Reporting on my study abroad experiences! Edinburgh, Scotland
Worked on 123 assignments, created 107, named on 32 bylines for Trinitonian.
By Gwen Kaliszewski (Kara as section editor) + 5 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read
Archaeology interns dive into demographics
Photo by Kate NuelleTrinity is a bubble existing in the context of a large city with a long, rich history. Two Trinity anthropology students, senior Connor Halbert and junior Gabrielle Rodriguez, have the opportunity to explore this history through their internship at the University of Texas-San Antonio (UTSA)’s Center for Archaeological Research (CAR). Rodriguez and Halbert will soon begin their...
By Kara Killinger (Kara as section editor) + 3 others for Trinitonian - 2 min read
Black History Month: International figures you should know
Illustrations by Andrea Nebhut Quince Duncan Quince Duncan is regarded as Costa Rica's first Quince Duncan is regarded as Costa Rica’s first Afro-Caribbean writer Afro-Caribbean writer in the Spanish language. His novels and short stories have often focused on the Afro-Caribbean population living on Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast, though his recent work focuses more on indigenous populations. His work has...
Illustration by Genevieve HumphreysEvery Thursday evening from 6 to 7 p.m., senior Malcolm Fox leads a meeting of the Natural State Dharma Group. A group of six to 10 students sits on a ring of cushions in the Margarite B. Parker Chapel. They discuss a quote that Fox reads out: Recent readings have been from “Awakening the Buddha Within” by...
Photos by Elizabeth NelsonIf you enter the doors of the Tiger Learning Commons (TLC) at 7 p.m. on Monday, you’ll hear the shuffling of paper and active discussion about page layouts, monthly themes and what went on in everyone’s day. This is the sound of the Bullet Journal Club, established last semester by co-presidents senior Caroline Wall and sophomore Thao...
By Logan Crews (Kara as section editor) + 5 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read
TriniD&D connects fantasy fans
Photo by Kate NuelleTriniD&D began with just a few friends wanting to play Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) together. When juniors Trace Glorioso and Andja Bjeletich became involved with the group during their first year at Trinity, they never imagined that the club would become a Registered Student Organization (RSO) or grow to over 100 members. Bjeletich said people get involved...
By Marielle Anne Sambilay (Kara as section editor) + 4 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read
A day in the life of the Tiger Card Office
Photo by Martina AlmeidaThe Tiger Card Office, located beneath the George M. Storch Memorial Building, is one of the first stops an incoming student makes when they arrive at Trinity. There, first-year students receive a freshly printed Tiger Card, marking them as an official members of the Trinity community. However, behind the scenes, this small office goes beyond the plastic...
By Logan Crews (Kara as section editor) + 5 others for Trinitonian - 6 min read
Jackpot! Casey Fernhout finds purpose
Photo by Mona MirpourJackpot is a series in which we highlight a variety of students and their interesting lives. Every story highlights a different student, whom we’ve selected at random. This week, we talked to Casey Fernhout, a sophomore political science major and aspiring veterinarian who opened up about her mental health. When sophomore Casey Fernhout was in first grade,...
By Kara Killinger (Kara as section editor) + 2 others for Trinitonian - 6 min read
Trinity YDSA plans to organize leftist activism
Photo provided by Noelle BarreraAccording to a 2019 Gallup poll, 43 percent of US adults believe some sort of socialism would be a good thing for the country. Trinity’s own chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) aims to organize socialist students on campus. YDSA is the youth and student offshoot of the national Democratic Socialists of America...
By Logan Crews (Kara as section editor) + 5 others for Trinitonian - 4 min read
Luke Tunstall awarded C. Oswald George Prize for statistics paper
Graphic by Quinn ButterfieldEach year, the best article in the academic journal “Teaching Statistics” is awarded the C. Oswald George prize. The 2019 prize-winner was Trinity’s own Luke Tunstall, director of the Quantitative Reasoning and Skills Center, for a paper he co-authored with David McCune of William Jewell College, titled “Calculated democracy — Explorations in gerrymandering.” “I thought it was...
By Logan Crews (Kara as section editor) + 4 others for Trinitonian - 4 min read
Jackpot! Rosie Davis finds her sociological imagination
Photo by Elizabeth NelsonJackpot 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 Rosie Davis, a senior sociology major and first-generation student, who hopes to study policy in graduate school. Senior Rosie Davis was drawn to sociology when...
