photo by Kate Nuelle If you look just beyond the Trinity fountain, past the admissions office, you’ll see Alamo Stadium, which Trinity has shared with the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) for years. However, this literal “common ground” between Trinity and SAISD may not be perceived as so common by SAISD families. It is this gap of financial disparities,...

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Photo by Kate Nuelle Amidst the hustle-and-bustle of getting back to campus, students and parents might not realize everything that went into getting the campus ready, clean and operating in the brave new world of COVID-19. “We hit the ground running to get to August 14th, which was our day to be ready for students coming back for that first...

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Photo by Kate Nuelle “Before we begin, I’d like to know more about who you are first. What are the things you value? Where are you from? What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?”These are just some of the questions Lapétra Bowman, advising coordinator, hopes new professional advisers will be asking their advisees next fall when a new...

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Photo by Georgie Riggs Last month, the Neidorff gallery highlighted the best of student art projects with “The Mini.” Now, this month, “Threshing Whispers” brings work from alumni artists back to campus. “‘Threshing Whispers’ features three alumni, which is one way our department can tie into the 150th celebration and honor the Trinity legacy. We also wanted to bring in...

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Illustration by Andrea NebhutArtists, like all people, are fallible. They make mistakes. But does that mean we can’t enjoy their work? Is there a distinction to be made between artists and their work? Or is art inextricably linked to the creator? This debate has been on my mind for the past couple of months. I, like the majority of Americans,...

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Photo by Genevieve Humphreys "It’s very easy for people to see people who design costumes as 'She’s just a woman who sews,' " said Jodi Karjala, the costume designer and costumer for the Department of Human Communication and Theatre at Trinity. Karjala has been at Trinity since 2000. She currently teaches Costume Design, Costume Construction, History of Fashion, Stage Management...

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Graphic by Alexandra Parris Forget Netflix! Content made by fellow Tigers is available via streaming as well. TigerTV, Trinity’s on-campus television station, and KRTU, Trinity’s radio station, produce their own shows that are available to tune into or stream whenever. “Within the [communication] department, people are very knowledgeable about KRTU and TigerTV ... but [they’re] still considered the hidden gems...

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Want the inside scoop on the LA film industry? Junior Jerod Bork offers insight he gained on the industry after spenging last fall in Los Angeles immersed in two film industry internships, part of his pursuit of a communication major and film studies minor. While in California, he was able to see what editors and producers do to distribute a...

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While the majority of Tigers are awaiting finals and/or the winter holidays, the seniors are either preparing for winter graduation or working on their post-grad plans. Some seniors are applying to higher education programs or planning gap-year travels while others are securing jobs to begin working right out of college. Nina Nevill, senior history major, described her senior year experience,...

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As a first-year, the phrases “double major” and “triple major” elicit simultaneous awe and puzzlement from me. How do these double and triple majors do it? How do they stay calm under all the pressure they must feel? Caroline North, a sophomore accounting and finance double major, first came to Trinity, like most students, indecisive and unaware of what she...

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