Welcome to campus, Class of 2023! Coming to college is a bit of a culture shock, and you probably don’t know what anyone is talking about half the time. So, I’ve created this guide to some of the lingo you might hear around Trinity. First-yearsThat is you, dear intended audience of this listicle. Trinity did away with “freshmen” a while...

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Trinity may be a small school, but our study spaces are as plentiful as they are different from each other. So that you don’t have to scramble — perhaps in the middle of the night — to determine the most appropriate location for your caffeine-fueled study session, I’ve made a handy list of several study situations and the spaces that...

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Photo provided by Angela BreidensteinTraditional education programs consist of four years of theoretical, methods-based courses, culminating in a student teaching experience when future teachers are expected to demonstrate what they’ve learned. Trinity’s Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program prides itself in a different approach. MAT candidates are seen as just beginning to learn how to teach; after a series...

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photo by Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh On Monday and Tuesday, Tigers for Life (TFL) partnered with Justice for All (JFA), partnered with Justice for All (JFA) to create a display on Coates Esplanade about abortion. Various signs with pro-life messages were displayed on the Esplanade, along with a booth where students could vote on whether abortion should be legal, and a "free...

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Photo by Genevieve Humphreys I probably will never shut up about Katie Bennett, a musician I randomly encountered during the summer of 2018 when I was on this big indie music kick that never actually ended. Her band is (or more accurately, was — rest in peace) called Free Cake for Every Creature, all her stuff is super stripped down,...

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photo provided by Faith BroddrickSenior Faith Broddrick had always wanted to study abroad, but she faced two major barriers. First, her schedule as a music major was demanding — the major requires a total of 60 hours in the department — and she needed to find a program that would allow her to take classes over the summer. Another issue...

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Photo provided by Amara Ali After returning from her summer travels, Amara Ali only had two days to pack and get ready before she was set to arrive at Trinity on August 4. Bags packed, the first-year drove onto campus to no exuberant O-Team members, no large move-in crew and — perhaps strangest of all — no group of 640...

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Dinda Lehrman, researcher at the Rhode Island School of Design Year: SeniorMajor: Studio artWhat I did this summer: I studied abroad with the Rhode Island School of Design in Azores (Portugal). We studied sustainable design and materials, traditional Azorean craft, landscape sketching and woodworking. Stand-out memory: I have so many incredible memories from being abroad. But while doing research, learning...

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photos provided by Asmara Lehrmann Senior geoscience major Asmara Lehrmann was wearing a yellow T-shirt and overalls when I met her in Starbucks last Sunday, the day before the last week of classes of the spring 2019 semester. Though Lehrmann is graduating soon, she faces little uncertainty about her future: she spoke confidently not only about her time at Trinity...

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photo by Matthew Claybrook This fall as Trinity students, staff and faculty resume their classes, the Department of Philosophy will be absent one professor. Damian Caluori, who has taught philosophy at Trinity for a decade, will be embarking on a new adventure with a new teaching position at the University of Edinburgh. Caluori, who is from Switzerland, cited wanting to...

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