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Sidewalk Symposium: Are you going to the polls?

Anthony Romero, Sports Reporter • October 10, 2024

Sonja Postma, junior mathematical finance and economics double-major Are you voting? “Yes.” Why are you voting? “I think it’s important to vote so that my voice is heard and politics...

Texas will be blue: What does it mean for the country?

Adom Richards, Opinion Columnist • October 10, 2024

The Republican path to victory is based on the dated, fleeting assumption that Texas will always be red. In reality, Texas has been trending left for decades; Texas went to George W. Bush in 2000 by 21...

How student orgs are approaching the 2024 election

Pipp Phichairatanaphong, Social Media Coordinator • October 10, 2024

With the presidential election coming up in just less than a month, Trinity’s student-led political organizations have been focused on increasing student voter registration and civic engagement. With...

Guest Column: Voting and our two-party system

John Hermann, Guest Columnist • October 10, 2024

JOHN HERMANN GUEST COLUMNIST [email protected] Although not expressly mentioned in the United States Constitution, political parties play an integral role in the American political system. In relation...

Voting and civic awareness: Key takeaways from the TDC Election Event

Ngoc Minh Thu Nguyen, News Reporter • October 3, 2024

On Wednesday Sept. 25, Trinity Diversity Connection (TDC) hosted a discussion in Dicke Hall about voting and the upcoming November elections. The event featured Alex Birnel, advocacy director at M.O.V.E....

Efforts to stop election fraud limit voting access at Trinity

As Texas promotes voter integrity programs across the state, Trinity students are limited in their access to voting

Keira Cahill, News Reporter • September 12, 2024

With the 2024 election around the corner, the Texas state government’s crack-down on election fraud with voter integrity programs has created barriers for Trinity students working to get an on-campus...

Anxiety, the presidential election and what you can do about it

Catherine Zarr, Editor-in-Chief • September 5, 2024

Welcome to a presidential election year! Cue the patriotic music, invigorating public debates and magical first-time voting experiences. Isn’t it an exciting time to be on a college campus? For more...

Organizations encourage students to vote

Approaching primary elections spur calls for voter registration

Harper Horn-Clegg, News Reporter • February 8, 2024

As the Texas presidential primaries approach, organizations both on and off campus have been working at Trinity to educate and register students to vote. Though many of these organizations operate year-round,...

Wait, there’s an election this week?

Diya Contractor, Copy Editor and Opinion Columnist • November 2, 2023

Unless it’s planted right next to a confederate flag, I love seeing the “Vote Against Prop 3” signs on people’s front lawns (they’re right, seriously, vote against Proposition Three). These signs...

You should care about voting

Your vote counts, even if you don’t take an interest in politics

Riya Vankamamidi, Opinion Columnist • October 20, 2023

I’ve never cared about politics. As terrible as it sounds, keeping up with current events is not a priority for me, and I seldom have knowledge about what’s going on in the world until I overhear some...

Exercise your right: Registering and remembering to vote

National Voter Registration Day demystifies the voting process at Trinity

Monica Martinez, News Reporter • September 28, 2023

The TU Voter Engagement Task Force, the office of the dean of students and Trinity Democracy Fellows hosted the National Voter Registration Day event on the Coates Esplanade. Federal law mandates that...

Voting: What you don’t know will hurt you

Your fear is not an excuse for a lack of trying

Diya Contractor, Opinion Columnist • April 27, 2023

Over the last few years, the political climate has been an actualization of my nightmares. From Kanye West’s presidential candidacy to heads of state trading making nuclear war threats via Twitter, the...