File photoThis semester, two members of Gamma Chi Delta went involuntarily inactive after an offensive post online. After an internal review from the sorority, the two women appealed their initial sanction, lost and were officially removed with no possibility of rejoining. Members of the club chose not to provide specifics of the post. Members of Gamma anonymously sent in a...

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The Student Government Association (SGA) is in charge of distributing a portion of the student activity fee, made up of the $150 that each student pays each semester. The money is dolled out through funding requests which are traditionally presented by student organizations at funding request meetings. SGA began this semester with the fall allocation for the student activity fee...

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Graphic by Quinn Butterfield Of this semester’s 1,398 students enrolled in geoscience, biology, chemistry, neuroscience, computer science, math, physics and engineering classes, 50 percent are female, and 39 percent are racial or ethnic minorities. The Departments of Biology, Chemistry and Neuroscience have similar gender make-ups. Biology is 64 percent female, chemistry is 61 percent female, and neuroscience is 65 percent...

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On Tuesday, Nov. 12, David Tuttle, dean of students and associate vice president of Student Life, was presented the Goldberg Citation, the primary Associated Colleges of the South award. The Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) is an association made up of 16 liberal arts colleges in the southern United States. According to the website, ACS strives to improve liberal...

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Photo by Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh At the end of Summer 2019, following a concern involving the San Antonio Sobering Unit, a past possible assault incident against a Trinity student was the topic of discussion. Both complaints were investigated and neither were substantiated with enough information. Some staff members feel the reports have given the Sobering Unit a bad reputation. The Sobering...

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Photo by Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh Due to Trinity’s growing size, the graduating class of 2020 will be split into two separate ceremonies based on their degrees. The change may be reconsidered for next year if students are against it. On Oct. 22, university president Danny Anderson approved the commencement and convocation ceremony committee’s proposal for this new dual graduation schedule. This...

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Photo by Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) is test running a new recruitment timeline that has been condensed compared to years prior due to student feedback. All three rounds of rush events now occur in the fall semester, and Bid Day has moved up to Jan. 31, about a week earlier than its former date. Previously, third round...

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Photo by Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh Trinity’s graduate programs handle academic integrity violations through a version of the university’s original policy, approved 1996, which was once used for both graduate and undergraduate students. The newest version now used is called the Academic and Professional Integrity Policy and only applies to graduate students. After the switch to the current Academic Honor Code for...

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Graphic by Quinn Butterfield Departmental budgets endure multiple levels of discussion and rearrangement before receiving approval, and after all that, they rarely change. There are two kinds of budget requests coming from departments — operating budget requests and capital equipment requests. Both go through the same process of beginning at the departmental level and ending with the approval of the...

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Graphic by Quinn Butterfield. In 2017, TUPD had transported 20 students to the detox center by the end of the fall semester. The number of transportations is down to three so far this semester. As for why there has been a decrease, opinions differ. Members of the Student Involvement staff connect the seemingly low detox center transportations to the impacts...

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