Illustration by Andrea NebhutA few months ago, I wrote about inauthentic ethnic food at Mabee. For the people who took time out of their day to call me “entitled” and told me to be happy with my unseasoned stir-fry, I don’t think this column is for you. However, if you’re a frazzled undergrad reading this from your brand new kitchen...

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Illustration by Andrea Nebhut Why do we write these columns? Do we expect to change minds? To magically change the opinions of our fellow students to match our own? It may seem like the Trinitonian opinion section is full of shouts into the void, just angry people hoping to cause an uproar about something. But the reality is that this...

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Photo by Henry Pratt “What are you?” It’s a question I’ve been asked more than once. They weren’t asking about my major or my class year. They were asking about my race and in a weirdly blunt way if you ask me. I suppose, in a way, they were trying to be considerate. They wanted to know what kinds of...

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Let’s face it: on this campus, most of us love to read, rant and respond to the various escapades of our fellow conservative students. Whether it’s writing response articles to their infamous Commie Cookies event last semester or watching them roll a giant beach ball around campus for people to write on, it’s easy for those of us who don’t...

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Graphic by Alex Parris; Illustrations by Andrea Nebhut and Genevieve HumphreysTwo weeks ago, I wrote about the value of deplatforming oppressive speech in certain situations, including refusing to have speakers like far-right pundit Dinesh D'Souza on our campus. This column garnered a good amount of response, including a column last week from guest columnist Benjamin Collinger. While Collinger brings up...

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Illustration by Andrea Nebhut“I don’t like what you say, but I will defend your right to say it.” A powerful phrase which, although might be a bit cliché at this point, has significant implications for the way in which we view free speech in our country. Not only does the law protect you from being persecuted for your views, but...

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Illustration by Genevieve Humphreys On paper, breakups should be a basic process: end the relationship, go your separate ways and never see each other again. Of course, it’s never actually that simple. If you’ve ever dated another student on a small campus like ours, odds are that you regularly run into your ex, whether it’s in class, at parties or...

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Photo by Matthew Claybrook Around this time in the semester, the “new year” is beginning to look less and less new. We students are getting back into the habit of going to class, doing our homework, going to work and slowly forgetting about those treasured resolutions we made a few weeks ago. We’ve all been there: we start the year...

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University officials managing Trinity’s endowment are currently monitoring the upcoming federal tax on private university endowments. The endowment tax, which the U. S. Congress passed in late 2017 as part of the comprehensive Republican tax bill, would affect institutions with endowments valued at more than $500,000 per student. “The law is not very specific, so the Treasury Department and the...

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Students in the humanities, business and economics can expect to see changes to their learning environment as major renovations to Chapman Center and Halsell Center are slated to break ground in late 2019. The project — estimated to cost 75 million dollars — will primarily include interior renovations of the two buildings as well as the construction of a new...

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