Students respond to lack of funding, facilities, equipment and recognition given to their teams by Jessie Burch All is not well on campus in the world of club sports. Tension has been rising over the course of the semester among many club sports team participants in regard to many issues, from field space and scheduling [...]

Football comes to a close after Tigers lose hard-fought battle against McMurry by Brooke Sanchez The Tigers fought their last fight before the Thanksgiving break on Saturday, Nov. 19, as they lost 25-16 to McMurry University in the first round of the NCAA Playoffs. Trinity completed an undefeated regular season and a 10-1 overall record. [...]

by John Wendell Mendiola Grade: A Murderous clowns, mysterious steam punk cowboys, haunted houses and biological weapons are all familiar elements of Stephen King’s work, but time travel is one that he employs sparingly. It’s difficult to do a tale of travelling through different eras due to the ripple effects of even the tiniest actions; [...]

by Deanna Husting As of December 2011, I believe that these six movies are still the best holiday films in existence. I always make it a point to watch all of them during the holiday season. You may or may not agree with me, but you can’t argue with the fact that some of the [...]

Well-known Trinity Tigers dish on their favorite songs and wish-list items. by Lauren Wilks For this issue of the Trinitonian, we decided to contact some campus celebrities and see how they’re planning to get into the holiday spirit this year. Dean Tuttle, associate vice president of student affiars and dean of students: “Campus celebrities? My [...]

Lawrence Kimmel reflects on his time at Trinity and looks forward to retirement by Maddie Rau Lawrence Kimmel, professor of philosophy, who teaches existentialism and ethics, will retire at the end of this semester after teaching for 53 years in higher education. Throughout his 76 years, Kimmel has had scholar residence in both Princeton and [...]

by Coleen Grissom Although I honestly cannot imagine that anyone other than the dedicated proof readers at the Trinitonian will be reading this or much else outside of class assignments at this season of the academic year, I see by my trusty calendar that the due date for my third “Short List” of the semester [...]

The news of fellow Trinity student Alex Reinis’ death came as a devastating shock over last week’s Thanksgiving break. In a community as tight-knit as ours, his passing has affected most of us. Whether you were personally close to Alex or friends with someone who was, you are probably struggling to cope with feelings of [...]

Students prepare to educate new sorority members on healthy body image through Reflections by Rachel Puckett With the end of sorority rush a mere two months away, Trinity’s innovative body image program, Reflections, is gearing up to provide required small-group sessions for new sorority members. The program’s founder, psychology professor Caroline Becker, is currently on [...]

As the campus deals with the abrupt loss of Alex Reinis, friends celebrate his life by Tommie Ethington There are a lot of recurring themes that defined Alex Reinis’ life, but one stands out from the rest: the word “awesome.” “Awesome” was a staple of Alex’s vocabulary. A poster, which hung in his Thomas bedroom [...]