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Organizations encourage students to vote

Organizations encourage students to vote

Approaching primary elections spur calls for voter registration
Harper Horn-Clegg, News Reporter February 8, 2024

As the Texas presidential primaries approach, organizations both on and off campus have been working at Trinity to educate and register students to vote. Though many of these organizations operate year-round,...

Wait, there’s an election this week?

Wait, there’s an election this week?

Diya Contractor, Copy Editor and Opinion Columnist November 2, 2023

Unless it’s planted right next to a confederate flag, I love seeing the “Vote Against Prop 3” signs on people’s front lawns (they’re right, seriously, vote against Proposition Three). These signs...

You should care about voting

You should care about voting

Your vote counts, even if you don’t take an interest in politics
Riya Vankamamidi, Opinion Columnist October 20, 2023

I’ve never cared about politics. As terrible as it sounds, keeping up with current events is not a priority for me, and I seldom have knowledge about what’s going on in the world until I overhear some...

The SGA writes why they vote! 
L-R: Jamie Thompson, Bocar Diagana, Nina Pollak, William Ponek 
Bottom: Andrew Phillips, Kiara Fernando

Exercise your right: Registering and remembering to vote

National Voter Registration Day demystifies the voting process at Trinity
Monica Martinez, News Reporter September 28, 2023

The TU Voter Engagement Task Force, the office of the dean of students and Trinity Democracy Fellows hosted the National Voter Registration Day event on the Coates Esplanade. Federal law mandates that...

Voting: What you don’t know will hurt you

Voting: What you don’t know will hurt you

Your fear is not an excuse for a lack of trying
Diya Contractor, Opinion Columnist April 27, 2023

Over the last few years, the political climate has been an actualization of my nightmares. From Kanye West’s presidential candidacy to heads of state trading making nuclear war threats via Twitter, the...

Proposition A: Your vote matters more than you think

Proposition A: Your vote matters more than you think

Trinity students discuss Proposition A and the importance of voting in local elections
Samara Gerstle, News Reporter April 6, 2023

Municipal elections will be held in every county in Texas on May 6. Within the San Antonio city limits, citizens will be voting for mayor and their district’s seat on city council on the same ballot....

Gen Z’s political power on the rise

Gen Z’s political power on the rise

Rachel Oliver, Opinion Editor November 18, 2022

Last Tuesday, Texas, alongside the rest of the country, held its midterm elections. While myself and many of my peers had hoped and voted for different results, Gov. Greg Abbott is to remain in office....

Your Vote, Your Choice: Local Elections and Where You Can Vote

Your Vote, Your Choice: Local Elections and Where You Can Vote

Bexar County residents can vote for everything from governor to comptrollers in the midterms
Monica Martinez, News Reporter October 27, 2022

Commercials, billboards and signs scattered across highways and front lawns are a clear indicator to anyone passing through San Antonio that elections are coming up. Trinity students can vote at Lion’s...

Elderly dominating politics

Elderly dominating politics

Passing down political power for the sake of progress
Ava Peinhardt, Opinion Editor October 13, 2022

When it was first announced that Joe Biden was the Democratic Party’s nominee for the 2020 presidential election, I remember feeling unsure. This wasn’t because of his political stances or past experience...

Trinity Voter Engagement Task Force works to prepare students for upcoming Nov. elections

Trinity Voter Engagement Task Force works to prepare students for upcoming Nov. elections

Midterm elections and Texas governor race loom ahead as task force registers students
Abby Power, News Reporter September 29, 2022

As October begins, voting season is nearly in full swing. Midterm congressional elections as well as high-profile gubernatorial seats will be filled this November across the country. In the Trinity community,...

Along with the Lions Field Recreation Center and the Bexar County Justice Center, the Tobin Library at Oakwell is one of several early voting centers near campus that will open on February 14th.

2022 Texas primary election around the corner

Preparing to register and vote in Bexar County and beyond
Abby Power, News reporter February 10, 2022

Election time is fast approaching in Texas and all across the country as senators, congressional representatives, governors and many more government positions are set to be voted on in 2022. Voting as...

Refusing to vote in the presidential election is dangerous

Refusing to vote in the presidential election is dangerous

Bella Spangher October 27, 2020

I try not to use generalizations in my writing, but I do not mince words when I type: Voting for Joe Biden is the most important thing any citizen of the United States can do right now. With this sentence,...

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