by John Wendell Mendiola   For all of those who haven’t heard of books and “readingâ€� (like my roommate) or going off-campus and setting up camp at Starbucks, I offer you a reprieve for the next power outage! When your cords are of no use, the Lord isn’t answering your prayers, that hoard of food [...]

by Deanna Husting   Just in case you had not heard, March is Contemporary Art Month. And to celebrate, San Antonio is bringing in a wide range of exhibits as a preview during the last few weeks of February. So if you decide you would like to celebrate, get some friends to go explore the [...]

by Judson Rose The Superbowl has come and gone again, leaving untold numbers of chicken wings slain, gallons of ranch ingested, copious bags of tortilla chips decimated, the volume of the Great Lakes in beer ingested and a belligerent horde of angry/jubilant fans doing violence to their toilets in the aftermath. I didn’t follow football [...]

by Megan Hageney Valentine’s Day gets a lot of flack. People believe that it is a holiday constructed by the greeting card industry for commercial gain. Others think that it is overly sentimental and therefore not genuine. So for all the cynics out there, here are some events you can celebrate to reclaim Feb. 14. [...]

by Brian Westfall Hey, are you busy Sunday night? Of course you are, fool! If the past is any indication, Super Bowl XLVI will be the most watched program in the history of television – more than the series finale of “MASH,� more than the premiere of “Jersey Shore� and more than the collective viewers [...]

by John Wendell Mendiola Disclaimer: The Trinitonian does not condone excessive drinking and is not responsible for the extremely unsafe and irresponsible advice following this disclaimer. You have been warned. As someone who moved to America as a wee lad, I have a unique perspective on the culture. I’ve lived half of my life in [...]

by John Wendell Mendiola The characters here may be objectively evil, or they may be objectively kind. But for one reason or another I cannot bear to hold anything but ill will towards these people. They inspire and breed hate; the type of people that Mother Theresa wouldn’t think twice about strangling with a rosary. [...]

by Margaret Browne Graphic novels take a story and break it down to the most expressive and illustrative of images in order to convey the story in a way that is aesthetically powerful, because it’s not only about the story but also its presentation—the images’ sequence, size, layout, etc. I’m still the novice when it [...]

by Deanna Husting On average, a trip to the movie theatre will cost you roughly $10, and that’s if you don’t want any sort of fattening snack item. When I watch a new movie trailer or read a synopsis of a movie online, I automatically determine whether or not I think the movie is worth [...]

by John Wendell Mendiola The Mayan calendar abruptly ends on Dec. 21, 2012. Of course, the only logical conclusion “expertsâ€� can come to is that the Mayans must have known that would be the end of the world instead of the more probable reason – they stopped working on the calendar because they were all [...]