Photo by Matthew Claybrook The Trinity community is currently in the middle of a four-week celebration of National Latinx Heritage Month. Multiple organizations and departments have put together 10 events of all kinds to celebrate the whole duration of Latinx Heritage Month this year for the first time at Trinity. While there have been events related to the month in...

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Graphic by Quinn Butterfield Over its 150-year history, Trinity has been funded with money created from oil and gas drilling. As the climate crisis looms, some professors and students think it’s time to undo that. Throughout Trinity’s existence, numerous people involved in the oil and gas industry have donated to the institution. These gifts came from donors primarily between the...

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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 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 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 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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Photo by Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh. While no specific policies about smudging exist at Trinity, the practice is prohibited under the open flame policy. Smudging is a native indigenous ritual that involves the burning of herbs and cleansing of one’s home to remove any negative or harmful energy. Trinity’s open flame policy prohibits the use of fire as it poses a fire...

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Illustration by Andrea Nebhut For those tired with their style but also roughing it on that college budget, here are a few simple tips and tricks on how to switch up your look — with just a pair of scissors. Just block out the fear of scissors given to you by Jordan Peele’s hit horror film "Us" and open your...

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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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