The following covers the meeting on Sept. 18. This week’s meeting was held in the Underwood Room in the Skyline Dining Room. The change in location was to accommodate Charles Robles, food service director for Aramark, for a presentation on behalf of Dining Services. CLIMATE CHECK Sophomore senator Ben Falcon asked whether SGA would be continuing to supply feminine products...

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Photo by Genevieve Humphreys. After three years without a single skunk sighting, junior Triniti Lemmons has had three encounters with skunks this semester alone. “I was walking back from the library with my roommate, and we were walking towards Storch. We turned the corner, and there was a skunk right there. Obviously, it scared us, and I guess we scared...

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Photo by Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh Everyone was a winner at this year’s Louis H. Stumberg Venture Plan Competition, with two money prizes awarded, a tie for Fan Favorite, and a withdrawal from the competition. The grand prize winner was LuxTurn Technologies with StorySpread as runner up. The fifth annual Stumberg Venture Plan Competition, held on Sept. 18 in the Ruth Taylor...

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Photo by Matthew Claybrook On Monday night, about 20 students attended a lecture given by Sarah Sloane, writer and educator, about nontraditional sexuality and relationships. This lecture was sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Women and Gender Studies Program. The talk was organized by Amy Stone, professor of sociology and anthropology. “I think it’s important to...

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Graphic by Quinn Butterfield In May 2020, the election timeline for university-sponsored organizations and registered student organizations will switch from a calendar-year model to the academic-year model. The shift to the academic-year system marks a return to a model used in 2013. Right now, under the calendar-year model, officers are elected in November and serve a term spanning two academic...

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FOUR NEW TRUSTEES HIRED This semester, four new trustees were elected to Trinity’s Board of Trustees, and all of them are women. After this addition, there are 36 trustees on the board. According to Tess Coody-Anders, vice president for strategic communications and marketing, university president Danny Anderson has been trying to add more trustees to the board. Since Anderson was...

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Photo by Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh. Correction: The original version of this article stated that the total project cost was $69.5 million and would be funded from university reserves. Trinity’s Master Plan, approved in 2017, slates the Chapman-Hasell renovation to begin in 2020 and considers improvements to the main entrance, parking and athletics redesign. The Master Plan is a part of Trinity...

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Photo by Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh. Correction: The original version of this article implied that faculty and staff advisers are responsible for informing student organizations about the new law. However, that is the responsibility of the institution and Student Involvement. The original version of this article also stated that the training for Greek life that starts Oct. 4 is a requirement for...

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Photo by Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh Texas updated Title IX regulations over the summer in Senate Bill 212, with the Texas government mainly updating definitions of old policies. The biggest change, however, is to the Policy on Mandatory Reporting Requirements as of Sept. 1. While faculty were already mandatory reporters under the agreement to be responsible employees which was included in the...

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This covers the meeting held on Sept. 11. The meeting was held in Northrup 214, as opposed to the usual Waxahachie Room, because the Board of Trustees meeting will be held the following day in Waxahachie. The room was reserved for setup. President Ty Tinker, senior, announced that SGA has confirmed a partnership with MOVE SA to help register students...

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