Soccer team delivers in first offical scrimmage

Trinitonian | August 26th, 2011 - 3:09 pm
Soccer team delivers in first offical scrimmage

Men’s soccer beats UT club team in first official scrimmage by Lydia Duncombe The men’s soccer team had a successful scrimmage against the University of Texas club team last Saturday, pulling out a 7-3 victory. “Overall the scrimmage went well,” said sophomore left back M.J. Kawamoto. “It was an eye opener of how we need [...]

Recyled water keeps Trinity green

Trinitonian | August 26th, 2011 - 3:08 pm
Recyled water keeps Trinity green

Trinity tops list of universities in San Antonio for recycled water use by Kellie Benn As lawns all over San Antonio slowly wither due to drought restrictions, Trinity has managed to avoid the same fate by using recycled water for landscape irrigation. “I think that Trinity has really taken the lead on water conservation and [...]

Icebergs and Essays: Students spend summer in Alaska

Trinitonian | August 26th, 2011 - 3:08 pm
Icebergs and Essays: Students spend summer in Alaska

Trinity students earn credits studying leadership way north of San Antonio by Lauren Wilks For the third year in a row, a small group of Trinity students participated in Leadership Alaska, an immersive program that provides three upper-division credit hours to either the sociology or management discipline. Students have the opportunity to be completely absorbed [...]

Volleyball prepares for strong season

Trinitonian | August 26th, 2011 - 3:08 pm
Volleyball prepares for strong season

Team has big goals for upcoming season by Brooke Sanchez The Tiger volleyball team is warming up for a tough schedule this year. They will face several nationally ranked teams throughout the season and will take the same game plan into each match. “Every match is pretty important,” said head coach Julie Jenkins. “We definitely [...]

Review: “Watch the Throne”

Trinitonian | August 26th, 2011 - 3:06 pm
Review: “Watch the Throne”

by Brian Westfall History tells us that when two music industry giants like Jay-Z and Kanye West collaborate, the result can be a monumental success or a colossal failure. Sure, David Bowie and Queen had “Under Pressure,” and Aerosmith and Run DMC had “Walk This Way,” but does anyone remember when Paul McCartney and Stevie [...]

No, that’s not a Redbox

Trinitonian | August 26th, 2011 - 3:05 pm
No, that’s not a Redbox

by Megan Hageney Every Trinity student has experience struggling to plan a movie night, only to realize that they do not have the anticipated movie in their posession and neither do their friends! Well, we can now say goodbye to botched movie nights and unsuccessful attempts at procrastination because Trinity has provided us with an [...]

President Ahlburg travels to the Far East to spread the word about Trinity

Trinitonian | August 26th, 2011 - 3:02 pm
President Ahlburg travels to the Far East to spread the word about Trinity

Q&A with Ahlburg about his trip around Asia by Joe O’Connell Q:Where did you go and what was the reason for the trip? The motivation for the trip was that Trinity is one of the more international universities in the US, and part of that responsibility is not just attracting lots of international students to [...]

Construction suits alternative lifestyle

Trinitonian | August 26th, 2011 - 2:57 pm
Construction suits alternative lifestyle

by Ashley Feinberg Well, Tigers, let me begin by congratulating you on making it through the first few days back at good Ol’ TU, beloved Harvard of the greater Bexar County area and home to lustful cats and students alike. I’m sure that after your summers consisting of A) sorting paperclips by size, weight, and [...]

Editorial: TUgether we can affect change

Trinitonian | August 26th, 2011 - 2:54 pm
Editorial: TUgether we can affect change

On my way to Laurie Auditorium to attend Trinity’s Reading TUgether keynote speech by social activist Jin In ’95 this Wednesday, I crossed paths with a bro. You probably know him: baggy athletic shorts, flip flops, backwards baseball cap and a healthy supply of swagger. He waved to a group of young women behind me, [...]

Perry’s Prayer

Trinitonian | August 26th, 2011 - 2:52 pm
Perry’s Prayer

by David Crockett Religion appears only three times in the Constitution. The most well-known (and most misunderstood) appearance is, of course, the First Amendment, which prevents Congress from establishing an official national church and from prohibiting the free exercise of religion. Working backwards, we find a deity mentioned in Article VII’s signature block – signed [...]