What do eggs have to do with the American Dream?

Illustration by Andrea Nebhut I’ve recently become increasingly aware of how obsessed we are with productivity. We often brag about how busy we are and how little sleep we get. In fact, 40 percent of Americans get less than the recommended amount of sleep. While this obsession with productivity isn’t necessarily indicative of a healthy lifestyle, it has still become the norm. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 11.0px; font: 10.0px ‘Adobe...

The Trinitonian has been Trinity University’s sole independent student-run newspaper since 1902. There is no certain record of how many people have worked for our publication, but it’s somewhere in the thousands. Of those thousands, some have gone on to pursue careers in journalism. Many have not. But all understand just why journalism is important. This week, our staff talked to countless first-year students about our publication and what we do. Many told us they...

Illustration by Ren Rader It never bothered me much in the past; in fact, I quite liked playing the role of the contrarian sometimes. People’s discomfort and confusion with my centrist ideology have always been an amusing thing to me. I have always been a born and bred Democrat that bleeds blue. However, I am a different kind of breed from the ones many of you typically hear about on MSNBC or read about in...