SGA Meeting Addresses Food Quality

Head chef Miguel Morales with 

Maddie Kennedy of TUFit. 

Photo by Hayley Sayrs

By Dana McLaughlin and Sara McCarty

Personnel of the Aramark dining services sat alongside three student executives from the TUFit Health Club at Monday’s SGA meeting, discussing better ways to provide quality food services to Trinity students.

TUFit was particularly interested in coloring the plates of Trinity students with wholesome, locally grown foods.

“Our current goal is that by 2020, 20% of all campus food will be locally sourced,” said TUFit’s President, senior biology major, Hayley Sayrs. As the manager of the newly launched Trinity Market, Sayrs is especially passionate about bringing more locally grown food to Trinity’s dining hall.

“Students have every right to know what they are putting in their bodies,” said Sayrs at Monday’s meeting. More importantly, “they should also know how far this food traveled to land upon their plate.”

Trinity Students Learn How to Get the Most Out of the Summer Internship

By Haylee Rodriguez

Lunch and Learn on summer internship. 

Photo by Haylee Rodriguez

You have a summer internship: now what? This was the question addressed at a panel discussion on Friday held by the Center for Experiential Learning & Career Success.

The panel, with two Trinity alumni and two current Trinity students, led a discussion on how summer internships can be used to reach students’ individual professional goals.

Kelly Wright, a Trinity graduate, was excited for the opportunity to talk to students about their internships. “Going into the workforce coming from school is challenging in and of itself,” she said. “Anything I can do to inform I’m happy to do so.”

Student Forum Discusses Campus Drinking Culture and Sexual Assault

By Abby Stigler and Juan Carlos Pineda

SGA President Brenna Hill hosts the open discussion.
Photo by Abby Stigler

More than 70 Trinity students gathered on Wednesday to participate in an open discussion on sexual assault and drinking culture on Trinity Campus.

The discussion highlighted misconceptions on terms like “consent” and “blackout,” especially in the gray area related to campus drinking culture. "The drinking culture here has definitely impaired our abilities to define these terms as well as to understand what these sexual interactions mean,” said Brianna Wood, 21.

Another main point of the discussion concerned what Trinity can do to improve its education of students on sexual assault and the drinking climate. Many students agreed that it is difficult for the university administration to make policies that cover every aspect of such broad and complex issues.

“Administrators can only do so much in terms of policy changes and education,” said Brenna Hill, 20, president of the Student Government Association, which organized the meeting. “It’s up to us to stop sexual assault on our campus and foster an environment that supports survivors.”

Trinity Graduate the First Social Media Coordinator for the Spurs

Megan Julian checks her work phone
Photo by Taylor Shelgren

By Taylor Shelgren

Megan Julian has two phones with her at all times. One of them is her personal phone and the other is for her job, where all the social media accounts, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine and Snapchat, for the San Antonio Spurs are hooked up.

Julian, a San Antonio native and Trinity graduate in 2013, is the Social Media Coordinator for the Spurs Sports and Entertainment, a job she has held since October 2014. The 25-year-old is also the first person to ever work this position for this company, thanks to the social media boom in recent years.

“It is crucial for sport teams at the professional level to have social media accounts,” says Julian, especially when considering the potentially endless audience that social media can reach all over the world. Ten years ago, Julian’s job wouldn’t have even existed. Today, social media have become a huge part of branding, marketing, and connecting with the public, and Julian is the social media voice of her company.

Group Campfire and Petting Zoo Cap Off Mental Health Week

Trinity students gather by a campfire

outside the Murchison Hall

Photo by Nate Borchers

By Nate Borchers

Trinity students got to spend some time with chinchilla’s, lemurs and even a llama on Friday at the petting zoo set up near the Coates University Center as part of the Mental Health Week.

These animals are considered therapeutic and have been shown to help those dealing with mental illness, and students adored them.

"I do think that animals have useful medicinal purposes. There's just something about being around them that helps you feel calm and valued in a way," said Chelsea Runacres, a sophomore in Biology. "Even if you aren't currently experiencing a mental illness or know someone who is, the event still puts a smile on your face and helps you forget about the bad exam or assignment you might've just gotten back."

KRTU Spring Membership Drive a Success

J.J. Lopez, KRTU general manager, in his office
Photo by Juan Pineda

By Juan Pineda

Trinity’s jazz station 91.7 KRTU raised approximate $78,000 by the end of their spring membership drive on-air campaign that ended on Friday, surpassing their $75,000 goal.

“We definitely exceeded our expectations," said J.J. Lopez, the general manager of KRTU. The station is poised to raise another $10,000 during the post-drive to reach the overall spring fundraising goal of $85,000. The week-long on air membership drive contributed about 45% toward that goal.

“All this money goes directly into operations which include staff salary, production and operation costs,” Lopez added.

Trinity Baseball Loses Home Game

Trinity celebrates a home run
during Friday's game
Photos by Sara McCarty

By Sara McCarty

Trinity’s baseball team suffered a 8-4 loss to Texas Lutheran University (TLU) during a home game on Friday, losing their second conference game in a row after last week’s upset by Schreiner University.

TLU got momentum early in the game, scoring three runs in the first inning. Trinity was out hit by TLU 11-15 and the score reflected the absence of runs.

TLU’s pitcher mixed up his pitches very well, trying to get batters off balanced, as well as being very consistent, said Trinity pitcher Colin Serkowski.

Defensively, pitching for the Tigers was not as effective as it usually is. The Tigers went through four pitchers throughout the nine inning game. Coach David Smith said that the pitchers “needed to do a better job at executing pitches,” in order for the team to get outs that they needed to stop TLU from scoring more.