Photo by Corrin McCullough“I wanna talk about the things in life that make you say, ‘Fuck yeah,’ ” said Marty Friedman, prior lead guitarist for a multitude of bands — most notably metal band Megadeath — and current solo artist, as well as Japanese icon. Though he did talk about those things, Friedman mostly demonstrated them over the course of...

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Photo by Matthew ClaybrookWilliam Egginton, director of the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University, gave a lecture entitled “How Education Went from the Great Equalizer to the Great Divider, and What We Can Do to Fix it” on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The lecture took place in the Chapman auditorium, and about 80 people were in attendance. The lecture...

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Illustration by Andrea Nebhut History and historians are important in understanding the contexts of our modern world. They help us place movies and political events into context, and without the careful study of the past, myths that the Civil War was about anything other than slavery would still remain unchallenged. From the Washington Post's "Made By History" to the twitter...

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Illustration by Genevieve HumphreysIt all started at a tennis tournament. I was waiting for my match to begin when one of my teammates asked, “Why don’t you have any social media? You’re funny, you’ll be good at it.” I was a freshman in high school, and I figured, well, sharing my thoughts in a public forum where absolutely anyone can...

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Photo by Matthew Claybrook On Saturday, Jan. 26, the Trinity softball team visited McAllister Park to introduce Trinity Buddies, their new community involvement program. The activities were formatted as a skills clinic, in which each Trinity player worked with a member of the youth team that plays their corresponding position. At the head of the project was Gina Monaco, a...

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Photo by Matthew Claybrook The Trinity Women’s Basketball team emerged victorious in a closely contested conference game versus Austin College in the Calgaard Gymnasium on Friday, Feb. 1. Despite suffering an eight-point deficit early in the game, the team was able to regroup to win by a score of 67–57. Previously in the season, the Tigers fell to the Austin...

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Photo by Elizabeth Nelson"You have to be exceptional to make it," said Scott Trompeter, head swimming coach, about the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Swimming Championships in March. Trompeter, like the athletes on the men's and women's swimming teams, is looking a bit ahead. Before the swimmers can make it to Nationals, they must place well at the Southern Collegiate...

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In the past couple weeks, there has been a lot of discussion in the NBA world about player loyalty. For me, the concept of player loyalty to a team or organization is not as opaque as many make it out to be. Not every situation is the same and each player has a different rationale, yet the media, the fans...

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Valentine's Day is just around the corner, which means it's our Love and Sex issue. Last year, our writers wrote all about sex and not much about love at all. They delved into the culture around casual sex, lube-tasting, kinks and more. But this cuffing season, the Trinitonian has lots to say about love. If you're curious about all things...

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Illustration by Andrea Nebhut “All you need is love!” So shouts, and then sings, Ewan McGregor as the penniless but ebullient poet Christian in Baz Luhrmann’s frenetically swooning movie, "Moulin Rouge." He is — as we’ll see on Valentine’s Day!* — very enthusiastic. But is he right? Is love truly all you need?Well, Christian is quoting the Beatles. Were they...

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