With Halloween coming around in just a week, many students will be scrambling to pull their costumes together at the last minute. Even if it's just a quick trip to the store to grab some cat ears or a scary mask to call it a day, last-minute doesn't have to mean offensive or distasteful — so be aware, be sensitive...

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The Student Government Association’s Sustainability Committee, in partnership with the Office of Sustainability, introduced free clear plastic bags for recyclables and a plastic grocery bag recycling bin to City Vista on Oct. 24. Julia Shults, senior senator and chair of the Sustainability Committee, explained the reasoning behind adding these more convenient recycling options at City Vista. “It was suggested to...

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The following covers the SGA meeting on Oct. 24. CAREER SERVICES PRESENTATION Twyla Hough, director of Career Services, gave a presentation to members of SGA on how to articulate their experiences in SGA in resumes and job interviews. Hough led SGA members in activities to brainstorm how to apply SGA activities to qualities that interviewers are looking for, such as...

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Last Tuesday, Tigers For Liberty (TFL) set up a table to educate students about the atrocities committed in Maoist China. Students gave out fortune cookies with ominous fortunes, such as “You will cause innocent families to starve,” which was controversial. I respect and support TFL’s right to free speech and assume the best intentions for what they intended with the...

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As a part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR), addressed around 1,000 members of the Trinity community Thursday, Oct. 18, discussing the Supreme Court and the importance of journalism. Danny Anderson, president of the university, moderated the question-and-answer format of the lecture, asking Totenberg questions submitted from the audience. Totenberg’s coverage...

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In this column, I hope to clear up some of the misconceptions around Tigers for Liberty’s (TFL) tabling last week on the subject of Mao’s founding of the People’s Republic of China. I’ve heard that some people were offended at us handing out fortune cookies in order to raise awareness about the horrors of Mao’s China. However, I would respond...

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The only truly scary thing this Halloween is the fact that we're facing a climate crisis that's going to destroy the world in our lifetime. Instead of being spooked, we can try to make a difference as opposed to sitting back and letting it happen. Recycling is often praised as one of the best ways to help the environment. In...

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The Trinity women’s basketball team is just a few weeks away from the beginning of preseason play. In their first game on Nov. 12, the team will take on Concordia University (Texas) at home. On this year’s roster, eight Tigers will return from last year’s lineup. Among these players are newly elected team captains senior Jackie Layng, junior Abby Holland...

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I can’t recall the exact first time that I watched basketball, but what I do remember is that I was bored. It had to have been when I was younger, when the only things that kept my attention were Legos, Pokemon and trying to put a hat on my cat. But when I was in high school, I began watching...

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The topic of sexual assault and harassment has been prevalent in the news cycle for the past year, and with it come questions: who do we want to be as a country and a society? What expectations should we have for relating to each other, from both a gendered perspective and a general human perspective? Trinity’s Sociology and Anthropology Departments...

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