Photo by Mona MirpourThe production of “You on the Moors Now” sets to bring the Brotean and Austenian heroines readers love to the stage this weekend. The play follows the protagonists from “Little Women,” “Jane Eyre,” “Wuthering Heights” and “Pride and Prejudice.” In the alternate, absurdist reality of “You on the Moors Now,” the woman reject their marriage proposals, causing...

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Photo by Genevieve Humphreys TigerTV, Trinity’s 24/7 campus television station, serves as a realm for students to explore professional media training, express creativity and acquire skills that will make them more marketable in today’s changing media landscape. Senior Danielle Trevino, station manager of TigerTV, leads the team of station executives and oversees broadcasts. “I joined TigerTV in my sophomore year...

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Food, henna, music, dance and an opportunity to learn are some of the things you’ll find if you come to Nur Night (pronounce nUUr) on Tuesday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. The Muslim Student Association (MSA) will host the event as an opportunity to support and listen to minority students on campus. The event has evolved since Hemani and Virani...

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Illustration by Andrew NebhutOn March 30, the Trinity Symphony Orchestra played a concert so full that we had to turn people away at the door due to the building fire code. I’m here to tell you that this matters a lot. When I first came to Trinity three years ago, it wasn’t because of the music program. I was lured...

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Photo by Matthew ClaybrookThe Holls met at Middlebury College in Vermont in 1987: Bruce Holl was working toward a master's degree in Russian literature and Masha Gedilaghnine was an exchange student from the University of Paris, taking classes for the summer in literature and linguistics and interning at the Russian language radio station at Middlebury. Now, Bruce and Masha Holl...

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Photo by Genevieve HumphreysSophomore Johnneisha White is president of Trinity University Women in Computing (TUWIC), resident assistant (RA) in C. W. Miller Hall, McNair Scholar and owner of a beta fish named Symón — and she's also an Emerging Student Leader. The Emerging Student Leader award, given every year at the Student Leadership & Service Awards to recognize students making...

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Photo by Matthew Claybrook Fiesta is a unique San Antonio tradition filled with parades, floats and parties. Recently, however, its history and manner of celebration have been called into question. Fiesta began as a tribute to the soldiers at the Alamo during the Battle of San Jacinto in which the Mexican army was defeated by the Texas army during the...

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Illustration by Andrea NebhutCats, condoms, Jesus dressed in Spurs memorabilia — what do all of these have in common, you may ask? Well, they're just a few of the designs that have been engraved on Fiesta medals for the San Antonio celebration. Heather Haynes Smith, associate professor of education, began collecting Fiesta medals when her son was born."The Viva bus...

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As a San Antonio native, I'm appalled every year when I hear Trinity students say they don't know what Fiesta is. I get first-years, though — when I was a first-year, I didn't even fully register that Fiesta was San Antonio-specific. But every year, I hear students in their second, third, fourth and fifth years joke about how they don't...

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Photo by Natalia Salas “Tense,” “Frustrated” and “Angry” were all words that participants of the learning simulation shouted out when they were asked how they felt after the activities. This simulation was put on by Trinity Diversity Connection, in collaboration with TEACH, The Winston School and Trinity University’s Departments of Education and Psychology in order to raise awareness about the...

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