Photo by Matthew Claybrook Then-sophomore Isabella Rizzo was asked to leave the Bell Center for wearing an athletic crop top in early Fall 2018 that didn’t comply with dress code. Since then, she has started a petition against of the dress code policy at the Bell Center’s workout facility. The current dress code policy at the Bell Center general-use workout...

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Graphic by Quinn Butterfield First-years and sophomores at Trinity have been the main perpetrators of honor council violations for the past few years. Specifically, about a fifth of the cases during the 2018–2019 year come from the First-Year Experience (FYE) courses, according to the Honor Council. The Honor Council is a board of students that upholds and spreads information about...

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Illustration by Andrea Nebhut Tempted to go home just because you’re bored? Read this guide to find much better ways you can spend your time and money while getting to know San AntonioFor many Trinity students, it’s easy to find yourself trapped in the “Trinity Bubble” as soon as you arrive on campus. You go to class, go to Mabee...

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Photo by Oliver Chapin-EiserlohChick-fil-A was first brought to campus during Aug. 2018, after many students recommended it in the Food Services Survey conducted in Spring 2018. After almost a full school year of little to no opposition, the Chick-fil-A option in Revolve was met with backlash during Spring 2019. Some Trinity students began to show distaste and avoidance of the...

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Graphic by Quinn Butterfield Members of Trinity’s fraternities and sororities are currently in a three-week first-year prohibition they’re calling the “Red Zone.” For the next 11-or-so days, no first-years will be admitted to off-campus parties. This initiative began after director of Student Involvement Jamie Thompson and dean of students David Tuttle approached Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) members with data...

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Photo by Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh After a months-long search, Wills Brown joined the Office of Student Involvement as the new assistant director for Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL). The search began in Fall 2018, when then-assistant director Jeremy Allen announced that he would be stepping down at the end of the semester. As Allen's departure date came and went, a replacement...

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image by Matthew Claybrook After a nationwide search, Career Services chose one of their own to serve as the new director of the office and as co-director of the Center for Experiential Learning and Career Success (CELCS). Katie Ramirez, formerly the associate director of Career Services and Trinity graduate, took up the mantle on July 1. In her previous position,...

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Photo by Mona Mirpour Trinity faculty and staff chose Eula Biss and her novel "On Immunity: An Inoculation" as the 2019 Reading TUgether selection. About 400 people from within and outside the Trinity community attended her lecture in Laurie Auditorium on Wednesday, August 21. Michael Soto, chair of the Reading TUgether Selection Committee and associate vice president for Academic Affairs,...

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Photo by Matthew Claybrook Seventeen high school students graduated this summer as the first class from the Advanced Learning Academy (ALA), an innovative pre-K-12 school that Trinity’s Department of Education played a significant role in designing and supporting since 2016. The Department of Education helped design the school in 2016 in partnership with ALA’s school district (San Antonio Independent School...

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Photo by Oliver Chapin-EiserlohWill students caught in possession of legal hemp be subject to the same penalties and disciplinary actions as students caught with illegal cannabis?In a proposed update of Trinity's drug policy, the answer is yes. Pending approval by vice president of Student Life Sheryl Tynes, the new policy will prohibit possession of certain hemp-derived goods, despite Governor Greg...

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