On Tuesday morning, water was discovered in the basement of Chapman Building (CGC), covering the floors of all classrooms. The source of the water break was a broken urinal handle. Facilities services suspects that the break was caused on purpose. Jim Baker, director of Facilities Services, worked with TUPD to learn how the leak started. “As of [Tuesday] afternoon, we’re...

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Photo by Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh The Faculty Senate is working to implement a new initiative that would allow contingent faculty members to serve and vote on the senate, the governing body for Trinity faculty. As of now, contingent (non-tenure-track) faculty members are not allowed to serve on the committee. At Trinity, there are several categories of professors, each of which determines...

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Last semester and over the summer, there have been water outages throughout residential halls. According to Jim Baker, senior director of Facilities Services, these water outages are generally due to the way buildings on campus are built. “For example, Thomas Hall … the water line runs straight up the building and then turns and feeds all the bathrooms,” Baker said....

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Photo by Matthew Claybrook The Writing Center tutor-training program recently received the International Tutor Training Program Certification from the College Reading & Learning Association (CRLA). In the Writing Center, trained peer tutors offer writing advice to students during all stages of the writing process, on all levels of composition, from overall argument structure to syntax and punctuation. The training process...

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Photo by Mona Mirpour Buildings and resources on campus are reserved solely for the Trinity University community, unless permission is otherwise granted to outsiders. Though a private institution, Trinity University also functions as an open campus. Being a private university means that the facilities on campus are reserved for Trinity faculty, staff and students; the university is an open campus...

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Photo provided by Elizabeth Nelson. This is an updated version of a story that was published online on Friday, Sept. 20. Water flooded multiple spaces in the Ruth Taylor Theater Building Friday morning, including the Stieren Theatre, the debate room and the paint studio. This is the second building to flood on upper campus this month. Sophomore and theatre student...

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The following covers the meeting on Sept. 25. CAMPUS CLIMATE CHECK Senior senator Juana Suarez said that the water fountain on the first floor of the library leaks and has been for a while. President Ty Tinker, senior, suggested she reach out to Facilities Services. Sophomore senator Noor Rahman noted that the bathrooms in CSI don’t flush late in the...

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Photo by Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh. The 1869 Challenge has sparked marketing scandals over problematic posts from Dining Services and the Athletics Department that elicited backlash from students. The 1869 challenge is put on by the Alumni Relations and Development department. The purpose is to raise student donations for the university. Every year, there is a community donation challenge that involves someone...

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POWER OUTAGE Due to a power outage, the Trinity community lost all power across campus around 3:47 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23, for approximately one hour. Ivan Pendergast, emergency manager of Facility Services, sent an email to the Trinity community about two hours after the outage began. Power had been restored at this point. The outage was caused by City...

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Photo by Gabriella Garriga. Correction: In the original version of this story, the Trinitonian mischaracterized Deneese Jones's letter to Caroline Tran as an official statement released by the university. The Trinitonian accessed the letter through the Twitter thread Tran posted. Updated September 13, 2019. In Fall 2018, then-junior Caroline Tran accused chemistry professor Adam Urbach of sexual harassment. Tran reported...

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