City Councilman Discusses Challenges Facing the City at Trinity

San Antonio City Councilman Roberto Treviño (right)
 speaks with Robert Rivard. (Photo by Paige Johnson)

By Paige Johnson

San Antonio is facing a $985 million sidewalk problem, said City Councilman Roberto Treviño at Trinity University Tuesday.

Treviño spoke with Robert Rivard, publisher of The Rivard Report, at a Conversations with the Council event. About 60 San Antonio residents and Trinity students came to hear the conversation and ask questions.

Treviño’s main points: innovation and balance. “You can’t ask or request for innovation, you’ve got to demand it,” Treviño said of the issues facing San Antonio.

Rugby: Trinity’s Newest Sport Addition

By Johnna Guillerman

Rugby players on Saturday in a tackle before earning a try.
Photo by Johnna Guillerman

Trinity University’s brand new rugby team played their very first game on Saturday in the Rugby 7’s Tournament.

A total of five teams competed, with Trinity placing in 4th, marking a strong start for the team, established just eight months ago.

The team started when a group of friends passed the rugby ball to one another after class. The group got bigger, and they decided to start recruiting others and register with the school.

Trinity Students Engage In Interfaith Dialogue

By Nancy Li

Students and staff of different religious background gathered and exchanged views on Monday during the Interfaith Dialogue in Trinity’s Fiesta Room.

The 18 participants, representing Islam, Judaism, Catholicism, Protestant Christianity and agnosticism, discussed a wide range of topics from different beliefs to personal religious experiences and current social issues.

Ruth Lavenda, a sophomore and member of the Jewish Student Association, was a part of a stimulating conversation concerning views toward the LGBT community in the Christian church. To her, the very question was brought up because people “did not know what to think because here was a situation where the view of Christianity was being challenged.”

Spring Career Fair Attracts Hundreds

Trinity holds Spring Career Fair on Wednesday.
Photo by Davis Mathis

By Davis Mathis

​Hundreds of students and employers generated heavy traffic along the corridor in the Laurie Auditorium on Wednesday for Trinity's Spring Career Fair.

Around 40 companies from across the state, including police departments, military branches, and computer science companies, set up tables, displaying brochures, information sheets and lots of goodies bearing company logos.

Super Bowl A Get-together Chance For Latino Students

 Dozens of Trinity students gather at City Vista
to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Photo by Nicolas Echeverria

By Juan Pineda

Dozens of Latino students at Trinity University gathered on Sunday to watch the Super Bowl. Or not.

Football is not the biggest sport for Latino students, and therefore the reason for them to watch the game was rather different.

“I only watch the game because of the ads and the halftime show,” said Gabriel Mendez, a junior from Honduras. He tried to name players from the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos, “Peyton Manning, Cam Newton, and #73, the guy from the ‘Blind Side’ movie, and that's it.”

At a Super Bowl watching party at City Vista, the new apartment complex right next to the Trinity campus, dozens of Trinity Latino students gathered around a bonfire, chatting, having barbecue and drinking beer, while the game was shown on giant television screens behind the grillers.

Trinity Junior Sets Spurs Halftime Competition Record at $1,100

Zachary Treu poses with Silver Star
dancers at last Wednesday's game
Photo by Callum Squires

By Dana McLaughlin

Zachary Treu celebrated his 22nd birthday with friends at the San Antonio Spurs home game against the Houston Rockets last Wednesday.

The Spurs came away with a win, and so did Treu, a junior at Trinity University. He won a $1,100 HEB gift card after setting an all-time high record for the HEB Beach Ball Mania halftime competition.

Treu said it was incredible to be down on the court. “I was also shaking pretty bad when I first got down on the court,” recalled Treu. “However, once I caught the first balloon I kind of just dialed in and felt pretty comfortable after that.”

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.