Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Jennifer Egan Speaks at Trinity

Jennifer Egan speaks at Trinity University. (Photo by Chloe Sonnier)

By Julia Weis

The Ruth Taylor Recital Hall was packed with students, faculty and members of the San Antonio community yesterday for a lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan.

Egan focused her lecture on the years of research behind Manhattan Beach, her latest novel that came out in 2017. Her research involved digging up photography from New York during World War II and reading love letters from the 1940s.

"I like to start each story with a time and place," Egan said in her lecture. "The characters usually come afterwards."

Trinity University’s First Dance Marathon Raised Thousands

SGA President Amulya Deva (holding the microphone)
and the rest of the Executive Board revealing the amount raised
up until the end of the event (photo courtesy of Allison Wolff).

By Victoria Abad

Webster Gym became a rave floor as Trinity students danced to celebrate about $7,300 raised for the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio on Saturday. About 100 Trinity students and families of children patients danced in TigerThon, Trinity University’s first Dance Marathon.

From 5 p.m. through 9 p.m., students kept busy with dance, competitions, games, and more dancing. Loon-E Crew and Momentum choreographers were among the dancers. As was 7-year-old Jagger, who has been cancer free for 13 months. He taught the crowd his dance moves.

Throughout the night, donations came through the Children's Miracle Network website and donation websites set up for each participating team. Various Trinity student organizations, such as the Student Government Association, registered to become fund raising teams.

President Danny Anderson Webinar Discusses the Value of a Liberal Arts Education

By Samuel King

Liberal arts degree is not worthless, but has just as much value as a business degree in its own way. Trinity University President Danny Anderson made that argument during a webinar On Thursday.

Anderson was joined by Trinity's Vice President​ for Strategic Communications and Marketing, Tess Coody-Anders (’93), in a conversation about the value of a liberal arts education in the 21st century.

Leigh Anne Tuohy Speaks at Event in San Antonio

Leigh Anne Tuohy speaks at the ​Mums and Mimosas event yesterday.
(Photos by Lauren Bagg)

By Lauren Bagg

Leigh Anne Tuohy, the lead character played by Sandra Bullock in the movie “The Blind Side,” was the featured speaker yesterday at the ninth annual Mums and Mimosas luncheon.

Around 600 guests gathered in the Witte Museum to hear Tuohy’s speech while celebrating the work done by Good Samaritan Community Services.

Tuohy, who lives in Memphis​,​ Tennessee, spoke about miracles and how it just takes one act of kindness to change someone’s life. Michael Oher, her son, “was deemed 100% valueless by society,” she said. When she turned the car around to talk to Michael for the first time, she decided she wanted to take him shopping.

Trinity Theater Presents ​"​Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play"​

Photo caption: The stage of Mr. Burns. 

(Photo by Breton Smith)

By Breton Smith

Trinity Theater’s new production, “Mr. Burns, A Post-electric Play,” had its fourth run
​​last night.

The play is based on Anne Washburn’s imaginative dark comedy that deals with the survivors in a post apocalyptic world, who pass time by re-enacting old Simpsons episodes from memory.
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Right before the play started, the cast members ​gathered ​on ​stage,​ completely shrouded in darkness. The only source of light ​was a fake ​campfire the actors huddle around. ​Recent pop music ​filled the theater.

New SGA President Discusses Agenda for Her Term

SGA new president Amulya Deva.
(photo courtesy of Yazmin Ramirez)

By Ruthie Rubin

Amulya Deva assumed the role of the president of Student Government Association (SGA) in January. During her one-year term, she plans to address both old and new agendas.

Deva, a junior majoring in finance and business analytics & technology with a minor in economics, is not a total new comer to SGA. Last year, she served as a SGA senator. She decided to run for the president because “I’ve learned that the best way to affect change on campus involves work over the course of multiple terms.”

In fact, one of such changes that Deva is pushing for, the Menstrual Product Initiative, was originated by her predecessor, Nick Santulli. Deva and her administration will continue to work toward increasing the number of tampon and sanitary napkin receptacles in buildings ​across campus, ​such as CSI and the library.

The Roar Presents: The First Look at the New Bell Center

In fall 2016, Trinity University's William H. Bell Athletic Center, established in 1992, began a $14.2 million renovation. The newly renovated facility is now open. On, Feb. 13, a group of faculty and staff took their first look at the new Bell Center. Here is the video produced by The Roar.