Jordan Bruce

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Worked on 516 assignments, created 43, named on 3 bylines for Trinitonian.

By (Jordan as managing editor) + 5 others for Trinitonian - 4 min read

The importance of sports communities

Last weekend, I helped coach my cousin’s three vs. three soccer tournament. Since his team was all dressed as Minions, I, of course, had to wear my Minion onesie to maintain the theme. As I stood on the field, watching children chase the ball like bees to honey, sweating because I was wearing a onesie in Texas, I looked around...

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By (Jordan as managing editor) + 8 others for Trinitonian - 4 min read

TU Secular Student Alliance in the Making

Photo credit: Elizabeth Nelson

The TU Secular Student Alliance is being formed in Trinity University as a way to help students understand what it means to be non-religious and allows for secular students to have a presence on campus. According to junior Alex Bradley, club president, TU Secular Student Alliance aims to provide a place for students to discuss what it means to not...

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By (Jordan as managing editor) + 6 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read

Come home to "Fun Home"

I was lucky enough to see “Fun Home,” the currently running production at The Public Theater of San Antonio this season. This production — deftly directed by Molly Cox — was my introduction to the show, and the musical grabbed hold of me from its first moments. Based on the graphic novel of the same name by cartoonist Alison Bechdel,...

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By (Jordan as managing editor) + 8 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read

Maria Teresa Kamel's path back to campus

Photo credit: Matthew Claybrook

Maria Teresa Kamel, class of 2017 Trinity alumna, is involved as a Trinity’s campus minister and intermediary for Our Lady of Grace Parish on campus. “I actually started out studying philosophy and journalism at the University of Navarra in Spain. After two years, I decided I was not a philosopher but that I liked reading stories. I eventually chose to...

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By (Jordan as managing editor) + 6 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read

NGO gala for children in Gaza Strip

“If you’re silent then you’re complicit,” said Remi Kanazi, spoken word poet, at the Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance (MECA) annual gala. The fundraiser gala was held at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church downtown San Antonio on Friday, Oct. 19, to raise money for projects helping children in the Gaza Strip. Judith Norman, professor of philosophy at Trinity, said that the gala...

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By (Jordan as managing editor) + 7 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read

Collaged Campus: A Focus on Club Lib

Photo credit: Genevieve Humphreys

Coates Library offers numerous resources to Trinity’s campus, but books and other print sources aren’t the only types of media that wait to be explored as you walk in. With many of works of art located on each floor, it can seem like there’s a feast for the eyes laying around every corner. Library staff has acquired multiple art pieces...

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By (Jordan as managing editor) + 6 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read

Gretchen Daily visits Trinity campus

As this semester’s installment in the Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series, Gretchen Daily, the Bing Professor of Environmental Science at Stanford University and director of Stanford’s Center for Conservation Biology, spoke to about 400 members of the Trinity community on Thursday, Oct. 25, about the importance of conservation and creating inclusive green growth. Daily spoke about her experience with conservation efforts...

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By (Jordan as managing editor) + 7 others for Trinitonian - 3 min read

TLearn sticks around, receives upgrades

Photo credit: Genevieve Humphreys

Last November, Trinity’s IT Governance Committee was looking into replacing or improving TLearn, Trinity’s learning management system (LMS). The committee ultimately decided not to replace TLearn but upgraded and moved the site to a hosted server. A survey was sent out to all faculty members in January before the committee made any final decisions. “The survey that we did in...

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By (Jordan as managing editor) + 6 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read

Thinking about the impacts of horror movies

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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By (Jordan as managing editor) + 6 others for Trinitonian - 4 min read

Our relationship relies on mutual trust

As a reader, you might not always consider how you are in a symbiotic relationship with your college newspaper. A lot of our work depends on you, our readers. It's not always easy to be your source of campus news. How well we are able to reflect the campus culture and environment depends on how you interact with us, especially...

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