Illustration by Andrea NebhutWritten by Neha Kumar and Kathleen Creedon This article is a part of the Trinitonian's coverage of Trinity University's response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Click here to read the rest of our coverage. For seven Trinity students, the beginning of this spring was more hectic than expected. Six had traveled to China to begin their studies...

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graphic by Quinn ButterfieldAdministration recently announced a four percent increase in tuition for the 2020-2021 academic year. But this shouldn’t come as a surprise to students: Tuition increases regularly. The cost of tuition is reevaluated on a yearly basis and is dependent on recommendations from finance administrators and a Board of Trustees vote.“What happens from a financial perspective each year...

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Photo by Kara KillingerThis past week, Trinity’s pro-life organization, Tigers for Life (TFL), partnered again with the national organization Justice for Life (JFA) to present their anti-abortion stance on campus. The group set up multiple signs and tables, this time not on the Esplanade but on the path between Miller Fountain and Coates Library. Also unlike past TFL demonstrations, this...

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As most Trinity students were moving back onto campus after winter break, two former Stumberg finalists had a more dramatic start to their semester: On Jan. 13, just two days before classes began, junior Andrew Aertker and senior Gavin Buchanan were busy filing a lawsuit. Aertker and Buchanan are co-founders of their business PATCH (Pill-Administering Technology for Compliance Healthcare). Their...

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Photo by Kate Nuelle “Before we begin, I’d like to know more about who you are first. What are the things you value? Where are you from? What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?”These are just some of the questions Lapétra Bowman, advising coordinator, hopes new professional advisers will be asking their advisees next fall when a new...

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Photo by Kate Nuelle The first floor of the Kress Building, located at 315 East Houston street, is in the process of becoming a civil rights history institute that will aim to tell the story of black members of the San Antonio community and their struggle for civil rights. The project is being spearheaded by Roberto Treviño, San Antonio City...

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One November night in 2012, a student named Benjamin Conway vandalized Trinity's campus with three simple words: You belong here. You'll most recognize the phrase from the stickers the university has given to new students for the past two years, but if you walk around the less popular parts of upper campus and stare down at your feet, you'll find...

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Photo by Kate NuelleSeniors Ari Fletcher-Bai and Robin Bissett recently started holding an hour-long writing session in the Tiger Learning Commons at 7 p.m. on Mondays. Both creative writing minors, Fletcher-Bai and Bissett sought to create a creative writing community at Trinity that reflected the active writing community of San Antonio. After being prompted by a professor to promote the...

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Photo by Genevieve Humphreys After a road victory at Schreiner University on Thursday, Feb. 20, at which the women’s basketball team clinched their sixth consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) regular-season championship, the No. 12 Tigers returned home and defeated Schreiner 84–62 to wrap up the regular season on Saturday, Feb. 22. Before the home game on Saturday, Trinity’s Student...

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Photo by Kate Nuelle In order to integrate their stories into a show, the cast looked at the audition material to form the baseline of the show. “We started to see some themes emerging, and we chose to run with those,” Youngerman said. The show is based off of the personal experience of the actors, so it required a very...

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