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Previously, on SGA: Potential housing changes and funding requests

The following covers the meeting on March 3

Logan Crews, Editor-in-Chief • March 3, 2022

New senator introduction To start the meeting, President Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh introduced David Casillas, the newest senator for the Class of 2023. Climate Check Communications Chair Rebecca...

Previously, on SGA: Boiler reaches boiling point

The following covers the SGA meeting on Feb. 23

Alejandra Gerlach, Managing Editor • February 24, 2022

The normal order of SGA meetings was disrupted as the senior director for facility services James Baker and the associate director of facility services Ernesto Gonzalez were in attendance to answer questions...

Previously, on SGA: Mabee mishaps and calculator rentals

The following covers the meeting on Feb. 16

Logan Crews, Editor-in-chief • February 17, 2022

First-year Senator Ella Charbonnet kicked off Climate Check asking if there was any word on vending machines for menstrual products being installed in women’s restrooms. President Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh...

Menstrual products for all

Rachel Oliver, Opinion editor • February 17, 2022

On too many occasions my stomach has dropped when I realize that I started my period but forgot to bring a tampon. Occasionally, bathrooms have vending machines, but these take quarters which I never carry....

Finding a solution for expensive textbooks

SGA collects student data to assess expenses per department

Audrey Deering, Pulse reporter • February 17, 2022

Every student knows the feeling of reluctantly paying hundreds of dollars every semester for textbooks, despite already having received the bill for their semester tuition. No one enjoys the recurring...

Previously, on SGA: It’s funding season

The following covers the SGA meeting on Feb. 9

Logan Crews, Managing Editor • February 12, 2022

President Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh started off the meeting by saying this was meant to be a funding meeting, but SGA received no requests. Climate Check Sophomore senator Danny Nguyen began the climate...

Previously on SGA: Stress is high, but textbook prices are higher

The following covers the SGA meeting on Feb. 2

Logan Crews, Managing Editor • February 12, 2022

Climate Check Junior senator Indigo Pearson started Climate Check with concerns over strict attendance policies outlined at the beginning of the semester. Adviser Demetrius Brown, Dean of Students,...

Previously, on SGA: Student safety and wellbeing

The following covers the meeting on Oct. 20.

Phoebe Murphy, News Editor • October 21, 2021

Climate Check Sophomore senator Danae Barkocy began climate check by inquiring about the rules for off-campus groups holding events like tabling at Trinity. President Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh, senior, and...

Previously, on SGA: Changes to come

Dana Nichols, Editor-in-Chief • September 19, 2021

Climate check This week’s climate check began with concerns regarding TigerPAWS. Junior senator Sol Rivas Lopes said that she had attempted to check her grade point average through the webpage and was...

Feasibility study for self-operating dining model approved

The study comes after Tigers Against Aramark (TAA) voiced their concerns about Aramark's ties to the prison-industrial complex

Logan Crews, Web Editor • April 25, 2021

A year ago, junior Rachel Poovathoor and sophomore Brandon Niday did not know if the Tigers Against Aramark (TAA) coalition they created would still be active today. They did not know that, thanks to their...

Unidentified individuals knock on student doors

The unidentified men were spotted lingering around Calvert Hall knocking on women's doors

Dana Nichols, News Editor • December 31, 2020

Just after midnight on Nov. 11, the Residential Life Office received a report that two unidentified men were knocking on the doors of residents' rooms in the area of Calvert Residence Hall, looking for...

Tigers Against Aramark continue push for contract repeal

Student-led group continues to push for alternative dining

Gloria Farris, News Intern • December 31, 2020

Earlier this October, the student group Tigers Against Aramark (TAA) publicized the demand that Trinity break its contract with the food provider Aramark. After releasing a shared statement and sharing...