Photo by Mona Mirpour For the past year, sophomore Anthony Tresca and Katherine Troyer, assistant director for programs in the Collaborative for Learning and Teaching (CLT), have been recording episodes of a horror-themed podcast, "Such a Nightmare: Conversations about Horror." Tresca and Troyer's aim is to combine film analysis of horror films with an accessible and engaging medium — the...

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Photo by Mona MirpourWhat are your spiritual practices? What are the intentional or unintentional rituals that you’ve built into your days? Do you use the same coffee mug every morning? Is there a person in your life who holds you accountable to your commitments? Is there a prayer that you always pray when things go wrong?When we think about health...

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Illustration by Andrea Nebhut When I am at a restaurant that asks how spicy I want the dish to be, I always request for the spiciest option available. And when I'm at Mabee Dining Hall on campus, I always reach for a bottle of Cholula or Sriracha. Why do I seem so masochistic? There are two main reasons: Firstly, I...

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Illustration by Andrea Nebhut Aries: Work outDear fire sign, what do you have all that extra energy for? You need to burn it off by doing something to tire you out. Go on a run, bike, slap some punching bags, go crazy! We only have a free gym for these few short years. Taurus: Buy some clothesYou’re always one to...

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Illustration by Ren Rader When I came to Trinity, I expected to go out every weekend and bond with friends after class. In reality, after classes I was so drained that I had to spend my evenings sleeping, despite the fact that I was getting more than eight hours of sleep every night. I figured that the fatigue was just...

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Illustration by Ren Rader Sophomore year invites reflection on first-year growth. Where memory lane begins for me, though, isn’t New Student Orientation, but the two years preceding it. So, I opened a Google Doc collecting digital dust since 2017: my college admissions essay. Common Application prompt: “Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and...

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Photo by Matthew Claybrook Breathe in. Breathe out. Once more for good measure. No, this isn’t a “manual breathing” joke to throw you off. Directing one’s awareness to the breath is a simple technique used for millennia to improve concentration, train the mind and dispel ignorance, greed and hatred. This kind of awareness practice is commonly known as “mindfulness meditation,”...

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Illustration by Ren RaderI think that I used to actually enjoy writing once, maybe? Writing for fun, even. I remember being young, making up stories for personal enjoyment and even creating illustrations that went along with them. When I came to Trinity, for some reason I assumed that I would be an English major. (Yes, I was that kid in...

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Illustration by Andrea Nebhut Every relationship in our lives has its ups and downs. Friends and lovers come and go, and nobody’s relationship with their family is 100 percent positive. That being said, if we gave up in every relationship when things hit a rough patch, one day we'd find ourselves with no one left. It’s easy, especially now with...

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Photo provided by Wolf's Ink PhotographyPicture this: You’re on a family vacation in San Antonio for Labor Day weekend. On the blistering hot morning you plan to take your kids to see the Alamo, you walk into your hotel lobby and see it swarming with hundreds of people, most of whom are wearing brightly colored costumes. You gawk, take out...

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