Trinity Sophomore Performs in California with Improv Group

Sarah Jacobs
Photo by Abby Stigler

By Abby Stigler

Sarah Jacobs, a Trinity University sophomore, spent her winter break in California performing with a San Antonio improvisational group.

The six-member Alamo City Improv performed at an Upright Citizen’s Brigade Club, among other places, in Los Angeles. UCB is the improv group that launched comedian Amy Poehler’s career.

They performed 10 shows in eight days. Jacobs’ favorite part of this experience? “Having really funny people laugh at [my] jokes and being surrounded by fellow improvisers,” she says. Or, in the words of Jacob’s group member, Jeremy Zenor, 36, “I wasn’t sure how they would respond, we got the Texas jokes, but everyone was so supportive.”

Town Hall Discusses Racial Climate on Campus

By Nipuni Gomes

About 30 students attend the town hall on

Wednesday evening 

Photos by Nipuni Gomes 

Students called for more diversity education and mingling of different ethnic groups on campus in a town hall held last evening to discuss the racial climate at Trinity University.

The Trinity Progressives, a student organization advocating progressive thought and student activism, hosted the meeting at the Bell Center dance studio.

About 30 students attended the meeting, sitting on blankets spread around the floor and snacking on guacamole and oatmeal chocolate-chip cookies. In such a relaxing environment, students felt comfortable opening up.

Concert for the Cure Threw Its 11th Annual Party

Aaron Einhouse, singer-songwriter from Austin, 

Texas, opens Saturday's concert. 
Photos provided by Claire Poland

By Taylor Shelgren

More than 200 Trinity University students gathered at Cowboys Dance Hall in San Antonio, where singer-songwriter Aaron Einhouse opened the 11th annual Concert for the Cure on Saturday.

The crowd two stepped in cowboy boots to the music, which also included a performance by country singer Roger Creager. Members of Gamma Chi Delta, the Trinity sorority that started this concert, all donned their green jersey​.

Track and Field Team Competed with Alumni in Friendly Match

By Katie Groke            

In a meet with alumni, Trinity’s track and field team shook out the rust of the long winter and got ready for their spring season.

The team hosted their Fourth Annual Intrasquad/Alumni Meet on Saturday, where 22 graduates of the team, all donned in black with a theme of “Back in Black,” competed with 73 current track and field athletes. The student teams were “Welcome to the Jungle” and “I Woke Up Like This,” featuring animal attire and pajamas.

Funky costumes notwithstanding, the competition was serious, with both alumni and students taking a number of wins.

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