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No more junior/senior meal plan

No more junior/senior meal plan

Trinity Dining alters the meal plans offered to students for upcoming school year
Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor February 15, 2025

On Thursday, Feb. 13, Trinity Dining sent out an email to students outlining changes to the meal plans for the 2025-2026 school year. The changes included raising prices, lowering the overall amount of...

You gotta look for the love to love

You gotta look for the love to love

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor February 13, 2025

I used to be a Valentine’s Day hater. The holiday felt so fake — a scam curated by Hallmark to sell cards and streams of their terrible romantic comedies. I, a self-proclaimed contrarian in high school,...

I’m begging you, keep our organizations alive

I’m begging you, keep our organizations alive

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor February 7, 2025

In last week’s edition, Katie Amdur, our wonderful news section editor, reported on the upcoming budget cuts for university-sponsored organizations and registered-student organizations. I won’t get...

Remembering Bucee

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...

LESS IS ALWAYS Going to be MORE

LESS IS ALWAYS Going to be MORE

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor November 14, 2024

These past couple of weeks, I’ve been running around constantly. I was at a media convention with the Trinitonian over Halloween; we decided the Saturday we got back to cover the election in Bexar county;...

Previously, on SGA: University archivist shares crazy stories

Previously, on SGA: University archivist shares crazy stories

The following covers the meeting on Nov. 6.
Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor November 14, 2024

CLIMATE CHECK First-year Senator Nellie Clark updated SGA on her plan to meet with Brandi Jones, vice president for people, culture and community, to increase involvement with the San Antonio community....

Don’t let expectations ruin celebrations

Don’t let expectations ruin celebrations

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor October 31, 2024

A couple of weeks ago, I found out I would be going to New Orleans for a college media convention. It was a great opportunity to learn more about journalism and to improve my work. The only catch was that...

Being in the limbo of post-graduate plans

Being in the limbo of post-graduate plans

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor October 17, 2024

I’ve officially reached the point in my college career when I’m forced to think about what happens AFTER. I mapped it out in my head the moment I got here. When people would bring up careers or graduate...

We need to talk about intimate partner violence

We need to talk about intimate partner violence

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor October 3, 2024

*Content warning: sexual violence This week, Natasha Trethewey, poet and memoirist, visited Trinity University to read and discuss her work. Her pieces encompass many topics, but she focuses on two...

 Nicholas Kristoff, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist

Maverick lecturer encourages students to make their mark

Journalist Nicholas Kristof discusses open dialogue in other countries and the need for it here
Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor September 26, 2024

Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and author, spoke in Laurie Auditorium for the 14th annual Maverick Lecture on Sept. 19. He also gathered a handful of students...

Your imposter syndrome could be telling you something

Your imposter syndrome could be telling you something

Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor September 26, 2024

This week, I wrote my first article as managing editor. It was in the section I worked in for two years; it was simple event coverage of the Nicholas Kristof lecture on Sept. 19 — something so familiar...

Previously, on SGA: Brushing up on the Bylaws

Previously, on SGA: Brushing up on the Bylaws

The following covers the meeting on Sept. 4.
Samara Gerstle, Managing Editor September 5, 2024

Before beginning the meeting, Senior senator Harrison Tinker took attendance and President Joy Areola welcomed everyone back. She went on to introduce the agenda, and opened the floor to senators for climate...