Photo by Kara KillingerThis past week, Trinity’s pro-life organization, Tigers for Life (TFL), partnered again with the national organization Justice for Life (JFA) to present their anti-abortion stance on campus. The group set up multiple signs and tables, this time not on the Esplanade but on the path between Miller Fountain and Coates Library. Also unlike past TFL demonstrations, this...

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Photo provided by Dakota KohfieldDakota and Tanner Kohfield sat in the Coates Library Starbucks that hadn’t existed during their undergraduate years. This was not their first experience with the Trinitonian: In 2017, then-junior Dakota spoke to us about her engagement to Tanner. Now, the Kohfields were being interviewed together as married alumni.“We met at Trinity [during] our freshman year. Same...

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Illustrations by Andrea Nebhut Andrea “Vocab” SandersonB. 1981 Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson is a singer, rapper and slam poet who has been performing across San Antonio for almost two decades. She has been in numerous groups and bands including the indie-folk group The Foreign Arm and the gospel hip-hop group LSC Ministries. Sanderson also teaches creative writing through the literary nonprofit...

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Photo by Kate Nuelle Spiritual worldviews and scholarly pursuits may seem like they would be separate, but a series of panels hosted by Chapel Spiritual Life (CSL) seeks to emphasize overlap between the two. The Scholarship and Spirituality series features Trinity faculty discussing how their academic lives interact with their worldviews. The first installment of the series occurred this past...

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Photos by Martina AlmeidaThis Valentine’s Day, Chocolate Festival returned to Miller Fountain as Student Programming Board (SPB) welcomed hundreds of students to a sweet feast. The line of students extended past the fountain and down the sidewalk as many waited anxiously for the booths to open. This year’s theme was “Chopped,” a show on Food Network that features a competition...

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Illustrations by Andrea Nebhut Eddie Bernice JohnsonB. 1935 Eddie Bernice Johnson is a politician serving her 14th term representing Texas's 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Johnson was the first registered nurse elected to Congress and the first Black woman from Dallas, Texas to win electoral office. She was also the first Black woman to hold...

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Photo by Kate NuelleCan pornography destroy love?At a lecture in Northrup 040 on Wednesday, Feb. 12, Catholic author, speaker and life coach Steve Pokorny argued that it can. The lecture, entitled “How to Experience Real Love in a Pornified Culture,” was hosted by the Catholic Student Group (CSG). Free pizza was provided for the approximately 30 audience members. CSG president...

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Photo by Kate NuelleJackpot is a series in which we highlight a variety of students and their interesting lives. Every story highlights a different student, who we’ve selected at random. This week, we talked to Lilian De La Rosa, a junior sociology major who hopes to become a teacher after graduation. Junior Lilian De La Rosa’s self-described passion in life...

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Illustrations by Ren RaderClaudette ColvinB. 1939 Nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person, Claudette Colvin did the same thing. When the bus driver ordered her to get up, Colvin refused and was arrested by two police officers. She was only 15 at the time. After her arrest, Colvin was one of four...

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Photos provided by Emily Richie, Amelia Mundell and Emily CruzThis time in the semester, students are beginning to think about and prepare for studying abroad in the fall. The Center for International Engagement provides a range of resources for determining where to go, how to get scholarships and even what to pack. Still, perhaps the best resource for students prepping...

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