This past Saturday, Trinity University’s Student Programming Board (SPB) brought artists KYLE and A-Game to campus for the 2018 Welcome Week Concert. Here’s a recap of this year’s Welcome Week Concert, so that even if you couldn’t make it to the show last Saturday you can still, as KYLE in his song “Doubt It” puts it, “read all about it”....

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In this week's sidewalk symposium, we asked Trinity professors, "What's the one thing that you would tell first-years?"Rosa Aloisi, assistant professor of political science:"Brace yourself for a fantastic ride!"Carlos Ardavin-Trabanco, professor of modern languages and literatures:"[First-years] should know that they will be visiting the library a lot, that the library will be one of their favorite places. Reading is important...

The Faculty Senate plans to unveil a new policy this year that will prevent faculty from assigning their own books as required textbooks for their classes. The Faculty Senate — a group of faculty representatives that addresses concerns brought to their attention by the Trinity faculty — is currently in the beginning stages of the policy change. They will work...

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This covers the meeting on Aug. 29. CAMPUS CLIMATE CHECKSenior senator Sam Afshari announced that the physician search committee has selected Dr. Youngdahl as the new physician in Health Services. Junior senator Ty Tinker, chair of the textbook affordability committee, was contacted by a man at Akademos, an online bookstore service. Advisor Jamie Thompson suggested that Tinker connect with Tess...

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Tigers for Liberty (TFL), Trinity’s only conservative student organization, relinquished their independence this summer to become a chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT). Since their founding in Feb. 2016, TFL has been active on campus, organizing a 9/11 memorial and bringing major speakers to campus. As a condition of joining YCT, TFL will change their name to YCT...

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If you've been here for a while, you know it's not uncommon to hear that Trinity students are overcommitted and involved in every organization on campus. We've found it to be mostly true. Trinity encourages you to make the most out of your college experience by joining anything and everything that interests you. While it's exciting to pursue your various...

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One of my first political memories occurred during the 2008 election night when I thought John McCain, the former senator of Arizona, was winning because of all the red states on the map. Like most 11-year-old children, I didn’t really understand the electoral college. Time went on, and my political allegiances shifted, but I never lost a grudging respect —...

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Jeremy Allen, assistant director for fraternity and sorority life, will be stepping down from his position this fall after working at Trinity for just over three years. Allen plans to move to Austin later this semester to practice law full time. “When I graduated, I went to law school, I practiced for three years, and so this will allow me...

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This weekend, I participated in Hallympics for my first time as a Trinity student. I couldn’t be more disappointed in myself for that fact because — contrary to what I thought before even showing up this year — I had a great time. I got to not only hang out with new sophomores — who, for the most part, I...

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Most students know the names of the basic residence halls; Trinity University is host to James Calvert Hall, South Hall, etc. It has halls on campus, such as the substance-free halls, HOPE Hall, the 360 Well-Being Hall, Entrepreneurial Hall and HUMA Hall. These are considered to be Trinity's “special halls.”But while students may have heard of these special halls, they...

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