2.3 million people, 47% of whom are children, are being relentlessly bombed, shot at, deprived of shelter and starved to death every day. Tens of thousands are dead, and our government...

Guest column: At the time that I write to you

Kai Valesquez, Guest Columnist • February 1, 2024

To the students, staff and faculty of the Trinity community, I write to you first to introduce myself — I am not Palestinian, and I have never had the privilege of being able to see their beautiful...

Chalk washed away on the first day of classes

Trinity students draw with chalk to advocate for a “Free Palestine”

Harper Horn-Clegg, News Reporter • January 25, 2024

Those scrolling through social media or walking to their first early morning classes of the semester may have encountered one of the multiple displays of sidewalk chalk across campus promoting support...

Palestine Teach-In event draws overflowing crowd

MSA’s educational event on the Israel-Palestine situation sees remarkable turnout

Harper Horn-Clegg, News Reporter • November 9, 2023

The Muslim Student Association (MSA), in coordination with several academic departments, hosted the Teach-In on Palestine. The event was created to provide students with an opportunity to learn about the...