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By Diya Contractor Students celebrate Holi on Saturday, March 23 (photo by Diya Contractor) Trinity University students celebrated Holi, the festival of color, on Saturday on the Prassel Lawn, with a turnout less than in previous years. Though the event had about 60 participants, in the past that number could go over 100. This was... Continue Reading →
By Drew Cain Internationally acclaimed playwright and Trinity alum Octavio Solis returned to Trinity University on Thursday as a featured speaker of the 2024 Alvarez Seminar Series. He had a conversation with Kathryn Vomero Santos, Ph.D., titled Shakespeare in the Borderlands Imaginary: Conversations with Playwrights. Solis has written more than 25 plays and is considered... Continue Reading →
By Caitlyn Whitworth Lampo Leong gives the Stieren Arts Enrichment Series lecture (photo by Thao Dinh) Trinity University students, faculty and San Antonio residents gathered in Chapman Auditorium on Monday for the first talk of Trinity’s 2024 Stieren Arts Enrichment Series, featuring Lampo Leong, internationally renowned painter, calligrapher, photographer, and digital artist. His 90-minute lecture, "Bridging... Continue Reading →
By Lily Prather Audience listens to Dr. Suraya Khan as she presents on surveillance, harassment, and censorship in academia (photo by Lily Prather) Trinity University hosted a symposium on academic freedom in an era of educational intimidation on Friday in Chapman Auditorium, attracting dozens of K-12 and higher education educators from around San Antonio. This... Continue Reading →
The Post-Roe Texas panel (photo by Gloria Farris) By Gloria Farris Trinity’s TU Progressives hosted an on-campus panel on Thursday to discuss what Texas looks like as a post-Roe society. Panelists included President and CEO of Planned Parenthood South Texas, Laura Terrill, Executive Administrator of Alamo Women’s Clinic, Andrea Gallegos, Fund Texas Choice Representative, Desireé Luckey, and... Continue Reading →
Stieren Theatre full of people waiting for the screening (photo by Emily King) By Emily King Hundreds of Trinity students, faculty, staff and community members filled up the Stieren Theatre on Tuesday for the screening of the documentary “A Song for Cesar.” The film explores the relationship between music and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez and his... Continue Reading →
Students gather for Noor Night (photo by Jared Herrick) By Jared Herrick Students eating dates as fast as they can and making their own prayer beads: these are just some of the fun activities at Noor Night on Thursday. Trinity’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) and Trinity Diversity Connection (TDC) hosted Noor Night, which meant to... Continue Reading →
People trickle into Douglass Day and work on transcriptions (photo by Joseph Mattingly) By Joseph Mattingly Over Zoom, the voice of University of Pennsylvania English Professor Clayton Colmon singing the official Black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” marked the beginning of the celebration of Frederick Douglass’s birthday here at Trinity on Tuesday. Douglass... Continue Reading →
Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr, right, and Enrique Alemán, Jr., left, at the webinar. (photo by Max Craig) By Max Craig Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr., an education scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said via a Zoom webinar on Monday that whitewashing is happening in education in the United States. In his webinar titled, “To Teach the Truth:... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/GtCa_6Qnvn4 By Erin Galvin Communication professor Dr. Sarah Erickson has always had a passion for activism and academia. Erickson teaches mass media classes and co-directs the Women and Gender Studies (WAGS) minor. She is constantly balancing developing the curriculum, assigning classes, signing paperwork, advocating for the minor, and coordinating events with her other professorial and... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbKkcZzoo24 By John Dunkerley Dr. Althea Delwiche, a professor and current chair in the Department of Communication at Trinity, has been going through a gender transition over the past year. Delwiche, 54, was born male and has been transitioning to female. For her, the experience has been exciting and fulfilling. “There’s this sense that your... Continue Reading →
By Michael Pham Dr. Katsuo Nishikawa, associate professor of political science, presented his documentary “The Price of a Dream” in Northrup Hall Wednesday. Around 50 viewers packed the room and watched the 26-minute documentary, which follows five individuals who grew up in the United States and were deported to Mexico. These five individuals were referred... Continue Reading →
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