We're in the midst of Halloween season: autumn tones adorn shop windows, inflatable skeletons guard cobwebbed houses, and our collective fears of the political climate may be displaced into fictional representations of sinister iconography. Horror movie season is the best time to honor the instinct to displace real fear. This is, however, also a time to be mindful of the...

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What does your ideal weekend night out look like? If it includes food, dancing and a whole lot of spectacle, this upcoming Saturday is your lucky day. On Oct. 27 at 7 p.m., Trinity’s Filipino Student Association (FSA) will host their annual Mabuhay festival in Laurie Auditorium. As a part of Filipino Heritage Month at Trinity, the event will feature...

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by Cornelia Laing, Guest Writer Great horror movie franchises are rarely built. There tends to be fatigue as franchises carry on and their killers, monsters, death-representers and/or memorable characters become the common association. Pop culture and Halloween over the years bring back memories and scares for those fond of not being able to sleep. “Halloween,” “Friday the 13th,” “Nightmare on...

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Feeling stressed after taking that midterm? Did that horror movie shake you to your core? No problem: the time has come again to purge all fear from your mind and fall back on an amusing rerun of "Friends," "Parks and Recreation," "The Office" or whatever tickles your funny bone. I can often count on TV sitcoms to provide a comfortable...

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Over the course of three issues, the Trinitonian will run articles as part of a series exploring different types of performance venues in San Antonio. The series highlights three types of venues: a DIY space, a medium-sized venue and a larger concert hall. Throughout the series, we interview performing artists, members of the venues’ administrations and members of the audiences....

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After years of operating as a Registered Student Organization (RSO) and as a departmental organization, Trinity University Players (TUPS) is currently undergoing fundamental changes due to the department’s discovery of the dual status in the spring of 2018. “How it came about was that TUPS was selling wooden flowers to make money, but we needed the receipts because we thought...

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From the first moment the audience enters the theatre, “Small Mouth Sounds,” written by Bess Wohl and directed by Kyle Gillette, presents them with a bearded man wearing an old-timey plaid shirt and sitting in silence. Before the play even begins, it challenges the audience’s perception of how a play should operate and continues to do so throughout its course....

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Over the course of three issues, the Trinitonian will run articles as part of a series exploring different types of performance venues in San Antonio. The series highlights three types of venues: a DIY space, a medium-sized venue and a larger concert hall. Throughout the series, we interview performing artists, members of the venues’ administrations and members of the audiences....

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This past Friday evening, award-winning writer and activist Ana Castillo gave a reading from a selection of her latest work at Ruth Taylor Recital Hall to members of the public. The reading was organized as part of this year’s celebration of Latinx Heritage Month at Trinity University and was followed by a Q&A and book signing with the author. The...

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Trinity Art Department and Blue Star Contemporary opened an exhibition of new works by Dallas artist Sara Cardona titled “This Is Only a Test.” In this exhibit, Cardona explores her Mexican heritage through paper collage. The most striking aspect of this exhibit is the prevalence of traditional Mexican textile patterns, from multicolor rows of woven cloth to tangled blankets and...

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