Swimming and diving wins home opener

Trinitonian | October 29th, 2010 - 3:03 pm
Swimming and diving wins home opener

Tigers give strong showing at meet, pleased with progress by Brianna Tammaro The swimming and diving teams returned home last Friday evening with a strong collective performance as they hosted their first home meet of the season against University of New Orleans (La.) at the Hixon Natatorium. The Tigers won the meet, with the men [...]

Football edged by DePauw at home

Trinitonian | October 29th, 2010 - 3:01 pm
Football edged by DePauw at home

Tigers jump ahead of DePauw but fail to hang on to lead by Chris Kradle Trinity football lost a heartbreaker, almost upsetting undefeated rival DePauw University (Ind.) but falling short 32-31. Junior linebacker Ben Robinson scored on a 67-yard interception return for a touchdown with one minute and 19 seconds left to put the Tigers [...]

Adieow to Trinity’s precious Scapecat

Trinitonian | October 29th, 2010 - 2:58 pm
Adieow to Trinity’s precious Scapecat

by Julie Keselman Last week marked a monumental change for Trinity University. And no, I’m not talking about President Ahlburg’s inauguration. I’m referring to a serious historical moment that will forever change Trinity’s campus: the death of the Storch cat. On Thursday, Trinity said farewell to its unofficial mascat and welcomed its newest phantom, just [...]

A Very Viva Halloween

Trinitonian | October 29th, 2010 - 2:57 pm
A Very Viva Halloween

Sure, Halloween has its candy, its costumes and its witchcraft, but isn’t Halloween really all about mischief? Don’t get me wrong — I was never the toilet paper throwing, dog-poop-bag burning, ding-dong ditching little weasel that wreaked mayhem across suburbia, but who doesn’t get a kick out of scaring the crap out of somebody? To [...]

Pulitzer-prize winning biologist gives DeCoursey lecture

Trinitonian | October 29th, 2010 - 2:53 pm
Pulitzer-prize winning biologist gives DeCoursey lecture

Author of “The Ants” and pioneer of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology spoke to students about conservation and preservation by Maddie Rau Well-known biologist and professor Edward O. Wilson delivered his lecture “Biodiversity and the Future of Life” as part of the DeCoursey Lecture series on at 7:30 p.m. on Monday in Laurie Auditorium. The lecture [...]

Trinity Idol continues tradition, excites audience

Trinitonian | October 29th, 2010 - 2:50 pm
Trinity Idol continues tradition, excites audience

Students competed in 8th annual Trinity version of American Idol by Rachel Puckett Most Americans who have owned a television set for any period of time in the last nine years have been exposed to “American Idol.” This FOX reality series produced several of the decade’s most successful pop stars and has inspired numerous spin-off [...]

Pop songs conceal political messages about slutty lizards

Trinitonian | October 29th, 2010 - 2:48 pm
Pop songs conceal political messages about slutty lizards

by Tyler Sanders Currently, the number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 list is “Like a G6” by The Far East Movement. To my surprise, the group is not a political party promoting the relocation of Asia, but instead an LA-based pop group. Throughout this latest single, they explain how fly it is being [...]

Celebrate your democratic rights, vote this Tuesday

Trinitonian | October 29th, 2010 - 2:46 pm
Celebrate your democratic rights, vote this Tuesday

by Jacob Uzman Next Tuesday millions of Americans will go to polling places to elect mayors, representatives, governors and senators, and even more Americans won’t. For all our talk of being a beacon of freedom and democracy in the world, too few Americans actually participate in our democracy. The ability to participate in our government [...]

New website allows profs to rate students

Trinitonian | October 29th, 2010 - 2:45 pm
New website allows profs to rate students

by Andrew Kania Midterms have barely passed, and yet registration is just around the corner. When choosing your classes each semester, you probably get information from a bunch of different sources – your friends, your advisor and the Registrar’s Office (through the Schedule of Classes and on TigerPAWS). But another source many students use is [...]

AKPsi interviews comply with hazing policy

Trinitonian | October 29th, 2010 - 2:43 pm
AKPsi interviews comply with hazing policy

Some view AKPsi’s interviewing process as exaggerated but beneficial by Krissy Ford and Sneha Janardhanan Alpha Kappa Psi, one of Trinity’s two business fraternities, is not considered to be in violation of university hazing policy. The fraternity requires each of its rushees to go through an intense interviewing process with each member of the fraternity [...]